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Immunity

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Novel Nuclear Import of Vpr Promoted by Importin α Is Crucial for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Replication in Macrophages

Yuko Nitahara‐Kasahara, Masakazu Kamata, Takuya Yamamoto, +7

Journal of Virology

Viral ReplicationImmunologyHuman RetrovirusNuclear EnvelopeNovel Nuclear Import +14

Human induced-pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatocyte-like cells as an in vitro model of human hepatitis B virus infection

Fuminori Sakurai, Seiji Mitani, Tatsuro Yamamoto, +7

Scientific Reports

Improved capacity of a monkey-tropic HIV-1 derivative to replicate in cynomolgus monkeys with minimal modifications

Akatsuki Saito, Masako Nomaguchi, Sayuki Iijima, +11

Microbes and Infection

Minimal ModificationsCynomolgus MonkeysMonkey-tropic Hiv-1 DerivativeMedicineHuman Retrovirus +8

Nuclear localization of Vpr is crucial for the efficient replication of HIV-1 in primary CD4+ T cells

Sayuki Iijima, Yuko Nitahara‐Kasahara, Kiyonori Kimata, +6

Virology

Viral ReplicationEfficient ReplicationNatural SciencesHuman RetrovirusAntiviral Response +7

Efficient regulation of viral replication by siRNA in a non-human primate surrogate model for hepatitis C

Takanori Yokota, Sayuki Iijima, Takayuki Kubodera, +11

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Viral ReplicationMolecular VirologyHepatologyHepatitis CViral Persistence +8

Validation of Cross-Genotype Neutralization by Hepatitis B Virus-Specific Monoclonal Antibodies by In Vitro and In Vivo Infection

Susumu Hamada‐Tsutsumi, Etsuko Iio, Tsunamasa Watanabe, +11

PLoS ONE

ImmunologyHepatitis BVivo InfectionCross-genotype NeutralizationHepatitis B Virus +14

Hepatitis B surface gene variants isolated from blood donors with overt and occult HBV infection in north eastern Egypt

Rania Kishk, Nader Nemr, Abeer Elkady, +8

Virology Journal

Long-Term Persistent GBV-B Infection and Development of a Chronic and Progressive Hepatitis C-Like Disease in Marmosets

Yuki Iwasaki, Kenichi Mori, Koji Ishii, +16

Frontiers in Microbiology

Hepatitis C virus kinetics by administration of pegylated interferon-α in human and chimeric mice carrying human hepatocytes with variants of the<i>IL28B</i>gene

Tsunamasa Watanabe, Fuminaka Sugauchi, Yasuhito Tanaka, +10

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