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• Bacteria hijack integrin-linked kinase to stabilize focal adhesions and block cell detachment.

  The rapid turnover and exfoliation of mucosal epithelial cells provides an innate defence system against bacterial infection. Nevertheless, many patho…

  Authors: Minsoo Kim, Michinaga Ogawa, Yukihiro Fujita, Yuko Yoshikawa, Takeshi Nagai, Tomohiro Koyama, Shinya Nagai, Anika Lange, Reinhard Fässler, Chihiro Sasakawa

  Source: Nature. 2009 May 28

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• Microtubules modulate the stiffness of cardiomyocytes against shear stress.

  Although microtubules are involved in various pathological conditions of the heart including hypertrophy and congestive heart failure, the mechanical …

  Authors: Satoshi Nishimura, Shinya Nagai, Masayoshi Katoh, Hiroshi Yamashita, Yasutake Saeki, Jun-ichi Okada, Toshiaki Hisada, Ryozo Nagai, Seiryo Sugiura

  Source: Circulation research. 2006 Jan 6

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• Detection of anti-human T-lymphotropic virus type I antibody in whole blood by a novel counting immunoassay.

  BACKGROUND: Assays to screen for and confirm the presence of the antibody for human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) are currently performed with …

  Authors: Kazunari Yamaguchi, Yuji Yonemura, Hiroaki Okabe, Yoichi Takahama, Shinya Nagai, Haruki Yamaguchi, Kojiro Hirai

  Source: Clinical chemistry. 2003 Feb

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• Expression of green fluorescent protein impairs the force-generating ability of isolated rat ventricular cardiomyocytes.

  Green fluorescent protein (GFP) is widely used as a biologically inert expression marker for studying the effects of transgene expression in heart tis…

  Authors: Satoshi Nishimura, Shinya Nagai, Masataka Sata, Masayoshi Katoh, Hiroshi Yamashita, Yasutake Saeki, Ryozo Nagai, Seiryo Sugiura

  Source: Molecular and cellular biochemistry. 2006 Jun

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• Development of a genetically modified nontoxigenic Pasteurella multocida toxin as a candidate for use in vaccines against progressive atrophic rhinitis in pigs.

  OBJECTIVE: To construct a genetically modified nontoxigenic Pasteurella multocida toxin (PMT) and examine its immunoprotective activity against challe…

  Authors: Ho To, Shuichi Someno, Shinya Nagai

  Source: American journal of veterinary research. 2005 Jan

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• Detection of five avian Eimeria species by species-specific real-time polymerase chain reaction assay.

  To detect five different avian Eimeria species, we applied the SYBR Green-based real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for the diagnosis of f…

  Authors: Fumiya Kawahara, Kensuke Taira, Shinya Nagai, Hiroshi Onaga, Misao Onuma, Tetsuo Nunoya

  Source: Avian diseases. 2008 Dec

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• Genetic and antigenic diversity of the surface protective antigen proteins of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.

  The surface protective antigen (Spa) protein of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae has been shown to be highly immunogenic and is a potential candidate for …

  Authors: Ho To, Shinya Nagai

  Source: Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI. 2007 Jul

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• Differentiation of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae strains by nucleotide sequence analysis of a hypervariable region in the spaA gene: discrimination of a live vaccine strain from field isolates.

  Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae causes erysipelas in swine and is considered a reemerging disease contributing substantially to economic losses in the sw…

  Authors: Shinya Nagai, Ho To, Akira Kanda

  Source: Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc. 2008 May

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• Isolation of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serovar 15-like strain from a field case of porcine pleuropneumonia in Japan.

  An Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae strain isolated from a field case of porcine pleuropneumonia in Japan, was closely related to a reference strain of…

  Authors: Tomohiro Koyama, Ho To, Shinya Nagai

  Source: The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science. 2007 Sep

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• Development of quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction for detection of and discrimination between Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae and other Erysipelothrix species.

  Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assays were developed and validated in combination with enrichment culture for the detection a…

  Authors: Ho To, Tomohiro Koyama, Shinya Nagai, Kotaro Tuchiya, Tetsuo Nunoya

  Source: Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc. 2009 Sep

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