Kei Kuroki
Assistant Professor

  • DVM, Nihon University, Kanagawa, Japan
  • PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia
  • Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists


    • KurokiK@missouri.edu

    Research emphasis: Disease mechanisms of arthropathy.

    Teaching: Veterinary Pathology, Comparative Arthrology, Diagnostic Pathology and Special Species Medicine

    Selected publications:

    Cook JL, Hudson CC, Kuroki K. Autogenous osteochondral grafting for treatment of stifle osteochondrosis in dogs. Vet Surg. 2008;37:311-21.

    Cook JL, Fox DB, Kuroki K, Jayo M, De Deyne PG. In vitro and in vivo comparison of five biomaterials used for orthopedic soft tissue augmentation. Am J Vet Res. 2008;69:148-56. 

    Hughes MS , Kazmier P, Burd TA, Anglen J, Stoker AM, Kuroki K, Carson WL, Cook JL . Enhanced fracture and soft-tissue healing by means of anabolic dietary supplementation. 2006;88:2386-94.

    Stoker AM, Cook JL, Kuroki K, Fox DB. Site-sepcific analysis of gene expression in early osteoarthritis using the Pnd-Nuki model in dogs. J Orthop Surg Res 2006;1:8

    Cook JL, Fox DB, Malaviya P, Tomlinson JL, Farr J, Kuroki K, Cook CR. Evaluation of small intestinal submucosa grafts for meniscal regeneration in a clinically relevant posterior meniscectomy model in dogs. J Knee Surg. 2006;19:159-67.

    Fox DB, Cook JL, Kuroki K, Cockrell M. Effects of dynamic compressive load on collagen-based scaffolds seeded with fibroblast-like synoviocytes. Tissue Eng 2006;12:1527-37

    Cook JL, Fox DB, Malaviya P, Tomlinson JL, Kuroki K, Cook CR, Kladaskis S. Long-term Outcome for Large Meniscal Defects Treated With Small Intestinal Submucosa in a Dog Model. Am J Sports Med 2005

    Kuroki K, Stoker AM, Cook JL. Effects of proinflammatory cytokines on canine articular chondrocytes in a three-dimensional culture.
    Am J Vet Res 2005;66:1187-96.

    Kuroki K, Cook JL, Stoker AM, Turnquist SE, Kreeger JM, Tomlinson JL. Characterizing osteochondrosis in the dog: potential roles for matrix metalloproteinases and mechanical load in pathogenesis and disease progression. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2005;13:225-34.

    Kuroki K, Cook JL, Kreeger JM. Effects of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases on canine chondrocytes cultured in vitro with tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Am J Vet Res 2004;65:1611-5.