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Yukihiro Nishiyama

Yukihiro Nishiyama

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Immunology

D-Index
73
Citations
14122
World Ranking
2167
National Ranking
84

Overview

Yukihiro Nishiyama is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and has contributed to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their research spans subfields including Genetics, Epidemiology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work has focused on topics such as Virus-based gene therapy research, Herpesvirus infections and treatments, and RNA interference and gene delivery.

Nishiyama has published in the venue Molecular Therapy - Oncolytics, including a recent paper titled "Oncolytic activity of naturally attenuated herpes-simplex virus HF10 against an immunocompetent model of oral carcinoma" in 2020.

  • Oncolytic activity of naturally attenuated herpes-simplex virus HF10 against an immunocompetent model of oral carcinoma (2020, Molecular Therapy - Oncolytics)

Frequent co-authors in Nishiyama's research include:

  • Gaku Takano
  • Shinichi Esaki
  • Fumi Goshima
  • Atsushi Enomoto
  • Yoshimi Hatano

Best Publications

  • Olfactory transmission of neurotropic viruses

    Isamu Mori;Isamu Mori;Yukihiro Nishiyama;Takashi Yokochi;Yoshinobu Kimura

  • Epstein-Barr Virus Lytic Replication Elicits ATM Checkpoint Signal Transduction While Providing an S-phase-like Cellular Environment *

    Ayumi Kudoh;Masatoshi Fujita;Lumin Zhang;Noriko Shirata

  • Measuring Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) load: the significance and application for each EBV‐associated disease

    Hiroshi Kimura;Yoshinori Ito;Ritsuro Suzuki;Yukihiro Nishiyama

  • Human Herpesvirus 6 Viremia in Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients: Clinical Features and Risk Factors

    Tetsushi Yoshikawa;Yoshizo Asano;Masaru Ihira;Kyoko Suzuki

  • Rapid Diagnosis of Herpes Simplex Virus Infection by a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method

    Yoshihiko Enomoto;Tetsushi Yoshikawa;Masaru Ihira;Shiho Akimoto

  • Conserved Protein Kinases Encoded by Herpesviruses and Cellular Protein Kinase cdc2 Target the Same Phosphorylation Site in Eukaryotic Elongation Factor 1δ

    Yasushi Kawaguchi;Kentaro Kato;Michiko Tanaka;Mikiko Kanamori

  • A phase I dose-escalation clinical trial of intraoperative direct intratumoral injection of HF10 oncolytic virus in non-resectable patients with advanced pancreatic cancer

    A Nakao;H Kasuya;T T Sahin;N Nomura

  • Mitochondrial distribution and function in herpes simplex virus-infected cells.

    Takayuki Murata;Fumi Goshima;Tohru Daikoku;Kyoko Inagaki-Ohara

  • Rapid Diagnosis of Human Herpesvirus 6 Infection by a Novel DNA Amplification Method, Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification

    Masaru Ihira;Tetsushi Yoshikawa;Yoshihiko Enomoto;Shiho Akimoto

  • Identification of Proteins Phosphorylated Directly by the Us3 Protein Kinase Encoded by Herpes Simplex Virus 1

    Akihisa Kato;Mayuko Yamamoto;Takashi Ohno;Hiroshi Kodaira

  • Herpes Simplex Virus 1-Encoded Protein Kinase UL13 Phosphorylates Viral Us3 Protein Kinase and Regulates Nuclear Localization of Viral Envelopment Factors UL34 and UL31

    Akihisa Kato;Mayuko Yamamoto;Takashi Ohno;Takashi Ohno;Michiko Tanaka

  • Reactivation of Lytic Replication from B Cells Latently Infected with Epstein-Barr Virus Occurs with High S-Phase Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Activity while Inhibiting Cellular DNA Replication

    Ayumi Kudoh;Masatoshi Fujita;Tohru Kiyono;Kiyotaka Kuzushima

  • Functional interaction between Epstein-Barr virus DNA polymerase catalytic subunit and its accessory subunit in vitro.

    Tatsuya Tsurumi;Tohru Daikoku;Ryutaro Kurachi;Yukihiro Nishiyama

  • The role of the UL41 gene of herpes simplex virus type 1 in evasion of non-specific host defence mechanisms during primary infection.

    Tatsuo Suzutani;Masayoshi Nagamine;Taiichiro Shibaki;Masahiro Ogasawara

  • Mitochondria and viruses.

    Akane Ohta;Yukihiro Nishiyama

  • Olfactory receptor neurons prevent dissemination of neurovirulent influenza A virus into the brain by undergoing virus-induced apoptosis

    Isamu Mori;Isamu Mori;Fumi Goshima;Yoshinori Imai;Shinichi Kohsaka

  • Simultaneous Quantification of Epstein-Barr Virus, Cytomegalovirus, and Human Herpesvirus 6 DNA in Samples from Transplant Recipients by Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay

    Kaoru Wada;Naomi Kubota;Yoshinori Ito;Hiroshi Yagasaki

  • Degradation of phosphorylated p53 by viral protein-ECS E3 ligase complex.

    Yoshitaka Sato;Takumi Kamura;Noriko Shirata;Takayuki Murata

  • Identification of a Physiological Phosphorylation Site of the Herpes Simplex Virus 1-Encoded Protein Kinase Us3 Which Regulates Its Optimal Catalytic Activity In Vitro and Influences Its Function in Infected Cells

    Akihisa Kato;Michiko Tanaka;Mayuko Yamamoto;Risa Asai

  • US3 protein kinase of herpes simplex virus type 2 plays a role in protecting corneal epithelial cells from apoptosis in infected mice.

    S Asano;T Honda;F Goshima;D Watanabe

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroshi Kimura
Hiroshi Kimura Nagoya University
Tatsuya Tsurumi
Tatsuya Tsurumi Nagoya City University
Yasushi Kawaguchi
Yasushi Kawaguchi University of Tokyo
Tetsushi Yoshikawa
Tetsushi Yoshikawa Fujita Health University
Kaoru Shimokata
Kaoru Shimokata Nagoya University
Kenichi Matsubara
Kenichi Matsubara Osaka University
Akimasa Nakao
Akimasa Nakao Nagoya University
Tsuneo Morishima
Tsuneo Morishima Okayama University
Yoshizo Asano
Yoshizo Asano Fujita Health University
Seiji Kojima
Seiji Kojima Nagoya University

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