c-MIR, a Human E3 Ubiquitin Ligase, Is a Functional Homolog of Herpesvirus Proteins MIR1 and MIR2 and Has Similar Activity

Eiji Gotō, Satoshi Ishido, Yuya Sato, +4

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Adaptive Immune SystemImmunologyHerpesvirus Proteins Mir1Immunologic MechanismViral Structural Protein +19

Hepatitis C virus NS5A protein interacts with 2′,5′-oligoadenylate synthetase and inhibits antiviral activity of IFN in an IFN sensitivity-determining region-independent manner

Takashi Taguchi, Motoko Nagano‐Fujii, Masato Akutsu, +4

Journal of General Virology

Viral ReplicationNon-structural Protein 5AVirus Rescue AssayBiochemistryMolecular Virology +13

Molecular characterization of fusion regulatory protein-1 (FRP-1) that induces multinucleated giant cell formation of monocytes and HIV gp160-mediated cell fusion. FRP-1 and 4F2/CD98 are identical molecules

Shinji Ohgimoto, Nobutada Tabata, Shigeru Suga, +7

The Journal of Immunology

Sequence analysis of P gene of human parainfluenza type 2 virus: P and cysteine-rich proteins are translated by two mRNAs that differ by two nontemplated G residues

Shinji Ohgimoto, Hisanori Bando, Mitsuo Kawano, +5

Virology

Viral ReplicationMolecular VirologyNatural SciencesMedicinePathogenesis +8

Genotype and Subtype Analyses of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and Possible Co‐Infection of HBV and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) or Hepatitis D Virus (HDV) in Blood Donors, Patients with Chronic Liver Disease and Patients on Hemodialysis in Surabaya, Indonesia

Maria Inge Lusida, Surayah, Hiroshi Sakugawa, +9

Microbiology and Immunology

Expression of fusion regulatory proteins (FRPs) on human peripheral blood monocytes. Induction of homotypic cell aggregation and formation of multinucleated giant cells by anti-FRP-1 monoclonal antibodies.

Nobutada Tabata, Masaki Ito, Kaoru Shimokata, +7

The Journal of Immunology

InflammationCytokineAnti-frp-1 Monoclonal AntibodiesHomotypic Cell AggregationImmunology +13

The haemagglutinin protein is an important determinant of measles virus tropism for dendritic cells in vitro

Shinji Ohgimoto, Kaori Ohgimoto, Stefan Niewiesk, +7

Journal of General Virology

VaccinationMolecular VirologyAuthentic Glycoprotein GenesMv TropismMedicine +12

Quintuple Deglycosylation Mutant of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus SIVmac239 in Rhesus Macaques: Robust Primary Replication, Tightly Contained Chronic Infection, and Elicitation of Potent Immunity against the Parental Wild-Type Strain

Kazuyasu Mori, Yasuhiro Yasutomi, Shinji Ohgimoto, +4

Journal of Virology

Location-Specific, Unequal Contribution of the N Glycans in Simian Immunodeficiency Virus gp120 to Viral Infectivity and Removal of Multiple Glycans without Disturbing Infectivity

Shinji Ohgimoto, Tatsuo Shioda, Kazuyasu Mori, +3

Journal of Virology

The F Gene of the Osaka-2 Strain of Measles Virus Derived from a Case of Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis Is a Major Determinant of Neurovirulence

Minoru Ayata, Kaoru Takeuchi, Makoto Takeda, +7

Journal of Virology

Viral PathogenesisImmunologyPathologyAcute MeaslesViral Evolution +17