We are pleased to announce our research paper has been published in a scientific journal.

Tezuka T, Arakawa H, Kudo K, Takehara H, Morioka M, Ikeda K, Ikeda T, Yasuda K, Fujima Y, Kobayashi M, Okada Y, Arai T, Arai S, Miyazaki T. A clinical impact of apoptosis inhibitor of macrophage on feline chronic kidney disease. Vet J. 2026, 315, 106545.

Vice director Arai delivered an oral presentation at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Immunology.

The 54th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Immunology

• Date: December 10, 2025
• Venue: Arcrea Himeji
• Title: Virus-induced factor reprograms innate immunity to enable concurrent viral clearance and tissue repair during acute influenza infection

Vice director Arai delivered an oral presentation at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan.

The 48th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan

• Date: December 4, 2025
• Venue: Pacifico Yokohama
• Symposium: Challenges of Experimental Virology to Prepare for the “Next Pandemic”
• Title: Coordinated control of infected-cell clearance and tissue repair by host immune modulator in viral infection

Director Miyazaki served as a symposium speaker at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Society for Dialysis Therapy.

The 57th Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Society for Dialysis Therapy

• Date: November 30, 2025
• Venue: KUMAMOTO-JO HALL
• Symposium: Dialysis Therapy for Kidney Disease in a New Era
• Title: New therapeutic possibilities for end-stage renal disease based on AIM

Research Fellow Kai Kudo presented at the 98th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society.

The 98th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society

• Date: November 5, 2025
• Venue: ICC Kyoto
• Title: Elucidation of the Renal Protective Mechanisms of CD5L via Regulation of Lipid Metabolism and Oxidative Stress

Vice director Arai gave an oral presentation at the 98th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society.

The 98th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society

• Date: November 4, 2025
• Venue: ICC Kyoto
• Symposium: The Blessing and Curse of Food: Diet-Driven Pathophysiology in Modern Society
• Title: Overnutrition-Induced “Self as Non-Self”: Insights from a Primordial Immune Sensor

Vice director Arai gave an oral presentation at 2nd Symposium on the Immunobiology of Pattern Recognition Receptors.

2nd Symposium on the Immunobiology of Pattern Recognition Receptors

• Date: October 1, 2025
• Venue: Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland
• Title: CD5L as a noncanonical PRR: SRCR-mediated recognition of altered self and dynamic ligand gating in modern inflammatory contexts

Director Miyazaki presented as a symposium speaker at The 31st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Hemodiafiltration.

The 31st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Hemodiafiltration

• Date: September 27, 2025
• Venue: Kobe International Conference Center
• Theme: Oxidative stress in dialysis patients
• Title: Toward the development of a new-generation therapy targeting advanced and end-stage CKD by AIM

Vice director Arai presented at The 23rd Awaji International Forum on Infection and Immunity.

 The 23rd Awaji International Forum on Infection and Immunity

• Date: September 11, 2025
• Venue: Awaji Yumebutai International Conference Center

Senior Research Fellow Natsumi Maehara gave an oral presentation at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Neurology.

The 66th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Neurology

• Date: May 24, 2025
• Venue: Osaka International Convention Center
• Title: AIM/CD5L promotes phagocytic removal of amyloid-beta thereby improving Alzheimer's disease