Research theme for competitive and other funds (3):
2019 - 2023 Elucidation of the mechanism underlying osteoclastic differentiation and functional regulation by ligand-independent GPCR activation
2016 - 2019 Functional analysis of an osteoclast-specific G protein-coupled receptor, GPR137B, and exploration of its regulatory molecules
2014 - 2017 Role of Irx3 in chondrogenic differentiation and chondrocyte maturation of mouse mesenchymal cells
Papers (12):
Yuriko Furuya, Hisashi Mera, Maki Itokazu, Shozaburo Terai, Hiroaki Nakamura, Shigeyuki Wakitani, Hisataka Yasuda. Induction of chondrogenesis with a RANKL-binding peptide, WP9QY, in vitro and in vivo in a rabbit model. Biochemical and biophysical research communications. 2022. 602. 98-104
Yoshihiro Tamamura, Kenichi Katsube, Hisashi Mera, Maki Itokazu, Shigeyuki Wakitani. Irx3 and Bmp2 regulate mouse mesenchymal cell chondrogenic differentiation in both a Sox9-dependent and -independent manner. JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY. 2017. 232. 12. 3317-3336
Iori Takahashi, Keigo Sato, Hisashi Mera, Shigeyuki Wakitani, Mutsumi Takagi. Effects of agitation rate on aggregation during beads-to-beads subcultivation of microcarrier culture of human mesenchymal stem cells. CYTOTECHNOLOGY. 2017. 69. 3. 503-509
Keigo Sato, Hisashi Mera, Shigeyuki Wakitani, Mutsumi Takagi. Effect of epigallocatechin-3-gallate on the increase in type II collagen accumulation in cartilage-like MSC sheets. BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY. 2017. 81. 6. 1241-1245
Nobuhiro Kasai, Hisashi Mera, Shigeyuki Wakitani, Yusuke Morita, Naohide Tomita, Mutsumi Takagi. Effect of epigallocatechin-3-o-gallate and quercetin on the cryopreservation of cartilage tissue. BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY. 2017. 81. 1. 197-199