Department of Molecular Virology

Subjects:

1. Studies on Hepatitis C virus.
2. Development of viral vectors.

Published Papers

1. The ubiquitin ligase TRIM56 regulates innate immune responses to intracellular double-stranded DNA.

   Tetsuo Tsuchida, Jian Zou, Tatsuya Saitoh, Himanshu Kumar, Takayuki Abe, Yoshiharu Matsuura, Taro Kawai and Shizuo Akira

   Immunity, 33 (5), 765-776, 2010.
2. Network based analysis of hepatitis C virus Core and NS4B protein interactions.

   Lokesh P Tripathi, Chikako Kataoka, Shuhei Taguwa, Kohji Moriishi, Yoshio Mori, Yoshiharu Matsuura and Kenji Mizuguchi

   Mol Biosyst, 6 (12), 2539-2553, 2010.
3. Peripheral B cells may serve as a reservoir for persistent hepatitis C virus infection.

   Masahiko Ito, Atsuko Masumi, Keiko Mochida, Hiroshi Kukihara, Kohji Moriishi, Yoshiharu Matsuura, Kazunari Yamaguchi and Toshiaki Mizuochi

   J Innate Immun, 2 (6), 607-617, 2010.
4. Procyanidin B1 purified from Cinnamomi cortex suppresses hepatitis C virus replication.

   Shenwei Li, Eiichi N Kodama, Yuuki Inoue, Hideki Tani, Yoshiharu Matsuura, Jing Zhang, Takashi Tanaka and Toshio Hattori

   Antivir Chem Chemother, 20 (6), 239-248, 2010.
5. Variants in IL28B in liver recipients and donors correlate with response to peg-interferon and ribavirin therapy for recurrent hepatitis C.

   Takasuke Fukuhara, Akinobu Taketomi, Takashi Motomura, Shinji Okano, Akinori Ninomiya, Takayuki Abe, Hideaki Uchiyama, Yuji Soejima, Ken Shirabe, Yoshiharu Matsuura and Yoshihiko Maehara

   Gastroenterology, 139 (5), 1577-85, 1585.e1-3, 2010.
6. Involvement of PA28gamma in the propagation of hepatitis C virus.

   Kohji Moriishi, Ikuo Shoji, Yoshio Mori, Ryosuke Suzuki, Tetsuro Suzuki, Chikako Kataoka and Yoshiharu Matsuura

   Hepatology, 52 (2), 411-420, 2010.
7. Host innate immune responses induced by baculovirus in mammals.

   Takayuki Abe and Yoshiharu Matsuura

   Curr Gene Ther, 10 (3), 226-231, 2010.
8. Establishment of an indicator cell system for hepatitis C virus.

   Yoshinori Tanaka, Yoshio Mori, Hideki Tani, Takayuki Abe, Kohji Moriishi, Hirotatsu Kojima, Tetsuo Nagano, Takayoshi Okabe, Tetsuro Suzuki, Masashi Tatsumi and Yoshiharu Matsuura

   Microbiol Immunol, 54 (4), 206-220, 2010.
9. Production of infectious hepatitis C virus by using RNA polymerase I-mediated transcription.

   Takahiro Masaki, Ryosuke Suzuki, Mohsan Saeed, Ken-ichi Mori, Mami Matsuda, Hideki Aizaki, Koji Ishii, Noboru Maki, Tatsuo Miyamura, Yoshiharu Matsuura, Takaji Wakita and Tetsuro Suzuki

   J Virol, 84 (11), 5824-5835, 2010.
10. Animal models for hepatitis C and related liver disease.

    Kazuhiko Koike, Kyoji Moriya and Yoshiharu Matsuura

    Hepatol Res, 40 (1), 69-82, 2010.
11. Tellimagrandin I, HCV invasion inhibitor from Rosae Rugosae Flos.

    Satoru Tamura, Gang-Ming Yang, Natsuko Yasueda, Yoshiharu Matsuura, Yasumasa Komoda and Nobutoshi Murakami

    Bioorg Med Chem Lett, 20 (5), 1598-1600, 2010.
12. Acquisition of complement resistance through incorporation of CD55/DAF into viral particles bearing baculovirus GP64.

    Yuuki Kaname, Hideki Tani, Chikako Kataoka, Mai Shiokawa, Shuhei Taguwa, Takayuki Abe, Kohji Moriishi, Taroh Kinoshita and Yoshiharu Matsuura

    J Virol, 84 (7), 3210-3219, 2010.
13. Involvement of ceramide in the propagation of Japanese encephalitis virus.

    Hideki Tani, Mai Shiokawa, Yuuki Kaname, Hiroto Kambara, Yoshio Mori, Takayuki Abe, Kohji Moriishi and Yoshiharu Matsuura

    J Virol, 84 (6), 2798-2807, 2010.

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