Microbiology and Immunology

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Proteolytic activation of SARS‐CoV‐2 spike protein	132
Current situation of viral hepatitis in Egypt	36
Protective effect of surfactin on copper sulfate‐induced inflammation, oxidative stress, and hepatic injury in zebrafish	31
Reduction of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 infectivity by admissible concentration of ozone gas and water	25
Host innate and adaptive immunity shapes the gut microbiota biogeography	20
Current situation of carbapenem‐resistant Enterobacteriaceae and Acinetobacter in Japan and Southeast Asia	19
Coprobacter secundus subsp. similis subsp. nov. and Solibaculum mannosilyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human feces	19
Achievements in bacterial flagellar research with focus on Vibrio species	18
Azole‐resistant Aspergillus fumigatus as an emerging worldwide pathogen	18
Oral mitis group streptococci: A silent majority in our oral cavity	16
Detection rates of periodontal bacteria and herpesviruses in different forms of periodontal disease	15
Detection of the serological markers hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis B core IgM antibody (anti‐HBcIgM) in the diagnosis of acute hepatitis B virus infection after recent exposu	15
CXC chemokine ligand 5 (CXCL5) disrupted the permeability of human brain microvascular endothelial cells via regulating p38 signal	14
Cytokines profile in patients with acute and chronic hepatitis B infection	13
Secondary streptococcal infection following influenza	13
Probiotics as a biotherapeutics for the management and prevention of respiratory tract diseases	11
Human cytomegalovirus infection activates NLRP3 inflammasome by releasing mtDNA into the cytosol in human THP‐1 cells	10
Recombinant Rv1654 protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis induces mitochondria‐mediated apoptosis in macrophage	10
A comparative study of valaciclovir, valganciclovir, and artesunate efficacy in reactivated HHV‐6 and HHV‐7 infections associated with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis	10
Diversity of β‐hemolysins produced by the human opportunistic streptococci	10
Recent advances in structural studies of the Legionella pneumophila Dot/Icm type IV secretion system	9
A comprehensive profiling of innate immune responses in Eptesicus bat cells	9
Detection and quantification of Epstein–Barr virus, cytomegalovirus, and human herpesvirus‐6 in stomach frozen tissue of chronic gastritis and gastric cancer patients	9
Epidemiology and molecular characterization of chikungunya virus from human cases in North India, 2016	9
Hepatitis C virus, insulin resistance, and diabetes: A review	9

Antibacterial potential of selected phytomolecules: An experimental study	9
Subtractive proteomic analysis of antigenic extracellular proteins and design a multi‐epitope vaccine against Staphylococcus aureus	9
BUD23–TRMT112 interacts with the L protein of Borna disease virus and mediates the chromosomal tethering of viral ribonucleoproteins	8
Molecular signatures in cetacean morbillivirus and host species proteomes: Unveiling the evolutionary dynamics of an enigmatic pathogen?	7
Effects of immune checkpoint blockade on antigen‐specific CD8+ T cells for use in adoptive cellular therapy	7
Crawling motility of Treponema denticola modulated by outer sheath protein	7
Seven years of progress in determining fungal diversity and characterization of fungi isolated from the Japanese Experiment Module KIBO, International Space Station	7
Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase inhibitor is a novel therapeutic candidate in LPS‐induced neutrophil extracellular traps	6
Functional roles of GRP78 in hepatitis B virus infectivity and antigen secretion	6
Actinomyces capricornis sp. nov., isolated from the oral cavity of a Japanese serow	6
Evaluation of CHROMagar™ Candida Plus chromogenic agar for the presumptive identification of Candida auris	6
Macrophage colony‐stimulating factor potentially induces recruitment and maturation of macrophages in recurrent pituitary neuroendocrine tumors	6
β‐Glycyrrhetinic acid inhibits the bacterial growth and biofilm formation by supragingival plaque commensals	6
Comparison of cytokine production in mice inoculated with messenger RNA vaccines BNT162b2 and mRNA‐1273	6
The role of C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) in regulating macrophage polarization in RAW264.7 cells	6
Rapid prototyping vaccine approach in mice against multi‐drug resistant Gram‐negative organisms from clinical isolates based on outer membrane vesicles	6
Recent advances in studies on magnetosome‐associated proteins composing the bacterial geomagnetic sensor organelle	5
Novel and classical morbilliviruses: Current knowledge of three divergent morbillivirus groups	5
