Published in J Med Microbiol on February 25, 2010
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Prevalence of sequence types among clinical and environmental isolates of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 in the United States from 1982 to 2012. J Clin Microbiol (2013) 0.88
The N-acylneuraminate cytidyltransferase gene, neuA, is heterogenous in Legionella pneumophila strains but can be used as a marker for epidemiological typing in the consensus sequence-based typing scheme. J Clin Microbiol (2011) 0.84
Epidemiologic characteristics associated with ST23 clones compared to ST1 and ST47 clones of Legionnaires disease cases in France. New Microbes New Infect (2014) 0.81
Close genetic relationship between Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 isolates from sputum specimens and puddles on roads, as determined by sequence-based typing. Appl Environ Microbiol (2013) 0.80
Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroups 5 and 10, China. Emerg Infect Dis (2014) 0.77
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Sequence based typing of Legionella pneumophila sg 1 isolated in nosocomial acquired infections in Apulia, Southern Italy. J Prev Med Hyg (2013) 0.75
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Let-7 microRNA family is selectively secreted into the extracellular environment via exosomes in a metastatic gastric cancer cell line. PLoS One (2010) 3.23
Genomic diversity of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 revealed by whole genome PCR scanning. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2002) 2.70
IL-23 and Th17 cells enhance Th2-cell-mediated eosinophilic airway inflammation in mice. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2008) 2.62
Development and validation of a mismatch amplification mutation PCR assay to monitor the dissemination of an emerging variant of Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor. Microbiol Immunol (2008) 2.62
Polymorphisms in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene were associated with both the efficacy and the toxicity of methotrexate used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, as evidenced by single locus and haplotype analyses. Pharmacogenetics (2002) 2.47
Development and characterization of IL-21-producing CD4+ T cells. J Exp Med (2008) 2.34
Individual risk factors associated with nasopharyngeal colonization with Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae: a Japanese birth cohort study. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2013) 2.22
Prediction of therapeutic responses to tocilizumab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: biomarkers identified by analysis of gene expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells using genome-wide DNA microarray. Arthritis Rheumatol (2014) 2.19
IL-25 enhances allergic airway inflammation by amplifying a TH2 cell-dependent pathway in mice. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2006) 2.16
Detection and characterization of focal hepatic lesions with diffusion-weighted MR imaging: a pictorial review. Abdom Imaging (2013) 2.11
BBE02 disruption mutants of Borrelia burgdorferi B31 have a highly transformable, infectious phenotype. Infect Immun (2004) 2.08
Mast cells produce interleukin-25 upon Fc epsilon RI-mediated activation. Blood (2003) 1.95
CDYL bridges REST and histone methyltransferases for gene repression and suppression of cellular transformation. Mol Cell (2008) 1.94
A novel subset of mouse NKT cells bearing the IL-17 receptor B responds to IL-25 and contributes to airway hyperreactivity. J Exp Med (2008) 1.94
Modification of the structure and activity of lipid A in Yersinia pestis lipopolysaccharide by growth temperature. Infect Immun (2002) 1.88
Adverse effects of sulfasalazine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis are associated with diplotype configuration at the N-acetyltransferase 2 gene. J Rheumatol (2002) 1.88
Spread of a chromosomal cefixime-resistant penA gene among different Neisseria gonorrhoeae lineages. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2009) 1.80
IL-5 and eosinophilia. Curr Opin Immunol (2008) 1.79
Highly frequent mutations in negative regulators of multiple virulence genes in group A streptococcal toxic shock syndrome isolates. PLoS Pathog (2010) 1.77
DNA sequence analysis of DNA gyrase and DNA topoisomerase IV quinolone resistance-determining regions of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi and serovar Paratyphi A. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2002) 1.72
Nuclear expression of epidermal growth factor receptor is a novel prognostic value in patients with ovarian cancer. Mol Carcinog (2009) 1.71
Positive effects of multiple pch genes on expression of the locus of enterocyte effacement genes and adherence of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 : H7 to HEp-2 cells. Microbiology (2004) 1.70
Silkworm larvae as an animal model of bacterial infection pathogenic to humans. Microb Pathog (2002) 1.69
Ceftriaxone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Japan. Emerg Infect Dis (2011) 1.69
Presence of antimitochondrial autoantibodies in patients with autoimmune hepatitis. J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2006) 1.62
Leptospiral immunoglobulin-like proteins elicit protective immunity. Vaccine (2004) 1.58
Clinical significance of Escherichia albertii. Emerg Infect Dis (2012) 1.57
Prevalence and signal characteristics of late gadolinium enhancement on contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in patients with takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Circ J (2012) 1.56
Interleukin 21 prevents antigen-induced IgE production by inhibiting germ line C(epsilon) transcription of IL-4-stimulated B cells. Blood (2002) 1.50
The human apoptosis inhibitor NAIP induces pyroptosis in macrophages infected with Legionella pneumophila. Microbes Infect (2012) 1.49
Epidemiological and genetic analyses of a diffuse outbreak of hepatitis A in Japan, 2010. J Clin Virol (2011) 1.48
Induction of papillary carcinoma in human ovarian surface epithelial cells using combined genetic elements and peritoneal microenvironment. Cell Cycle (2010) 1.48
Cholera between 1991 and 1997 in Mexico was associated with infection by classical, El Tor, and El Tor variants of Vibrio cholerae. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.47
Incidence of dengue virus infection among Japanese travellers, 2006 to 2010. Western Pac Surveill Response J (2012) 1.47
Design of metal cofactors activated by a protein-protein electron transfer system. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2006) 1.47
Prognostic value of coronary magnetic resonance angiography for prediction of cardiac events in patients with suspected coronary artery disease. J Am Coll Cardiol (2012) 1.45
Prognostic significance of unrecognized myocardial infarction detected with MR imaging in patients with impaired fasting glucose compared with those with diabetes. Radiology (2012) 1.44
Diagnostic limitations to accurate diagnosis of cholera. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.43
Impaired myocardial perfusion reserve in patients with fatty liver disease assessed by quantitative myocardial perfusion magnetic resonance imaging. Circ J (2012) 1.42
Overview of infectious disease surveillance system in Japan, 1999-2005. J Epidemiol (2007) 1.42
Seroprevalence of leptospirosis and risk factor analysis in flood-prone rural areas in Lao PDR. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2008) 1.39
Comparison of the Rau method and the Larsen method in the evaluation of radiographic progression in early rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol (2002) 1.39
Neuromuscular blockade can be assessed accelerographically over the vastus medialis muscle in patients positioned prone. Can J Anaesth (2003) 1.39
c-Maf activates the promoter and enhancer of the IL-21 gene, and TGF-beta inhibits c-Maf-induced IL-21 production in CD4+ T cells. J Leukoc Biol (2009) 1.38
Extensive genomic diversity and selective conservation of virulence-determinants in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli strains of O157 and non-O157 serotypes. Genome Biol (2007) 1.37
Bronchial casts and pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 1.37
Severe diarrhea caused by cholera toxin-producing vibrio cholerae serogroup O75 infections acquired in the southeastern United States. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 1.36
Involvement of TNF receptor-associated factor 6 in IL-25 receptor signaling. J Immunol (2006) 1.36
Epidemics of vector-borne diseases observed in infectious disease surveillance in Japan, 2000-2005. J Epidemiol (2007) 1.34
ClpXP protease controls expression of the type III protein secretion system through regulation of RpoS and GrlR levels in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol (2005) 1.34
Stanniocalcin 1 and ovarian tumorigenesis. J Natl Cancer Inst (2010) 1.33
Multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay for selective detection of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium. Jpn J Infect Dis (2003) 1.33
Diffusion-weighted imaging of the liver: optimizing b value for the detection and characterization of benign and malignant hepatic lesions. J Magn Reson Imaging (2008) 1.32
Life-threatening infantile diarrhea from fluoroquinolone-resistant Salmonella enterica typhimurium with mutations in both gyrA and parC. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 1.32
Dissemination of the phage-associated novel superantigen gene speL in recent invasive and noninvasive Streptococcus pyogenes M3/T3 isolates in Japan. Infect Immun (2002) 1.32
Aurora kinase A promotes ovarian tumorigenesis through dysregulation of the cell cycle and suppression of BRCA2. Clin Cancer Res (2010) 1.31
Multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis for molecular typing of Shigella sonnei. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 1.30
Molecular evolutionary analysis of the influenza A(H1N1)pdm, May-September, 2009: temporal and spatial spreading profile of the viruses in Japan. PLoS One (2010) 1.28
Ultrasound can improve the accuracy of the 2010 American College of Rheumatology/European League against rheumatism classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis to predict the requirement for methotrexate treatment. Arthritis Rheum (2013) 1.28
Utility of multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis as a molecular tool for phylogenetic analysis of Shigella sonnei. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 1.27
Gut microbiota of healthy and malnourished children in bangladesh. Front Microbiol (2011) 1.26
Genotypic analyses of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and development of a pandemic group-specific multiplex PCR assay. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.24
Inference of the impact of insertion sequence (IS) elements on bacterial genome diversification through analysis of small-size structural polymorphisms in Escherichia coli O157 genomes. Genome Res (2009) 1.23
Characteristics of Streptococcus suis isolated from patients in Japan. Jpn J Infect Dis (2006) 1.23
Characterization of Neisseria meningitidis isolates collected from 1974 to 2003 in Japan by multilocus sequence typing. J Med Microbiol (2004) 1.22
Genetic relatedness of ciprofloxacin-resistant Shigella dysenteriae type 1 strains isolated in south Asia. J Antimicrob Chemother (2004) 1.22
Identification of Akt association and oligomerization domains of the Akt kinase coactivator TCL1. Mol Cell Biol (2002) 1.20
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
The biphasic role of NF-kappaB in progression and chemoresistance of ovarian cancer. Clin Cancer Res (2011) 1.19
The inflammatory process in the mechanism of decreased serum uric acid concentrations during acute gouty arthritis. J Rheumatol (2002) 1.19
Localization of mechanosensitive channel TRPV4 in mouse skin. Neurosci Lett (2003) 1.18
Development of autoimmune hepatitis-like disease and production of autoantibodies to nuclear antigens in mice lacking B and T lymphocyte attenuator. Arthritis Rheum (2008) 1.18
Osteocalcin secretion as an early marker of in vitro osteogenic differentiation of rat mesenchymal stem cells. Tissue Eng Part C Methods (2009) 1.17
Porphyromonas gingivalis galE is involved in lipopolysaccharide O-antigen synthesis and biofilm formation. Infect Immun (2006) 1.17
High genomic diversity of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli isolates in Japan and its applicability for the detection of diffuse outbreak. Jpn J Infect Dis (2002) 1.17
CD4(+)CD25(+) T-cell development is regulated by at least 2 distinct mechanisms. Blood (2002) 1.16
Investigation of reservoir animals of Leptospira in the northern part of Miyazaki Prefecture. Jpn J Infect Dis (2008) 1.16
Critical role of myeloperoxidase and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-oxidase in high-burden systemic infection of mice with Candida albicans. J Infect Dis (2002) 1.16
Whole-genome analysis of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium T000240 reveals the acquisition of a genomic island involved in multidrug resistance via IS1 derivatives on the chromosome. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2010) 1.15
The GrlR-GrlA regulatory system coordinately controls the expression of flagellar and LEE-encoded type III protein secretion systems in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol (2006) 1.14
Spontaneous recombination between homologous prophage regions causes large-scale inversions within the Escherichia coli O157:H7 chromosome. Gene (2006) 1.14
Characterization of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolates harboring a chromosomally encoded CMY-2 beta-lactamase gene located on a multidrug resistance genomic island. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2011) 1.14
Characterization of Shigella sonnei isolates from travel-associated cases in Japan. J Med Microbiol (2009) 1.14
Human Rickettsia heilongjiangensis infection, Japan. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 1.12
Transmission of Bordetella holmesii during pertussis outbreak, Japan. Emerg Infect Dis (2012) 1.12
Selective amplification of tyv (rfbE), prt (rfbS), viaB, and fliC genes by multiplex PCR for identification of Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 1.12
Use of DNA arrays to identify a mutation in the negative regulator, csrR, responsible for the high virulence of a naturally occurring type M3 group A streptococcus clinical isolate. J Infect Dis (2006) 1.12
Surveillance of avian influenza viruses in Northern pintails (Anas acuta) in Tohoku District, Japan. Avian Dis (2008) 1.12
Human leptospirosis cases and the prevalence of rats harbouring Leptospira interrogans in urban areas of Tokyo, Japan. J Med Microbiol (2009) 1.11
Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 isolates from cooling towers in Japan form a distinct genetic cluster. Microbiol Immunol (2005) 1.11