Professor SAKAUE Hiroshi
Our research projects focused on life-style disease, cancer, dementia, sarcopenia and critical illness as follows.
- Research and development of a functional local ingredient having diabetes-preventive and ameliorating actions (ex. The understanding
of the anti-atherosclerotic effect of fish oil. See figure.) - Search of the early diagnostic marker of life-style disease or visceral fat obesity by metabolome analysis
- Generation of genetically modified medaka(Oryzias latipes)as a new disease model animal for nutrition research.
- Search and functional analysis of the new gene regulating energy metabolism
- Investigation of the nutritional intervention method for dementia in new model animal. In clinical study,
- Research and development of the supportive therapy for dysgeusia related to cancer therapy
- Research and development of the nutritional intervention treatment for disease-related sarcopenia
- Practical approach of the early nutritional support in ICU
- Pragmatic approach of the nutritional support for the athlete or the elderly