Smoking enhances the expression of angiotensin‐converting enzyme 2 involved in the efficiency of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection	5
Conserved immunogenic peptides of Ebola glycoprotein elicit immune response in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells	5
Epidemiological and hematological investigation of dengue virus infection	5
The landscape of extrapulmonary manifestations of human parainfluenza viruses: A systematic narrative review	5
Infectious sporozoite challenge modulates radiation attenuated sporozoite vaccine–induced memory CD8+T cells for better survival characteristics	5
The changes of respiratory microbiome between mild and severe asthma patients	5
Prevalence of saliva immunoglobulin A antibodies reactive with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 among Japanese people unexposed to the virus	4
Amentoflavone inhibits hepatitis B virus infection via the suppression of preS1 binding to host cells	4
Continuous prevalence of VEB‐3 extended‐spectrum β‐lactamase‐producing Aeromonas hydrophila in a local river in gifu city, Japan	4
Next‐generation sequencing for typing human papillomaviruses and predicting multi‐infections and their clinical symptoms	4
Telmisartan ameliorates LPS‐induced pneumonia in rats through regulation of the PPARγ/NF‐κB pathway	4
Targeting of neutrophil activation in the early phase of the disease for prevention of Coronavirus disease‐19 severity	4
Potential role of green tea amino acid l‐theanine in the activation of innate immune response by enhancing expression of cytochrome b558 responsible for the reactiv	4
Influenza A virus protein PA‐X suppresses host Ankrd17‐mediated immune responses	4
Downregulation of hepatitis C virus replication by miR‐196a using lentiviral vectors	4
Pneumococcal proteins ClpC and UvrC as novel host plasminogen binding factors	4
Human cytomegalovirus UL42 protein inhibits the degradation of glycoprotein B through inhibition of Nedd4 family ubiquitin E3 ligases	4
Molecular characteristics of an adhesion molecule containing cholesterol‐dependent cytolysin‐motif produced by mitis group streptococci	4
Multiple clades of SARS‐CoV‐2 were introduced to Thailand during the first quarter of 2020	4
Identification of fungi isolated from astronaut nasal and pharyngeal smears and saliva	4
Diagnostic value of lncRNA NORAD in pulmonary tuberculosis and its regulatory role in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection of macrophages	4
Development of recombinant rotavirus carrying herpes simplex virus 2 glycoprotein D gene based on reverse genetics technology	4
Advances of genetic engineering in streptococci and enterococci	4
Predictive value of CXCL10 for the occurrence of immune‐related adverse events in patient with renal cell carcinoma	4
Gene expression in lung epithelial cells following interaction with Pneumocystis carinii and its specific life forms yields insights into host gene responses to infection	4
Expression and diversity of the sialic acid–binding adhesin and its homologs associated with oral streptococcal infection	3
The immunoregulatory axis (programmed death‐1/programmed death ligand‐1) on CD4+ T cells in lupus nephritis: association with vitamin D and chemokine C‐X‐C motif ligand 12	3
Vibrio cholerae toxin coregulated pilus provokes inflammatory responses in Coculture model of Caco‐2 and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) leading to increased colonization	3
Rhodococcus equiU19 strain harbors a nonmobilizable virulence plasmid	3
Anti‐inflammatory effect a specific Lactiplantibacillus plantarum in an ovalbumin‐induced asthma model	3
Long noncoding RNA MALAT1 inhibition attenuates sepsis‐induced acute lung injury through modulating the miR‐129‐5p/PAX6/ZEB2 axis	3
ldhA‐induced persister in Escherichia coli is formed through accidental SOS response via intracellular metabolic perturbation	3

Monoclonal antibodies against foot‐and‐mouth disease virus RNA polymerase for detection of virus infection	3
Phenotypic characterization of human peripheral γδT‐cell subsets in glioblastoma	3
Bioinformatic investigation of Nipah virus surface protein mutations: Molecular docking with Ephrin B2 receptor, molecular dynamics simulation, and structural impact analysis	3
Identification potential epigenetic biomarkers of a human immunodeficiency virus/tuberculosis co‐infection based on weighted gene co‐expression network analysis	3
Suitability of NIID‐MDCK cells as a substrate for cell‐based influenza vaccine development from the perspective of adventitious virus susceptibility	3
Expression of virulence factors under different environmental conditions in Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans	3
cydA, spdC, and mroQ are novel genes involved in the plasma coagulation of Staphylococcus aureus	3
