Tokyo Women's Medical University

Graduate School of Medical Science

Respiratory Medicine

About us

The First Department of Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University is one of the leading institutes of respiratory medicine in Japan. We have 26000 outpatients and 11000 inpatients every year in our department. Our clinical fields cover all respiratory diseases such as pneumonia, lung cancer, bronchial asthma, COPD, pulmonary fibrosis, sleep apnea syndrome and so on. We also perform basic and clinical research on respiratory medicine to develop the new methods and therapies in this field. Especially, our themes are as follows; airway inflammation and remodeling in asthma and COPD, airway secretion, chemotherapy of lung cancer, pulmonary circulation, respiratory rehabilitation, and new techniques of bronchoscopy. We recently focus on the studies using the techniques of molecular biology and cellular physiology. We hope everyone coming to our institute and studying with us.

Research

1. Clinical Research
Management and treatment in asthma and COPD Research on abnormal airway secretion in chronic inflammatory airway diseases including asthma, COPD, DPB, and bronchiectasis Efficacy of chemotherapy in lung cancer A research of driver oncogene for lung cancer using micro specimen by a bronchoscopy
２.Basic Research
・Remodeling of the airway diseases
・Regulation of smooth muscle contraction in the airway and the pulmonary vasculature
・Ion transport in the airway epithelium
・Basic study towards regenerative medicine
・Apoptosis and senescence of the lung cells

Faculty

Professor： Etsuko Tagaya
Associate Professor：Mitsuko Kondo
Associate Professor：Kiyoshi Takeyama
Instructor：Ken Arimura
Instructor：Ayako Kubo
Instructor：Rie Mizobuchi

Related links

Research Achievements Database

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