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  1. Article

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    Bioanalytical technologies using temperature-responsive polymers

    In recent decades, various bioanalytical technologies have been investigated for appropriate medical treatment and effective therapy. Temperature-responsive chromatography is a promising bioanalytical technolo...

    Kenichi Nagase in Analytical Sciences (2024)

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    Umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell sheets transplanted subcutaneously enhance cell retention and survival more than dissociated stem cell injections

    Human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell (hUC-MSC) sheets have recently attracted attention as an alternative approach to injected cell suspensions for stem cell therapy. However, cell engraftment an...

    Mitsuyoshi Nakao, Makoto Matsui, Kyungsook Kim in Stem Cell Research & Therapy (2023)

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    Chromatography columns packed with thermoresponsive-cationic-polymer-modified beads for therapeutic drug monitoring

    Therapeutic drug monitoring, which is used to determine appropriate drug doses, is critical in pharmacological therapy. In this study, we developed thermoresponsive chromatography columns with various cationic...

    Kenichi Nagase, Hikaru Takagi, Hideo Nakada, Haruki Ishikawa in Scientific Reports (2022)

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    Temperature-responsive mixed-mode column for the modulation of multiple interactions

    In this study, mixed-mode chromatography columns have been investigated using multiple analyte interactions. A mixed-mode chromatography column was developed using poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) brush-modi...

    Kenichi Nagase, Kosuke Matsumoto, Hideko Kanazawa in Scientific Reports (2022)

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    Two-dimensional temperature-responsive chromatography using a poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) brush-modified stationary phase for effective therapeutic drug monitoring

    Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is an effective pharmacological approach for controlling drug concentration in a patient’s serum. Herein, a new two-dimensional chromatography system was developed using two p...

    Kenichi Nagase, So Inoue, Masakazu Inoue, Hideko Kanazawa in Scientific Reports (2022)

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    Temperature responsive chromatography for therapeutic drug monitoring with an aqueous mobile phase

    Therapeutic drug monitoring is a key technology for effective pharmacological treatment. In the present study, a temperature-responsive chromatography column was developed for safe and simple therapeutic drug ...

    Kenichi Nagase, Teruno Nishiyama, Masakazu Inoue, Hideko Kanazawa in Scientific Reports (2021)

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    Effect of pore diameter on the elution behavior of analytes from thermoresponsive polymer grafted beads packed columns

    Temperature-responsive chromatography using thermoresponsive polymers is innovative and can control analyte retention via column temperature. Analyte elution behavior in this type of chromatography depends on ...

    Kenichi Nagase, Yuta Umemoto, Hideko Kanazawa in Scientific Reports (2021)

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    Effective Separation for New Therapeutic Modalities Utilizing Temperature-responsive Chromatography

    In recent years, drug discovery and therapeutics trends have shifted from a focus on small-molecule compounds to biopharmaceuticals, genes, cell therapy, and regenerative medicine. Therefore, new approaches an...

    Yutaro Maekawa, Eri Ayano, Kenichi Nagase, Hideko Kanazawa in Analytical Sciences (2021)

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    Simultaneous analysis of multiple oligonucleotides by temperature-responsive chromatography using a poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-based stationary phase

    Oligonucleotide therapeutics have contributed remarkably to healthcare, being well suited for the treatment of intractable diseases that are difficult to approach using conventional drug modalities. However, a...

    Yutaro Maekawa, Kaichi Yamazaki, Miwa Ihara in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (2020)

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    Antibody drug separation using thermoresponsive anionic polymer brush modified beads with optimised electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions

    Antibody drugs play an important role in biopharmaceuticals, because of the specificity for target biomolecules and reduction of side effects. Thus, separation and analysis techniques for these antibody drugs ...

    Kenichi Nagase, Saki Ishii, Koji Ikeda, Sota Yamada, Daiju Ichikawa in Scientific Reports (2020)

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    Green analytical method for the simultaneous analysis of cytochrome P450 probe substrates by poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-based temperature-responsive chromatography

    High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is the most common analytical method practiced in various fields and used for analysis of almost all drug compounds in the pharmaceutical industries. During drug d...

    Yutaro Maekawa, Naoya Okamoto, Yuji Okada, Kenichi Nagase in Scientific Reports (2020)

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    Phenotypic traits of mesenchymal stem cell sheets fabricated by temperature-responsive cell culture plate: structural characteristics of MSC sheets

    In most stem cell therapy strategies reported to date, stem cells are introduced to damaged tissue sites to repair and regenerate the original tissue structure and function. MSC therapeutic efficacies are inco...

    Mitsuyoshi Nakao, Kyungsook Kim, Kenichi Nagase in Stem Cell Research & Therapy (2019)

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    Design of Tetra-arm PEG-crosslinked Thermoresponsive Hydrogel for 3D Cell Culture

    We synthesized poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) gel containing cell-adhesive peptides. RGDS pendants, and crosslinked by a hydrophilic polymer. Since gelation occurs by simply mixing the polymers, cells can be simulta...

    Aya Mizutani Akimoto, Erika Hasuike, Hiroto Tada, Kenichi Nagase in Analytical Sciences (2016)

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    Chapter and Conference Paper

    Efficiency of Biological and Artificial Gills

    An artificial gill is a device for the uptake of oxygen from water to air through a gas permeable membrane, driven by an oxygen partial pressure difference between the water and air. It enables humans to breat...

    Kenichi Nagase, Fukashi Kohori, Kiyotaka Sakai in Bio-mechanisms of Swimming and Flying (2004)