Expertise

My laboratory focuses on the therapeutic applications of nanoparticle-based gene therapy, hyaluronan-cisplatin nanoparticle chemotherapy, the angiotensin II type 2 receptor (AT2R), and umbilical cord matrix stem cells for multiple organ type cancers.  

“Our team studies tumor physiology, cytotherapy using umbilical cord-matrix stem cells and prevention of metastasis of malignant cancers to the lung and peritoneal cavity by nanoparticle-based gene delivery. We also study the relationship between angiotensin II receptor expression and cancer.”

Research Interests:

  • Cancer is one of the most devastating diseases in the world and is the second leading cause of death in the United States

Research:

  • Anatomy & Physiology – Studies tumor physiology, cytotherapy and prevention of metastasis to the lung and peritoneal cavity

Expertise:

  • Anatomy & Physiology - Studies cancer cell-targeted nanoparticle-based gene therapy, stem cell and diet-based alternative medicine for cancer therapy

Keywords: Mesenchymal stem cells, stem-cell-based cancer-targeted therapy, gene therapy

Area of Expertise:

  • Cell Signaling
    • Cell migration and cell-to-cell contact
  • Cell, Tissue, and Organ Development
    • Stem cell biotechnology/physiology/regenerative medicine for injuries and disorders
    • Cancer biology and tumor development
  • Nanomedicine
    • Biological interactions with nanoparticles
Past Affiliations

Affiliate Faculty, Nanotechnology Innovation Center of Kansas State, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University

Professor, Midwest Institute for Comparative Stem Cell Biology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University

Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University

Research Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University (past)

Communities
Physiology, Human Anatomy
Degrees
PhD, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Japan, Veterinary Medicine, 1980
DVM, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan, 1973
MS, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Japan
Keywords
biochemistry & molecular biology