Activity

2015

    1. Shinji Sakai, Yang Liu, Mikako Sengoku and Masahito Taya:Cell-selective encapsulation in hydrogel sheaths via biospecific identification and biochemical cross-linking, Biomaterials, vol.53, p.494-501, 2015.
    2. Tomoaki Ashida, Shinji Sakai and Masahito Taya: Characteristics of Duplex Microcapsules Prepared from an Alginate-Derivative Polymer via Horseradish Peroxidase- and Catalase-Catalyzed Reactions, J Chem Eng Jpn, in press, 2015.
    3. Retno Wahyu Nurhayati, Yoshihiro Ojima and Masahito Taya, BMS-777607 Promotes Megakaryocytic Differentiation and Induces Polyploidization in the CHRF-288-11 Cells, Human Cell, in press
    4. Tomoaki Ashida, Shinji Sakai and Masahito Taya,Propagation of human iPS cells in alginate-based microcapsules prepared using horseradish peroxidase- and catalase-catalyzed reactions, Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine and Biotechnology, in press
    5. Yoshihiro Ojima, Asep Suparman, Minh Hong Nguyen, Makiko Sakka, Kazuo Sakka, and Masahito Taya: Exopolysaccharide assay in Escherichia coli microcolonies using a cleavable fusion protein of GFP-labeled carbohydrate-binding module, Journal of Microbiological Methods, in press

2014

    1. Retno Wahyu Nurhayati, Yoshihiro Ojima, Saori Kitatsuji, Prayoga Suryadarma and Masahito Taya: An aerobic formate-utilizing bacterium,Cupriavidus sp., isolated from activated sludge of waste water treatment, Ann. Microbiol., vol.64, p.869-873, 2014.
    2. Shinji Sakai, Tomoaki Ashida, Shotaro Ogino, Masahito Taya: Horseradish peroxidase-mediated encapsulation of mammalian cells in hydrogel particles by dropping, Journal of Microencapsulation, vol.31, p.100-104, 2014.
    3. Yoshihiro Ojima, Nahoko Matsuo, Asep Suparman, Prayoga Suryadarma, Masahito Taya: Altered redox status in Escherichia coli cells enhances pyruvate production in pH-adjusting culture with a fermenter, Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, vol.37, p.337-381, 2014.
    4. 峯　浩二，宇治田吾朗，田谷正仁："チューベローズ（Polianthes tuberosa）カルス培養液からの多糖類のろ過分離・回収－工業スケール運転に向けた操作指針の検討－", 化学工学論文集，40巻, 2号, pp.119-124, 2014.
    5. Mee-Hae Kim, Yuuki Ogawa, Koji Yamada, Masahito Taya and Masahiro Kino-oka:“Directed differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells toward a cardiomyogenic fate commitment through formation of cell aggregates”, Biochem. Eng. J., Vol.84 (March issue), pp.53-58, 2014.
    6. Minh Hong Nguyen, Yoshihiro Ojima, Masahito Taya: Enhanced colonization of rpoS-deficient Escherichia coli cells on solid surfaces by reinforced csgA gene expression, Biocontrol Science, vol.19, p.147-150, 2014.
    7. Koichi Sawada, Shinji Sakai, and Masahito Taya: Polyacrylonitrile-based electrospun nanofibers carrying gold nanoparticles in situ formed by photochemical assembly, Journal of Materials Science, Vol.49, pp.4595-4600, 2014.
    8. Minh Hong Nguyen, Yoshihiro Ojima, Makiko Sakka, Kazuo Sakka, and Masahito Taya: Probing of exopolysaccharides with GFP-labeled carbohydrate-binding module in Escherichia coli biofilms and flocs induced by bcsB overexpression, J Biosci Bioeng, vol.118, p.400-405, 2014.
    9. Yoshihiro Ojima, Teruyoshi Kawata, Nahoko Matsuo, Yosuke Nishinoue, Masahito Taya: Recovery of electric energy from formate by using a recombinant strain of Escherichia coli, Bioproc Biosyst Eng, vol.37, p.2005-2008, 2014.
    10. Tomoaki Ashida, Yoshihiro Ojima, Shinji Sakai, Makiko Sakka, Kazuo Sakka, Koei Kawakami and Masahito Taya, Designing of fusion protein with carbohydrate-binding module with affinity to enzymatically gellable carboxymethylcellulose derivative hydrogel, J Chem Eng Jpn, vol.47(11), pp.835-840, 2014.
    11. Koichi Sawada, Shinji Sakai, Masahito Taya, Fabrication of ultrafine carbon fibers possessing a nanoporous structure from electrospun polyvinyl alcohol fibers containing silica nanoparticles, J. Nanomater., Vol. 2014, Article ID 487943, 6 pages, 2014. doi:10.1155/2014/487943. 
    12. Shinji Sakai, Mehdi Khanmohammadi, Ali Baradar Khoshfetrat, Masahito Taya; Horseradish peroxidase-catalyzed formation of hydrogels from chitosan and poly(vinyl alcohol) derivatives both possessing phenolic hydroxyl groups, Carbohydrate Polymers, Vol.111, pp.404-409, 2014.
    13. Trung Xuan Ngo, Eiji Nagamori, Tatsuya Shimizu, Teruo Okano, Masahito Taya and Masahiro Kino-oka; “In vitro models for angiogenesis research: A review”, Int. J. Tissue Regeneration, Vol.5, No.2, pp.37-45, 2014.
    14. [Selected as ACS Editors' Choice] Shinji Sakai, Masahito Taya; On-cell surface cross-linking of polymer molecules by horseradish peroxidase anchored to cell membrane for individual cell encapsulation in hydrogel sheath, ACS Macro Letters, Vol.3, pp. 972-975, 2014.
    15. Yang Liu, Shinji Sakai, Shogo Kawa and Masahito Taya; "Identification of Hydrogen Peroxide-Secreting Cells by Cytocompatible Coating with a Hydrogel Membrane", Analytical Chemistry, Vol.86, No.23, pp.11592–11598, 2014.
    16. Mee-Hae Kim, Yoshiko Sawada, Masahito Taya and Masahiro Kino-oka: “Influence of surface topography on the human epithelial cell response to micropatterned substrates with convex and concave architectures”, J. Biol. Eng., Vol.8, article ID 13, 2014.
    17. Retno Wahyu Nurhayati, Yoshihiro Ojima, Naoki Nomura and Masahito Taya: Promoted megakaryocytic differentiation of　K562 cells through oxidative stress caused by near ultraviolet irradiation, Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters, vol.19, p.590-600, 2014.

