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Motoyuki Sugai

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1 A novel mechanism of rapid nuclear neutrophil extracellular trap formation in response to Staphylococcus aureus. J Immunol 2010 3.20
2 Reduced content of lysyl-phosphatidylglycerol in the cytoplasmic membrane affects susceptibility to moenomycin, as well as vancomycin, gentamicin, and antimicrobial peptides, in Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2004 2.15
3 Enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli deliver a novel effector called Cif, which blocks cell cycle G2/M transition. Mol Microbiol 2003 1.96
4 Staphylococcus aureus susceptibility to innate antimicrobial peptides, beta-defensins and CAP18, expressed by human keratinocytes. Infect Immun 2003 1.90
5 Identification of the Staphylococcus aureus etd pathogenicity island which encodes a novel exfoliative toxin, ETD, and EDIN-B. Infect Immun 2002 1.89
6 Identification and molecular characterization of an N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidase Sle1 involved in cell separation of Staphylococcus aureus. Mol Microbiol 2005 1.72
7 Induction of keratinocyte migration via transactivation of the epidermal growth factor receptor by the antimicrobial peptide LL-37. J Immunol 2005 1.66
8 Molecular mechanisms of blister formation in bullous impetigo and staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome. J Clin Invest 2002 1.64
9 Bacterial toxins that modulate host cell-cycle progression. Curr Opin Microbiol 2005 1.62
10 Efficient elimination of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by cloned lysin derived from bacteriophage phi MR11. J Infect Dis 2007 1.61
11 Increased prevalence and clonal dissemination of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa with the blaIMP-1 gene cassette in Hiroshima. J Antimicrob Chemother 2009 1.56
12 Susceptibilities of periodontopathogenic and cariogenic bacteria to antibacterial peptides, {beta}-defensins and LL37, produced by human epithelial cells. J Antimicrob Chemother 2005 1.50
13 Cell wall-targeting domain of glycylglycine endopeptidase distinguishes among peptidoglycan cross-bridges. J Biol Chem 2005 1.48
14 The gate controlling cell wall synthesis in Staphylococcus aureus. Mol Microbiol 2004 1.47
15 Emergence in Japan of an imipenem-susceptible, meropenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying blaIMP-6. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2011 1.43
16 Staphylococcal exfoliative toxins: "molecular scissors" of bacteria that attack the cutaneous defense barrier in mammals. J Dermatol Sci 2007 1.37
17 Molecular characterization of an atl null mutant of Staphylococcus aureus. Microbiol Immunol 2002 1.35
18 Staphylococcus aureus MazF specifically cleaves a pentad sequence, UACAU, which is unusually abundant in the mRNA for pathogenic adhesive factor SraP. J Bacteriol 2009 1.31
19 Outer membrane protein 100, a versatile virulence factor of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans. Mol Microbiol 2003 1.23
20 Clonal association of Staphylococcus aureus causing bullous impetigo and the emergence of new methicillin-resistant clonal groups in Kansai district in Japan. J Infect Dis 2002 1.20
21 Meropenem resistance in imipenem-susceptible meropenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates not detected by rapid automated testing systems. J Clin Microbiol 2013 1.19
22 An N-terminal segment of the active component of the bacterial genotoxin cytolethal distending toxin B (CDTB) directs CDTB into the nucleus. J Biol Chem 2003 1.14
23 Staphylococcal exfoliative toxin B specifically cleaves desmoglein 1. J Invest Dermatol 2002 1.13
24 Increased resistance to cationic antimicrobial peptide LL-37 in methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus. J Antimicrob Chemother 2008 1.11
25 Clinical manifestations of staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome depend on serotypes of exfoliative toxins. J Clin Microbiol 2005 1.11
26 Increased glycan chain length distribution and decreased susceptibility to moenomycin in a vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus mutant. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2002 1.10
27 Identification of six major outer membrane proteins from Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans. Gene 2002 1.05
28 Caspase-2 and caspase-7 are involved in cytolethal distending toxin-induced apoptosis in Jurkat and MOLT-4 T-cell lines. Infect Immun 2004 1.03
29 Prevalence of cytolethal distending toxin production in periodontopathogenic bacteria. J Clin Microbiol 2003 1.03
30 Cytolethal distending toxin type I and type IV genes are framed with lambdoid prophage genes in extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli. Infect Immun 2008 1.02
31 Cytolethal distending toxin: a bacterial bullet targeted to nucleus. J Biochem 2004 1.01
32 Staphylococcus hyicus exfoliative toxins selectively digest porcine desmoglein 1. Microb Pathog 2005 1.00
33 A simple method of markerless gene deletion in Staphylococcus aureus. J Microbiol Methods 2011 0.98
34 New mechanisms of skin innate immunity: ASK1-mediated keratinocyte differentiation regulates the expression of beta-defensins, LL37, and TLR2. Eur J Immunol 2005 0.97
35 Tight junction dysfunction in the stratum granulosum leads to aberrant stratum corneum barrier function in claudin-1-deficient mice. J Dermatol Sci 2013 0.97
36 Moenomycin-resistance is associated with vancomycin-intermediate susceptibility in Staphylococcus aureus. Microbiol Immunol 2003 0.95
37 FtsZ-dependent localization of GroEL protein at possible division sites. Genes Cells 2004 0.94
38 Innate defences against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection. J Pathol 2006 0.94
39 A novel metallo-β-lactamase, IMP-34, in Klebsiella isolates with decreased resistance to imipenem. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2013 0.94
40 Expression of virulence factors by Staphylococcus aureus grown in serum. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011 0.93
41 Distinct two-component systems in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus can change the susceptibility to antimicrobial agents. J Antimicrob Chemother 2010 0.91
42 Biogenesis of the Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans cytolethal distending toxin holotoxin. Infect Immun 2006 0.90
