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Nobuyoshi Hayashi; Jinichi Inokuchi; Yoshio Kuroki; Koji Kuronuma; Hirofumi Chiba; Shinsei Gasa; Shinji Go; Tadashi Hasegawa; Yoshihiro Hasegawa; Motoko Takahashi; Atsushi Watanabe; Hiroki Takahashi
Detection of N-glycolyated gangliosides in non-small-cell lung cancer using GMR8 monoclonal antibody.
Motoko Takahashi; Naoyuki Taniguchi; Shigemitsu Ueyama; Satoshi Miyata; Morimitsu Nishikimi; Chiaki Nishitani; Takeyuki Shimizu; Tomoyoshi Soga; Tomomi Abe; Motoko Araki; Shigeru Ariki; Junichi Fujii; Reiko Fujinawa; Yoshito Ihara; Yoko Inai; Yasunori Kozutsumi; Yoshio Kuroki
In vivo role of aldehyde reductase.
Tomoko Mikami; Hiroki Miyashita; Shintaro Takatsuka; Yoshio Kuroki; Norio Matsushima
Molecular evolution of vertebrate Toll-like receptors: evolutionary rate difference between their leucine-rich repeats and their TIR domains.

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2013: Nobuyoshi Hayashi; Jinichi Inokuchi; Yoshio Kuroki; Koji Kuronuma; Hirofumi Chiba; Shinsei Gasa; Shinji Go; Tadashi Hasegawa; Yoshihiro Hasegawa; Motoko Takahashi; Atsushi Watanabe; Hiroki Takahashi
Detection of N-glycolyated gangliosides in non-small-cell lung cancer using GMR8 monoclonal antibody.
Cancer science 2013;104(1):43-7.
2012: Motoko Takahashi; Naoyuki Taniguchi; Shigemitsu Ueyama; Satoshi Miyata; Morimitsu Nishikimi; Chiaki Nishitani; Takeyuki Shimizu; Tomoyoshi Soga; Tomomi Abe; Motoko Araki; Shigeru Ariki; Junichi Fujii; Reiko Fujinawa; Yoshito Ihara; Yoko Inai; Yasunori Kozutsumi; Yoshio Kuroki
In vivo role of aldehyde reductase.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2012;1820(11):1787-96.
2012: Tomoko Mikami; Hiroki Miyashita; Shintaro Takatsuka; Yoshio Kuroki; Norio Matsushima
Molecular evolution of vertebrate Toll-like receptors: evolutionary rate difference between their leucine-rich repeats and their TIR domains.
Gene 2012;503(2):235-43.
2012: Atsushi Saito; Hitoshi Sohma; Hiroki Takahashi; Motoko Takahashi; Shigeru Ariki; Nobutaka Ebata; Yoshihiro Hasegawa; Kanako Inoue; Koji Kuronuma; Chiaki Nishitani; Yoshio Kuroki
Pulmonary surfactant protein A protects lung epithelium from cytotoxicity of human β-defensin 3.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2012;287(18):15034-43.
2012: Shigeru Ariki; Chiaki Nishitani; Yoshio Kuroki
Diverse functions of pulmonary collectins in host defense of the lung.
Journal of biomedicine & biotechnology 2012;2012():532071.
2011: Shigeru Ariki; Nobuhiro Fujii; Shinsei Gasa; Takashi Kojima; Yuichiro Kurimura; Chiaki Nishitani; Atsushi Saito; Norimasa Sawada; Takeyuki Shimizu; Motoko Takahashi; Yoshio Kuroki
Pulmonary collectins play distinct roles in host defense against Mycobacterium avium.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2011;187(5):2586-94.
2009: Takeyuki Shimizu; Chiaki Nishitani; Hiroaki Mitsuzawa; Shigeru Ariki; Motoko Takahashi; Katsuki Ohtani; Nobutaka Wakamiya; Yoshio Kuroki
Mannose binding lectin and lung collectins interact with Toll-like receptor 4 and MD-2 by different mechanisms.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2009;1790(12):1705-10.
2009: Motoko Takahashi; Yoshio Kuroki; Kazuaki Ohtsubo; Naoyuki Taniguchi
Core fucose and bisecting GlcNAc, the direct modifiers of the N-glycan core: their functions and target proteins.
Carbohydrate research 2009;344(12):1387-90.
