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Hiroshi Kitagawa is affiliated with Kobe Pharmaceutical University in Japan. Their research spans multiple disciplines, encompassing medicine, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, as well as materials science.

The scientist's specific subfields include materials chemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, surgery, and oncology. Kitagawa's main research topics focus on proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, glycosylation and glycoproteins, connective tissue disorders, protease and inhibitor mechanisms, and cell adhesion molecules.

The frequent venues where Kitagawa's work has been published include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (22 publications)
  • Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology (4 publications)
  • Communications Biology (3 publications)
  • Nature Communications (2 publications)
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects (2 publications)

Frequent coauthors in Kitagawa's research include:

  • Satomi Nadanaka (21 coauthored works)
  • Salavat S. Khasanov (15 coauthored works)
  • Akihiro Otsuka (15 coauthored works)
  • Hideki Yamochi (15 coauthored works)
  • Tadahisa Mikami (14 coauthored works)

Among recent scientific papers authored or coauthored by Hiroshi Kitagawa are:

  • "Chondroitin 6-sulphate is required for neuroplasticity and memory in ageing," published in Molecular Psychiatry, 2021
  • "Reconsideration of the Semaphorin-3A Binding Motif Found in Chondroitin Sulfate Using Galnac4s-6st-Knockout Mice," published in Biomolecules, 2020
  • "Hyaluronan degradation and release of a hyaluronan-aggrecan complex from perineuronal nets in the aged mouse brain," published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, 2020
  • "The glycosyltransferase EXTL2 promotes proteoglycan deposition and injurious neuroinflammation following demyelination," published in Journal of Neuroinflammation, 2020
  • "Aberrant glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis by tumor suppressor EXTL2 deficiency promotes liver inflammation and tumorigenesis through Toll-like 4 receptor signaling," published in The FASEB Journal, 2020

Best Publications

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  • Recent advances in the structural biology of chondroitin sulfate and dermatan sulfate

    Kazuyuki Sugahara;Tadahisa Mikami;Toru Uyama;Souhei Mizuguchi

  • Recent advances in the study of the biosynthesis and functions of sulfated glycosaminoglycans.

    Kazuyuki Sugahara;Hiroshi Kitagawa

  • Biosynthesis and function of chondroitin sulfate.

    Tadahisa Mikami;Hiroshi Kitagawa

  • Casting a Wide Net: Role of Perineuronal Nets in Neural Plasticity.

    Barbara A. Sorg;Sabina Berretta;Jordan M. Blacktop;James W. Fawcett

  • Persistent cortical plasticity by upregulation of chondroitin 6-sulfation

    Shinji Miyata;Yukio Komatsu;Yumiko Yoshimura;Choji Taya

  • Heparin and heparan sulfate biosynthesis.

    Kazuyuki Sugahara;Hiroshi Kitagawa

  • Differential expression of five sialyltransferase genes in human tissues.

    H Kitagawa;J C Paulson

  • Chondroitin proteoglycans are involved in cell division of Caenorhabditis elegans

    Souhei Mizuguchi;Toru Uyama;Hiroshi Kitagawa;Kazuko H. Nomura;Kazuko H. Nomura

  • Molecular cloning and expression of a human chondroitin synthase.

    Hiroshi Kitagawa;Toru Uyama;Kazuyuki Sugahara

  • Heparan/chondroitin sulfate biosynthesis. Structure and mechanism of human glucuronyltransferase I.

    Lars C. Pedersen;Kazunori Tsuchida;Hiroshi Kitagawa;Kazuyuki Sugahara

  • QT interval variability in body surface ECG: measurement, physiological basis, and clinical value: position statement and consensus guidance endorsed by the European Heart�…

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  • The EXT1/EXT2 tumor suppressors: catalytic activities and role in heparan sulfate biosynthesis

    Claire Senay;Thomas Lind;Kumi Muguruma;Yuko Tone

  • Developmental Regulation of the Sulfation Profile of Chondroitin Sulfate Chains in the Chicken Embryo Brain

    Hiroshi Kitagawa;Kae Tsutsumi;Yuko Tone;Kazuyuki Sugahara

  • Loss of chondroitin 6-O-sulfotransferase-1 function results in severe human chondrodysplasia with progressive spinal involvement

    Holger Thiele;Masahiro Sakano;Hiroshi Kitagawa;Kazuyuki Sugahara

  • Molecular cloning and expression of glucuronyltransferase I involved in the biosynthesis of the glycosaminoglycan-protein linkage region of proteoglycans.

    Hiroshi Kitagawa;Yuko Tone;Jun-ichi Tamura;Klaus W. Neumann

  • Single‐Atom Catalytic Materials for Advanced Battery Systems

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  • FAM20B is a kinase that phosphorylates xylose in the glycosaminoglycan–protein linkage region

    Toshiyasu Koike;Tomomi Izumikawa;Jun‑Ichi Tamura;Hiroshi Kitagawa

  • Molecular cloning of a chondroitin polymerizing factor that cooperates with chondroitin synthase for chondroitin polymerization

    Hiroshi Kitagawa;Tomomi Izumikawa;Toru Uyama;Kazuyuki Sugahara

  • Formation and remodeling of the brain extracellular matrix in neural plasticity: Roles of chondroitin sulfate and hyaluronan

    Shinji Miyata;Hiroshi Kitagawa

  • Contactin-1 is a functional receptor for neuroregulatory chondroitin sulfate-E.

    Tadahisa Mikami;Daiki Yasunaga;Hiroshi Kitagawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuyuki Sugahara
Kazuyuki Sugahara Hokkaido University
Toshisuke Kawasaki
Toshisuke Kawasaki Ritsumeikan University
Isamu Sugawara
Isamu Sugawara Saitama Medical University
Shohei Mitani
Shohei Mitani Tokyo Women's Medical University
Shuhei Yamada
Shuhei Yamada Meijo University
Ulf Lindahl
Ulf Lindahl Uppsala University
Fuyuhiko Inagaki
Fuyuhiko Inagaki Hokkaido University
James C. Paulson
James C. Paulson Scripps Research Institute
Kenji Kadomatsu
Kenji Kadomatsu Nagoya University

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