2013

    1. Eiji Nagamori, Trung Xuan Ngo, Yasunori Takezawa, Yoshiki Sawa, Atsuhiro Saito, Tatsuya Shimizu, Teruo Okano, Masahito Taya and Masahiro Kino-oka: Network formation through active migration of human vascular endothelial cells in a multilayered skeletal myoblast sheet,Biomaterials, Vol.34, No.3, pp.662-668, 2013.
    2. Yuko Ogushi, Shinji Sakai and Koei Kawakami: Adipose tissue engineering using adipose-derived stem cells enclosed within an injectable carboxymethylcellulose-based hydrogel, J Tissue Eng Regen Med., Vol.7, No.11, pp.884-892, 2013.
    3. Masrina Mohd Nadzir, Masahiro Kino-oka, Katsura Sugawara and Masahito Taya: Modulation of chondrocyte migration and aggregation by insulin-like growth factor-1 in cultured cartilage, Biotechnol Lett, Vol.35, No.2, pp.295-300, 2013.
    4. Minh Hong Nguyen, Yoshihiro Ojima, Teruyoshi Kawata and Masahito Taya:Alternation in colonization behaviors of Escherichia coli cells with rpoS or yggE deficiency on solid surfaces, Biotechnol Bioeng, Vol.110, No.4, pp.1050-1056, 2013.
    5. Shinji Sakai, Yang Liu and Masahito Taya: Enzymatically-gelled amylopectin-based substrates enable on-demand harvesting cells with preserving cell-to-cell connection using saliva, J Biosci Bioeng, Vol.115, No.4, pp.462-465, 2013.
    6. [Selected as "Featured article in the issue" & "One of four newsworthy papers of IOP Publishing in the week"] Shinji Sakai, Yang Liu, Emma Jane Mah and Masahito Taya: Horseradish Peroxidase/Catalase-mediated Cell-laden Alginate-based Hydrogel Tube Production in Two-phase Coaxial Flow of Aqueous Solutions for Filament-like Tissues Fabrication, Biofabrication, Vol.5, No.1, 015012 (8pp), 2013.
    7. Daisuke Kondo, Yoichiro Ogino, Yasunori Ayukawa, Yasuko Moriyama, Shinji Sakai, Koei Kawakami and Kiyoshi Koyano: Bone regeneration of tibia defects in rats with enzymatic hydrogelation of gelatin derivative and recombinant human platelet-derived growth factor-BB complex, International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants, Vol.28, No.5, pp.1377-1385, 2013.
    8. Yang Liu, Shinji Sakai and Masahito Taya: Impact of the composition of alginate and gelatin derivatives in bio-conjugated hydrogels on the fabrication of cell sheets and spherical tissues with living cell sheaths, Acta Biomaterialia, Vol.9, No. 5, pp.6616-6623, 2013.
    9. Sho Shinohara, Takanori Kihara, Shinji Sakai, Michiya Matsusaki, Mitsuru Akashi, Masahito Taya and Jun Miyake: Fabrication of in vitro three-dimensional multilayered blood vessel model using human endothelial and smooth muscle cells and high-strength PEG hydrogel, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Vol.116, pp.231-234, 2013.
    10. Shinji Sakai, Shogo Kawa, Koichi Sawada and Masahito Taya: Electrospun polystyrene fiber-templating ultrafine gold hollow fiber production, Gold Bulletin, Vol.46, pp.97-101, 2013.
    11. Trung Xuan Ngo, Eiji Nagamori, Tetsutaro Kikuchi, Tatsuya Shimizu, Teruo Okano, Masahito Taya and Masahiro Kino-oka: Endothelial cell behavior inside myoblast sheets with different thickness, Biotechnol. lett. Vol.35, No.7, pp.1001-1008, 2013.
    12. 峯　浩二, 宇治田吾朗, 田谷正仁:“チューベローズ（Polianthes tuberosa）カルス培養液からの細胞外多糖の沈殿分離に及ぼす有機溶媒および無機塩の添加効果”, 化学工学論文集,39巻, 4号, pp.363-367, 2013.
    13. Yoshihiro Ojima, Mark T Duncan, Retno W Nurhayati, Masahito Taya, William M Miller: Synergistic effect of hydrogen peroxide on polyploidization during the megakaryocytic differentiation of K562 leukemia cells by PMA, Experimental Cell Research,  Vol. 319, No. 14, 2205-2215, 2013.
    14. Shinji Sakai, Mika Tsumura, Mitsugu Inoue, Yukinori Koga, Kenji Fukano, Masahito Taya: Polyvinyl alcohol-based hydrogel dressing gellable on wound via co-enzymatic reaction triggered by glucose in the wound exudate, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, Vol.1, No.38, pp.5067-5075, 2013.
    15. 峯　浩二，宇治田吾朗，田谷正仁：“チューベローズ（Polianthes tuberosa）カルス培養液からの多糖類のろ過分離・回収に及ぼす操作因子の影響”，化学工学論文集,　39巻, 6号, pp.520-526, 2013.
    16. Tomoaki Ashida, Shinji Sakai, Masahito Taya: Competing two enzymatic reactions realizing one-step preparation of cell-enclosing duplex microcapsules, Biotechnol Prog, Vol.29, No.6, pp.1528-1534, 2013.

