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Biology and Biochemistry
Japan
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
109
Citations
43494
World Ranking
1007
National Ranking
52

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2012 - Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering

Overview

Masayuki Yamato is affiliated with Tokyo Women's Medical University in Japan and has a substantial publication record mainly in the field of Medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields including Surgery, Genetics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics such as Mesenchymal stem cell research, Corneal Surgery and Treatments, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Polymer Surface Interaction Studies, 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, and Wound Healing and Treatments.

Yamato has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • Terminal cationization of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) brush surfaces facilitates efficient thermoresponsive control of cell adhesion and detachment (2021, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials)
  • Polydactyly-derived allogeneic chondrocyte cell-sheet transplantation with high tibial osteotomy as regenerative therapy for knee osteoarthritis (2022, npj Regenerative Medicine)
  • Water stable nanocoatings of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-based block copolymers on culture insert membranes for temperature-controlled cell adhesion (2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry B)
  • Laminin-511-derived recombinant fragment and Rho kinase inhibitor Y-27632 facilitate serial cultivation of keratinocytes differentiated from human embryonic stem cells (2021, Regenerative Therapy)
  • A stable protocol for the fabrication of transplantable human oral mucosal epithelial cell sheets for clinical application (2020, Regenerative Therapy)

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Regenerative Therapy
  • npj Regenerative Medicine
  • Gut
  • Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Collaborative work has involved several coauthors with whom Yamato has published multiple times. These frequent coauthors include Ryo Takagi, Tsunetaro Morino, Teruo Okano, Hiromi Kojima, and Daisuke Murakami.

Yamato was recognized as a Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Corneal reconstruction with tissue-engineered cell sheets composed of autologous oral mucosal epithelium.

    Kohji Nishida;Masayuki Yamato;Yasutaka Hayashida;Katsuhiko Watanabe

  • Fabrication of Pulsatile Cardiac Tissue Grafts Using a Novel 3-Dimensional Cell Sheet Manipulation Technique and Temperature-Responsive Cell Culture Surfaces

    Tatsuya Shimizu;Masayuki Yamato;Yuki Isoi;Takumitsu Akutsu

  • Cell sheet engineering for myocardial tissue reconstruction

    Tatsuya Shimizu;Masayuki Yamato;Akihiko Kikuchi;Teruo Okano

  • Cell sheet engineering: recreating tissues without biodegradable scaffolds.

    Joseph Yang;Masayuki Yamato;Chinatsu Kohno;Ayako Nishimoto

  • Thermo-responsive drug delivery from polymeric micelles constructed using block copolymers of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) and poly(butylmethacrylate).

    J.E Chung;M Yokoyama;M Yamato;T Aoyagi

  • FUNCTIONAL BIOENGINEERED CORNEAL EPITHELIAL SHEET GRAFTS FROM CORNEAL STEM CELLS EXPANDED EX VIVO ON A TEMPERATURE - RESPONSIVE CELL CULTURE SURFACE

    Kohji Nishida;Masayuki Yamato;Yasutaka Hayashida;Katsuhiko Watanabe

  • Ultrathin poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) grafted layer on polystyrene surfaces for cell adhesion/detachment control.

    Yoshikatsu Akiyama;Akihiko Kikuchi;Masayuki Yamato;Teruo Okano

  • Engineering functional two- and three-dimensional liver systems in vivo using hepatic tissue sheets

    Kazuo Ohashi;Takashi Yokoyama;Masayuki Yamato;Hiroyuki Kuge

  • Decrease in culture temperature releases monolayer endothelial cell sheets together with deposited fibronectin matrix from temperature‐responsive culture surfaces

    Ai Kushida;Masayuki Yamato;Chie Konno;Akihiko Kikuchi

  • Reconstruction of functional tissues with cell sheet engineering.

    Joseph Yang;Masayuki Yamato;Tatsuya Shimizu;Hidekazu Sekine

  • Polysurgery of cell sheet grafts overcomes diffusion limits to produce thick, vascularized myocardial tissues.

    Tatsuya Shimizu;Hidekazu Sekine;Joseph Yang;Yuki Isoi

  • Cell sheet engineering

    Masayuki Yamato;Teruo Okano

  • Prevention of Esophageal Stricture After Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Using Tissue-Engineered Cell Sheets

    Takeshi Ohki;Masayuki Yamato;Masaho Ota;Ryo Takagi

  • Thermo-Responsive Culture Dishes Allow the Intact Harvest of Multilayered Keratinocyte Sheets without Dispase by Reducing Temperature

    Masayuki Yamato;Mika Utsumi;Ai Kushida;Chie Konno

  • In vitro fabrication of functional three-dimensional tissues with perfusable blood vessels

    Hidekazu Sekine;Tatsuya Shimizu;Katsuhisa Sakaguchi;Izumi Dobashi

  • Tissue Engineering Based on Cell Sheet Technology

    Noriaki Matsuda;Tatsuya Shimizu;Masayuki Yamato;Teruo Okano

  • Fabrication of functional three-dimensional tissues by stacking cell sheets in vitro

    Yuji Haraguchi;Tatsuya Shimizu;Tadashi Sasagawa;Hidekazu Sekine

  • Endothelial cell coculture within tissue-engineered cardiomyocyte sheets enhances neovascularization and improves cardiac function of ischemic hearts.

    Hidekazu Sekine;Tatsuya Shimizu;Kyoko Hobo;Sachiko Sekiya

  • Periodontal regeneration with multi-layered periodontal ligament-derived cell sheets in a canine model.

    Takanori Iwata;Masayuki Yamato;Hiroaki Tsuchioka;Ryo Takagi

  • Treatment of oesophageal ulcerations using endoscopic transplantation of tissue-engineered autologous oral mucosal epithelial cell sheets in a canine model

    Takeshi Ohki;Masayuki Yamato;Daisuke Murakami;Ryo Takagi

Frequent Co-Authors

Teruo Okano
Teruo Okano Tokyo Women's Medical University
Akihiko Kikuchi
Akihiko Kikuchi Tokyo University of Science
Yasuo Tano
Yasuo Tano Osaka University
Masakazu Yamamoto
Masakazu Yamamoto Tohoku University
Kiyotaka Sakai
Kiyotaka Sakai Waseda University
Takehiko Kitamori
Takehiko Kitamori University of Tokyo
Yasuhisa Sakurai
Yasuhisa Sakurai Sophia University
Takashi Ikejima
Takashi Ikejima Shenyang Pharmaceutical University
Takao Aoyagi
Takao Aoyagi Nihon University
Satoshi Onodera
Satoshi Onodera Showa Pharmaceutical University

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