Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 JN.1 variant

by Kaku, Yu, Okumura, Kaho, Padilla-Blanco, Miguel, Kosugi, Yusuke, Uriu, Keiya, Hinay, Jr, Alfredo A, Chen, Luo, Plianchaisuk, Arnon, Kobiyama, Kouji, Ishii, Ken J, Zahradnik, Jiri, Ito, Jumpei, Sato, Kei
Published in The Lancet infectious diseases

Inadequate structural constraint on Fab approach rather than paratope elicitation limits HIV-1 MPER vaccine utility

by Tan, Kemin, Chen, Junjian, Kaku, Yu, Wang, Yi, Donius, Luke, Khan, Rafiq Ahmad, Li, Xiaolong, Richter, Hannah, Seaman, Michael S, Walz, Thomas, Hwang, Wonmuk, Reinherz, Ellis L, Kim, Mikyung
Published in Nature communications

Functional analysis of a monoclonal antibody reactive against the C1C2 of Env obtained from a patient infected with HIV-1 CRF02_AG

by Md Zahid, Hasan, Kuwata, Takeo, Takahama, Shokichi, Kaku, Yu, Biswas, Shashwata, Matsumoto, Kaho, Tamamura, Hirokazu, Matsushita, Shuzo
Published in Retrovirology

Resistance of SARS-CoV-2 variants to neutralization by antibodies induced in convalescent patients with COVID-19

by Kaku, Yu, Kuwata, Takeo, Zahid, Hasan Md, Hashiguchi, Takao, Noda, Takeshi, Kuramoto, Noriko, Biswas, Shashwata, Matsumoto, Kaho, Shimizu, Mikiko, Kawanami, Yoko, Shimura, Kazuya, Onishi, Chiho, Muramoto, Yukiko, Suzuki, Tateki, Sasaki, Jiei, Nagasaki, Yoji, Minami, Rumi, Motozono, Chihiro, Toyoda, Mako, Takahashi, Hiroshi, Kishi, Hiroto, Fujii, Kazuhiko, Tatsuke, Tsuneyuki, Ikeda, Terumasa, Maeda, Yosuke, Ueno, Takamasa, Koyanagi, Yoshio, Iwagoe, Hajime, Matsushita, Shuzo
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge)

Addition of maraviroc to antiretroviral therapy decreased interferon-γ mRNA in the CD4+ T cells of patients with suboptimal CD4+ T-cell recovery

by Minami, Rumi, Takahama, Soichiro, Kaku, Yu, Yamamoto, Masahiro
Published in Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy

Development and characterization of a panel of anti-idiotype antibodies to 1C10 that cross-neutralize HIV-1 subtype B viruses

by Kaku, Yu, Matsumoto, Kaho, Kuwata, Takeo, Zahid, Hasan Md, Biswas, Shashwata, Gorny, Miroslaw K., Matsushita, Shuzo
Published in Frontiers in virology (online)

Synthesis of a Rhodamine-Appended Cyclophane as a Fluorescence Host in Water

by Hayashida, Osamu, Kaku, Yu
Published in Advances in chemical engineering and science

Synthesis of Dabsyl-Appended Cyclophanes and Their Heterodimer Formation with Pyrene-Appended Cyclophanes

by Hayashida, Osamu, Kaku, Yu
Published in Journal of organic chemistry

Antiviral efficacy of the SARS-CoV-2 XBB breakthrough infection sera against omicron subvariants including EG.5

by Kaku, Yu, Kosugi, Yusuke, Uriu, Keiya, Ito, Jumpei, Hinay, Alfredo A, Kuramochi, Jin, Sadamasu, Kenji, Yoshimura, Kazuhisa, Asakura, Hiroyuki, Nagashima, Mami, Sato, Kei
Published in The Lancet infectious diseases

Antiviral humoral immunity against SARS-CoV-2 omicron subvariants induced by XBB.1.5 monovalent vaccine in infection-naive and XBB-infected individuals

by Kosugi, Yusuke, Kaku, Yu, Hinay, Alfredo A, Guo, Ziyi, Uriu, Keiya, Kihara, Minoru, Saito, Fumitake, Uwamino, Yoshifumi, Kuramochi, Jin, Shirakawa, Kotaro, Takaori-Kondo, Akifumi, Sato, Kei
Published in The Lancet infectious diseases

Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB.1.5 variant

by Tamura, Tomokazu, Irie, Takashi, Deguchi, Sayaka, Yajima, Hisano, Tsuda, Masumi, Nasser, Hesham, Mizuma, Keita, Plianchaisuk, Arnon, Suzuki, Saori, Uriu, Keiya, Begum, Mst Monira, Shimizu, Ryo, Jonathan, Michael, Suzuki, Rigel, Kondo, Takashi, Ito, Hayato, Kamiyama, Akifumi, Yoshimatsu, Kumiko, Shofa, Maya, Hashimoto, Rina, Anraku, Yuki, Kimura, Kanako Terakado, Kita, Shunsuke, Sasaki, Jiei, Sasaki-Tabata, Kaori, Maenaka, Katsumi, Nao, Naganori, Wang, Lei, Oda, Yoshitaka, Ikeda, Terumasa, Saito, Akatsuki, Matsuno, Keita, Ito, Jumpei, Tanaka, Shinya, Sato, Kei, Hashiguchi, Takao, Takayama, Kazuo, Fukuhara, Takasuke
Published in Nature communications

Multiple mutations of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2 variant orchestrate its virological characteristics

by Kimura, Izumi, Yamasoba, Daichi, Nasser, Hesham, Ito, Hayato, Zahradnik, Jiri, Wu, Jiaqi, Fujita, Shigeru, Uriu, Keiya, Sasaki, Jiei, Tamura, Tomokazu, Suzuki, Rigel, Deguchi, Sayaka, Plianchaisuk, Arnon, Yoshimatsu, Kumiko, Kazuma, Yasuhiro, Mitoma, Shuya, Schreiber, Gideon, Asakura, Hiroyuki, Nagashima, Mami, Sadamasu, Kenji, Yoshimura, Kazuhisa, Takaori-Kondo, Akifumi, Ito, Jumpei, Shirakawa, Kotaro, Takayama, Kazuo, Irie, Takashi, Hashiguchi, Takao, Nakagawa, So, Fukuhara, Takasuke, Saito, Akatsuki, Ikeda, Terumasa, Sato, Kei
Published in Journal of virology

Impact of Imprinted Immunity Induced by mRNA Vaccination in an Experimental Animal Model

by Fujita, Shigeru, Uriu, Keiya, Pan, Lin, Nao, Naganori, Tabata, Koshiro, Kishimoto, Mai, Itakura, Yukari, Sawa, Hirofumi, Kida, Izumi, Tamura, Tomokazu, Fukuhara, Takasuke, Ito, Jumpei, Matsuno, Keita, Sato, Kei
Published in The Journal of infectious diseases

Determination of the factors responsible for the tropism of SARS-CoV-2-related bat coronaviruses to Rhinolophus bat ACE2

by Fujita, Shigeru, Kosugi, Yusuke, Kimura, Izumi, Tokunaga, Kenzo, Ito, Jumpei, Sato, Kei
Published in Journal of virology

Neutralizing immunity against coronaviruses in Tanzanian health care workers

by Barabona, Godfrey, Ngare, Isaac, Kamori, Doreen, Nkinda, Lilian, Kosugi, Yusuke, Mawazo, Ambele, Ekwabi, Rayi, Kinasa, Gloria, Chuwa, Harrison, Sato, Kei, Sunguya, Bruno, Ueno, Takamasa
Published in Scientific reports

Characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron HK.3 variant harbouring the FLip substitution

by Kosugi, Yusuke, Plianchaisuk, Arnon, Putri, Olivia, Uriu, Keiya, Kaku, Yu, Hinay, Alfredo A, Chen, Luo, Kuramochi, Jin, Sadamasu, Kenji, Yoshimura, Kazuhisa, Asakura, Hiroyuki, Nagashima, Mami, Ito, Jumpei, Misawa, Naoko, Guo, Ziyi, Tolentino, Jarel Elgin M, Fujita, Shigeru, Pan, Lin, Suganami, Mai, Chiba, Mika, Yoshimura, Ryo, Yasuda, Kyoko, Iida, Keiko, Ohsumi, Naomi, Strange, Adam P, Tanaka, Shiho, Fukuhara, Takasuke, Tamura, Tomokazu, Suzuki, Rigel, Suzuki, Saori, Ito, Hayato, Matsuno, Keita, Sawa, Hirofumi, Nao, Naganori, Tanaka, Shinya, Tsuda, Masumi, Wang, Lei, Oda, Yoshikata, Ferdous, Zannatul, Shishido, Kenji, Nakagawa, So, Shirakawa, Kotaro, Takaori-Kondo, Akifumi, Nagata, Kayoko, Nomura, Ryosuke, Horisawa, Yoshihito, Tashiro, Yusuke, Kawai, Yugo, Takayama, Kazuo, Hashimoto, Rina, Deguchi, Sayaka, Watanabe, Yukio, Sakamoto, Ayaka, Yasuhara, Naoko, Hashiguchi, Takao, Suzuki, Tateki, Kimura, Kanako, Sasaki, Jiei, Nakajima, Yukari, Yajima, Hisano, Irie, Takashi, Kawabata, Ryoko, Tabata, Kaori, Ikeda, Terumasa, Nasser, Hesham, Shimizu, Ryo, Begum, MST Monira, Jonathan, Michael, Mugita, Yuka, Takahashi, Otowa, Ichihara, Kimiko, Ueno, Takamasa, Motozono, Chihiro, Toyoda, Mako, Saito, Akatsuki, Shofa, Maya, Shibatani, Yuki, Nishiuchi, Tomoko, Sato, Kei
Published in The Lancet. Microbe

