Yashima N, Minamizono W, Suito H, Okunuki T, Fujikawa K, Nakai S, Ohsako M: Eggshell membrane supplementation stimulates angiogenesis and promotes bone healing in a rat drill-hole injury model. Tissue & cell. 2026.02; 98 103117. ( PubMed , DOI )
Masaki Takechi: Molecular basis of dorsal–ventral patterning in jaw development: Insights into disease and evolution J Stomatol Soc Japan. 2026.02;
Shunichi Shibata, Masami Takahashi, Toru Shibui, Masaki Takechi, Kazuharu Irie: Expression of collagen type III and tenascin-C during joint formation in embryonic chick skull. Anat Sci Int. 2026.02; ( PubMed , DOI )
Shunichi Shibata, Masami Takahashi, Toru Shibui, Yuri Seki-Kishimoto, Masaki Takechi, Kazuharu Irie: Structural features of the articular disc of the rat temporomandibular joint: Fibrocartilage or dense fibrous lamina? J Oral Biosci. 2025.12; 67 (4): 100694. ( PubMed , DOI )
Htike SK, Kitagawa N, Fukino K, Ishii S, Komune N, Sañudo JR, Tubbs RS, Iwanaga J: The mental ossicles: A narrative review. Morphologie. 2025.07; 109 (367): ( PubMed , DOI )
Nao Yashima, Kaoru Fujikawa, Wataru Minamizono, Hiroya Matsunaga, Jiazheng Lyu, Hirai Suito, Takumi Okunuki, Shingo Nakai, Masafumi Ohsako: Intake of eggshell membrane enhances bone mass and suppresses bone marrow adiposity in normal growing rats Bone Reports. 2025.06; 25 101840.
Non-contact electrical stimulation via a Vector-potential transformer promotes bone healing in drill-hole injury model. 2025.04; 43 (4): 348-359. ( PubMed , DOI )
Taro Nojiri, Yasuko Tobari, Toshiko Furutera, Koichiro Ichimura, Masaki Takechi: A comparative developmental study of the avian syrinx: Insights into the homology of the sound-producing muscles in birds. J Anat. 2025.03; 246 (3): 444-455. ( PubMed , DOI )
Masami Takahashi, Shunichi Shibata, Toru Shibui, Masaki Takechi, Kazuharu Irie: Comparison of the structural features between chicken quadratomandibular joint and rat temporomandibular joint with reference to ligament and articular meniscus/disc. J Oral Biosci. 2025.03; 67 (1): 100623. ( PubMed , DOI )
Taro Nojiri, Ingmar Werneburg, Atsushi Sakai, Toshiko Furutera, Takako Negishi-Koga, Muneaki Ishijima, Koichiro Ichimura, Masaki Takechi: Embryonic development and cranial ossification of the Japanese Aodaishō, Elaphe climacophora (Serpentes: Colubridae): with special reference to the prootic bone and auditory evolution in snakes. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2025.01; 308 (1): 5-25. ( PubMed , DOI )
Rika Takeuchi, Masaki Takechi, Worachat Namangkalakul, Youichirou Ninomiya, Toshiko Furutera, Kazushi Aoto, Daisuke Koyabu, Noritaka Adachi, Katsuhiko Hayashi, Masataka Okabe, Sachiko Iseki: The role of sonic hedgehog signaling in the oropharyngeal epithelium during jaw development. Congenit Anom (Kyoto). 2025; 65 (1): e70001. ( PubMed , DOI )
Yukiko Hoshino, Shujie Liu, Toshiko Furutera, Takahiko Yamada, Daisuke Koyabu, Yuko Nukada, Masaaki Miyazawa, Tetsuya Yoda, Koichiro Ichimura, Sachiko Iseki, Junichi Tasaki, Masaki Takechi: Pharmacological Inhibition of the Spliceosome SF3b Complex by Pladienolide-B Elicits Craniofacial Developmental Defects in Mouse and Zebrafish. Birth Defects Res. 2024.11; 116 (11): e2404. ( PubMed , DOI )
Histological Analysis of the Effect of a Vector Potential Generator on the Femur of a Hindlimb-Suspended Rat 2024.11; ( DOI )
Miyaki T, Homma N, Kawasaki Y, Kishi M, Yamaguchi J, Kakuta S, Shindo T, Sugiura M, Oliva Trejo JA, Kaneda H, Omotehara T, Takechi M, Negishi-Koga T, Ishijima M, Aoto K, Iseki S, Kitamura K, Muto S, Amagasa M, Hotchi S, Ogura K, Shibata S, Sakai T, Suzuki Y, Ichimura K: Ultrastructural analysis of whole glomeruli using array tomography Journal of Cell Science. 2024.10; 137 (20): jcs262154. ( PubMed , DOI )
