Recent Publications

Two N-linked glycosylation sites in V2 and C2 regions of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 CRF01_AE envelope glycoprotein gp120 regulate viral neutralization susceptibility to the human monoclonal antibody specific for CD4 binding domain.

Piraporn Utachee, Shota Nakamura, Panasda Isarangkura-Na-Ayuthaya, Kenzo Tokunaga, Pathom Sawanpanyalert, Kazuyoshi Ikuta, Wattana Auwanit and Masanori Kameoka

J Virol, , , 2010.

Structure of the Prion Protein and its Gene: An Analysis using Bioinformatics and Computer Simulation.

Akikazu Sakudo, Guangai Xue, Norihito Kawashita, Yasuhisa Ano, Tatsuya Takagi, Hideharu Shintani, Yasuharu Tanaka, Takashi Onodera and Kazuyoshi Ikuta

Curr Protein Pept Sci, , , 2010.

Genotypic Characterization of HIV Type 1 env gp160 Sequences from Three Regions in Thailand.

U Chandimal de Silva, Jiranan Warachit, Nerisa Sattagowit, Chanin Jirapongwattana, Sumolrat Panthong, Piraporn Utachee, Teruo Yasunaga, Kazuyoshi Ikuta, Masanori Kameoka and Naphatsawan Boonsathorn

AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses, 26 (2), 223-227, 2010.

Highly conserved sequences for human neutralization epitope on hemagglutinin of influenza A viruses H3N2, H1N1 and H5N1: Implication for human monoclonal antibody recognition.

Akifumi Yamashita, Norihito Kawashita, Ritsuko Kubota-Koketsu, Yuji Inoue, Yohei Watanabe, Madiha S Ibrahim, Shoji Ideno, Mikihiro Yunoki, Yoshinobu Okuno, Tatsuya Takagi, Teruo Yasunaga and Kazuyoshi Ikuta

Biochem Biophys Res Commun, , , 2010.

Transcriptional regulation of the human establishment of cohesion 1 homolog 2 gene.

Masahiro Nishihara, Minoru Yamada, Masatoshi Nozaki, Kumiko Nakahira and Itaru Yanagihara

Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 393 (1), 111-117, 2010.

Immunogenicity of whole-parasite vaccines against Plasmodium falciparum involves malarial hemozoin and host TLR9.

Cevayir Coban, Yoshikatsu Igari, Masanori Yagi, Thornik Reimer, Shohei Koyama, Taiki Aoshi, Keiichi Ohata, Toshihiro Tsukui, Fumihiko Takeshita, Kazuo Sakurai, Takahisa Ikegami, Atsushi Nakagawa, Toshihiro Horii, Gabriel Nuñez, Ken J Ishii and Shizuo Akira

Cell Host Microbe, 7 (1), 50-61, 2010.

PSF1, a DNA replication factor expressed widely in stem and progenitor cells, drives tumorigenic and metastatic properties.

Yumi Nagahama, Masaya Ueno, Satoru Miyamoto, Eiichi Morii, Takashi Minami, Naoki Mochizuki, Hideyuki Saya and Nobuyuki Takakura

Cancer Res, 70 (3), 1215-1224, 2010.

Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Regulates Vascular Contraction via S1P3 Receptor: Investigation Based on a New S1P3 Receptor Antagonist.

Akira Murakami, Hiroshi Takasugi, Shinya Ohnuma, Yuuki Koide, Atsuko Sakurai, Satoshi Takeda, Takeshi Hasegawa, Jun Sasamori, Takashi Konno, Kenji Hayashi, Yoshiaki Watanabe, Koji Mori, Yoshimichi Sato, Atsuo Takahashi, Naoki Mochizuki and Nobuyuki Takakura

Mol Pharmacol, , , 2010.

Contribution of Vibrio parahaemolyticus virulence factors to cytotoxicity, enterotoxicity and mice lethality.

Hirotaka Hiyoshi, Toshio Kodama, Tetsuya Iida and Takeshi Honda

Infect Immun, , , 2010.

Two regulators of Vibrio parahaemolyticus play important roles in enterotoxicity by controlling the expression of genes in the Vp-PAI region.

Toshio Kodama, Kazuyoshi Gotoh, Hirotaka Hiyoshi, Mikiharu Morita, Kaori Izutsu, Yukihiro Akeda, Kwon-Sam Park, Vlademir V Cantarelli, Rikard Dryselius, Tetsuya Iida and Takeshi Honda

PLoS One, 5 (1), e8678, 2010.