Email

kosuke.kato@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Medicine - Pulmonary
Baylor College of Medicine

Professional Statement

• Development of psilocybin-derived serotonergic therapeutics for healthy aging and dermal wound repair.

• Human precision-cut lung slice (PCLS)–guided discovery and translation of anti-fibrotic drugs.

• Mechanistic and translational studies of airway remodeling and mucus hypersecretion in COPD.

Websites

Selected Publications

• "MUC1 contributes to goblet cell metaplasia and MUC5AC expression in response to cigarette smoke in vivo." ;
• "Psilocybin treatment extends cellular lifespan and improves survival of aged mice." ;
• "Single cell transcriptomics in a treatment-segregated cohort exposes a STAT3-regulated therapeutic gap in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis." ;