Department of Molecular Virology

Subjects:

1. Studies on Hepatitis C virus.
2. Development of viral vectors.
3. Development of prophylaxes and therapeutics against emerging viral infectious diseases.

Published Papers

1. Human VAP-B Is Involved in Hepatitis C Virus Replication through Interaction with NS5A and NS5B.

   Itsuki Hamamoto, Yorihiro Nishimura, Toru Okamoto, Hideki Aizaki, Minyi Liu, Yoshio Mori, Takayuki Abe, Tetsuro Suzuki, Michael M C Lai, Tatsuo Miyamura, Kohji Moriishi and Yoshiharu Matsuura

   J Virol, 79 (21), 13473-13482, 2005.
2. Essential elements of the capsid protein for self-assembly into empty virus-like particles of hepatitis E virus.

   Tian-Cheng Li, Naokazu Takeda, Tatsuo Miyamura, Yoshiharu Matsuura, Joseph C Y Wang, Helena Engvall, Lena Hammar, Li Xing and R Holland Cheng

   J Virol, 79 (20), 12999-13006, 2005.
3. Hepatitis C virus core protein exerts an inhibitory effect on suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS)-1 gene expression.

   Hideyuki Miyoshi, Hajime Fujie, Yoshizumi Shintani, Takeya Tsutsumi, Seiko Shinzawa, Masatoshi Makuuchi, Norihiro Kokudo, Yoshiharu Matsuura, Tetsuro Suzuki, Tatsuo Miyamura, Kyoji Moriya and Kazuhiko Koike

   J Hepatol, 43 (5), 757-763, 2005.
4. Cell-binding properties of the envelope proteins of porcine endogenous retroviruses.

   Rie Watanabe, Takayuki Miyazawa and Yoshiharu Matsuura

   Microbes Infect, 7 (4), 658-665, 2005.
5. Ligand-directed gene targeting to mammalian cells by pseudotype baculoviruses.

   Yoshinori Kitagawa, Hideki Tani, Chang Kwang Limn, Tomoko M Matsunaga, Kohji Moriishi and Yoshiharu Matsuura

   J Virol, 79 (6), 3639-3652, 2005.
6. Nuclear localization of Japanese encephalitis virus core protein enhances viral replication.

   Yoshio Mori, Tamaki Okabayashi, Tetsuo Yamashita, Zijiang Zhao, Takaji Wakita, Kotaro Yasui, Futoshi Hasebe, Masayuki Tadano, Eiji Konishi, Kohji Moriishi and Yoshiharu Matsuura

   J Virol, 79 (6), 3448-3458, 2005.
7. Involvement of the toll-like receptor 9 signaling pathway in the induction of innate immunity by baculovirus.

   Takayuki Abe, Hiroaki Hemmi, Hironobu Miyamoto, Kohji Moriishi, Shinichi Tamura, Hiroshi Takaku, Shizuo Akira and Yoshiharu Matsuura

   J Virol, 79 (5), 2847-2858, 2005.
8. Molecular determinants for subcellular localization of hepatitis C virus core protein.

   Ryosuke Suzuki, Shinichiro Sakamoto, Takeya Tsutsumi, Akiko Rikimaru, Keiko Tanaka, Takashi Shimoike, Kohji Moriishi, Takuya Iwasaki, Kiyohisa Mizumoto, Yoshiharu Matsuura, Tatsuo Miyamura and Tetsuro Suzuki

   J Virol, 79 (2), 1271-1281, 2005.

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