Department of Bacterial Infections

Subjects:

1. Molecular pathogenic mechanism of various enteropathogens.
2. Purification and characterization of bacterial toxins.
3. Studies on colonization factor of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli and vibrios.
4. Molecular genetics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

Papers published in 2003

1. Structure and binding mode of a ribosome recycling factor (RRF) from mesophilic bacterium.

   Hiroaki Nakano, Takuya Yoshida, Susumu Uchiyama, Masako Kawachi, Hitomi Matsuo, Takayuki Kato, Atsushi Ohshima, Yoshiharu Yamaichi, Takeshi Honda, Hiroaki Kato, Yuriko Yamagata, Tadayasu Ohkubo and Yuji Kobayashi

   J Biol Chem, 278 (5), 3427-3436, 2003.
2. Vibrio vulnificus induces macrophage apoptosis in vitro and in vivo.

   Takashige Kashimoto, Shunji Ueno, Miyuki Hanajima, Hisae Hayashi, Yukihiro Akeda, Shinichi Miyoshi, Toshiharu Hongo, Takeshi Honda and Nobuyuki Susa

   Infect Immun, 71 (1), 533-535, 2003.
3. Impaired thymic development in mouse embryos deficient in apoptotic DNA degradation.

   Kohki Kawane, Hidehiro Fukuyama, Hideyuki Yoshida, Hiroko Nagase, Yoshiyuki Ohsawa, Yasuo Uchiyama, Kazuhisa Okada, Tetsuya Iida and Shigekazu Nagata

   Nat Immunol, 4 (2), 138-144, 2003.
4. Genome sequence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus: a pathogenic mechanism distinct from that of V cholerae.

   Kozo Makino, Kenshiro Oshima, Ken Kurokawa, Katsushi Yokoyama, Takayuki Uda, Kenichi Tagomori, Yoshio Iijima, Masatomo Najima, Masayuki Nakano, Atsushi Yamashita, Yoshino Kubota, Shigenobu Kimura, Teruo Yasunaga, Takeshi Honda, Hideo Shinagawa, Masahira Hattori and Tetsuya Iida

   Lancet, 361 (9359), 743-749, 2003.
5. Effect of environmental conditions on proteins secreted by enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O26:H11.

   Myonsun Yoh, Zhenqing Bi, Junko Matsuyama, Kenichi Nagayama and Takeshi Honda

   Microbiol Immunol, 47 (1), 1-6, 2003.
6. [Vibrios (Vibrio cholerae, V. parahaemolyticus, V. vulnificus).]

   Tetsuya Iida

   Nippon Rinsho, 61 Suppl 3, 722-726, 2003.
7. The urease gene cluster of Vibrio parahaemolyticus does not influence the expression of the thermostable direct hemolysin (TDH) gene or the TDH-related hemolysin gene.

   Yoshitsugu Nakaguchi, Jun Okuda, Tetsuya Iida and Mitsuaki Nishibuchi

   Microbiol Immunol, 47 (3), 233-239, 2003.
8. Shiga toxin- and enterotoxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from subjects with bloody and nonbloody diarrhea in Bangkok, Thailand.

   Amornrut Leelaporn, Manthana Phengmak, Boonchuay Eampoklap, Sathaporn Manatsathit, Samruay Tritilanunt, Sontana Siritantikorn, Kenichi Nagayama, Tetsuya Iida, Chaisit Niyasom and Podjanee Komolpit

   Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 46 (3), 173-180, 2003.
9. Survey of Vibrio cholerae O1 and its survival over the winter in marine water of Port of Osaka.

   K Miyagi, T Nakano, T Yagi, M Hanafusa, S Imura, T Honda, Y Nakano and K Sano

   Epidemiol Infect, 131 (1), 613-619, 2003.
10. [Study on virulence factors of bacterial enteropathogens, especially Vibrio spp. and enteropathogenic E. coli, and the application study]

    Takeshi Honda

    Nippon Saikingaku Zasshi, 58 (3), 491-503, 2003.
11. N-linked glycan structures of mouse interferon-beta produced by Bombyx mori larvae.

    Ryo Misaki, Hidekazu Nagaya, Kazuhito Fujiyama, Itaru Yanagihara, Takeshi Honda and Tatsuji Seki

    Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 311 (4), 979-986, 2003.

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