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Yukio Nagasaki

Yukio Nagasaki

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Materials Science

D-Index
83
Citations
27949
World Ranking
2341
National Ranking
96

Chemistry

D-Index
84
Citations
28058
World Ranking
2789
National Ranking
157

Overview

Yukio Nagasaki is affiliated with the University of Tsukuba in Japan and has a research focus predominantly in the field of medicine, with notable contributions to biomedical engineering, biomaterials, molecular biology, organic chemistry, and neurology. Their work broadly covers the development and application of nanotechnology in medical therapies and diagnostics.

The primary research topics investigated by Nagasaki include:

  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Free Radicals and Antioxidants
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Diet and metabolism studies

The scientist has published extensively, with frequent contributions to several academic journals. The leading publication venues for their work are:

  • Journal of Controlled Release
  • Acta Biomaterialia
  • Biomaterials
  • Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
  • Antioxidants

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Self-assembled polydopamine nanoparticles improve treatment in Parkinson's disease model mice and suppress dopamine-induced dyskinesia" (2020) published in Acta Biomaterialia
  • "Improving silymarin oral bioavailability using silica-installed redox nanoparticle to suppress inflammatory bowel disease" (2020) published in Journal of Controlled Release
  • "Management of tumor growth and angiogenesis in triple-negative breast cancer by using redox nanoparticles" (2021) published in Biomaterials
  • "Non-isotope enriched phenylboronic acid-decorated dual-functional nano-assembles for an actively targeting BNCT drug" (2020) published in Biomaterials
  • "Nitric Oxide Nano-Delivery Systems for Cancer Therapeutics: Advances and Challenges" (2020) published in Antioxidants

Yukio Nagasaki frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Babita Shashni
  • Long Binh Vong
  • Ahram Kim
  • Takuto Toriumi
  • Yuta Koda

Best Publications

  • Block copolymer micelles for drug delivery: design, characterization and biological significance

    Kazunori Kataoka;Atsushi Harada;Yukio Nagasaki

  • PEGylated Nanoparticles for Biological and Pharmaceutical Applications

    Hidenori Otsuka;Yukio Nagasaki;Kazunori Kataoka

  • 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

  • Quantitative and Reversible Lectin-Induced Association of Gold Nanoparticles Modified with α-Lactosyl-ω-mercapto-poly(ethylene glycol)

    Hidenori Otsuka;Yoshitsugu Akiyama;Yukio Nagasaki;Kazunori Kataoka

  • Long-circulating poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(D,L-lactide) block copolymer micelles with modulated surface charge.

    Yuji Yamamoto;Yukio Nagasaki;Yukio Kato;Yuichi Sugiyama

  • PEGylated nanoparticles for biological and pharmaceutical applications.

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  • Development of a novel systemic gene delivery system for cancer therapy with a tumor-specific cleavable PEG-lipid.

    H Hatakeyama;H Akita;K Kogure;M Oishi

  • Core-Polymerized Reactive Micelles from Heterotelechelic Amphiphilic Block Copolymers

    Michihiro Iijima;Yukio Nagasaki;Takashi Okada;Masao Kato

  • Self-assembly of poly(ethylene glycol)-based block copolymers for biomedical applications

    Hidenori Otsuka;Yukio Nagasaki;Kazunori Kataoka

  • Preparation and characterization of polymer micelles from poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(D,L-lactide) block copolymers as potential drug carrier.

    Kenji Yasugi;Yukio Nagasaki;Masao Kato;Kazunori Kataoka

  • The Reactive Polymeric Micelle Based on An Aldehyde-Ended Poly(ethylene glycol)/Poly(lactide) Block Copolymer

    Yukio Nagasaki;Takashi Okada;Carmen Scholz;Michihiro Iijima

  • A pH-sensitive fusogenic peptide facilitates endosomal escape and greatly enhances the gene silencing of siRNA-containing nanoparticles in vitro and in vivo.

    Hiroto Hatakeyama;Erika Ito;Hidetaka Akita;Motoi Oishi

  • Preparation of functionally PEGylated gold nanoparticles with narrow distribution through autoreduction of auric cation by α-Biotinyl-PEG-block-[poly(2-(N,N-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate)]

    Takehiko Ishii;Hidenori Otsuka;Kazunori Kataoka;Yukio Nagasaki

  • A Reactive Poly(ethylene glycol) Layer To Achieve Specific Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensing with a High S/N Ratio: The Substantial Role of a Short Underbrushed PEG Layer in Minimizing Nonspecific Adsorption

    Katsumi Uchida;Hidenori Otsuka;Mitsuhiro Kaneko;Kazunori Kataoka

  • Sugar-Installed Polymer Micelles: Synthesis and Micellization of Poly(ethylene glycol)−Poly(d,l-lactide) Block Copolymers Having Sugar Groups at the PEG Chain End

    Kenji Yasugi;Teruo Nakamura;Yukio Nagasaki;Masao Kato

  • Systemic delivery of siRNA to tumors using a lipid nanoparticle containing a tumor-specific cleavable PEG-lipid.

    Hiroto Hatakeyama;Hidetaka Akita;Erika Ito;Yasuhiro Hayashi

  • Sugar-installed block copolymer micelles: their preparation and specific interaction with lectin molecules.

    Yukio Nagasaki;Kenji Yasugi;Yuji Yamamoto;and Atsushi Harada

  • Heterotelechelisk blokk-kopolymer og en fremgangsmåte for fremstilling derav og anvendelse i höymolekyl¶re miceller

    Kataoka Kazunori;Scholz Carmen;Iijima Michihiro;Kutsuna Takahiko

  • Ligand Density Effect on Biorecognition by PEGylated Gold Nanoparticles: Regulated Interaction of RCA120 Lectin with Lactose Installed to the Distal End of Tethered PEG Strands on Gold Surface

    Seiji Takae;Yoshitsugu Akiyama;Hidenori Otsuka;Teisaku Nakamura

  • Smart PEGylated Gold Nanoparticles for the Cytoplasmic Delivery of siRNA to Induce Enhanced Gene Silencing

    Motoi Oishi;Junpei Nakaogami;Takehiko Ishii;Yukio Nagasaki

  • Endosomal release and intracellular delivery of anticancer drugs using pH-sensitive PEGylated nanogels

    Motoi Oishi;Hisato Hayashi;Michihiro Iijima;Yukio Nagasaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazunori Kataoka
Kazunori Kataoka University of Tokyo
Atsushi Harada
Atsushi Harada Osaka Metropolitan University
Yoshinobu Baba
Yoshinobu Baba Nagoya University
Keiji Itaka
Keiji Itaka Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Hideyoshi Harashima
Hideyoshi Harashima Hokkaido University
Kentaro Kogure
Kentaro Kogure University of Tokushima
Hideo Kimura
Hideo Kimura University of Tokyo
Nobuhiro Nishiyama
Nobuhiro Nishiyama Tokyo Institute of Technology
Hidetaka Akita
Hidetaka Akita Chiba University
Kenichi Yoshikawa
Kenichi Yoshikawa Doshisha University

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