Chiaki Nishitani

Surfactant Protein A Directly Interacts with TLR4 and MD-2 and Regulates Inflammatory Cellular Response

Chieko Yamada, Hitomi Sano, Takeyuki Shimizu et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2006 · 163 citations · Full text

Proteinlipid Interaction, Inflammatory Lung Disease, Supratrimeric Oligomerization +18

Human Pulmonary Surfactant Protein D Binds the Extracellular Domains of Toll-like Receptors 2 and 4 through the Carbohydrate Recognition Domain by a Mechanism Different from Its Binding to Phosphatidylinositol and Lipopolysaccharide

Madoka Ohya, Chiaki Nishitani, Hitomi Sano et al. · Biochemistry · 2006 · 148 citations

Anionic Pulmonary Surfactant Phospholipids Inhibit Inflammatory Responses from Alveolar Macrophages and U937 Cells by Binding the Lipopolysaccharide-interacting Proteins CD14 and MD-2

Koji Kuronuma, Hiroaki Mitsuzawa, Katsuyuki Takeda et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2009 · 146 citations · Full text

Interaction of Soluble Form of Recombinant Extracellular TLR4 Domain with MD-2 Enables Lipopolysaccharide Binding and Attenuates TLR4-Mediated Signaling

Naoki Hyakushima, Hiroaki Mitsuzawa, Chiaki Nishitani et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 2004 · 110 citations

Pulmonary Surfactant Protein D Inhibits Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced Inflammatory Cell Responses by Altering LPS Binding to Its Receptors

Masami Yamazoe, Chiaki Nishitani, Motoko Takahashi et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2008 · 88 citations · Full text

Asthma, Pulmonary Surfactant, Inflammatory Lung Disease +22