43 CXCL16 is a novel mediator of the innate immunity of epidermal keratinocytes. Int Immunol 2007 0.89
44 Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans outer membrane protein 100 triggers innate immunity and production of beta-defensin and the 18-kilodalton cationic antimicrobial protein through the fibronectin-integrin pathway in human gingival epithelial cells. Infect Immun 2006 0.89
45 First isolation of blaIMP-7 in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Japan. J Infect Chemother 2007 0.87
46 Cytolethal distending toxin from Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans induces DNA damage, S/G2 cell cycle arrest, and caspase- independent death in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae model. Infect Immun 2009 0.87
47 Bacitracin sensing and resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2011 0.87
48 Cloning of swine desmoglein 1 and its direct proteolysis by Staphylococcus hyicus exfoliative toxins isolated from pigs with exudative epidermitis. Vet Dermatol 2005 0.87
49 Mutation analysis of the histidine residues in the glycylglycine endopeptidase ALE-1. J Bacteriol 2005 0.87
50 The Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b autolysin IspC has N-acetylglucosaminidase activity. Glycobiology 2012 0.87
51 Tripoli metallo-β-lactamase-1 (TMB-1)-producing Acinetobacter spp. with decreased resistance to imipenem in Japan. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2014 0.86
52 Susceptibility of periodontopathogenic and cariogenic bacteria to defensins and potential therapeutic use of defensins in oral diseases. Curr Pharm Des 2007 0.86
53 Zymographic characterization of bacteriolytic enzymes produced by oral streptococci. Microbiol Immunol 2004 0.85
54 Growth-phase dependence of susceptibility to antimicrobial peptides in Staphylococcus aureus. Microbiology 2011 0.85
55 Characterization of lytic enzyme open reading frame 9 (ORF9) derived from Enterococcus faecalis bacteriophage phiEF24C. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010 0.85
56 Dental infection of Porphyromonas gingivalis exacerbates high fat diet-induced steatohepatitis in mice. J Gastroenterol 2013 0.85
57 Cytolethal distending toxin induces caspase-dependent and -independent cell death in MOLT-4 cells. Infect Immun 2008 0.85
58 Identification and characterization of a novel aac(6')-Iag associated with the blaIMP-1-integron in a multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PLoS One 2013 0.84
59 Macrophage inflammatory protein-3alpha and beta-defensin-2 stimulate dentin sialophosphoprotein gene expression in human pulp cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003 0.84
60 Epidemiology, variable genetic organization and regulation of the EDIN-B toxin in Staphylococcus aureus from bacteraemic patients. Microbiology 2009 0.82
61 Regulatory mechanism for exfoliative toxin production in Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Immun 2011 0.82
62 Irsogladine maleate influences the response of gap junctional intercellular communication and IL-8 of human gingival epithelial cells following periodontopathogenic bacterial challenge. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005 0.82
63 Molecular characterization of imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Hiroshima, Japan. Microbiol Immunol 2007 0.82
64 Identification of a novel Staphylococcus pseudintermedius exfoliative toxin gene and its prevalence in isolates from canines with pyoderma and healthy dogs. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2010 0.82
65 Structural insight into the binding mode between the targeting domain of ALE-1 (92AA) and pentaglycine of peptidoglycan. Protein Eng Des Sel 2009 0.81
66 Syntheses of prostaglandin E2 and E-cadherin and gene expression of beta-defensin-2 by human gingival epithelial cells in response to Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans. Inflammation 2003 0.80
67 Identification and molecular characterization of an N-Acetylmuraminidase, Aml, involved in Streptococcus mutans cell separation. Microbiol Immunol 2006 0.80
68 Bacteriocin protein BacL1 of Enterococcus faecalis is a peptidoglycan D-isoglutamyl-L-lysine endopeptidase. J Biol Chem 2013 0.80
69 Rapid detection of blaIMP-6 by amplification refractory mutation system. J Microbiol Methods 2011 0.79
70 Staphylococcus pseudintermedius exfoliative toxin EXI selectively digests canine desmoglein 1 and causes subcorneal clefts in canine epidermis. Vet Dermatol 2011 0.79
71 Comprehensive analysis of systemically disseminated ST8/non-USA300 type community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection. Intern Med 2014 0.79
72 [Multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection]. Nihon Rinsho 2007 0.78
73 Isolation and characterization of the dcw cluster from the piezophilic deep-sea bacterium Shewanella violacea. J Biochem 2002 0.77
74 Enhancement of alkaline phosphatase synthesis in pulp cells co-cultured with epithelial cells derived from lower rabbit incisors. Cell Biol Int 2003 0.77
75 Single nucleotide polymorphism in the cytolethal distending toxin B gene confers heterogeneity in the cytotoxicity of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans. Infect Immun 2006 0.77
76 Prevalence of drug-resistant opportunistic microorganisms in oral cavity after treatment for oral cancer. J Oral Sci 2013 0.76
77 Late Established Mutans Streptococci in Children over 3 Years Old. Int J Dent 2010 0.76
78 Effects of the Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis Secretomes Isolated from the Skin Microbiota of Atopic Children on CD4+ T Cell Activation. PLoS One 2015 0.75
79 Emergence of Staphylococcus aureus carrying multiple drug resistance genes on a plasmid encoding exfoliative toxin B. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2013 0.75
80 The first case of septicemia caused by imipenem-susceptible, meropenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. Ann Lab Med 2013 0.75
81 [Epidemiology and drug susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated in the Chugoku region of Japan. Infection Forum in the Chugoku Region]. Jpn J Antibiot 2011 0.75
82 [Genetically confirmed nosocomial transmission of staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome between two infants in the neonatal intensive care unit]. Kansenshogaku Zasshi 2008 0.75