Department of Molecular Virology

Subjects:

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

Published Papers

1. Dysfunction of autophagy participates in vacuole formation and cell death in cells replicating hepatitis C virus.

   Shuhei Taguwa, Hiroto Kambara, Naonobu Fujita, Takeshi Noda, Tamotsu Yoshimori, Kazuhiko Koike, Kohji Moriishi and Yoshiharu Matsuura

   J Virol, 85 (24), 13185-13194, 2011.
2. Role of the Endoplasmic Reticulum-associated Degradation (ERAD) Pathway in Degradation of Hepatitis C Virus Envelope Proteins and Production of Virus Particles.

   Mohsan Saeed, Ryosuke Suzuki, Noriyuki Watanabe, Takahiro Masaki, Mitsunori Tomonaga, Amir Muhammad, Takanobu Kato, Yoshiharu Matsuura, Haruo Watanabe, Takaji Wakita and Tetsuro Suzuki

   J Biol Chem, 286 (43), 37264-37273, 2011.
3. Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A2 participates in the replication of Japanese encephalitis virus through an interaction with viral proteins and RNA.

   Hiroshi Katoh, Yoshio Mori, Hiroto Kambara, Takayuki Abe, Takasuke Fukuhara, Eiji Morita, Kohji Moriishi, Wataru Kamitani and Yoshiharu Matsuura

   J Virol, 85 (21), 10976-10988, 2011.
4. ATF6beta is a host cellular target of the Toxoplasma gondii virulence factor ROP18.

   Masahiro Yamamoto, Ji Su Ma, Christina Mueller, Naganori Kamiyama, Hiroyuki Saiga, Emi Kubo, Taishi Kimura, Toru Okamoto, Megumi Okuyama, Hisako Kayama, Kisaburo Nagamune, Seiji Takashima, Yoshiharu Matsuura, Dominique Soldati-Favre and Kiyoshi Takeda

   J Exp Med, 208 (7), 1533-1546, 2011.
5. Will there be an HCV meeting in 2020? Summary of the 17th international meeting on hepatitis C virus and related viruses.

   Takaji Wakita, Tetsuro Suzuki, Matthew J Evans, Kunitada Shimotohno, Kazuaki Chayama, Yoshiharu Matsuura, Makoto Hijikata, Kohji Moriishi, Tsukasa Seya, Nobuyuki Enomoto, Kazuhiko Koike, Nobuyuki Kato, Tatsuya Kanto and Hak Hotta

   Gastroenterology, 141 (1), e1-5, 2011.
6. Structure of hepatitis E viral particle.

   Yoshio Mori and Yoshiharu Matsuura

   Virus Res, 161 (1), 59-64, 2011.
7. Involvement of cyclophilin B in the replication of Japanese encephalitis virus.

   Hiroto Kambara, Hideki Tani, Yoshio Mori, Takayuki Abe, Hiroshi Katoh, Takasuke Fukuhara, Shuhei Taguwa, Kohji Moriishi and Yoshiharu Matsuura

   Virology, 412 (1), 211-219, 2011.
8. Intracellular delivery of serum-derived hepatitis C virus.

   Takasuke Fukuhara, Hideki Tani, Mai Shiokawa, Yukinori Goto, Takayuki Abe, Akinobu Taketomi, Ken Shirabe, Yoshihiko Maehara and Yoshiharu Matsuura

   Microbes Infect, 13 (4), 405-412, 2011.
9. Elimination of hepatitis C virus from hepatocytes by a selective activation of therapeutic molecules.

   Xiaoyu Wen, Takayuki Abe, Hiroshi Kukihara, Shuhei Taguwa, Yoshio Mori, Hideki Tani, Nobuyuki Kato, Tetsuro Suzuki, Masashi Tatsumi, Kohji Moriishi and Yoshiharu Matsuura

   PLoS One, 6 (1), e15967, 2011.
10. Pathogenesis of lipid metabolism disorder in hepatitis C: Polyunsaturated fatty acids counteract lipid alterations induced by the core protein.

    Hideyuki Miyoshi, Kyoji Moriya, Takeya Tsutsumi, Seiko Shinzawa, Hajime Fujie, Yoshizumi Shintani, Hidetake Fujinaga, Koji Goto, Toru Todoroki, Tetsuro Suzuki, Tatsuo Miyamura, Yoshiharu Matsuura, Hiroshi Yotsuyanagi and Kazuhiko Koike

    J Hepatol, 54 (3), 432-438, 2011.
11. Chaperonin TRiC/CCT participates in replication of hepatitis C virus genome via interaction with the viral NS5B protein.

    Yasushi Inoue, Hideki Aizaki, Hiromichi Hara, Mami Matsuda, Tomomi Ando, Tetsu Shimoji, Kyoko Murakami, Takahiro Masaki, Ikuo Shoji, Sakae Homma, Yoshiharu Matsuura, Tatsuo Miyamura, Takaji Wakita and Tetsuro Suzuki

    Virology, 410 (1), 38-47, 2011.

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