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ANDO TOSHINORI
Associate Professor or Lecturer
Affiliation Hiroshima University Hospital(Center for Oral Clinical Examination)
Discipline Oral Health/Development
Academic Degrees Hiroshima University 
Research Fields Medicine,dentistry, and pharmacy; Dentistry; Pathobiological dentistry / Dental radiology
Research Keywords oral/head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, salivary gland tumor, odontogenic tumor, sarcoma, EGFR, tyrosine kinases, Cetuximab, Hippo pathway, YAP/TAZ, mTOR pathway, molecular biology, signaling pathway, bioinformatics, mouse genetics
Comments I work as an oral pathologist in the Hiroshima University Hospital. My research focuses on oral/head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, salivary gland tumor, odontogenic tumor, sarcoma. I try to clarify the mechanism by which their genetic alterations and aberrant signaling pathway causes carcinogenesis or cancer progression, which are expected to yield a novel therapy for the patients with cancer. I mainly focus on the Hippo pathway and mTOR pathway, as well as tumor-immunity, using various approaches including molecular pathological, molecular biological, bioinformatics, mouse genetics etc.
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Past media appearances Hiroshima University or its Department Internal meeting (the whole country) Press release 20190513~
Hiroshima University or its Department Overseas education and research institute Family dynamics: Molecules from the same family have different effects in cancer prognosis AAAS EurekAlert! 20190513~
Hiroshima University or its Department Internal meeting (the whole country) Hiroshima University Press release 20170106~
Hiroshima University or its Department Internal meeting (the whole country) 20170106~
Topic Cancer Treatment
Dentistry/Healthcare
SDGs 3 Good health and well-being 9 Industry, innovation, infrastructure 17 Partnerships for the goals
Educational Programs [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Dentistry : Program of Dentistry : Dentistry
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