熊本大学大学院生命科学研究部 遺伝子機能応用学分野

Update on Alport Syndrome: The Report of the 2024 International Workshop on Alport Syndrome

Thomas M Oates, Moumita Barua, Susie Gear, A Neil Turner, Rachel Lennon, Hirofumi Kai, Daniel P Gale, Marina Aksenova, Judith Savige, Oliver Gross, Laura Massella, Jeffrey H Miner, Constantinos Deltas
Kidney Int Rep. 2026 Jan 23;11(4):103785. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2026.103785. eCollection 2026 Apr.PMID: 41853742 PMCID: PMC12995486

腎疾患のモデル動物:開発と挑戦 ―腎疾患進展抑制薬開発に向けたアルポート症候群モデルマウスおよびin vitro評価系の活用―

甲斐 広文、大町 紘平、古賀 友紹、首藤 剛、メリー アン スイコ
JALAS Newsletter / Vol. 75 No. 2 / April 2026

Heat shock protein 72 (HSP72) modulates glucagon secretion via JNK inhibition in pancreatic α-cells

Takuro Watanabe, Tatsuya Kondo, Rintaro Yoshizumi, Nobukazu Miyakawa, Sayaka Kitano, Mary Ann Suico, Miki Sato, Masaji Sakaguchi, Motoyuki Igata, Takeshi Matsumura, Hirofumi Kai, Eiichi Araki, Naoto Kubota
Diabetol Int. 2026 Mar 29;17(2):34. doi:10.1007/s13340-026-00886-6. eCollection 2026 Apr.

Protective role of early Tnfsf15 upregulation in limiting glomerular injury and proteinuria in experimental Alport Syndrome

Aimi Owaki, Shota Kaseda, Shunsuke Tanigawa,  Koichiro Miike, Yuya Sannomiya, Haruki Tsuhako, Ryoichi Sato, Keito Mizumoto, Jun Horizono, Ryo Kumabe, Midori Tokuyasu, Yukio Fujiwara, Toru Takeo, Kimi Araki, Bernard Davenport, Rachel Lennon, Tsuyoshi Shuto, Ryuichi Nishinakamura, Mary Ann Suico, Hirofumi Kai
J Pharmacol Sci. 2026 Mar;160(3):158-166. doi: 10.1016/j.jphs.2026.01.005. Epub 2026 Jan 16.PMID: 41672640

Glycosidic scaffold bearing multiple galloyl moieties from pomegranate disrupts transthyretin amyloids.

Kagami A, Hashimoto N, Sasaki R, Fukushima Y, Devkota HP, Tanaka S, Wada M, Yamanaka K, Yamakawa S, Misumi S, Yokoyama T, Mizuguchi M, Sato T, Nakamura T, Kotani S, Suico MA, Kai H, Ueda M, Shuto T.
iScience. 2026; 29(1): 114170. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.114170.