2012

    1. Masahiro Kino-oka, Trung Xuan Ngo, Eiji Nagamori, Yasunori Takezawa, Yasuki Miyake, Yoshiki Sawa, Atsuhiro Saito, Tatsuya Shimizu, Teruo Okano and Masahito Taya: Evaluation of vertical cell fluidity in a multilayered sheet of skeletal myoblasts, J. Biosci. Bioeng., Vol.113, No.1, pp.128-131, 2012.
    2. Shinji Sakai, Yang Liu, Tomohiro Matsuyama, Koei Kawakami and Masahito Taya : On-demand serum-degradable amylopectin-based in situ gellable hydrogel, J. Mater. Chem., Vol.22, No.5, pp.1944-1949, 2012.
    3. Shinji Sakai, Tetsu Yamaguchi, Ryan Anugrah Putra, Rie Watanabe, Masaaki Kawabe, Masahito Taya and Koei Kawakami: Controlling apatite microparticles formation by calcining electrospun sol-gel derived ultrafine silica fibers, J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technol., Vol.61, pp.374-380, 2012.
    4. Shinji Sakai, Kimiko Komatani and Masahito Taya: Glucose-triggered co-enzymatic hydrogelation of aqueous polymer solutions, RSC Adv., Vol.2, No.4, pp.1502-1507, 2012.
    5. Shinji Sakai, Kazuya Inamoto, Yang Liu, Shinji Tanaka, Shigeki Arii, Masahito Taya: Multicellular tumor spheroid formation in duplex microcapsules for analysis of chemosensitivity, Cancer Sci., Vol.103, pp.549-554, 2012.
    6. Yoshihiro Ojima, Prayoga Suryadarma, Kazuki Tsuchida and Masahito Taya: Accumulation of pyruvate by changing the redox status in Escherichia coli, Biotechnol. Lett., Vol.34, No.5, pp.889-893, 2012.
    7. Prayoga Suryadarma, Yoshihiro Ojima, Yuto Fukuda, Naohiro Akamatsu, Masahito Taya: The rpoS deficiency suppresses acetate accumulation in glucose-enriched culture of Escherichia coli under an aerobic condition, Front. Chem. Sci. Eng. Vol.6, No.2, pp.152-157, 2012.
    8. Shinji Sakai, Koei Kawakami and Masahito Taya: Controlling the diameter of silica nano-fibers derived from sol-gel/electrospinning methods, J Chem Eng Jpn., Vol.45, pp.436-440, 2012.
    9. Koichi Sawada, Shinji Sakai and Masahito Taya: Enhanced productivity of electrospun polyvinyl alcohol nanofibrous mats using aqueous N, N-dimethylformamide solution and their application to lipase-immobilizing membrane-shaped catalysts, J Biosci Bioeng, Vol.114, No.2, pp.204-8,2012.
    10. Shinji Sakai, Hitomi Inagaki, Kazuya Inamoto, Masahito Taya: Wrapping tissues with a pre-established cage-like layer composed of living cells, Biomaterials, Vol.33, pp.6721-7, 2012.
    11. Masrina Mohd Nadzir, Masahiro Kino-oka, Katsura Sugawara and MasahitoTaya: Effect of preservation conditions of collagen substrate on its fibril formation and rabbit chondrocyte morphology, J Biosci Bioeng, Vol.114, No.3, pp.360-363, 2012.
    12. Prayoga Suryadarma, Yoshihiro Ojima, Kazuki Tsuchida and Masahito Taya: Design of Escherichia coli cell culture for regulating alanine production under aerobic conditions, J Chem Eng Jpn., Vol.45, No. 8, pp.604-608, 2012.
    13. Yang Liu, Shinji Sakai and Masahito Taya: Production of endothelial cell-enclosing alginate-based hydrogel fibers with a cell adhesive surface through simultaneous cross-linking by horseradish peroxidase-catalyzed reaction in a hydrodynamic spinning process, J Biosci Bioeng, Vol.114, No.3, pp.353-359, 2012.
    14. Shinji Sakai, Yuping Liu, Rie Watanabe, Masaaki Kawabe, Masahito Taya, Koei Kawakami: An electrospun ultrafine silica fibrous catalyst incorporating an alkyl-silica coating containing lipase for reactions in organic solvents, J Mol Catal B-Enzym, Vol.83, 120-124, 2012.
    15. Shinji Sakai, Hitomi Inagaki, Yang Liu, Tomohiro Matsuyama, Takanori Kihara, Jun Miyake, Koei Kawakami, Masahito Taya: Rapidly serum-degradable hydrogel templating fabrication of spherical tissues and curved tubular structures, Biotechnol Bioeng, Vol.109, pp.2911-9, 2012.
    16. Yoshihiro Ojima, Kazumi Hakamada, Yosuke Nishinoue, Minh Hong Nguyen, Jun Miyake, Masahito Taya: Motility behavior of rpoS-deficient Escherichia coli analyzed by individual cell tracking, J Biosci Bioeng, Vol.114, No.6, pp.652-656, 2012.

