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Hidetaka Akita

Hidetaka Akita

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Biology and Biochemistry

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Overview

Hidetaka Akita is affiliated with Chiba University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with notable work also in immunology and microbiology. Their research spans molecular biology, immunology, oncology, infectious diseases, and genetics. The scientist has focused on areas such as RNA interference and gene delivery, immunotherapy and immune responses, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, and studies related to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19.

Akita's publication record includes research articles published in several venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Pharmaceutics
  • Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
  • Scientific Reports
  • Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society
  • Journal of Controlled Release

Several of Akita's recent papers reflect a focus on mRNA delivery systems, lipid-based materials, and COVID-19 research. Selected papers include:

  • Clinicopathologic and Immunohistochemical Findings from Autopsy of Patient with COVID-19, Japan, 2020, Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Self-Degradable Lipid-Like Materials Based on "Hydrolysis accelerated by the intra-Particle Enrichment of Reactant (HyPER)" for Messenger RNA Delivery, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery, 2022, Drug Delivery System
  • Delivering mRNA to Secondary Lymphoid Tissues by Phosphatidylserine-Loaded Lipid Nanoparticles, 2022, Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • Development of lipid-like materials for RNA delivery based on intracellular environment-responsive membrane destabilization and spontaneous collapse, 2020, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

The scientist frequently collaborates with a number of peers, including Hiroki Tanaka, Yu Sakurai, Yuta Nakai, Kota Tange, and Hiroto Hatakeyama. These coauthors have contributed to multiple joint publications and research projects.

Akita's research topics encompass a variety of areas within biomolecular sciences and medical research, including:

  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • Immune cells in cancer

Best Publications

  • Uptake Pathways and Subsequent Intracellular Trafficking in Nonviral Gene Delivery

    Ikramy A. Khalil;Kentaro Kogure;Hidetaka Akita;Hideyoshi Harashima

  • A multifunctional envelope type nano device (MEND) for gene delivery to tumours based on the EPR effect: a strategy for overcoming the PEG dilemma.

    Hiroto Hatakeyama;Hidetaka Akita;Hideyoshi Harashima

  • Development of a novel systemic gene delivery system for cancer therapy with a tumor-specific cleavable PEG-lipid.

    H Hatakeyama;H Akita;K Kogure;M Oishi

  • The polyethyleneglycol dilemma: advantage and disadvantage of PEGylation of liposomes for systemic genes and nucleic acids delivery to tumors.

    Hiroto Hatakeyama;Hidetaka Akita;Hideyoshi Harashima

  • The RNA sensor RIG-I dually functions as an innate sensor and direct antiviral factor for hepatitis B virus

    Seiichi Sato;Kai Li;Takeshi Kameyama;Takaya Hayashi

  • Efficient Intracellular Delivery of Nucleic Acid Pharmaceuticals Using Cell-Penetrating Peptides

    Ikuhiko Nakase;Hidetaka Akita;Kentaro Kogure;Astrid Gräslund

  • MITO-Porter : a liposome-based carrier system for delivery of macromolecules into mitochondria via membrane fusion

    Yuma Yamada;Hidetaka Akita;Hiroyuki Kamiya;Kentaro Kogure

  • A pH-sensitive cationic lipid facilitates the delivery of liposomal siRNA and gene silencing activity in vitro and in vivo

    Yusuke Sato;Hiroto Hatakeyama;Yu Sakurai;Mamoru Hyodo

  • Quantitative Comparison of Intracellular Trafficking and Nuclear Transcription between Adenoviral and Lipoplex Systems

    Susumu Hama;Hidetaka Akita;Rie Ito;Hiroyuki Mizuguchi

  • Biocleavable Polyrotaxane−Plasmid DNA Polyplex for Enhanced Gene Delivery

    Tooru Ooya;Hak Soo Choi;Atsushi Yamashita;Nobuhiko Yui

  • A pH-sensitive fusogenic peptide facilitates endosomal escape and greatly enhances the gene silencing of siRNA-containing nanoparticles in vitro and in vivo.

    Hiroto Hatakeyama;Erika Ito;Hidetaka Akita;Motoi Oishi

  • Multifunctional envelope-type nano device (MEND) as a non-viral gene delivery system.

    Kentaro Kogure;Hidetaka Akita;Yuma Yamada;Hideyoshi Harashima

  • Characterization of bile acid transport mediated by multidrug resistance associated protein 2 and bile salt export pump.

    Hidetaka Akita;Hiroshi Suzuki;Kousei Ito;Setsuo Kinoshita

  • Systemic delivery of siRNA to tumors using a lipid nanoparticle containing a tumor-specific cleavable PEG-lipid.

    Hiroto Hatakeyama;Hidetaka Akita;Erika Ito;Yasuhiro Hayashi

  • Pharmacokinetics and brain uptake of lactoferrin in rats.

    Bin Ji;Jun Maeda;Makoto Higuchi;Kaori Inoue

  • Reprint of: Nanoparticles for ex vivo siRNA delivery to dendritic cells for cancer vaccines: Programmed endosomal escape and dissociation.

    Hidetaka Akita;Kentaro Kogure;Rumiko Moriguchi;Yoshio Nakamura

  • Tumor targeting of doxorubicin by anti-MT1-MMP antibody-modified PEG liposomes

    Hiroto Hatakeyama;Hidetaka Akita;Emi Ishida;Koichi Hashimoto

  • Octaarginine-modified multifunctional envelope-type nanoparticles for gene delivery

    I A Khalil;K Kogure;S Futaki;S Hama

  • Factors governing the in vivo tissue uptake of transferrin-coupled polyethylene glycol liposomes in vivo.

    Hiroto Hatakeyama;Hidetaka Akita;Kazuo Maruyama;Tetsuya Suhara

  • Photosensitized Breakage and Damage of DNA by CdSe-ZnS Quantum Dots

    AbdulAziz Anas;Hidetaka Akita;Hideyoshi Harashima;Tamitake Itoh

Frequent Co-Authors

Hideyoshi Harashima
Hideyoshi Harashima Hokkaido University
Kentaro Kogure
Kentaro Kogure University of Tokushima
Shiroh Futaki
Shiroh Futaki Kyoto University
Naohiko Anzai
Naohiko Anzai Chiba University
Nobuhiko Yui
Nobuhiko Yui Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Tooru Ooya
Tooru Ooya Kobe University
Hiroyuki Kamiya
Hiroyuki Kamiya Hiroshima University
Hiroyuki Mizuguchi
Hiroyuki Mizuguchi Osaka University
Yoshinobu Baba
Yoshinobu Baba Nagoya University
Yukio Nagasaki
Yukio Nagasaki University of Tsukuba

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