Wild-type transthyretin-derived amyloidosis in various ligaments and tendons

Takanao Sueyoshi, Mitsuharu Ueda, Hirofumi Jono, +5

Human Pathology

PathologyProtein MisfoldingWild-type Transthyretin-derived AmyloidosisTendon InjuryConnective Tissue Disease

Intervertebral Disc Cells Produce Tumor Necrosis Factor α, Interleukin-1β, and Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Immediately After Herniation: An Experimental Study Using a New Hernia Model

Masakazu Yoshida, Takafumi Nakamura, Akira Sei, +3

Spine

Healing of full-thickness defects of the articular cartilage in rabbits using fibroblast growth factor-2 and a fibrin sealant

I. Ishii, Hiroshi Mizuta, Akira Sei, +3

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume

Tissue EngineeringEngineeringBone RepairFgf-2 Delivery MechanismSurgery +18

Angiopoietin-Like Protein 2 Induced by Mechanical Stress Accelerates Degeneration and Hypertrophy of the Ligamentum Flavum in Lumbar Spinal Canal Stenosis

Takayuki Nakamura, Tatsuya Okada, Motoyoshi Endo, +9

PLoS ONE

Angptl2 ExpressionSpinal DisorderCellular PhysiologyInflammationLumbar Spine +14

The use of titanium surgical mesh-bone graft composite in the anterior thoracic or lumbar spine after complete or partial corpectomy

Amilal Bhat, Gary L. Lowery, Akira Sei

European Spine Journal

Lumbar SpineAnterior ThoracicSpinal FusionThoracic SurgerySurgery +6

Analyses of early events during chondrogenic repair in rat full-thickness articular cartilage defects

Yoshihisa Anraku, Hiroshi Mizuta, Akira Sei, +4

Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism

MechanobiologyRegenerative MedicineEarly EventsDevelopmental BiologyCartilage Degeneration +8

Three-Dimensional Tibiofemoral Kinematics During Deep Flexion Kneeling in a Mobile-Bearing Total Knee Arthroplasty

Eiichi Nakamura, Scott A. Banks, Azusa Tanaka, +2

The Journal of Arthroplasty

BiomechanicsOsteoarthritisThree-dimensional Tibiofemoral KinematicsMusculoskeletal FunctionSurgery +7

Knee articular cartilage injury in leg lengthening: Histological studies in rabbits

Eiichi Nakamura, Hiroshi Mizuta, Akira Sei, +1

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

EngineeringLower Limb TraumaOrthopedic BiomechanicsOsteoporosisOrthopaedic Surgery +19

Corresponding Scapular Pain with the Nerve Root Involved in Cervical Radiculopathy

Masaya Mizutamari, Akira Sei, Akinari Tokiyoshi, +4

Journal of orthopaedic surgery

The chondrogenic repair response of undifferentiated mesenchymal cells in rat full-thickness articular cartilage defects

Yasutaka Anraku, Hiroshi Mizuta, Akira Sei, +5

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Regenerative MedicineTissue EngineeringChondrogenic Repair ResponseUndifferentiated Mesenchymal CellsDevelopmental Biology +9