• Genetics & genomics
  • Stem Cells Biology
  • Pancreatogenic Diabetes
  • Viral Hepatitis
  • Non- alcoholic fatty liver disease
  • Gut Microbiome
  • Cytotherapy Including islet transplantation
  • Molecular Hepatology
  • Precision Medicine for Obesity 
  • Lipotoxicity and Liver Inflammation
  •  Liver Disease Immunobiology
  • Cell Signaling in Gastroenterology
  • Hepatobiliary Cancer 
  • Cellular Microsystems and Biosensors 

Research Field

  • Observational study of changes in muscle mass evaluated by abdominal computed tomography (CT) in patients with liver cirrhosis (MILE Study)
  • Construction of a nutritional guidance system using artificial intelligence (AI) for patients with liver cirrhosis
  • Clinical study of factors influencing liver elastography measurements during acute liver injury
  • Measurement of liver hardness in primary biliary cholangitis by shear wave elastography
  • Usefulness of pemafibrate in patients with primary biliary cholangitis with dyslipidemia
  • Nutritional guidance using AI for non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases
  • Examination of CagA protein detection in patients with Helicobacter pylori-negative gastric cancer treated by endoscopy
  • Investigation into the association between the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and relapse of ulcerative colitis
  • Examination of the usefulness of Maspin staining in EUS-FNA specimens for pancreatic cancer   ~Comparison with benign pancreatic disease~
  • Survey of submucosal gastric tumors with a tumor diameter of 2 cm or less
  • Survey of the effects of the spread of COVID-19 infection on the onset of acute pancreatitis
  • Usefulness of pemafibrate in patients with primary biliary cholangitis with lipid abnormalities
  • Examination of EST incision length and recurrence of common bile duct stones
  • Examination of the results of endoscopic ultrasonographic gastric varices treatment for isolated gastric varices
  • National survey of pancreatitis-related candidate genes using next-generation sequencer
  • Multi-centre retrospective comparative study of balloon endoscopic ERCP and endoscopic ultrasonography-guided anterograde treatment in the treatment of common bile duct stones in patients after Roux-en-Y reconstruction
  • Examination of the usefulness and safety of transjugular liver biopsy in patients with chronic liver disease
  • Study on establishment of surveillance method for early detection of pancreatic cancer for familial pancreatic cancer family or hereditary tumor syndrome