2009: Chiaki Nishitani; Motoko Takahashi; Hiroaki Mitsuzawa; Takeyuki Shimizu; Shigeru Ariki; Norio Matsushima; Yoshio Kuroki
Mutational analysis of Cys(88) of Toll-like receptor 4 highlights the critical role of MD-2 in cell surface receptor expression.
International immunology 2009;21(8):925-34.
2009: Yoshio Kuroki; Chiaki Nishitani
[Innate immune functions of pulmonary collectins].
Seikagaku. The Journal of Japanese Biochemical Society 2009;81(3):182-8.
2007: Toru Takahashi; Ikuo Wada; Yoshinori Ohtsuka; Mitsuru Munakata; Yukihiko Homma; Yoshio Kuroki
Autoantibody to alanyl-tRNA synthetase in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) 2007;12(5):642-53.
2007: Yoshio Kuroki; Motoko Takahashi; Chiaki Nishitani
Pulmonary collectins in innate immunity of the lung.
Cellular microbiology 2007;9(8):1871-9.
2007: Hitomi Sano; Masaho Ishino; Helmut Krämer; Takeyuki Shimizu; Hiroaki Mitsuzawa; Chiaki Nishitani; Yoshio Kuroki
The microtubule-binding protein Hook3 interacts with a cytoplasmic domain of scavenger receptor A.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2007;282(11):7973-81.
2007: Norio Matsushima; Takanori Tanaka; Purevjav Enkhbayar; Tomoko Mikami; Masae Taga; Keiko Yamada; Yoshio Kuroki
Comparative sequence analysis of leucine-rich repeats (LRRs) within vertebrate toll-like receptors.
BMC genomics 2007;8():124.
2007: Koh Takeyama; Hiroaki Mitsuzawa; Chiaki Nishitani; Takeyuki Shimizu; Hitomi Sano; Yasuharu Kunishima; Satoshi Takahashi; Hiroshi Hotta; Masanori Matsukawa; Ken-Ichiro Shibata; Taiji Tsukamoto; Yoshio Kuroki
The 6-fluoro-8-methoxy quinolone gatifloxacin down-regulates interleukin-8 production in prostate cell line PC-3.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2007;51(1):162-8.
2006: Chiaki Nishitani; Hiroaki Mitsuzawa; Hitomi Sano; Takeyuki Shimizu; Norio Matsushima; Yoshio Kuroki
Toll-like receptor 4 region Glu24-Lys47 is a site for MD-2 binding: importance of CYS29 and CYS40.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2006;281(50):38322-9.
2006: Tatsuki Uemura; Hitomi Sano; Tsuyoshi Katoh; Chiaki Nishitani; Hiroaki Mitsuzawa; Takeyuki Shimizu; Yoshio Kuroki
Surfactant protein A without the interruption of Gly-X-Y repeats loses a kink of oligomeric structure and exhibits impaired phospholipid liposome aggregation ability.
Biochemistry 2006;45(48):14543-51.
2006: Hiroaki Mitsuzawa; Chiaki Nishitani; Naoki Hyakushima; Takeyuki Shimizu; Hitomi Sano; Norio Matsushima; Koichi Fukase; Yoshio Kuroki
Recombinant soluble forms of extracellular TLR4 domain and MD-2 inhibit lipopolysaccharide binding on cell surface and dampen lipopolysaccharide-induced pulmonary inflammation in mice.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2006;177(11):8133-9.
2006: Kei Ono; Chiaki Nishitani; Hiroaki Mitsuzawa; Takeyuki Shimizu; Hitomi Sano; Hiroshi Suzuki; Tatsuhiko Kodama; Nobuhiro Fujii; Koichi Fukase; Koichi Hirata; Yoshio Kuroki
Mannose-binding lectin augments the uptake of lipid A, Staphylococcus aureus, and Escherichia coli by Kupffer cells through increased cell surface expression of scavenger receptor A.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2006;177(8):5517-23.
2006: Chieko Yamada; Hitomi Sano; Takeyuki Shimizu; Hiroaki Mitsuzawa; Chiaki Nishitani; Tetsuo Himi; Yoshio Kuroki
Surfactant protein A directly interacts with TLR4 and MD-2 and regulates inflammatory cellular response. Importance of supratrimeric oligomerization.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2006;281(31):21771-80.
