Kazuhiro Hirayama

IgA production in the large intestine is modulated by a different mechanism than in the small intestine: Bacteroides acidifaciens promotes IgA production in the large intestine by inducing germinal center formation and increasing the number of IgA+ B cells

Tsutomu Yanagibashi, Akira Hosono, Akihito Oyama et al. · Immunobiology · 2012 · 153 citations

Life Sciences, Immunology, Microbiology +17

Histochemical, Lectin-Histochemical and Morphometrical Characteristics of Intestinal Goblet Cells of Germfree and Conventional Mice.

Hitoshi Kandori, Kazuhiro Hirayama, Makio Takeda et al. · EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS · 1996 · 132 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Pathology +13

Competition for proline between indigenous Escherichia coli and E. coli O157:H7 in gnotobiotic mice associated with infant intestinal microbiota and its contribution to the colonization resistance against E. coli O157:H7

Yoshika Momose, Kazuhiro Hirayama, Kikuji Itoh · Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · 2008 · 103 citations

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +16

Transition of the intestinal microbiota of dogs with age

Hiroaki Masuoka, Kouya Shimada, Tomoyo Kiyosue-Yasuda et al. · Bioscience of Microbiota Food and Health · 2016 · 83 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Veterinary Microbiology +14

Deciphering the Virome of Culex vishnui Subgroup Mosquitoes, the Major Vectors of Japanese Encephalitis, in Japan

Astri Nur Faizah, Daisuke Kobayashi, Haruhiko Isawa et al. · Viruses · 2020 · 83 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Entomology, Infectious Diseases +17