Education

Ph.D., Yokohama City University, Japan, 2014

Current position

Project Researcher, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan

Publications

1. Kondo, S., Muneta, T., Nakagawa, Y., Koga, H., Watanabe, T., Tsuji, K., Sotome, S., Okawa, A., Kiuchi, S., Ono, H., Mizuno, M. and Sekiya, I. (2016). Transplantation of autologous synovial mesenchymal stem cells promotes meniscus regeneration in aged primates. J Orthop Res.
2. Ozeki, N., Muneta, T., Koga, H., Nakagawa, Y., Mizuno, M., Tsuji, K., Mabuchi, Y., Akazawa, C., Kobayashi, E., Matsumoto, K., Futamura, K., Saito, T. and Sekiya, I. (2016). Not single but periodic injections of synovial mesenchymal stem cells maintain viable cells in knees and inhibit osteoarthritis progression in rats. Osteoarthritis Cartilage.
   
3. Nakagawa, Y., Muneta, T., Otabe, K., Ozeki, N., Mizuno, M., Udo, M., Saito, R., Yanagisawa, K., Ichinose, S., Koga, H., Tsuji, K. and Sekiya, I. (2016). Cartilage Derived from Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Expresses Lubricin In Vitro and In Vivo. PLoS One 11(2): e0148777.
   
4. Mizuno, M., Katano, H., Otabe, K., Komori, K., Matsumoto, Y., Fujii, S., Ozeki, N., Tsuji, K., Koga, H., Muneta, T., Matsuyama, A. and Sekiya, I. (2015). Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-AA/AB in human serum are potential indicators of the proliferative capacity of human synovial mesenchymal stem cells. Stem Cell Res Ther 6: 243.
   
5. Ozeki, N., Muneta, T., Matsuta, S., Koga, H., Nakagawa, Y., Mizuno, M., Tsuji, K., Mabuchi, Y., Akazawa, C., Kobayashi, E., Saito, T. and Sekiya, I. (2015). Synovial mesenchymal stem cells promote meniscus regeneration augmented by an autologous Achilles tendon graft in a rat partial meniscus defect model. Stem Cells 33(6): 1927-1938.
   
6. Nakagawa, Y., Muneta, T., Kondo, S., Mizuno, M., Takakuda, K., Ichinose, S., Tabuchi, T., Koga, H., Tsuji, K. and Sekiya, I. (2015). Synovial mesenchymal stem cells promote healing after meniscal repair in microminipigs. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 23(6): 1007-1017.
   
7. Takebe, T., Kobayashi, S., Suzuki, H., Mizuno, M., Chang, Y. M., Yoshizawa, E., Kimura, M., Hori, A., Asano, J., Maegawa, J. and Taniguchi, H. (2014). Transient vascularization of transplanted human adult-derived progenitors promotes self-organizing cartilage. J Clin Invest 124(10): 4325-4334.
   
8. Mizuno, M., Takebe, T., Kobayashi, S., Kimura, S., Masutani, M., Lee, S., Jo, Y. H., Lee, J. I. and Taniguchi, H. (2014). Elastic cartilage reconstruction by transplantation of cultured hyaline cartilage-derived chondrocytes. Transplant Proc 46(4): 1217-1221.
   
9. Mizuno, M., Kobayashi, S., Takebe, T., Kan, H., Yabuki, Y., Matsuzaki, T., Yoshikawa, H. Y., Nakabayashi, S., Ik, L. J., Maegawa, J. and Taniguchi, H. (2014). Brief report: reconstruction of joint hyaline cartilage by autologous progenitor cells derived from ear elastic cartilage. Stem Cells 32(3): 816-821.
   
10. Takebe, T., Kobayashi, S., Kan, H., Suzuki, H., Yabuki, Y., Mizuno, M., Adegawa, T., Yoshioka, T., Tanaka, J., Maegawa, J. and Taniguchi, H. (2012). Human elastic cartilage engineering from cartilage progenitor cells using rotating wall vessel bioreactor. Transplant Proc 44(4): 1158-1161.
    
11. Kobayashi, S., Takebe, T., Zheng, Y. W., Mizuno, M., Yabuki, Y., Maegawa, J. and Taniguchi, H. (2011). Presence of cartilage stem/progenitor cells in adult mice auricular perichondrium. PLoS One 6(10): e26393.