Masashi Nawata

Repair of articular cartilage defects in the patello-femoral joint with autologous bone marrow mesenchymal cell transplantation: three case reports involving nine defects in five knees

Shigeyuki Wakitani, Masashi Nawata, Keiji Tensho et al. · Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine · 2007 · 362 citations

Safety of autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell transplantation for cartilage repair in 41 patients with 45 joints followed for up to 11 years and 5 months

Shigeyuki Wakitani, Takahiro Okabe, Shuji Horibe et al. · Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine · 2010 · 320 citations

Tissue Engineering, Cell Therapy, Engineering +21

A biodegradable polymer as a cytokine delivery system for inducing bone formation

Naoto Saito, Takao Okada, Hiroshi Horiuchi et al. · Nature Biotechnology · 2001 · 253 citations

Regenerative Medicine, Tissue Engineering, Cytokine Delivery System +12

Expression Profiles and Functional Analyses of Wnt-Related Genes in Human Joint Disorders

Yukio Nakamura, Masashi Nawata, Shigeyuki Wakitani · American Journal Of Pathology · 2005 · 127 citations · Full text

Rheumatoid Disorder, Rheumatology, Medicine +13

Low dose fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) enhances bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2)-induced ectopic bone formation in mice

Yukio Nakamura, Keiji Tensho, Hiroyuki Nakaya et al. · Bone · 2005 · 122 citations

Regenerative Medicine, Fibroblast Growth, Sclerostin +8