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Mitsutoshi Yoneyama

Mitsutoshi Yoneyama

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Microbiology

D-Index
53
Citations
28157
World Ranking
4029
National Ranking
165

Overview

Mitsutoshi Yoneyama is affiliated with Chiba University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of immunology and molecular biology. Their work mainly spans immunology and microbiology with a focus on mechanisms underpinning immune response and RNA regulation. The scientist's research touches on diverse subfields including immunology, molecular biology, infectious diseases, sensory systems, and epidemiology.

Their research topics include interferon and immune responses, RNA regulation and disease, immune response and inflammation, inflammasome and immune disorders, hearing and cochlear function, antifungal resistance and susceptibility, and fungal infections and studies.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Mitsutoshi Yoneyama include:

  • Physiological functions of RIG-I-like receptors, 2024, Immunity
  • Regulation of RIG-I-like receptor-mediated signaling: interaction between host and viral factors, 2021, Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • Mechanisms of length-dependent recognition of viral double-stranded RNA by RIG-I, 2023, Scientific Reports
  • Cochlear supporting cells function as macrophage-like cells and protect audiosensory receptor hair cells from pathogens, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Epidermal clearance of Candida albicans is mediated by IL-17 but independent of fungal innate immune receptors, 2022, International Immunology

Yoneyama has frequently published in several journals, with multiple contributions in Scientific Reports as well as individual papers in Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Immunity, International Immunology, and PLoS ONE.

Collaboration has been a notable aspect of this scientist's work, with frequent coauthors including Koji Onomoto, Hiroki Kato, Takashi Fujita, Kumiko Ui-Tei, and Jung Hyun Im.

Best Publications

  • The RNA helicase RIG-I has an essential function in double-stranded RNA-induced innate antiviral responses.

    Mitsutoshi Yoneyama;Mika Kikuchi;Takashi Natsukawa;Noriaki Shinobu

  • Differential roles of MDA5 and RIG-I helicases in the recognition of RNA viruses

    Hiroki Kato;Osamu Takeuchi;Shintaro Sato;Mitsutoshi Yoneyama

  • Shared and Unique Functions of the DExD/H-Box Helicases RIG-I, MDA5, and LGP2 in Antiviral Innate Immunity

    Mitsutoshi Yoneyama;Mika Kikuchi;Kanae Matsumoto;Tadaatsu Imaizumi

  • Cell type-specific involvement of RIG-I in antiviral response

    Hiroki Kato;Shintaro Sato;Mitsutoshi Yoneyama;Masahiro Yamamoto

  • Regulating Intracellular Antiviral Defense and Permissiveness to Hepatitis C Virus RNA Replication through a Cellular RNA Helicase, RIG-I

    Rhea Sumpter;Yueh Ming Loo;Eileen Foy;Kui Li

  • Direct triggering of the type I interferon system by virus infection: activation of a transcription factor complex containing IRF‐3 and CBP/p300

    Mitsutoshi Yoneyama;Wakako Suhara;Yukiko Fukuhara;Makoto Fukuda

  • LGP2 is a positive regulator of RIG-I– and MDA5-mediated antiviral responses

    Takashi Satoh;Hiroki Kato;Yutaro Kumagai;Mitsutoshi Yoneyama

  • RNA recognition and signal transduction by RIG-I-like receptors.

    Mitsutoshi Yoneyama;Takashi Fujita

  • Control of antiviral defenses through hepatitis C virus disruption of retinoic acid-inducible gene-I signaling.

    Eileen Foy;Kui Li;Rhea Sumpter;Yueh Ming Loo

  • Nonself RNA-Sensing Mechanism of RIG-I Helicase and Activation of Antiviral Immune Responses

    Kiyohiro Takahasi;Mitsutoshi Yoneyama;Mitsutoshi Yoneyama;Tatsuya Nishihori;Reiko Hirai

  • Viral and therapeutic control of IFN-β promoter stimulator 1 during hepatitis C virus infection

    Yueh Ming Loo;David M. Owen;Kui Li;Andrea K. Erickson

  • Viral infections activate types I and III interferon genes through a common mechanism.

    Kazuhide Onoguchi;Kazuhide Onoguchi;Mitsutoshi Yoneyama;Azumi Takemura;Shizuo Akira

  • Viral RNA detection by RIG-I-like receptors.

    Mitsutoshi Yoneyama;Koji Onomoto;Michihiko Jogi;Teppei Akaboshi

  • Function of RIG-I-like Receptors in Antiviral Innate Immunity

    Mitsutoshi Yoneyama;Takashi Fujita

  • Critical role of an antiviral stress granule containing RIG-I and PKR in viral detection and innate immunity.

    Koji Onomoto;Michihiko Jogi;Michihiko Jogi;Ji-Seung Yoo;Ryo Narita

  • Recognition of viral nucleic acids in innate immunity.

    Mitsutoshi Yoneyama;Mitsutoshi Yoneyama;Takashi Fujita

  • Regulation of RIG-I-like receptor-mediated signaling: interaction between host and viral factors.

    Koji Onomoto;Kazuhide Onoguchi;Mitsutoshi Yoneyama

  • Structural mechanism of RNA recognition by the RIG-I-like receptors.

    Mitsutoshi Yoneyama;Takashi Fujita

  • Induction of IRF-3/-7 kinase and NF-kappaB in response to double-stranded RNA and virus infection: common and unique pathways.

    Tomokatsu Iwamura;Mitsutoshi Yoneyama;Kazumi Yamaguchi;Wakako Suhara

  • IL-2 and EGF receptors stimulate the hematopoietic cell cycle via different signaling pathways: Demonstration of a novel role for c-myc

    Hiroshi Shibuya;Mitsutoshi Yoneyama;Jun Ninomiya-Tsuji;Kunihiro Matsumoto

  • Identification of Ser-386 of Interferon Regulatory Factor 3 as Critical Target for Inducible Phosphorylation That Determines Activation

    Mitsuaki Mori;Mitsutoshi Yoneyama;Takashi Ito;Takashi Ito;Kiyohiro Takahashi;Kiyohiro Takahashi

Frequent Co-Authors

Takashi Fujita
Takashi Fujita Kyoto University
Shizuo Akira
Shizuo Akira Osaka University
Michael Gale
Michael Gale University of Washington
Fuyuhiko Inagaki
Fuyuhiko Inagaki Hokkaido University
Tadatsugu Taniguchi
Tadatsugu Taniguchi University of Tokyo
Makoto Miyagishi
Makoto Miyagishi National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Tadaatsu Imaizumi
Tadaatsu Imaizumi Hirosaki University
Kazunari Taira
Kazunari Taira University of Tokyo
Shintaro Sato
Shintaro Sato Osaka University
Kui Li
Kui Li University of Tennessee Health Science Center

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