2006: Madoka Ohya; Chiaki Nishitani; Hitomi Sano; Chieko Yamada; Hiroaki Mitsuzawa; Takeyuki Shimizu; Tsuyoshi Saito; Kelly Smith; Erika Crouch; Yoshio Kuroki
Human pulmonary surfactant protein D binds the extracellular domains of Toll-like receptors 2 and 4 through the carbohydrate recognition domain by a mechanism different from its binding to phosphatidylinositol and lipopolysaccharide.
Biochemistry 2006;45(28):8657-64.
2006: Masanori Konishi; Chiaki Nishitani; Hiroaki Mitsuzawa; Takeyuki Shimizu; Hitomi Sano; Atsushi Harimaya; Nobuhiro Fujii; Tetsuo Himi; Yoshio Kuroki
Alloiococcus otitidis is a ligand for collectins and Toll-like receptor 2, and its phagocytosis is enhanced by collectins.
European journal of immunology 2006;36(6):1527-36.
2006: Koh Takeyama; Hiroaki Mitsuzawa; Takeyuki Shimizu; Masanori Konishi; Chiaki Nishitani; Hitomi Sano; Yasuharu Kunishima; Masanori Matsukawa; Satoshi Takahashi; Ken-Ichiro Shibata; Taiji Tsukamoto; Yoshio Kuroki
Prostate cell lines secrete IL-8 in response to Mycoplasma hominis through Toll-like receptor 2-mediated mechanism.
The Prostate 2006;66(4):386-91.
2006: Hiroki Takahashi; Hitomi Sano; Hirofumi Chiba; Yoshio Kuroki
Pulmonary surfactant proteins A and D: innate immune functions and biomarkers for lung diseases.
Current pharmaceutical design 2006;12(5):589-598.
2006: Hiroki Takahashi; Masanori Shiratori; Akiko Kanai; Hirofumi Chiba; Yoshio Kuroki; Shosaku Abe
Monitoring markers of disease activity for interstitial lung diseases with serum surfactant proteins A and D.
Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) 2006;11 Suppl():S51-4.
2006: Hitomi Sano; Koji Kuronuma; Kazumi Kudo; Hiroaki Mitsuzawa; Morihito Sato; Seiji Murakami; Yoshio Kuroki
Regulation of inflammation and bacterial clearance by lung collectins.
Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) 2006;11 Suppl():S46-50.
2005: Orie Yamamoto; Hiroki Takahashi; Michio Hirasawa; Hirofumi Chiba; Masanori Shiratori; Yoshio Kuroki; Shosaku Abe
Surfactant protein gene expressions for detection of lung carcinoma cells in peripheral blood.
Respiratory medicine 2005;99(9):1164-74.
2005: Chiaki Nishitani; Hiroaki Mitsuzawa; Naoki Hyakushima; Hitomi Sano; Norio Matsushima; Yoshio Kuroki
The Toll-like receptor 4 region Glu24-Pro34 is critical for interaction with MD-2.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2005;328(2):586-90.
2005: Daisuke Iwaki; Chiaki Nishitani; Hiroaki Mitsuzawa; Naoki Hyakushima; Hitomi Sano; Yoshio Kuroki
The CD14 region spanning amino acids 57-64 is critical for interaction with the extracellular Toll-like receptor 2 domain.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2005;328(1):173-6.
2005: Hitomi Sano; Yoshio Kuroki
The lung collectins, SP-A and SP-D, modulate pulmonary innate immunity.
Molecular immunology 2005;42(3):279-87.
2004: Naoki Hyakushima; Hiroaki Mitsuzawa; Chiaki Nishitani; Hitomi Sano; Koji Kuronuma; Masanori Konishi; Tetsuo Himi; Kensuke Miyake; Yoshio Kuroki
Interaction of soluble form of recombinant extracellular TLR4 domain with MD-2 enables lipopolysaccharide binding and attenuates TLR4-mediated signaling.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2004;173(11):6949-54.
2004: Hiroki Takahashi; Shosaku Abe; Yoshio Kuroki
[Pulmonary surfactant proteins (SP-A, SP-D)].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 2004;62 Suppl 11():325-8.
2004: Kazumi Kudo; Hitomi Sano; Hiroki Takahashi; Koji Kuronuma; Shin-ichi Yokota; Nobuhiro Fujii; Ken-ichi Shimada; Ikuya Yano; Yoshio Kumazawa; Dennis R Voelker; Shosaku Abe; Yoshio Kuroki
Pulmonary collectins enhance phagocytosis of Mycobacterium avium through increased activity of mannose receptor.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2004;172(12):7592-602.
