Tomoko Nakai

Exhaustion of nucleus pulposus progenitor cells with ageing and degeneration of the intervertebral disc

Daisuke Sakai, Yoshihiko Nakamura, Tomoko Nakai et al. · Nature Communications · 2012 · 436 citations · Full text

Transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells embedded in Atelocollagen® gel to the intervertebral disc: a potential therapeutic model for disc degeneration

Daisuke Sakai, Joji Mochida, Y. Yamamoto et al. · Biomaterials · 2003 · 400 citations

Tissue Engineering, Cell Therapy, Engineering +16

Regenerative effects of transplanting mesenchymal stem cells embedded in atelocollagen to the degenerated intervertebral disc

Daisuke Sakai, Joji Mochida, Toru Iwashina et al. · Biomaterials · 2005 · 379 citations

Regenerative Medicine, Tissue Engineering, Mesenchymal Stem Cells +11

Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Transplanted to a Rabbit Degenerative Disc Model

Daisuke Sakai, Joji Mochida, Toru Iwashina et al. · Spine · 2005 · 349 citations

A phenotypic comparison of intervertebral disc and articular cartilage cells in the rat

Cynthia R. Lee, Daisuke Sakai, Tomoko Nakai et al. · European Spine Journal · 2007 · 187 citations · Full text

Mechanobiology, Degenerative Spine, Engineering +11