Emergence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus serotype O10:K4 in Thailand	3
The risk of unintentional propagation of poliovirus can be minimized by using human cell lines lacking the functional CD155 gene	3
Antimicrobial peptide HI‐3 from Hermetia illucens alleviates inflammation in lipopolysaccharide‐stimulated RAW264.7 cells via suppression of the nuclear factor kappa‐B signaling pathway	3
Large‐scale investigation of zoonotic viruses in the era of high‐throughput sequencing	3
Comprehensive characterization of sortase A‐dependent surface proteins in Streptococcus mutans	3
Duck Tembusu virus induces stronger cellular responses than Japanese encephalitis virus in primary duck neurons and fibroblasts	3
Human serum albumin stabilizes streptolysin S activity secreted in the extracellular milieu by streptolysin S‐producing streptococci	3
Study of surface activation markers on CD3−CD16+ NK cells and their correlation with clinical manifestations in children with infectious mononucleosis	2
Antimicrobial resistance in Enterobacteriaceae isolated from arthropods in Gifu City, Japan	2
Capture and neutralization of SARS‐CoV‐2 and influenza virus by algae‐derived lectins with high‐mannose and core fucose specificities	2
Seroepidemiology of hepatitis A virus infection in Japan: An area of very low endemicity	2
Inhibition of JC polyomavirus infectivity by the retrograde transport inhibitor Retro‐2.1	2
Human leptospirosis in the Marche region: Over 10 years of surveillance	2
The relevance between anti‐rods/rings antibody and different treatment regimens in chronic hepatitis C virus infection	2
Zooplankton act as cruise ships promoting the survival and pathogenicity of pathogenic bacteria	2
Immune response variations and intestinal flora changes in mastitis induced by three Streptococcus uberis strains	2
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Rheotaxis in Mycoplasma gliding	2
Establishment of monoclonal antibodies broadly neutralize infection of hepatitis B virus	2
Glucosyltransferase‐modulated Streptococcus mutans adhesion to different surfaces involved in biofilm formation by atomic force microscopy	2
The Guinea pig cytomegalovirus GP119.1 gene encodes an IgG‐binding glycoprotein that is incorporated into the virion	2
Coccomyxa sp.KJ extract affects the fate of T cells stimulated by toxic shock syndrome toxin‐1, a superantigen secreted by Staphylococcus aureus	2
Deneddylation by SENP8 restricts hepatitis B virus propagation	2
Huoxue Jiedu Recipe represses mitochondrial fission to alleviate submandibular gland inflammation in Sjögren's syndrome	2
Prospective study of ALDH1A1 gene polymorphisms associated with antituberculosis drug‐induced liver injury in western Chinese Han population	2
Virological characteristics of the SARS‐CoV‐2 Omicron EG.5.1 variant	2
Toll‐interacting protein in the freshwater fish Labeo rohita exhibits conserved structural motifs of higher eukaryotes and is distinctly expressed in pathogen‐associated molecular pattern stimu	2
Involvement of ribonuclease Y in pilus production by M49 Streptococcus pyogenes strain via modulation of messenger RNA level of transcriptional regulator	2
Elizabethkingia anophelis, an emerging pathogen, inhibits RAW 264.7 macrophage function	2
Tacrolimus inhibits stress responses and hyphal formation via the calcineurin signaling pathway in Trichosporon asahii	2
Oral and rectal colonization of methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus in long‐term care facility residents and their association with clinical status	2
Promising whole‐cell vaccines against cryptococcosis	2
Molecular mechanism of Streptococcus pneumoniae–targeting xenophagy recognition and evasion: Reinterpretation of pneumococci as intracellular bacteria	2
Establishment of a system to quantify wild‐type herpes simplex virus–induced cell–cell fusion reveals a role of N‐glycosylation of HSV‐1 envelope glycoprotein B in cell–cell fusion	2
Prediction of putative epitope‐based vaccine against all corona virus strains for the Chinese population: Approach toward development of vaccine	2
Sendai virus C protein affects macrophage function, which plays a critical role in modulating disease severity during Sendai virus infection in mice	2
Expression of macrophage/dendritic cell–related molecules in lymph node sinus macrophages	2
Investigating theobromine as a potential anti‐human coronaviral agent	2
Attempt of thyX gene silencing and construction of a thyX deleted clone in a Mycobacterium bovis BCG	2
Development of potent antipseudomonal β‐lactams by means of polycarboxylation of aminopenicillins	1
Effects of antibiotics on the viability of and toxin production by Clostridium botulinum	1
Basic reproduction numbers of three strains of mouse hepatitis viruses in mice	1
