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Daisuke Sakai

Daisuke Sakai

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
16296
World Ranking
8635
National Ranking
584

Overview

Daisuke Sakai is affiliated with Tokai University in Japan and has a research portfolio primarily focused on Medicine, with a significant concentration in Surgery. Their work extends to several interconnected subfields including Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Pharmacology, Biomedical Engineering, and Oncology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to core topics in spinal and musculoskeletal health. These main research topics include:

  • Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
  • Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
  • Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation
  • Scoliosis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Medical Imaging and Analysis
  • Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
  • Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries

Their recent publications reflect these interests with works such as:

  • "Randomized phase III study of gemcitabine, cisplatin plus S-1 versus gemcitabine, cisplatin for advanced biliary tract cancer (KHBO1401-MITSUBA)", 2022, Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences
  • "Augmented, virtual and mixed reality in spinal surgery: A real-world experience", 2020, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
  • "Artificial intelligence-based diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal subepithelial lesions on endoscopic ultrasonography images", 2021, Gastric Cancer
  • "Comparative Study of Cage Subsidence in Single-Level Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion", 2022, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • "Short-term comparison of preoperative and postoperative pain after indirect decompression surgery and direct decompression surgery in patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis", 2020, Scientific Reports

The scientist frequently publishes in certain specialized venues, contributing significant numbers of papers to:

  • JOR Spine
  • World Neurosurgery
  • Global Spine Journal
  • Spine Surgery and Related Research
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine

Collaboration plays a prominent role in their research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Masahiko Watanabe
  • Akihiko Hiyama
  • Masato Sato
  • Hiroyuki Katoh
  • Takashi Kaito

Best Publications

  • Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in Previously Treated HER2-Positive Gastric Cancer

    Kohei Shitara;Yung-Jue Bang;Satoru Iwasa;Naotoshi Sugimoto

  • Transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells embedded in Atelocollagen gel to the intervertebral disc: a potential therapeutic model for disc degeneration.

    Daisuke Sakai;Joji Mochida;Yukihiro Yamamoto;Takeshi Nomura

  • Regenerative effects of transplanting mesenchymal stem cells embedded in atelocollagen to the degenerated intervertebral disc.

    Daisuke Sakai;Joji Mochida;Toru Iwashina;Akihiko Hiyama

  • Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Transplanted to a Rabbit Degenerative Disc Model : Potential and Limitations for Stem Cell Therapy in Disc Regeneration

    Daisuke Sakai;Joji Mochida;Toru Iwashina;Takuya Watanabe

  • Prevention of the neurocristopathy Treacher Collins syndrome through inhibition of p53 function

    Natalie Carmaline Jones;Megan L Lynn;Karin Gaudenz;Daisuke Sakai

  • Easi-CRISPR: a robust method for one-step generation of mice carrying conditional and insertion alleles using long ssDNA donors and CRISPR ribonucleoproteins

    Rolen M. Quadros;Hiromi Miura;Donald W. Harms;Hisako Akatsuka

  • Exhaustion of nucleus pulposus progenitor cells with ageing and degeneration of the intervertebral disc

    Daisuke Sakai;Yoshihiko Nakamura;Tomoko Nakai;Taishi Mishima

  • Stem cell therapy for intervertebral disc regeneration: obstacles and solutions

    Daisuke Sakai;Gunnar B. J. Andersson

  • Transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells in a canine disc degeneration model.

    Akihiko Hiyama;Joji Mochida;Toru Iwashina;Hiroko Omi

  • Defining the phenotype of young healthy nucleus pulposus cells: recommendations of the Spine Research Interest Group at the 2014 annual ORS meeting.

    Makarand V. Risbud;Zachary R. Schoepflin;Fackson Mwale;Rita A. Kandel

  • Advancing the cellular and molecular therapy for intervertebral disc disease

    Daisuke Sakai;Daisuke Sakai;Sibylle Grad

  • Ramucirumab with cisplatin and fluoropyrimidine as first-line therapy in patients with metastatic gastric or junctional adenocarcinoma (RAINFALL): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial.

    Charles S Fuchs;Kohei Shitara;Maria Di Bartolomeo;Sara Lonardi

  • Challenges and strategies in the repair of ruptured annulus fibrosus.

    Clare C. Guterl;Eugene Y. See;Sebastien B. G. Blanquer;Abhay Pandit

  • A phenotypic comparison of intervertebral disc and articular cartilage cells in the rat

    Cynthia R. Lee;Daisuke Sakai;Tomoko Nakai;Kanae Toyama

  • Upregulation of the viability of nucleus pulposus cells by bone marrow-derived stromal cells: significance of direct cell-to-cell contact in coculture system.

    Yukihiro Yamamoto;Joji Mochida;Daisuke Sakai;Tomoko Nakai

  • Cooperative action of Sox9, Snail2 and PKA signaling in early neural crest development.

    Daisuke Sakai;Takashi Suzuki;Noriko Osumi;Yoshio Wakamatsu

  • Effect of cell number on mesenchymal stem cell transplantation in a canine disc degeneration model

    Kenji Serigano;Daisuke Sakai;Akihiko Hiyama;Futoshi Tamura

  • Future perspectives of cell-based therapy for intervertebral disc disease.

    Daisuke Sakai

  • Oncogene c-Myc promotes epitranscriptome m6A reader YTHDF1 expression in colorectal cancer.

    Yujiro Nishizawa;Masamitsu Konno;Ayumu Asai;Jun Koseki

  • Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells and regenerative medicine.

    Masamitsu Konno;Atsushi Hamabe;Shinichiro Hasegawa;Hisataka Ogawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Mauro Alini
Mauro Alini AO Foundation
Ken J. Ishii
Ken J. Ishii University of Tokyo
Robert L. Mauck
Robert L. Mauck University of Pennsylvania
Daniel W. Chan
Daniel W. Chan Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Paul A. Trainor
Paul A. Trainor University of Kansas
James C. Iatridis
James C. Iatridis Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Masaki Mori
Masaki Mori Kyushu University
Abhay Pandit
Abhay Pandit University of Galway
Yuichiro Doki
Yuichiro Doki Osaka University
Makarand V. Risbud
Makarand V. Risbud Thomas Jefferson University

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