2004: Koji Kuronuma; Hitomi Sano; Kazunori Kato; Kazumi Kudo; Naoki Hyakushima; Shin-ichi Yokota; Hiroki Takahashi; Nobuhiro Fujii; Hiroshi Suzuki; Tatsuhiko Kodama; Shosaku Abe; Yoshio Kuroki
Pulmonary surfactant protein A augments the phagocytosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae by alveolar macrophages through a casein kinase 2-dependent increase of cell surface localization of scavenger receptor A.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2004;279(20):21421-30.
2003: Hitomi Sano; Kazushige Nagai; Hiroyuki Tsutsumi; Yoshio Kuroki
Lactoferrin and surfactant protein A exhibit distinct binding specificity to F protein and differently modulate respiratory syncytial virus infection.
European journal of immunology 2003;33(10):2894-902.
2003: Morihito Sato; Hitomi Sano; Daisuke Iwaki; Kazumi Kudo; Masanori Konishi; Hiroki Takahashi; Toru Takahashi; Hitoshi Imaizumi; Yasufumi Asai; Yoshio Kuroki
Direct binding of Toll-like receptor 2 to zymosan, and zymosan-induced NF-kappa B activation and TNF-alpha secretion are down-regulated by lung collectin surfactant protein A.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2003;171(1):417-25.
2003: Hirofumi Chiba; Surapon Pattanajitvilai; Hiroaki Mitsuzawa; Yoshio Kuroki; Amanda Evans; Dennis R Voelker
Pulmonary surfactant proteins A and D recognize lipid ligands on Mycoplasma pneumoniae and markedly augment the innate immune response to the organism.
Chest 2003;123(3 Suppl):426S.
2002: Hiroko Ohkawa; Hitoshi Sohma; Rie Sakai; Yoshio Kuroki; Eri Hashimoto; Shinji Murakami; Toshikazu Saito
Ethanol-induced augmentation of annexin IV in cultured cells and the enhancement of cytotoxicity by overexpression of annexin IV by ethanol.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2002;1588(3):217-25.
2002: Chikako Takezawa; Hiroki Takahashi; Takuya Fujishima; Masanori Shiratori; Yuji Morita; Hitomi Sano; Yoshio Kuroki; Shosaku Abe
Assessment of differentiation in adenocarcinoma cells from pleural effusion by peripheral airway cell markers and their diagnostic values.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2002;38(3):273-81.
2002: Daisuke Iwaki; Hiroaki Mitsuzawa; Seiji Murakami; Hitomi Sano; Masanori Konishi; Toyoaki Akino; Yoshio Kuroki
The extracellular toll-like receptor 2 domain directly binds peptidoglycan derived from Staphylococcus aureus.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2002;277(27):24315-20.
2002: Seiji Murakami; Daisuke Iwaki; Hiroaki Mitsuzawa; Hitomi Sano; Hiroki Takahashi; Dennis R Voelker; Toyoaki Akino; Yoshio Kuroki
Surfactant protein A inhibits peptidoglycan-induced tumor necrosis factor-alpha secretion in U937 cells and alveolar macrophages by direct interaction with toll-like receptor 2.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2002;277(9):6830-7.
2002: Yoshio Kuroki
[Recent advances in innate immune host defense--hose defense lectins and endotoxin receptors].
[Hokkaido igaku zasshi] The Hokkaido journal of medical science 2002;77(1):3-7.
2001: Hiroaki Mitsuzawa; Ikuo Wada; Hitomi Sano; Daisuke Iwaki; Seiji Murakami; Tetsuo Himi; Norio Matsushima; Yoshio Kuroki
Extracellular Toll-like receptor 2 region containing Ser40-Ile64 but not Cys30-Ser39 is critical for the recognition of Staphylococcus aureus peptidoglycan.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2001;276(44):41350-6.
2001: Hitoshi Sohma; Hiroko Ohkawa; Toyoaki Akino; Yoshio Kuroki
Binding of annexins to lung lamellar bodies and the PMA-stimulated secretion of annexin V from alveolar type II cells.
Journal of biochemistry 2001;130(3):449-55.
2001: Hitoshi Sohma; Hiroko Ohkawa; Eri Hashimoto; Sadamu Toki; Hiroki Ozawa; Yoshio Kuroki; Tsuyoshi Saito
Alteration of annexin IV expression in alcoholics.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2001;25(6 Suppl):55S-8S.
