Detection of Epstein-Barr virus in salivas and throat washings in healthy adults and children

Kazufumi Ikuta, Yukio Satoh, Yoshiko Hoshikawa, +1

Microbes and Infection

AllergyEpstein-barr VirusThroat WashingsPathogenesisVirology +3

12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate Induces Epstein–Barr Virus Reactivation via NF-κB and AP-1 as Regulated by Protein Kinase C and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase

Xiangrong Gao, Kazufumi Ikuta, Masako Tajima, +1

Virology

Protein Kinase CMitogen-activated Protein KinaseImmunologyPathologyMedicine +4

Anti‐viral and anti‐bacterial activities of an extract of blackcurrants (<i>Ribes nigrum L.</i>)

Kazufumi Ikuta, Koichi Hashimoto, Hisatoshi Kaneko, +2

Microbiology and Immunology

Viral ReplicationAntiviral DrugAntiviral Drug DevelopmentCell SurfaceInfection Control +14

Effect of Transforming Growth Factor-β1 on the Cell Growth and Epstein–Barr Virus Reactivation in EBV-Infected Epithelial Cell Lines

Makoto Fukuda, Kazufumi Ikuta, Kazuyoshi Yanagihara, +4

Virology

Molecular VirologyGrowth Factor-β1Viral PathogenesisImmunologyPathology +8

Relationship between polyphenol content and anti‐influenza viral effects of berries

Haruhito Sekizawa, Kazufumi Ikuta, Katsumi Mizuta, +2

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Production of infectious particles from defective human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-producing cell clones by superinfection with infectious HIV-1

Michio Yunoki, K. Maotani-Imai, H. Kusuda, +10

Archives of Virology

Infectious Hiv-1Viral ReplicationMedicineHuman RetrovirusPathogenesis +8

A Replication-Defective Gammaherpesvirus Efficiently Establishes Long-Term Latency in Macrophages but Not in B Cells In Vivo

Haiyan Li, Kazufumi Ikuta, John W. Sixbey, +1

Journal of Virology

Lack of antibodies against the antigen domain 2 epitope of cytomegalovirus (CMV) glycoprotein B is associated with CMV disease after renal transplantation in recipients having the same glycoprotein H serotypes as their donors

Kenichi Ishibashi, Tadahiko Tokumoto, Hiroki Shirakawa, +11

Transplant Infectious Disease

HistocompatibilityImmunodeficienciesImmunologyTransplantation MedicinePathology +16

Diagnostic evaluation of 2′, 5′-oligoadenylate synthetase activities and antibodies against Epstein–Barr virus and Coxiella burnetii in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome in Japan

Kazufumi Ikuta, Takeshi Yamada, Tokio Shimomura, +11

Microbes and Infection

Translational MedicinePathologyCoxiella BurnetiiMedicineEpstein–barr Virus +1

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) glycoprotein H-based serological analysis in Japanese healthy pregnant women, and in neonates with congenital CMV infection and their mothers

Kazufumi Ikuta, Toshio Minematsu, Naoki Inoue, +10

Journal of Clinical Virology

Maternal ImmunizationH-based Serological AnalysisCongenital Cmv InfectionImmunologyPediatrics +3