Minato Hirano

Variable region of the 3′ UTR is a critical virulence factor in the Far-Eastern subtype of tick-borne encephalitis virus in a mouse model

Mizuki Sakai, Kentaro Yoshii, Yuji Sunden et al. · Journal of General Virology · 2014 · 57 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology +17

Escape of Tick-Borne Flavivirus from 2′- <i>C</i> -Methylated Nucleoside Antivirals Is Mediated by a Single Conservative Mutation in NS5 That Has a Dramatic Effect on Viral Fitness

Luděk Eyer, Hirofumi Kondo, Darina Zouharová et al. · Journal of Virology · 2017 · 49 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Neurology +17

West Nile virus capsid protein inhibits autophagy by AMP-activated protein kinase degradation in neurological disease development

Shintaro Kobayashi, Kentaro Yoshii, Wallaya Phongphaew et al. · PLoS Pathogens · 2020 · 46 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Neuroscience +17

Tick-borne flaviviruses alter membrane structure and replicate in dendrites of primary mouse neuronal cultures

Minato Hirano, Kentaro Yoshii, Mizuki Sakai et al. · Journal of General Virology · 2014 · 41 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Neuroscience +17

Virulence of tick-borne encephalitis virus is associated with intact conformational viral RNA structures in the variable region of the 3′-UTR

Mizuki Sakai, Memi Muto, Minato Hirano et al. · Virus Research · 2015 · 40 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology +16