Group of Cancer Genomics diseases
Group of Cancer Genomics diseases
Staff Scientist: Shingo Kato, M.D.,Ph.D.
Introduction
The Cancer Genomics Group is responsible for cancer genome testing for cancer patients at Yokohama City University Hospital. We develop animal models that precisely mimic cancer patients and work on drug discovery.
Precision cancer patient model
Animal models of cancer have been a research topic for a long time. However, the model we are developing is more practical and allows for the analysis of tumor immunity. Since we are interested in local immunity, we are committed to orthotopic transplantation.





Publications
Organoid-based ex vivo reconstitution of Kras-driven pancreatic ductal carcinogenesis.
Matsuura T, Maru Y, Izumiya M, Hoshi D, Kato S, Ochiai M, Hori M, Yamamoto S, Tatsuno K, Imai T, Aburatani H, Nakajima A, Hippo Y. (5/13) Carcinogenesis 2020 41(4) 490-501.
Precision modeling of gall bladder cancer patients in mice based on orthotopic implantation of organoid-derived tumor buds.
Kato S, Fushimi K, Yabuki Y, Maru Y, Hasegawa S, Matsuura T, Kurotaki D, Suzuki A, Kobayashi N, Yoneda M, Higurashi T, Enaka M, Tamura T, Hippo Y, Nakajima A. (1/15) Oncogenesis 2021 10(4).
Identification of TPI1 As a potential therapeutic target in pancreatic cancer with dependency of TP53 mutation using multi-omics analysis
Toyoda T, Miura N, Kato S, Masuda T, Ohashi R, Matsushita A, Matsuda F, Ohtsuki S, Katakura A, Honda K. Cancer Sci. 2024 Sep 11. doi: 10.1111/cas.16302. Online ahead of print.
Contact
If you are interested in our animal models, please contact us. They are very suitable for preclinical evaluation of novel antitumor agents. We welcome your inquiries for collaboration.
Dept. Clinical Cancer Genomics, Yokohama City University Hospital.
Associate professor
Shingo Kato, M.D.,Ph.D.