Kunikazu Tsuji

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Best Publications

• BMP2 activity, although dispensable for bone formation, is required for the initiation of fracture healing.

  Kunikazu Tsuji;Amitabha Bandyopadhyay;Brian D Harfe;Karen Cox

  992
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• Genetic analysis of the roles of BMP2, BMP4, and BMP7 in limb patterning and skeletogenesis.

  Amitabha Bandyopadhyay;Kunikazu Tsuji;Karen Ann Cox;Brian D Harfe

  714
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• SOX9 enhances aggrecan gene promoter/enhancer activity and is up-regulated by retinoic acid in a cartilage-derived cell line, TC6.

  Ichiro Sekiya;Kunikazu Tsuji;Peter Koopman;Hideto Watanabe

  605
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• Establishment of tendon-derived cell lines exhibiting pluripotent mesenchymal stem cell-like property

  R Salingcarnboriboon;H Yoshitake;K Tsuji;M Obinata

  331
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• Enhancement of osteoclastic bone resorption and suppression of osteoblastic bone formation in response to reduced mechanical stress do not occur in the absence of osteopontin.

  Muneaki Ishijima;Susan R. Rittling;Teruhito Yamashita;Kunikazu Tsuji

  300
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• Osteopontin deficiency protects joints against destruction in anti-type II collagen antibody-induced arthritis in mice

  Kenji Yumoto;Muneaki Ishijima;Susan R. Rittling;Kunikazu Tsuji

  293
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• Osteopontin facilitates angiogenesis, accumulation of osteoclasts, and resorption in ectopic bone.

  Yoshinori Asou;Susan R. Rittling;Hiroyuki Yoshitake;Kunikazu Tsuji

  281
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• Human mesenchymal stem cells in synovial fluid increase in the knee with degenerated cartilage and osteoarthritis

  Ichiro Sekiya;Miyoko Ojima;Shiro Suzuki;Mika Yamaga

  229
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• Osteopontin Expression in Osteoblasts and Osteocytes During Bone Formation Under Mechanical Stress in the Calvarial Suture In Vivo

  Mikihiko Morinobu;Muneaki Ishijima;Susan R Rittling;Kunikazu Tsuji

  205
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• Repetitive allogeneic intraarticular injections of synovial mesenchymal stem cells promote meniscus regeneration in a porcine massive meniscus defect model.

  D. Hatsushika;T. Muneta;T. Nakamura;M. Horie

  195
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• Not single but periodic injections of synovial mesenchymal stem cells maintain viable cells in knees and inhibit osteoarthritis progression in rats.

  N. Ozeki;T. Muneta;H. Koga;Y. Nakagawa

  186
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• Intradiscal transplantation of synovial mesenchymal stem cells prevents intervertebral disc degeneration through suppression of matrix metalloproteinase-related genes in nucleus pulposus cells in rabbits.

  Takashi Miyamoto;Takeshi Muneta;Takashi Tabuchi;Kenji Matsumoto

  182
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• Parathyroid hormone-induced bone resorption does not occur in the absence of osteopontin.

  Hideyo Ihara;David T. Denhardt;Koichi Furuya;Teruhito Yamashita

  173
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• Expression of the PEBP2αA/AML3/CBFA1 Gene is Regulated by BMP4/7 Heterodimer and Its Overexpression Suppresses Type I Collagen and Osteocalcin Gene Expression in Osteoblastic and Nonosteoblastic Mesenchymal Cells

  K Tsuji;Y Ito;M Noda

  170
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• Effects of Different Cell-Detaching Methods on the Viability and Cell Surface Antigen Expression of Synovial Mesenchymal Stem Cells.

  Kunikazu Tsuji;Miyoko Ojima;Koji Otabe;Masafumi Horie

  163
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• Synovial mesenchymal stem cells promote healing after meniscal repair in microminipigs

  Yusuke Nakagawa;Takeshi Muneta;S. Kondo;Mitsuru Mizuno

  161
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• Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Synovial Fluid Increase After Meniscus Injury

  Yu Matsukura;Takeshi Muneta;Kunikazu Tsuji;Hideyuki Koga

  151
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• Arthroscopic, histological and MRI analyses of cartilage repair after a minimally invasive method of transplantation of allogeneic synovial mesenchymal stromal cells into cartilage defects in pigs

  Tomomasa Nakamura;Ichiro Sekiya;Takeshi Muneta;Daisuke Hatsushika

  145
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• Monoiodoacetic acid induces arthritis and synovitis in rats in a dose- and time-dependent manner: proposed model-specific scoring systems

  M. Udo;T. Muneta;K. Tsuji;N. Ozeki

  144
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• Osteopontin Deficiency Reduces Experimental Tumor Cell Metastasis to Bone and Soft Tissues

  Hiroyuki Nemoto;Susan R. Rittling;Hiroyuki Yoshitake;Koichi Furuya

  144
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