Okabe Y

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus · active 2019-2024
2024
A Significant Increase in the Serum Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9 Level Accompanied by Acute Cholecystitis and Choledocholithiasis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) ·doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.2597-23

An 80-year-old man with jaundice and fatigue was referred to our hospital. A laboratory examination revealed increased levels of hepatobiliary enzymes, and CA19-9 levels increased to 29,512 U/mL. Based on the findings of imaging examination…

2019
Crystal structure of the complex between venom toxin and serum inhibitor from Viperidae snake.
The Journal of biological chemistry ·doi:10.1074/jbc.ra118.006840

Venomous snakes have endogenous proteins that neutralize the toxicity of their venom components. We previously identified five small serum proteins (SSP-1-SSP-5) from a highly venomous snake belonging to the family Viperidae as inhibitors o…