Yukishige Ito

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus

lab-animal 2023

Identification and characterization of endo-α-, exo-α-, and exo-β-D-arabinofuranosidases degrading lipoarabinomannan and arabinogalactan of mycobacteria

Nature communications ·doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41431-2

The cell walls of pathogenic and acidophilic bacteria, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium leprae, contain lipoarabinomannan and arabinogalactan. These components are composed of D-arabinose, the enantiomer of the typical L…

diagnostic-accuracy 2020

C-Mannosyl tryptophan increases in the plasma of patients with ovarian cancer

Oncology letters ·doi:10.3892/ol.2019.11161

Ovarian cancer survival is poor, in part, because there are no specific biomarkers for early diagnosis. C-Mannosyl tryptophan (CMW) is a structurally unique glycosylated amino acid recently identified as a novel biomarker of renal dysfuncti…