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Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Summary
Mr. Hiroshi Kawaguchi has been Corporate Executive Vice President and General Manager, Electronics & Automotive Systems Division at Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. since 2018 and served as its Corporate Senior Vice President, General Manager of the Copper Tube Division and General Manager of Electronics Component Material Division since May 24, 2016 until 2018 and served as its General Manager of General Strategy Department since May 24, 2016 until April 1, 2017. Mr. Kawaguchi, Role of cytokines / growth factors in bone and cartilage, fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) on bone metabolism, tibial shaft fractures, adult articular cartilage. I am also a cutting-edge researcher in the molecular mechanism underlying anabolic action of insulin / IGF-I via the IRS1 & 2 / Akt signals during progression of osteoporosis and fracture Ialing, using patient samples and mouse genetics approaches . In addition, from the viewpoint of a molecular biologist and an orthopaedic surgeon, I have been attempting to apply several molecular signals to bone and cartilage regeneration.