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Taisuke Horimoto

Taisuke Horimoto

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Microbiology

D-Index
47
Citations
12899
World Ranking
4741
National Ranking
194

Overview

Taisuke Horimoto is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research spans several key areas primarily within the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on epidemiology, infectious diseases, agronomy and crop science, genetics, and animal science and zoology.

The scientist's main topics of work include respiratory viral infections research, influenza virus research studies, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, animal disease management and epidemiology, virus-based gene therapy research, and viral infections and outbreaks research.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Taisuke Horimoto include Shin Murakami, Akiko Takenaka-Uema, Hiromichi Matsugo, Wataru Sekine, and Haruhiko Kamiki.

Taisuke Horimoto has published in multiple academic journals with the most frequent venues being:

  • Journal of Virology
  • Viruses
  • Archives of Virology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Emerging infectious diseases

Some of their recent publications are:

  • Detection and Characterization of Bat Sarbecovirus Phylogenetically Related to SARS-CoV-2, Japan (2020), Emerging infectious diseases
  • Isolation of Bat Sarbecoviruses, Japan (2022), Emerging infectious diseases
  • Establishment of a Reverse Genetics System for Influenza D Virus (2020), Journal of Virology
  • Limited Cross-Protection Provided by Prior Infection Contributes to High Prevalence of Influenza D Viruses in Cattle (2020), Journal of Virology
  • Detection and genetic characterization of bat MERS-related coronaviruses in Japan (2022), Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Best Publications

  • In vitro and in vivo characterization of new swine-origin H1N1 influenza viruses

    Yasushi Itoh;Kyoko Shinya;Maki Kiso;Tokiko Watanabe

  • Influenza: lessons from past pandemics, warnings from current incidents

    Taisuke Horimoto;Yoshihiro Kawaoka;Yoshihiro Kawaoka

  • Pandemic Threat Posed by Avian Influenza A Viruses

    Taisuke Horimoto;Taisuke Horimoto;Yoshihiro Kawaoka;Yoshihiro Kawaoka

  • Avian flu: isolation of drug-resistant H5N1 virus.

    Q. Mai Le;Maki Kiso;Kazuhiko Someya;Yuko T. Sakai

  • Haemagglutinin mutations responsible for the binding of H5N1 influenza A viruses to human-type receptors

    Shinya Yamada;Yasuo Suzuki;Takashi Suzuki;Mai Q. Le

  • Reverse genetics provides direct evidence for a correlation of hemagglutinin cleavability and virulence of an avian influenza A virus.

    T Horimoto;Y Kawaoka

  • Origin and Molecular Changes Associated with Emergence of a Highly Pathogenic H5N2 Influenza Virus in Mexico

    T. Horimoto;Eduardo Rivera;J. Pearson;D. Senne

  • Proprotein-processing endoproteases PC6 and furin both activate hemagglutinin of virulent avian influenza viruses.

    T Horimoto;K Nakayama;S P Smeekens;Y Kawaoka

  • Contributions of Two Nuclear Localization Signals of Influenza A Virus Nucleoprotein to Viral Replication

    Makoto Ozawa;Ken Fujii;Yukiko Muramoto;Shinya Yamada

  • Hierarchy among viral RNA (vRNA) segments in their role in vRNA incorporation into influenza A virions.

    Yukiko Muramoto;Ayato Takada;Ken Fujii;Takeshi Noda

  • Importance of both the Coding and the Segment-Specific Noncoding Regions of the Influenza A Virus NS Segment for Its Efficient Incorporation into Virions

    Ken Fujii;Yutaka Fujii;Takeshi Noda;Yukiko Muramoto

  • Characterization of H5N1 influenza A viruses isolated during the 2003-2004 influenza outbreaks in Japan.

    Masaji Mase;Kenji Tsukamoto;Tadao Imada;Kunitoshi Imai

  • Do Hemagglutinin Genes of Highly Pathogenic Avian influenza Viruses Constitute Unique Phylogenetic Lineages

    Carolin Röhm;Taisuke Horimoto;Yoshihiro Kawaoka;Jochen Süss

  • Sublingual vaccination with influenza virus protects mice against lethal viral infection

    Joo Hye Song;Huan H. Nguyen;Nicolas Cuburu;Nicolas Cuburu;Taisuke Horimoto

  • The Cytoplasmic Tail of the Influenza A Virus M2 Protein Plays a Role in Viral Assembly

    Kiyoko Iwatsuki-Horimoto;Taisuke Horimoto;Takeshi Noda;Maki Kiso

  • Recognition of N-Glycolylneuraminic Acid Linked to Galactose by the α2,3 Linkage Is Associated with Intestinal Replication of Influenza A Virus in Ducks

    Toshihiro Ito;Yasuo Suzuki;Takashi Suzuki;Ayato Takada

  • Detection and Characterization of Bat Sarbecovirus Phylogenetically Related to SARS-CoV-2, Japan

    Shin Murakami;Tomoya Kitamura;Jin Suzuki;Ryouta Sato

  • Characterization of a Human H5N1 Influenza A Virus Isolated in 2003

    Kyoko Shinya;Masato Hatta;Shinya Yamada;Ayato Takada

  • A single intranasal immunization with inactivated influenza virus and α-galactosylceramide induces long-term protective immunity without redirecting antigen to the central nervous system

    Hyun-Jun Youn;Sung-Youl Ko;Kyoo-A. Lee;Hyun-Jeong Ko

  • The development and characterization of H5 influenza virus vaccines derived from a 2003 human isolate.

    Taisuke Horimoto;Ayato Takada;Ken Fujii;Hideo Goto

  • Strategies for developing vaccines against H5N1 influenza A viruses

    Taisuke Horimoto;Yoshihiro Kawaoka

  • Nucleotide Sequence Requirements at the 5′ End of the Influenza A Virus M RNA Segment for Efficient Virus Replication

    Makoto Ozawa;Junko Maeda;Kiyoko Iwatsuki-Horimoto;Shinji Watanabe

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshihiro Kawaoka
Yoshihiro Kawaoka University of Tokyo
Masayuki Shimojima
Masayuki Shimojima National Institutes of Health
Ayato Takada
Ayato Takada Hokkaido University
Takeshi Mikami
Takeshi Mikami University of Tokyo
Takeshi Noda
Takeshi Noda Kyoto University
Shinji Watanabe
Shinji Watanabe National Institutes of Health
Masato Hatta
Masato Hatta University of Wisconsin–Madison
Xuenan Xuan
Xuenan Xuan Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Hiroshi Kida
Hiroshi Kida Hokkaido University
Yasuo Suzuki
Yasuo Suzuki Chubu University

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