N. Sakitani
RMIT University
10 Papers
2 Citations
N. Sakitani is an academic researcher from RMIT University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 4 publications.
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Papers
Thinning of articular cartilage after joint unloading or immobilization. An experimental investigation of the pathogenesis in mice.
Masato Nomura,N. Sakitani,H. Iwasawa,H. Iwasawa,Yuta Kohara,Shoko Takano,Yoshio Wakimoto,Hiroshi Kuroki,Hideki Moriyama +8 more
TL;DR: Thinning of articular cartilage induced by mechanical unloading may be mediated by metabolic changes in chondrocytes, including accelerated aggrecan catabolism and exquisitely modulated matrix mineralization, and cartilage matrix degradation and resorption by subchondral osteoclasts.
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Stretching After Heat But Not After Cold Decreases Contractures After Spinal Cord Injury in Rats
H. Iwasawa,H. Iwasawa,Masato Nomura,N. Sakitani,Kosuke Watanabe,Daichi Watanabe,Hideki Moriyama +6 more
TL;DR: The findings tend to support the idea that stretching after heat can improve the loss of ROM and histopathologic features of joint tissues, and provide evidence that heat is more beneficial than cold to increase the effectiveness of stretching.
Application of Passive Head Motion to Generate Defined Accelerations at the Heads of Rodents
Takahiro Maekawa,N. Sakitani,Youngjae Ryu,Atsushi Takashima,Shuhei Murase,Julius Fink,Motoshi Nagao,Toru Ogata,Masahiro Shinohara,Yasuhiro Sawada +9 more
TL;DR: A custom-designed passive head motion system is described, which reproduces mechanical accelerations at rodents’ heads generated during their treadmill running at moderate velocities, which allows dissecting mechanical factors/elements from the beneficial effects of physical exercise.
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Biological characterization of breast cancer spheroid formed by fast fabrication method
Yuta Iijima,Norino Uenaka,Mayu Morimoto,Daiki Sato,Satomi Hirose,N. Sakitani,Masahiro Shinohara,Kenichi Funamoto,Gen Hayase,Daisuke Yoshino +9 more
TL;DR: The fabricated spheroids perform as 3D tumor tissues in a highly reproducible manner and within a short culture period and indicate that this fabrication method has a wide range of applications in cancer research, such as elucidating the mechanisms of tumor invasion and metastasis and screening anticancer drugs, as with previous methods.
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