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Mizuma K, Hashizume M, Urata S, Shindo K, Takashima A, Mizuta S, et al.
J Gen Virol . 2024 Dec; 105(12). PMID: 39688895
Lassa virus (LASV) is an Old World (OW) mammarenavirus that causes Lassa fever, a life-threatening acute febrile disease endemic in West Africa. Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is a worldwide-distributed, prototypic...
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Zhang Z, Takenaga T, Fehling S, Igarashi M, Hirokawa T, Muramoto Y, et al.
J Virol . 2024 May; 98(7):e0071424. PMID: 38809021
Lassa virus (LASV) is the causative agent of human Lassa fever which in severe cases manifests as hemorrhagic fever leading to thousands of deaths annually. However, no approved vaccines or...
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Ashida S, Kojima S, Okura T, Kato F, Furuyama W, Urata S, et al.
Microbiol Spectr . 2024 Apr; 12(5):e0041724. PMID: 38606982
Importance: The genomic intricacies of paramyxo- and filoviruses are highlighted by the bipartite promoters-promoter element 1 (PE1) and promoter element 2 (PE2)-at their 3 termini. The spacer region between these...
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Nanbo A, Urata S, Tsuda Y
Uirusu . 2024 Jan; 72(2):125-130. PMID: 38220156
In recent years, numerous emerging and reemerging infectious diseases have occurred worldwide and have seriously threatened our society. As a countermeasure against the pathogens responsible for serious diseases (classified as...
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Lee M, Koma T, Iwasaki M, Urata S
Uirusu . 2023 Oct; 72(1):7-18. PMID: 37899233
South American Hemorrhagic Fever is caused by the Arenavirus, which belong to the Family Arenaviridae, genus mammarenavirus, infection at South America. South American Hemorrhagic Fever includes 1. Argentinian Hemorrhagic fever...
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Takagi Y, Sudo K, Yamaguchi S, Urata S, Ohno T, Hirose S, et al.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun . 2023 Aug; 678:193-199. PMID: 37651888
Severely immunodeficient mice are useful for understanding the pathogenesis of certain tumors and for developing therapeutic agents for such tumors. In addition, engraftment of these mice with human hematopoietic cells...
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Urata S, Yoshikawa R, Yasuda J
J Virol . 2023 Feb; 97(3):e0001523. PMID: 36794941
Negative-strand RNA viruses (NSVs) represent one of the most threatening groups of emerging viruses globally. Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) is a highly pathogenic emerging virus that was...
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Afowowe T, Sakurai Y, Urata S, Zadeh V, Yasuda J
Viruses . 2023 Jan; 15(1). PMID: 36680145
Although many arenaviruses cause severe diseases with high fatality rates each year, treatment options are limited to off-label use of ribavirin, and a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved vaccine is...
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Urata S, Yamaguchi S, Nambu A, Sudo K, Nakae S, Yasuda J
Microbiol Immunol . 2023 Jan; 67(3):105-113. PMID: 36604771
The bone marrow (BM) stromal cell antigen-2 (BST-2), also known as tetherin, CD317, PDCA-1, or HM1.24, is a membrane protein overexpressed in several types of tumors and may act as...
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Zadeh V, Afowowe T, Abe H, Urata S, Yasuda J
PLoS Pathog . 2022 Jul; 18(7):e1010689. PMID: 35816544
Favipiravir is a nucleoside analogue that inhibits the replication and transcription of a broad spectrum of RNA viruses, including pathogenic arenaviruses. In this study, we isolated a favipiravir-resistant mutant of...