Department of Molecular Microbiology
Division of Life Sciences
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Kyoto University

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　　　of the Department of Molecular Microbiology
　　　　　　　　　　(WATANABE Lab) !

　The Department of Molecular Microbiology takes charge of the education and research on the host defense against the microbial and viral infection, and the tumors. [Subjects in charge]＞＞＞

　The current reseach in WATANABE Lab is focussed on the problems concerning physiological roles of interferons that are crucially involved in the host defence mechanisms. [Research]＞＞＞

　 Interferon was discovered about a half century ago as a soluble factor which showed anti-viral activity and has been elucidated also to have a variety of biological activities including regulation of cell proliferation, suppression of tumor growth, control of cell differentiation, and modulation of immune responses. These pleiotropic biological activities has been limitedly applied for the pharmaco-medical treatment. Clarifying the mechanisms of the physiological functions of interferon in detail will enable a wide-ranging more effective application of interferon. The field of interferon research thus deserves to be poured with a lot of young power. [What's interferon?]＞＞＞

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