​Chikenji Lab

At the 22nd Japan​​Regenerative Medicine Society, Mr. Yamamoto, Mr. Sato, a master's student, and Mr. Nagaoka, an MD-PhD course student, gave presentations.

Lecturer Yuki Saito was selected for a medical research grant from the Takeda Science Foundation.

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Takeda Science Foundation

We found that fisetin treatment of lupus nephritis model mice suppressed the decrease in senescent tubular epithelial cells and the proliferation of fibroblasts, thereby suppressing nephritis.

Published in Frontiers in Immunology!

The research results on diabetic ulcers and cell aging published in Communications Biology were picked up by the media. ①QLifePro ②Nikkei Biotech

③diabetes resource guide

Experimental Medicine Special Edition Vol.40 No.2

Our review of ``skeletal muscles that hold the key to a healthy lifespan''

Cell aging control and skeletal muscle regeneration through exercise

has been published.　

Cellular senescence is involved in depressive symptoms of systemic lupus erythematosus ~ Expectations for new therapeutic strategies targeting senescent cells ~

Published in Frontiers in Immunology!

"Aging" of mesenchymal progenitor cells promotes skeletal muscle regeneration! Expectations for new treatment strategies that take advantage of cellular aging

Published in Nature Communications!

A new mesenchymal mesenchymal cell therapy based on tissue repair mechanism ~ Evoking the cell senescence-clearance-remodeling chain ~

Published in EBioMedicine magazine!

Professor Takako Senmidera was selected for the Emergent Research Support Project (3rd generation).

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Emergent research support project

Professor Takako Senmidera has been selected for a research grant from the Akiyama Memorial Foundation for the Promotion of Life Science.

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Akiyama Memorial Life Science Promotion Foundation

Mesenchymal stem cell treatment for mice with systemic lupus erythematosus ~Improvement of bone marrow autonomic nerve disorder and multiorgan dysfunction with cells cultured on 3D fiber substrate~

Published in Stem Cells Translational Medicine!

A new mechanism of diabetic ulcers: cellular senescence in subcutaneous fat is the key ~Discovery that cellular senescence in subcutaneous fat at the wound site may control wound healing~

Published in Communications Biology!

The research results on central nervous system lupus and cellular aging published in Frontiers in Immunology were picked up by the media. ①QLifePro ②Nikkei Biotech

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A review of the diverse functions of cellular senescence in skeletal muscle regeneration and degeneration

Published in Frontiers in Pharmacology magazine!

Assistant Professor Yuki Saito received the New Investigator Recognition Award (NIRA) at the Orthopedic Research Society (ORS) 2020.

Identification of pPDGFRα(+) fibroblasts with resistance to apoptosis in rheumatoid arthritis synovium

Published in Frontiers  in Immunology magazine!