2011

    1. Shinji Sakai, Kousuke Moriyama and Koei Kawakami: Controlling thermo-reversibility of gelatin gels through peroxidase-catalyzed reaction under mild condition for mammalian cells, J. Biomater. Sci. -Polym. Ed., Vol.22, No.9, pp.1147-1156, 2011.
    2. Shinji Sakai, Sho Ito, Hitomi Inagaki, Keisuke Hirose, Masahito Taya and Koei Kawakami: Cell-enclosing gelatin-based microcapsule production for tissue engineering using a microfluidic flow-focusing system, Biomicrofluidics, No.5, 013402 (7pages).
    3. Shinji Sakai and Koei Kawakami: Development of porous alginate-based scaffolds covalently cross-linked through peroxidase-catalyzed reaction, J. Biomater. Sci. -Polym. Ed., Vol.22, No.18, pp.2407-2416, 2011.
    4. 尾島由紘, 芦田知亮, 楠田綾子, 紀ノ岡正博, 田谷正仁: ヒト角化細胞の細胞寿命の進行に伴う細胞状態の評価指標, 化学工学論文集, vol.37, No.4, pp.351-355, 2011.
    5. Yoshihiro Ojima, Nobuya Shirasaka, Yuto Fukuda, Mizuho Komaki, Masahito Taya: The influence of yggG gene deficiency on the production and assimilation of acetate in Escherichia coli, Ann. Microbiol., Vol.61, No.4, pp.979-983, 2011.
    6. Mee-Hae Kim, Naoki Tsubakino, Shogo Kagita, Masahito Taya and Masahiro Kino-oka: Characterization of spatial cell distribution in multilayer sheet of human keratinocytes through a stereoscopic cell imaging system, J. Biosci. Bioeng., Vol.112, No.3, pp.289-291, 2011.
    7. Masrina Mohd Nadzir, Masahiro Kino-oka, Nao Maruyama, Yasuyuki Sato, Mee-Hae Kim Katsura Sugawara and Masahito Taya: Comprehension of terminal differentiation and dedifferentiation of chondrocytes during passage culture, J. Biosci. Bioeng., Vol.112, No.4, pp.395-401, 2011.
    8. Shohreh Mashayekhan, Mee-Hae Kim, Masahiro Kino-oka, Jun-ichi Miyazaki and Masahito Taya: Embryonic stem cells maintain an undifferentiated state on dendrimer-immobilized surface with D-glucose display, Polymers., Vol.3, No.4, pp.2078-2087, 2011.

