Specialties
- Breast Pathology
- Gastrointestinal Pathology
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments |
Pathology
-Assistant Professor (Clinical) |
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Education history
| Undergraduate | Biological Sciences - University of Southern California | B.A. |
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| Undergraduate | Jazz Studies - University of Southern California | B.M. |
| Professional Medical | Medicine/Medical Scientist Training Program - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | M.D., Ph.D. |
| Residency | Anatomic Pathology - University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine | Resident |
| Fellowship | General Surgical Pathology - University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine | Fellow |
| Fellowship | Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Pathology - University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine | Fellow |
Selected Publications
Journal Article
- 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.
- Kikuchi AT, Akanuma N, Choi WT, Gill RM, 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.
- Kikuchi A, Umetsu S, Joseph N, Kakar S (2023). Genomic Analysis in the Categorization of Poorly Differentiated Primary Liver Carcinomas. Am J Surg Pathol, 47(11), 1207-1218.
- 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-¿ Loss Reduces Fibrosis and Promotes Repair after Hepatocellular Injury. Am J Pathol, 190(10), 2080-2094.
- Zhang R, Kikuchi AT, Nakao T, Russell JO, Preziosi ME, Poddar M, Singh S, Bell AW, England SG, Monga SP (2019). 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.
- 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. Faculty of 1000 Prime Article. Am J Pathol, 187(10), 2273-2287.
- Garcia O, Hiatt MJ, Lundin A, Lee J, Reddy R, Navarro S, Kikuchi A, Driscoll B (2016). Targeted Type 2 Alveolar Cell Depletion. A Dynamic Functional Model for Lung Injury Repair. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol, 54(3), 319-30.
- 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 ¿-Catenin Are Prone to Cholestatic Injury and Chemical Carcinogenesis. Am J Pathol, 185(12), 3274-89.
- Nejak-Bowen K, Kikuchi A, Monga SP (2013). Beta-catenin-NF-¿B interactions in murine hepatocytes: a complex to die for. Hepatology, 57(2), 763-74.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Review
- Kikuchi A, Singh K, Gars E, Ohgami RS (2022). Pathology updates and diagnostic approaches to haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. [Review]. Histopathology, 80, (4), 616-626.
- Kikuchi A, Monga SP (2015). PDGFR¿ in liver pathophysiology: emerging roles in development, regeneration, fibrosis, and cancer. [Review]. Gene Expr, 16, (3), 109-27.
Book Chapter
- Kikuchi A, Gill R (2025). Gastric Extranodal Marginal Zone Lymphoma Versus Helicobacter pylori Gastritis with Lymphoid Hyperplasia. In Kakar S, Gill R (Eds.), Gastrointestinal Pathology and Liver Metastasis: A Case-Based Approach to Diagnosis (1st). Elsevier.
- Kikuchi A, Gill R (2025). Colonic Polypoid Extranodal Marginal Zone Lymphoma Versus Reactive Lymphoid Hyperplasia. In Kakar S, Gill R (Eds.), Gastrointestinal Pathology and Liver Metastasis :A Case-Based Approach to Diagnosis (1st). Elsevier.
- Kikuchi A, Gill R (2025). Duodenal Follicular Lymphoma Versus Reactive Follicles. In Kakar S, Gill R (Eds.), Gastrointestinal Pathology and Liver Metastasis :A Case-Based Approach to Diagnosis (1st). Elsevier.
- Kikuchi A, Gill R (2025). Colonic Polypoid Follicular Lymphoma Versus Reactive Lymphoid Infiltrates. In Kakar S, Gill R (Eds.), Gastrointestinal Pathology and Liver Metastasis: A Case-Based Approach to Diagnosis (1st). Elsevier.
- Kikuchi A, Gill R (2025). Natural Killer Cell Enteropathy Versus Extranodal Natural Killer/T-Cell Lymphoma. In Kakar S, Gill R (Eds.), Gastrointestinal Pathology and Liver Metastasis: A Case-Based Approach to Diagnosis (1st). Elsevier.
Other
- Kikuchi A (2024). Hepatitis C virus (https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/liverhepC.html). Evason K, Huber AR (Eds.), PathologyOutlines.com.
- Kikuchi A (2024). Polycystic Liver Disease (https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/liverpolycysticliverdisease.html). Evason K, Huber AR (Eds.), PathologyOutlines.com