Mitsuru Matsumoto, MD, PhD, was a Professor of Molecular Immunology at the Institute for Enzyme Research at Tokushima University, Japan, and has been a Professor Emeritus at Tokushima University since 2023. He completed his MD, PhD at Ehime University, School of Medicine. His fields of study include immunology, internal medicine, and genetics engineering. His research focuses on the molecular pathogenesis of autoimmune disease.