Editorial Board
Kentaro Kato
Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University · Japan
Editorial leadership for Journal of Glycomics And Metabolism ISSN 2572-5424
Research interests
- Parasite-Host Interactions Via Sugar Chains
- Glycobiology
- Mucin
- Parasite
- O-Glycosylation
- N-Glycosylation
Biography
- 1989-1992: Shonan High School, Kanagawa, Japan
- 1993-1997: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University (B.Sc.), Hokkaido, Japan
- 1999-2004: Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo (Ph.D), Tokyo, Japan
- 2004-2008: Visiting research assistant, Odontologisk Institute/ Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics/ Institute of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Panum Instituttet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2008-2010: Postdoctoral fellow, Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Frontier Research Center for Post-genomic Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- 2010-: Assistant professor, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
Selected publications
- Molecular basis for fibroblast growth factor 23 O-glycosylation by GalNAc-T3 2020 cited 71×
- Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase-Associated Phenotypes in Mammals 2021 cited 35×
- Comparison of hemolytic activity of the intermediate subunit of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar lectins 2017 cited 9×
- Identification of Multiple Domains of Entamoeba histolytica Intermediate Subunit Lectin-1 with Hemolytic and Cytotoxic Activities 2022 cited 6×
- A new accumulation assay of Schistosoma mansoni miracidia using square capillary glass tubes 2022 cited 4×
- The extracellular region of Trypanosoma congolense Membrane Bound Acid Phosphatase induces partial protection in immunized BALB/c mice Recent 2025 cited 1×
Ranked by citation impact (Crossref) where available, newest otherwise · verified via ORCID.
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This journal is guided by Kentaro Kato (Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University) and a peer-review board of practising researchers. Open access, author-retained copyright (CC BY), and a clear editorial process.