Koichi Masuda

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1 Are animal models useful for studying human disc disorders/degeneration? Eur Spine J 2007 2.82
2 Real-time identification of liver cancers by using indocyanine green fluorescent imaging. Cancer 2009 2.54
3 Portal uptake function in veno-occlusive regions evaluated by real-time fluorescent imaging using indocyanine green. J Hepatol 2012 2.27
4 Association between crystals and cartilage degeneration in the ankle. J Rheumatol 2008 2.15
5 The origin of chondrocytes in the nucleus pulposus and histologic findings associated with the transition of a notochordal nucleus pulposus to a fibrocartilaginous nucleus pulposus in intact rabbit intervertebral discs. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2003 1.91
6 Tensile mechanical properties of bovine articular cartilage: variations with growth and relationships to collagen network components. J Orthop Res 2003 1.87
7 Targeted disruption of TGF-beta/Smad3 signaling modulates skin fibrosis in a mouse model of scleroderma. Am J Pathol 2004 1.77
8 Mechanistic background and clinical applications of indocyanine green fluorescence imaging of hepatocellular carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol 2013 1.76
9 Osteogenic protein-1 enhances matrix replenishment by intervertebral disc cells previously exposed to interleukin-1. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2002 1.72
10 Intradiscal administration of osteogenic protein-1 increases intervertebral disc height and proteoglycan content in the nucleus pulposus in normal adolescent rabbits. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2005 1.68
11 Effects of growth differentiation factor-5 on the intervertebral disc--in vitro bovine study and in vivo rabbit disc degeneration model study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2006 1.62
12 Quantitative ultrashort echo time (UTE) MRI of human cortical bone: correlation with porosity and biomechanical properties. J Bone Miner Res 2012 1.53
13 Mechanisms of cartilage growth: modulation of balance between proteoglycan and collagen in vitro using chondroitinase ABC. Arthritis Rheum 2007 1.52
14 Changes in mRNA and protein levels of proteoglycans of the anulus fibrosus and nucleus pulposus during intervertebral disc degeneration. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2002 1.42
15 Proinflammatory cytokines stimulate the expression of nerve growth factor by human intervertebral disc cells. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2007 1.39
16 Development and characterization of a fusion protein between thermally responsive elastin-like polypeptide and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist: sustained release of a local antiinflammatory therapeutic. Arthritis Rheum 2007 1.38
17 Exhaustion of nucleus pulposus progenitor cells with ageing and degeneration of the intervertebral disc. Nat Commun 2012 1.36
18 Intraoperative fluorescent cholangiography using indocyanine green: a biliary road map for safe surgery. J Am Coll Surg 2008 1.34
19 Growth of immature articular cartilage in vitro: correlated variation in tensile biomechanical and collagen network properties. Tissue Eng 2003 1.31
20 Ultrashort echo time (UTE) imaging with bi-component analysis: bound and free water evaluation of bovine cortical bone subject to sequential drying. Bone 2011 1.22
21 Biological repair of intervertebral disc. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2003 1.21
22 Animal models for human disc degeneration. Spine J 2005 1.20
23 Age-related changes in the extracellular matrix of nucleus pulposus and anulus fibrosus of human intervertebral disc. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2009 1.19
24 Articular cartilage mechanical and biochemical property relations before and after in vitro growth. J Biomech 2007 1.16
25 Aggrecanases and aggrecanase-generated fragments in the human intervertebral disc at early and advanced stages of disc degeneration. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2007 1.15
26 A systems biology approach to synovial joint lubrication in health, injury, and disease. Wiley Interdiscip Rev Syst Biol Med 2011 1.12
27 Nerve fiber ingrowth into scar tissue formed following nucleus pulposus extrusion in the rabbit anular-puncture disc degeneration model: effects of depth of puncture. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2006 1.11
28 Restoration of disc height loss by recombinant human osteogenic protein-1 injection into intervertebral discs undergoing degeneration induced by an intradiscal injection of chondroitinase ABC. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2007 1.10
29 Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) stimulates the extracellular matrix metabolism of porcine nucleus pulposus and anulus fibrosus cells cultured in alginate beads. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2006 1.08
30 Osteogenic protein-1 is most effective in stimulating nucleus pulposus and annulus fibrosus cells to repair their matrix after chondroitinase ABC-induced in vitro chemonucleolysis. Spine J 2005 1.07
