Meguru Miyamoto

Surface protease of Treponema denticola hydrolyzes C3 and influences function of polymorphonuclear leukocytes

Tomoko Yamazaki, Meguru Miyamoto, Satoru Yamada et al. · Microbes and Infection · 2006 · 59 citations

Granulocyte, Pathogenesis, Immunology +9

The <i>Treponema denticola</i> Surface Protease Dentilisin Degrades Interleukin-1β (IL-1β), IL-6, and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha

Meguru Miyamoto, Kazuyuki Ishihara, Katsuji Okuda · Infection and Immunity · 2006 · 55 citations · Full text

Inflammation, Cytokine, Inflammatory Cytokines +12

Analysis of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-8 and MMP-2) activity in gingival crevicular fluid from children with Down’s syndrome

T. Yamazaki-Kubota, Meguru Miyamoto, Yoko Sano et al. · Journal of Periodontal Research · 2009 · 27 citations

Dentipain, a Streptococcus pyogenes IdeS protease homolog, is a novel virulence factor of Treponema denticola

Kazuyuki Ishihara, Katarzyna Wawrzonek, Lindsey N. Shaw et al. · Biological Chemistry · 2010 · 22 citations · Full text

Treponema denticola induces interleukin-8 and macrophage chemoattractant protein 1 production in human umbilical vein epithelial cells

Tomoko Okuda, Ryuta Kimizuka, Meguru Miyamoto et al. · Microbes and Infection · 2007 · 20 citations

Inflammation, Cytokine, Treponema Denticola Induces +8