The Host Protease TMPRSS2 Plays a Major Role in <i>In Vivo</i> Replication of Emerging H7N9 and Seasonal Influenza Viruses

Kouji Sakai, Yasushi Ami, Maino Tahara, +20

Journal of Virology

Relationship of the quaternary structure of human secretory IgA to neutralization of influenza virus

Tadaki Suzuki, Akira Kawaguchi, Akira Ainai, +8

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Outer Membrane Vesicles of Porphyromonas gingivalis Elicit a Mucosal Immune Response

Ryoma Nakao, Hideki Hasegawa, Kuniyasu Ochiai, +5

PLoS ONE

Microbial PathogensLaboratory ImmunologyImmunologyOral MicrobiologyAntigen Processing +15

Characterization of Quasispecies of Pandemic 2009 Influenza A Virus (A/H1N1/2009) by De Novo Sequencing Using a Next-Generation DNA Sequencer

Makoto Kuroda, Harutaka Katano, Noriko Nakajima, +10

PLoS ONE

Spi-B is critical for plasmacytoid dendritic cell function and development

Izumi Sasaki, Katsuaki Hoshino, Takahiro Sugiyama, +17

Blood

Duration of Infectious Virus Shedding by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant–Infected Vaccinees

Kenichiro Takahashi, Masahiro Ishikane, Mugen Ujiie, +18

Emerging infectious diseases

Virus EpidemiologyViral DiagnosticsImmunologyOmicron VariantVirus Transmission +15

Intranasal vaccination with an inactivated whole influenza virus vaccine induces strong antibody responses in serum and nasal mucus of healthy adults

Akira Ainai, Shinichi Tamura, Tadaki Suzuki, +6

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

ImmunohematologyImmunodeficienciesImmunologyImmunodominanceImmunotherapy +22

Vaccination-infection interval determines cross-neutralization potency to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron after breakthrough infection by other variants

Shô Miyamoto, Takeshi Arashiro, Yu Adachi, +33

Med

VaccinationVaccine TargetImmunologyVirologyPrecision Vaccine +4

The First Autopsy Case of Pandemic Influenza (A/H1N1pdm) Virus Infection in Japan: Detection of a High Copy Number of the Virus in Type II Alveolar Epithelial Cells by Pathological and Virological Examination

Noriko Nakajima, Satoru Hata, Yuko Sato, +15

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Pandemic InfluenzaVirus EpidemiologyAtopic DermatitisRespiratory DiseasesVirus Infection +13

Inhibition of the SDF-1α–CXCR4 axis by the CXCR4 antagonist AMD3100 suppresses the migration of cultured cells from ATL patients and murine lymphoblastoid cells from HTLV-I Tax transgenic mice

Akira Kawaguchi, Yasuko Orba, Takashi Kimura, +9

Blood