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Koichi Masuda is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States and conducts research primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Pharmacology, and Rheumatology.

The scientist's research addresses diverse topics, with a strong focus on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, as well as Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation, and Medical Imaging and Analysis. Other notable areas of study include Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms, Head and Neck Cancer Studies, Wave and Wind Energy Systems, and Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis.

Among recent publications attributed to Koichi Masuda, the following papers stand out:

  • "Motion characteristics of a barge-type floating vertical-axis wind turbine with moonpools," 2021, Ocean Engineering
  • "Mean Wave Drift Forces on a Barge-Type Floating Wind Turbine Platform with Moonpools," 2021, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • "Development of a standardized histopathology scoring system for intervertebral disc degeneration and regeneration in rabbit models-An initiative of the ORS spine section," 2021, JOR Spine
  • "Delayed notochordal cell disappearance through integrin α5β1 mechanotransduction during ex-vivo dynamic loading-induced intervertebral disc degeneration," 2020, Journal of Orthopaedic Research®
  • "Intradiscal injection of monosodium iodoacetate induces intervertebral disc degeneration in an experimental rabbit model," 2021, Arthritis Research & Therapy

Koichi Masuda frequently collaborates with other researchers, with several coauthors appearing regularly across publications. These colleagues include Yajun Ma, Tomoki Ikoma, Yasuhiro Aida, Alecio F. Lombardi, and Jiyo Athertya, each contributing to multiple works alongside Masuda.

The scientist publishes often in journals and conference proceedings such as Cureus, JOR Spine, Proceedings on CD-ROM of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Scientific Meeting and Exhibition, Journal of Orthopaedic Research®, and European Spine Journal. These venues reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research, blending clinical and engineering perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Real-time identification of liver cancers by using indocyanine green fluorescent imaging

    Takeaki Ishizawa;Noriyoshi Fukushima;Junji Shibahara;Koichi Masuda

  • A novel rabbit model of mild, reproducible disc degeneration by an anulus needle puncture: correlation between the degree of disc injury and radiological and histological appearances of disc degeneration.

    Koichi Masuda;Yoichi Aota;Carol Muehleman;Yoshiyuki Imai

  • Are animal models useful for studying human disc disorders/degeneration?

    Mauro Alini;Stephen Eisenstein;Keita Ito;Christopher Little

  • Platelet-rich plasma stimulates porcine articular chondrocyte proliferation and matrix biosynthesis

    K. Akeda;H.S. An;M. Okuma;M. Attawia

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

    Daisuke Sakai;Yoshihiko Nakamura;Tomoko Nakai;Taishi Mishima

  • Osteogenic protein-1 injection into a degenerated disc induces the restoration of disc height and structural changes in the rabbit anular puncture model.

    Koichi Masuda;Yoshiyuki Imai;Masahiko Okuma;Carol Muehleman

  • A novel two-step method for the formation of tissue-engineered cartilage by mature bovine chondrocytes: The alginate-recovered-chondrocyte (ARC) method

    Koichi Masuda;Robert L. Sah;Michael J. Hejna;Eugene J.-M. A. Thonar

  • Tensile mechanical properties of bovine articular cartilage: variations with growth and relationships to collagen network components.

    Amanda K. Williamson;Albert C. Chen;Koichi Masuda;Eugene J. M. A. Thonar

  • Intradiscal Administration of Osteogenic Protein-1 Increases Intervertebral Disc Height and Proteoglycan Content in the Nucleus Pulposus in Normal Adolescent Rabbits

    Howard S An;Kenji Takegami;Hiroshi Kamada;Cahn M Nguyen

  • A systems biology approach to synovial joint lubrication in health, injury, and disease.

    Alexander Y. Hui;William J. McCarty;Koichi Masuda;Gary S. Firestein

  • Intraoperative fluorescent cholangiography using indocyanine green: a biliary road map for safe surgery.

    Takeaki Ishizawa;Sumihito Tamura;Koichi Masuda;Taku Aoki

  • Tissue engineering of stratified articular cartilage from chondrocyte subpopulations

    Travis Klein;Barbara Schumacher;Tannin Schmidt;K. Li

  • Effects of growth differentiation factor-5 on the intervertebral disc--in vitro bovine study and in vivo rabbit disc degeneration model study.

    Takehide Chujo;Howard S An;Koji Akeda;Kei Miyamoto

  • Growth factors and treatment of intervertebral disc degeneration.

    Koichi Masuda;Theodore R. Oegema;Howard S. An

  • Changes in mRNA and Protein Levels of Proteoglycans of the Anulus Fibrosus and Nucleus Pulposus During Intervertebral Disc Degeneration

    Gabriella Cs-Szabo;Deborah Ragasa-San Juan;Vani Turumella;Koichi Masuda

  • Targeted Disruption of TGF-β/Smad3 Signaling Modulates Skin Fibrosis in a Mouse Model of Scleroderma

    Gabriella Lakos;Shinsuke Takagawa;Shu Jen Chen;Ahalia M. Ferreira

  • Mechanistic Background and Clinical Applications of Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Imaging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Takeaki Ishizawa;Koichi Masuda;Yasuteru Urano;Yoshikuni Kawaguchi

  • Biological repair of the degenerated intervertebral disc by the injection of growth factors

    Koichi Masuda

  • Recombinant osteogenic protein‐1 upregulates extracellular matrix metabolism by rabbit annulus fibrosus and nucleus pulposus cells cultured in alginate beads

    K. Masuda;K. Takegami;H. An;F. Kumano

  • Adult human chondrocytes cultured in alginate form a matrix similar to native human articular cartilage.

    H. J. Häuselmann;K. Masuda;E. B. Hunziker;M. Neidhart

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert L. Sah
Robert L. Sah University of California, San Diego
Howard S. An
Howard S. An Rush University Medical Center
Gunnar Andersson
Gunnar Andersson Stockholm University
Martin Lotz
Martin Lotz Scripps Research Institute
Kazuhiro Chiba
Kazuhiro Chiba National Defense Medical College
Christopher J. Kane
Christopher J. Kane University of California, San Diego
Darryl D. D'Lima
Darryl D. D'Lima Scripps Health
Daisuke Sakai
Daisuke Sakai Tokai University
Gary S. Firestein
Gary S. Firestein University of California, San Diego
Hiroshi Asahara
Hiroshi Asahara Tokyo Medical and Dental University

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