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Hitoshi Komatsuzawa

Hitoshi Komatsuzawa

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Microbiology

D-Index
52
Citations
9863
World Ranking
4201
National Ranking
174

Overview

Hitoshi Komatsuzawa is affiliated with Hiroshima University in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields with a particular emphasis on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these broader disciplines, their work addresses several subfields including molecular biology, periodontics, food science, infectious diseases, and microbiology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as oral microbiology and periodontitis research, probiotics and fermented foods, antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus, antimicrobial peptides and activities, biochemical and structural characterization, bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, and genomics and phylogenetic studies.

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

  • Miki Kawada-Matsuo
  • Mi Nguyen-Tra Le
  • Motoyuki Sugai
  • Junzo Hisatsune
  • Yo Sugawara

The scientist's research has been published in a variety of academic venues, with notable frequency in the following journals:

  • Microbiology and Immunology
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • Scientific Reports
  • PLoS ONE
  • Microbiology Spectrum

Representative recent papers include:

  • "Comprehensive analysis of bacteriocins in Streptococcus mutans," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Antibacterial Peptides Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus: Various Mechanisms and the Association with Pathogenicity," 2021, Genes
  • "Efficiency of Antimicrobial Peptides Against Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcal Pathogens," 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Complete sequences of epidermin and nukacin encoding plasmids from oral-derived Staphylococcus epidermidis and their antibacterial activity," 2022, PLoS ONE
  • "Periodontitis and the outcome of atrial fibrillation ablation: Porphyromonas gingivalis is related to atrial fibrillation recurrence," 2021, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Best Publications

  • Antimicrobial Peptides in the Oral Environment: Expression and Function in Health and Disease

    Kazuhisa Ouhara;Hitoshi Komatsuzawa;Sakuo Yamada;Hideki Shiba

  • Induction of Keratinocyte Migration via Transactivation of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor by the Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37

    Sho Tokumaru;Koji Sayama;Yuji Shirakata;Hitoshi Komatsuzawa

  • A Staphylococcus aureus autolysin that has an N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase domain and an endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase domain: cloning, sequence analysis, and characterization.

    Tadahiro Oshida;Motoyuki Sugai;Hitoshi Komatsuzawa;Yeong-Man Hong

  • Staphylococcus aureus Susceptibility to Innate Antimicrobial Peptides, β-Defensins and CAP18, Expressed by Human Keratinocytes

    Kazushige Midorikawa;Kazuhisa Ouhara;Hitoshi Komatsuzawa;Toshihisa Kawai

  • An autolysin ring associated with cell separation of Staphylococcus aureus.

    S Yamada;M Sugai;H Komatsuzawa;S Nakashima

  • The cell cycle-specific growth-inhibitory factor produced by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is a cytolethal distending toxin.

    Motoyuki Sugai;Toru Kawamoto;Sylvie Y. Pérès;Yoko Ueno

  • Identification of the Staphylococcus aureus etd Pathogenicity Island Which Encodes a Novel Exfoliative Toxin, ETD, and EDIN-B

    Takayuki Yamaguchi;Koji Nishifuji;Megumi Sasaki;Yasuyuki Fudaba

  • Permeation of antimicrobial agents through Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms: a simple method.

    M. Shigeta;G. Tanaka;H. Komatsuzawa;M. Sugai

  • Identification and molecular characterization of an N-acetylmuramyl-l-alanine amidase Sle1 involved in cell separation of Staphylococcus aureus

    Junko Kajimura;Tamaki Fujiwara;Sakuo Yamada;Yoshika Suzawa

  • Phage conversion of exfoliative toxin A production in Staphylococcus aureus.

    Takayuki Yamaguchi;Tetsuya Hayashi;Hideto Takami;Kaoru Nakasone

  • Reduced content of lysyl-phosphatidylglycerol in the cytoplasmic membrane affects susceptibility to moenomycin, as well as vancomycin, gentamicin, and antimicrobial peptides, in Staphylococcus aureus

    Hiromi Nishi;Hitoshi Komatsuzawa;Tamaki Fujiwara;Nadine McCallum

  • Identification of endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase and N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidase as cluster-dispersing enzymes in Staphylococcus aureus.

    M. Sugai;H. Komatsuzawa;T. Akiyama;Yeong-Man Hong

  • Expression of Virulence Factors by Staphylococcus aureus Grown in Serum

    Yuichi Oogai;Miki Matsuo;Masahito Hashimoto;Fuminori Kato

  • Cell wall-targeting domain of glycylglycine endopeptidase distinguishes among peptidoglycan cross-bridges.

    Jeff Zhiqiang Lu;Tamaki Fujiwara;Hitoshi Komatsuzawa;Motoyuki Sugai

  • Complete Nucleotide Sequence of a Staphylococcus aureus Exfoliative Toxin B Plasmid and Identification of a Novel ADP-Ribosyltransferase, EDIN-C

    Takayuki Yamaguchi;Tetsuya Hayashi;Hideto Takami;Makoto Ohnishi

  • Characterization of sodium dodecyl sulfate-stable Staphylococcus aureus bacteriolytic enzymes by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.

    M Sugai;T Akiyama;H Komatsuzawa;Y Miyake

  • The gate controlling cell wall synthesis in Staphylococcus aureus.

    Hitoshi Komatsuzawa;Tamaki Fujiwara;Hiromi Nishi;Sakuo Yamada

  • Purification and molecular characterization of glycylglycine endopeptidase produced by Staphylococcus capitis EPK1.

    M Sugai;T Fujiwara;T Akiyama;M Ohara

  • Innate immune peptide LL‐37 displays distinct expression pattern from beta‐defensins in inflamed gingival tissue

    I Hosokawa;Y Hosokawa;H Komatsuzawa;R B Goncalves

  • Expression of osteoprotegerin (osteoclastogenesis inhibitory factor) in cultures of human dental mesenchymal cells and epithelial cells.

    Masatoshi Sakata;Hideki Shiba;Hitoshi Komatsuzawa;Tsuyoshi Fujita

Frequent Co-Authors

Motoyuki Sugai
Motoyuki Sugai National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Hidemi Kurihara
Hidemi Kurihara Hiroshima University
Martin A. Taubman
Martin A. Taubman Harvard University
Koji Hashimoto
Koji Hashimoto Ehime University
Eric Oswald
Eric Oswald Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Tetsuya Hayashi
Tetsuya Hayashi Kyushu University
Yoshio Nakano
Yoshio Nakano Nihon University
Kenji Sonomoto
Kenji Sonomoto Kyushu University
Brigitte Berger-Bächi
Brigitte Berger-Bächi University of Zurich
Takeshi Zendo
Takeshi Zendo Kyushu University

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