Ken Kijima

Interaction of reactive astrocytes with type I collagen induces astrocytic scar formation through the integrin–N-cadherin pathway after spinal cord injury

Masamitsu Hara, Kazu Kobayakawa, Yasuyuki Ohkawa et al. · Nature Medicine · 2017 · 549 citations

Neuroinflammation, Reactive Astrocytes, Spinal Cord Injury +10

Macrophage centripetal migration drives spontaneous healing process after spinal cord injury

Kazu Kobayakawa, Yasuyuki Ohkawa, Shingo Yoshizaki et al. · Science Advances · 2019 · 115 citations · Full text

Intervertebral Disc, Immunology, Sci Recovery +16

Periostin Promotes Scar Formation through the Interaction between Pericytes and Infiltrating Monocytes/Macrophages after Spinal Cord Injury

Kazuya Yokota, Kazu Kobayakawa, Takeyuki Saito et al. · American Journal Of Pathology · 2017 · 84 citations · Full text

Inflammation, Neuroregeneration, Spinal Cord Injury +12

Pathological changes of distal motor neurons after complete spinal cord injury

Kazuya Yokota, Kensuke Kubota, Kazu Kobayakawa et al. · Molecular Brain · 2019 · 59 citations · Full text

Microglial inflammation after chronic spinal cord injury is enhanced by reactive astrocytes via the fibronectin/β1 integrin pathway

Shingo Yoshizaki, Tetsuya Tamaru, Masamitsu Hara et al. · Journal of Neuroinflammation · 2021 · 57 citations · Full text