2010

      1. Mee-Hae Kim, Masahiro Kino-oka, Atsuhiro Saito, Yoshiki Sawa and Masahito Taya: Myogenic induction of human mesenchymal stem cells by culture on dendrimer- immobilized surface with D-glucose display, J. Biosci. Bioeng, Vol.109, No.1, pp.55-61, 2010.
      2. Mee-Hae Kim, Masahiro Kino-oka and Masahito Taya: Designing culture surfaces based on cell anchoring mechanisms to regulate cell morphologies and functions, Biotechnol. Adv, Vol.28, No.1, pp.7-16, 2010.
      3. Shiplu Roy Chowdhury, Yuichi Muneyuki, Yasunori Takezawa, Masahiro Kino-oka, Atsuhiro Saito, Yoshiki Sawa and Masahito Taya: Growth and differentiation potentials in confluent state of culture of human skeletal muscle myoblasts, J. Biosci. Bioeng., Vol.109, No.3, pp.310-313, 2010.
      4. Motomu Nishioka, Yoshihiro Ojima, Yuki Tsushima, Masahiro Matsumoto and Masahito Taya: Evaluation of photo-induced cellular damage using photoautotrophic cultures of puk-bung hairy roots as a sensing tool, J. Biosci. Bioeng, Vol.109, No.4, pp.392-394, 2010.
      5. Masahiro Kino-oka, Shogo Kagita, Masrina Mohd Nadzir, Hirofumi Inoue, Masahito Taya: Direct measurement of oxygen concentration inside cultured cartilage for relating to spatial growth of rabbit chondrocytes, J. Biosci. Bioeng, Vol.110, No.3, pp.363-366, 2010.
      6. Shinji Sakai, Yuping Liu, Tetsu Yamaguchi, Rie Watanabe, Masaaki Kawabe and Koei Kawakami, Immobilization of lipase onto electrospun PAN fibers through physical adsorption and application to transesterification in organic solvent, Biotechnol. Lett., Vol.32, No.8, pp.1059-1062, 2010.
      7. Shinji Sakai, Tomohiro Matsuyama, Keisuke Hirose and Koei Kawakami: In situ simultaneous protein-polysaccharide bioconjugation and hydrogelation using horseradish peroxidase, Biomacromolecules, Vol.11, No.5, pp.1370-1375, 2010.
      8. Shinji Sakai, Yuping Liu, Tetsu Yamaguchi, Rie Watanabe, Masaaki Kawabe, Koei Kawakami, Production of butyl-biodiesel using lipase physically-adsorbed onto electrospun polyacrylonitrile fibers, Bioresource Technol., Vol.101, No.19, pp.7344-49, 2010.
      9. Shinji Sakai, Kousuke Moriyama, Kenichi Taguchi and Koei Kawakami: Hematin is an alternative catalyst to horseradish peroxidase for in situ hydrogelation of polymers with phenolic hydroxyl groups in vivo, Biomacromolecules, Vol.11, No.8, pp.2179-2183, 2010.
      10. Yuko Ogushi, Shinji Sakai and Koei Kawakami, Hepatocytes exhibit constant metabolic activity on carboxymethylcellulose-based hydrogel with high phenolic hydroxy group content, Biochem. Eng. J., Vol.51, No.3, pp.149-152, 2010.

2009

      1. Yoshihiro Ojima, Daisuke Kawase, Motomu Nishioka and Masahito Taya: Functionally undefined gene, yggE, alleviates oxidative stress generated by monoamine oxidase in recombinant Escherichia coli, Biotechnol. Lett, Vol.31, No.1, pp.139-145, 2009.
      2. Ali Baradar Khoshfetrat, Masahiro Kino-oka, Yasunori Takezawa, Takeyuki Yamamoto, Katsura Sugawara and Masahito Taya: Seeding Density Modulates Migration and Morphology of Rabbit Chondrocytes Cultured in Collagen Gels, Biotechnol. Bioeng., Vol.102, No.1, pp.294-302, 2009.
      3. Mee-Hae Kim, Masahiro Kino-oka, Yoshiki Morinaga, Yoshiko Sawada, Masaya Kawase, Kiyohito Yagi and Masahito Taya: Morphological regulation and aggregate formation of rabbit chondrocytes on dendrimer-immobilized surface with D-glucose　display, J. Biosci. Bioeng, Vol.107, No.2, pp.196-205, 2009.
      4. Masahiro Kino-oka, Yasunori Takezawa, Masahito Taya: Quality Control of Cultured Tissues Requires Tools for Quantitative Analyses of Heterogeneous Features Developed in Manufacturing Process Cell Tissue Banking　, Cell and Tissue Bank, Vol.10, No.１, pp.63-74, 2009.
      5. Shiplu Roy Chowdhury, Yuichi Muneyuki, Yasunori Takezawa, Masahiro Kino-oka, Atsuhiro Saito, Yoshiki Sawa, and Masahito Taya: Synergic stimulation of laminin and epidermal growth factor facilitates the myoblast　growth through promoting migration, J. Biosci. Bioeng, Vol.108, No.2, pp.174-177, 2009.
      6. 西岡求, 大西恭子, 佐藤尚志, 田谷正仁: 白色蛍光灯照射下, 二酸化チタン光反応によるファージ不活性化に及ぼす銅イオンと塩化物塩の共同効果, 日本防菌防黴学会誌, Vol.37, No.3, pp.161-167, 2009.
      7. Masahiro Kino-oka and Masahito Taya: Recent Developments in Processing Systems for Cell and Tissue Cultures toward Therapeutic Application, J. Biosci. Bioeng, Vol.108, No.4, pp.267-276, 2009.
      8. Yoshihiro Ojima, Mizuho Komaki, Motomu Nishioka, Shintaro Iwatani, Nobuharu Tsujimoto and Masahito Taya: Introduction of a Stress-Responsive Gene, YggG, Enhances the Yield of L-Phenylalanine with Decreased Acetic Acid Production in a Recombinant Escherichia coli, Biotechnol. Lett, Vol.31, No.4, pp.525-530, 2009.
      9. Masahiro Kino-oka, Yoshikatsu Maeda, Yasuaki Sato, Nao Maruyama, Yasunori Takezawa, Ali Baradar Khoshfetrat, Katsura Sugawara and Masahito Taya: Morphological Evaluation of Chondrogenic Potency in Passaged Cell Populations, J. Biosci. Bioeng, Vol.107, No.5, pp.544-551, 2009.
      10. Yoshihiro Ojima, Ayako Kusuda, Motomu Nishioka and Masahito Taya: Responses of Aspergillus oryzae to Stimuli from near-UV Light Irradiation in the Presence or Absence of Titanium Dioxide, Biocontrol Sci, Vol.14, No.2, pp.61-64, 2009.
      11. Ali Baradar Khoshfetrat, Masahiro Kino-oka, Katsura Sugawara and Masahito Taya: A Collagen-coated Surface Enables Quantitative Evaluation of Morphological Behaviors of Rabbit Chondrocytes Relating to Cell Differentiation in an Early Culture Phase, Biochem. Eng. J, Vol.45, No.1, pp.60-68, 2009. "
      12. Yoshihiro Ojima, Motomu Nishioka, Masahiro Matsumoto and Masahito Taya: Quantification of DNA Damage by the Comet Assay in Radish Sprouts Exposed to Excess Light Irradiation, Biochem. Eng. J, Vol.46, No.1, pp.69-72, 2009.
      13. Masahiro Kino-oka, Shiplu Roy Chowdhury, Yuichi Muneyuki, Masafumi Manabe, Atsuhiro Saito, Yoshiki Sawa, and Masahito Taya: Automating the Expansion Process of Human Skeletal Muscle Myoblasts with Suppression of Myotube Formation, Tissue Eng. Part C, Vol.15, No.4, pp.717-728, 2009.

