Biography
Dr. Hasegawa is an academic rheumatologist and received his medical degree from Keio University, Japan. He went on to complete a Ph.D at Keio and Osaka University, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Cambridge through Human Frontier Science Program long-term fellowship.
In 2024, He was awarded the Kennedy Trust Senior Research Fellowship to start his own group.
Research
Joint pain and inflammation are common manifestations of various systemic diseases. We are generating a 3D molecular atlas of the membrane in the joint, called synovium, to investigate why joints are responsive to diverse systemic pathologies, how communication between synovial cells and nociceptors influences disease progression, and what mechanisms underlie immune-driven pain in the joints.
Publications
Hasegawa T, Lee C.Y.C., Hotchen A.J. et al. Macrophages and nociceptor neurons form a sentinel unit around fenestrated capillaries to defend the synovium from circulating immune challenge. Nat Immunol. 2024, 25:2270–2283.
Hasegawa T, Kikuta J, Sudo T, Matsuura Y, Matsui T, et al. Identification of a novel arthritis-associated osteoclast precursor macrophage regulated by FoxM1. Nat Immunol. 2019 Dec;20(12):1631-1643
Miyamoto Y, Kikuta J, Matsui T, Hasegawa T, et al. Periportal macrophages protect against commensal-driven liver inflammation. Nature. 2024. 629:901–909
Hasegawa T, Kikuta J, Sudo T, Yamashita E, Seno S, Takeuchi T, Ishii M. Development of an intravital imaging system for the synovial tissue reveals the dynamics of CTLA-4 Ig in vivo. Sci Rep. 2020 Aug 10;10(1):13480
Hasegawa T, Kaneko Y, Izumi K, Takeuchi T. Efficacy of denosumab combined with bDMARDs on radiographic progression in rheumatoid arthritis. Joint Bone Spine. 2017 May;84(3):379-380
Tetsuo Hasegawa's Bibliography on the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
Other Professional Activities
Notable Achievements and Honours;
- 2020 NIKON JOICO AWARD 2020
- 2021 Young investigator award of the year of Japan College of Rheumatology
- 2021-2024 Human Frontier Science Program Long-term Fellowship
- 2024-2029 Kennedy Trust Senior Research Fellowship
Research Funding;
- 2019-2021 Grants-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
- 2021-2023 Overseas Research Fellowships from JSPS
- 2021-2024 Human Frontier Science Program Long-term Fellowship
- 2024-2029 Kennedy Trust Senior Research Fellowship