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Identification of lipoteichoic acid as a ligand for draper in the phagocytosis of Staphylococcus aureus by Drosophila hemocytes.

Hashimoto Y, Tabuchi Y, Sakurai K, Kutsuna M, Kurokawa K, Awasaki T, Sekimizu K, Nakanishi Y, Shiratsuchi A.

J Immunol. 2009 Dec 1;183(11):7451-60. Epub 2009 Nov 4.PMID: 19890048 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Three pairs of protease-serpin complexes cooperatively regulate the insect innate immune responses.

Jiang R, Kim EH, Gong JH, Kwon HM, Kim CH, Ryu KH, Park JW, Kurokawa K, Zhang J, Gubb D, Lee BL.

J Biol Chem. 2009 Oct 26. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19858208 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articlesFree article

Auxiliary role for d-alanylated wall teichoic acid in Toll-like receptor 2-mediated survival of Staphylococcus aureus in macrophages.

Shiratsuchi A, Shimizu K, Watanabe I, Hashimoto Y, Kurokawa K, Razanajatovo IM, Park KH, Park HK, Lee BL, Sekimizu K, Nakanishi Y.

Immunology. 2009 Oct 21. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19845797 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Rapid Exchange of Bound ADP on the Staphylococcus aureus Replication Initiation Protein DnaA.

Kurokawa K, Mizumura H, Takaki T, Ishii Y, Ichihashi N, Lee BL, Sekimizu K.

J Biol Chem. 2009 Oct 19. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19841480 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articlesFree article

Comparative genomics reveal the mechanism of the parallel evolution of O157 and non-O157 enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli.

Ogura Y, Ooka T, Iguchi A, Toh H, Asadulghani M, Oshima K, Kodama T, Abe H, Nakayama K, Kurokawa K, Tobe T, Hattori M, Hayashi T.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Oct 20;106(42):17939-44. Epub 2009 Oct 6.PMID: 19815525 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Genome-organizing factors Top2 and Hmo1 prevent chromosome fragility at sites of S phase transcription.

Bermejo R, Capra T, Gonzalez-Huici V, Fachinetti D, Cocito A, Natoli G, Katou Y, Mori H, Kurokawa K, Shirahige K, Foiani M.

Cell. 2009 Sep 4;138(5):870-84.PMID: 19737516 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Low health-related quality of life is associated with all-cause mortality in patients with diabetes on haemodialysis: the Japan Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Pattern Study.

Hayashino Y, Fukuhara S, Akiba T, Akizawa T, Asano Y, Saito S, Kurokawa K.

Diabet Med. 2009 Sep;26(9):921-7.PMID: 19719714 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

N-terminal GNBP homology domain of Gram-negative binding protein 3 functions as a beta-1,3-glucan binding motif in Tenebrio molitor.

Lee H, Kwon HM, Park JW, Kurokawa K, Lee BL.

BMB Rep. 2009 Aug 31;42(8):506-10.PMID: 19712587 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Very high doses of valsartan provide renoprotection independently of blood pressure in a type 2 diabetic nephropathy rat model.

Tominaga N, Robert A, Izuhara Y, Ohtomo S, Dan T, Chihara K, Kurokawa K, Van Ypersele de Strihou C, Miyata T.

Nephrology (Carlton). 2009 Sep;14(6):581-7.PMID: 19712258 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Depressive symptoms predict the subsequent risk of bodily pain in dialysis patients: Japan Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study.

Yamamoto Y, Hayashino Y, Akiba T, Akizawa T, Asano Y, Saito A, Kurokawa K, Fukuhara S.

Pain Med. 2009 Jul-Aug;10(5):883-9.PMID: 19682272 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of early referral to nephrologist on mental health among hemodialysis patients: a Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS).

Yokoyama Y, Yamazaki S, Hasegawa T, Wakita T, Hayashino Y, Takegami M, Akiba T, Akizawa T, Asano Y, Saito A, Kurokawa K, Fukuhara S.

Nephron Clin Pract. 2009;113(3):c191-7. Epub 2009 Aug 12.PMID: 19672118 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Beta-blocker prescription and outcomes in hemodialysis patients from the Japan Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study.

Nakao K, Makino H, Morita S, Takahashi Y, Akizawa T, Saito A, Asano Y, Kurokawa K, Fukuhara S, Akiba T; J-DOPPS Investigators Group.