2001: Hitoshi Sohma; Carl E Creutz; Shinsei Gasa; Hiroko Ohkawa; Toyoaki Akino; Yoshio Kuroki
Differential lipid specificities of the repeated domains of annexin IV.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2001;1546(1):205-15.
2001: Hiroki Takahashi; Y Imai; Takuya Fujishima; Masanori Shiratori; Seiji Murakami; Hirofumi Chiba; H Kon; Yoshio Kuroki; Shosaku Abe
Diagnostic significance of surfactant proteins A and D in sera from patients with radiation pneumonitis.
The European respiratory journal : official journal of the European Society for Clinical Respiratory Physiology 2001;17(3):481-7.
2001: T Maeda; Akiko Maeda; I Maruyama; KI Ogawa; Yoshio Kuroki; Hiroeki Sahara; Noriyuki Sato; Hiroshi Ohguro
Mechanisms of photoreceptor cell death in cancer-associated retinopathy.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 2001;42(3):705-12.
2001: Hirofumi Chiba; Hitomi Sano; Daisuke Iwaki; Seiji Murakami; Hiroaki Mitsuzawa; Toru Takahashi; Masanori Konishi; Hiroki Takahashi; Yoshio Kuroki
Rat mannose-binding protein a binds CD14.
Infection and immunity 2001;69(3):1587-92.
2001: Akiko Maeda; Hiroshi Ohguro; Yuki Nabeta; Yoshihiko Hirohashi; Hiroeki Sahara; T Maeda; Yoshimasa Wada; Tsutomu Sato; C Yun; Y Nishimura; Toshihiko Torigoe; Yoshio Kuroki; Noriyuki Sato
Identification of human antitumor cytotoxic T lymphocytes epitopes of recoverin, a cancer-associated retinopathy antigen, possibly related with a better prognosis in a paraneoplastic syndrome.
European journal of immunology 2001;31(2):563-72.
2000: Hiroki Takahashi; Takuya Fujishima; Hiroyuki Koba; Seiji Murakami; K Kurokawa; Y Shibuya; Masanori Shiratori; Yoshio Kuroki; Shosaku Abe
Serum surfactant proteins A and D as prognostic factors in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and their relationship to disease extent.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2000;162(3 Pt 1):1109-14.
2000: Hitomi Sano; Hirofumi Chiba; Daisuke Iwaki; Hitoshi Sohma; Dennis R Voelker; Yoshio Kuroki
Surfactant proteins A and D bind CD14 by different mechanisms.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2000;275(29):22442-51.
2000: Hiroki Takahashi; Yoshio Kuroki; Hiroshi Tanaka; Tsuyoshi Saito; K Kurokawa; Hirofumi Chiba; A Sagawa; H Nagae; Shosaku Abe
Serum levels of surfactant proteins A and D are useful biomarkers for interstitial lung disease in patients with progressive systemic sclerosis.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2000;162(1):258-63.
2000: Akiko Maeda; Hiroshi Ohguro; T Maeda; I Wada; Noriyuki Sato; Yoshio Kuroki; T Nakagawa
Aberrant expression of photoreceptor-specific calcium-binding protein (recoverin) in cancer cell lines.
Cancer research 2000;60(7):1914-20.
2000: T Maeda; Hiroshi Ohguro; Hitoshi Sohma; Yoshio Kuroki; H Wada; S Okisaka; A Murakami
Purification and characterization of bovine cone arrestin (cArr).
FEBS letters 2000;470(3):336-40.
2000: M Saitoh; Hitomi Sano; Hirofumi Chiba; Seiji Murakami; Daisuke Iwaki; Hitoshi Sohma; Dennis R Voelker; Toyoaki Akino; Yoshio Kuroki
Importance of the carboxy-terminal 25 amino acid residues of lung collectins in interactions with lipids and alveolar type II cells.
Biochemistry 2000;39(5):1059-66.
1999: Akiko Maeda; Hiroshi Ohguro; T Maeda; T Nakagawa; Yoshio Kuroki
Low expression of alphaA-crystallins and rhodopsin kinase of photoreceptors in retinal dystrophy rat.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 1999;40(12):2788-94.
1999: Yoshio Kuroki; Hiroki Takahashi
[Pulmonary surfactant proteins SP-A and SP-D].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 1999;57 Suppl():309-12.
