Ken Kitajima

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1 Polysialic acid in human milk. CD36 is a new member of mammalian polysialic acid-containing glycoprotein. J Biol Chem 2003 1.41
2 Hypoxic culture induces expression of sialin, a sialic acid transporter, and cancer-associated gangliosides containing non-human sialic acid on human cancer cells. Cancer Res 2006 1.34
3 KDN (deaminated neuraminic acid): dreamful past and exciting future of the newest member of the sialic acid family. Glycoconj J 2006 1.22
4 Secretion of a peripheral membrane protein, MFG-E8, as a complex with membrane vesicles. Eur J Biochem 2002 1.17
5 Inflammation-dependent changes in alpha2,3-, alpha2,6-, and alpha2,8-sialic acid glycotopes on serum glycoproteins in mice. Glycobiology 2005 1.13
6 Apolipoprotein A-I deficiency results in markedly increased atherosclerosis in mice lacking the LDL receptor. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2003 1.12
7 Endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase, an enzyme involved in processing of free oligosaccharides in the cytosol. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 1.10
8 Structural and functional impairments of polysialic acid by a mutated polysialyltransferase found in schizophrenia. J Biol Chem 2011 1.07
9 Distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles: impaired O-glycan formation in muscular glycoproteins. Am J Pathol 2005 1.05
10 Direct binding of polysialic acid to a brain-derived neurotrophic factor depends on the degree of polymerization. Glycobiology 2008 1.03
11 Disialic, oligosialic and polysialic acids: distribution, functions and related disease. J Biochem 2013 1.01
12 Novel regulation of fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2)-mediated cell growth by polysialic acid. J Biol Chem 2011 0.99
13 Extensive enrichment of N-glycolylneuraminic acid in extracellular sialoglycoproteins abundantly synthesized and secreted by human cancer cells. Glycobiology 2010 0.90
14 Sialidase NEU4 hydrolyzes polysialic acids of neural cell adhesion molecules and negatively regulates neurite formation by hippocampal neurons. J Biol Chem 2012 0.90
15 Developmental stage-dependent expression of an alpha2,8-trisialic acid unit on glycoproteins in mouse brain. Glycobiology 2010 0.87
16 Neuronal differentiation-dependent expression of the disialic acid epitope on CD166 and its involvement in neurite formation in Neuro2A cells. J Biol Chem 2002 0.87
17 Metabolism of vertebrate amino sugars with N-glycolyl groups: resistance of α2-8-linked N-glycolylneuraminic acid to enzymatic cleavage. J Biol Chem 2012 0.87
18 Polysialic acid: biosynthesis, novel functions and applications. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2014 0.86
19 Identification of disialic acid-containing glycoproteins in mouse serum: a novel modification of immunoglobulin light chains, vitronectin, and plasminogen. Glycobiology 2006 0.86
20 Flagellasialin: a novel sulfated alpha2,9-linked polysialic acid glycoprotein of sea urchin sperm flagella. Glycobiology 2006 0.86
21 Complex formation of a brain-derived neurotrophic factor and glycosaminoglycans. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2009 0.85
22 Impact of structural aberrancy of polysialic acid and its synthetic enzyme ST8SIA2 in schizophrenia. Front Cell Neurosci 2013 0.83
23 A newly identified zona pellucida glycoprotein, ZPD, and dimeric ZP1 of chicken egg envelope are involved in sperm activation on sperm-egg interaction. Biochem J 2004 0.83
24 Survival signals of hepatic stellate cells in liver regeneration are regulated by glycosylation changes in rat vitronectin, especially decreased sialylation. J Biol Chem 2010 0.83
25 ATP-binding cassette transporter G4 is highly expressed in microglia in Alzheimer's brain. Brain Res 2008 0.82
26 Human KDN (deaminated neuraminic acid) and its elevated expression in cancer cells: mechanism and significance. Adv Exp Med Biol 2011 0.82
27 Complex formation of 70-kDa heat shock protein with acidic glycolipids and phospholipids. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006 0.82
28 Measurement of glycan-based interactions by frontal affinity chromatography and surface plasmon resonance. Methods Enzymol 2010 0.81
29 Developmental regulation of oligosialylation in zebrafish. Glycoconj J 2008 0.81
30 Identification of the sea urchin 350-kDa sperm-binding protein as a new sialic acid-binding lectin that belongs to the heat shock protein 110 family: implication of its binding to gangliosides in sperm lipid rafts in fertilization. J Biol Chem 2003 0.81
31 Development of sensitive chemical and immunochemical methods for detecting sulfated sialic acids and their application to glycoconjugates from sea urchin sperm and eggs. Biochimie 2007 0.81
32 Mechanism regulating Ca2+-dependent mechanosensory behaviour in sea urchin spermatozoa. Cell Struct Funct 2011 0.81
33 Crystal structure of anti-polysialic acid antibody single chain Fv fragment complexed with octasialic acid: insight into the binding preference for polysialic acid. J Biol Chem 2013 0.80
34 Involvement of the alpha2,8-polysialyltransferases II/STX and IV/PST in the biosynthesis of polysialic acid chains on the O-linked glycoproteins in rainbow trout ovary. J Biochem 2006 0.79
35 Identification of an inflammation-inducible serum protein recognized by anti-disialic acid antibodies as carbonic anhydrase II. J Biochem 2007 0.79
36 N-linked oligosaccharides are required to produce and stabilize the active form of chondroitin 4-sulphotransferase-1. Biochem J 2005 0.78
37 The rainbow trout CMP-sialic acid synthetase utilises a nuclear localization signal different from that identified in the mouse enzyme. Glycobiology 2007 0.78
38 Pig sperm membrane microdomains contain a highly glycosylated 15-25-kDa wheat germ agglutinin-binding protein. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2012 0.78
39 NMR study into the mechanism of recognition of the degree of polymerization by oligo/polysialic acid antibodies. Bioorg Med Chem 2013 0.78
40 Membrane microdomains from early gastrula embryos of medaka, Oryzias latipes, are a platform of E-cadherin- and carbohydrate-mediated cell-cell interactions during epiboly. Glycoconj J 2008 0.78
41 Co-expression of two distinct polysialic acids, α2,8- and α2,9-linked polymers of N-acetylneuraminic acid, in distinct glycoproteins and glycolipids in sea urchin sperm. Glycobiology 2011 0.78
42 Visit-to-Visit Variability and Reduction in Blood Pressure After a 3-Month Cardiac Rehabilitation Program in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease. Int Heart J 2016 0.78
43 Occurrence of free deaminoneuraminic acid (KDN)-containing complex-type N-glycans in human prostate cancers. Glycobiology 2012 0.78
44 Probing a CMP-Kdn synthetase by 1H, 31P, and STD NMR spectroscopy. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005 0.78
45 Developmental expression of a sialyltransferase responsible for sialylation of cortical alveolus glycoprotein during oogenesis in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). J Biochem 2004 0.77
46 Identification of novel isoforms of vitellogenin expressed in ascidian eggs. J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol 2013 0.77
47 Membrane microdomain formation is crucial in epiboly during gastrulation of medaka. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007 0.77
48 A major flagellum sialoglycoprotein in sea urchin sperm contains a novel polysialic acid, an alpha2,9-linked poly-N-acetylneuraminic acid chain, capped by an 8-O-sulfated sialic acid residue. Glycobiology 2004 0.77
49 Sialome analysis of the cephalochordate Branchiostoma belcheri, a key organism for vertebrate evolution. Glycobiology 2011 0.77
50 Oral ingestion of mannose alters the expression level of deaminoneuraminic acid (KDN) in mouse organs. Glycoconj J 2006 0.76
51 Surface plasmon resonance study of carbohydrate-carbohydrate interaction between various gangliosides and Gg3-carrying polystyrene. Biomacromolecules 2004 0.76
52 Identification of the nuclear export signals that regulate the intracellular localization of the mouse CMP-sialic acid synthetase. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007 0.76
53 Hypoxia-enhanced expression of free deaminoneuraminic acid in human cancer cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007 0.76
54 N-linked oligosaccharides on chondroitin 6-sulfotransferase-1 are required for production of the active enzyme, Golgi localization, and sulfotransferase activity toward keratan sulfate. J Biol Chem 2006 0.76
55 [New function of polysialic acid and its involvement in neural activities]. Seikagaku 2011 0.75
56 Alpha-C-mannosyltryptophan is not recognized by conventional mannose-binding lectins. Bioorg Med Chem 2004 0.75
57 [Oligosialic acid: a common carbohydrate epitope in glycoproteins and glycolipids]. Tanpakushitsu Kakusan Koso 2003 0.75
58 [Regulation of signal transduction by polysialic acid]. Tanpakushitsu Kakusan Koso 2008 0.75
59 Development of a simple and efficient method for assaying cytidine monophosphate sialic acid synthetase activity using an enzymatic reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide/oxidized nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide converting system. Anal Biochem 2005 0.75