Nephron Clin Pract. 2009;113(3):c132-9. Epub 2009 Aug 12.PMID: 19672110 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

[The forefront of metagenomics]

Mori H, Hayashi T, Kurokawa K.

Tanpakushitsu Kakusan Koso. 2009 Aug;54(10):1264-70. Review. Japanese. No abstract available. PMID: 19663253 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparative genomic analyses of Streptococcus mutans provide insights into chromosomal shuffling and species-specific content.

Maruyama F, Kobata M, Kurokawa K, Nishida K, Sakurai A, Nakano K, Nomura R, Kawabata S, Ooshima T, Nakai K, Hattori M, Hamada S, Nakagawa I.

BMC Genomics. 2009 Aug 5;10:358.PMID: 19656368 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Development of a multiplex PCR-based rapid typing method for enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 strains.

Ooka T, Terajima J, Kusumoto M, Iguchi A, Kurokawa K, Ogura Y, Asadulghani M, Nakayama K, Murase K, Ohnishi M, Iyoda S, Watanabe H, Hayashi T.

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Sep;47(9):2888-94. Epub 2009 Jul 29.PMID: 19641072 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Estimating a preference-based index from the Japanese SF-36.

Brazier JE, Fukuhara S, Roberts J, Kharroubi S, Yamamoto Y, Ikeda S, Doherty J, Kurokawa K.

J Clin Epidemiol. 2009 Dec;62(12):1323-31. Epub 2009 Jul 16.PMID: 19615856 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Effect of a carbonaceous oral adsorbent on the progression of CKD: a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial.

Akizawa T, Asano Y, Morita S, Wakita T, Onishi Y, Fukuhara S, Gejyo F, Matsuo S, Yorioka N, Kurokawa K; CAP-KD Study Group.

Am J Kidney Dis. 2009 Sep;54(3):459-67. Epub 2009 Jul 17.PMID: 19615804 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Role of alpha2/delta subunit in the development of morphine-induced rewarding effect and behavioral sensitization.

Shibasaki M, Kurokawa K, Ohkuma S.

Neuroscience. 2009 Oct 20;163(3):731-4. Epub 2009 Jul 25.PMID: 19596051 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Evaluation of target specificity of antibacterial agents using Staphylococcus aureus ddlA mutants and D-cycloserine in a silkworm infection model.

Kurokawa K, Hamamoto H, Matsuo M, Nishida S, Yamane N, Lee BL, Murakami K, Maki H, Sekimizu K.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Sep;53(9):4025-7. Epub 2009 Jun 22.PMID: 19546371 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Proteolytic cascade for the activation of the insect toll pathway induced by the fungal cell wall component.

Roh KB, Kim CH, Lee H, Kwon HM, Park JW, Ryu JH, Kurokawa K, Ha NC, Lee WJ, Lemaitre B, Söderhäll K, Lee BL.

J Biol Chem. 2009 Jul 17;284(29):19474-81. Epub 2009 May 27.PMID: 19473968 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effects of bromide upon reaction of nucleosides with hydrogen peroxide induced by ultraviolet light.

Suzuki T, Moriwaki N, Kurokawa K, Inukai M.

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2009 Jun 15;19(12):3217-9. Epub 2009 May 3.PMID: 19428243 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Expression of myosin heavy-chain mRNA in cultured myoblasts induced by centrifugal force.

Kurokawa K, Sakiyama K, Abe S, Hiroki E, Naito K, Nakajima K, Takeda T, Inoue T, Ide Y, Ishigami K.

Bull Tokyo Dent Coll. 2008 Nov;49(4):179-84.PMID: 19420878 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Evaluation of new commercial immunochromatography kit for norovirus in feces.

Mutoh K, Hakamata A, Yagi H, Kurokawa K, Miki N, Kurita I.

Pediatr Int. 2009 Feb;51(1):164-6. No abstract available. PMID: 19371304 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Depressive symptoms predict the future risk of severe pruritus in haemodialysis patients: Japan Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study.

Yamamoto Y, Hayashino Y, Yamazaki S, Akiba T, Akizawa T, Asano Y, Saito A, Kurokawa K, Miyachi Y, Fukuhara S; J-DOPPS Research Group.

Br J Dermatol. 2009 Aug;161(2):384-9. Epub 2009 Mar 9.PMID: 19298271 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Human Mena associates with Rac1 small GTPase in glioblastoma cell lines.

