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Respiratory Medicine Lab
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A lab that explores the many diseases of the lungs and airways through clinical and basic research, drawing on strengths from other fields.
AboutAbout the lab
Bringing together knowledge from many fields for a new respiratory medicine.
The lab studies a wide range of respiratory diseases, including cancer, infections, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), asthma, interstitial lung disease, sleep-disordered breathing, and respiratory failure.
The lung is an organ that performs gas exchange at the interface of air and blood and keeps changing shape with each breath, and its diseases can overlap with one another or be linked to diseases of other organs.
The lab aims to bring together knowledge from many fields, not only medicine and biology but also science and engineering, to build a new framework of respiratory medicine.
The lab also conducts clinical research using clinical information from many institutions, including affiliated facilities, and collaborative research with basic medicine departments and other faculties.
Key terms
- COPD
- A disease (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) in which long-lasting inflammation of the airways and lungs, caused by tobacco smoke and other factors, makes it hard to breathe out
- Interstitial lung disease
- A general term for diseases in which inflammation or fibrosis occurs in the walls of the lungs (the interstitium), making the lungs stiff
- Fibrosis
- The process in which, after tissue is damaged, hard fibers increase and the tissue becomes stiff
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The lab carries out clinical work, education, and research on airway diseases, interstitial lung disease, chest tumors, respiratory infections, disease models, and iPS cells.
*Illustrative imageAirway Diseases
For airway diseases such as COPD, asthma, and chronic cough, the lab analyzes structure and function through imaging and investigates disease mechanisms and related factors, in both basic and clinical research.
*Illustrative imageInterstitial Lung Disease
The lab studies lung fibrosis from genetic, molecular, and structural perspectives.
*Illustrative imageLung Cancer and Other Chest Tumors
The lab pursues clinical research centered on lung cancer, and basic research on the mechanisms by which drugs stop working.
*Illustrative imageRespiratory Infections
The lab conducts multicenter studies of COVID-19 and community-acquired pneumonia and searches for biomarkers, as well as molecular epidemiology studies of pneumococcal infection and nontuberculous mycobacterial disease.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorToyohiro Hirai
- Associate ProfessorAtsuyasu Sato
- LecturerHiroaki Ozasa
- Program-Specific LecturerNaoya Tanabe
- Assistant ProfessorKohei Ikezoe
- Assistant ProfessorYoshinari Nakatsuka
- Assistant ProfessorHironori Yoshida
- Program-Specific Hospital Assistant ProfessorYohei Korogi
- Program-Specific Hospital Assistant ProfessorHitomi Ajimizu
- Program-Specific Hospital Assistant ProfessorMasahiro Shirata
- Program-Specific Assistant ProfessorHironobu Sunadome
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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: “Spirometry NIH” National Heart Lung and Blood Insitute (NIH) / Public domain (cropped)
- Airway Diseases: “Copd versus healthy lung” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
- Interstitial Lung Disease: “Smoking-related interstitial fibrosis (SRIF)” Mutleysmith / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Lung Cancer and Other Chest Tumors: “CT of part solid lung nodule” Article authors: Annemie Snoeckx, Pieter Reyntiens, Damien Desbuquoit, Maarten J. Spinhoven, Paul E. Van Schil, Jan P. van Meerbeeck, Paul M. Parizel / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Respiratory Infections: “Streptococcus pneumoniae” Photo Credit: CDC/Janice Carr Content Providers(s): CDC/Dr. Richard Facklam / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Gastroenterology Lab): “CSIRO ScienceImage 11130 CSIROs colonoscopy simulator developed using the latest computer gaming technology” division, CSIRO / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Cardiovascular Medicine Lab): “2D ECHOCARDIOGRAM MACHINE WITH A TABLE AND A STETHOSCOPE” Dr D. Malleswara Rao / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Lab): “Positron emission tomography” Spacecoastcreative / CC0 (cropped)
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