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h-index: 33
Works: 86
Citations: 4,908

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Macrophages in inflammation.
N. Fujiwara, Kazuo Kobayashi
2005Current drug targets. Inflammation & allergy1,414 citations
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Modulation of CD1d-restricted NKT cell responses by using N-acyl variants of alpha-galactosylceramides.
Karl O. A. Yu, Jin S. Im, A. Molano, Y. Dutronc +9 more
2005Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America341 citations Open access
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis controls host innate immune activation through cyclopropane modification of a glycolipid effector molecule
V. Rao, N. Fujiwara, S. Porcelli, M. Glickman
2005Journal of Experimental Medicine245 citations Open access
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Deletion of kasB in Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes loss of acid-fastness and subclinical latent tuberculosis in immunocompetent mice
A. Bhatt, N. Fujiwara, Kiranmai Bhatt, S. Gurcha +7 more
2007Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America205 citations Open access
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Emendation of the genus Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990 and junior objective synonymy of the species of three genera, Sphingobium, Novosphingobium and Sphingopyxis, in conjunction with Blastomonas ursincola.
E. Yabuuchi, Y. Kosako, N. Fujiwara, Takashi Naka +3 more
2002International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology187 citations Open access
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Characterization of the ybdT gene product of Bacillus subtilis: Novel fatty acid β-hydroxylating cytochrome P450
I. Matsunaga, Atsuo Ueda, N. Fujiwara, T. Sumimoto +1 more
1999Lipids132 citations
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Trehalose 6,6′-Dimycolate (Cord Factor) ofMycobacterium tuberculosis Induces Foreign-Body- and Hypersensitivity-Type Granulomas in Mice
Hirokazu Yamagami, T. Matsumoto, N. Fujiwara, T. Arakawa +3 more
2001Infection and Immunity117 citations Open access
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Chryseobacterium miricola sp. nov., a novel species isolated from condensation water of space station Mir.
Y. Li, Y. Kawamura, N. Fujiwara, Takashi Naka +4 more
2003Systematic and Applied Microbiology113 citations
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Rothia aeria sp. nov., Rhodococcus baikonurensis sp. nov. and Arthrobacter russicus sp. nov., isolated from air in the Russian space laboratory Mir.
Ying Li, Y. Kawamura, N. Fujiwara, Takashi Naka +4 more
2004International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology100 citations Open access
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Proposal of Sphingomonas wittichii sp. nov. for strain RW1T, known as a dibenzo-p-dioxin metabolizer.
Eiko Yabuuchi, H. Yamamoto, S. Terakubo, N. Okamura +5 more
2001International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology89 citations Open access
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Human Lung Hydrolases Delineate Mycobacterium tuberculosis–Macrophage Interactions and the Capacity To Control Infection
J. Arcos, S. Sasindran, N. Fujiwara, J. Turner +2 more
2011Journal of Immunology84 citations Open access
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Sphingomonas melonis sp. nov., a novel pathogen that causes brown spots on yellow Spanish melon fruits.
R. Buonaurio, V. Stravato, Y. Kosako, N. Fujiwara +4 more
2002International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology84 citations Open access
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Mycobacterium kumamotonense Sp. Nov. Recovered from Clinical Specimen and the First Isolation Report of Mycobacterium arupense in Japan: Novel Slowly Growing, Nonchromogenic Clinical Isolates Related to Mycobacterium terrae Complex
T. Masaki, K. Ohkusu, H. Hata, N. Fujiwara +7 more
2006Microbiology and immunology77 citations
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Sphingomonas yabuuchiae sp. nov. and Brevundimonas nasdae sp. nov., isolated from the Russian space laboratory Mir.
Ying Li, Y. Kawamura, N. Fujiwara, Takashi Naka +4 more
2004International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology74 citations Open access
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Glycerol Monomycolate Is a Novel Ligand for the Human, but Not Mouse Macrophage Inducible C-type Lectin, Mincle*
Y. Hattori, D. Morita, N. Fujiwara, D. Mori +4 more
2014Journal of Biological Chemistry71 citations Open access
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Serodiagnosis of pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium avium complex with an enzyme immunoassay that uses a mixture of glycopeptidolipid antigens.
