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Overview

Ikuo Morita is affiliated with Ochanomizu University in Japan and has contributed to the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Genetics, Safety Research, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health Informatics, and Urology. Their research encompasses a diverse range of topics including academic integrity and plagiarism, ethics in clinical research, artificial intelligence in healthcare and education, periodontal regeneration and treatments, mesenchymal stem cell research, dental development and anomalies, and medical history and innovations.

Their recent publications reflect this broad engagement with medical sciences. These works include:

  • "Toward global standardization of conducting fair investigations of allegations of research misconduct," 2020, published in Accountability in Research
  • "Angiogenic Effects of Secreted Factors from Periodontal Ligament Stem Cells," 2021, published in Dentistry Journal
  • "Fetal Changes Associated with Maternal Anesthesia: A Narrative Review," 2024, published in International Journal of Health Science
  • "Bendamustine switches TNF receptor superfamily signal from a survival to a death signal in B-cell lymphomas," forthcoming in 2025, published in Blood Neoplasia

Morita has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Rei Nouchi
  • H. Aihara
  • Fumie Arie
  • Makoto Asashima
  • Hiroyuki Daida

Their work has appeared in multiple academic venues such as Accountability in Research, Dentistry Journal, International Journal of Health Science, and Blood Neoplasia.

Best Publications

  • Different Intracellular Locations for Prostaglandin Endoperoxide H Synthase-1 and −2

    Ikuo Morita;Melvin Schindler;Martha K. Regier;James C. Otto

  • Biocompatible Inkjet Printing Technique for Designed Seeding of Individual Living Cells

    Makoto Nakamura;Akiko Kobayashi;Fumio Takagi;Akihiko Watanabe

  • Distinct functions of COX-1 and COX-2.

    Ikuo Morita

  • IL-6 increases endothelial permeability in vitro.

    Naoko Maruo;Ikuo Morita;Mika Shirao;Sei-Itsu Murota

  • Novel mechanism for age-related macular degeneration: an equilibrium shift between the angiogenesis factors VEGF and PEDF.

    Kyoko Ohno-Matsui;Ikuo Morita;Joyce Tombran-Tink;Joyce Tombran-Tink;David Mrazek;David Mrazek

  • The potential role of amyloid βin the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration

    Takeshi Yoshida;Kyoko Ohno-Matsui;Shizuko Ichinose;Tetsuji Sato

  • Prostaglandins promote osteoclastlike cell formation by a mechanism involving cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate in mouse bone marrow cell cultures.

    Takuhiko Akatsu;Naoyuki Takahashi;Kazuhiro Debari;Ikuo Morita

  • TGF-β regulates isoform switching of FGF receptors and epithelial–mesenchymal transition

    Takuya Shirakihara;Kana Horiguchi;Keiji Miyazawa;Shogo Ehata

  • Contribution of nuclear factor of activated T cells c1 to the transcriptional control of immunoreceptor osteoclast-associated receptor but not triggering receptor expressed by myeloid cells-2 during osteoclastogenesis.

    Yoonji Kim;Kojiro Sato;Masataka Asagiri;Ikuo Morita

  • The Gap Junction-independent Tumor-suppressing Effect of Connexin 43

    You Wei Zhang;Makoto Kaneda;Ikuo Morita

  • The inhibitory effect of vitamin K2 (menatetrenone) on bone resorption may be related to its side chain.

    K. Hara;Y. Akiyama;T. Nakamura;S. Murota

  • Effects of purified eicosapentaenoic acid on arachidonic acid metabolism in cultured murine aortic smooth muscle cells, vessel walls and platelets

    I. Morita;Y. Saito;W. C. Chang;S. Murota

  • Sonic Hedgehog Signaling is Important in Tooth Root Development

    M. Nakatomi;I. Morita;K. Eto;M.S. Ota

  • Stimulatory effects of insulin and insulin-like growth factor I on migration and tube formation by vascular endothelial cells.

    Junko Nakao-Hayashi;Hideki Ito;Toshie Kanayasu;Ikuo Morita

  • Exosomes of human placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cells stimulate angiogenesis.

    Motohiro Komaki;Motohiro Komaki;Yuri Numata;Chikako Morioka;Izumi Honda

  • Regulation of bone morphogenetic protein-2 expression by endogenous prostaglandin E2 in human mesenchymal stem cells

    Toshitaka Arikawa;Ken Omura;Ikuo Morita

  • A comparison of the tube forming potentials of early and late endothelial progenitor cells.

    Nana Mukai;Taichi Akahori;Motohiro Komaki;Qin Li

  • Effect of eicosapentaenoic acid on the platelet aggregation and composition of fatty acid in man. A double blind study.

    Y. Nagakawa;H. Orimo;M. Harasawa;I. Morita

  • Participation of oxidative stress in the process of osteoclast differentiation

    Naoto Suda;Ikuo Morita;Takayuki Kuroda;Sei-itsu Murota

  • Connexin43 suppresses proliferation of osteosarcoma U2OS cells through post-transcriptional regulation of p27

    You Wei Zhang;Ikuo Morita;Masaaki Ikeda;Kai Wen Ma

Frequent Co-Authors

Sei-itsu Murota
Sei-itsu Murota Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Kyoko Ohno-Matsui
Kyoko Ohno-Matsui Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Manabu Mochizuki
Manabu Mochizuki Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Kazunari Akiyoshi
Kazunari Akiyoshi Kyoto University
Koichiro Kawashima
Koichiro Kawashima Kitasato University
Nobuhisa Iwata
Nobuhisa Iwata Nagasaki University
Tomohiro Morio
Tomohiro Morio Institute of Science Tokyo
Takaomi C. Saido
Takaomi C. Saido RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Akio Kishida
Akio Kishida Tokyo Medical and Dental University

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