2008

      1. Koichi Tanimoto, Noriko Higashi, Motomu Nishioka, Kazuhiko Ishikawa and Masahito Taya: “Characterization of thermostable aminoacylase from hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshi”, FEBS Journal, Vol.275, pp.1140-1149, 2008.
      2. Masahiro Kino-oka, Yoshikatsu Maeda, Yasuaki Sato, Ali Baradar Khoshfetrat, Takeyuki Yamamoto, Katsura Sugawara and Masahito Taya: “Characterization of spatial growth and distribution of chondrocyte cells embedded in collagen gels through a stereoscopic cell imaging system”, Biotechnol. Bioeng., Vol.99, No.5, pp.1230-1240, 2008.
      3. Mee-Hae Kim, Masahiro Kino-oka, Masaya Kawase, Kiyohito Yagi and Masahito Taya: “Glucose transporter mediation responsible for morphological changes of human epithelial cells on glucose-displayed surfaces”, J. Biosci. Bioeng., Vol.105, No.4, pp.319-326, 2008.
      4. Yoshihiro Ojima, Motomu Nishioka and Masahito Taya: “Metabolic alternations in SOD- deficient Esherichia coli cells when cultivated under oxidative stress from photoexited titanium dioxide”, Biotechnol. Lett.. Vol.30, No.5, pp.1107-1113, 2008.
      5. Norihiko Hata, Hidemasa Jinguji, Masahiro Kino-oka and Masahito Taya: “Cell behavior analysis to evaluate proliferative potentials of human lymphocytes expanded and activated for therapeutic use”, J. Biosci. Bioeng., Vol.105, No.5, pp.566-569, 2008.
      6. Noriko Higashi, Koichi Tanimoto, Motomu Nishioka, Kazuhiko Ishikawa and Masahito Taya: “Investigating a catalytic mechanism of hyperthermophilic L-threonine dehydrogenase from Pyrococcus horikoshii”, J. Biochem., Vol.144, No.1, pp.77-85, 2008.
      7. Shohreh Mashayekhan, Mee-Hae Kim, Satsuki Miyazaki, Fumi Tashiro, Masahiro Kino-oka, Masahito Taya and Jun-ichi Miyazaki: “Enrichment of undifferentiated mouse embryonic stem cells on a culture surface with a glucose-displaying dendrimer”, Biomaterials, Vol.29, No.31, pp.4236-4243, 2008.
      8. Motomu Nishioka, Koichi Tanimoto, Noriko Higashi, Harumi Fukada, Kazuhiko Ishikawa and Masahito Taya: “Alteration of metal ions improves the activity and thermostability of aminoacylase from hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii”, Biotechnol. Lett.. Vol. 30, No.9, pp.1639-1643, 2008.
      9. Yoshihiro Ojima, Yuzuri Iwamoto, Motomu Nishioka, Masahiro Kino-oka, Tadashi Kanaya, Masanobu Asada and Masahito Taya: “Synchronization of asparagus somatic embryos and evaluation of their stability during long-term passage”, J. Sci. High Technol. Agric., Vol.20, No.3, pp.176-183, 2008 (in Japanese).
      10. Ali Baradar Khoshfetrat, Masahiro Kino-oka, Yasunori Takezawa, Yasuaki Sato, Takeyuki Yamamoto, Katsura Sugawara and Masahito Taya: “Effect of transforming growth factor-?1 on morphological characteristics relating to migration and differentiation of rabbit chondro- cytes cultured in collagen gels”, J. Biosci. Bioeng., Vol.106, No.6, pp.547-553, 2008.

