Enhanced isolation of SARS-CoV-2 by TMPRSS2-expressing cells

Shutoku Matsuyama, Naganori Nao, Kazuya Shirato, +15

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Viral EvolutionNovel BetacoronavirusViral DiagnosticsEmerging Infectious DiseasesRespiratory Diseases +13

Efficient Multiplication of Human Metapneumovirus in Vero Cells Expressing the Transmembrane Serine Protease TMPRSS2

Yuta Shirogane, Makoto Takeda, Masaharu Iwasaki, +6

Journal of Virology

Protease InhibitorsEfficient MultiplicationViral ReplicationMolecular VirologySynthetic Virology +12

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

Long Untranslated Regions of the Measles Virus M and F Genes Control Virus Replication and Cytopathogenicity

Makoto Takeda, Shinji Ohno, Fumio Seki, +3

Journal of Virology

Mev ReplicationMev FitnessVirus StructureUntranslated RegionsViral Replication +12

Measles Virus Infects both Polarized Epithelial and Immune Cells by Using Distinctive Receptor-Binding Sites on Its Hemagglutinin

Maino Tahara, Makoto Takeda, Yuta Shirogane, +3

Journal of Virology

Molecular VirologyNeurovirologyPathogenesisViral PathogenesisImmunology +12

Essential role of TMPRSS2 in SARS-CoV-2 infection in murine airways

Naoko Iwata‐Yoshikawa, Masatoshi Kakizaki, Nozomi Shiwa-Sudo, +13

Nature Communications

A Human Lung Carcinoma Cell Line Supports Efficient Measles Virus Growth and Syncytium Formation via a SLAM- and CD46-Independent Mechanism

Makoto Takeda, Maino Tahara, Takao Hashiguchi, +5

Journal of Virology

Viral ReplicationSyncytium FormationImmunologyViral PathogenesisViral Structural Protein +16

Altered Interaction of the Matrix Protein with the Cytoplasmic Tail of Hemagglutinin Modulates Measles Virus Growth by Affecting Virus Assembly and Cell-Cell Fusion

Maino Tahara, Makoto Takeda, Yusuke Yanagi

Journal of Virology

Viral ReplicationImmunologyMatrix ProteinViral Structural ProteinVirus Structure +15

TMPRSS2 Is an Activating Protease for Respiratory Parainfluenza Viruses

Masako Abe, Maino Tahara, Kouji Sakai, +14

Journal of Virology

Canine Distemper Virus Associated with a Lethal Outbreak in Monkeys Can Readily Adapt To Use Human Receptors

Kouji Sakai, Tomoki Yoshikawa, Fumio Seki, +12

Journal of Virology