Takahisa Imamura

Pathogenesis of periodontitis: a major arginine-specific cysteine proteinase from Porphyromonas gingivalis induces vascular permeability enhancement through activation of the kallikrein/kinin pathway.

Takahisa Imamura, Robert N. Pike, Jan Potempa et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1994 · 172 citations · Full text

Immunology, Vascular Permeability Enhancement, Oral Microbiology +18

Proteolysis of Human Monocyte CD14 by Cysteine Proteinases (Gingipains) from <i>Porphyromonas gingivalis</i> Leading to Lipopolysaccharide Hyporesponsiveness

Shunji Sugawara, Eiji Nemoto, Hiroyuki Tada et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 2000 · 125 citations

Induction of vascular leakage through release of bradykinin and a novel kinin by cysteine proteinases from <i>Staphylococcus aureus </i>

Takahisa Imamura, Sumio Tanase, Grzegorz Szmyd et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 2005 · 120 citations · Full text

A Novel Mechanism for Bradykinin Production at Inflammatory Sites

Andrzej Kozik, Robert B. Moore, Jan Potempa et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1998 · 120 citations · Full text

Immunology, Cytoskeleton, Tissue Kallikrein +19

Activation of Blood Coagulation Factor X by Arginine-specific Cysteine Proteinases (Gingipain-Rs) from Porphyromonas gingivalis

Takahisa Imamura, Jan Potempa, Sumio Tanase et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1997 · 119 citations · Full text