Kenji Izumi

Skin and oral mucosal substitutes.

Constitutive release of cytokines by human oral keratinocytes in an organotypic culture.

Development of an in vitro model for radiation-induced effects on oral keratinocytes.

Detection of acid-sensing ion channel 3 (ASIC3) in periodontal Ruffini endings of mouse incisors.

Zoledronic acid induces S-phase arrest via a DNA damage response in normal human oral keratinocytes.

Construction and characterization of a tissue-engineered oral mucosa equivalent based on a chitosan-fish scale collagen composite.

Tissue-engineered constructs of human oral mucosa examined by Raman spectroscopy.

Distinct expression patterns and roles of aldehyde dehydrogenases in normal oral mucosa keratinocytes: differential inhibitory effects of a pharmacological inhibitor and RNAi-mediated knockdown on cellular phenotype and epithelial morphology.

Enrichment of oral mucosa and skin keratinocyte progenitor/stem cells.

Zoledronic acid impairs re-epithelialization through down-regulation of integrin αvβ6 and transforming growth factor beta signalling in a three-dimensional in vitro wound healing model.

Intraoral grafting of tissue-engineered human oral mucosa.

Hypoxia induces an undifferentiated phenotype of oral keratinocytes in vitro.

Effects of C-xylopyranoside derivative on epithelial regeneration in an in vitro 3D oral mucosa model.

Noninvasive measurement of cell/colony motion using image analysis methods to evaluate the proliferative capacity of oral keratinocytes as a tool for quality control in regenerative medicine.

Development of microstructured fish scale collagen scaffolds to manufacture a tissue-engineered oral mucosa equivalent.

Biological reaction control using topography regulation of nanostructured titanium.

ROCK inhibitors enhance bone healing by promoting osteoclastic and osteoblastic differentiation.

Higher Accumulation of Docosahexaenoic Acid in the Vermilion of the Human Lip than in the Skin.

Rac1-dependent phagocytosis of apoptotic cells by oral squamous cell carcinoma cells: A possible driving force for tumor progression.

Periodontal Ligament Cell Sheets and RGD-Modified Chitosan Improved Regeneration in the Horizontal Periodontal Defect Model.

Distinct differences in hypoxic responses between human oral mucosa and skin fibroblasts in a 3D collagen matrix.

Manufacturing micropatterned collagen scaffolds with chemical-crosslinking for development of biomimetic tissue-engineered oral mucosa.

Effect of pre-coating with methyl methacrylate containing UV photoinitiators on the bond strength of poly(ether ether ketone).

Identification and characterization of R2TP in the development of oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Metabolomic Alteration of Oral Keratinocytes and Fibroblasts in Hypoxia.

HEATR1, a novel interactor of Pontin/Reptin, stabilizes Pontin/Reptin and promotes cell proliferation of oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Cells/colony motion of oral keratinocytes determined by non-invasive and quantitative measurement using optical flow predicts epithelial regenerative capacity.

Perivascular Hedgehog responsive cells play a critical role in peripheral nerve regeneration via controlling angiogenesis.

The human vermilion surface contains a rich amount of cholesterol sulfate than the skin.