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Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focused subfield involvement in Rheumatology, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Surgery.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Connective Tissue Disorders Research, Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments, Proteoglycans and Glycosaminoglycans Research, TGF-β Signaling in Diseases, and Bone Fractures and Treatments.

Frequent publication venues for Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto include Bone Research, Cartilage, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and Genes & Diseases.

The recent papers authored or co-authored by this researcher include:

  • Early changes in cartilage pericellular matrix micromechanobiology portend the onset of post-traumatic osteoarthritis (2020, Acta Biomaterialia)
  • Mediation of Cartilage Matrix Degeneration and Fibrillation by Decorin in Post-traumatic Osteoarthritis (2020, Arthritis & Rheumatology)
  • Decorin regulates cartilage pericellular matrix micromechanobiology (2020, Matrix Biology)
  • Differentiated activities of decorin and biglycan in the progression of post-traumatic osteoarthritis (2021, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage)
  • The role of hypertrophic chondrocytes in regulation of the cartilage-to-bone transition in fracture healing (2022, Bone Reports)

Collaborations are frequent with a group of co-authors including Masahiro Iwamoto, Ling Qin, Satoru Otsuru, Joshua M. Abzug, and Takeshi Oichi, reflecting ongoing partnerships across multiple projects related to their fields of study.

Best Publications

  • Cbfa1 is a positive regulatory factor in chondrocyte maturation.

    Hirayuki Enomoto;Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto;Masahiro Iwamoto;Shintaro Nomura

  • Skeletal Malformations Caused by Overexpression of Cbfa1 or Its Dominant Negative Form in Chondrocytes

    Chisato Ueta;Masahiro Iwamoto;Naoko Kanatani;Carolina Yoshida

  • Developmental Regulation of Wnt/β-Catenin Signals Is Required for Growth Plate Assembly, Cartilage Integrity, and Endochondral Ossification

    Yoshihiro Tamamura;Tomohiro Otani;Naoko Kanatani;Eiki Koyama

  • Potent inhibition of heterotopic ossification by nuclear retinoic acid receptor-γ agonists

    Kengo Shimono;Wei En Tung;Wei En Tung;Christine MacOlino;Amber Hsu Tsai Chi

  • A distinct cohort of progenitor cells participates in synovial joint and articular cartilage formation during mouse limb skeletogenesis.

    Eiki Koyama;Yoshihiro Shibukawa;Motohiko Nagayama;Hiroki Sugito

  • Wnt/ β -catenin signaling stimulates matrix catabolic genes and activity in articular chondrocytes: its possible role in joint degeneration

    Takahito Yuasa;Tomohiro Otani;Tatsuya Koike;Masahiro Iwamoto

  • BMP SIGNALING DURING BONE PATTERN DETERMINATION IN THE DEVELOPING LIMB

    Y. Kawakami;T. Ishikawa;M. Shimabara;N. Tanda

  • The Wnt antagonist Frzb-1 regulates chondrocyte maturation and long bone development during limb skeletogenesis.

    Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto;Jirouta Kitagaki;Eiki Koyama;Yoshihiro Tamamura

  • Matrix GLA protein is a developmental regulator of chondrocyte mineralization and, when constitutively expressed, blocks endochondral and intramembranous ossification in the limb.

    Kimitoshi Yagami;Jo-Young Suh;Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto;Eiki Koyama

  • Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling Is Required for Maintenance of Differentiated Phenotype, Control of Proliferation, and Hypertrophy in Chondrocytes

    Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto;Masahiro Iwamoto;Yoshiki Mukudai;Yasuhiko Kawakami

  • Runx2 deficiency in chondrocytes causes adipogenic changes in vitro.

    Hirayuki Enomoto;Tatsuya Furuichi;Akira Zanma;Kei Yamana

  • Wnt signaling in cartilage development and diseases: lessons from animal studies.

    Yu Usami;Aruni T Gunawardena;Masahiro Iwamoto;Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto

  • Cellular and molecular mechanisms of synovial joint and articular cartilage formation.

    Maurizio Pacifici;Eiki Koyama;Yoshihiro Shibukawa;Changshan Wu

  • Conditional Kif3a ablation causes abnormal hedgehog signaling topography, growth plate dysfunction, and excessive bone and cartilage formation during mouse skeletogenesis.

    Eiki Koyama;Blanche Young;Motohiko Nagayama;Yoshihiro Shibukawa

  • Roles of β-catenin signaling in phenotypic expression and proliferation of articular cartilage superficial zone cells.

    Rika Yasuhara;Yoichi Ohta;Takahito Yuasa;Takahito Yuasa;Naoki Kondo

  • Fibroblasts expressing Sonic hedgehog induce osteoblast differentiation and ectopic bone formation

    Naoki Kinto;Naoki Kinto;Masahiro Iwamoto;Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto;Sumihare Noji

  • Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor modulates cell motility, proliferation, and proteoglycan synthesis of chondrocytes.

    T Takebayashi;M Iwamoto;A Jikko;T Matsumura

  • Involvement of α5β1 integrin in matrix interactions and proliferation of chondrocytes

    Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto;Masahiro Iwamoto;Kazuhisa Nakashima;Yoshiki Mukudai

  • Tendon and Ligament Healing and Current Approaches to Tendon and Ligament Regeneration.

    Natalie L. Leong;Natalie L. Leong;Jamie L. Kator;Thomas L. Clemens;Thomas L. Clemens;Aaron James

  • Sonic hedgehog is involved in osteoblast differentiation by cooperating with BMP-2.

    Takahito Yuasa;Hiroko Kataoka;Naoki Kinto;Masahiro Iwamoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Masahiro Iwamoto
Masahiro Iwamoto University of Maryland, Baltimore
Maurizio Pacifici
Maurizio Pacifici Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Ling Qin
Ling Qin Chinese University of Hong Kong
Robert L. Mauck
Robert L. Mauck University of Pennsylvania
Toshihisa Komori
Toshihisa Komori Nagasaki University
Tsutomu Nohno
Tsutomu Nohno Kawasaki Medical School
Sumihare Noji
Sumihare Noji University of Tokushima
Shigeyuki Wakitani
Shigeyuki Wakitani Mukogawa Women's University
David E. Birk
David E. Birk University of South Florida
Renato V. Iozzo
Renato V. Iozzo Thomas Jefferson University

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