Silencing of circ‐NT5C2 retards the progression of IL‐1β–induced osteoarthritis in an in vitro cell model by targeting the miR‐142‐5p/NAMPT axis	1
Genomic characterization of New Delhi metallo‐beta‐lactamase–producing species of Morganellaceae, Yersiniaceae, and Enterobacteriaceae (other than Klebsiella) from Brazil over 2013–2022	1
Analysis of the upstream genetic structures of the ISEcp1‐blaCTX‐M transposition units in Escherichia coli isolates carrying blaCTX‐M obtained from th	1
The roles of BST‐2 in murine B cell development and on virus propagation	1
Diagnostic reference value of antibody levels measured using enzyme immunoassay for subacute sclerosing panencephalitis	1
A multilocus sequence typing method of Staphylococcus aureus DNAs in a sample from human skin	1
Human herpesvirus 6A and 6B and polyomavirus JC and BK infections in renal cell carcinoma and their relationship with p53, p16INK4a, Ki‐67, and nuclear factor‐kappa B expression	1
Differential activation of innate and adaptive lymphocytes during latent or active infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis	1
Viral shedding and the durability of immunoglobulin G antibodies to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2	1
Interferon inducible guanylate‐binding protein 1 modulates the lipopolysaccharide‐induced cytokines/chemokines and mitogen‐activated protein kinases in macrophages	1
Association of the rs4143815 polymorphism of PDL1 gene with HTLV‐1 infection and proviral load in asymptomatic blood donors in northeast Iran	1
Generation of a photocontrollable recombinant bovine parainfluenza virus type 3	1
Differences in the sequence of PlcR transcriptional regulator–binding site affect sphingomyelinase production in Bacillus cereus	1
Chronic hepatitis C virus infection impairs natural killer cells–dendritic cells cross‐talk: Anin vitroculture study	1
A greater effect on clarithromycin resistance of mef(A)‐associated msr(D) than mef(E)‐associated msr(D) in Streptococcus pyogenes	1
Mannose binding lectin‐associated serine protease 2 (MASP2) gene polymorphism and susceptibility to human T‐lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV‐1) infection in blood donors from Mashhad, Iran	1
Phylogenic position and low genomic diversity of “Candidatus Rickettsia kotlanii” inferred by complete genome sequences of two Japanese isolates	1
Re‐recognition of innate immune memory as an integrated multidimensional concept	1
The autotransporter BafA contributes to the proangiogenic potential of Bartonella elizabethae	1
Siderophore‐producing Pantoea ferrattrahens sp. nov. isolated from a clinical specimen and Pantoea ferramans sp. nov. isolated from soil at the bottom of a pond	1
TLR2 mediates autophagy through ERK signaling pathway in Chlamydia psittaci CPSIT_p7 protein‐stimulated RAW264.7 cells	1
Hyperoxia combined with the B‐cell antagonist rituximab led to intestinal dysbiosis in neonatal mice	1
Single‐stranded RNA adjuvant enhances the efficacy of 10‐valent human papilloma virus‐like particle vaccine	1
Neurotrophic factor levels in the serum and cerebrospinal fluid of neonates infected with human cytomegalovirus	1
Isolation and whole‐genome sequencing analysis of Escherichia fergusonii harboring a heat‐labile enterotoxin gene from retail chicken meat in Okinawa, Japan	1
γδ T‐cell–mediated immune responses to malaria	1
Immunization with autotransporter Vag8 prevents coughing induced by Bordetella pertussis infection in mice	1
Nicotine promotes Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv growth and overexpression of virulence genes	1
What is the clinical impact of occult HBV infections and anti‐HBc positivity in patients with chronic hepatitis C?	1
Relationship between biochemical markers and measles viral load in patients with immunologically naive cases and secondary vaccine failure: LDH is one of the potential auxiliary indicators for seconda	1
Ceramic absorbed with calcium bicarbonate mesoscopic crystals partially inactivate scrapie prions	1

SlyA regulates virulence gene expressions through activation of pchA regulatory gene in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli	1
Knock‐out of multidrug efflux pump MexXY‐OprM results in increased susceptibility to antimicrobial peptides in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	1
Short sequence repeats of the intergenic spacer regions of ribosomal RNA genes in Malassezia globosa and Malassezia restricta colonizing the scalps of male individuals with and without a	1
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HIV‐1 tracing method of systemic viremia in vivo using an artificially mutated virus pool	0
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Inhibition of the interaction between fibronectin and dermatopontin by Clostridium perfringens fibronectin‐binding proteins	0
