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Momoko Kobayashi

National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and NutritionORCID 0000-0003-2160-2011Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Approach:microscopy & imaging analysis· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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Daisuke MotookaiD· 1 shared Jun AdachiiD· 1 shared Masaya YamaguchiiD· 1 shared Satoshi MuraokaiD· 1 shared Shin-ichi Shiomi· 1 shared Takako YoshidaiD· 1 shared Takashi SaitoiD· 1 shared Zhengkuan Sun· 1 shared

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Real-time near-infrared imaging distinguishes nasopharyngeal colonization from aspiration of Streptococcus pneumoniae and identifies aspiration as a trigger of severe disease

Takashi Saito, Momoko Kobayashi, Zhengkuan Sun, Satoshi Muraoka, Daisuke Motooka, Takako Yoshida, Shin-ichi Shiomi, Jun Adachi, Masaya Yamaguchi

This study uses real-time near-infrared imaging to distinguish nasopharyngeal colonization from aspiration of Streptococcus pneumoniae and shows aspiration triggers severe disease.

bioRxiv · Sep 10, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology