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Yasuko Rikihisa

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1 Comparative genomics of emerging human ehrlichiosis agents. PLoS Genet 2006 4.23
2 Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum lack genes for lipid A biosynthesis and incorporate cholesterol for their survival. Infect Immun 2003 2.37
3 Ultrastructure and phylogenetic analysis of 'Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis' in the family Anaplasmataceae, isolated from wild rats and found in Ixodes ovatus ticks. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 2.35
4 Anaplasma phagocytophilum AnkA secreted by type IV secretion system is tyrosine phosphorylated by Abl-1 to facilitate infection. Cell Microbiol 2007 2.09
5 Characterization and transcriptional analysis of gene clusters for a type IV secretion machinery in human granulocytic and monocytic ehrlichiosis agents. Infect Immun 2002 1.61
6 Revision of haemotrophic Mycoplasma species names. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002 1.57
7 Analysis of sequences and loci of p44 homologs expressed by Anaplasma phagocytophila in acutely infected patients. J Clin Microbiol 2002 1.45
8 Human infection with Ehrlichia canis accompanied by clinical signs in Venezuela. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006 1.43
9 Transcript heterogeneity of the p44 multigene family in a human granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent transmitted by ticks. Infect Immun 2002 1.43
10 Novel genetic variants of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Anaplasma bovis, Anaplasma centrale, and a novel Ehrlichia sp. in wild deer and ticks on two major islands in Japan. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006 1.31
11 Autophagosomes induced by a bacterial Beclin 1 binding protein facilitate obligatory intracellular infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012 1.28
12 Mechanisms of variable p44 expression by Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Infect Immun 2003 1.28
13 Surface-exposed proteins of Ehrlichia chaffeensis. Infect Immun 2007 1.26
14 Transstadial and intrastadial experimental transmission of Ehrlichia canis by male Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Vet Parasitol 2005 1.24
15 Anaplasma phagocytophilum Ats-1 is imported into host cell mitochondria and interferes with apoptosis induction. PLoS Pathog 2010 1.23
16 Sequence analysis of p44 homologs expressed by Anaplasma phagocytophilum in infected ticks feeding on naive hosts and in mice infected by tick attachment. Infect Immun 2004 1.22
17 Subversion of cellular autophagy by Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Cell Microbiol 2007 1.22
18 Rapid sequential changeover of expressed p44 genes during the acute phase of Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in horses. Infect Immun 2004 1.21
19 The omp-1 major outer membrane multigene family of Ehrlichia chaffeensis is differentially expressed in canine and tick hosts. Infect Immun 2002 1.21
20 Neorickettsia risticii is vertically transmitted in the trematode Acanthatrium oregonense and horizontally transmitted to bats. Environ Microbiol 2005 1.19
21 Global proteomic analysis of two tick-borne emerging zoonotic agents: anaplasma phagocytophilum and ehrlichia chaffeensis. Front Microbiol 2011 1.18
22 Anaplasma phagocytophilum inhibits human neutrophil apoptosis via upregulation of bfl-1, maintenance of mitochondrial membrane potential and prevention of caspase 3 activation. Cell Microbiol 2005 1.18
23 Intra-leukocyte expression of two-component systems in Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum and effects of the histidine kinase inhibitor closantel. Cell Microbiol 2006 1.18
24 Differential expression of VirB9 and VirB6 during the life cycle of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in human leucocytes is associated with differential binding and avoidance of lysosome pathway. Cell Microbiol 2006 1.17
25 Detection of Ehrlichia canis in canine carrier blood and in individual experimentally infected ticks with a p30-based PCR assay. J Clin Microbiol 2002 1.16
26 Effects of Anaplasma phagocytophila on NADPH oxidase components in human neutrophils and HL-60 cells. Infect Immun 2002 1.16
27 Obligatory intracellular parasitism by Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum involves caveolae and glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins. Cell Microbiol 2003 1.15
28 Cyclic di-GMP signaling regulates invasion by Ehrlichia chaffeensis of human monocytes. J Bacteriol 2010 1.13
29 Identification of novel surface proteins of Anaplasma phagocytophilum by affinity purification and proteomics. J Bacteriol 2007 1.13
30 Establishment of cloned Anaplasma phagocytophilum and analysis of p44 gene conversion within an infected horse and infected SCID mice. Infect Immun 2005 1.12
