Professor URUSHIHARA Maki

 We have seven research groups in our department, and main study projects of each group are as follows : Nephrology group, the role of angiotensin Ⅱ and NADPH oxidase in the progressive glomerular disease, and ureteric bud branching and nephrogenesis in the embryonic kidney ; Cardiovascular group, cardiac function assessed using echocardiography, fetal echocardiography, analysis of biomarker of heart failure in congenital heart diseases ; Hematology group, the assessment of complications and late effects of cancer therapy, and development of new therapeutic strategy deriving from clinical trials ; Metabolic & Endocrinology Group, molecular genetic analysis and clinical research of type 1 diabetes ; Neurology group, pathophysiology and treatment of Autism spectrum disorder and epilepsy syndromes ; Neonatology group, pathophysiology and treatment of extreme premature babies ; Allergy group, pathophysiology and treatment of allergic disease.