2007

      1. Masahiro Kino-oka, Yoshiki Morinaga, Mee-Hae Kim, Yasunori Takezawa, Masaya Kawase, Kiyohito Yagi and Masahito Taya: “Morphological regulation of rabbit chondrocytes on glucose-displayed surface”, Biomaterials, Vol.28, No.9, 1680-1688, 2007.
      2. Mee-Hae Kim, Masahiro Kino-oka, Masaya Kawase, Kiyohito Yagi and Masahito Taya: “Response of human epithelial cells to culture surfaces with varied roughnesses prepared by immobilizing dendrimers with/without D-glucose display”, J. Biosci. Bioeng., Vol.103, No.2, pp.192-199, 2007.
      3. Hideki Mori, Kazuaki Ninomiya, Yonehiro Kanemura, Mami Yamasaki, Masahiro Kino-oka and Masahito Taya: “Image cytometry for analyzing regional distribution of the cells inside human neurospheres”, J. Biosci. Bioeng., Vol.103, No.4, pp.384-387, 2007.
      4. Toshiaki Takezawa, Tomoyo Takeuchi, Aya Nitani, Yoshiharu Takayama, Masahiro Kino-oka, Masahito Taya and Shin Enosawa: “Collagen vitrigel membrane useful for paracrine assays in vitro and drug delivery systems in vivo”, J. Biotechnol., Vol.131, No.1, pp.76-83, 2007.
      5. Motomu Nishioka, Shohreh Mashayekhan, Kyoko Onishi and Masahito Taya: “The biofilm environment offers a possible condition for inducing the competency of DNA recipient cells through nutritional starvation”, Biocontrol Sci., Vol.12, No.3, pp.115-118, 2007.
      6. Hideki Mori, Toshika Fujitani, Yonehiro Kanemura, Masahiro Kino-oka and Masahito Taya: “Observational examination of aggregation and migration during early phase of neurosphere culture of mouse neural stem cells”, J. Biosci. Bioeng., Vol.104, No.3, pp.231-234, 2007.
      7. Mee-Hae Kim, Masahiro Kino-oka, Masaya Kawase, Kiyohito Yagi and Masahito Taya: “Synergistic effect of D-glucose and epidermal growth factor display on dynamic behaviors of human epithelial cells”, J. Biosci. Bioeng., Vol.104, No.5, pp.428-431, 2007.

2006

      1. Takashi Sato and Masahito Taya: “Enhancement of phage inactivation using photocatalytic titanium dioxide particles with different crystalline structures”, Biochem. Eng. J., Vol.28, No.3, pp.303-308, 2006.
      2. Takashi Sato and Masahito Taya: “Kinetic consideration for the effect of organic impurities on photocatalytic phage inactivation with TiO2”, Kagaku Kogaku Ronbunsyu, Vol.32, No.3, pp.288-292, 2006 (in Japanese).
      3. Masahito Taya, Fumio Miyazaki and Shingo Shirahata: “Education for 21st century engineering scientists leading new interdisciplinary research fields”, J. of JSEE, Vol.54, No.3, pp.88-91, 2006 (in Japanese).
      4. Takashi Sato and Masahito Taya: “Copper-aided photosterilization of microbial cells on TiO2 film under irradiation from a white light fluorescent lamp”, Biochem. Eng. J., Vol.30, No.2, pp.199-204, 2006.
      5. Masahiro Kino-oka, Natsuki Ogawa, Koji Murai, Masafumi Manabe and Masahito Taya: “Monitoring of monolayer and multilayer growth for epithelial sheet formation”, Biochem. Eng. J., Vol.32, No.1, pp.49-55, 2006.
      6. Hideki Mori, Kazuaki Ninomiya, Masahiro Kino-oka, Tomoko Shofuda, Mohammed Omedul Islam, Mami Yamasaki, Hideyuki Okano, Masahito Taya and Yonehiro Kanemura: “Effect of neurosphere size on the growth rate of human neural stem/progenitor cells”, J. Neurosci. Res., Vol.84, No.8, pp.1682-1691, 2006.

