Rica Tanaka

Rica Tanaka

Rica Tanaka
Associate Professor, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Juntendo University School of Medicine, Japan

Research Interest

1. Angiogenesis-Effect of diabetes on angiogenesis
2. Wound Healing
3. Endothelial progenitor cell (EPC)
a)Physiological role of EPC in adult
b)Pathological role of EPC in adult
c)EPC kinetics in diabetes
d)Effect of oxidative stress on EPC kinetics
e)Cell therapy using EPC
4. Regeneration
a)Role of vascular development in organogenesis