Keisuke Maeda received The 80th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association JCA Young Researcher Poster Award

Keisuke Maeda, a first-year doctoral student in the Department of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, won the JCA Young Researcher Poster Award at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association held at PACIFICO Yokohama onsite from September 30 to October 2, 2021.
The Japanese Cancer Association (JCA) is an historical organization which celebrated 80 years of supporting cancer research in 2021.
This award was given to young investigators for the first time who will create the future of cancer research.

<About research>
Identification of tumor suppressors in low pH tumor microenvironment
In this study, we analysed the effects of extracellular acidic pH on human cancer cells and explored for factors involved in tumor growth specific to acidic pHe environment. We found that acidic pHe inhibits the growth of most cancer cells and causes organelle dysfunctions. In addition, we identified a acidic pHe-specific tumour suppressor, which inhibits tumour growth in mice by repressing the expression of cell death suppressors in tumor cells.

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It is a great honor for me to receive this award.
Thanks to all the supporters of this project, we have been able to achieve our goal.
We will continue our research to save the lives of as many patients as possible, while conducting translational research that can be applied from the basics to clinical practice.

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