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General Medicine

Prof. ITO Masanori

¡¾Research Keywords¡¿
Metabolic syndrome, Lifestyle-related diseases, Obesity, Medical big data, Medical education, Probiotics, Helicobacter pylori infection

¡¾Recent highlights¡¿
?Establishment of Hiroshima Center of General Medicine (Hiroshima CGM) ()
?Publication of basic research papers (J Gastroenterol Hepatol, J Pathol, Nutrients)
?Publication of clinical research papers (BMC Geriatr, J Infect, J Am Med Dir Assoc)
?Publication of case report papers£¨Lancet, Mayo Clin Proc, Intern Med£©
 

¡¾Major Papers of the Laboratory¡¿
?Miyamori, D., Nagasaki, Y., Yoshida, S., Kashima, S., Omori, W., Itagaki, K., & Ito, M. (2025). Role of regular medical visits in mitigating increased suicide risk during the early COVID-19 pandemic in Kobe, Japan. BMC Prim Care, 26(1), 18. doi:10.1186/s12875-025-02707-2
?Shiozaki M, Kanno K, Yonezawa S, Otani Y, Shigenobu Y, Haratake D, Murakami E, Oka S, Ito M. Integrator complex subunit 6 promotes hepatocellular steatosis via ¦Â-catenin-PPAR¦Ã axis. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids. 2024 Oct;1869(7):159532.
?Sakai K, Miyamori D. Hyperviscosity syndrome caused by cryoglobulinemia diagnosed by observing the reversible formation of gel upon cooling and warming the patient's serum. Lancet. 2023 Nov 18;402(10415):1866.
?Ito M, Maruyama Y, Terao S, Okubo K, Hidaka K, Sakamoto T, Haruma K. A new anti-parietal cell antibody titer measurement kit for diagnosis of autoimmune gastritis. Digestion (2025), Online ahead of print.

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Communication Skill, General Internal Medicine, Symptomatic Diagnostics, Clinical Practice, Health Administration and Medical Management, OSCE(Medical Interviews)

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Basic research: Pathophysiology of life style-related disease and metabolic syndrome focusing on adipose tissue.
Epidemiological research: Medical big data, medical education, and disaster medicine.
Clinical research: Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric cancer.
 


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