Shigetada Kawabata

Overview

Best Publications

• Genome Sequence of an M3 Strain of Streptococcus pyogenes Reveals a Large-Scale Genomic Rearrangement in Invasive Strains and New Insights into Phage Evolution

  Ichiro Nakagawa;Ken Kurokawa;Atsushi Yamashita;Masanobu Nakata

  347
  Citations

• Inhibitory effect of oolong tea polyphenols on glycosyltransferases of mutans Streptococci.

  K Nakahara;S Kawabata;H Ono;K Ogura

  290
  Citations

• Fba, a novel fibronectin-binding protein from Streptococcus pyogenes, promotes bacterial entry into epithelial cells, and the fba gene is positively transcribed under the Mga regulator.

  Yutaka Terao;Shigetada Kawabata;Eiji Kunitomo;Jumpei Murakami

  264
  Citations

• Silkworm pathogenic bacteria infection model for identification of novel virulence genes.

  Chikara Kaito;Kenji Kurokawa;Yasuhiko Matsumoto;Yutaka Terao

  215
  Citations

• The importance of fimbriae in the virulence and ecology of some oral bacteria.

  S. Hamada;A. Amano;S. Kimura;I. Nakagawa

  209
  Citations

• Oolong Tea Polyphenols Inhibit Experimental Dental Caries in SPF Rats Infected with Mutatis Streptococci

  T. Ooshima;T. Minami;W. Aono;A. Izumitani

  205
  Citations

• Functional Differences among FimA Variants of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Their Effects on Adhesion to and Invasion of Human Epithelial Cells

  Ichiro Nakagawa;Atsuo Amano;Masae Kuboniwa;Takayuki Nakamura

  203
  Citations

• Multifunctional glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase of Streptococcus pyogenes is essential for evasion from neutrophils.

  Yutaka Terao;Masaya Yamaguchi;Shigeyuki Hamada;Shigetada Kawabata

  200
  Citations

• Oral passive immunization against dental caries in rats by use of hen egg yolk antibodies specific for cell-associated glucosyltransferase of Streptococcus mutans.

  S Hamada;T Horikoshi;T Minami;S Kawabata

  196
  Citations

• Molecular Characterization of a Novel Fibronectin-binding Protein of Streptococcus pyogenes Strains Isolated from Toxic Shock-like Syndrome Patients*

  Yutaka Terao;Yutaka Terao;Shigetada Kawabata;Shigetada Kawabata;Masanobu Nakata;Ichiro Nakagawa

  179
  Citations

• Identification of a new variant of fimA gene of Porphyromonas gingivalis and its distribution in adults and disabled populations with periodontitis.

  I. Nakagawa;A. Amano;Y. Ohara-Nemoto;N. Endoh

  178
  Citations

• Contributions of Three Glucosyltransferases to Sucrose-dependent Adherence of Streptococcus mutans

  T. Ooshima;M. Matsumura;T. Hoshino;S. Kawabata

  175
  Citations

• Distribution and molecular characterization of Porphyromonas gingivalis carrying a new type of fimA gene.

  Ichiro Nakagawa;Atsuo Amano;Richard K. Kimura;Takayuki Nakamura

  165
  Citations

• Targeted lymph-node immunization with whole inactivated simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) or envelope and core subunit antigen vaccines does not reliably protect rhesus macaques from vaginal challenge with SIVmac251.

  Xusheng Lü;Hiroshi Kiyono;Ding Lu;Shigetada Kawabata

  162
  Citations

• Influenza A Virus-Infected Hosts Boost an Invasive Type of Streptococcus pyogenes Infection in Mice

  Shigefumi Okamoto;Shigetada Kawabata;Shigetada Kawabata;Ichiro Nakagawa;Yoshinobu Okuno

  162
  Citations

• Novel laminin-binding protein of Streptococcus pyogenes, Lbp, is involved in adhesion to epithelial cells.

  Yutaka Terao;Shigetada Kawabata;Eiji Kunitomo;Ichiro Nakagawa

  154
  Citations

• Group A Streptococcal Cysteine Protease Degrades C3 (C3b) and Contributes to Evasion of Innate Immunity

  Yutaka Terao;Yuka Mori;Masaya Yamaguchi;Yoshikata Shimizu

  150
  Citations

• Systemic and Mucosal Immunizations with Fibronectin-Binding Protein FBP54 Induce Protective Immune Responses against Streptococcus pyogenes Challenge in Mice

  Shigetada Kawabata;Eiji Kunitomo;Yutaka Terao;Ichiro Nakagawa

  150
  Citations

• α-enolase of Streptococcus pneumoniae induces formation of neutrophil extracellular traps

  Yuka Mori;Masaya Yamaguchi;Yutaka Terao;Shigeyuki Hamada

  139
  Citations

• Streptolysin S Contributes to Group A Streptococcal Translocation across an Epithelial Barrier

  Tomoko Sumitomo;Masanobu Nakata;Miharu Higashino;Yingji Jin

  133
  Citations