Genetics, Structure, and Function of Group A Streptococcal Pili

by Masanobu Nakata, Bernd Kreikemeyer
Published 2021-02-01

Hydrogen peroxide produced by oral Streptococci induces macrophage cell death.

by Nobuo Okahashi, Masanobu Nakata, Tomoko Sumitomo, Yutaka Terao, Shigetada Kawabata
Published 2013-01-01

Oral Biofilms from Symbiotic to Pathogenic Interactions and Associated Disease –Connection of Periodontitis and Rheumatic Arthritis by Peptidylarginine Deiminase

by Katja Kriebel, Cathleen Hieke, Brigitte Müller-Hilke, Masanobu Nakata, Bernd Kreikemeyer
Published 2018-01-01

Competence-induced protein Ccs4 facilitates pneumococcal invasion into brain tissue and virulence in meningitis

by Yujiro Hirose, Masaya Yamaguchi, Kana Goto, Tomoko Sumitomo, Masanobu Nakata, Shigetada Kawabata
Published 2018-12-01

Hydrogen peroxide contributes to the epithelial cell death induced by the oral mitis group of streptococci.

by Nobuo Okahashi, Tomoko Sumitomo, Masanobu Nakata, Atsuo Sakurai, Hirotaka Kuwata, Shigetada Kawabata
Published 2014-01-01

Streptococcal H2O2 inhibits IgE-triggered degranulation of RBL-2H3 mast cell/basophil cell line by inducing cell death.

by Nobuo Okahashi, Masanobu Nakata, Yujiro Hirose, Hirobumi Morisaki, Hideo Kataoka, Hirotaka Kuwata, Shigetada Kawabata
Published 2020-01-01

Streptococcus sanguinis induces neutrophil cell death by production of hydrogen peroxide.

by Ryuichi Sumioka, Masanobu Nakata, Nobuo Okahashi, Yixuan Li, Satoshi Wada, Masaya Yamaguchi, Tomoko Sumitomo, Mikako Hayashi, Shigetada Kawabata
Published 2017-01-01

Cell wall-anchored nuclease of Streptococcus sanguinis contributes to escape from neutrophil extracellular trap-mediated bacteriocidal activity.

by Chisato Morita, Ryuichi Sumioka, Masanobu Nakata, Nobuo Okahashi, Satoshi Wada, Takashi Yamashiro, Mikako Hayashi, Shigeyuki Hamada, Tomoko Sumitomo, Shigetada Kawabata
Published 2014-01-01

Streptococcus pneumoniae Evades Host Cell Phagocytosis and Limits Host Mortality Through Its Cell Wall Anchoring Protein PfbA

by Masaya Yamaguchi, Yujiro Hirose, Moe Takemura, Moe Takemura, Masayuki Ono, Masayuki Ono, Tomoko Sumitomo, Masanobu Nakata, Yutaka Terao, Shigetada Kawabata
Published 2019-08-01

Role of BgaA as a Pneumococcal Virulence Factor Elucidated by Molecular Evolutionary Analysis

by Masaya Yamaguchi, Moe Takemura, Moe Takemura, Kotaro Higashi, Kana Goto, Yujiro Hirose, Tomoko Sumitomo, Masanobu Nakata, Narikazu Uzawa, Shigetada Kawabata
Published 2020-09-01

Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus endocarditis isolate interferes with coagulation and activates the contact system

by Julia Isenring, Juliane Köhler, Masanobu Nakata, Marcus Frank, Christoph Jans, Pierre Renault, Camille Danne, Shaynoor Dramsi, Bernd Kreikemeyer, Sonja Oehmcke-Hecht
Published 2018-12-01

Streptococcal Cysteine Protease-Mediated Cleavage of Desmogleins Is Involved in the Pathogenesis of Cutaneous Infection

by Tomoko Sumitomo, Yasushi Mori, Yasushi Mori, Yuumi Nakamura, Mariko Honda-Ogawa, Seitaro Nakagawa, Masaya Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Matsue, Yutaka Terao, Masanobu Nakata, Shigetada Kawabata
Published 2018-01-01

Comprehensive analysis of bacteriocins in Streptococcus mutans

by Atsuko Watanabe, Miki Kawada-Matsuo, Mi Nguyen-Tra Le, Junzo Hisatsune, Yuichi Oogai, Yoshio Nakano, Masanobu Nakata, Shouichi Miyawaki, Motoyuki Sugai, Hitoshi Komatsuzawa
Published 2021-06-01

Streptococcus pyogenes upregulates arginine catabolism to exert its pathogenesis on the skin surface

by Yujiro Hirose, Masaya Yamaguchi, Tomoko Sumitomo, Masanobu Nakata, Tomoki Hanada, Daisuke Okuzaki, Daisuke Motooka, Yasushi Mori, Hiroshi Kawasaki, Alison Coady, Satoshi Uchiyama, Masanobu Hiraoka, Raymond H. Zurich, Masayuki Amagai, Victor Nizet, Shigetada Kawabata
Published 2021-03-01