Virological characteristics correlating with SARS-CoV-2 spike protein fusogenicity

by MST Monira Begum, Kimiko Ichihara, Otowa Takahashi, Hesham Nasser, Hesham Nasser, Michael Jonathan, Michael Jonathan, Kenzo Tokunaga, Isao Yoshida, Mami Nagashima, Kenji Sadamasu, Kazuhisa Yoshimura, The Genotype to Phenotype Japan (G2P-Japan) Consortium, Kei Sato, Kei Sato, Kei Sato, Kei Sato, Kei Sato, Kei Sato, Kei Sato, Terumasa Ikeda, Keita Matsuno, Naganori Nao, Hirofumi Sawa, Shinya Tanaka, Masumi Tsuda, Lei Wang, Yoshikata Oda, Zannatul Ferdous, Kenji Shishido, Takasuke Fukuhara, Tomokazu Tamura, Rigel Suzuki, Saori Suzuki, Hayato Ito, Jumpei Ito, Yu Kaku, Naoko Misawa, Arnon Plianchaisuk, Ziyi Guo, Alfredo Jr. Hinay, Keiya Uriu, Yusuke Kosugi, Shigeru Fujita, Jarel Elgin Mendoza Tolentino, Luo Chen, Lin Pan6, Mai Suganami, Mika Chiba, Ryo Yoshimura, Kyoko Yasuda, Keiko Iida, Naomi Ohsumi, Adam Patrick Strange, Hiroyuki Asakura, Isao Yoshida, So Nakagawa, Akifumi Takaori-Kondo, Kotaro Shirakawa, Kayoko Nagata, Ryosuke Nomura, Yoshihito Horisawa, Yusuke Tashiro, Yugo Kawai, Kazuo Takayama, Rina Hashimoto, Sayaka Deguchi, Yukio Watanabe, Ayaka Sakamoto, Naoko Yasuhara, Takao Hashiguchi, Tateki Suzuki, Kanako Kimura, Jiei Sasaki, Yukari Nakajima, Hisano Yajima, Takashi Irie, Ryoko Kawabata, Kaori Tabata, Ryo Shimizu1, Yuka Mugita1, Takamasa Ueno, Chihiro Motozono, Mako Toyoda, Akatsuki Saito, Maya Shofa, Yuki Shibatani, Tomoko Nishiuchi
Published in Frontiers in virology (online)

Synthesis and Enhanced Guest-Binding Affinities of Dendrimer-Based Cyclophane Tetramer and Octamer

by Hayashida, Osamu, Nakashima, Tomomi, Kaku, Yu
Published in Advances in chemical engineering and science

Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 JN.1 variant

by Kaku, Yu, Okumura, Kaho, Padilla-Blanco, Miguel, Kosugi, Yusuke, Uriu, Keiya, Hinay, Alfredo Amolong, Chen, Luo, Plianchaisuk, Arnon, Kobiyama, Kouji, Ishii, Ken J, The Genotype To Phenotype Japan (G2p-Japan) Consortium, Zahradnik, Jiri, Ito, Jumpei, Sato, Kei
Published in bioRxiv

Antiviral humoral immunity against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants induced by XBB.1.5 monovalent vaccine in infection-naive and XBB-infected individuals

by Kosugi, Yusuke, Kaku, Yu, Hinay, Alfredo A, Guo, Ziyi, Uriu, Keiya, Kihara, Minoru, Saito, Fumitake, Uwamino, Yoshifumi, Jin Kuramochi, Shirakawa, Kotaro, Takaori-Kondo, Akifumi, The Genotype To Phenotype Japan (G2p-Japan) Consortium, Sato, Kei
Published in bioRxiv