Hepatitis B Virus Replication Could Enhance Regulatory T Cell Activity by Producing Soluble Heat Shock Protein 60 From Hepatocytes

Yasuteru Kondo, Yoshiyuki Ueno, Koju Kobayashi, +14

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Hepatitis C Virus Infection of T Cells Inhibits Proliferation and Enhances Fas-Mediated Apoptosis by Down-Regulating the Expression of CD44 Splicing Variant 6

Yasuteru Kondo, Keigo Machida, Helene Minyi Liu, +5

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Lymphotropic HCV strain can infect human primary naïve CD4+ cells and affect their proliferation and IFN-γ secretion activity

Yasuteru Kondo, Yoshiyuki Ueno, Eiji Kakazu, +10

Journal of Gastroenterology

Viral PersistenceHuman RetrovirusImmunodeficienciesImmunologyAntiviral Response +8

Analysis of the entire nucleotide sequence of hepatitis B virus genotype B in the Philippines reveals a new subgenotype of genotype B

Futoshi Nagasaki, Hirofumi Niitsuma, Julieta G. Cervantes, +8

Journal of General Virology

GeneticsGenetic EpidemiologyHepatitis BGenomicsGenotype B +18

Prevalence of precore‐defective mutant of hepatitis B virus in HBV carriers

Hirofumi Niitsuma, Motoyasu Ishii, Yukie Saito, +3

Journal of Medical Virology

Recovery of functional cytotoxic T lymphocytes during lamivudine therapy by acquiring multi‐specificity

Yasuteru Kondo, Shinichi Asabe, Koju Kobayashi, +5

Journal of Medical Virology

Cell TherapyImmunologyPathologyImmunodominanceImmunophenotyping +16

HCV Infection Enhances Th17 Commitment, Which Could Affect the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Diseases

Yasuteru Kondo, Masashi Ninomiya, Osamu Kimura, +9

PLoS ONE

Ribavirin upregulates interleukin‐12 receptor and induces T cell differentiation towards type 1 in chronic hepatitis C

Masaaki Shiina, Koju Kobayashi, Hiroko Satoh, +3

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

A monoclonal antibody-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay of glycolithocholic acid sulfate in human urine for liver function test

Norihiro Kobayashi, Hiroshi Katsumata, Yoshiaki Uto, +3

Steroids

GlycobiologyGlycolithocholic Acid SulfateBioanalysisImmunochemistryHepatotoxicity +14

Distribution of the HLA Class I Allele in Chronic Hepatitis C and its Association with Serum ALT Level in Chronic Hepatitis C

Yasuteru Kondo, Koju Kobayashi, Tomoo Kobayashi, +4

The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

HistocompatibilityHlaHla ImmunogeneticsImmunologyPathology +19