Kouji Itou
Professor
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Tokushima
Japan
Biography
Kouji Itou has done his PhD from The Univiersity of Tokyo in 1986. Currently he is working as Professor in Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science at Tokushima University. His research interests are Molecular Biology, Molecular Pathology, Molecular Therapy, Glycobiology, Analysis of pathogenesis of genetic diseases and development of their therapy, Development of medicinal resources based on glycotechnology and stem cell technology. Several Papers of his work were published in reputed international journals. He is also the member of The Japanese Biochemical Society, The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, The Japanese Society of Carbohydrate Research, Japanese Society for Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Society for Neuroscience, The Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine, The Molecular Biology Society of Japan.
Research Interest
Molecular Biology, Molecular Pathology, Molecular Therapy, Glycobiology.
Publications
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Takahiro Nakamura, Kohei Sato, Naoto Naruse, Keisuke Kitakaze, Tsubasa Inokuma, Takatsugu Hirokawa, Akira Shigenaga, Kouji Itou and Akira Otaka. Tailored synthesis of 162-residue S-monoglycosylated GM2-activator protein (GM2AP) analogues that allows access to protein library. ChemBioChem. 2016, 17(20): 1994.
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Kitakaze Keisuke, Tasaki Chikako, Tajima Youichi, Takatsugu Hirokawa, Daisuke Tsuji, Sakuraba Hitoshi and Kouji Itou. Combined replacement effects of human modified -hexosaminidase B and GM2 activator protein on GM2 gangliosidoses fibroblasts. Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports. 2016, 7: 157-163.
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Eri Kawakita, Daisuke Tsuji, Yosuke Kanno, Kaho Tsuchida and Kouji Itou. Enhancement by Uridine Diphosphate of Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-1 Alpha Production in Microglia Derived from Sandhoff Disease Model Mice. JIMD Reports. 2016, 28: 85-93.