1999: Hitomi Sano; Hitoshi Sohma; T Muta; S Nomura; Dennis R Voelker; Yoshio Kuroki
Pulmonary surfactant protein A modulates the cellular response to smooth and rough lipopolysaccharides by interaction with CD14.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 1999;163(1):387-95.
1999: Hitoshi Sohma; Carl E Creutz; M Saitoh; Hitomi Sano; Yoshio Kuroki; Dennis R Voelker; Toyoaki Akino
Characterization of the Ca2+-dependent binding of annexin IV to surfactant protein A.
The Biochemical journal 1999;341 ( Pt 1)():203-9.
1999: Yoshio Kuroki; Hitomi Sano
Functional roles and structural analysis of lung collectins SP-A and SP-D.
Biology of the neonate 1999;76 Suppl 1():19-21.
1999: Hirofumi Chiba; Hitomi Sano; M Saitoh; Hitoshi Sohma; Dennis R Voelker; Toyoaki Akino; Yoshio Kuroki
Introduction of mannose binding protein-type phosphatidylinositol recognition into pulmonary surfactant protein A.
Biochemistry 1999;38(22):7321-31.
1998: Yoshio Kuroki; Hiroki Takahashi; Hirofumi Chiba; Toyoaki Akino
Surfactant proteins A and D: disease markers.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1998;1408(2-3):334-45.
1998: W Tsunezawa; Hitomi Sano; Hitoshi Sohma; Francis X McCormack; Dennis R Voelker; Yoshio Kuroki
Site-directed mutagenesis of surfactant protein A reveals dissociation of lipid aggregation and lipid uptake by alveolar type II cells.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1998;1387(1-2):433-46.
1998: Yoshio Kuroki; Hitomi Sano; Hitoshi Sohma; Toyoaki Akino
[Pulmonary surfactant proteins: structure, function, pathophysiology].
Tanpakushitsu kakusan koso. Protein, nucleic acid, enzyme 1998;43(7):834-46.
1998: Surapon Pattanajitvilai; Yoshio Kuroki; W Tsunezawa; Francis X McCormack; Dennis R Voelker
Mutational analysis of Arg197 of rat surfactant protein A. His197 creates specific lipid uptake defects.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1998;273(10):5702-7.
1998: Hitomi Sano; Yoshio Kuroki; T Honma; Y Ogasawara; Hitoshi Sohma; Dennis R Voelker; Toyoaki Akino
Analysis of chimeric proteins identifies the regions in the carbohydrate recognition domains of rat lung collectins that are essential for interactions with phospholipids, glycolipids, and alveolar type II cells.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1998;273(8):4783-9.
1998: Noriharu Shijubo; Y Honda; Yoshihira Itoh; T Yamaguchi; Yoshio Kuroki; Toyoaki Akino; T Kawai; Shosaku Abe
BAL surfactant protein A and Clara cell 10-kDa protein levels in healthy subjects.
Lung 1998;176(4):257-65.
1997: Yoshio Kuroki; T Honma; Hirofumi Chiba; Hitomi Sano; M Saitoh; Y Ogasawara; Hitoshi Sohma; Toyoaki Akino
A novel type of binding specificity to phospholipids for rat mannose-binding proteins isolated from serum and liver.
FEBS letters 1997;414(2):387-92.
1997: T Honma; Yoshio Kuroki; W Tsunezawa; Y Ogasawara; Hitoshi Sohma; Dennis R Voelker; Toyoaki Akino
The mannose-binding protein A region of glutamic acid185-alanine221 can functionally replace the surfactant protein A region of glutamic acid195-phenylalanine228 without loss of interaction with lipids and alveolar type II cells.
Biochemistry 1997;36(23):7176-84.
1997: A Hattori; Yoshio Kuroki; Hiroki Takahashi; Hitoshi Sohma; Toyoaki Akino
Immunoglobulin G is associated with surfactant protein A aggregate isolated from patients with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 1997;155(5):1785-8.
1996: Y Honda; T Fujishima; Y Imai; H Takahashi; Yoshio Kuroki; Toyoaki Akino; Shosaku Abe
[Surfactant protein A in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with idiopathic interstitial pneumonia].
Nihon Kyōbu Shikkan Gakkai zasshi 1996;34(12):1326-30.