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Novel role of host protein SLC25A42 in the HIV‐1 reactivation of latent HIV‐1 provirus	0
Analysis of multidrug‐resistant determinants of clinically isolated Acinetobacter baumannii CYZ via whole genome sequencing	0
Discovery of a novel spotted fever group Rickettsia, “Candidatus Rickettsia kedanie,” in unfed larval chigger mites, Leptotrombidium scutellare	0
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Strain identity of Bordetella pertussis isolates from household members based on whole‐genome sequencing	0
Performance assessment of ASTA MicroIDSys, a new matrix assisted laser desorption ionization‐time of flight mass spectrometry system, for identification of viridans group streptococci	0
Pathogenicity of genotype 2.1 classical swine fever virus isolated from Japan in 2019 in pigs	0
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Establishment of measles virus receptor‐expressing Vero cells lacking functional poliovirus receptors	0
Downregulation of CD86 in HCMV‐infected THP‐1 cells	0
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MYBBP1A is required for efficient replication and gene expression of herpes simplex virus 1	0
Association of ATG16L1 and ATG5 gene polymorphisms with susceptibility to hepatitis B virus infection and progression to HCC in central China	0
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Structure‐based virtual screening and drug repurposing studies indicate potential inhibitors of bovine papillomavirus E6 oncoprotein	0
OX40L enhances the immunogenicity of dendritic cells and inhibits tumor metastasis in mice	0
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Demonstration of bacterium‐free very rapid reverse genetics system using mumps virus	0
Characterization of missense mutations in the NADPH oxidase partner p22phox in the A22° subtype of chronic granulomatous disease	0
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Premarital screening of the viral hepatitis among Saudi nationals	0
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Validation of serum apolipoprotein A1 in rabies virus‐infected mice as a biomarker for the preclinical diagnosis of rabies	0
Stability of Borna disease virus‐based episomal vector under physical and chemical stimulation	0
Possible link between colonization of the gastrointestinal tract by Citrobacter rodentium in C57BL/6 mice and microbiota composition	0
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Current understanding of Bordetella‐induced cough	0
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N‐glycosylation of the SARS‐CoV‐2 spike protein at Asn331 and Asn343 is involved in spike‐ACE2 binding, virus entry, and regulation of IL‐6	0
Epigallocatechin‐3‐gallate ameliorates lipopolysaccharide‐induced acute thymus involution in mice via AMPK/Sirt1 pathway	0
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Neutralization mechanism of human monoclonal antibodies against type B botulinum neurotoxin	0
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Rapid quantitative detection system for measles virus‐neutralizing antibodies using HiBiT‐tagged virus‐like particles	0
Establishment of a new reverse genetics system for respiratory syncytial virus under the control of RNA polymerase II	0
Extended application of the rapid post‐mortem test kit for bovine spongiform encephalopathy to chronic wasting disease	0
A basic charge cluster near the C‐terminus of the cytoplasmic tail contributes to the molecular stability of human herpesvirus 8 E3 ubiquitin ligases	0
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Activation of inflammasomes and mechanisms for intracellular recognition of Listeria monocytogenes	0
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A novel toxin–antitoxin system swpAB alters gene expression patterns and reduces virulence expression in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli	0
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Y‐shaped RNA secondary structure of a noncoding region in the genomic RNA of tick‐borne encephalitis virus affects pathogenicity	0
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Tumor‐associated macrophages: The key player in hepatoblastoma microenvironment and the promising therapeutic target	0
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Establishment of COS‐BK cells persistently infected with archetype BK polyomavirus	0
Statins enhance extracellular release of hepatitis C virus particles through ERK5 activation	0
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Lipoprotein signal peptidase‐deficient Streptococcus pneumoniae exhibits impaired Toll‐like receptor 2‐stimulatory activity	0
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