Youko Aoyagi

Role of L-Ficolin/Mannose-Binding Lectin-Associated Serine Protease Complexes in the Opsonophagocytosis of Type III Group B Streptococci

Youko Aoyagi, Elisabeth E. Adderson, Jin G. Min et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 2005 · 84 citations · Full text

Specific Serum Ig Recognizing Staphylococcal Wall Teichoic Acid Induces Complement-Mediated Opsonophagocytosis against <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>

Dong-Jun Jung, Jang-Hyun An, Kenji Kurokawa et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 2012 · 62 citations

Wall Teichoic Acid, Microbial Pathogens, Innate Immune System +17

Capsular Sialic Acid Limits C5a Production on Type III Group B Streptococci

Shinji Takahashi, Youko Aoyagi, Elisabeth E. Adderson et al. · Infection and Immunity · 1999 · 48 citations · Full text

Medical Microbiology, Bacterial Enzyme, Antimicrobial Susceptibility +12

L-Ficolin/Mannose-Binding Lectin-Associated Serine Protease Complexes Bind to Group B Streptococci Primarily through <i>N</i> -Acetylneuraminic Acid of Capsular Polysaccharide and Activate the Complement Pathway

Youko Aoyagi, Elisabeth E. Adderson, Craig E. Rubens et al. · Infection and Immunity · 2007 · 46 citations · Full text

Correlation of Phylogenetic Lineages of Group B Streptococci, Identified by Analysis of Restriction‐Digestion Patterns of Genomic DNA, with<i>infB</i>Alleles and Mobile Genetic Elements

Shinji Takahashi, Shauna Detrick, April Whiting et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2002 · 28 citations · Full text

Mobile Genetic Elements, Comparative Genomics, Genetics +21