About the department

Department of Inflammation and Immunosenescence

To clarify the mechanism of inflammation and immune function through basic research into age-related mental and physical changes and their related diseases, and lead to the elucidation of pathology of the diseases and development of the drug discovery and treatments focusing on the qualitative alteration with age.

Research Focus

Analyzes the cellular mechanisms in the qualitative alteration with aging, and elucidates the effects of inflammation caused by cellular senescence on tissue function and pathological conditions.
Understands the molecular/cellular mechanisms underlying senescence-associated pathologies, and establishes a novel therapeutic strategy for the age-related diseases by targeting senescent cells.
Clarifies the mechanisms of the decline of immune function with age, focusing on recognition as foreign substances like the specific pathogens, and aims at developing a strategy to maintain immune function with understanding the mechanism of immunosenescence.

Members

Professor	Mitsuo Maruyama
Associate Professor
Research Fellow	Tanenobu Harada
Research Fellow	Yoichiro Kawabe
Research Assistant	Keiko Onishi
	Rina Yamamoto
	Nobuko Saitoh
	Yuko Ohta
	Akane Yamada
	Rie Imura
	Mai Kondo
	Kumiko Kanamori
Visiting Researcher	Junichi Shimada
	Noboru Motoyama
	Akinori Tokunaga