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Masaru Nonaka

No longer a member of F1000[ 10-JAN-2002 - 20-MAY-2008 ]
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Evolutionary dynamics of immune-related genes and pathways in disease-vector mosquitoes.
Waterhouse RM, Kriventseva EV, …, Zdobnov EM, Christophides GK
Science 2007 Jun 22 316(5832):1738-43 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka / Nico M. van Straalen / Thomas Mitchell-Olds
Evaluated 23 Jul 2007

A complement response may activate metamorphosis in the ascidian Boltenia villosa.
Roberts B, Davidson B, …, Wallace SS, Swalla BJ
Dev Genes Evol 2007 Jun 217(6):449-58 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 29 May 2007

Embryonic chimerism does not induce tolerance in an invertebrate model organism.
Poudyal M, Rosa S, …, Buss LW, Lakkis FG
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 Mar 13 104(11):4559-64 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 11 Apr 2007

Lamprey TLRs with properties distinct from those of the variable lymphocyte receptors.
Ishii A, Matsuo A, …, Matsumoto M, Seya T
J Immunol 2007 Jan 1 178(1):397-406 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [order article]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 28 Feb 2007

Structure of C3b reveals conformational changes that underlie complement activity.
Janssen BJ, Christodoulidou A, …, Lambris JD, Gros P
Nature 2006 Nov 9 444(7116):213-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka / John Atkinson
Evaluated 1 Dec 2006

First identification of a chemotactic receptor in an invertebrate species: structural and functional characterization of Ciona intestinalis C3a receptor.
Melillo D, Sfyroera G, …, Lambris JD, Pinto MR
J Immunol 2006 Sep 15 177(6):4132-40 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 15 Sep 2006

Mannan-binding lectin activates C3 and the alternative complement pathway without involvement of C2.
Selander B, Mårtensson U, …, Truedsson L, Sjöholm AG
J Clin Invest 2006 May 116(5):1425-34 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Robert Sim / Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 2 Jun 2006

Mannan-binding lectin-associated serine protease 3 cleaves synthetic peptides and insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 5.
Cortesio CL, Jiang W
Arch Biochem Biophys 2006 May 15 449(1-2):164-70 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 13 Apr 2006

Diversity and function of adaptive immune receptors in a jawless vertebrate.
Alder MN, Rogozin IB, …, Cooper MD, Pancer Z
Science 2005 Dec 23 310(5756):1970-3 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | John Jaenike / Tom Rapoport / Masaru Nonaka / Andrey Rzhetsky / David Schatz / Vincent Ling
Evaluated 12 Jan 2006

Isolation and characterization of a protochordate histocompatibility locus.
De Tomaso AW, Nyholm SV, …, Mitchel K, Weissman IL
Nature 2005 Nov 24 438(7067):454-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka / Craig Moritz
Evaluated 1 Dec 2005

Structures of complement component C3 provide insights into the function and evolution of immunity.
Janssen BJ, Huizinga EG, …, Nilsson B, Gros P
Nature 2005 Sep 22 437(7058):505-11 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka / Christopher Thanos / John Atkinson / Michael Holers
Evaluated 28 Sep 2005

Characterization of a C3-like cDNA in a coral: phylogenetic implications.
Dishaw LJ, Smith SL, Bigger CH
Immunogenetics 2005 Aug 57(7):535-48 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 26 Aug 2005

Variable lymphocyte receptors in hagfish.
Pancer Z, Saha NR, …, Kasahara M, Cooper MD
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 Jun 28 102(26):9224-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 12 Jul 2005

Composition of the lectin pathway of complement in Gallus gallus: absence of mannan-binding lectin-associated serine protease-1 in birds.
Lynch NJ, Khan SU, …, Presanis JS, Schwaeble WJ
J Immunol 2005 Apr 15 174(8):4998-5006 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Jens Christian Jensenius / Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 17 May 2005

Genes "waiting" for recruitment by the adaptive immune system: the insights from amphioxus.
Yu C, Dong M, …, Xiang M, Xu A
J Immunol 2005 Mar 15 174(6):3493-500 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 1 Apr 2005

The ancient origin of the complement system.
Zhu Y, Thangamani S, Ho B, Ding JL
EMBO J 2005 Jan 26 24(2):382-94 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 12 Jan 2005

Self/nonself recognition in ascidian fertilization: vitelline coat protein HrVC70 is a candidate allorecognition molecule.
Sawada H, Tanaka E, …, Matsumoto K, Yokosawa H
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004 Nov 2 101(44):15615-20 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 18 Nov 2004

Prototypic T cell receptor and CD4-like coreceptor are expressed by lymphocytes in the agnathan sea lamprey.
Pancer Z, Mayer WE, Klein J, Cooper MD
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004 Sep 7 101(36):13273-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 6 Sep 2004

Bacterial alpha2-macroglobulins: colonization factors acquired by horizontal gene transfer from the metazoan genome?
Budd A, Blandin S, Levashina EA, Gibson TJ
Genome Biol 2004 5(6):R38 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 9 Jun 2004