Effect of load reduction on the calcification of rat tibial tuberosity: Focus on calcification factors and chondrocyte mechanosensors 2024.09; 246 (1): 148-159. ( PubMed , DOI )
Deficiency of Trps1 in Cementoblasts Impairs Cementogenesis and Tooth Root Formation 2024.08; 115 (5): 686-699. ( PubMed , DOI )
Taro Nojiri, Masaki Takechi, Toshiko Furutera, Nicolas L M Brualla, Sachiko Iseki, Dai Fukui, Vuong Tan Tu, Fumiya Meguro, Daisuke Koyabu: Development of the hyolaryngeal architecture in horseshoe bats: insights into the evolution of the pulse generation for laryngeal echolocation. Evodevo. 2024.02; 15 (1): 2. ( PubMed , DOI )
Vector potential dual effect of promoting the proliferation of chondrocytes and inhibiting the calcification process in the articular cartilage 2023.10; 13 (1): 16845. ( PubMed , DOI )
ENPP1 downregulation and FGF23 upregulation in growth-related calcification of the tibial tuberosity in rats 2023.10; 244 (2): 333-342. ( PubMed , DOI )
Shunichi Shibata, Masami Takahashi, Toru Shibui, Masaki Takechi, Kazuharu Irie: An immunohistochemical study of matrix components in primary and secondary cartilages of embryonic chick skull. J Oral Biosci. 2023.09; 65 (3): 233-242. ( PubMed , DOI )
Namangkalakul Worachat, Nagai Shigenori, Jin Chengxue, Nakahama Ken-ichi, Yoshimoto Yuki, Ueha Satoshi, Akiyoshi Kazunari, Matsushima Kouji, Nakashima Tomoki, Takechi Masaki, Iseki Sachiko: Augmented effect of fibroblast growth factor 18 in bone morphogenetic protein 2-induced calvarial bone healing by activation of CCL2/CCR2 axis on M2 macrophage polarization JOURNAL OF TISSUE ENGINEERING. 2023.07; 14 ( DOI )
Eccentric contractions during downhill running induce Osgood‒Schlatter disease in the tibial tuberosity in rats: a focus on histological structures 2023.06; 13 (1): 11148. ( PubMed , DOI )
Tzu-Chin Chi, Fumiya Meguro, Masaki Takechi, Toshiko Furutera, Vuong Tan Tu, Hiroki Higashiyama, JoonHyuk Sohn, Taro Nojiri, Junpei Kimura, Daisuke Koyabu: Anatomy and homology of the caudal auricular muscles in greater short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus sphinx). J Vet Med Sci. 2023.05; 85 (5): 571-577. ( PubMed , DOI )
Hoshino Yukiko, Takechi Masaki, Moazen Mehran, Steacy Miranda, Koyabu Daisuke, Furutera Toshiko, Ninomiya Youichirou, Nuri Takashi, Pauws Erwin, Iseki Sachiko: Synchondrosis fusion contributes to the progression of postnatal craniofacial dysmorphology in syndromic craniosynostosis JOURNAL OF ANATOMY. 2023.03; 242 (3): 387-401. ( DOI )
Ontogenetic development of the water channel protein AQP5 in mouse salivary gland tissue. 2023.03; 392 (3): 705-714. ( PubMed , DOI )
Rui Cao, Masaki Takechi, Xiuwan Wang, Toshiko Furutera, Taro Nojiri, Daisuke Koyabu, Jun Li: Temporal and regulatory dynamics of the inner ear transcriptome during development in mice. Sci Rep. 2022.12; 12 (1): 21196. ( PubMed , DOI )
Fujikawa, K; Nonaka, N; Wang, XF; Shibata, S: An in situ hybridization study of syndecan family during the late stages of developing mouse molar tooth germ ANATOMICAL SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL. 2022.09; 97 (4): 358-368. ( PubMed , DOI )
Kano Sakurako, Higashihori Norihisa, Thiha Phyo, Takechi Masaki, Iseki Sachiko, Moriyama Keiji: The role of the histone methyltransferase SET domain bifurcated 1 during palatal development BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. 2022.04; 598 74-80. ( DOI )
Expression and localization of CD63 in the intracellular vesicles of odontoblasts 2022.02; 157 (6): 611-622. ( PubMed , DOI )