1996: A Hattori; Yoshio Kuroki; Hitoshi Sohma; Y Ogasawara; Toyoaki Akino
Human surfactant protein A with two distinct oligomeric structures which exhibit different capacities to interact with alveolar type II cells.
The Biochemical journal 1996;317 ( Pt 3)():939-44.
1996: A Hattori; Yoshio Kuroki; T Katoh; H Takahashi; H Q Shen; Y Suzuki; Toyoaki Akino
Surfactant protein A accumulating in the alveoli of patients with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: oligomeric structure and interaction with lipids.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology 1996;14(6):608-19.
1996: Yoshio Kuroki; M Shiratori; Y Ogasawara; A Hattori; W Tsunezawa; T Honma; Toyoaki Akino
Interaction of phospholipid liposomes with plasma membrane isolated from alveolar type II cells: effect of pulmonary surfactant protein A.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1996;1281(1):53-9.
1996: Y Honda; H Takahashi; Yoshio Kuroki; Toyoaki Akino; Shosaku Abe
Decreased contents of surfactant proteins A and D in BAL fluids of healthy smokers.
Chest 1996;109(4):1006-9.
1996: Yoshio Kuroki; Y Ogasawara
[Recent advances in molecular biology with respect to pulmonary surfactant apoproteins].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 1996;54(2):334-40.
1996: H Takahashi; Yoshio Kuroki; Y Honda; Noriharu Shijubo; Michio Hirasawa; T Fujishima; Toyoaki Akino; Shosaku Abe
Lipid analysis and surfactant-associated protein expression in lung adenocarcinoma cells from pleural effusion.
Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases 1996;63(6):390-6.
1995: Y Honda; Yoshio Kuroki; E Matsuura; H Nagae; H Takahashi; Toyoaki Akino; Shosaku Abe
Pulmonary surfactant protein D in sera and bronchoalveolar lavage fluids.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 1995;152(6 Pt 1):1860-6.
1995: Hitoshi Sohma; Norio Matsushima; T Watanabe; A Hattori; Yoshio Kuroki; Toyoaki Akino
Ca(2+)-dependent binding of annexin IV to surfactant protein A and lamellar bodies in alveolar type II cells.
The Biochemical journal 1995;312 ( Pt 1)():175-81.
1995: Shosaku Abe; Y Honda; M Ando; N Saita; K Kida; S Jinno; A Kondo; Yoshio Kuroki; Toyoaki Akino
[Clinical significance of levels of lung surfactant protein A in serum, in various lung diseases].
Nihon Kyōbu Shikkan Gakkai zasshi 1995;33(11):1219-25.
1995: Norio Hiraike; Hitoshi Sohma; Yoshio Kuroki; Toyoaki Akino
Epitope mapping for monoclonal antibody against human surfactant protein A (SP-A) that alters receptor binding of SP-A and the SP-A-dependent regulation of phospholipid secretion by alveolar type II cells.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1995;1257(3):214-22.
1995: Noriharu Shijubo; Y Honda; T Fujishima; H Takahashi; T Kodama; Yoshio Kuroki; Toyoaki Akino; Shosaku Abe
Lung surfactant protein-A and carcinoembryonic antigen in pleural effusions due to lung adenocarcinoma and malignant mesothelioma.
The European respiratory journal : official journal of the European Society for Clinical Respiratory Physiology 1995;8(3):403-6.
1995: Y Honda; Yoshio Kuroki; Noriharu Shijubo; T Fujishima; H Takahashi; K Hosoda; Toyoaki Akino; Shosaku Abe
Aberrant appearance of lung surfactant protein A in sera of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and its clinical significance.
Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases 1995;62(2):64-9.
1994: Yoshio Kuroki; Dennis R Voelker
Pulmonary surfactant proteins.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1994;269(42):25943-6.
1994: T Inoue; E Matsuura; A Nagata; Y Ogasawara; A Hattori; Yoshio Kuroki; S Fujimoto; Toyoaki Akino
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for human pulmonary surfactant protein D.
Journal of immunological methods 1994;173(2):157-64.
1994: Yoshio Kuroki
[Lipid binding properties of lung specific C-type lectins, pulmonary surfactant proteins SP-A and SP-D].
Seikagaku. The Journal of Japanese Biochemical Society 1994;66(1):53-7.
1993: Hitoshi Sohma; A Hattori; Yoshio Kuroki; Toyoaki Akino
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