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Kunio Nagashima is a researcher affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their work spans fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a focus on several subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Infectious Diseases, and Physiology. They have contributed extensively to topics including Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases, Cellular Transport and Secretion, Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research, Microtubule and Mitosis Dynamics, HIV/AIDS Drug Development and Treatment, HIV Research and Treatment, and Bacteriophages and Microbial Interactions.

The researcher has published in a variety of scientific venues, with multiple articles appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, as well as contributions to Cancer Research, Viruses, and eLife.

Among the recent papers authored by Kunio Nagashima are the following:

  • HIV-1 uncoats in the nucleus near sites of integration, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • HIV-1 cores retain their integrity until minutes before uncoating in the nucleus, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • FIB-SEM as a Volume Electron Microscopy Approach to Study Cellular Architectures in SARS-CoV-2 and Other Viral Infections: A Practical Primer for a Virologist, 2021, Viruses
  • Reserpine maintains photoreceptor survival in retinal ciliopathy by resolving proteostasis imbalance and ciliogenesis defects, 2023, eLife
  • Naturally Acquired Mouse Kidney Parvovirus Infection Produces a Persistent Interstitial Nephritis in Immunocompetent Laboratory Mice, 2020, Veterinary Pathology

Frequent co-authors associated with Kunio Nagashima's research include:

  • Valentina Baena
  • Adam Harned
  • Kedar Narayan
  • Jairaj Acharya
  • Ziqiu Wang

Best Publications

  • Loss of a-Type Lamin Expression Compromises Nuclear Envelope Integrity Leading to Muscular Dystrophy

    Teresa Sullivan;Diana Escalante-Alcalde;Harshida Bhatt;Miriam Anver

  • Phosphatidylinositol (4,5) bisphosphate regulates HIV-1 Gag targeting to the plasma membrane.

    Akira Ono;Sherimay D. Ablan;Stephen J. Lockett;Kunio Nagashima

  • Proteomic and Biochemical Analysis of Purified Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Produced from Infected Monocyte-Derived Macrophages

    Elena Chertova;Oleg Chertov;Lori V. Coren;James D. Roser

  • Chronic active hepatitis and associated liver tumors in mice caused by a persistent bacterial infection with a novel Helicobacter species.

    Jerrold M. Ward;James G. Fox;Miriam R. Anver;Diana C. Haines

  • High-sensitivity bacterial detection using biotin-tagged phage and quantum-dot nanocomplexes.

    Rotem Edgar;Michael McKinstry;Jeeseong Hwang;Amos B. Oppenheim

  • Three-dimensional cellular ultrastructure resolved by X-ray microscopy

    Gerd Schneider;Peter Guttmann;Stefan Heim;Stefan Rehbein

  • Function of the cytoplasmic domain of a retroviral transmembrane protein: p15E-p2E cleavage activates the membrane fusion capability of the murine leukemia virus Env protein.

    A Rein;J Mirro;J G Haynes;S M Ernst

  • Human immunodeficiency virus-like particles produced by a vaccinia virus expression vector.

    Velissarios Karacostas;Kunio Nagashima;Matthew A. Gonda;Bernard Moss

  • Atm deficiency results in severe meiotic disruption as early as leptonema of prophase I

    Carrolee Barlow;Marek Liyanage;Peter B. Moens;Madalina Tarsounas

  • Overexpression of the HIV-1 gag-pol polyprotein results in intracellular activation of HIV-1 protease and inhibition of assembly and budding of virus-like particles

    Velissarios Karacostas;Elizabeth J. Wolffe;Kunio Nagashima;Matthew A. Gonda

  • HIV-1 uncoats in the nucleus near sites of integration

    Ryan C Burdick;Chenglei Li;MohamedHusen Munshi;Jonathan M O Rawson

  • claudin-18, a Novel Downstream Target Gene for the T/EBP/NKX2.1 Homeodomain Transcription Factor, Encodes Lung- and Stomach-Specific Isoforms through Alternative Splicing

    Tomoaki Niimi;Kunio Nagashima;Jerrold M. Ward;Parviz Minoo

  • Real-Time Visualization of HIV-1 GAG Trafficking in Infected Macrophages

    Karine Gousset;Sherimay D. Ablan;Lori V. Coren;Akira Ono

  • 3D visualization of HIV transfer at the virological synapse between dendritic cells and T cells

    Richard L. Felts;Kedar Narayan;Jacob D. Estes;Dan Shi

  • Analysis of the extracellular matrix vesicle proteome in mineralizing osteoblasts.

    Zhen Xiao;Corinne E. Camalier;Kunio Nagashima;King C. Chan

  • Amino acid substitutions in Gag protein at non-cleavage sites are indispensable for the development of a high multitude of HIV-1 resistance against protease inhibitors

    Hiroyuki Gatanaga;Yasuhiro Suzuki;Hsinyi Tsang;Kazuhisa Yoshimura;Kazuhisa Yoshimura

  • GPR124, an orphan G protein-coupled receptor, is required for CNS-specific vascularization and establishment of the blood–brain barrier

    Mike Cullen;Mohammed K. Elzarrad;Steven Seaman;Enrique Zudaire

  • HIV-1 and microvesicles from T cells share a common glycome, arguing for a common origin.

    Lakshmi Krishnamoorthy;Julian W Bess;Alex B Preston;Kunio Nagashima

  • The Nucleocapsid Region of HIV-1 Gag Cooperates with the PTAP and LYPXnL Late Domains to Recruit the Cellular Machinery Necessary for Viral Budding

    Vincent Dussupt;Melodi P. Javid;Georges Abou-Jaoudé;Joshua A. Jadwin

  • Involvement of Crm1 in Hepatitis B Virus X Protein-Induced Aberrant Centriole Replication and Abnormal Mitotic Spindles

    Marshonna Forgues;Michael J. Difilippantonio;Steven P. Linke;Thomas Ried

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric O. Freed
Eric O. Freed National Institutes of Health
Miriam C. Poirier
Miriam C. Poirier National Institutes of Health
Alan Rein
Alan Rein National Institutes of Health
Stephen J. Lockett
Stephen J. Lockett National Institutes of Health
Anand Swaroop
Anand Swaroop National Institutes of Health
David E. Ott
David E. Ott Leidos (United States)
Vinay K. Pathak
Vinay K. Pathak National Institutes of Health
Laura S. Schmidt
Laura S. Schmidt National Institutes of Health
Tiansen Li
Tiansen Li National Institutes of Health
W. Marston Linehan
W. Marston Linehan National Institutes of Health

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