Hitoo Iwase

Mass spectrometry proves under-O-glycosylation of glomerular IgA1 in IgA nephropathy

Yoshiyuki Hiki, Hiroko Odani, Mami Takahashi et al. · Kidney International · 2001 · 359 citations

Glomerular Disease, Glomerulonephritis, Biochemistry +11

Enzymatically deglycosylated human IgA1 molecules accumulate and induce inflammatory cell reaction in rat glomeruli

Takashi Sano, Yoshiyuki Hiki, Tohru Kokubo et al. · Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation · 2002 · 196 citations

Protective role of IgA1 glycans against IgA1 self-aggregation and adhesion to extracellular matrix proteins.

Tohru Kokubo, Yosio Hiki, Hitoo Iwase et al. · Journal of the American Society of Nephrology · 1998 · 163 citations

Cell Adhesion, Immunology, Glycobiology +23

Analyses of IgA1 hinge glycopeptides in IgA nephropathy by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry.

Yosio Hiki, Atsushi Tanaka, Tohru Kokubo et al. · Journal of the American Society of Nephrology · 1998 · 125 citations

Engineering, Glycobiology, Biological Mass Spectrometry +20

Underglycosylation of IgA1 Hinge Plays a Certain Role for Its Glomerular Deposition in IgA Nephropathy

Yoshiyuki Hiki, Tohru Kokubo, Hitoo Iwase et al. · Journal of the American Society of Nephrology · 1999 · 120 citations