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Dr Ryu Watanabe

Dr Ryu Watanabe earned both his MD and PhD at Tohoku University Japan His PhD thesis was focused on the role of autophagy in human primary CD4 T cells After that he studied large vessel vasculitis at Stanford University School of Medicine as a Visiting Assistant Professor He is currently working as a senior lecturer at Osaka Metropolitan University

Dr Ryu Watanabe earned both his MD and PhD at Tohoku University Japan His PhD thesis was focused on the role of autophagy in human primary CD4 T cells After that he studied large vessel vasculitis at Stanford University School of Medicine as a Visiting Assistant Professor He is currently working as a senior lecturer at Osaka Metropolitan University

Sessions

Evening symposium 3: The significance of IL-6 signal blocking in autoimmune diseases including RA (Sponsored by Chugai Pharmaceuticals/ JW Pharmceuticals)

17:30 - 18:25 30/10/26 Room 201-202

Presentations

The Efficacy of IL-6 Receptor Blocking on RA and Large Vessel Vasculitis

17:55 - 18:20 30/10/26 Room 201-202

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