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Mari Dezawa

Mari Dezawa

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
13861
World Ranking
9729
National Ranking
652

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors

Overview

Mari Dezawa is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan and has a research focus primarily in Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Surgery, Cancer Research, and Neurology.

The scientist has contributed notably to topics related to mesenchymal stem cell research, pluripotent stem cells research, microRNA in disease regulation, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, neonatal and fetal brain pathology, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research, and nerve injury and regeneration.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • A Novel Type of Stem Cells Double-Positive for SSEA-3 and CD45 in Human Peripheral Blood (2020, Cell Transplantation)
  • Cell-Based Therapy for Stroke (2020, Stroke)
  • Therapeutic benefit of Muse cells in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Intravenously delivered multilineage-differentiating stress enduring cells dampen excessive glutamate metabolism and microglial activation in experimental perinatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (2020, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism)
  • Stem cell therapy for acute myocardial infarction - focusing on the comparison between Muse cells and mesenchymal stem cells (2021, Journal of Cardiology)

Mari Dezawa often collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Yoshihiro Kushida
  • Shohei Wakao
  • Yasumasa Kuroda
  • Yo Oguma
  • Masaaki Kitada

The researcher has published extensively in several key venues, with the following notable publication counts:

  • Scientific Reports (6 publications)
  • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (3 publications)
  • Cells (2 publications)
  • Surgery Today (2 publications)
  • Circulation (2 publications)

Mari Dezawa received recognition as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Specific induction of neuronal cells from bone marrow stromal cells and application for autologous transplantation

    Mari Dezawa;Hiroshi Kanno;Mikio Hoshino;Hirotomi Cho

  • Bone marrow stromal cells generate muscle cells and repair muscle degeneration.

    Mari Dezawa;Hiroto Ishikawa;Yutaka Itokazu;Tomoyuki Yoshihara

  • Sciatic nerve regeneration in rats induced by transplantation of in vitro differentiated bone-marrow stromal cells

    Mari Dezawa;Izumi Takahashi;Michiyo Esaki;Masahiko Takano

  • Unique multipotent cells in adult human mesenchymal cell populations

    Yasumasa Kuroda;Masaaki Kitada;Shohei Wakao;Kouki Nishikawa

  • Neurogenesis in the ependymal layer of the adult rat 3rd ventricle

    Yi Xu;Nobuaki Tamamaki;Toru Noda;Kazushi Kimura

  • Bone marrow stromal cells infused into the cerebrospinal fluid promote functional recovery of the injured rat spinal cord with reduced cavity formation.

    Masayoshi Ohta;Yoshihisa Suzuki;Toru Noda;Yoko Ejiri

  • Multilineage-differentiating stress-enduring (Muse) cells are a primary source of induced pluripotent stem cells in human fibroblasts

    Shohei Wakao;Masaaki Kitada;Yasumasa Kuroda;Taeko Shigemoto

  • Peripheral nerve regeneration by transplantation of bone marrow stromal cell-derived Schwann cells in adult rats.

    Toshiro Mimura;Mari Dezawa;Hiroshi Kanno;Hajime Sawada

  • Isolation and Characterization of Patient-derived, Toxic, High Mass Amyloid β-Protein (Aβ) Assembly from Alzheimer Disease Brains

    Akihiko Noguchi;Satoko Matsumura;Mari Dezawa;Mari Dezawa;Mari Tada

  • Isolation, culture and evaluation of multilineage-differentiating stress-enduring (Muse) cells

    Yasumasa Kuroda;Shohei Wakao;Masaaki Kitada;Toru Murakami

  • Astrocyte-Derived TGF-β1 Accelerates Disease Progression in ALS Mice by Interfering with the Neuroprotective Functions of Microglia and T Cells

    Fumito Endo;Fumito Endo;Fumito Endo;Okiru Komine;Noriko Fujimori-Tonou;Masahisa Katsuno

  • Peripheral nerve regeneration by the in vitro differentiated-human bone marrow stromal cells with Schwann cell property.

    Satoshi Shimizu;Masaaki Kitada;Hiroto Ishikawa;Yutaka Itokazu

  • Human Adipose Tissue Possesses a Unique Population of Pluripotent Stem Cells with Nontumorigenic and Low Telomerase Activities: Potential Implications in Regenerative Medicine

    Fumitaka Ogura;Shohei Wakao;Yasumasa Kuroda;Kenichiro Tsuchiyama

  • Novel therapeutic strategy for stroke in rats by bone marrow stromal cells and ex vivo HGF gene transfer with HSV-1 vector.

    Ming Zhu Zhao;Naosuke Nonoguchi;Naokado Ikeda;Takuji Watanabe

  • Transplantation of bone marrow stromal cell-derived Schwann cells promotes axonal regeneration and functional recovery after complete transection of adult rat spinal cord.

    Takahito Kamada;Masao Koda;Mari Dezawa;Katsunori Yoshinaga

  • Effects of bone marrow stromal cell injection in an experimental glaucoma model

    Saiyuu Yu;Teruyo Tanabe;Mari Dezawa;Hiroto Ishikawa

  • Long-term observation of auto-cell transplantation in non-human primate reveals safety and efficiency of bone marrow stromal cell-derived Schwann cells in peripheral nerve regeneration

    Shohei Wakao;Takuya Hayashi;Masaaki Kitada;Misaki Kohama

  • Novel heparin/alginate gel combined with basic fibroblast growth factor promotes nerve regeneration in rat sciatic nerve

    Masayoshi Ohta;Yoshihisa Suzuki;Hirotomi Chou;Namiko Ishikawa

  • Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Differentiate Into Functional Schwann Cells That Sustain Peripheral Nerve Regeneration

    Dai Matsuse;Masaaki Kitada;Misaki Kohama;Kouki Nishikawa

  • Bone marrow stromal cells that enhanced fibroblast growth factor-2 secretion by herpes simplex virus vector improve neurological outcome after transient focal cerebral ischemia in rats

    Naokado Ikeda;Naosuke Nonoguchi;Ming Zhu Zhao;Takuji Watanabe

Frequent Co-Authors

Yo-ichi Nabeshima
Yo-ichi Nabeshima Foundation for Biomedical Research
Yoshinori Fujiyoshi
Yoshinori Fujiyoshi Nagoya University
Cesar V. Borlongan
Cesar V. Borlongan University of South Florida
Setsuya Aiba
Setsuya Aiba Tohoku University
Robert S. Coffin
Robert S. Coffin University College London
Koji Abe
Koji Abe Okayama University
Tatsutoshi Nakahata
Tatsutoshi Nakahata Kyoto University
Kenshi Yamasaki
Kenshi Yamasaki Tohoku University
Michiaki Unno
Michiaki Unno Tohoku University

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