Institute of Science Tokyo · Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences

Research keywordshepatocellular carcinoma・chronic hepatitis C・hepatitis B virus integration・IPSC-derived hepatic organoids・liver cancer genomics・direct-acting antivirals・immune checkpoint inhibitors・hepatocarcinogenesis biomarkers・NS5A resistance-associated substitutions・bile acid-FXR signaling

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• Tomohiro Mochida, Masato Miyoshi, Sei Kakinuma, Taro Shimizu, Jun Tsuchiya, Keiya Watakabe, Kento Inada, Shun Kaneko, Fukiko Kawai-Kitahata, Miyako Murakawa, Sayuri Nitta, Mina Nakagawa, Mamoru Watanabe, Yasuhiro Asahina, Ryuichi Okamoto. Crosstalk via ICAM-1 enhances supportive phenotype of stellate cells and drives hepatocyte proliferation in iPSC-derived hepatic organoids. Stem Cell Reports. 2025.10; 20 (10): 102642. ( PubMed , DOI )2025
• Jun Tsuchiya, Masato Miyoshi, Sei Kakinuma, Fukiko Kawai-Kitahata, Akihide Kamiya, Taro Shimizu, Ayako Sato, Keiya Watakabe, Tomohiro Mochida, Kento Inada, Rion Kamimae, Shun Kaneko, Miyako Murakawa, Sayuri Nitta, Mina Nakagawa, Mamoru Watanabe, Yasuhiro Asahina, Ryuichi Okamoto. Hepatitis B Virus-KMT2B Integration Drives Hepatic Oncogenic Processes in a Human Gene-edited Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells-derived Model. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2025; 19 (2): 101422. ( PubMed , DOI )2025
• Taro Shimizu, Masato Miyoshi, Sei Kakinuma, Jun Tsuchiya, Daisuke Yamane, Keiya Watakabe, Tomohiro Mochida, Kento Inada, Kaho Yamada, Kotomi Shinozaki, Ayako Sato, Shun Kaneko, Fukiko Kawai-Kitahata, Miyako Murakawa, Sayuri Nitta, Mina Nakagawa, Mamoru Watanabe, Yasuhiro Asahina, Ryuichi Okamoto. Bile acid-FXR signaling facilitates the long-term maintenance of hepatic characteristics in human iPSC-derived organoids. Cell Rep. 2025.05; 44 (5): 115675. ( PubMed , DOI )2025
• Shun Kaneko, Yasuhiro Asahina, Miyako Murakawa, Seishin Azuma, Kento Inada, Tomohiro Mochida, Keiya Watakabe, Taro Shimizu, Jun Tsuchiya, Masato Miyoshi, Fukiko Kawai-Kitahata, Sayuri Nitta, Marie Takahashi, Tomoyuki Fujioka, Mitsuhiro Kishino, Tatsuhiko Anzai, Sei Kakinuma, Mina Nakagawa, Ryuichi Okamoto. Analysis of prognosis and background liver disease in non-advanced hepatocellular carcinoma in two decades. PLoS One. 2024; 19 (3): e0297882. ( PubMed , DOI )2024

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