Ph.D. / Assistant Professor
Expertise: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Vascular Biology
Email: kasuzuki [at] juntendo.ac.jp
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Selected papers:
Suzuki et al. Human cathelicidin peptide LL-37 induces cell death in autophagy-dysfunctional endothelial cells. J Immunol (2022). LINK
Suzuki et al. p75 Neurotrophin receptor is a marker for precursors of stellate cells and portal fibroblasts in mouse fetal liver. Gastroenterology (2008). LINK
Biography:
Dr. Kaori Suzuki received a Master of Agricultural Chemistry from Tokyo University of Agriculture in 1997, and started her career as a technical assistant. Through her engagements in several fields of biomedical research at The University of Tokyo and Juntendo University, she became fascinated with the beauty of vascular system, the network that connects all parts of the body. Then she received her PhD at Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine (Dept. Host Defense and Biochemical Research) in 2012 by demonstrating the vascular protective anti-apoptotic action of host defense peptide LL-37. Now her research interests include how vascular cells acquire tissue/organ-specific characters in the places, and the visualization of micro-inflammation sites of vasculature using 3D immunostaining and tissue clearing techniques.