31 Anaplasma phagocytophilum delays spontaneous human neutrophil apoptosis by modulation of multiple apoptotic pathways. Cell Microbiol 2006 1.12
32 Biochemical activities of three pairs of Ehrlichia chaffeensis two-component regulatory system proteins involved in inhibition of lysosomal fusion. Infect Immun 2006 1.12
33 The Anaplasma phagocytophilum PleC histidine kinase and PleD diguanylate cyclase two-component system and role of cyclic Di-GMP in host cell infection. J Bacteriol 2008 1.09
34 Porin activity of Anaplasma phagocytophilum outer membrane fraction and purified P44. J Bacteriol 2006 1.08
35 Regulation of type IV secretion apparatus genes during Ehrlichia chaffeensis intracellular development by a previously unidentified protein. J Bacteriol 2008 1.08
36 Proteomic analysis of and immune responses to Ehrlichia chaffeensis lipoproteins. Infect Immun 2008 1.07
37 Ehrlichia chaffeensis downregulates surface Toll-like receptors 2/4, CD14 and transcription factors PU.1 and inhibits lipopolysaccharide activation of NF-kappa B, ERK 1/2 and p38 MAPK in host monocytes. Cell Microbiol 2004 1.06
38 Rapid activation of protein tyrosine kinase and phospholipase C-gamma2 and increase in cytosolic free calcium are required by Ehrlichia chaffeensis for internalization and growth in THP-1 cells. Infect Immun 2002 1.06
39 Virulence potential of Ehrlichia chaffeensis strains of distinct genome sequences. Infect Immun 2007 1.02
40 Tick acquisition of Ehrlichia canis from dogs treated with doxycycline hyclate. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2007 1.02
41 Insights into the CtrA regulon in development of stress resistance in obligatory intracellular pathogen Ehrlichia chaffeensis. Mol Microbiol 2011 1.01
42 Two monoclonal antibodies with defined epitopes of P44 major surface proteins neutralize Anaplasma phagocytophilum by distinct mechanisms. Infect Immun 2006 1.01
43 Anaplasma phagocytophilum p44 mRNA expression is differentially regulated in mammalian and tick host cells: involvement of the DNA binding protein ApxR. J Bacteriol 2007 1.00
44 Expression and porin activity of P28 and OMP-1F during intracellular Ehrlichia chaffeensis development. J Bacteriol 2008 1.00
45 Analysis of involvement of the RecF pathway in p44 recombination in Anaplasma phagocytophilum and in Escherichia coli by using a plasmid carrying the p44 expression and p44 donor loci. Infect Immun 2006 1.00
46 Analysis of complete genome sequence of Neorickettsia risticii: causative agent of Potomac horse fever. Nucleic Acids Res 2009 0.99
47 Roles of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase, NF-kappaB, and protein kinase C in proinflammatory cytokine mRNA expression by human peripheral blood leukocytes, monocytes, and neutrophils in response to Anaplasma phagocytophila. Infect Immun 2002 0.98
48 Ehrlichia ewingii infection delays spontaneous neutrophil apoptosis through stabilization of mitochondria. J Infect Dis 2008 0.96
49 Experimental infection of dairy calves with Ehrlichia chaffeensis. J Med Microbiol 2007 0.95
50 Proteomic identification of a novel Anaplasma phagocytophilum DNA binding protein that regulates a putative transcription factor. J Bacteriol 2007 0.95
51 Polymorphism and transcription at the p44-1/p44-18 genomic locus in Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains from diverse geographic regions. Infect Immun 2004 0.95
52 Activation of a p44 pseudogene in Anaplasma phagocytophila by bacterial RNA splicing: a novel mechanism for post-transcriptional regulation of a multigene family encoding immunodominant major outer membrane proteins. Mol Microbiol 2002 0.95
53 Anaplasma phagocytophilum has a functional msp2 gene that is distinct from p44. Infect Immun 2004 0.95
54 Four VirB6 paralogs and VirB9 are expressed and interact in Ehrlichia chaffeensis-containing vacuoles. J Bacteriol 2008 0.94
55 Cholesterol-dependent anaplasma phagocytophilum exploits the low-density lipoprotein uptake pathway. PLoS Pathog 2009 0.94
56 Sequence and expression analysis of virB9 of the type IV secretion system of Ehrlichia canis strains in ticks, dogs, and cultured cells. Infect Immun 2003 0.93
57 Degradation of p22phox and inhibition of superoxide generation by Ehrlichia chaffeensis in human monocytes. Cell Microbiol 2006 0.92
58 Cytokine gene expression by peripheral blood leukocytes in horses experimentally infected with Anaplasma phagocytophila. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 2002 0.92
59 Cytokine gene expression by peripheral blood leukocytes in dogs experimentally infected with a new virulent strain of Ehrlichia canis. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006 0.91
60 Molecular analysis of Neorickettsia risticii in adult aquatic insects in Pennsylvania, in horses infected by ingestion of insects, and isolated in cell culture. J Clin Microbiol 2002 0.91
