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

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

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

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

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