Metformin Mediates Protection against <i>Legionella</i> Pneumonia through Activation of AMPK and Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species

Chiaki Kajiwara, Yu Kusaka, Soichiro Kimura, +6

The Journal of Immunology

Temperature-Dependent Parasitic Relationship between <i>Legionella pneumophila</i> and a Free-Living Amoeba ( <i>Acanthamoeba castellanii</i> )

Akira Ohno, Naoyuki Kato, Ryota Sakamoto, +2

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Legionella PneumophilaBacteriologyMicrobial PhysiologyBacterial PathogensHost Specificity +16

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Las quorum sensing autoinducer suppresses growth and biofilm production in Legionella species

Soichiro Kimura, Kazuhiro Tateda, Yoshikazu Ishii, +5

Microbiology

A low concentration of azithromycin inhibits the mRNA expression of N-acyl homoserine lactone synthesis enzymes, upstream of lasI or rhlI, in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Toshihiro Kai, Kazuhiro Tateda, Soichiro Kimura, +5

Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Mrna ExpressionAntibioticsBiochemistryPseudomonas AeruginosaMicrobiology +6

Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Shiga Toxin Gene ( <i>stx</i> ₁ )-Positive <i>Escherichia coli</i> O26:H11: a New Concern

Yoshikazu Ishii, Soichiro Kimura, Jimena Alba, +5

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

June 2004Pathogen DetectionEsbl-producing Stec IsolateMolecular BiologyEscherichia Coli +17

Roles of Interleukin-17 in an Experimental Legionella pneumophila Pneumonia Model

Yoshifumi Kimizuka, Soichiro Kimura, Tomoo Saga, +6

Infection and Immunity

Microbial PathogensLegionella PneumophilaInnate Immune SystemImmunologyImmune Regulation +20

JunB plays a crucial role in development of regulatory T cells by promoting IL-2 signaling

Takaharu Katagiri, Soh Yamazaki, Yuto Fukui, +12

Mucosal Immunology

Development of a human mammary epithelial cell culture model for evaluation of drug transfer into milk

Soichiro Kimura, Keiko Morimoto, Hiroshi Okamoto, +4

Archives of Pharmacal Research

MedicinePharmacologyDrug TransferMammary GlandCell Culture +8

Pravastatin inhibits farnesol production in<i>Candida albicans</i>and improves survival in a mouse model of systemic candidiasis

Masato Tashiro, Soichiro Kimura, Kazuhiro Tateda, +7

Medical Mycology

Antifungal AgentFungal Cell BiologyAntifungal AgentsFarnesol ProductionMedicine +12

Molecular Characterization of Extraintestinal Escherichia coli Isolates in Japan: Relationship between Sequence Types and Mutation Patterns of Quinolone Resistance-Determining Regions Analyzed by Pyrosequencing

Nozomi Aoike, Tomoo Saga, Ryuji Sakata, +8

Journal of Clinical Microbiology