Yûko Yoshioka

Relationship between conformation and biological response for (1→3)-β-d-glucans in the activation of coagulation Factor G from limulus amebocyte lysate and host-mediated antitumor activity. Demonstration of single-helix conformation as a stimulant.

Hazime Saitô, Yûko Yoshioka, Nobuaki Uehara et al. · Carbohydrate Research · 1991 · 156 citations

Signal Transduction, Immunology, Glycobiology +8

Antitumor polysaccharides from P. ostreatus (Fr.) quél.: Isolation and structure of a β-glucan

Yûko Yoshioka, Ryoko Tabeta, Hazime Saitô et al. · Carbohydrate Research · 1985 · 123 citations

Medicinal Chemistry, Bioorganic Chemistry, Biochemistry +10

Effect of hydration on conformational change or stabilization of (1 .fwdarw. 3)-.beta.-D-glucans of various chain lengths in the solid state as studied by high-resolution solid-state carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy

Hazime Saitô, Motoko Yokoi, Yûko Yoshioka · Macromolecules · 1989 · 82 citations

Engineering, Glycobiology, Various Chain Lengths +16

A High-Resolution Solid-State 13C NMR Study of the Secondary Structure of Branched (1→3)-β-<scp>d</scp>-Glucans from Fungi: Evidence of Two Kinds of Conformers, Curdlan-Type Single-Helix and Laminaran-Type Triple-Helix Forms, as Manifested from the Conformation-Dependent 13C Chemical Shifts

Hazime Saitô, Ryoko Tabeta, Yûko Yoshioka et al. · Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan · 1987 · 49 citations · Full text

Secondary Structure, Glycobiology, Molecular Biology +17

A ¹³C nuclear magnetic resonance study of a gel‐forming branched (1→3)‐β‐D‐glucan, A₃, from <i>Pleurotus ostreatus</i> (Fr.) quél: Determination of side‐chains and conformation of the polymer‐chain in relation to gel‐structure

Hazime Saitô, Toyokazu Ohki, Yûko Yoshioka et al. · FEBS Letters · 1976 · 37 citations

Biopolymer Gel, Macromolecular Science, Engineering +4