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Kanjiro Miyata

Kanjiro Miyata

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Chemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
13982
World Ranking
7729
National Ranking
511

Overview

Kanjiro Miyata is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a primary focus on molecular biology. The work also encompasses significant contributions to biomedical engineering, cancer research, biomaterials, and polymers and plastics.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to RNA interference and gene delivery, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, nanoparticle-based drug delivery, DNA and nucleic acid chemistry, nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, cancer-related molecular mechanisms, and dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers.

Frequent publication venues for Miyata include:

  • Journal of Controlled Release
  • Advanced Therapeutics
  • ACS Applied Bio Materials
  • Bioconjugate Chemistry
  • Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Some notable recent papers by Kanjiro Miyata are:

  • "Systemic Brain Delivery of Antisense Oligonucleotides across the Blood-Brain Barrier with a Glucose-Coated Polymeric Nanocarrier" (2020), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Controlling the biodistribution and clearance of nanomedicines" (2023), published in Nature Reviews Bioengineering
  • "Cholesterol-functionalized DNA/RNA heteroduplexes cross the blood-brain barrier and knock down genes in the rodent CNS" (2021), published in Nature Biotechnology
  • "Clinical Translation of Self-Assembled Cancer Nanomedicines" (2020), published in Advanced Therapeutics
  • "Star-Polymer-DNA Gels Showing Highly Predictable and Tunable Mechanical Responses" (2022), published in Advanced Materials

Kanjiro Miyata has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Mitsuru Naito (42 joint publications)
  • Kazunori Kataoka (15 joint publications)
  • Hyun Jin Kim (14 joint publications)
  • Beob Soo Kim (12 joint publications)
  • Satomi Ogura (10 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Block Copolymer Micelles in Nanomedicine Applications.

    Horacio Cabral;Kanjiro Miyata;Kensuke Osada;Kazunori Kataoka

  • Polymeric micelles for nano-scale drug delivery

    Kanjiro Miyata;R. James Christie;Kazunori Kataoka

  • Rational design of smart supramolecular assemblies for gene delivery: Chemical challenges in the creation of artificial viruses

    Kanjiro Miyata;Nobuhiro Nishiyama;Kazunori Kataoka

  • Polyplexes from Poly(aspartamide) Bearing 1,2-Diaminoethane Side Chains Induce pH-Selective, Endosomal Membrane Destabilization with Amplified Transfection and Negligible Cytotoxicity

    Kanjiro Miyata;Makoto Oba;Masataka Nakanishi;Shigeto Fukushima

  • Block catiomer polyplexes with regulated densities of charge and disulfide cross-linking directed to enhance gene expression.

    Kanjiro Miyata;Yoshinori Kakizawa;Nobuhiro Nishiyama;Atsushi Harada

  • PEG-Detachable Polyplex Micelles Based on Disulfide-Linked Block Catiomers as Bioresponsive Nonviral Gene Vectors

    Seiji Takae;Kanjiro Miyata;Makoto Oba;Takehiko Ishii

  • Light-induced gene transfer from packaged DNA enveloped in a dendrimeric photosensitizer

    Nobuhiro Nishiyama;Aya Iriyama;Woo Dong Jang;Kanjiro Miyata

  • Environment-responsive block copolymer micelles with a disulfide cross-linked core for enhanced siRNA delivery.

    Satoru Matsumoto;R. James Christie;Nobuhiro Nishiyama;Kanjiro Miyata

  • Glycaemic control boosts glucosylated nanocarrier crossing the BBB into the brain

    Y. Anraku;H. Kuwahara;Y. Fukusato;A. Mizoguchi

  • Charge-conversion ternary polyplex with endosome disruption moiety: a technique for efficient and safe gene delivery.

    Yan Lee;Kanjiro Miyata;Makoto Oba;Takehiko Ishii

  • A phenylboronate-functionalized polyion complex micelle for ATP-triggered release of siRNA

    Mitsuru Naito;Takehiko Ishii;Akira Matsumoto;Kanjiro Miyata

  • Odd-even effect of repeating aminoethylene units in the side chain of N-substituted polyaspartamides on gene transfection profiles.

    Hirokuni Uchida;Kanjiro Miyata;Makoto Oba;Takehiko Ishii

  • A PEG-based biocompatible block catiomer with high buffering capacity for the construction of polyplex micelles showing efficient gene transfer toward primary cells.

    Naoki Kanayama;Shigeto Fukushima;Nobuhiro Nishiyama;Keiji Itaka

  • PEGylated polyplex micelles from triblock catiomers with spatially ordered layering of condensed pDNA and buffering units for enhanced intracellular gene delivery.

    Shigeto Fukushima;Kanjiro Miyata;Nobuhiro Nishiyama;Naoki Kanayama

  • Enhanced endosomal escape of siRNA-incorporating hybrid nanoparticles from calcium phosphate and PEG-block charge-conversional polymer for efficient gene knockdown with negligible cytotoxicity.

    Frederico Pittella;Mingzhen Zhang;Mingzhen Zhang;Yan Lee;Yan Lee;Hyun J. Kim

  • Biomolecular robotics for chemomechanically driven guest delivery fuelled by intracellular ATP

    Shuvendu Biswas;Kazushi Kinbara;Tatsuya Niwa;Hideki Taguchi

  • Targeted Polymeric Micelles for siRNA Treatment of Experimental Cancer by Intravenous Injection

    R. James Christie;Yu Matsumoto;Kanjiro Miyata;Takahiro Nomoto

  • Three-layered polyplex micelle as a multifunctional nanocarrier platform for light-induced systemic gene transfer

    Takahiro Nomoto;Shigeto Fukushima;Michiaki Kumagai;Kaori Machitani

  • Freeze-dried formulations for in vivo gene delivery of PEGylated polyplex micelles with disulfide crosslinked cores to the liver.

    Kanjiro Miyata;Yoshinori Kakizawa;Nobuhiro Nishiyama;Yuichi Yamasaki

  • Systemic Brain Delivery of Antisense Oligonucleotides across the Blood–Brain Barrier with a Glucose‐Coated Polymeric Nanocarrier

    Hyun Su Min;Hyun Jin Kim;Mitsuru Naito;Satomi Ogura

  • Size‐Controlled Formation of a Calcium Phosphate‐Based Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Vector for Gene Delivery Using Poly(ethylene glycol)‐block‐poly(aspartic acid)

    Yoshinori Kakizawa;Kanjiro Miyata;Sanae Furukawa;Kazunori Kataoka

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazunori Kataoka
Kazunori Kataoka University of Tokyo
Nobuhiro Nishiyama
Nobuhiro Nishiyama Tokyo Institute of Technology
Keiji Itaka
Keiji Itaka Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Horacio Cabral
Horacio Cabral University of Tokyo
Shiro Amano
Shiro Amano University of Tokyo
Tetsuro Oshika
Tetsuro Oshika University of Tsukuba
Woo Dong Jang
Woo Dong Jang Yonsei University
Takanori Yokota
Takanori Yokota Institute of Science Tokyo
Ung-il Chung
Ung-il Chung University of Tokyo
Hidehiro Mizusawa
Hidehiro Mizusawa Tokyo Medical and Dental University

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