Category: Publications(EN)

Mahmoud RM, Hiyoshi M, Abdelnaser RA, Monde K, Monde N, Koma T, Mizuno H, Habash SA, Takahashi N, Maeda Y, Ono A, Suzu S.

PLoS Pathog. 2026 Jun 1;22(6):e1013717. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1013717.

M-Sec promotes the production of infectious HIV-1 virus through the exocyst complex in macrophages

 

For more detail ➡

Nakama T#, Wall A#, Dolton G#, Tan LR, Thomas H, Hamana H, Aritsu Y, Tan TS, Toyoda M, Goto Y, Li H, Kitamatsu M, Udaka K, Miyashita Y, Oshiumi H, Nakamura K, Nagasaki Y, Minami R, Nakata H, Rizkallah PJ, Kishi H, Ueno T, Sewell AK*, Motozono C*

Position-5-driven reorientation of an immunodominant HLA-A*24:02 SARS-CoV-2 epitope drives universal T cell escape

For more detail →

 

 

Aritsu Y, Kitabatake M, Kurose A, Hamana H, Nakama T, Yamada K, Furukawa R, Ouji-Sageshima N, Hara A, Yasuike K, Itami S, Li H, Udaka K, Kishi H, Ueno T, Nakagawa S, Ito T, Kawashita N, Kitamatsu M and Motozono C

N-terminal pyroglutamylation of an HLA-A24-restricted immunodominant epitope enhances SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell responses

DOI : 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1758642

For more detail　➡

Takahashi N, Habash SA, Komohara Y, Usuki S, Yasunaga KI, Hino S, Abdelnaser RA, Einarsdottir T, Nomura T, Yonemura A, Ishimoto T, Suzu S.

Human peritoneal CCR2LowCRIgHigh macrophage subset exhibits embryonic origin-like phenotypes

Human Cell

doi: 10.1007/s13577-026-01379-z.

For More Deatil ➡

Reda O, Satou Y.

The Differentially Regulated Cousins: Insights into the Differences in Transcriptional Regulatory Mechanisms Between HTLV-1 and HIV-1
Viruses.

VIRUSES

DOI:  10.3390/v18010140.

for more detail　➡

Kurokawa R, Mtali CS, Daniel IJ, Einarsdottir T, Reda O, Irie N, Sakhor W, Niimura K, Takatori M, Sugata K, Tye CA, Satou Y, Ono M, Nomura T

Dynamics of lung-infiltrating virus-specific T cells associated with age-dependent SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia severity

PLOS.Pathogens

For More Detail ➡

Takayuki Chikata*, Kimiko Kuroki*, Nozomi Kuse*, Anna E Kliszczak, Wayne Paes, Nanami Tomioka, Robert Parker, Aure Aflalo, Tomohiro Akahoshi, Yu Zhang, Ryoya Yamashita, Ryuma Sakata, Hiroki Kusaka, Yosuke Watanabe, Annalisa Nicastri, Haruki Matsubara, Toyoyuki Ose, Shunsuke Kita, Shinichi Oka, Hiroyuki Gatanaga, Zhansong Lin, Nicola Ternette, Persephone Borrow, Katsumi Maenaka,, Masafumi Takiguchi, (*equal contribution), Molecular basis for selection and inhibition of HIV-1 escape virus by T cells and KIR2DL2+NK cells. Nat Commun. 16: 9796, 2025

→Click here for more details

Abdelnaser RA, Hiyoshi M, Takahashi N, Kimura S, Hase K, Ohno H, Monde K, Ono A, Suzu S.

TNFAIP2 increases macrophage response to CSF-1 through multiple effects on CSF-1 receptor

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

doi: 10.1093/jleuko/qiaf151.

Hung The Nguyen*, Takayuki Chikata*, Nozomi Kuse, Yu Zhang, Diep Thi Ngoc Pham, Nga Thi Do, Thanh Cong Nguyen, Ngoc Bich Lung, Hao Thi Minh Bui, Hiroyuki Gatanaga, Giang Van Tran, Binh Thanh Nguyen, Do Van Nguyen, Le Minh Giang, Shinichi Oka, and Masafumi Takiguchi (*equal contribution), HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cells with different abilities to recognize HIV-1-infected cells in HIV-1-exposed seronegative individuals. PNAS Nexus 4: pgaf336, 2025

→Click here for more details