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Ken-ichi Kasai

Ken-ichi Kasai

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Chemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
13955
World Ranking
10513
National Ranking
768

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
14291
World Ranking
11866
National Ranking
811

Overview

Ken-ichi Kasai is affiliated with Teikyo University in Japan and has contributed research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work focuses notably on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Immunology, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Surgery.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of specialized areas including:

  • Galectins and Cancer Biology
  • Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
  • Cardiovascular and Exercise Physiology
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes

Ken-ichi Kasai has published research in several publication venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • The American Journal of Cardiology
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects
  • International Heart Journal
  • Cureus
  • Methods in Molecular Biology

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Ken-ichi Kasai include:

  • "Frontal affinity chromatography: An excellent method of analyzing weak biomolecular interactions based on a unique principle," 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects
  • "Response of Jugular Venous Pressure to Exercise in Patients With Heart Failure and Its Prognostic Usefulness," 2020, The American Journal of Cardiology
  • "Jugular Venous Pressure Response to Inspiration for Risk Assessment of Heart Failure," 2022, The American Journal of Cardiology (authored by Daiki Shako, co-authorship context)
  • "Jugular Venous Pressure and Kussmaul's Sign as Predictors of Outcome in Heart Failure," 2023, International Heart Journal
  • "Frontal Affinity Chromatography: A Highly Suitable Retardation Phenomenon-Based Research Tool for Analyzing Weak Interactions Between Biomolecules," 2020, Methods in Molecular Biology

Frequent collaborators working alongside Ken-ichi Kasai include:

  • Satoaki Matoba
  • Atsushi Shindo
  • Tatsuya Kawasaki
  • Sakiko Honda
  • Chieko Sakai

Best Publications

  • Galectins: a family of animal beta-galactoside-binding lectins.

    Samuel H. Barondes;Vincent Castronovo;Douglas N W Cooper;Richard D. Cummings

  • Oligosaccharide specificity of galectins: a search by frontal affinity chromatography.

    Jun Hirabayashi;Tomomi Hashidate;Yoichiro Arata;Nozomu Nishi

  • Lectin affinity capture, isotope-coded tagging and mass spectrometry to identify N-linked glycoproteins

    Hiroyuki Kaji;Haruna Saito;Yoshio Yamauchi;Takashi Shinkawa

  • The family of metazoan metal-independent β-galactoside-binding lectins: structure, function and molecular evolution

    Jun Hirabayashi;Ken-ichi Kasai

  • Galectins: A Family of Animal Lectins That Decipher Glycocodes

    Ken-ichi Kasai;Jun Hirabayashi

  • Galectin-3 Interaction With Thomsen-Friedenreich Disaccharide on Cancer-Associated MUC1 Causes Increased Cancer Cell Endothelial Adhesion

    Lu-Gang Yu;Nigel Andrews;Qicheng Zhao;Daniel McKean

  • Growth-Regulatory Human Galectin-1: Crystallographic Characterisation of the Structural Changes Induced by Single-Site Mutations and Their Impact on the Thermodynamics of Ligand Binding

    María F. López-Lucendo;Dolores Solís;Sabine André;Jun Hirabayashi

  • Frontal affinity chromatography: theory for its application to studies on specific interactions of biomolecules.

    Ken-Ichi Kasai;Yuko Oda;Makoto Nishikata;Shin-Ichi Ishii

  • Specific inhibition of T-cell adhesion to extracellular matrix and proinflammatory cytokine secretion by human recombinant galectin-1

    G A Rabinovich;A Ariel;R Hershkoviz;J Hirabayashi

  • Effect of amino acid substitution by sited-directed mutagenesis on the carbohydrate recognition and stability of human 14-kDa beta-galactoside-binding lectin.

    J. Hirabayashi;K.-I. Kasai

  • A Novel Biological Activity for Galectin-1: Inhibition of Leukocyte-Endothelial Cell Interactions in Experimental Inflammation

    Mylinh La;Thong V. Cao;Graziela Cerchiaro;Kathya Chilton

  • A mutation of furin causes the lack of precursor-processing activity in human colon carcinoma LoVo cells.

    S. Takahashi;K. Kasai;K. Hatsuzawa;N. Kitamura

  • Stimulation of Proliferation of Rat Hepatic Stellate Cells by Galectin-1 and Galectin-3 through Different Intracellular Signaling Pathways

    Naoto Maeda;Norifumi Kawada;Shuichi Seki;Tetsuo Arakawa

  • Involvement of CD2 and CD3 in galectin-1 induced signaling in human Jurkat T-cells.

    Hermann Walzel;Matthias Blach;Jun Hirabayashi;Ken-Ichi Kasai

  • Specific Recognition of Leishmania major Poly-β-galactosyl Epitopes by Galectin-9 POSSIBLE IMPLICATION OF GALECTIN-9 IN INTERACTION BETWEEN L. MAJOR AND HOST CELLS

    Isabelle Pelletier;Tomomi Hashidate;Tadasu Urashima;Nozomu Nishi

  • Affinity capillary electrophoresis: a sensitive tool for the study of molecular interactions and its use in microscale analyses.

    Kiyohito Shimura;Ken-ichi Kasai

  • Functional analysis of the carbohydrate recognition domains and a linker peptide of galectin-9 as to eosinophil chemoattractant activity.

    Miki Sato;Nozomu Nishi;Hiroki Shoji;Masako Seki

  • Frontal affinity chromatography as a tool for elucidation of sugar recognition properties of lectins.

    Jun Hirabayashi;Yoichiro Arata;Ken-ichi Kasai

  • Evidence that Caenorhabditis elegans 32-kDa beta-galactoside-binding protein is homologous to vertebrate beta-galactoside-binding lectins. cDNA cloning and deduced amino acid sequence

    J. Hirabayashi;M. Satoh;K.-I. Kasai

  • Frontal affinity chromatography of ovalbumin glycoasparagines on a concanavalin A-sepharose column. A quantitative study of the binding specificity of the lectin.

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  • Complete amino acid sequence of 14 kDa β-galactoside-binding lectin of chick embryo

    Jun Hirabayashi;Hiroshi Kawasaki;Koichi Suzuki;Ken-ichi Kasai

  • Immobilized affinity ligand techniques

    Ken-ichi Kasai

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun Hirabayashi
Jun Hirabayashi Nagoya University
Mitsuomi Hirashima
Mitsuomi Hirashima Kagawa University
Hiroshi Kawasaki
Hiroshi Kawasaki Keio University
Atsushi Kuno
Atsushi Kuno National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Koichi Suzuki
Koichi Suzuki University of Tokyo
Nobuhiro Takahashi
Nobuhiro Takahashi Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
John L. Wang
John L. Wang Michigan State University
Norifumi Kawada
Norifumi Kawada Osaka Metropolitan University
Katsutoshi Yoshizato
Katsutoshi Yoshizato Osaka Metropolitan University
Naruya Saitou
Naruya Saitou National Institute of Genetics

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