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Cell Regulation Engineering Lab
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The lab investigates the mechanisms of aging and functional foods using animal cells.
AboutAbout the lab
Tackling aging and lifestyle-related diseases through cells and food.
The Cell Regulation Engineering Lab uses cultured human and animal cells to study how cell functions become differentiated and how to control this process.
The research targets lifestyle-related diseases such as cancer, diabetes, arteriosclerosis, neurodegenerative diseases, and allergies, as well as the molecular basis of aging.
Its goal is to boost immunity and healing capacity not only with drugs but also with foods and drinking water that people can consume daily, leading to the prevention and improvement of intractable diseases.
Graduate students from the Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences and the Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences conduct research together in the lab.
Key terms
- Telomerase
- An enzyme that underlies the ability of cancer cells to keep dividing indefinitely. This lab plans to study the mechanism that regulates it.
- Reactive oxygen species
- Substances generated in the body that, in excess, are involved in oxidative stress-related diseases such as aging, cancer, and diabetes.
- Fucoidan
- A viscous polysaccharide rich in sulfated fucose, found in seaweeds such as wakame, kombu, and mozuku.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab works to clarify the mechanisms that influence aging and lifespan, and to prevent diseases involving reactive oxygen species by using food components. Centered on experiments with cultured human and animal cells and supplemented by animal experiments, it aims for research that is useful in actual clinical practice.
*Illustrative imageExploring the mechanisms of aging and lifespan
Using cultured human cells, the lab has studied the factors and signals that cause cellular aging. Future plans include clarifying the regulatory mechanism of telomerase and developing anti-aging foods.
*Illustrative imagePreventing diseases related to oxidative stress with food
Aiming to prevent and improve diseases involving excess reactive oxygen species in the body, the lab focuses on fucoidan from seaweed, the fermented milk kefir, hydrogen, and mineral nanoparticles.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Cell Regulation Engineering Lab include faculty, administrative staff, technical staff, collaborative researchers, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorYoshinori Katakura
- Assistant ProfessorKiichiro Teruya
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Epithelioid cells and macrophages in cell culture” ArkhipovSergey / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Exploring the mechanisms of aging and lifespan: “The Hallmarks of Aging” Rebelo-Marques, De Sousa Lages, Andrade, Ribeiro, Mota-Pinto, Carrilho and Espregueira-Mendes / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Preventing diseases related to oxidative stress with food: “Alaska wild berries” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / Public domain (cropped)
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