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2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
96
Citations
31011
World Ranking
1561
National Ranking
71

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Nobuhiro Nishiyama is affiliated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the life sciences, with a focus on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. The primary subfields associated with their work include biomedical engineering, molecular biology, biomaterials, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and cancer research.

The scientist's publication record highlights significant contributions in the following topics:

  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Boron Compounds in Chemistry
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications

Frequent collaborators include Takahiro Nomoto, Yuto Honda, Yutaka Miura, Hiroyasu Takemoto, and Makoto Matsui, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

Among Nishiyama's recent published papers are:

  • "Poly(vinyl alcohol) boosting therapeutic potential of p-boronophenylalanine in neutron capture therapy by modulating metabolism," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Nanoprobe-Based Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Hypoxia Predicts Responses to Radiotherapy, Immunotherapy, and Sensitizing Treatments in Pancreatic Tumors," 2021, ACS Nano
  • "Iron chelation cancer therapy using hydrophilic block copolymers conjugated with deferoxamine," 2020, Cancer Science
  • "Ring-Fused Firefly Luciferins: Expanded Palette of Near-Infrared Emitting Bioluminescent Substrates," 2020, Analytical Chemistry
  • "pH-responsive polyzwitterion covered nanocarriers for DNA delivery," 2023, Journal of Controlled Release

Nishiyama has contributed multiple works to high-impact publication venues, including the Journal of Controlled Release, Cancer Science, Biomacromolecules, ACS Nano, and Science and Technology of Advanced Materials.

Best Publications

  • Accumulation of sub-100 nm polymeric micelles in poorly permeable tumours depends on size

    H. Cabral;Y. Matsumoto;K. Mizuno;Q. Chen

  • Current state, achievements, and future prospects of polymeric micelles as nanocarriers for drug and gene delivery.

    Nobuhiro Nishiyama;Kazunori Kataoka

  • Novel Cisplatin-Incorporated Polymeric Micelles Can Eradicate Solid Tumors in Mice

    Nobuhiro Nishiyama;Souichiro Okazaki;Horacio Cabral;Masaki Miyamoto

  • Lactosylated poly(ethylene glycol)-sIRNA conjugate through acid-labile β-thiopropionate linkage to construct pH-sensitive polyion complex micelles achieving enhanced gene silencing in hepatoma cells

    Motoi Oishi;Yukio Nagasaki;Keiji Itaka;Nobuhiro Nishiyama

  • Preparation and biological characterization of polymeric micelle drug carriers with intracellular pH-triggered drug release property: tumor permeability, controlled subcellular drug distribution, and enhanced in vivo antitumor efficacy.

    Younsoo Bae;Nobuhiro Nishiyama;Shigeto Fukushima;Hiroyuki Koyama

  • Multifunctional polymeric micelles with folate-mediated cancer cell targeting and pH-triggered drug releasing properties for active intracellular drug delivery

    Younsoo Bae;Woo Dong Jang;Nobuhiro Nishiyama;Shigeto Fukushima

  • A pH-activatable nanoparticle with signal-amplification capabilities for non-invasive imaging of tumour malignancy

    Peng Mi;Peng Mi;Daisuke Kokuryo;Horacio Cabral;Hailiang Wu

  • Rational design of smart supramolecular assemblies for gene delivery: Chemical challenges in the creation of artificial viruses

    Kanjiro Miyata;Nobuhiro Nishiyama;Kazunori Kataoka

  • Cyclic RGD-linked polymeric micelles for targeted delivery of platinum anticancer drugs to glioblastoma through the blood-brain tumor barrier

    Yutaka Miura;Tomoya Takenaka;Kazuko Toh;Shourong Wu

  • Improvement of cancer-targeting therapy, using nanocarriers for intractable solid tumors by inhibition of TGF-β signaling

    Mitsunobu R. Kano;Younsoo Bae;Caname Iwata;Yasuyuki Morishita

  • Polyplexes from Poly(aspartamide) Bearing 1,2-Diaminoethane Side Chains Induce pH-Selective, Endosomal Membrane Destabilization with Amplified Transfection and Negligible Cytotoxicity

    Kanjiro Miyata;Makoto Oba;Masataka Nakanishi;Shigeto Fukushima

  • Block catiomer polyplexes with regulated densities of charge and disulfide cross-linking directed to enhance gene expression.

    Kanjiro Miyata;Yoshinori Kakizawa;Nobuhiro Nishiyama;Atsushi Harada

  • Cisplatin-incorporating polymeric micelles (NC-6004) can reduce nephrotoxicity and neurotoxicity of cisplatin in rats

    H Uchino;Y Matsumura;T Negishi;F Koizumi

  • PEG-Detachable Polyplex Micelles Based on Disulfide-Linked Block Catiomers as Bioresponsive Nonviral Gene Vectors

    Seiji Takae;Kanjiro Miyata;Makoto Oba;Takehiko Ishii

  • Vascular bursts enhance permeability of tumour blood vessels and improve nanoparticle delivery.

    Yu Matsumoto;Joseph W. Nichols;Kazuko Toh;Takahiro Nomoto

  • 3D spheroid culture system on micropatterned substrates for improved differentiation efficiency of multipotent mesenchymal stem cells

    Wenjie Wang;Keiji Itaka;Shinsuke Ohba;Nobuhiro Nishiyama

  • Light-induced gene transfer from packaged DNA enveloped in a dendrimeric photosensitizer

    Nobuhiro Nishiyama;Aya Iriyama;Woo Dong Jang;Kanjiro Miyata

  • Charge‐Conversional Polyionic Complex Micelles—Efficient Nanocarriers for Protein Delivery into Cytoplasm

    Yan Lee;Takehiko Ishii;Horacio Cabral;Hyun Jin Kim

  • Preparation and Characterization of Self-Assembled Polymer−Metal Complex Micelle from cis-Dichlorodiammineplatinum(II) and Poly(ethylene glycol)−Poly(α,β-aspartic acid) Block Copolymer in an Aqueous Medium

    Nobuhiro Nishiyama;Masayuki Yokoyama;Takao Aoyagi;Teruo Okano

  • Environment-responsive block copolymer micelles with a disulfide cross-linked core for enhanced siRNA delivery.

    Satoru Matsumoto;R. James Christie;Nobuhiro Nishiyama;Kanjiro Miyata

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazunori Kataoka
Kazunori Kataoka University of Tokyo
Kanjiro Miyata
Kanjiro Miyata University of Tokyo
Horacio Cabral
Horacio Cabral University of Tokyo
Keiji Itaka
Keiji Itaka Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Woo Dong Jang
Woo Dong Jang Yonsei University
Kohei Miyazono
Kohei Miyazono University of Tokyo
Ung-il Chung
Ung-il Chung University of Tokyo
Takuzo Aida
Takuzo Aida University of Tokyo
Atsushi Harada
Atsushi Harada Osaka Metropolitan University
Yukio Nagasaki
Yukio Nagasaki University of Tsukuba

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