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  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
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  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2000 - Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering
  • 1997 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Teruo Okano is affiliated with Tokyo Women's Medical University in Japan. Their research spans across several main and subfields in medicine, including surgery, genetics, biomedical engineering, molecular biology, and rheumatology.

Their publications often focus on topics such as mesenchymal stem cell research, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, 3D printing in biomedical research, osteoarthritis treatment and mechanisms, electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications, periodontal regeneration and treatments, and knee injuries and reconstruction techniques.

Selected recent papers by Teruo Okano include:

  • Strategies to address mesenchymal stem/stromal cell heterogeneity in immunomodulatory profiles to improve cell-based therapies, 2021, Acta Biomaterialia
  • 3D cell sheet structure augments mesenchymal stem cell cytokine production, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Trends in Articular Cartilage Tissue Engineering: 3D Mesenchymal Stem Cell Sheets as Candidates for Engineered Hyaline-Like Cartilage, 2021, Cells
  • Fabrication of hyaline-like cartilage constructs using mesenchymal stem cell sheets, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Allogeneic mesenchymal stem cell sheet therapy: A new frontier in drug delivery systems, 2020, Journal of Controlled Release

Teruo Okano regularly collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • David W. Grainger
  • Kyung-Sook Kim
  • Makoto Kondō
  • Sumako Kameishi
  • Travis G. Maak

Frequent publication venues for Teruo Okano's work include:

  • Cells
  • Regenerative Therapy
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Controlled Release
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Teruo Okano has been recognized with awards such as the Fellowship of Biomaterials Science and Engineering in 2000 and the Fellowship of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 1997.

Best Publications

  • Comb-type grafted hydrogels with rapid deswelling response to temperature changes

    Ryo Yoshida;Katsumi Uchida;Yuzo Kaneko;Kiyotaka Sakai

  • Monolayered mesenchymal stem cells repair scarred myocardium after myocardial infarction.

    Yoshinori Miyahara;Noritoshi Nagaya;Masaharu Kataoka;Bobby Yanagawa

  • Diverse Applications of Nanomedicine

    Beatriz Pelaz;Christoph Alexiou;Ramon A. Alvarez-Puebla;Frauke Alves;Frauke Alves

  • A novel recovery system for cultured cells using plasma-treated polystyrene dishes grafted with poly(N-isopropylacrylamide).

    Teruo Okano;Noriko Yamada;Hideaki Sakai;Yasuhisa Sakurai

  • Thermo-responsive polymeric surfaces; control of attachment and detachment of cultured cells

    Noriko Yamada;Teruo Okano;Hideaki Sakai;Fumiko Karikusa

  • 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

  • Mechanism of cell detachment from temperature-modulated, hydrophilic–hydrophobic polymer surfaces

    Teruo Okano;Noriko Yamada;Minako Okuhara;Hideaki Sakai

  • Polymeric micelles as new drug carriers

    Glen S. Kwon;Teruo Okano

  • Cell sheet engineering for myocardial tissue reconstruction

    Tatsuya Shimizu;Masayuki Yamato;Akihiko Kikuchi;Teruo Okano

  • Hydrogels: swelling, drug loading, and release.

    Sung Wan Kim;You Han Bae;Teruo Okano

  • Thermally on-off switching polymers for drug permeation and release

    T. Okano;Y.H. Bae;H. Jacobs;S.W. Kim

  • Cell sheet engineering: recreating tissues without biodegradable scaffolds.

    Joseph Yang;Masayuki Yamato;Chinatsu Kohno;Ayako Nishimoto

  • Temperature dependence of swelling of crosslinked poly(N,N′-alkyl substituted acrylamides) in water

    You Han Bae;Teruo Okano;Sung Wan Kim

  • Doxorubicin-loaded poly(ethylene glycol)–poly(β-benzyl-l-aspartate) copolymer micelles: their pharmaceutical characteristics and biological significance

    Kazunori Kataoka;Tsuyoshi Matsumoto;Masayuki Yokoyama;Teruo Okano

  • 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

  • Development of the polymer micelle carrier system for doxorubicin.

    T Nakanishi;S Fukushima;K Okamoto;M Suzuki

  • Thermo-sensitive polymers as on-off switches for drug release

    You Han Bae;Teruo Okano;Richard Hsu;Sung Wan Kim

  • Totally Synthetic Polymer Gels Responding to External Glucose Concentration: Their Preparation and Application to On−Off Regulation of Insulin Release

    Kazunori Kataoka;Hiroaki Miyazaki;Masayuki Bunya;Teruo Okano

  • 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

  • Highly cited research articles in Journal of Controlled Release: Commentaries and perspectives by authors

    Nicholas A. Peppas;Ruth Duncan;Gary E. Wnek;Allan S. Hoffman

Frequent Co-Authors

Masayuki Yamato
Masayuki Yamato Tokyo Women's Medical University
Sung Wan Kim
Sung Wan Kim University of Utah
Akihiko Kikuchi
Akihiko Kikuchi Tokyo University of Science
Hideko Kanazawa
Hideko Kanazawa Keio University
Yasuhisa Sakurai
Yasuhisa Sakurai Sophia University
Kazunori Kataoka
Kazunori Kataoka University of Tokyo
Yoshiki Sawa
Yoshiki Sawa Osaka University
Kiyotaka Sakai
Kiyotaka Sakai Waseda University
Yasuo Tano
Yasuo Tano Osaka University
David W. Grainger
David W. Grainger University of Utah

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