Department of Viral Infections

Subjects:

1. Analysis of host genetic factors affecting disease courses of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
2. Studies on chemokines and chemokine receptors.
3. Analysis of molecular mechanisms of HIV entry into target cells.
4. Analysis of molecular mechanisms of HIV virion formation.
5. Development of a novel vector system based on Sendai virus.

Papers published in 2003

1. Possible role of dimerization in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 genome RNA packaging.

   Jun-Ichi Sakuragi, Shigeharu Ueda, Aikichi Iwamoto and Tatsuo Shioda

   J Virol, 77 (7), 4060-4069, 2003.
2. No significant enhancement of protection by Tat-expressing Sendai viral vector-booster in a macaque AIDS model.

   Tetsuro Matano, Munehide Kano, Akiko Takeda, Hiromi Nakamura, Nobuhiko Nomura, Yousuke Furuta, Tatsuo Shioda and Yoshiyuki Nagai

   AIDS, 17 (9), 1392-1394, 2003.

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