Division of Advanced Genome Medicine
Head | HIRATA Yoshihiro |
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Location | Research Building Annex 1F |
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Activities
The goals of our research are to identify the mechanisms and to establish novel therapies especially for cancers and inflammatory diseases of the digestive system. One of the research fields is the inflammatory diseases, in which we investigated the molecular pathogenesis of gastritis, cholangitis and inflammatory bowel disease. Another research field is malignancies. We specifically focus on the topics such as, differentiation of stem cells, proliferation and death of epithelium, interactions with inflammatory cells or microbes, and inter-organ interactions, or maintenance of tissue homeostasis. Using genetically engineered mice, we try to unveil the pathogenesis of various digestive diseases.