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β-1,3-Galactosyl-O-Glycosyl-Glycoprotein β-1,6-N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferase 3 Increases MCAM Stability, Which Enhances S100A8/A9-Mediated Cancer Motility

I Wayan Sumardika^*†, Chen Youyi^*, Eisaku Kondo^‡, Yusuke Inoue^§, I Made Winarsa Ruma^*†, Hitoshi Murata^*, Rie Kinoshita^*, Ken-Ichi Yamamoto^*, Shuta Tomida^¶, Kazuhiko Shien^#, Hiroki Sato^#, Akira Yamauchi^**, Junichiro Futami^††, Endy Widya Putranto^‡‡, Toshihiko Hibino^§§, Shinichi Toyooka^¶#¶¶, Masahiro Nishibori^##, Masakiyo Sakaguchi^*

* Department of Cell Biology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
† Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University, Bali, Indonesia
‡ Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
§ Faculty of Science and Technology, Division of Molecular Science, Gunma University, Gunma, Japan
¶ Department of Biobank, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
# Departments of Thoracic, Breast and Endocrinological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
** Department of Biochemistry, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan
†† Department of Medical and Bioengineering Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama, Japan
‡‡ Department of Pediatrics, Dr. Sardjito Hospital/Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
§§ Department of Dermatology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
¶¶ Department of Clinical Genomic Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
## Department of Pharmacology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan