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Overview

Akira Ito is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and has a multidisciplinary research profile spanning engineering, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work includes a significant focus on molecular biology, biomedical engineering, and surgery, with additional interests in immunology and biomaterials.

Their scientific contributions cover a variety of topics, notably in the areas of 3D printing in biomedical research, nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, nanoparticle-based drug delivery, CRISPR and genetic engineering, immunotherapy and immune responses, RNA interference and gene delivery, and pluripotent stem cells research.

Among the recent academic papers featuring their research are the following:

  • Intramyocardial Transplantation of Human iPS Cell-Derived Cardiac Spheroids Improves Cardiac Function in Heart Failure Animals, 2021, JACC Basic to Translational Science
  • Aggregation of V2H Systems to Participate in Regulation Market, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
  • Magnetic heating of nanoparticles as a scalable cryopreservation technology for human induced pluripotent stem cells, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Impact of an unprecedented marine heatwave on extremely hot summer over Northern Japan in 2023, 2024, Scientific Reports
  • Nanowarming of vitrified pancreatic islets as a cryopreservation technology for transplantation, 2022, Bioengineering & Translational Medicine

Frequent co-authors of Akira Ito include:

  • Masahiro Kaneko
  • Yoshinori Kawabe
  • Masamichi Kamihira
  • Kazuhiro Hiramatsu
  • Atsuki Arimoto

Publishing venues where Akira Ito has contributed multiple works are as follows:

  • Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
  • Thermal Medicine
  • MATEC Web of Conferences
  • Scientific Reports
  • Cancer Science

Best Publications

  • Medical Application of Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles

    Akira Ito;Masashige Shinkai;Hiroyuki Honda;Takeshi Kobayashi

  • Pharmacological Profile of Lurasidone, a Novel Antipsychotic Agent with Potent 5-Hydroxytryptamine 7 (5-HT7) and 5-HT1A Receptor Activity

    Tadashi Ishibashi;Tomoko Horisawa;Kumiko Tokuda;Takeo Ishiyama

  • Acute vasodilator effects of a Rho-kinase inhibitor, fasudil, in patients with severe pulmonary hypertension

    Yoshihiro Fukumoto;T. Matoba;A. Ito;H. Tanaka

  • Magnetite nanoparticle-loaded anti-HER2 immunoliposomes for combination of antibody therapy with hyperthermia

    Akira Ito;Yuko Kuga;Hiroyuki Honda;Hiroyuki Kikkawa

  • Chronic treatment with interleukin-1 beta induces coronary intimal lesions and vasospastic responses in pigs in vivo. The role of platelet-derived growth factor.

    Hiroaki Shimokawa;Akira Ito;Yoshihiro Fukumoto;Toshiaki Kadokami

  • Cancer immunotherapy based on intracellular hyperthermia using magnetite nanoparticles: a novel concept of "heat-controlled necrosis" with heat shock protein expression.

    Akira Ito;Hiroyuki Honda;Takeshi Kobayashi;Takeshi Kobayashi

  • Tumor regression by combined immunotherapy and hyperthermia using magnetic nanoparticles in an experimental subcutaneous murine melanoma.

    Akira Ito;Kouji Tanaka;Kazuyoshi Kondo;Masashige Shinkai

  • Tissue Engineering Using Magnetite Nanoparticles and Magnetic Force: Heterotypic Layers of Cocultured Hepatocytes and Endothelial Cells

    Akira Ito;Yohei Takizawa;Hiroyuki Honda;Ken Ichiro Hata

  • Extracorporeal cardiac shock wave therapy ameliorates myocardial ischemia in patients with severe coronary artery disease

    Yoshihiro Fukumoto;Akira Ito;Toyokazu Uwatoku;Tetsuya Matoba

  • Novel methodology for fabrication of tissue-engineered tubular constructs using magnetite nanoparticles and magnetic force.

    Akira Ito;Kousuke Ino;Masao Hayashida;Takeshi Kobayashi;Takeshi Kobayashi

  • Heat shock protein 70 expression induces antitumor immunity during intracellular hyperthermia using magnetite nanoparticles.

    Akira Ito;Masashige Shinkai;Hiroyuki Honda;Kazuhiro Yoshikawa

  • The effect of RGD peptide-conjugated magnetite cationic liposomes on cell growth and cell sheet harvesting.

    Akira Ito;Kousuke Ino;Takeshi Kobayashi;Hiroyuki Honda

  • Construction and harvest of multilayered keratinocyte sheets using magnetite nanoparticles and magnetic force.

    Akira Ito;Masao Hayashida;Hiroyuki Honda;Ken Ichiro Hata

  • Heat-inducible TNF-alpha gene therapy combined with hyperthermia using magnetic nanoparticles as a novel tumor-targeted therapy.

    Akira Ito;Masashige Shinkai;Hiroyuki Honda;Takeshi Kobayashi

  • Bone tissue engineering with human mesenchymal stem cell sheets constructed using magnetite nanoparticles and magnetic force.

    Kazunori Shimizu;Akira Ito;Tatsuro Yoshida;Yoichi Yamada

  • Construction and Delivery of Tissue-Engineered Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cell Sheets, Using Magnetite Nanoparticles and Magnetic Force

    Akira Ito;Eri Hibino;Chiaki Kobayashi;Hiroko Terasaki

  • Hormonal regulation of collagenolysis in uterine cervical fibroblasts. Modulation of synthesis of procollagenase, prostromelysin and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP) by progesterone and oestradiol-17 beta.

    T Sato;A Ito;Y Mori;K Yamashita

  • Complete Regression of Mouse Mammary Carcinoma with a Size Greater than 15 mm by Frequent Repeated Hyperthermia Using Magnetite Nanoparticles

    Akira Ito;Kouji Tanaka;Hiroyuki Honda;Shigeru Abe

  • Transglutaminase-mediated gelatin matrices incorporating cell adhesion factors as a biomaterial for tissue engineering

    Akira Ito;Atsunori Mase;Yohei Takizawa;Masashige Shinkai

  • Tumor necrosis factor-alpha stimulates the biosynthesis of matrix metalloproteinases and plasminogen activator in cultured human chorionic cells.

    Tsuneo So;Akira Ito;Takashi Sato;Yo Mori

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroyuki Honda
Hiroyuki Honda Nagoya University
Takeshi Kobayashi
Takeshi Kobayashi Chubu University
Hiroaki Shimokawa
Hiroaki Shimokawa Tohoku University
Akira Takeshita
Akira Takeshita Kyushu University
Kazumasa Wakamatsu
Kazumasa Wakamatsu Fujita Health University
Shosuke Ito
Shosuke Ito Fujita Health University
Kensuke Egashira
Kensuke Egashira Kyushu University
Toyoaki Murohara
Toyoaki Murohara Nagoya University
Hideaki Nagase
Hideaki Nagase University of Oxford
Noriyuki Sato
Noriyuki Sato Sapporo Medical University

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