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Overview

Kenji Kono is affiliated with Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of computer science, with a primary focus on computer networks, communications, and information systems. Their research spans 21 documented publications within these areas.

Kono's work encompasses various subfields, including:

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Information Systems
  • Molecular Biology
  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Hardware and Architecture

Their research interests also cover several specialized topics such as:

  • Cloud Computing and Resource Management
  • Advanced Data Storage Technologies
  • Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems
  • Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery

Kenji Kono has coauthored several papers with frequent collaborators including Eiji Yuba, Kenta Ishiguro, Atsushi Harada, Takafumi Kubota, and Asraa Abdulrazak Ali Mardan.

Kono's contributions have appeared in multiple publication venues, notably:

  • IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems
  • Molecular Pharmaceutics
  • Biomaterials Science
  • IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
  • Journal of Information Processing

Selected recent publications include:

  • Multifunctional Traceable Liposomes with Temperature-Triggered Drug Release and Neovasculature-Targeting Properties for Improved Cancer Chemotherapy (2021, Molecular Pharmaceutics)
  • Carboxylated polyamidoamine dendron-bearing lipid-based assemblies for precise control of intracellular fate of cargo and induction of antigen-specific immune responses (2021, Biomaterials Science)
  • Revisiting VM-Agnostic KVM vCPU Scheduler for Mitigating Excessive vCPU Spinning (2023, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems)
  • When the Virtual Machine Wins over the Container: DBMS Performance and Isolation in Virtualized Environments (2020, Journal of Information Processing)
  • Native Build System for Unity Builds with Sophisticated Bundle Strategies (2020, IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems)

The diversity of Kono's research spans from fundamental aspects of parallel and distributed computing systems to applied research in nanoparticle-based drug delivery and polymer science.

Best Publications

  • Synthesis of Polyamidoamine Dendrimers Having Poly(ethylene glycol) Grafts and Their Ability To Encapsulate Anticancer Drugs

    Chie Kojima;Kenji Kono;Kazuo Maruyama;Toru Takagishi

  • Water-soluble dendritic unimolecular micelles: their potential as drug delivery agents.

    Mingjun Liu;Kenji Kono;Jean M.J Fréchet

  • Thermosensitive polymer-modified liposomes.

    Kenji Kono

  • Design of dendritic macromolecules containing folate or methotrexate residues.

    Kenji Kono;Mingjun Liu;Jean M. J. Fréchet

  • Preparation and cytotoxic activity of poly(ethylene glycol)-modified poly(amidoamine) dendrimers bearing adriamycin.

    Kenji Kono;Chie Kojima;Nobuyuki Hayashi;Eiko Nishisaka

  • An insulin-releasing system that is responsive to glucose

    Yoshihiro Ito;Mario Casolaro;Kenji Kono;Yukio Imanishi

  • Rendering poly(amidoamine) or poly(propylenimine) dendrimers temperature sensitive.

    Yasuhiro Haba;Atsushi Harada;Toru Takagishi;Kenji Kono

  • PEGylated PAMAM dendrimer-doxorubicin conjugate-hybridized gold nanorod for combined photothermal-chemotherapy.

    Xiaojie Li;Munenobu Takashima;Eiji Yuba;Atsushi Harada

  • A liposome-based antigen delivery system using pH-sensitive fusogenic polymers for cancer immunotherapy.

    Eiji Yuba;Atsushi Harada;Yuichi Sakanishi;Shinobu Watarai

  • Highly temperature-sensitive liposomes based on a thermosensitive block copolymer for tumor-specific chemotherapy.

    Kenji Kono;Toshiaki Ozawa;Tomohide Yoshida;Fuminori Ozaki

  • Water-soluble dendrimer-poly(ethylene glycol) starlike conjugates as potential drug carriers

    Mingjun Liu;Kenji Kono;Jean M. J. Fréchet

  • Preparation of poly(ethylene glycol)-attached dendrimers encapsulating photosensitizers for application to photodynamic therapy.

    Chie Kojima;Yoko Toi;and Atsushi Harada;Kenji Kono

  • Transfection activity of polyamidoamine dendrimers having hydrophobic amino acid residues in the periphery.

    Kenji Kono;Hitoshi Akiyama;Toshinari Takahashi;Toru Takagishi

  • Cytoplasmic delivery of calcein mediated by liposomes modified with a pH-sensitive poly(ethylene glycol) derivative

    Kenji Kono;Toshihiro Igawa;Toru Takagishi

  • Thermosensitive polymer-modified liposomes that release contents around physiological temperature.

    Kenji Kono;Ryoichi Nakai;Keiji Morimoto;Toru Takagishi

  • X-ray computed tomography contrast agents prepared by seeded growth of gold nanoparticles in PEGylated dendrimer

    Chie Kojima;Yasuhito Umeda;Mikako Ogawa;Atsushi Harada

  • Preparation of Poly(ethylene glycol)-Modified Poly(amido amine) Dendrimers Encapsulating Gold Nanoparticles and Their Heat-Generating Ability

    Yasuhiro Haba;Chie Kojima;Atsushi Harada;Tomoaki Ura

  • Temperature-sensitive liposomes: liposomes bearing poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)

    Kenji Kono;Hiroshi Hayashi;Toru Takagishi

  • Dendrimer-based MRI contrast agents: the effects of PEGylation on relaxivity and pharmacokinetics.

    Chie Kojima;Baris Turkbey;Mikako Ogawa;Marcelino Bernardo

  • Multi-functional liposomes having temperature-triggered release and magnetic resonance imaging for tumor-specific chemotherapy

    Kenji Kono;Seiji Nakashima;Daisuke Kokuryo;Ichio Aoki

  • Temperature-controlled release property of phospholipid vesicles bearing a thermo-sensitive polymer.

    Hiroshi Hayashi;Kenji Kono;Toru Takagishi

Frequent Co-Authors

Atsushi Harada
Atsushi Harada Osaka Metropolitan University
Sadahito Aoshima
Sadahito Aoshima Osaka University
Yasuharu Nishimura
Yasuharu Nishimura Kumamoto University
Jean M. J. Fréchet
Jean M. J. Fréchet University of California, Berkeley
Kazunori Kataoka
Kazunori Kataoka University of Tokyo
Hisataka Kobayashi
Hisataka Kobayashi National Institutes of Health
Kunihito Koumoto
Kunihito Koumoto Nagoya University
Masako Yudasaka
Masako Yudasaka National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Kazuo Sakurai
Kazuo Sakurai The University of Kitakyushu
Alberto Bianco
Alberto Bianco University of Strasbourg

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