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• ErbB2 receptor tyrosine kinase signaling mediates early demyelination induced by leprosy bacilli.

  Demyelination is a common pathologic feature in many neurodegenerative diseases including infection with leprosy-causing Mycobacterium leprae. Because…

  Authors: Nikos Tapinos, Makoto Ohnishi, Anura Rambukkana

  Source: Nature medicine. 2006 Aug

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• Inference of the impact of insertion sequence (IS) elements on bacterial genome diversification through analysis of small-size structural polymorphisms in Escherichia coli O157 genomes.

  Mobile genetic elements play important roles in the evolution and diversification of bacterial genomes. In enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157, a …

  Authors: Tadasuke Ooka, Yoshitoshi Ogura, Md Asadulghani, Makoto Ohnishi, Keisuke Nakayama, Jun Terajima, Haruo Watanabe, Tetsuya Hayashi

  Source: Genome research. 2009 Oct

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• Spread of a chromosomal cefixime-resistant penA gene among different Neisseria gonorrhoeae lineages.

  In Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the mosaic type of penA, which encodes penicillin-binding protein 2 (PBP 2), is associated with reduced susceptibility to or…

  Authors: Makoto Ohnishi, Yuko Watanabe, Emi Ono, Chieko Takahashi, Hitomi Oya, Toshiro Kuroki, Ken Shimuta, Norio Okazaki, Shu-ichi Nakayama, Haruo Watanabe

  Source: Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 2010 Mar

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• Transcription of the ehx enterohemolysin gene is positively regulated by GrlA, a global regulator encoded within the locus of enterocyte effacement in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli.

  The pathogenicity island termed locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) encodes a type 3 protein secretion system, whose function is required for full vi…

  Authors: Takehito Saitoh, Sunao Iyoda, Shouji Yamamoto, Yan Lu, Ken Shimuta, Makoto Ohnishi, Jun Terajima, Haruo Watanabe

  Source: Journal of bacteriology. 2008 Jul

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• Development of a multiplex PCR-based rapid typing method for enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 strains.

  Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 (EHEC O157) is a food-borne pathogen that has raised worldwide public health concern. The development of simpl…

  Authors: Tadasuke Ooka, Jun Terajima, Masahiro Kusumoto, Atsushi Iguchi, Ken Kurokawa, Yoshitoshi Ogura, Md Asadulghani, Keisuke Nakayama, Kazunori Murase, Makoto Ohnishi,…

  Source: Journal of clinical microbiology. 2009 Sep

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• Characterization of Shigella sonnei isolates from travel-associated cases in Japan.

  Shigella sonnei infection in industrialized countries is often associated with foreign travel. A total of 195 S. sonnei isolates in Japan, isolated fr…

  Authors: Hidemasa Izumiya, Yuki Tada, Kenichiro Ito, Tomoko Morita-Ishihara, Makoto Ohnishi, Jun Terajima, Haruo Watanabe

  Source: Journal of medical microbiology. 2009 Nov

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• Appearance and genetic diversity of El Tor Vibrio cholerae O1 that possess classical biotype ctxB among imported cases of cholera in Japan.

  Vibrio cholerae O1 are classified into two biotypes, classical and El Tor, encoding biotype specific cholera toxin. However, El Tor strains have recen…

  Authors: Masatomo Morita, Makoto Ohnishi, Eiji Arakawa, Shouji Yamamoto, G Balakrish Nair, Shigeru Matsushita, Keiko Yokoyama, Akemi Kai, Kazuko Seto, Haruo Watanabe,…

  Source: Journal of medical microbiology. 2010 Mar 11

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• Diagnostic value of integrin alpha3, beta4, and beta5 gene expression levels for the clinical outcome of tongue squamous cell carcinoma.

  BACKGROUND: The objective of the current study was to identify biomarkers that reflect the clinical course of squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue (T…

  Authors: Akira Kurokawa, Masaki Nagata, Nobutaka Kitamura, Arhab A Noman, Makoto Ohnishi, Tokio Ohyama, Takanori Kobayashi, Susumu Shingaki, Ritsuo Takagi, Oral, Maxillofacial Pathology, and Surgery Group

  Source: Cancer. 2008 Mar 15

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• The GrlR-GrlA regulatory system coordinately controls the expression of flagellar and LEE-encoded type III protein secretion systems in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli.

  The gene function of the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) is essential for full virulence of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC). Strict con…

  Authors: Sunao Iyoda, Nobuo Koizumi, Hitomi Satou, Yan Lu, Takehito Saitoh, Makoto Ohnishi, Haruo Watanabe

  Source: Journal of bacteriology. 2006 Aug

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• Simple broad-spectrum protocol using labiase for bacterial cell lysis to prepare genomic DNA for pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis.

  We have developed a simple broad-spectrum protocol using labiase for bacterial cell lysis in pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis. The protocol r…

  Authors: Kozue Oana, Yoshiyuki Kawakami, Tetsuya Hayashi, Makoto Ohnishi

  Source: Microbiology and immunology. 2009 Jan

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