Takasi Okimura

Effects of sulfated fucan, ascophyllan, from the brown Alga Ascophyllum nodosum on various cell lines: A comparative study on ascophyllan and fucoidan

Zedong Jiang, Takasi Okimura, Takeshi Yokose et al. · Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering · 2010 · 96 citations · Full text

Biology, Physiological Plant Pathology, Various Cell Lines +9

The potent activity of sulfated polysaccharide, ascophyllan, isolated from Ascophyllum nodosum to induce nitric oxide and cytokine production from mouse macrophage RAW264.7 cells: Comparison between ascophyllan and fucoidan

Zedong Jiang, Takasi Okimura, Kenichi Yamaguchi et al. · Nitric Oxide · 2011 · 82 citations · Full text

Inflammation, Anti-inflammatory, Nitric Oxide +10

Anti-metastatic effects of the sulfated polysaccharide ascophyllan isolated from Ascophyllum nodosum on B16 melanoma

Ryogo Abu, Zedong Jiang, M. Ueno et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2015 · 67 citations

Medicine, Melanoma, Glycobiology +6

Ascophyllan Purified from Ascophyllum nodosum Induces Th1 and Tc1 Immune Responses by Promoting Dendritic Cell Maturation

Wei Zhang, Jiangyuan Du, Zedong Jiang et al. · Marine Drugs · 2014 · 65 citations · Full text

Immunology, Immune Regulation, Spleen Cdcs +28

In vitro antioxidant activities of sulfated polysaccharide ascophyllan isolated from Ascophyllum nodosum

Ryogo Abu, Zedong Jiang, M. Ueno et al. · International Journal of Biological Macromolecules · 2013 · 50 citations · Full text

Vitro Antioxidant Activities, Biochemistry, Medicine +10