Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine: Introduction

Enosawa S. ; Takahashi N. ; Amemiya H. ; Motomiya Y. Transplantation of nonvascularized kidney tissue fragments into the rat liver with the aim of preserving renal function. Cell Transplant. 13: 413–419; 2004.

Iida J. ; Yoshikawa T. ; Akahane M. ; Ohgushi H. ; Dohi Y. ; Takakura Y. ; Nonomura A. Osteogenic potential of cultured bone/ceramic construct: Comparison with marrow mesenchymal cell/ceramic composite. Cell Transplant. 13: 357–365; 2004.

Itoh S. ; Kikuchi M. ; Koyama Y. ; Takakuda K. ; Shinomiya K. ; Tanaka J. Development of a hydroxyapatite/collagen nanocomposite as a medical device. Cell Transplant. 13: 451–461; 2004.

Kotobuki N. ; Hirose M. ; Funaoka H. ; Ohgushi H. Enhancement of in vitro osteoblastic potential after selective sorting of osteoblasts with high alkaline phosphatase activity from human osteoblast-like cells. Cell Transplant. 13: 377–383; 2004.

Miyamoto M. ; Yasutake M. ; Takano H. ; Takagi H. ; Tagaki G. ; Mizuno H. ; Kumita S. ; Takano T. Therapeutic angiogenesis by autologous bone marrow cell implantation for refractory chronic peripheral arterial disease using assessment of neovascularization by 99mTc-tetrofosmin (TF) perfusion scintigraphy. Cell Transplant. 13: 429–437; 2004.

Miyazaki M. ; Masaka T. ; Akiyama I. ; Nakashima E. ; Sakaguchi M. ; Huh N. Propagation of adult rat bone marrow-derived hepatocyte-like cells by serial passages in vitro. Cell Transplant. 13: 385–391; 2004.

Naiki T. ; Nagaki M. ; Shidoji Y. ; Kojima H. ; Moriwaki H. Functional activity of human hepatoma cells transfected with adenovirus-mediated hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-4 gene. Cell Transplant. 13: 393–403; 2004.

Nakayama Y. ; Ishibashi-Ueda H. ; Takamizawa K. In vivo tissue-engineered small-caliber arterial graft prosthesis consisting of autologous tissue (biotube). Cell Transplant. 13: 439–449; 2004.

Nishikawa M. ; Myoui A. ; Ohgushi H. ; Ikeuchi M. ; Tamai N. ; Yoshikawa H. Bone tissue engineering using novel interconnected porous hydroxyapatite ceramics combined with marrow mesenchymal cells: Quantitative and three-dimensional image analysis. Cell Transplant. 13: 367–376; 2004.

Satoh H. ; Kishi K. ; Tanaka T. ; Kubotra Y. ; Nakajima T. ; Akasaka Y. ; Ishii T. Transplanted mesenchymal stem cells are effective for skin regeneration in acute cutaneous wounds. Cell Transplant. 13: 405–412; 2004.

Takahashi K. ; Igura K. ; Zhang X. ; Mitsuru A. ; Takahashi T. A. Effects of osteogenic induction of mesenchymal cells from fetal and maternal part of human placenta. Cell Transplant. 13: 337–341; 2004.

Takezawa T. ; Ozaki K. ; Nitani A. ; Takabayashi C. ; Shimo-Oka T. Collagen vitrigel: A novel scaffold that can facilitate a three-dimensional culture for reconstructing organoids. Cell Transplant. 13: 463–473; 2004.

Wakitani S. ; Aoki H. ; Harada Y. ; Sonobe M. ; Morita Y. ; Mu Y. ; Tomita N. ; Nakamura Y. ; Takeda S. ; Watanabe T. K. ; Tanigami A. Embryonic stem cells form articular cartilage, not teratomas, in osteochondral defects of rat joints. Cell Transplant. 13: 331–336; 2004.

Yamada M. ; Uchida K. ; Hayashi T. ; Mine Y. ; Kawase T. Vigorous neuronal differentiation of amplified and grafted basic fibroblast growth factor-responsive neurospheres derived from neuroepithelial stem cells. Cell Transplant. 13: 421–428; 2004.

Yamda Y. ; Ueda M. ; Hibi H. ; Nagasaka T. Translational research for injectable tissue-engineered bone regeneration using mesenchymal stem cells and platelet-rich plasma: From basic research to clinical case study. Cell Transplant. 13: 343–355; 2004.