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Ken Kitajima

Ken Kitajima

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
10810
World Ranking
9415
National Ranking
639

Overview

Ken Kitajima is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research focuses primarily on molecular biology with significant work also in cell biology, immunology, genetics, and radiology. The scientist's work spans several specialized topics including glycosylation and glycoproteins research, proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research, galectins and cancer biology, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, aquaculture disease management and microbiota, as well as caveolin-1 and related cellular processes.

Their recent publications demonstrate ongoing engagement with these themes. Notable papers include:

  • Polysialylation and disease, 2020, Molecular Aspects of Medicine
  • Discovery of a new sialic acid binding region that regulates Siglec-7, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Identification and functional characterization of a Siglec-7 counter-receptor on K562 cells, 2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Evolutionary conservation of human ketodeoxynonulosonic acid production is independent of sialoglycan biosynthesis, 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Exploring the Impact of Ketodeoxynonulosonic Acid in Host-Pathogen Interactions Using Uptake and Surface Display by Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae, 2021, mBio

Several co-authors frequently collaborate with Ken Kitajima, including Chihiro Sato, Masaya Hane, Di Wu, Hiroshi Tanaka, and Rina Hatanaka. These collaborations appear regularly in various publications, suggesting a consistent research network.

The scientist's work has been published predominantly in journals such as Scientific Reports, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Journal of Biological Chemistry, reflecting a broad engagement with reputable scientific venues.

Ken Kitajima's areas of expertise integrate aspects of molecular biology and biochemistry with clinical and translational research themes, making a link between fundamental biological processes and disease contexts. This is evident from the range of research topics and the multidisciplinary nature of their publication record.

Best Publications

  • Inhibition of herpes simplex virus infection by tannins and related compounds.

    Kunihiko Fukuchi;Hiroshi Sakagami;Takuo Okuda;Tsutomu Hatano

  • Secretion of a peripheral membrane protein, MFG-E8, as a complex with membrane vesicles.

    Kenji Oshima;Naohito Aoki;Takeo Kato;Ken Kitajima

  • 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

  • Disialic, oligosialic and polysialic acids: distribution, functions and related disease

    Chihiro Sato;Ken Kitajima

  • Purification and enzymatic properties of peptide:N-glycanase from C3H mouse-derived L-929 fibroblast cells. Possible widespread occurrence of post-translational remodification of proteins by N-deglycosylation.

    T Suzuki;A Seko;K Kitajima;Y Inoue

  • Polysialic acid in human milk. CD36 is a new member of mammalian polysialic acid-containing glycoprotein.

    Uichiro Yabe;Chihiro Sato;Tsukasa Matsuda;Ken Kitajima

  • Endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase, an enzyme involved in processing of free oligosaccharides in the cytosol

    Tadashi Suzuki;Keiichi Yano;Seiji Sugimoto;Ken Kitajima

  • Frequent Occurrence of Pre-existing α2→8-Linked Disialic and Oligosialic Acids with Chain Lengths Up to 7 Sia Residues in Mammalian Brain Glycoproteins PREVALENCE REVEALED BY HIGHLY SENSITIVE CHEMICAL METHODS AND ANTI-DI-, OLIGO-, AND POLY-Sia ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC FOR DEFINED CHAIN LENGTHS

    Chihiro Sato;Hideyuki Fukuoka;Kaoru Ohta;Tsukasa Matsuda

  • Polysialic acid: biosynthesis, novel functions and applications.

    Karen J. Colley;Ken Kitajima;Chihiro Sato

  • Direct binding of polysialic acid to a brain-derived neurotrophic factor depends on the degree of polymerization.

    Yukihiro Kanato;Ken Kitajima;Chihiro Sato

  • KDN (deaminated neuraminic acid): dreamful past and exciting future of the newest member of the sialic acid family.

    Sadako Inoue;Ken Kitajima

  • A 33-kDa allergen from rice (Oryza sativa L. Japonica). cDNA cloning, expression, and identification as a novel glyoxalase I.

    Yumiko Usui;Masayuki Nakase;Hirotaka Hotta;Atsuo Urisu

  • Identification and Adipocyte Differentiation-dependent Expression of the Unique Disialic Acid Residue in an Adipose Tissue-specific Glycoprotein, Adipo Q *

    Chihiro Sato;Zenta Yasukawa;Naoteru Honda;Tsukasa Matsuda

  • Structural and Functional Impairments of Polysialic Acid by a Mutated Polysialyltransferase Found in Schizophrenia

    Ryo Isomura;Ken Kitajima;Chihiro Sato

  • Novel regulation of fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2)-mediated cell growth by polysialic acid

    Sayaka Ono;Masaya Hane;Ken Kitajima;Chihiro Sato

  • The AMOR Arabinogalactan Sugar Chain Induces Pollen-Tube Competency to Respond to Ovular Guidance

    Akane G. Mizukami;Rie Inatsugi;Jiao Jiao;Toshihisa Kotake

  • Identification of peptide:N-glycanase activity in mammalian-derived cultured cells.

    T. Suzuki;A. Seko;K. Kitajima;Y. Inoue

  • Cholesterol-dependent Localization of NAP-22 on a Neuronal Membrane Microdomain (Raft)

    Shohei Maekawa;Shohei Maekawa;Chihiro Sato;Ken Kitajima;Nobuo Funatsu

  • A 42-kDa glycoprotein from chicken egg-envelope, an avian homolog of the ZPC family glycoproteins in mammalian Zona pellucida. Its first identification, cDNA cloning and granulosa cell-specific expression.

    Yukinari Takeuchi;Keiji Nishimura;Naohito Aoki;Takahiro Adachi

  • Deaminated neuraminic acid-rich glycoprotein of rainbow trout egg vitelline envelope. Occurrence of a novel alpha-2,8-linked oligo(deaminated neuraminic acid) structure in O-linked glycan chains.

    A Kanamori;S Inoue;M Iwasaki;K Kitajima

Frequent Co-Authors

Tsukasa Matsuda
Tsukasa Matsuda Nagoya University
Satoshi Inoue
Satoshi Inoue Saitama Medical University
Kay-Hooi Khoo
Kay-Hooi Khoo National Taiwan University
Anne Dell
Anne Dell Imperial College London
Takaho Terada
Takaho Terada University of Tokyo
Howard R. Morris
Howard R. Morris Imperial College London
William J. Lennarz
William J. Lennarz Stony Brook University
Takashi Takahashi
Takashi Takahashi Nagoya University
Rita Gerardy-Schahn
Rita Gerardy-Schahn Hannover Medical School

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