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Seiichi Tokura

Seiichi Tokura

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13767
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National Ranking
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Overview

Seiichi Tokura is affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan and has a research focus that spans several interconnected fields including engineering, materials science, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work primarily addresses topics within biomedical engineering and biomaterials, with subfields extending into molecular biology, rheumatology, and genetics.

The scientist's research contributions include studies on bone tissue engineering materials, electrospun nanofibers for biomedical applications, and investigations into enzymes such as chitinases and chitosanases. Additional topics covered in their work are bone and dental protein studies, connective tissue disorders research, collagen extraction and characterization, and marine biology and environmental chemistry.

Recent publications by Seiichi Tokura include the following papers:

  • Phosphorylated chitin increased bone formation when implanted into rat calvaria with the Ti-device, 2020, Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering
  • Discovery of Ti-Binding Abilities of Phosphorylated-Chitin and -Collagen, 2020, Journal of Hard Tissue Biology
  • Binding of collagen gene products with titanium oxide, 2020, The Journal of Biochemistry

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Seiichi Tokura have included:

  • Song Qin
  • Kimitoshi Yagami
  • Toshitake Furusawa
  • Masaaki Kurasaki
  • Yoshinori Kuboki

The preferred outlets for publication reflect specialization in biomedical and materials science disciplines, with key venues being:

  • Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering
  • Journal of Hard Tissue Biology
  • The Journal of Biochemistry

Best Publications

  • Impregnation of silver nanoparticles into bacterial cellulose for antimicrobial wound dressing

    Thawatchai Maneerung;Seiichi Tokura;Ratana Rujiravanit

  • Sulfated chitin and chitosan as novel biomaterials

    R. Jayakumar;N. Nwe;S. Tokura;H. Tamura

  • Novel carboxymethyl derivatives of chitin and chitosan materials and their biomedical applications

    R. Jayakumar;M. Prabaharan;S.V. Nair;S. Tokura

  • Immunological activity of chitin and its derivatives

    K. Nishimura;S. Nishimura;N. Nishi;I. Saiki

  • Effects of chitin and its derivatives on the proliferation and cytokine production of fibroblasts in vitro

    Takashi Mori;Masahiro Okumura;Mitsunobu Matsuura;Keisuke Ueno

  • Regioselective syntheses of sulfated polysaccharides: specific anti-HIV-1 activity of novel chitin sulfates

    Shin-Ichiro Nishimura;Hideaki Kai;Katsuhiko Shinada;Takashi Yoshida

  • Preparation of Chitin Hydrogel Under Mild Conditions

    Hiroshi Tamura;Hideaki Nagahama;Seiichi Tokura

  • Feasibility of polysaccharide hybrid materials for scaffolds in cartilage tissue engineering: evaluation of chondrocyte adhesion to polyion complex fibers prepared from alginate and chitosan.

    Norimasa Iwasaki;Shin-Tarou Yamane;Tokifumi Majima;Yasuhiko Kasahara

  • Chitosan coated cotton fiber: preparation and physical properties

    X.D Liu;N Nishi;S Tokura;N Sakairi

  • Chitosan-alginate multilayer beads for gastric passage and controlled intestinal release of protein

    Anil K Anal;Deepak Bhopatkar;Seiichi Tokura;Hiroshi Tamura

  • Stimulation of cytokine production in mice using deacetylated chitin.

    Keiko Nishimura;Chiaki Ishihara;Shigeki Ukei;Seiichi Tokura

  • Molecular Weight Dependent Antimicrobial Activity by Chitosan

    Seiichi Tokura;Keisuke Ueno;Satoshi Miyazaki;Norio Nishi

  • Studies on Chitin VIII. Some Properties of Water Soluble Chitin Derivatives

    Seiichi Tokura;Norio Nishi;Akihiro Tsutsumi;Oyin Somorin

  • Adjuvant activity of chitin derivatives in mice and guinea-pigs.

    Keiko Nishimura;Shin-ichiro Nishimura;Norio Nishi;Fumio Numata

  • Inhibition of the metastasis of murine malignant melanoma by synthetic polymeric peptides containing core sequences of cell-adhesive molecules

    Ikuo Saiki;Joji Iida;Jun Murata;Ryu Ogawa

  • Macrophage activation with multi-porous beads prepared from partially deacetylated chitin

    Keiko Nishimura;Shin-Ichiro Nishimura;Hiroshi Seo;Norio Nishi

  • Preparative methods of phosphorylated chitin and chitosan--an overview.

    R.a Jayakumar;N.a Selvamurugan;S.V.a Nair;S.b Tokura

  • Highly phosphorylated derivatives of chitin, partially deacetylated chitin and chitosan as new functional polymers: preparation and characterization☆

    Norio Nishi;Akira Ebina;Shin-ichiro Nishimura;Akihiro Tsutsumi

  • Novel chitosan-based hyaluronan hybrid polymer fibers as a scaffold in ligament tissue engineering.

    Tadanao Funakoshi;Tokifumi Majima;Norimasa Iwasaki;Shintaro Yamane

  • Bioactive chitin derivatives. Activation of mouse-peritoneal macrophages by O-(carboxymethyl)chitins

    Shin-Ichiro Nishimura;Norio Nishi;Seiichi Tokura;Keiko Nishimura

Frequent Co-Authors

Norio Nishi
Norio Nishi Hokkaido University
Shin-Ichiro Nishimura
Shin-Ichiro Nishimura Hokkaido University
Ichiro Azuma
Ichiro Azuma Hokkaido University
Hiroshi Tamura
Hiroshi Tamura Juntendo University
Ikuo Saiki
Ikuo Saiki University of Toyama
Keisuke Kurita
Keisuke Kurita Seikei University
Pitt Supaphol
Pitt Supaphol Chulalongkorn University
Susumu Nishimura
Susumu Nishimura University of Tsukuba
Yoshinori Kuboki
Yoshinori Kuboki Hokkaido University
Yoshihiro Shigemasa
Yoshihiro Shigemasa Tottori University

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