2005

      1. Masahiro Kino-oka, Yoshikatsu Maeda, Takeyuki Yamamoto, Katsura Sugawara and Masahito Taya: “A kinetic modeling of chondrocyte culture for manufacture of tissue- engineered cartilage”, J. Biosci. Bioeng., Vol.99, No.3, pp.197-207, 2005.
      2. Masahiro Kino-oka, Natsuki Ogawa, Ryota Umegaki and Masahito Taya: “Bioreactor design for successive culture of anchorage-dependent cells operated in an automated manner”, Tissue Eng., Vol.11, No.3-4, pp.597-607, 2005.
      3. Masahiro Kino-oka, Shino Yashiki, Yuka Ota, Yuko Mushiaki, Katsura Sugawara, Takeyuki Yamamoto, Toshiaki Takezawa and Masahito Taya: “Subculture of chondrocytes on a collagen type-I coated substrate with suppressed cellular dedifferentiation”, Tissue Eng., Vol.11, No.3-4, 2005.
      4. Son Young Kim, Motomu Nishioka, Shuhei Hayashi, Hiroyuki Honda, Takeshi Kobayashi and Masahito Taya: “The gene yggE functions in restoring physiological defects of Escherichia coli cultivated under oxidative stress conditions”, Appl. Environ. Microbiol., Vol. 71, No.5, pp.2762-2765, 2005.
      5. Shohreh Mashayekhan, Tadashi Norioka, Motomu Nishioka and Masahito Taya: “A kinetic model consideration for the genetic transformation process of Escherichia coli”, Biocontrol Sci., Vol.10, No.1-2, pp.67-72, 2005.
      6. Masahiro Kino-oka, Yoshikatsu Maeda, Yuka Ota, Shino Yashiki, Katsura Sugawara, Takeyuki Yamamoto and Masahito Taya: “Process design of chondrocyte cultures with monolayer growth for cell expansion and subsequent three-dimensional growth for production of cultured cartilage”, J. Biosci. Bioeng., Vol.100, No.1, pp.67-76, 2005.
      7. Masahiro Kino-oka, Yuka Agatahama, Yuki Haga, Masukazu Inoie and Masahito Taya: “Long-term subcultures of human keratinocytes under an anoxic condition”, J. Biosci. Bioeng., Vol.100, No.1, pp.119-122, 2005.
      8. Norihiko Hata, Yuka Agatahama, Masahiro Kino-oka and Masahito Taya: “Relations between individual cellular motions and proliferative potentials in successive cultures of human keratinocytes”, Cytotechnol., Vol.47, No.1-3, pp.127-131, 2005.

2004

      1. Ryota Umegaki, Masahiro Kino-oka and Masahito Taya: “Assessment of cell detachment and growth potential of human keratinocyte based on observed changes in individual cell area during trypsinization”, Biochem. Eng. J., Vol.17, No.1, pp.49-55, 2004.
      2. Norihiko Hata, Koji Murai, Masahiro Kino-oka and Masahito Taya: “Acute responses of cell individuals observed after calcium administration in human keratinocyte culture”, Biochem. Eng. J., Vol.18, No.2, pp.155-158, 2004.
      3. Norihiko Hata, Mee-Hae Kim, Katsuhiro Isoda, Masahiro Kino-oka, Masaya Kawase, Kiyohito Yagi and Masahito Taya: “Dendrimer-immobilized culture surface as a tool to evaluate formation of cellular cytoskeleton of anchorage-dependent cells”, J. Biosci. Bioeng., Vol.97, No.4, pp.233-238, 2004.
      4. Masahiro Kino-oka, Yuka Agatahama, Norihiko Hata and Masahito Taya: “Evaluation of growth potential of human epithelial cells by motion analysis of pairwise rotation under glucose-limited condition”, Biochem. Eng. J., Vol.19, No.2, pp.109-117, 2004.
      5. Motomu Nishioka, Takuro Nishimura and Masahito Taya: “Kinetic evaluation of bactericidal activity of silver-loaded zirconium phosphate combined with hydroxyapatite in the presence of chloride ion”, Biochem. Eng. J., Vol.20, No.1, pp.79-84, 2004.
      6. Norihiko Hata, Hiroyuki Hirai, Masahiro Kino-oka and Masahito Taya: “Comprehension of attachment and multiplication properties by observing individual cell behaviors in anchorage-dependent culture”, Biochem. Eng. J., Vol.20, No.2-3, pp.197-202, 2004.
      7. Sun Young Kim, Motomu Nishioka and Masahito Taya: “Promoted proliferation of an SOD- deficient mutant of Escherichia coli under oxidative stress induced by photoexcited TiO2”, FEMS Microbiol. Lett., Vol.236, No.1, pp.109-114, 2004.
      8. Shino Yashiki, Yoshiyuki Hara, Masahiro Kino-oka and Masahito Taya: “A three-dimensional growth model for chondrocytes embedded in collagen gel”, Kagaku Kogaku Ronbunshu, Vol. 30, No.4, pp.515-521, 2004 (in Japanese).
      9. Shohreh Mashayekhan, Tadashi Norioka, Motomu Nishioka and Masahito Taya: “Characte- rization of an isolated bacterium, Providencia sp., capable of attaching onto metal surfaces”, Biocontrol Sci., Vol.9, No.3, pp.83-87, 2004.
      10. Motomu Nishioka, Azusa Minamiguchi, Shohreh Mashayekhan, Yushi Hirata and Masahito Taya: “Preparation of a metal surface with antimicrobial activity by means of composite electroplating method”, Bokin Bobai, Vol.32, No.11, pp.537-541, 2004 (in Japanese).
      11. Sun Young Kim, Takao Taguchi, Motomu Nishioka and Masahito Taya: “Quantitative assessment of DNA damage accompanied with no substantial loss in its molecular weight during exposure to oxidative stress”, Biochem. Eng. J., Vol.22, No.1, pp.81-87, 2004.
      12. Kazuaki Ninomiya, Motomu Nishioka, Masahiro Kino-oka and Masahito Taya: “Differences in responses of plant hairy roots to chemical toxicity compared between primary and ramified roots”, Environ. Sci., Vol.11, No.5, pp.283-291, 2004.