RESEARCH
研究内容
臨床検体や生物実験試料等の質量分析による網羅的な生体成分分析(メタボロミクス)、分子同定、薬毒定性・動態解析を主軸に、遺伝子(ゲノミクス、トランスクリプトミクス)、タンパク質(プロテオミクス)解析を含めたマルチオミクスを行います。
マルチオミクスに係る方法論およびシステムの構築
- 工学部で開発する新規質量分析技術
- それを用いた臨床試料の網羅的分析データ
- 機械学習等のAIを用いた複合的データ解析手法
これら3つの要素技術を組み合わせた、疾患診断・生体機序解明システムの開発を進めています。
共同研究の一例
本学第1外科学教室との共同研究:British Journal of Surgery(2020)掲載

Bibliography
関連技術開発および学内共同研究の主要論文(2015〜)
- 膵管内乳頭粘液性腫瘍(IPMN)の良悪性診断法の開発S Kiritani, T Iwano, K Yoshimura, R Saito(本学第1外科・東京大学との共同研究). New Diagnostic Modality Combining Mass Spectrometry and Machine Learning for the Discrimination of Malignant Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms. Ann Surg Oncol (2023)
- LC-MSを用いた膵がんリキッドバイオプシー法の開発T Iwano, K Yoshimura, et al.(第1外科との共同研究). High-performance Collective Biomarker From Liquid Biopsy For Diagnosis Of Pancreatic Cancer Based On Mass Spectrometry And Machine Learning. Journal of Cancer (2021)
- 血漿質量分析による胃がん診断法の開発R Saito, K Yoshimura, et al.(第1外科との共同研究). Diagnostic significance of plasma lipid markers and machine learning-based algorithm for gastric cancer. Oncology Letters (2021)
- 脳組織切除断片による脳グリオーマ診断法の開発K Suzuki, K Yoshimura, et al.(脳外科との共同研究). Prediction of Pathological and Radiological Nature of Glioma by Mass Spectrometry Combined With Machine Learning. Neurosurgery Open (2021)
- 内視鏡接続型イオン化装置の開発LC Chen, T Iwano, S Ninomiya, T Koike, Y Tanaka, K Yoshimura. Miniaturized String Sampling Probe and Electrospray Extraction/Ionization within the Ion Inlet Tube for Mass Spectrometric Endoscopy. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (2021)
- K Akahane, S Kimura, et al.(小児科との共同研究). Association of allele-specific methylation of the ASNS gene with asparaginase sensitivity and prognosis in T-ALL. Blood Advances (2021)
- 微量乳腺組織断片による乳がん診断法の開発T Iwano, K Yoshimura, et al.(第1外科との共同研究). Breast cancer diagnosis based on lipid profiling by probe electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. British Journal of Surgery (2020)
- TGFβ活性化頭頸部癌診断法の開発H Ishii, M Saitoh, et al.(耳鼻科との共同研究). Lipidome-based rapid diagnostic system with machine learning for detection of tumor areas with activated TGF-β signaling in head and neck cancer. British Journal of Cancer (2020)
- sheath-flow PESI-MSおよび関連技術の性能比較K Hiraoka, O Ariyada, DT Usmanov, LC Chen, S Ninomiya, K Yoshimura, et al. Probe Electrospray Ionization (PESI) and Its Modified Versions: Dipping PESI (dPESI), Sheath-Flow PESI (sfPESI) and Adjustable sfPESI (ad-sfPESI). Mass Spectrometry (2020)
- リモートサンプリングESIを用いた迅速スクリーニング法の開発K Yoshimura, Y Yamada, S Ninomiya, et al., LC Chen. Real-time analysis of living animals and rapid screening of human fluid samples using remote sampling electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis (2019)
- 血液内腫瘍細胞検出法の開発K Sakamoto, Y Fujita, et al.(耳鼻科との共同研究). Ambient mass spectrometry-based detection system for tumor cells in human blood. Translational Cancer Research (2018)
- 動脈硬化マーカー検出法の開発H Johno, K Yoshimura, et al.(分子病理学教室との共同研究). Detection of potential new biomarkers of atherosclerosis by probe electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Metabolomics (2018)
- LC Chen, K Yoshimura, S Ninomiya, et al. Towards Practical Endoscopic Mass Spectrometry. Mass Spectrometry (2017)
- 腎細胞がん診断法の開発S Ninomiya, K Yoshimura, LC Chen, et al. Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Renal Cell Carcinoma with Electrospray Droplet Ion Beams. Mass Spectrometry (2017)
- 頭頸部癌診断法の開発K Ashizawa, K Yoshimura, et al.(耳鼻科との共同研究). Construction of mass spectra database and diagnosis algorithm for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Oral Oncology (2017)
- LC Chen, T Naito, S Tsutsui, Y Yamada, S Ninomiya, K Yoshimura, et al. In-vivo Endoscopic Mass Spectrometry using a Moving String Sampling Probe. Analyst (2017)
- J Yasumoto, H Kasai, et al.(微生物学教室との共同研究). Hepatitis B virus prevents excessive viral production via reduction of cell-death inducing DFF45-like effectors. Journal of General Virology (2017)
- A Hamamoto, S Yamato, Y Katoh, K Nakayama, K Yoshimura, et al. Modulation of primary cilia length by melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1. Cellular Signalling (2016)
- H Kasai, K Kawakami, H Yokoe, K Yoshimura, et al. Involvement of FKBP6 in hepatitis C virus replication. Scientific Reports (2015)