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Diagnostic Pathology Lab
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This pathology lab studies tissue under the microscope to diagnose disease.
AboutAbout the lab
Identifying disease from the shape of tissue
The Diagnostic Pathology Lab is a diagnostic pathology lab that examines tissues and cells under a light microscope to diagnose disease.
While placing importance on observing the morphology of tissue, the lab conducts research that links it with genetic tests and other examinations as well as clinical information.
As the Department of Diagnostic Pathology at Kyoto University Hospital, the lab handles daily diagnosis and studies the pathology of tumors in various organs, transplant pathology, and the relationship between intracellular signaling and disease.
The lab is also working on applying photoimmunotherapy to allergic diseases.
Key terms
- Pathological diagnosis
- Examining tissue taken during surgery or tests under a microscope to determine what disease it is.
- Mast cell
- An immune cell involved in allergic reactions. It releases substances such as histamine.
- Graft
- An organ or tissue that has been transplanted.
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To connect pathological diagnosis with treatment, the lab values not only observing tissue morphology but also close collaboration with each clinical department. With the goal of directly benefiting daily clinical care, the lab conducts research on its own diagnostic approaches.
*Illustrative imagePathology of transplanted organs
Diagnosing the graft tissue taken after an organ transplant is essential for diagnosing damage and deciding on treatment. The lab studies rejection in the liver, lungs, and small intestine, among others.
*Illustrative imageDisease viewed through receptors and signal transduction
Starting from research on mast cells and on GIST (gastrointestinal stromal tumor), a tumor that carries the same molecule, KIT, the lab has expanded its work to study receptors involved in various inflammatory diseases and in the proliferation of tumor cells, as well as how signals are transmitted inside cells.
MembersFaculty
Members of the Diagnostic Pathology Lab consist of faculty, graduate students, clinical staff physicians, and research students.As of 2026
- ProfessorHironori Haga
- Program-Specific ProfessorTatsuki Kataoka
- Associate ProfessorYuki Teramoto
- LecturerYasuhide Takeuchi
- Assistant ProfessorHiroaki Ito
- Assistant ProfessorKentaro Tsuji
- Assistant ProfessorYoshiki Iemura
- Assistant ProfessorShunsuke Uno
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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: “Endometrium and adipose tissue -- high mag” Nephron / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Pathology of transplanted organs: “20251019 Transport box liver transplant” Flocci Nivis / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Disease viewed through receptors and signal transduction: “Protein KIT PDB 1pkg” Emw / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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