Involvement of Leucine Residues at Positions 107, 112, and 115 in a Leucine-Rich Repeat Motif of Human Toll-Like Receptor 2 in the Recognition of Diacylated Lipoproteins and Lipopeptides and <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Peptidoglycans

Mari Fujita, Takeshi Into, Motoaki Yasuda, +7

The Journal of Immunology

The Role of the Calpain-Calpastatin System in Thyrotropin-releasing Hormone-induced Selective Down-regulation of a Protein Kinase C Isozyme, nPKCε, in Rat Pituitary GH4C1 Cells

Akiko Eto, Yoshiko Akita, Takaomi C. Saido, +2

Journal of Biological Chemistry

National Registry of Designated Intractable Diseases in Japan: Present Status and Future Prospects

Yasuhiro Kanatani, Naoko Tomita, Yoko Sato, +3

Neurologia medico-chirurgica

DiagnosisDesignated Intractable DiseasesNational DatabaseOnline Registration SystemNon-communicable Disease +14

Essential roles for NF-κB and a Toll/IL-1 receptor domain-specific signal(s) in the induction of IκB-ζ

Akiko Eto, Tatsushi Muta, Soh Yamazaki, +1

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

InflammationToll-like ReceptorsMolecular ImmunologyCytokineImmune Cell Development +12

Oral Streptococci Exhibit Diverse Susceptibility to Human �-Defensin-2: Antimicrobial Effects of hBD-2 on Oral Streptococci

Eisaku Nishimura, Akiko Eto, Masatoshi Kato, +4

Current Microbiology

Medical MicrobiologyAntimicrobial SusceptibilityAntibioticsAntimicrobial EffectsHuman �-Defensin-2 +8

A defect in GTP synthesis affects mannose outer chain elongation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Yoh‐ichi Shimma, Akiko Nishikawa, B. bin Kassim, +2

Molecular and General Genetics MGG

Outer Chain ElongationBiosynthesisEngineeringSaccharomyces CerevisiaeNatural Sciences +7

IκB-ζ, a new anti-inflammatory nuclear protein induced by lipopolysaccharide, is a negative regulator for nuclear factor-κB

Tatsushi Muta, Soh Yamazaki, Akiko Eto, +2

Journal of Endotoxin Research

Nuclear Factor-κ BNegative RegulatorIκb FamilyLung InflammationInnate Immune System +19

IκB-ζ, a new anti-inflammatory nuclear protein induced by lipopolysaccharide, is a negative regulator for nuclear factor-κB

Tatsushi Muta, Soh Yamazaki, Akiko Eto, +2

Journal of Endotoxin Research

Negative RegulatorImmune RegulationImmunologyInnate ImmunityImmunotherapy +18

Inhibitory Effect of a Self-derived Peptide on Glucosyltransferase of Streptococcus mutans

Akiko Eto, Takaomi C. Saido, Kazuo Fukushima, +4

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Screening for periodontal diseases using salivary lactate dehydrogenase, hemoglobin level, and statistical modeling

Yoshiaki Nomura, Yoh Tamaki, Akiko Eto, +8

Journal of Dental Sciences