Effect of ovariectomy induced osteoporosis on metaphysis and diaphysis repair process 2021.06; 52 (6): 1300-1309. ( PubMed , DOI )
Takagi Yoshitoki, Inoue Satoshi, Fujikawa Kaoru, Matsuki-Fukushima Miwako, Mayahara Mitsuori, Matsuyama Kayo, Endo Yasuo, Nakamura Masanori: Effect of nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates on osteoclasts and osteoclastogenesis: an ultrastructural study Microscopy. 2021.06; 70 (3): 302-307. ( 医中誌 )
Guo L, Iida A, Bhavani GS, Gowrishankar K, Wang Z, Xue J, Wang J, Miyake N, Matsumoto N, Hasegawa T, Iizuka Y, Matsuda M, Nakashima T, Takechi M, Iseki S, Yambe S, Nishimura G, Koseki H, Shukunami C, Girisha KM, Ikegawa S: Deficiency of TMEM53 causes a previously unknown sclerosing bone disorder by dysregulation of BMP-SMAD signaling. Nature Communications. 2021.04; 12 (1): 2046. ( PubMed , DOI )
Takenoshita M, Takechi M (Co-first), Vu TH, Furutera T, Akagawa C, Namangkalakul W, Aoto K Kume T, Miyashin M, Iwamoto T, Iseki S: Cell lineage- and expression-based inference of the roles of forkhead box transcription factor Foxc2 in craniofacial development. Developmental Dynamics. 2021.03; ( PubMed , DOI )
Fujikawa, K; Shibata, S; Nakamura, M: An in situ hybridization study of theSyndecanfamily in the developing condylar cartilage of fetal mouse mandible ANATOMICAL RECORD-ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY. 2021.03; 304 (3): 559-569. ( PubMed , DOI )
In the absence of a basal lamina, ameloblasts absorb enamel in a serumless and chemically defined organ culture system 2021.03; 63 (1): 66-73. ( PubMed , DOI )
Randilini, A; Fujikawa, K; Shibata, S: An in situ hybridization study of decorin and biglycan mRNA in mouse osteoblasts in vivo ANATOMICAL SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL. 2021.03; 96 (2): 265-272. ( PubMed , DOI )
Vu TH, Takechi M (Co-first), Shimizu M, Kitazawa T, Higashiyama H, Iwase A, Kurihara H, Iseki S: Dlx5-augmentation in neural crest cells reveals early development and differentiation potential of mouse apical head mesenchyme. Scientific Reports. 2021.01; 11 (1): 2092. ( PubMed , DOI )
Role of Innate Inflammation in the Regulation of Tissue Remodeling during Tooth Eruption. 2021.01; 9 (1): ( PubMed , DOI )
Inoue Satoshi, Fujikawa Kaoru, Matsuki-Fukushima Miwako, Nakamura Masanori: Repair processes of flat bones formed via intramembranous versus endochondral ossification Journal of Oral Biosciences. 2020.03; 62 (1): 52-57. ( 医中誌 )
Yamada, T, Takechi M (Co-first), Yokoyama N, Hiraoka Y, Ishikubo H, Usami T, Furutera T, Taga Y, Hirate Y, Kanai-Azuma M, Yoda T, Ogawa-Goto K, Iseki S: Heterozygous mutation of the splicing factor Sf3b4 affects development of the axial skeleton and forebrain in mouse. Developmental Dynamics. 2020.01; ( PubMed , DOI )
Randilini, A; Fujikawa, K; Shibata, S: Expression, localization and synthesis of small leucine-rich proteoglycans in developing mouse molar tooth germ EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HISTOCHEMISTRY. 2020; 64 (1): 51-61. ( PubMed , DOI )
Shibata, S; Takahashi, M; Fujikawa, K: Histochemical and Ultrastructural Study of Developing Gonial Bone With Reference to Initial Ossification of the Malleus and Reduction of Meckel's Cartilage in Mice ANATOMICAL RECORD-ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY. 2019.11; 302 (11): 1916-1933. ( PubMed , DOI )
Takahashi, M; Fujikawa, K; Angammana, R; Shibata, S: An in situ hybridization study of MMP-2, -9, -13, -14, TIMP-1, and -2 mRNA in fetal mouse mandibular condylar cartilage as compared with limb bud cartilage GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS. 2019.06; 32 (32): 1-11. ( PubMed , DOI )