Higashi M, Ishikawa C, Yu J, Toyoda A, Kawana H, Kurokawa K, Matsuda M, Kitagawa M, Harigaya K.

PLoS One. 2009;4(3):e4765. Epub 2009 Mar 11.PMID: 19277120 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Recession Watch: No time for nationalism.

Sunami A, Kurokawa K.

Nature. 2009 Feb 19;457(7232):960-1. No abstract available. PMID: 19225502 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Italian G8 Summit: a critical juncture for global health.

Kurokawa K, Banno Y, Hara S, Kondo J.

Lancet. 2009 Feb 14;373(9663):526-7. No abstract available. PMID: 19217975 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Direct evidence for the up-regulation of Vps34 regulated by PKCgamma during short-term treatment with morphine.

Shibasaki M, Kurokawa K, Katsura M, Ohkuma S.

Synapse. 2009 May;63(5):365-8.PMID: 19173263 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pleomorphic carcinoma with osteoclastic giant cells of the breast: immunohistochemical differentiation between coexisting neoplastic and reactive giant cells.

Kurokawa K, Mouri Y, Asano A, Kamei K, Iwata Y, Isogai M, Saga S, Ichihara S.

Pathol Int. 2009 Feb;59(2):91-7.PMID: 19154262 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Differential binding profiles of StpA in wild-type and h-ns mutant cells: a comparative analysis of cooperative partners by chromatin immunoprecipitation-microarray analysis.

Uyar E, Kurokawa K, Yoshimura M, Ishikawa S, Ogasawara N, Oshima T.

J Bacteriol. 2009 Apr;191(7):2388-91. Epub 2009 Jan 16.PMID: 19151137 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The Triacylated ATP Binding Cluster Transporter Substrate-binding Lipoprotein of Staphylococcus aureus Functions as a Native Ligand for Toll-like Receptor 2.

Kurokawa K, Lee H, Roh KB, Asanuma M, Kim YS, Nakayama H, Shiratsuchi A, Choi Y, Takeuchi O, Kang HJ, Dohmae N, Nakanishi Y, Akira S, Sekimizu K, Lee BL.

J Biol Chem. 2009 Mar 27;284(13):8406-11. Epub 2009 Jan 12.PMID: 19139093 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Muscular fatigue and decremental response to repetitive nerve stimulation in X-linked spinobulbar muscular atrophy.

Inoue K, Hemmi S, Miyaishi M, Kutoku Y, Murakami T, Kurokawa K, Sunada Y.

Eur J Neurol. 2009 Jan;16(1):76-80.PMID: 19087153 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Opening Japan up to the world.

Kurokawa K.

Science. 2008 Nov 21;322(5905):1163. No abstract available. PMID: 19023047 [PubMed]Related articlesFree article

Treatment of a citrin-deficient patient at the early stage of adult-onset type II citrullinaemia with arginine and sodium pyruvate.

Mutoh K, Kurokawa K, Kobayashi K, Saheki T.

J Inherit Metab Dis. 2008 Oct 29. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 18958581 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Complete genome sequence and comparative genome analysis of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O127:H6 strain E2348/69.

Iguchi A, Thomson NR, Ogura Y, Saunders D, Ooka T, Henderson IR, Harris D, Asadulghani M, Kurokawa K, Dean P, Kenny B, Quail MA, Thurston S, Dougan G, Hayashi T, Parkhill J, Frankel G.

J Bacteriol. 2009 Jan;191(1):347-54. Epub 2008 Oct 24.PMID: 18952797 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Pleiotropic roles of polyglycerolphosphate synthase of lipoteichoic acid in growth of Staphylococcus aureus cells.

Oku Y, Kurokawa K, Matsuo M, Yamada S, Lee BL, Sekimizu K.

J Bacteriol. 2009 Jan;191(1):141-51. Epub 2008 Oct 24.PMID: 18952789 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[Cae of double cancer involving of the bladder and prostate which was treated by radical cystectomy 8 years after radical prostatectomy]

Tamura Y, Ohki K, Sasaki Y, Ohtake N, Ohnuki T, Kurokawa K.

Nippon Hinyokika Gakkai Zasshi. 2008 Sep;99(6):694-7. Japanese. PMID: 18939452 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Preventive effect of the oral carbonaceous absorbent for progression of chronic kidney failure: report of a RCT]

Asano Y, Akisawa T, Fukuhara S, Shimojyo F, Matsuo S, Yorioka T, Morita T, Wakita T, Onishi Y, Kurokawa K.

