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Akemi Suzuki

Akemi Suzuki

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
10390
World Ranking
16635
National Ranking
1190

Overview

Akemi Suzuki is a researcher affiliated with Tokai University in Japan, specializing in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology as well as medicine. Their work primarily focuses on molecular biology, with contributions also in immunology, surgery, plant science, and urology.

Their research interests cover several key topics including:

  • Glycosylation and glycoproteins research
  • Sphingolipid metabolism and signaling
  • Immune response and inflammation
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
  • Polysaccharides and plant cell walls
  • Urinary bladder and prostate research
  • Lysosomal storage disorders research

Akemi Suzuki has published scientific papers in various peer-reviewed venues, among them:

  • The EMBO Journal
  • Journal of Lipid Research
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Methods in Molecular Biology
  • The Journal of the Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Homeostatic and pathogenic roles of GM 3 ganglioside molecular species in TLR 4 signaling in obesity" (2020, The EMBO Journal)
  • "The Urinary Bladder is Rich in Glycosphingolipids Composed of Phytoceramides" (2022, Journal of Lipid Research)
  • "Dietary gangliosides rescue GM3 synthase deficiency outcomes in mice accompanied by neurogenesis in the hippocampus" (2024, Frontiers in Neuroscience)
  • "Mass Spectrometry of Neutral Glycosphingolipids" (2023, Methods in Molecular Biology)
  • "Cytological changes in pancreatic cancer cells caused by the sampling pressure in endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration" (2020, The Journal of the Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology)

Their collaboration network includes frequent coauthors such as Shinji Go, Kei-ichiro Inamori, Jin-ichi Inokuchi, Hirotaka Kanoh, and Takahiro Nitta.

Best Publications

  • Germinal Center Marker GL7 Probes Activation-Dependent Repression of N-Glycolylneuraminic Acid, a Sialic Acid Species Involved in the Negative Modulation of B-Cell Activation

    Yuko Naito;Hiromu Takematsu;Susumu Koyama;Shizu Miyake

  • Molecular Cloning of Cytidine Monophospho-N-acetylneuraminic Acid Hydroxylase. REGULATION OF SPECIES- AND TISSUE-SPECIFIC EXPRESSION OF N-GLYCOLYLNEURAMINIC ACID

    Takehiro Kawano;Susumu Koyama;Hiromu Takematsu;Yasunori Kozutsumi

  • Loss of disialyl Lewis(a), the ligand for lymphocyte inhibitory receptor sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectin-7 (Siglec-7) associated with increased sialyl Lewis(a) expression on human colon cancers.

    Keiko Miyazaki;Katsuyuki Ohmori;Mineko Izawa;Tetsufumi Koike

  • Hypoxic culture induces expression of sialin, a sialic acid transporter, and cancer-associated gangliosides containing non-human sialic acid on human cancer cells

    Jun Yin;Ayako Hashimoto;Mineko Izawa;Keiko Miyazaki

  • Hypoxia induces adhesion molecules on cancer cells: A missing link between Warburg effect and induction of selectin-ligand carbohydrates

    Tetsufumi Koike;Naoko Kimura;Keiko Miyazaki;Tomonori Yabuta

  • Human Epidermal Glucosylceramides are Major Precursors of Stratum Corneum Ceramides

    Sumiko Hamanaka;Mariko Hara;Hiroyuki Nishio;Fujio Otsuka

  • Oxidized Phosphatidylcholines That Modify Proteins ANALYSIS BY MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY AGAINST OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN

    Hiroyuki Itabe;Hisashi Yamamoto;Minoru Suzuki;Yuka Kawai

  • Are N-glycolylneuraminic acid (Hanganutziu–Deicher) antigens important in pig-to-human xenotransplantation?

    Yuko Miwa;Takaaki Kobayashi;Takaharu Nagasaka;DaGe Liu

  • Ganglioside GM3 inhibits VEGF/VEGFR-2-mediated angiogenesis: direct interaction of GM3 with VEGFR-2.

    Tae Wook Chung;Seok Jo Kim;Hee Jung Choi;Keuk Jun Kim

  • Participation of cytochrome b5 in CMP-N-acetylneuraminic acid hydroxylation in mouse liver cytosol.

    Yasunori Kozutsumi;Takehiro Kawano;Tamio Yamakawa;Akemi Suzuki

  • Colonic epithelial cells express specific ligands for mucosal macrophage immunosuppressive receptors siglec-7 and -9.

    Keiko Miyazaki;Keiichiro Sakuma;Yuki I. Kawamura;Mineko Izawa

  • A major glycoprotein of Xenopus egg vitelline envelope, gp41, is a frog homolog of mammalian ZP3

    Hideo Kubo;Takehiro Kawano;Takehiro Kawano;Satoshi Tsubuki;Seiichi Kawashima

  • CMP-N-Acetylneuraminic Acid Hydroxylase Is Exclusively Inactive in Humans

    Atsushi Irie;Akemi Suzuki

  • Regulation of insect steroid hormone biosynthesis by innervating peptidergic neurons

    Naoki Yamanaka;Dusan Zitnan;Young-Joon Kim;Michael E. Adams

  • Biosynthesis of N-glycolylneuraminic acid-containing glycoconjugates. Purification and characterization of the key enzyme of the cytidine monophospho-N-acetylneuraminic acid hydroxylation system.

    T Kawano;Y Kozutsumi;T Kawasaki;A Suzuki

  • Distal Myopathy with Rimmed Vacuoles: Impaired O-Glycan Formation in Muscular Glycoproteins

    Youichi Tajima;Eiichiro Uyama;Shinji Go;Chihiro Sato

  • A new ganglioside showing choleragenoid-binding activity in mouse spleen

    Kyoko Nakamura;Minoru Suzuki;Fuyuhiko Inagaki;Tamio Yamakawa

  • Genetic Regulation of GM2 Expression in Liver of Mouse

    Yasuhiro Hashimoto;Hideaki Otsuka;Katsuko Sudo;Kiyoshi Suzuki

  • Reaction Mechanism Underlying CMP-N-Acetylneuraminic Acid Hydroxylation in Mouse Liver: Formation of a Ternary Complex of Cytochrome b5, CMP-N-Acetylneuraminic Acid, and a Hydroxylation Enzyme.

    Hiromu Takematsu;Takehiro Kawano;Susumu Koyama;Yasunori Kozutsumi

  • Structure determination of glucosyl beta 1-N-(omega-O-linoleoyl)-acylsphingosines of human epidermis.

    Sumiko Hamanaka;Chidori Asagami;Minoru Suzuki;Fuyuhiko Inagaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshisuke Kawasaki
Toshisuke Kawasaki Ritsumeikan University
Fuyuhiko Inagaki
Fuyuhiko Inagaki Hokkaido University
Seiichi Kawashima
Seiichi Kawashima Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
Shoji Tsuji
Shoji Tsuji University of Tokyo
Kazuo Moriwaki
Kazuo Moriwaki National Institute of Genetics
Akimasa Nakao
Akimasa Nakao Nagoya University
Hiroshi Kawasaki
Hiroshi Kawasaki Keio University
Katsuko Sudo
Katsuko Sudo Tokyo Medical University
Paul R. Crocker
Paul R. Crocker University of Dundee

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