Mya, N., Furutera, T., Okuhara, S., Kume, T., Takechi, M., Iseki, S: Transcription factor Foxc1 is involved in anterior part of cranial base formation. Congenital Anomalies. 2018.09; 58 (5): 158-166. ( PubMed , DOI )
Charoenlarp, P, Rajendrana, AK, Fujihara, R, Kojima T, Nakahama K, Sasaki, Y, Akiyoshi K, Takechi M, Iseki S: The improvement of calvarial bone healing by durable nanogel-crosslinked materials Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition. 2018.08; ( PubMed , DOI )
Furutera, T., Takechi, M. (Co-first, Corresponding author), Kitazawa, T., Takei, J., Yamada, T., Vu Hoang, T., Rijli, F. M., Kurihara, H., Kuratani, S., Iseki, S.: Differing contributions of the first and second pharyngeal arches to tympanic membrane formation in the mouse and chick. Development. 2017.09; 144 (18): 3315-3324. ( PubMed , DOI )
An in situ hybridization study of Hyaluronan synthase (Has) mRNA in developing mouse molar and incisor tooth germs 2016.05; 21 (1): 28-40. ( DOI )
Takechi, M., Kitazawa, T., Hirasawa, T., Hirai, T., Iseki, S., Kurihara, H., Kuratani, S.: Developmental mechanisms of the tympanic membrane in mammals and non-mammalian amniotes. Congenital Anomalies. 2016.01; 56 (1): 12-17. ( PubMed , DOI )
Nagashima, H., Sugahara, F., Takechi, M., Sato, N., Kuratani, S.: On the homology of the shoulder girdle in turtles. J. Exp. Zool. B Mol. Dev. Evol.. 2015.05; 324 (3): 244-254. ( PubMed , DOI )
Kitazawa, T., Takechi, M. (Co-first), Hirasawa, T., Adachi, N., Narboux-Nême, N., Kume, H., Maeda, K., Hirai, T., Miyagawa-Tomita, S., Kurihara, Y., Hitomi, J., Levi, G., Kuratani, S., Kurihara, H.: Developmental genetic bases behind the independent origin of the tympanic membrane in mammals and diapsids. Nat Commun. 2015.04; 6 6853. ( PubMed , DOI )
An in situ hybridization study of perlecan, DMP1, and MEPE in developing condylar cartilage of the fetal mouse mandible and limb bud cartilage 2015; 59 (3): 219-227. ( DOI )
Said, SAM., Nijhuis, RLG., op den Akker, JW., Takechi, M., Slart, RHJA., Bos, JS., Hoorntje, CR., Houwelingen, KG., Bakker-de Boo, M., Braam, RL., Vet, MWJ.: Unilateral and multilateral congenital coronary-pulmonary fistulas in adults: clinical presentation, diagnostic modalities, and management with a brief review of the literature. Clinical Cardiology. 2014.09; 37 (9): 536-545. ( PubMed , DOI )
Nagashima, H., Hirasawa,T., Sugahara, F., Takechi, M., Usuda, R., Sato, N., Kuratani, S. : Origin of the unique morphology of the shoulder girdle in turtles. Journal of Anatomy. 2013.12; 223 (6): 547-556. ( PubMed , DOI )
Suzuki S., Bleckert, A., Williams, P., Takechi, M., Kawamura, S., Wong. R.: Cone photoreceptor types in zebrafish are generated by symmetric terminal divisions of dedicated precursors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2013.09; 110 (37): 15109-15114. ( PubMed , DOI )
Takechi, M., Adachi N., Hirai, T., Kuratani, S., Kuraku, S.: The Dlx genes as clues to vertebrate genomics and craniofacial evolution. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 2013.02; 24 (2): 110-118. ( PubMed , DOI )
Takechi, M., Yan, J., Hitomi, J. : Rare coronary anastomoses between the aorta, pulmonary trunk, left coronary artery, and subclavian artery. Clinical Anatomy. 2012.08; 25 (8): 969-972.
Adachi, N., Takechi M., Hirai T., Kuratani, S.: Development of the head and trunk mesoderm in the dogfish Scyliorhinus torazame. II. Comparison of gene expression between the head mesoderm and somites with reference to the origin of the vertebrate head. Evolution and Development. 2012.05; 14 257-276.
