Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Medicine; Bone Research Group

Email: hs643@cam.ac.uk

Research interests

I am an orthopaedic surgeon, and my major is osteoporosis as well as rheumatology in Japan. My current concern is as to bone formation. From our previous analysis, I realised there was communication between blood vessels and bone tissue through the osteocytic lacuno-canalicular system. I work with Dr Ken Poole and my main research interest now is to investigate the modeling-based bone formation that does not accompany previous bone resorption as seen in remodeling site. I am also interested in medical image visualization and analysis as well as CT analysis.

Key publications

Sano H, Kikuta J, Furuya M, Kondo N, Endo N, Ishii M (2015) Intravital bone imaging by two-photon excitation microscopy to identify osteocytic osteolysis in vivo. Bone. May;74:134-9

Kondo N, Yoda T, Fujisawa J, Arai K, Sakuma M, Ninomiya H, Sano H, Endo N (2015) Bilateral atypical femoral subtrochanteric fractures in a premenopausal patient receiving prolonged bisphosphonate therapy: evidence of severely suppressed bone turnover. Clin Cases Miner Bone Metab. Sep-Dec;12(3):273-7

Sano H, Arai K, Murai T, Fujisawa J, Kondo N, Netsu T, Hanyu T, Saeki T, Ito T, Endo N (2009) Tight control is important in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with an anti-tumor necrosis factor biological agent: prospective study of 91 cases who used a biological agent for more than 1 year. Mod Rheumatol. 19(4):390-4

Arai K, Hoshino M, Murai T, Fujisawa J, Kondo N, Netsu T, Sano H, Endo N (2007) Proximal femoral fracture in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Mod Rheumatol. 17(4):317-21

Areas of expertise

Osteocyte, modeling-based bone formation, multi-photon microscope, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, orthopaedic surgery