61 Reinfection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis in a liver transplant recipient. Clin Infect Dis 2002 0.90
62 Ehrlichia chaffeensis induces monocyte inflammatory responses through MyD88, ERK, and NF-κB but not through TRIF, interleukin-1 receptor 1 (IL-1R1)/IL-18R1, or toll-like receptors. Infect Immun 2011 0.89
63 Molecular link of different stages of the trematode host of Neorickettsia risticii to Acanthatrium oregonense. Environ Microbiol 2008 0.89
64 Liver transcriptome profiles associated with strain-specific Ehrlichia chaffeensis-induced hepatitis in SCID mice. Infect Immun 2008 0.89
65 Subversion of host cell signaling by Orientia tsutsugamushi. Microbes Infect 2011 0.88
66 High-cholesterol diet facilitates Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection and up-regulates macrophage inflammatory protein-2 and CXCR2 expression in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice. J Infect Dis 2007 0.87
67 Ats-1: a novel bacterial molecule that links autophagy to bacterial nutrition. Autophagy 2013 0.87
68 Ehrlichia type IV secretion effector ECH0825 is translocated to mitochondria and curbs ROS and apoptosis by upregulating host MnSOD. Cell Microbiol 2012 0.87
69 Transcriptional analysis of p30 major outer membrane protein genes of Ehrlichia canis in naturally infected ticks and sequence analysis of p30-10 of E canis from diverse geographic regions. J Clin Microbiol 2003 0.85
70 Subversion of NPC1 pathway of cholesterol transport by Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Cell Microbiol 2012 0.85
71 Borrelia burgdorferi oxidative stress regulator BosR directly represses lipoproteins primarily expressed in the tick during mammalian infection. Mol Microbiol 2013 0.85
72 Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection of sika deer, Japan. Emerg Infect Dis 2009 0.84
73 The prenylation inhibitor manumycin A reduces the viability of Anaplasma phagocytophilum. J Med Microbiol 2011 0.83
74 Ehrlichia chaffeensis uses its surface protein EtpE to bind GPI-anchored protein DNase X and trigger entry into mammalian cells. PLoS Pathog 2013 0.81
75 Development of a p28-based PCR assay for Ehrlichia chaffeensis. Mol Cell Probes 2004 0.81
76 Optimization of proteomic sample preparation procedures for comprehensive protein characterization of pathogenic systems. J Biomol Tech 2008 0.81
77 Molecular detection and characterization of Ehrlichia canis from dogs in Turkey. Berl Munch Tierarztl Wochenschr 2005 0.80
78 Evaluation of peptide- and recombinant protein-based assays for detection of anti-Ehrlichia ewingii antibodies in experimentally and naturally infected dogs. [corrected] Am J Vet Res 2010 0.80
79 Cyclic dimeric GMP signaling regulates intracellular aggregation, sessility, and growth of Ehrlichia chaffeensis. Infect Immun 2011 0.80
80 Antibiotic clearance of Ehrlichia canis from dogs infected by intravenous inoculation of carrier blood. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2008 0.80
81 Neorickettsia risticii surface-exposed proteins: proteomics identification, recognition by naturally-infected horses, and strain variations. Vet Res 2011 0.79
82 Cytokine responses in dogs infected with Ehrlichia canis Oklahoma strain. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2005 0.79
83 Proteomic analysis of Neorickettsia sennetsu surface-exposed proteins and porin activity of the major surface protein P51. J Bacteriol 2010 0.79
84 Identification of 19 polymorphic major outer membrane protein genes and their immunogenic peptides in Ehrlichia ewingii for use in a serodiagnostic assay. Clin Vaccine Immunol 2007 0.79
85 Penicillin-binding protein of Ehrlichia chaffeensis: cytokine induction through MyD88-dependent pathway. J Infect Dis 2012 0.78
86 Pathologic evidence of ehrlichiosis in calves inoculated with Ehrlichia chaffeensis. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2008 0.77
87 Evaluation of sensitivity and specificity of a Mycoplasma haemomuris-specific polymerase chain reaction test. Comp Med 2002 0.76
88 Cloning of the major outer membrane protein expression locus in Anaplasma platys and seroreactivity of a species-specific antigen. J Bacteriol 2011 0.76
89 Investigating interference with apoptosis induction by bacterial proteins. Methods Mol Biol 2014 0.76
90 Proposal to transfer 'Aegyptianella ranarum', an intracellular bacterium of frog red blood cells, to the family Flavobacteriaceae as 'Candidatus Hemobacterium ranarum' comb. nov. Environ Microbiol 2004 0.75
91 Diagnosis of Ehrlichia ewingii infection by PCR in a puppy from Ohio. Vet Clin Pathol 2009 0.75
92 Diagnosis of canine monocytic ehrlichiosis: development of advanced techniques to combat a global disease. Vet J 2010 0.75
93 Characteristics of the 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer region of Mycoplasma haemomuris, previously classified as 'Haemobartonella muris'. J Vet Med Sci 2002 0.75