S. Kitada, R. Maekura, Naomi Toyoshima, N. Fujiwara +4 more
2002Clinical Infectious Diseases69 citations
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In vivo induction of apoptosis in the thymus by administration of mycobacterial cord factor (trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate)
Yuriko Ozeki, Kenji Kaneda, N. Fujiwara, Misayo Morimoto +2 more
1997Infection and Immunity68 citations Open access
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Use of Glycopeptidolipid Core Antigen for Serodiagnosis of Mycobacterium avium Complex Pulmonary Disease in Immunocompetent Patients
S. Kitada, R. Maekura, Naomi Toyoshima, Takashi Naka +5 more
2005Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology67 citations Open access
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Anti‐Cord Factor (Trehalose 6,6′‐Dimycolate) IgG Antibody in Tuberculosis Patients Recognizes Mycolic Acid Subclasses
Jiongwei Pan, N. Fujiwara, S. Oka, R. Maekura +2 more
1999Microbiology and immunology67 citations
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Burkholderia uboniae Sp. Nov., l‐Arabinose‐Assimilating but Different from Burkholderia thailandensis and Burkholderia vietnamiensis
E. Yabuuchi, Y. Kawamura, T. Ezaki, M. Ikedo +4 more
2000Microbiology and immunology63 citations Open access
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Structural analysis of sphingophospholipids derived from Sphingobacterium spiritivorum, the type species of genus Sphingobacterium.
Takashi Naka, N. Fujiwara, I. Yano, S. Maeda +8 more
2003Biochimica et Biophysica Acta62 citations
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Comparable studies of immunostimulating activities in vitro among Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) substrains.
D. Hayashi, T. Takii, N. Fujiwara, Yukiko Fujita +10 more
2009FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology60 citations Open access
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Mycobacterium abscessus glycopeptidolipids inhibit macrophage apoptosis and bacterial spreading by targeting mitochondrial cyclophilin D
Jake Whang, Y. Back, Kang-In Lee, N. Fujiwara +4 more
2017Cell Death and Disease57 citations Open access
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Control of Cell Wall Assembly by a Histone-Like Protein in Mycobacteria
Tomoya Katsube, S. Matsumoto, Masaki Takatsuka, M. Okuyama +10 more
2007Journal of Bacteriology56 citations Open access
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Enzymatic reaction of hydrogen peroxide-dependent peroxygenase cytochrome P450s: kinetic deuterium isotope effects and analyses by resonance Raman spectroscopy.
I. Matsunaga, Akari Yamada, Dong-Sun Lee, E. Obayashi +4 more
2002Biochemistry55 citations
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Antitubercular Activity of Disulfiram, an Antialcoholism Drug, against Multidrug- and Extensively Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates
Y. Horita, T. Takii, T. Yagi, K. Ogawa +11 more
2012Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy53 citations Open access
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Mycobacterial cord factor, but not sulfolipid, causes depletion of NKT cells and upregulation of CD1d1 on murine macrophages.
R. Ryll, K. Watanabe, N. Fujiwara, H. Takimoto +4 more
2001Microbes and infection44 citations Open access
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Relationship between induction of macrophage chemotactic factors and formation of granulomas caused by mycoloyl glycolipids from Rhodococcus ruber (Nocardia rubra).
Isamu Matsunaga, S. Oka, N. Fujiwara, Ikuya Yano
1996Journal of Biochemistry (Tokyo)40 citations
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Trehalose 6,6′-Dimycolate (Cord Factor) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Induces Corneal Angiogenesis in Rats
N. Saita, N. Fujiwara, I. Yano, K. Soejima +1 more
2000Infection and Immunity39 citations Open access
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A Microbial Glycolipid Functions as a New Class of Target Antigen for Delayed-type Hypersensitivity*
T. Komori, Takashi Nakamura, I. Matsunaga, D. Morita +6 more
2011Journal of Biological Chemistry36 citations Open access
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A Novel Sphingoglycolipid Containing Galacturonic Acid and 2-Hydroxy Fatty Acid in Cellular Lipids ofSphingomonas yanoikuyae
Takashi Naka, N. Fujiwara, E. Yabuuchi, Matsumi Doe +3 more
2000Journal of Bacteriology36 citations Open access
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Mycobacterium kyorinense sp. nov., a novel, slow-growing species, related to Mycobacterium celatum, isolated from human clinical specimens.
M. Okazaki, K. Ohkusu, H. Hata, H. Ohnishi +16 more
2009International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology35 citations Open access
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Production and partial characterization of anti-cord factor (trehalose-6,6'-dimycolate) IgG antibody in rabbits recognizing mycolic acid subclasses of Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Mycobacterium avium.
N. Fujiwara, Jiongwei Pan, Kyoko Enomoto, Yoshitake Terano +2 more
1999FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology34 citations Open access
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Structure-activity relationship of mycoloyl glycolipids derived from Rhodococcus sp. 4306.
