Division of Cell Medicine
Outline
People tend to think of stress as a psychological phenomenon, but the cells that make up our bodies can also be exposed to various kinds of physical stress caused by internal and external factors, such as high or low temperatures, UV light, nutrient starvation, hypoxia, reactive oxygen species, and malfolded protein. Our laboratory has set a goal to understand details of cell-sensing stress and defensive response to the stress at molecular, cellular, and living organism levels. We have especially considered cellular stress as an important research target from the aspect of not only basic biology but also medical science. We are interested in the relationship between stress and lifestyle diseases, inflammation, aging, cancer, neurodegenerative disorder, fatigue, sleep, and abnormal behavior. We also make efforts for the development of model animals to monitor cellular stress in vivo.
e-mail: 颈飞补飞补办颈【补】办补苍补锄补飞补-尘别诲.补肠.箩辫
Faculty
Professor

Assistant

伊人直播 Assistant
HAMASHIMA Hisayo

伊人直播 Achievements
- Ushimoto C, Akai R, Sugiki S, Kunii K, Inoue S, Iwawaki T, Miyazawa K "Bardoxolone methyl (Bard)-mediated strong suppression of calcium oxalate crystal formation in renal crystal recurrence model" Sci Rep, 15, 42353, 2025
- Akai R, Hamashima H, Saito M, Kohno K, Iwawaki T "Partial limitation of cellular functions and compensatory modulation of unfolded protein response pathways caused by double-knockout of ATF6α and ATF6β" Cell Stress Chaperones, 29, 34-48, 2024.
- Iwawaki T, Akai R, Toyoshima T, Takeda N, Ishikawa T, Yamamura K "Transgenic mouse model for imaging of ATF4 translational activation-related cellular stress responses in vivo" Sci Rep, 7, 46230, 2017.
- Iwawaki T, Akai R, Yamanaka S, Kohno K "Function of IRE1 alpha in the placenta is essential for placental development and embryonic viability" Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 106, 16657-16662, 2009.
- Iwawaki T, Akai R, Kohno K, Miura M "A transgenic mouse model for monitoring endoplasmic reticulum stress" Nat Med, 10, 98-102, 2004.
External 伊人直播 Funding
- KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific 伊人直播 (C) (2025-2027)
- KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific 伊人直播 (B) (2024-2026)
- KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific 伊人直播 (B) (2021-2023)
- KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging 伊人直播 (Exploratory) (2023-2024)
- KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific 伊人直播 (C) (2022-2024)