Ogiwara Yuh, Fujikawa Kaoru, Ohsako Masafumi: Effects of Immobilization on Structure of Cell Layers In Tibial Articular Cartilage Bulletin of the Graduate School, Toyo University. 2012; 49 409-421.
Fujikawa Kaoru, Ogiwara Yuh, Ohsako Masafumi: Effects of Immobilization on Structures of Cell and Matrix of Tibial Articular Cartilage in Rat Bulletin of the Graduate School, Toyo University. 2012; 49 347-362.
Takechi, M., Takeuchi, M., Ota, K. G., Nishimura, O., Mochii, M., Itomi, K., Adachi, N., Takahashi, M., Fujimoto, S., Tarui, H., Okabe, M., Kuratani, S., Aizawa, S.: Overview of transcriptome profiles identified in hagfish, shark and bichir: Current issues arising from some non-model vertebrate taxa. Journal of Experimental Zoology (Mol. Dev. Evol.). 2011.11; 316B 526-546.
Allison, W. T., Barthel, L. K., Skebo, K. M., Takechi, M., Kawamura, S., Raymond, P. A. : Ontogeny of cone photoreceptor mosaics in zebrafish. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 2010.10; 518 (20): 4182-4195.
Takechi, M., and Kuratani, S.: History of studies on mammalian middle ear evolution: A comparative morphological and developmental biology perspective Journal of Experimental Zoology (Mol. Dev. Evol.). 2010.09; 314B 417-433.
Kuraku, S., Takio Y., Sugahara, F., Takechi, M., Kuratani, S.: Evolution of oropharyngeal patterning mechanisms involving Dlx and endothelins in vertebrates Developmental Biology. 2010.05; 341 315-323.
Nagashima, H., Sugahara, F., Takechi, M., Ericsson, R., Kawashima-Ohya, Y., Narita, Y., Kuratani, S.: Evolution of the turtle body plan by the folding and creation of new muscle connections. Science. 2009.07; 325 (5937): 193-196.
Takechi, M., Seno, S., Kawamura, S.: Identification of cis-acting elements repressing blue opsin expression in zebrafish UV cones and pineal cells. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2008.11; 283 (46): 31625-31632.
Wei, X., Zou, J,. Takechi, M., Kawamura, S., Li, L: Nok plays an essential role in maintaining the integrity of the outer nuclear layer in the zebrafish retina. Experimental Eye Research. 2006.07; 83 (1): 31-34.
Takechi, M. and Kawamura, S.: Temporal and spatial changes in the expression pattern of multiple red and green subtype opsin genes during zebrafish development. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 2005.04; 208 (7): 1337-1345.
Kusakabe, R., Takechi, M., Tochinai, S., Kuratani, S: Lamprey contractile protein genes mark different populations of skeletal muscles during development. Journal of Experimental Zoology (Mol. Dev. Evol.). 2004.03; 302B 121-133.
Takechi, M., Hamaoka, T., Kawamura, S.: Fluorescence visualization of ultraviolet-sensitive cone photoreceptor development in living zebrafish. FEBS Letters. 2003.10; 553 (1-2): 90-94.
Hamaoka, T.✝, Takechi, M.✝ (equally contributed), Chinen, A., Nishiwaki, Y., Kawamura, S. : Visualization of rod photoreceptor development using GFP-transgenic zebrafish. Genesis. 2002.11; 34 (3): 215-220.
武智正樹、北沢太郎、栗原裕基、倉谷滋: 進化発生学から探る哺乳類の中耳の進化 生体の科学. 2015.06; 66 (3): 234-239.
荻原 優, 藤川 芳織, 大迫 正文: ラット脛骨関節軟骨における基質線維の発育変化 東洋大学大学院紀要. 2011; 48 199-216.
武智正樹、倉谷滋: 中耳の形態から見た哺乳類の進化 生物の科学 遺伝. 2007.11; 61 (6): 8-9.
Anatomical reassessment of the rat cortical drill-hole injury model 2025.11; 41 100450. ( DOI )
Immunohistochemical Analysis of the Origin of Junctional Epithelium in Mice 2020.01; 3 (2):
藤川 芳織, 荻原 優, 大迫 正文: 発育に伴うラット関節軟骨の細胞の構造変化に関する組織学的研究 東洋大学大学院紀要. 2011; 48 117-131.