【Education】
Medical School
We will acquire basic knowledge on the pathology, diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic diseases, and will conduct training to acquire the basic examination procedures necessary for physicians.

Graduate school of medicine
We will acquire deeper knowledge on the pathology, diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic diseases, and will conduct training to acquire necessary examination techniques and research methods necessary for rheumatologist expert.

【Research】
We will elucidate the pathological mechanisms of rheumatic diseases, develop novel biomarkers, and establish new therapeutic targets.

• Elucidation of the mechanisms of inflammation, synovial proliferation, and cartilage destruction in the synovial tissue of rheumatoid arthritis; We aim to develop novel therapeutic targets for arthritis by integration of histological research, molecular biology, and comprehensive gene expression analysis by next-generation sequencing.
• Development of Oligonucleotide therapeutics, such as mRNA drugs, against joint diseases.
• Analyses of rheumatic pathological conditions, such as systemic scleroderma and idiopathic inflammatory myopathy, using nail contour capillary microscopy.
• Elucidation of the regulatory mechanisms of host cell receptors in COVID-19 and development of novel therapeutic targets.
• Analyses of expression mechanisms, functions and relationships with inflammatory cytokines of blood coagulation factor XIII(13).