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Professor Kinya Otsu

BHF Professor of Cardiology

Research interests

  • Cardiovascular

Biography

Professor Kinya Otsu is BHF Professor of Cardiology within the School of Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences. 

    News

    Discovery of heart cell mechanism holds promise for future heart failure treatments

    Research into an enzyme involved in necrosis (uncontrolled cell death) has uncovered a new mechanism that could form the basis of new therapies against heart...

    cardiologist working with heart model 780x450

    Researchers find subset of cardiac fibroblasts involved in cardiac inflammation under stress

    Inflammation is part of the process that weakens the heart, leading to heart failure. In response to pressure overload such as hypertension, monocytes (a type...

    cardiac inflammation news item

    Professor Kinya Otsu to lead the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre in Japan

    Professor Kinya Otsu, BHF Professor of Cardiology, has been appointed as President of the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre in Japan.

    heart-failure

    Iron release in response to stress may contribute to heart failure

    A new British Heart Foundation funded study has found that the release of stored iron in heart cells may contribute to heart failure and could lead to the...

    iron release of heart cells

      News

      Discovery of heart cell mechanism holds promise for future heart failure treatments

      Research into an enzyme involved in necrosis (uncontrolled cell death) has uncovered a new mechanism that could form the basis of new therapies against heart...

      cardiologist working with heart model 780x450

      Researchers find subset of cardiac fibroblasts involved in cardiac inflammation under stress

      Inflammation is part of the process that weakens the heart, leading to heart failure. In response to pressure overload such as hypertension, monocytes (a type...

      cardiac inflammation news item

      Professor Kinya Otsu to lead the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre in Japan

      Professor Kinya Otsu, BHF Professor of Cardiology, has been appointed as President of the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre in Japan.

      heart-failure

      Iron release in response to stress may contribute to heart failure

      A new British Heart Foundation funded study has found that the release of stored iron in heart cells may contribute to heart failure and could lead to the...

      iron release of heart cells