Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a causative agent of infectious mononucleosis and several types of cancer. Like other herpesviruses, it establishes an asymptomatic, life-long latent infection, with occasional reactivation and shedding of progeny virus...
Shouhei Miyagi   Takahiro Watanabe   Yuya Hara   Masataka Arata   Md Kamal Uddin   Keisuke Mantoku   Ken Sago   Yusuke Yanagi   Takeshi Suzuki   H M Abdullah Al Masud   Jun-Ichi Kawada   Shigeo Nakamura   Yasuyuki Miyake   Yoshitaka Sato   Takayuki Murata   Hiroshi Kimura   
Cancer science 2021年10月
Epstein-Barr virus-associated lymphoproliferative disease (EBV-LPD) is frequently fatal. Innate immunity plays a key role in protecting against pathogens and cancers. The stimulator of interferon genes (STING) is regarded as a key adaptor protein ...
Human rotaviruses (HuRVAs) are highly important causes of acute gastroenteritis in infants and young children worldwide. A lack of reliable and reproducible reverse genetics systems for HuRVAs has limited a proper understanding of HuRVA biology an...
Masahiro Suzuki   Takumi Imai   Aki Sakurai   Satoshi Komoto   Tomihiko Ide   Chang Kweng Lim   Ayumi Shintani   Yohei Doi   Takayuki Murata   
Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy 27(9) 1350-1356 2021年9月
INTRODUCTION: Several clinical studies have reported the efficacy of favipiravir in reducing viral load and shortening the duration of symptoms. However, the viability of SARS-CoV-2 in the context of favipiravir therapy and the potential for resis...
The exact evolutionary patterns of human G4P[6] rotavirus strains remain to be elucidated. Such strains possess unique and strain-specific genotype constellations, raising the question of whether G4P[6] strains are primarily transmitted via indepe...