Yoshio Kuroki
Sapporo Medical University
177 Papers
3.2K Citations
Yoshio Kuroki is an academic researcher from Sapporo Medical University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Surfactant protein A & Collectin. The author has an hindex of 58, co-authored 177 publications. Previous affiliations of Yoshio Kuroki include Sapporo University & RMIT University.
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Surfactant Protein D Inhibits Adherence of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli to the Bladder Epithelial Cells and the Bacterium-induced Cytotoxicity A POSSIBLE FUNCTION IN URINARY TRACT
Yuichiro Kurimura,Chiaki Nishitani,Shigeru Ariki,Atsushi Saito,Yoshihiro Hasegawa,Motoko Takahashi,Jiro Hashimoto,Satoshi Takahashi,Taiji Tsukamoto,Yoshio Kuroki +9 more
TL;DR: The exogenous administration of SP-D inhibited UPEC adherence to the bladder and dampened UPEC-induced inflammation in mice, supporting the conclusion thatSP-D can protect the bladder urothelium against UPEC infection and suggesting a possible function of SP -D in urinary tract.
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Differential lipid specificities of the repeated domains of annexin IV.
TL;DR: Analysis of the binding of a group of mutant annexins IV in which one or more of the four domains was inactivated by replacing a critical amino residue(s) with the neutral residue Ala reveals that individual annexin domains may have characteristic affinities for different lipids.
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Introduction of mannose binding protein-type phosphatidylinositol recognition into pulmonary surfactant protein A.
Hirofumi Chiba,Hitomi Sano,Masaki Saitoh,Hitoshi Sohma,Dennis R. Voelker,Toyoaki Akino,Yoshio Kuroki +6 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the amino acid residues 174-194 of SP-A and the corresponding region of MBP-A are critical forSP-A-type II cell interaction and Ca2+-dependent lipid binding of collectins.
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Importance of the carboxy-terminal 25 amino acid residues of lung collectins in interactions with lipids and alveolar type II cells.
Masaki Saitoh,Hitomi Sano,Hirofumi Chiba,Seiji Murakami,Daisuke Iwaki,Hitoshi Sohma,Dennis R. Voelker,Toyoaki Akino,Yoshio Kuroki +8 more
TL;DR: A critical stretch of primary sequence in the SP-A region Leu(219)-Phe(228) is required for liposome aggregation and interaction with alveolar type II cells, and the epitope for mAb 1D6 is located at the region contiguous to the SP/SP-D region Cys(204-Cys(218-Phe)(228).
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Mannose binding lectin and lung collectins interact with Toll-like receptor 4 and MD-2 by different mechanisms.
Takeyuki Shimizu,Chiaki Nishitani,Hiroaki Mitsuzawa,Shigeru Ariki,Motoko Takahashi,Katsuki Ohtani,Nobutaka Wakamiya,Yoshio Kuroki +7 more
TL;DR: Results suggested that MBL binds to TLR4 and MD-2 through the carbohydrate-recognition domain, and that oligosaccharide moieties of TLR 4 andMD-2 are important for recognition by MBL.
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