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Yoshio Koyanagi

Yoshio Koyanagi

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Immunology

D-Index
73
Citations
21271
World Ranking
2122
National Ranking
81

Overview

Yoshio Koyanagi is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has a focused research portfolio primarily within immunology, microbiology, and medicine. Their work spans several interconnected subfields including immunology, infectious diseases, virology, molecular biology, and epidemiology.

The scientist's research has concentrated on several main topics, notably:

  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Interferon and Immune Responses
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Respiratory Viral Infections Research

Yoshio Koyanagi has contributed to numerous scientific papers with significant publication activity in journals such as:

  • Reviews in Medical Virology
  • Cell Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Journal of Virology

Frequent collaborators include Kei Sato, Jumpei Ito, Hirofumi Aso, Yoriyuki Konno, and Izumi Kimura, reflecting ongoing research partnerships with multiple experts in the field.

Among recent scholarly articles, key publications are:

  • "SARS-CoV-2 ORF3b Is a Potent Interferon Antagonist Whose Activity Is Increased by a Naturally Occurring Elongation Variant" (2020, Cell Reports)
  • "SARS-CoV-2 ORF3b is a potent interferon antagonist whose activity is further increased by a naturally occurring elongation variant" (2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • "Endogenous retroviruses drive KRAB zinc-finger protein family expression for tumor suppression" (2020, Science Advances)
  • "Resistance of SARS-CoV-2 variants to neutralization by antibodies induced in convalescent patients with COVID-19" (2021, Cell Reports)
  • "M-Sec facilitates intercellular transmission of HIV-1 through multiple mechanisms" (2020, Retrovirology)

Koyanagi has also contributed to book publications, including the work titled "ARDS in COVID-19 - Insights for Treatment," published in 2023 by Frontiers Media.

Best Publications

  • NOD/SCID/gamma(c)(null) mouse: an excellent recipient mouse model for engraftment of human cells.

    Mamoru Ito;Hidefumi Hiramatsu;Kimio Kobayashi;Kazutomo Suzue

  • Infection of HTLV-III/LAV in HTLV-I-carrying cells MT-2 and MT-4 and application in a plaque assay

    Shinji Harada;Yoshio Koyanagi;Naoki Yamamoto

  • Dual infection of the central nervous system by AIDS viruses with distinct cellular tropisms.

    Yoshio Koyanagi;Steven Miles;Ronald T. Mitsuyasu;Jean E. Merrill

  • HIV-1 tropism for mononuclear phagocytes can be determined by regions of gp120 outside the CD4-binding domain.

    W. A. O'brien;Y. Koyanagi;Ali Namazie;Jia-Qi Zhao

  • Harnessing the CRISPR/Cas9 system to disrupt latent HIV-1 provirus

    Hirotaka Ebina;Naoko Misawa;Yuka Kanemura;Yoshio Koyanagi

  • Cytokines alter production of HIV-1 from primary mononuclear phagocytes

    Yoshio Koyanagi;William A. O'Brien;William A. O'Brien;Jia Qi Zhao;David W. Golde

  • A Small Molecule CXCR4 Inhibitor that Blocks T Cell Line–tropic HIV-1 Infection

    Tsutomu Murakami;Toshihiro Nakajima;Yoshio Koyanagi;Kazunobu Tachibana

  • Transformation of human leukocytes by cocultivation with an adult T cell leukemia virus producer cell line

    Naoki Yamamoto;Morihisa Okada;Yoshio Koyanagi;Mari Kannagi

  • High levels of unintegrated HIV-1 DNA in brain tissue of AIDS dementia patients

    Shen Pang;Yoshio Koyanagi;Steven Miles;Clayton Wiley

  • Interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis factor alpha can be induced from mononuclear phagocytes by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 binding to the CD4 receptor.

    J. E. Merrill;Y. Koyanagi;I. S. Y. Chen

  • SARS-CoV-2 ORF3b Is a Potent Interferon Antagonist Whose Activity Is Increased by a Naturally Occurring Elongation Variant

    Yoriyuki Konno;Izumi Kimura;Keiya Uriu;Masaya Fukushi

  • Differential susceptibility to the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome retrovirus in cloned cells of human leukemic T-cell line Molt-4.

    R Kikukawa;Y Koyanagi;S Harada;N Kobayashi

  • Spirodiketopiperazine-Based CCR5 Inhibitor Which Preserves CC-Chemokine/CCR5 Interactions and Exerts Potent Activity against R5 Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 In Vitro

    Kenji Maeda;Hirotomo Nakata;Yasuhiro Koh;Toshikazu Miyakawa

  • In vivo infection of human T-cell leukemia virus type I in non-T cells.

    Yoshio Koyanagi;Yasuto Itoyama;Naomi Nakamura;Keita Takamatsu

  • Soluble interleukin-6 receptors released from T cell or granulocyte/macrophage cell lines and human peripheral blood mononuclear cells are generated through an alternative splicing mechanism.

    S. Horiuchi;Y. Koyanagi;Yongwei Zhou;H. Miyamoto

  • Induction of interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis factor alpha in brain cultures by human immunodeficiency virus type 1.

    J. E. Merrill;Y. Koyanagi;J. Zack;L. Thomas

  • Anti-human immunodeficiency virus activity of a novel synthetic peptide, T22 ([Tyr-5,12, Lys-7]polyphemusin II): a possible inhibitor of virus-cell fusion.

    H Nakashima;M Masuda;T Murakami;Y Koyanagi

  • Ku80 autoantigen as a cellular coreceptor for human parvovirus B19 infection.

    Yasuhiko Munakata;Takako Saito-Ito;Keiko Kumura-Ishii;Jie Huang

  • Host Factor SAMHD1 Restricts DNA Viruses in Non- Dividing Myeloid Cells

    Joseph A. Hollenbaugh;Peter Gee;Jonathon Baker;Michele B. Daly;Michele B. Daly

  • A duodenally absorbable CXC chemokine receptor 4 antagonist, KRH-1636, exhibits a potent and selective anti-HIV-1 activity.

    Kozi Ichiyama;Sei Yokoyama-Kumakura;Yuetsu Tanaka;Reiko Tanaka

Frequent Co-Authors

Naoki Yamamoto
Naoki Yamamoto Kyoto University
Naoki Yamamoto
Naoki Yamamoto National University of Singapore
Jun-ichi Kira
Jun-ichi Kira Kyushu University
Yorio Hinuma
Yorio Hinuma Kyoto University
Kazuyuki Aihara
Kazuyuki Aihara University of Tokyo
Mamoru Ito
Mamoru Ito Central Institute for Experimental Animals
Yuetsu Tanaka
Yuetsu Tanaka University of the Ryukyus
Akifumi Takaori-Kondo
Akifumi Takaori-Kondo Kyoto University
Irvin S. Y. Chen
Irvin S. Y. Chen University of California, Los Angeles
Tatsutoshi Nakahata
Tatsutoshi Nakahata Kyoto University

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