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Jiro Nakayama

Jiro Nakayama

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
11162
World Ranking
14440
National Ranking
1017

Overview

Jiro Nakayama is affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research primarily focuses on gut microbiota and health, with significant engagement in probiotics and fermented foods, diet and metabolism studies, microbial metabolites in food biotechnology, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, nutritional studies and diet, and food composition and properties.

Their recent publications include studies with diverse topics reflecting the gut microbiome, its relation to health conditions, and fermentation processes. Notable recent papers are:

  • "Gut dysbiosis associated with clinical prognosis of patients with primary biliary cholangitis" (2020) published in Hepatology Research
  • "Age-related changes in the gut microbiota and the core gut microbiome of healthy Thai humans" (2020) published in 3 Biotech
  • "Mucosa-associated gut microbiota reflects clinical course of ulcerative colitis" (2021) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Diversity and dynamics of sourdough lactic acid bacteriota created by a slow food fermentation system" (2021) published in Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
  • "Pathobiont-responsive Th17 cells in gut-mouth axis provoke inflammatory oral disease and are modulated by intestinal microbiome" (2022) published in Cell Reports

Jiro Nakayama frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Takeshi Zendo and Phatthanaphong Therdtatha, each with nine joint works, followed by Riko Mishima with seven collaborations. Additional regular coauthors include Rie Momoda and Yoshihiro Ogawa, both contributing to multiple projects alongside Nakayama.

Publication venues that feature Nakayama's work repeatedly include Bioscience of Microbiota Food and Health, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Microorganisms, Microbiology Spectrum, and Journal of Gastroenterology. Each of these venues aligns with the fields and topics central to Nakayama's expertise.

The main fields of study covered by Nakayama are Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, Physiology, and Infectious Diseases. These areas reflect a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the complex interactions within microbiomes and their impact on human health.

Best Publications

  • Development of the gut microbiota in infancy and its impact on health in later life.

    Masaru Tanaka;Jiro Nakayama

  • Influence of antibiotic exposure in the early postnatal period on the development of intestinal microbiota.

    Shigemitsu Tanaka;Takako Kobayashi;Prapa Songjinda;Atsushi Tateyama

  • Cell to cell communication by autoinducing peptides in gram-positive bacteria.

    Mark H.J. Sturme;Michiel Kleerebezem;Jiro Nakayama;Antoon D.L. Akkermans

  • Gelatinase biosynthesis-activating pheromone: A peptide lactone that mediates a quorum sensing in Enterococcus faecalis

    J. Nakayama;Y. Cao;T. Horii;S. Sakuda

  • Diversity in gut bacterial community of school-age children in Asia

    Jiro Nakayama;Koichi Watanabe;Jiahui Jiang;Kazunori Matsuda

  • Identification of the lantibiotic nisin q, a new natural nisin variant produced by lactococcus lactis 61-14 isolated from a river in japan

    Takeshi Zendo;Masanori Fukao;Kyoko Ueda;Tomoko Higuchi

  • Structural analysis and characterization of lacticin Q, a novel bacteriocin belonging to a new family of unmodified bacteriocins of gram-positive bacteria.

    Koji Fujita;Shiro Ichimasa;Takeshi Zendo;Shoko Koga

  • Gut Dysbiosis Associated With Hepatitis C Virus Infection.

    Takako Inoue;Jiro Nakayama;Kei Moriya;Hideto Kawaratani

  • Impact of Westernized Diet on Gut Microbiota in Children on Leyte Island

    Jiro Nakayama;Azusa Yamamoto;Ladie A. Palermo-Conde;Kanako Higashi

  • An agr-Like Two-Component Regulatory System in Lactobacillus plantarum Is Involved in Production of a Novel Cyclic Peptide and Regulation of Adherence

    Mark H. J. Sturme;Jiro Nakayama;Douwe Molenaar;Yoshiko Murakami

  • Identification and characterization of lactocyclicin Q, a novel cyclic bacteriocin produced by Lactococcus sp. strain QU 12.

    Naruhiko Sawa;Takeshi Zendo;Junko Kiyofuji;Koji Fujita

  • Effects of Bifidobacterial Supplementation to Pregnant Women and Infants in the Prevention of Allergy Development in Infants and on Fecal Microbiota

    Tadao Enomoto;Masanori Sowa;Keiji Nishimori;Shinichiro Shimazu

  • Peptide-Lipid Huge Toroidal Pore, a New Antimicrobial Mechanism Mediated by a Lactococcal Bacteriocin, Lacticin Q

    Fuminori Yoneyama;Yuichi Imura;Kanako Ohno;Takeshi Zendo

  • Revised model for Enterococcus faecalis fsr quorum-sensing system: the small open reading frame fsrD encodes the gelatinase biosynthesis-activating pheromone propeptide corresponding to staphylococcal agrd.

    Jiro Nakayama;Shengmin Chen;Nozomi Oyama;Kenzo Nishiguchi

  • Ambuic acid inhibits the biosynthesis of cyclic peptide quormones in gram-positive bacteria.

    Jiro Nakayama;Yumi Uemura;Kenzo Nishiguchi;Norito Yoshimura

  • Identification and production of a bacteriocin from Enterococcus mundtii QU 2 isolated from soybean

    T. Zendo;N. Eungruttanagorn;S. Fujioka;Y. Tashiro

  • Description of a 23.9-Kilobase Chromosomal Deletion Containing a Region Encoding fsr Genes Which Mainly Determines the Gelatinase-Negative Phenotype of Clinical Isolates of Enterococcus faecalis in Urine

    Jiro Nakayama;Reiko Kariyama;Hiromi Kumon

  • The effect of including Lactobacillus reuteri KUB-AC5 during post-hatch feeding on the growth and ileum microbiota of broiler chickens

    M. Nakphaichit;S. Thanomwongwattana;C. Phraephaisarn;N. Sakamoto

  • Lactococcin Q, a Novel Two-Peptide Bacteriocin Produced by Lactococcus lactis QU 4

    Takeshi Zendo;Shoko Koga;Yasushi Shigeri;Jiro Nakayama

  • Aberrant structures of fecal bacterial community in allergic infants profiled by 16S rRNA gene pyrosequencing.

    Jiro Nakayama;Takako Kobayashi;Shigemitsu Tanaka;Yuki Korenori

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenji Sonomoto
Kenji Sonomoto Kyushu University
Takeshi Zendo
Takeshi Zendo Kyushu University
Akinori Suzuki
Akinori Suzuki University of Tokyo
Akira Isogai
Akira Isogai University of Tokyo
Akira Isogai
Akira Isogai Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Masaru Tanaka
Masaru Tanaka Kyushu University
Don B. Clewell
Don B. Clewell University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Yuan Kun Lee
Yuan Kun Lee National University of Singapore
Hiromichi Nagasawa
Hiromichi Nagasawa University of Tokyo
Masaru Tanokura
Masaru Tanokura University of Tokyo

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