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Host Defense Mechanism

Research Supervisor: Yoshiyuki Hashimoto

Year Started : FY1997
Research Director	Affiliation	Research Project
Shunsuke Ishii	Chief Scientist, RIKEN	Research on Transcriptional Regulation via Mediators
Yuko Ohashi	Associate director for research, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences	Gene Silencing in Plant Self-defense Mechanisms
Yasunobu Okada	Professor, Okazaki National Research Institutes	Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Volume Regulation and the Protection against Volume Regulatory Dysfunction
Toshisuke Kawasaki	Professor, Kyoto University	Studies on the Carbohydrate Mediated Host Defense System
Takehiko Sasazuki	Director, International Medical Center of Japan	Molecular Basis for the Framework Formation of Immune System and for the Regulation of Immune Response
Yuichi Sugiyama	Professor, The University of Tokyo	Molecular Basis for the Xenobiotic Detoxification System
Hiromitsu Nakauchi	Professor, The University of Tokyo	Molecular Mechanisms for Differentiation and Self-renewal of the Hemato Poietic Stem Cell

Affiliation: At the time of project completion

Year Started : FY1996
Research Director	Affiliation	Research Project
Kazuo Sugamura	Professor, Tohoku University	Molecular Mechanism of Cytokine Dysfunction and Gene Therapy
Keiji Tanaka	Department Director, The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science	Molecular Mechanisms of Immunological Recognition by a Supramolecular System
Masaru Taniguchi	Professor, Chiba University	Molecular Mechanism on Autoimmune Regulation
Shoji Fukushima	Professor, Osaka City University	Cancer Risk from Chemicals in Our Environment: Experimental Approaches to Carcinogenic Assessment
Kouji Matsushima	Professor, The University of Tokyo	Molecular Analysis of the Mechanism of Inflammation Focusing on Interleukin 8 and Cell Adhesion Molecules

Affiliation: At the time of project completion

Year Started : FY1995
Research Director	Affiliation	Research Project
Shizuo Akira	Professor, Osaka University	Studies on Host Defense Mechanisms by Gene Targeting
Masamitsu Iino	Professor, The University of Tokyo	Calcium Signalling Research with Advancement of Imaging and Molecular Genetic Methods
Hajime Iwamura	Professor, Kyoto University	Chemical Approaches to the Elucidation of Plant Defense Mechanisms
Ko Okumura	Professor, Juntendo University	Construction of the Molecular Network among Immune, Neuro and Endocrine Systems
Mari Kannagi	Professor, Tokyo Medical and Dental University	Mechanisms of Immune Destruction in Persistent Human Virus-associated Diseases and Its Prevention
Toshiyuki Takai	Professor, Tohoku University	Analysis of Immunoregulatory Mechanism via Fc Receptors
Kazuhiro Nagata	Professor, Kyoto University	Stress Response as an Universal Defense Mechanism
Shunji Natori	Invited Researcher, RIKEN	Insect Defense Molecules and Future Drugs Based on Them

Affiliation: At the time of project completion

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