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 Assistant Professor (SUP)

Akatsuki Saito,V.M.D., Ph.D

Specially Appointed Researcher

Sayuri Sakuragi, Ph.D.

Graduate Student

Tahmina Sultana

Priya Dhole

Undergraduate Student

Kyotaro Nohata

Research Student

Keita Suzuki

Subjects:

1. Analysis of host genetic factors affecting disease courses of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
2. Studies on restriction factors of HIV infection.
3. Analysis of molecular mechanisms of HIV entry into target cells.
4. Analysis of molecular mechanisms of HIV virion formation.
5. Development of diagnose kit for dengue and Chikungunya viruses.
6. Development of anti-dengue virus reagents.

Papers published in 2017

1. Diagnostic accuracy of a rapid E1-antigen test for chikungunya virus infection in a reference setting.

   R Huits, T Okabayashi, L Cnops, B Barbé, R Van Den Berg, K Bartholomeeusen, K K Ariën, J Jacobs, E Bottieau, E E Nakayama, T Shioda and M Van Esbroeck

   Clin Microbiol Infect, , , 2017.
2. Critical Contribution of Tyr15 in the HIV-1 Integrase (IN) in Facilitating IN Assembly and Nonenzymatic Function through the IN Precursor Form with Reverse Transcriptase.

   Tatsuro Takahata, Eri Takeda, Minoru Tobiume, Kenzo Tokunaga, Masaru Yokoyama, Yu-Lun Huang, Atsuhiko Hasegawa, Tatsuo Shioda, Hironori Sato, Mari Kannagi and Takao Masuda

   J Virol, 91 (1), e02003-02016, 2017.

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Department of Viral Infections

Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University