Nippon Jinzo Gakkai Shi. 2008;50(5):528-31. Japanese. No abstract available. PMID: 18831090 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Systematic identification and sequence analysis of the genomic islands of the enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strain B171-8 by the combined use of whole-genome PCR scanning and fosmid mapping.

Ogura Y, Abe H, Katsura K, Kurokawa K, Asadulghani M, Iguchi A, Ooka T, Nakayama K, Yamashita A, Hattori M, Tobe T, Hayashi T.

J Bacteriol. 2008 Nov;190(21):6948-60. Epub 2008 Aug 29.PMID: 18757547 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The unique role of nephrologists in the pursuit of global health goals.

Kurokawa K.

Nat Clin Pract Nephrol. 2008 Aug;4(8):405. No abstract available. PMID: 18654601 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Biocompatibility and permeability of dialyzer membranes do not affect anemia, erythropoietin dosage or mortality in japanese patients on chronic non-reuse hemodialysis: a prospective cohort study from the J-DOPPS II study.

Yokoyama H, Kawaguchi T, Wada T, Takahashi Y, Higashi T, Yamazaki S, Fukuhara S, Akiba T, Akizawa T, Asano Y, Kurokawa K, Saito A; J-DOPPS Research Group.

Nephron Clin Pract. 2008;109(2):c100-8. Epub 2008 Jul 3.PMID: 18596379 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Japanese haemodialysis anaemia management practices and outcomes (1999-2006): results from the DOPPS.

Akizawa T, Pisoni RL, Akiba T, Saito A, Fukuhara S, Asano Y, Hasegawa T, Port FK, Kurokawa K.

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008 Nov;23(11):3643-53. Epub 2008 Jun 24.PMID: 18577535 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Metabolomics approach for determining growth-specific metabolites based on Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry.

Takahashi H, Kai K, Shinbo Y, Tanaka K, Ohta D, Oshima T, Altaf-Ul-Amin M, Kurokawa K, Ogasawara N, Kanaya S.

Anal Bioanal Chem. 2008 Aug;391(8):2769-82. Epub 2008 Jun 16.PMID: 18560811 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The Whole-genome sequencing of the obligate intracellular bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi revealed massive gene amplification during reductive genome evolution.

Nakayama K, Yamashita A, Kurokawa K, Morimoto T, Ogawa M, Fukuhara M, Urakami H, Ohnishi M, Uchiyama I, Ogura Y, Ooka T, Oshima K, Tamura A, Hattori M, Hayashi T.

DNA Res. 2008 Aug;15(4):185-99. Epub 2008 May 28.PMID: 18508905 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Are all mouthguards the same and safe to use? Part 2. The influence of anterior occlusion against a direct impact on maxillary incisors.

Takeda T, Ishigami K, Nakajima K, Naitoh K, Kurokawa K, Handa J, Shomura M, Regner CW.

Dent Traumatol. 2008 Jun;24(3):360-5.PMID: 18489486 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

In search of necessary mouthguard thickness. Part 1: From the viewpoint of shock absorption ability.

Maeda M, Takeda T, Nakajima K, Shibusawa M, Kurokawa K, Shimada A, Takayama K, Ishigami K.

Nihon Hotetsu Shika Gakkai Zasshi. 2008 Apr;52(2):211-9.PMID: 18467794 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Sinister hiccups.

Yamazaki Y, Sugiura T, Kurokawa K.

Lancet. 2008 May 3;371(9623):1550. No abstract available. PMID: 18456105 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Overview of the clinical application of regenerative medicine products in Japan.

Tsubouchi M, Matsui S, Banno Y, Kurokawa K, Kawakami K.

Health Policy. 2008 Oct;88(1):62-72. Epub 2008 Apr 18.PMID: 18395290 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Injection of neural progenitor cells improved learning and memory dysfunction after cerebral ischemia.

Mochizuki N, Takagi N, Kurokawa K, Onozato C, Moriyama Y, Tanonaka K, Takeo S.

Exp Neurol. 2008 May;211(1):194-202. Epub 2008 Feb 16.PMID: 18346733 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Structural effects of terminal groups on nonenzymatic and enzymatic degradations of end-capped poly(L-lactide).

Kurokawa K, Yamashita K, Doi Y, Abe H.

Biomacromolecules. 2008 Mar;9(3):1071-8. Epub 2008 Feb 15.PMID: 18275150 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles