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Molecular Nutrition and Metabolism Lab
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The lab explores how obesity causes inflammation, from the perspective of the relationship between nutrition, metabolism, and immunity.
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Why does obesity cause inflammation?
The Molecular Nutrition and Metabolism Lab studies why obesity causes inflammation in the body, focusing on the relationship between nutrition, metabolism, and immunity.
Obesity causes mild chronic inflammation throughout the body and contributes to the onset and progression of various diseases, which is why it is said that "obesity is the root of all diseases."
The lab's main research topics are the chronic persistence of inflammation driven by cell death, disease development through cell-to-cell and organ-to-organ networks, and the mechanisms behind qualitative and quantitative changes in overnutrition and ectopic fat accumulation.
The lab is part of the Graduate School of Life Sciences, and students join it at the graduate level.
Key terms
- Chronic inflammation
- A condition in which mild inflammation continues in the body for a long time
- Inter-organ network
- Connections through which distant organs influence each other's functions
- Ectopic fat accumulation
- Accumulation of fat in other organs rather than in adipose tissue, where fat is normally stored
ResearchResearch themes
The lab focuses on obesity, which is increasing with changes in diet and lifestyle, and studies why obesity causes inflammation. Focusing on the relationship between nutrition, metabolism, and immunity, it aims to clarify the mechanisms from the molecular level to the whole-organism level.
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- ProfessorMiyako Tanaka
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