Alexander T. Kikuchi

Alexander T. Kikuchi, MD, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Huntsman Cancer Institute - Cancer Hospital South

Salt Lake City

  • Specialties

    • Pathology, Anatomical

  • Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pathology -Primary

    Education history

    Fellowship Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Pathology - University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine Fellow
    General Surgical Pathology - University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine Fellow
    Residency Anatomic Pathology - University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine Resident
    Medicine/Medical Scientist Training Program - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine M.D., Ph.D.
    Undergraduate Biological Sciences - University of Southern California B.A.
    Undergraduate Jazz Studies - University of Southern California B.M.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Kikuchi A, Akanuma N, Choi WT, Gill R, Kakar S (2024). Assessment of Large Droplet Fat in Frozen Sections of Donor Liver Biopsies: Utility and Interobserver Variability of the Newly Described Banff Method Compared to a Simplified Average of Fields Method. J Clin Pathol, 77(3), 151-156.
    2. Kikuchi A, Umetsu S, Joseph N, Kakar S (2023). Genomic Analysis in the Categorization of Poorly Differentiated Primary Liver CarcinomasGenomic Analysis in the Categorization of Poorly Differentiated Primary Liver Carcinomas. Am J Surg Pathol, 47(11), 1207-1218.
    3. Kikuchi A, Singh S, Poddar M, Nakao T, Schmidt HM, Gayden JD, Sato T, Arteel GE, Monga SP (2020). Hepatic Stellate Cell-Specific Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor-α Loss Reduces Fibrosis and Promotes Repair after Hepatocellular Injury. Am J Pathol, 190(10), 2080-2094. (Read full article)
    4. Zhang R, Kikuchi AT, Nakao T, Russell JO, Preziosi ME, Poddar M, Singh S, Bell AW, England SG, Monga SP (2018). Elimination of Wnt Secretion From Stellate Cells Is Dispensable for Zonation and Development of Liver Fibrosis Following Hepatobiliary Injury. Gene Expr, 19(2), 121-136. (Read full article)
    5. Kikuchi A, Pradhan-Sundd T, Singh S, Nagarajan S, Loizos N, Monga SP (2017). Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor α Contributes to Human Hepatic Stellate Cell Proliferation and Migration. Am J Pathol, 187(10), 2273-2287. (Read full article)
    6. Garcia O, Hiatt MJ, Lundin A, Lee J, Reddy R, Navarro S, Kikuchi A, Driscoll B (2017). Targeted Type 2 Alveolar Cell Depletion. A Dynamic Functional Model for Lung Injury Repair. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol, 54(3), 319-30. (Read full article)
    7. Zhou L, Pradhan-Sundd T, Poddar M, Singh S, Kikuchi A, Stolz DB, Shou W, Li Z, Nejak-Bowen KN, Monga SP (2015). Mice with Hepatic Loss of the Desmosomal Protein γ-Catenin Are Prone to Cholestatic Injury and Chemical Carcinogenesis. Am J Pathol, 185(12), 3274-89. (Read full article)
    8. Nejak-Bowen K, Kikuchi A, Monga SP (2013). Beta-catenin-NF-κB interactions in murine hepatocytes: a complex to die for. Hepatology, 57(2), 763-74. (Read full article)
    9. Driscoll B, Kikuchi A, Lau AN, Lee J, Reddy R, Jesudason E, Kim CF, Warburton D (2012). Isolation and characterization of distal lung progenitor cells. Methods Mol Biol, 879, 109-22. (Read full article)
    10. Jackson SR, Lee J, Reddy R, Williams GN, Kikuchi A, Freiberg Y, Warburton D, Driscoll B (2011). Partial pneumonectomy of telomerase null mice carrying shortened telomeres initiates cell growth arrest resulting in a limited compensatory growth response. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 300(6), L898-909. (Read full article)
    11. Aguilar JL, Kulkarni R, Randis TM, Soman S, Kikuchi A, Yin Y, Ratner AJ (2009). Phosphatase-dependent regulation of epithelial mitogen-activated protein kinase responses to toxin-induced membrane pores. PLoS One, 4(11), e8076. (Read full article)

    Review

    1. Kikuchi A, Singh K, Gars E, Ohgami RS (2022). Pathology updates and diagnostic approaches to haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. [Review]. Histopathology, 80(4), 616-626. (Read full article)
    2. Kikuchi A, Monga SP (2015). PDGFRα in liver pathophysiology: emerging roles in development, regeneration, fibrosis, and cancer. [Review]. Gene Expr, 16(3), 109-27. (Read full article)

    Book Chapter

    1. Kikuchi A, Gill R (2024). Gastric Extranodal Marginal Zone Lymphoma vs. Helicobacter pylori gastritis with lymphoid hyperplasia (Accepted for publication). In Gastrointestinal Pathology and Liver Metastasis :A Case-Based Approach to Diagnosis (1st). Elsevier.
    2. Kikuchi A, Gill R (2024). Colonic polypoid extranodal marginal zone lymphoma vs reactive lymphoid hyperplasia (Accepted for publication). In Gastrointestinal Pathology and Liver Metastasis :A Case-Based Approach to Diagnosis (1st). Elsevier.
    3. Kikuchi A, Gill R (2024). Duodenal follicular lymphoma vs reactive follicles (Accepted for Publication). In Gastrointestinal Pathology and Liver Metastasis :A Case-Based Approach to Diagnosis (1st). Elsevier.
    4. Kikuchi A, Gill R (2024). Colonic polypoid follicular lymphoma vs reactive lymphoid infiltrates (Accepted for publication). In Gastrointestinal Pathology and Liver Metastasis :A Case-Based Approach to Diagnosis (1st). Elsevier.
    5. Kikuchi A, Gill R (2024). NK-cell enteropathy vs ENKTL (Accepted for publication). In Gastrointestinal Pathology and Liver Metastasis :A Case-Based Approach to Diagnosis (1st). Elsevier.
    6. Kikuchi A (2024). Hepatitis C virus (HCV); https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/liverhepC.html. In Evason K, Huber AR (Eds.). PathologyOutlines.com.