Sadao Ueda, N. Fujiwara, Takashi Naka, I. Sakaguchi +4 more
2001Microbial Pathogenesis31 citations
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Lipid Phenotype of Two Distinct Subpopulations of Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Tokyo 172 Substrain*
Takashi Naka, S. Maeda, Mamiko Niki, N. Ohara +6 more
2011Journal of Biological Chemistry30 citations Open access
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Genus Enhydrobacter Staley et al. 1987 should be recognized as a member of the family Rhodospirillaceae within the class Alphaproteobacteria
Y. Kawamura, N. Fujiwara, Takashi Naka, Asako Mitani +4 more
2012Microbiology and immunology29 citations
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Structural Characterization of a Specific Glycopeptidolipid Containing a Novel N-Acyl-Deoxy Sugar from Mycobacterium intracellulare Serotype 7 and Genetic Analysis of Its Glycosylation Pathway
N. Fujiwara, N. Nakata, S. Maeda, Takashi Naka +3 more
2006Journal of Bacteriology29 citations Open access
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Mycobacterium stephanolepidis sp. nov., a rapidly growing species related to Mycobacterium chelonae, isolated from marine teleost fish, Stephanolepis cirrhifer.
H. Fukano, S. Wada, O. Kurata, K. Katayama +2 more
2017International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology27 citations Open access
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Porphyromonas pogonae sp. nov., an anaerobic but low concentration oxygen adapted coccobacillus isolated from lizards (Pogona vitticeps) or human clinical specimens, and emended description of the genus Porphyromonas Shah and Collins 1988.
Y. Kawamura, S. Kuwabara, S. Kania, Hisayuki Kato +6 more
2015Systematic and Applied Microbiology27 citations
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Glycerol monomycolate, a latent tuberculosis-associated mycobacterial lipid, induces eosinophilic hypersensitivity responses in guinea pigs.
Y. Hattori, I. Matsunaga, T. Komori, Tetsuo Urakawa +5 more
2011Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC27 citations
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Rapid Serodiagnosis of Mycobacterium avium‐intracellulare Complex Infection by ELISA with Cord Factor (Trehalose 6, 6′‐Dimycolate), and Serotyping Using the Glycopeptidolipid Antigen
Kyoko Enomoto, S. Oka, N. Fujiwara, T. Okamoto +4 more
1998Microbiology and immunology26 citations Open access
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The mannan of Candida albicans lacking β-1,2-linked oligomannosides increases the production of inflammatory cytokines by dendritic cells.
Keigo Ueno, A. Okawara, S. Yamagoe, Takashi Naka +9 more
2013Medical Mycology25 citations Open access
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Identification of Rhodococcus equi lipids recognized by host cytotoxic T lymphocytes.
S. Harris, N. Fujiwara, R. Mealey, Debra C. Alperin +3 more
2010Microbiology23 citations Open access
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[Distribution of antigenic glycolipids among Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains and their contribution to virulence].
N. Fujiwara
1997Kekkaku : [Tuberculosis]23 citations
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Characteristics of Mycobacterium smegmatis J15cs strain lipids.
N. Fujiwara, Takashi Naka, M. Ogawa, Reina Yamamoto +2 more
2012Tuberculosis21 citations
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Mycobacterial trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate preferentially induces type 1 helper T cell responses through signal transducer and activator of transcription 4 protein.
R. Oiso, N. Fujiwara, Hirokazu Yamagami, S. Maeda +6 more
2005Microbial Pathogenesis21 citations
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Structure and Host Recognition of Serotype 13 Glycopeptidolipid from Mycobacterium intracellulare
Takashi Naka, N. Nakata, S. Maeda, Reina Yamamoto +7 more
2011Journal of Bacteriology19 citations Open access
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Structural Analysis and Biosynthesis Gene Cluster of an Antigenic Glycopeptidolipid from Mycobacterium intracellulare
N. Fujiwara, N. Nakata, Takashi Naka, I. Yano +9 more
2008Journal of Bacteriology18 citations Open access
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Naturally occurring a loss of a giant plasmid from Mycobacterium ulcerans subsp. shinshuense makes it non-pathogenic
K. Nakanaga, Y. Ogura, A. Toyoda, M. Yoshida +15 more
2018Scientific Reports17 citations Open access
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Neutrophil S100A9 supports M2 macrophage niche formation in granulomas
T. Mizutani, Toshiaki Ano, Y. Yoshioka, S. Mizuta +8 more
2023iScience16 citations Open access
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