Professor TOMINAGA Tatsuya

  Our research focuses on the early diagnosis of kidney disease and its treatment, with the goal of creating a “world without dialysis”.

   1��Elucidation of the pathogenesis of glomerulosclerotic lesions in chronic kidney disease and development of diagnostic markers.
   2��Development of substances with renoprotective effects.
   3��Development of research tools using3D culture “Spheroid” of renal cells.

  We are investigating drug discovery modalities using purification technology of extracellular vesicles, “exosomes”. Exosomes are secreted by all living cells and contain nucleic acids and other substances.

   1��Elucidation of exosome function.
   2��Research on diagnosis by exosomes.
   3��Research on exosome drug discovery.