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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, Jun Aketagawa, Shigenori Tanaka, Yûkô Shibata

Carbohydrate Research · 1991 · 157 citations · 24 references

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Fractionation and purification of the polysaccharides with marked antitumor activity, especially lentinan, from Lentinus edodes (Berk.) Sing. (an edible mushroom).

Goro Chihara, Junji Hamuro, Yukiko Maeda et al. · PubMed · 1970 · 561 citations

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Conformation‐dependent <sup>13</sup>C chemical shifts: A new means of conformational characterization as obtained by high‐resolution solid‐state <sup>13</sup>C NMR

Hazime Saitô · Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry · 1986 · 389 citations

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A new (1 → 3)‐β‐D‐glucan‐mediated coagulation pathway found in <i>limulus</i> amebocytes

Takashi Morita, Shigenori Tanaka, Takanori Nakamura et al. · FEBS Letters · 1981 · 222 citations

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Activation of pro-phenoloxidase by bacterial cell walls or β-1,3-glucans in plasma of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Masaaki Ashida, Yuhko Ishizaki, Hidenori Iwahana · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1983 · 159 citations

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Correlation between the antitumor activity of a polysaccharide schizophyllan and its triple-helical conformation in dilute aqueous solution

Toshio Yanaki, Wataru Ito, Kengo Tabata et al. · Biophysical Chemistry · 1983 · 141 citations

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