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Updated : June 12, 2026

Department of Dermatology (Dermatopathology)

Members

Satoru Shinkuma

Masamitsu Kuwahara

Chinatsu Shobatake

Yuki Nishimura

Yasuhiro Mitsui

Overview

1. Elucidation of the role of innate immunity in atopic dermatitis and development of new treatment methods for it.
2. Research on the relationship between allergic skin diseases and microorganisms.
3. Research on the pathogenesis of severe drug eruptions and development of new methods to diagnose them.
4. Development of shingles vaccines.
5. Studies on the orientation of dermal collagen fibers
6. Immunohistochemical studies on cutaneous adnexal tumors
7. Studies on the usefulness of ultrasonography in the field of dermatology
8. Development of new treatments for porokeratosis
9. Elucidation of the pathology of hereditary skin diseases
10. Elucidation of the pathology of epidermolysis bullosa and the development of new techniques for regenerative medicine and gene therapy

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