Expression and characterization of the C345C/NTR domains of complement components C3 and C5.
Thai CT, Ogata RT
J Immunol 2003 Dec 15 171(12):6565-73 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 23 Feb 2004

Ikaros family members from the agnathan Myxine glutinosa and the urochordate Oikopleura dioica: emergence of an essential transcription factor for adaptive immunity.
Cupit PM, Hansen JD, …, Smale ST, Cunningham C
J Immunol 2003 Dec 1 171(11):6006-13 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 11 Dec 2003

The proinflammatory mediators C3a and C5a are essential for liver regeneration.
Strey CW, Markiewski M, …, Greenbaum LE, Lambris JD
J Exp Med 2003 Sep 15 198(6):913-23 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka / Michael Holers
Evaluated 6 Nov 2003

Characterisation of a gene cluster in Fugu rubripes containing the complement component C4 gene.
Sambrook JG, Campbell RD, Elgar G
Gene 2003 Jul 17 312:73-83 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [order article]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 30 Sep 2003

Deficiency of the mouse complement regulatory protein mCd59b results in spontaneous hemolytic anemia with platelet activation and progressive male infertility.
Qin X, Krumrei N, …, Perez G, Halperin JA
Immunity 2003 Feb 18(2):217-27 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [order article]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 12 Mar 2003

Natural substrates and inhibitors of mannan-binding lectin-associated serine protease-1 and -2: a study on recombinant catalytic fragments.
Ambrus G, Gál P, …, Sim RB, Závodszky P
J Immunol 2003 Feb 1 170(3):1374-82 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 5 Feb 2003

Identification of diversified genes that contain immunoglobulin-like variable regions in a protochordate.
Cannon JP, Haire RN, Litman GW
Nat Immunol 2002 Dec 3(12):1200-7 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 3 Jan 2003

Lamprey lymphocyte-like cells express homologs of genes involved in immunologically relevant activities of mammalian lymphocytes.
Uinuk-Ool T, Mayer WE, …, Cooper MD, Klein J
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 Oct 29 99(22):14356-61 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 11 Dec 2002

Fugu orthologues of human major histocompatibility complex genes: a genome survey.
Sambrook JG, Russell R, …, Elgar G, Clark MS
Immunogenetics 2002 Sep 54(6):367-80 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 21 Oct 2002

Evidence that the separation of Mhc class II from class I loci in the zebrafish, Danio rerio, occurred by translocation.
Kuroda N, Figueroa F, O'hUigin C, Klein J
Immunogenetics 2002 Sep 54(6):418-30 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 21 Oct 2002

The fate of duplicated major histocompatibility complex class Ia genes in a dodecaploid amphibian, Xenopus ruwenzoriensis.
Sammut B, Marcuz A, Pasquier LD
Eur J Immunol 2002 Jun 32(6):1593-604 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 3 Sep 2002

The leukocyte common antigen (CD45) of the Pacific hagfish, Eptatretus stoutii: implications for the primordial function of CD45.
Nagata T, Suzuki T, …, Flajnik MF, Kasahara M
Immunogenetics 2002 Jul 54(4):286-91 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Charlie Cunningham / Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 15 Aug 2002

Paneth cell trypsin is the processing enzyme for human defensin-5.
Ghosh D, Porter E, …, Ganz T, Bevins CL
Nat Immunol 2002 Jun 3(6):583-90 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 5 Jul 2002

Cutting edge: the immunostimulatory activity of the lung surfactant protein-A involves Toll-like receptor 4.
Guillot L, Balloy V, …, Chignard M, Si-Tahar M
J Immunol 2002 Jun 15 168(12):5989-92 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 17 Jun 2002

Activation of the lectin complement pathway by H-ficolin (Hakata antigen).
Matsushita M, Kuraya M, …, Shiraki H, Fujita T
J Immunol 2002 Apr 1 168(7):3502-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 10 May 2002

Complement in urochordates: cloning and characterization of two C3-like genes in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis.
Marino R, Kimura Y, …, Lambris JD, Pinto MR
Immunogenetics 2002 Mar 53(12):1055-64 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 7 May 2002

Is tapasin a modified Mhc class I molecule?
Mayer WE, Klein J
Immunogenetics 2001 Dec 53(9):719-23 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 7 Mar 2002

The 2.0-A crystal structure of tachylectin 5A provides evidence for the common origin of the innate immunity and the blood coagulation systems.
Kairies N, Beisel HG, …, Huber R, Kawabata S
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001 Nov 20 98(24):13519-24 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 11 Feb 2002

Proteasome, transporter associated with antigen processing, and class I genes in the nurse shark Ginglymostoma cirratum: evidence for a stable class I region and MHC haplotype lineages.
Ohta Y, McKinney EC, Criscitiello MF, Flajnik MF
J Immunol 2002 Jan 15 168(2):771-81 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text]
Selected by | Masaru Nonaka
Evaluated 5 Feb 2002

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