Department of Viral Infections

Staff:

Professor

Tatsuo Shioda, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Emi E. Nakayama, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Jun-ichi Sakuragi, Ph.D.

Specially Appointed Researcher

Sayuri Sakuragi, Ph.D.

Eri Takeda, Ph.D.

Kahoru Taya, Ph.D.

Graduate Student

Tahmina Sultana

Special Auditor

Richard Atherton Luke

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 2014

1. Distinct combinations of amino acid substitutions in N-terminal domain of Gag-capsid afford HIV-1 resistance to rhesus TRIM5α.

   Masako Nomaguchi, Emi E Nakayama, Masaru Yokoyama, Naoya Doi, Tatsuhiko Igarashi, Tatsuo Shioda, Hironori Sato and Akio Adachi

   Microbes Infect, 16 (11), 936-944, 2014.
2. Moderate Restriction of Macrophage-Tropic Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 by SAMHD1 in Monocyte-Derived Macrophages.

   Kahoru Taya, Emi E Nakayama and Tatsuo Shioda

   PLoS One, 9 (3), e90969, 2014.

Link

Department of Viral Infections

Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University