Induction of IGHV3-53 public antibodies with broadly neutralising activity against SARS-CoV-2 including Omicron subvariants in a Delta breakthrough infection caseResearch in context

Autor: Takeo Kuwata, Yu Kaku, Shashwata Biswas, Kaho Matsumoto, Mikiko Shimizu, Yoko Kawanami, Ryuta Uraki, Kyo Okazaki, Rumi Minami, Yoji Nagasaki, Mami Nagashima, Isao Yoshida, Kenji Sadamasu, Kazuhisa Yoshimura, Mutsumi Ito, Maki Kiso, Seiya Yamayoshi, Masaki Imai, Terumasa Ikeda, Kei Sato, Mako Toyoda, Takamasa Ueno, Takako Inoue, Yasuhito Tanaka, Kanako Tarakado Kimura, Takao Hashiguchi, Yukihiko Sugita, Takeshi Noda, Hiroshi Morioka, Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Shuzo Matsushita, Jumpei Ito, Naoko Misawa, Arnon Plianchaisuk, Ziyi Guo, Alfredo Hina, Jr., Keiya Uriu, Kaoru Usui, Wilaiporn Saikruang, Spyridon Lytras, Ryo Yoshimura, Shusuke Kawakubo, Luca Nishimura, Yusuke Kosugi, Shigeru Fujita, Luo Chen, Jarel Elgin M. Tolentino, Lin Pan, Wenye Li, Maximilian Stanley Yo, Kio Horinaka, Mai Suganami, Adam P. Strange, Mika Chiba, Keiko Iida, Naomi Ohsumi, Kaho Okumura, Shiho Tanaka, Eiko Ogawa, Kyoko Yasuda, Tsuki Fukuda, Rina Osujo, Takasuke Fukuhara, Tomokazu Tamura, Rigel Suzuki, Saori Suzuki, Hayato Ito, Keita Matsuno, Hirofumi Sawa, Naganori Nao, Shinya Tanaka, Masumi Tsuda, Lei Wang, Yoshikata Oda, Zannatul Ferdous, Kenji Shishido, Keita Mizuma, Isshu Kojima, Jingshu Li, Tomoya Tsubo, Shuhei Tsujino, So Nakagawa, Kotaro Shirakawa, Akifumi Takaori-Kondo, Kayoko Nagata, Ryosuke Nomura, Yoshihito Horisawa, Yusuke Tashiro, Yugo Kawai, Kazuo Takayama, Rina Hashimoto, Sayaka Deguchi, Yukio Watanabe, Ayaka Sakamoto, Naoko Yasuhara, Tateki Suzuki, Kanako Kimura, Jiei Sasaki, Yukari Nakajima, Hisano Yajima, Yoshitaka Nakata, Hiroki Futatsusako, Takashi Irie, Ryoko Kawabata, Kaori Tabata, Hesham Nasser, Ryo Shimizu, MST Monira Begum, Michael Jonathan, Yuka Mugita, Otowa Takahashi, Kimiko Ichihara, Chihiro Motozono, Sharee Leong, Akatsuki Saito, Maya Shofa, Yuki Shibatani, Tomoko Nishiuchi, Hiroyuki Asakura, Jiri Zahradnik, Prokopios Andrikopoulos, Miguel Padilla-Blanco, Aditi Konar

Publikováno v: EBioMedicine, Vol 110, Iss , Pp 105439- (2024)

Summary: Background: Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants that escape neutralising antibodies hampers the development of vaccines and therapeutic antibodies against SARS-CoV-2. IGHV3-53/3-66-derived public antibodies, which are generally specific to the

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Editorial: Characterization of HIV-1 variants: implications for HIV-1 prevention, treatment and cure

Autor: Jaclyn K. Mann, Marcel Tongo, Takamasa Ueno

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Virology, Vol 4 (2024)

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/268fae96414a470e9a927a690fb21510

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

Autor: MST Monira Begum, Kimiko Ichihara, Otowa Takahashi, Hesham Nasser, Michael Jonathan, Kenzo Tokunaga, Isao Yoshida, Mami Nagashima, Kenji Sadamasu, Kazuhisa Yoshimura, The Genotype to Phenotype Japan (G2P-Japan) Consortium, 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 Pan, Mai Suganami, Mika Chiba, Ryo Yoshimura, Kyoko Yasuda, Keiko Iida, Naomi Ohsumi, Adam Patrick Strange, Hiroyuki Asakura, 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 Shimizu, Yuka Mugita, Takamasa Ueno, Chihiro Motozono, Mako Toyoda, Akatsuki Saito, Maya Shofa, Yuki Shibatani, Tomoko Nishiuchi

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Virology, Vol 4 (2024)

IntroductionThe severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) spike (S) protein is essential in mediating membrane fusion of the virus with the target cells. Several reports demonstrated that SARS-CoV-2 S protein fusogenicity is reported

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/5d2678f123154258a7ff9b66e6f6851e

Hypertension and traditional risk factors for cardiovascular diseases among treatment naïve HIV- infected adults initiating antiretroviral therapy in Urban Tanzania

Autor: Tosi M. Mwakyandile, Grace A. Shayo, Philip G. Sasi, Ferdinand M. Mugusi, Godfrey Barabona, Takamasa Ueno, Eligius F. Lyamuya

Publikováno v: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2023)

Abstract Background Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have become an important cause of ill health and death among people living with HIV and/or AIDS (PLHIV) in the antiretroviral therapy (ART) era. There is scarce data on the burden of hypertension (HT

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Further Characterization of the Antiviral Transmembrane Protein MARCH8

Autor: Takuya Tada, Yanzhao Zhang, Dechuan Kong, Michiko Tanaka, Weitong Yao, Masanori Kameoka, Takamasa Ueno, Hideaki Fujita, Kenzo Tokunaga

Publikováno v: Cells, Vol 13, Iss 8, p 698 (2024)

The cellular transmembrane protein MARCH8 impedes the incorporation of various viral envelope glycoproteins, such as the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (Env) and vesicular stomatitis virus G-glycoprotein (VSV-G), into virions by downregulating them from

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/0fd0ce7a18ee460995f4a2e79730c845