31 Relevance of in vitro and in vivo models for intervertebral disc degeneration. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2006 1.07
32 Effect of autologous platelet-rich plasma-releasate on intervertebral disc degeneration in the rabbit anular puncture model: a preclinical study. Arthritis Res Ther 2012 1.05
33 Intradiscal injections of osteogenic protein-1 restore the viscoelastic properties of degenerated intervertebral discs. Spine J 2006 1.03
34 The efficacy of Link N as a mediator of repair in a rabbit model of intervertebral disc degeneration. Arthritis Res Ther 2011 1.02
35 Morphology of the cartilaginous endplates in human intervertebral disks with ultrashort echo time MR imaging. Radiology 2012 1.01
36 The effects of age, sex, ethnicity, and spinal level on the rate of intervertebral disc degeneration: a review of 1712 intervertebral discs. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2011 1.00
37 A novel patient-derived intra-femoral xenograft model of bone metastatic prostate cancer that recapitulates mixed osteolytic and osteoblastic lesions. J Transl Med 2011 1.00
38 New treatments and imaging strategies in degenerative disease of the intervertebral disks. Radiology 2012 0.99
39 Insulin-like growth factor-I and growth differentiation factor-5 promote the formation of tissue-engineered human nasal septal cartilage. Tissue Eng Part C Methods 2010 0.98
40 Effect of small interference RNA (siRNA) for ADAMTS5 on intervertebral disc degeneration in the rabbit anular needle-puncture model. Arthritis Res Ther 2009 0.98
41 Regulation of immature cartilage growth by IGF-I, TGF-beta1, BMP-7, and PDGF-AB: role of metabolic balance between fixed charge and collagen network. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2007 0.97
42 A cartilage growth mixture model with collagen remodeling: validation protocols. J Biomech Eng 2008 0.96
43 Growth factor osteogenic protein-1: differing effects on cells from three distinct zones in the bovine intervertebral disc. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2004 0.96
44 Articular cartilage tensile integrity: modulation by matrix depletion is maturation-dependent. Arch Biochem Biophys 2008 0.96
45 Structural and biochemical evaluation of the elbow capsule after trauma. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2007 0.95
46 The in vivo performance of osteochondral allografts in the goat is diminished with extended storage and decreased cartilage cellularity. Am J Sports Med 2012 0.95
47 Human septal chondrocyte redifferentiation in alginate, polyglycolic acid scaffold, and monolayer culture. Laryngoscope 2003 0.95
48 Characterization of human nasal septal chondrocytes cultured in alginate. J Am Coll Surg 2005 0.94
49 Relationship between knee and ankle degeneration in a population of organ donors. BMC Med 2010 0.93
50 Short-term retention of labeled chondrocyte subpopulations in stratified tissue-engineered cartilaginous constructs implanted in vivo in mini-pigs. Tissue Eng 2007 0.93
51 Tissue-engineered human nasal septal cartilage using the alginate-recovered-chondrocyte method. Laryngoscope 2004 0.92
52 Hepatobiliary surgery guided by a novel fluorescent imaging technique for visualizing hepatic arteries, bile ducts, and liver cancers on color images. J Am Coll Surg 2011 0.92
53 Expansion and redifferentiation of chondrocytes from osteoarthritic cartilage: cells for human cartilage tissue engineering. Tissue Eng Part A 2009 0.92
54 Emerging technologies for molecular therapy for intervertebral disk degeneration. Orthop Clin North Am 2011 0.92
55 Indocyanine green fluorescent imaging for detecting extrahepatic metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma. J Gastroenterol 2012 0.91
56 Recombinant human osteogenic protein-1 upregulates proteoglycan metabolism of human anulus fibrosus and nucleus pulposus cells. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2007 0.91
57 Anti-adhesion properties of a thrombin-based hemostatic gelatin in a canine laminectomy model: a biomechanical, biochemical, and histologic study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2006 0.91
58 Differential regulation of immature articular cartilage compressive moduli and Poisson's ratios by in vitro stimulation with IGF-1 and TGF-beta1. J Biomech 2010 0.90
59 Shape, loading, and motion in the bioengineering design, fabrication, and testing of personalized synovial joints. J Biomech 2009 0.90
60 Axonal growth potential of lumbar dorsal root ganglion neurons in an organ culture system: response of nerve growth factor-sensitive neurons to neuronal injury and an inflammatory cytokine. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2007 0.90
61 Tailoring secretion of proteoglycan 4 (PRG4) in tissue-engineered cartilage. Tissue Eng 2006 0.87
62 Three-dimensional alginate spheroid culture system of murine osteosarcoma. Oncol Rep 2009 0.85
63 Prevalence of facet joint degeneration in association with intervertebral joint degeneration in a sample of organ donors. J Orthop Res 2011 0.85
64 Effect of osteogenic protein-1 on the matrix metabolism of bovine tendon cells. J Orthop Res 2008 0.85
