Toru Takada

Fas Ligand Exists on Intervertebral Disc Cells: A Potential Molecular Mechanism for Immune Privilege of the Disc

Toru Takada, Kotaro Nishida, Minoru Doita et al. · Spine · 2002 · 128 citations

Rat tail static compression model mimics extracellular matrix metabolic imbalances of matrix metalloproteinases, aggrecanases, and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases in intervertebral disc degeneration

Takashi Yurube, Toru Takada, Teppei Suzuki et al. · Arthritis Research & Therapy · 2012 · 117 citations · Full text

Sustained Transgene Expression in Intervertebral Disc Cells In Vivo Mediated by Microbubble-Enhanced Ultrasound Gene Therapy

Kotaro Nishida, Minoru Doita, Toru Takada et al. · Spine · 2006 · 96 citations

Notochordal cell disappearance and modes of apoptotic cell death in a rat tail static compression-induced disc degeneration model

Takashi Yurube, Hiroaki Hirata, Kenichiro Kakutani et al. · Arthritis Research & Therapy · 2014 · 93 citations · Full text

Recombinant human SIRT1 protects against nutrient deprivation-induced mitochondrial apoptosis through autophagy induction in human intervertebral disc nucleus pulposus cells

Shingo Miyazaki, Kenichiro Kakutani, Takashi Yurube et al. · Arthritis Research & Therapy · 2015 · 84 citations · Full text