65 Shaped, stratified, scaffold-free grafts for articular cartilage defects. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2008 0.84
66 In vivo maturation of scaffold-free engineered articular cartilage on hydroxyapatite. Tissue Eng Part A 2008 0.84
67 Mesenchymal stem cells reduce intervertebral disc fibrosis and facilitate repair. Stem Cells 2014 0.83
68 Intervertebral disc degeneration: biological and biomechanical factors. J Orthop Sci 2006 0.83
69 Tracking chondrocytes and assessing their proliferation with PKH26: effects on secretion of proteoglycan 4 (PRG4). J Orthop Res 2006 0.82
70 Transperitoneal laparoscopic surgery using endostaplers for adult unilateral diaphragmatic eventration. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech 2009 0.82
71 Indocyanine green reinjection technique for use in fluorescent angiography concomitant with cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech 2012 0.81
72 Differential effects of fibronectin fragment on proteoglycan metabolism by intervertebral disc cells: a comparison with articular chondrocytes. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2005 0.81
73 Intervertebral disc health preservation after six months of spinal growth modulation. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2011 0.81
74 Comparison of cellular response in bovine intervertebral disc cells and articular chondrocytes: effects .of lipopolysaccharide on proteoglycan metabolism. Cell Tissue Res 2006 0.81
75 Fluid movement and joint capsule strains due to flexion in rabbit knees. J Biomech 2011 0.81
76 Tissue engineering by molecular disassembly and reassembly: biomimetic retention of mechanically functional aggrecan in hydrogel. Tissue Eng Part C Methods 2010 0.80
77 The expression of NG2 proteoglycan in the human intervertebral disc. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2007 0.79
78 Biomechanical properties of mixtures of blood and synovial fluid. J Orthop Res 2011 0.79
79 In Vitro Calcification of Immature Bovine Articular Cartilage: Formation of a Functional Zone of Calcified Cartilage. Cartilage 2010 0.79
80 The biophysical mechanisms of altered hyaluronan concentration in synovial fluid after anterior cruciate ligament transection. Arthritis Rheum 2012 0.79
81 ISSLS prize winner: Adaptations to the multifidus muscle in response to experimentally induced intervertebral disc degeneration. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2011 0.79
82 Microstructural analysis of three-dimensional canal network in the rabbit lumbar vertebral endplate. J Orthop Res 2014 0.79
83 Biologic repair and regeneration of the intervertebral disk. J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2011 0.78
84 Anular delamination strength of human lumbar intervertebral disc. Eur Spine J 2012 0.78
85 Age-related differences in the accumulation and size of hyaluronan in alginate culture. Arch Biochem Biophys 2002 0.78
86 Exposure to pulsed low intensity ultrasound stimulates extracellular matrix metabolism of bovine intervertebral disc cells cultured in alginate beads. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2005 0.78
87 Joint biomarkers in idiopathic femoral head osteonecrosis: comparison with hip osteoarthritis. J Rheumatol 2005 0.78
88 Micro-computed tomography-based three-dimensional kinematic analysis during lateral bending for spinal fusion assessment in a rat posterolateral lumbar fusion model. Tissue Eng Part C Methods 2014 0.78
89 Effect of oxygen tension on tissue-engineered human nasal septal chondrocytes. Allergy Rhinol (Providence) 2014 0.77
90 Implant design affects markers of bone resorption and formation in total hip replacement. J Bone Miner Res 2002 0.77
91 A compositional analysis of cadaveric human nasal septal cartilage. Laryngoscope 2013 0.77
92 Matrix replenishment by intervertebral disc cells after chemonucleolysis in vitro with chondroitinase ABC and chymopapain. Spine J 2006 0.77
93 Effect of risedronate in a minipig cartilage defect model with allograft. J Orthop Res 2009 0.77
94 In vivo oxygen tension in human septal cartilage increases with age. Laryngoscope 2012 0.76
95 Structural and functional maturation of distal femoral cartilage and bone during postnatal development and growth in humans and mice. Orthop Clin North Am 2012 0.76
96 Flexural properties of native and tissue-engineered human septal cartilage. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2013 0.75
97 Shape fidelity of native and engineered human nasal septal cartilage. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2013 0.75
98 Tracking chondrocytes and assessing their proliferation with carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester: effects on cell functions. Tissue Eng Part C Methods 2010 0.75
99 Culture of human septal chondrocytes in a rotary bioreactor. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2012 0.75
100 Expression of proteinase-activated receptor-2 in the intervertebral disc. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2009 0.75
101 Characterization of lesions of the talus and description of tram-track lesions. Foot Ankle Int 2006 0.75