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Yusuke Yanagi

Yusuke Yanagi

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Microbiology

D-Index
64
Citations
16474
World Ranking
2593
National Ranking
96

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Yusuke Yanagi is a researcher affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan, specializing primarily in the field of Medicine with a focus on Surgery, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Organic Chemistry, and Hepatology. Their work spans a range of medical and biological topics, particularly in congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies, as well as virology and viral diseases.

Their research contributions include studies on congenital conditions and various gastrointestinal disorders, as well as investigations into viral mechanisms and disease behaviors. The scientist's work also covers organ transplantation techniques and outcomes, liver diseases and transplantation, and recent efforts on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19-related research.

Yanagi has published in multiple scientific journals, with frequent contributions to Research Square and the Journal of Virology. Other venues include Liver Transplantation, Science Advances, and RSC Advances. Their notable papers reflect interdisciplinary approaches involving virology, membrane fusion proteins, and infectious disease mechanisms.

  • CADM1 and CADM2 Trigger Neuropathogenic Measles Virus-Mediated Membrane Fusion by Acting in cis (2021, Journal of Virology)
  • Collective fusion activity determines neurotropism of an en bloc transmitted enveloped virus (2023, Science Advances)
  • Lysosome-Associated Membrane Proteins Support the Furin-Mediated Processing of the Mumps Virus Fusion Protein (2020, Journal of Virology)
  • An umpolung reaction of α-iminothioesters possessing a cyclopropyl group (2020, RSC Advances)
  • Interaction of the Hemagglutinin Stalk Region with Cell Adhesion Molecule (CADM) 1 and CADM2 Mediates the Spread between Neurons and Neuropathogenicity of Measles Virus with a Hyperfusogenic Fusion Protein (2023, Journal of Virology)

The scientist has collaborated with a range of frequent co-authors, including Toshiharu Matsuura, Koichiro Yoshimaru, Takayoshi Yamaza, Shunichi Kajioka, and Soichiro Sonoda, with each co-author contributing jointly to multiple publications.

Yanagi was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1996. This recognition is part of their broader contribution to the scientific community, particularly through research in medicine and virology.

Best Publications

  • A human T cell-specific cDNA clone encodes a protein having extensive homology to immunoglobulin chains

    Yusuke Yanagi;Yasunobu Yoshikai;Kathleen Leggett;Stephen P. Clark

  • SLAM (CDw150) is a cellular receptor for measles virus.

    Hironobu Tatsuo;Nobuyuki Ono;Kotaro Tanaka;Yusuke Yanagi

  • Measles Viruses on Throat Swabs from Measles Patients Use Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule (CDw150) but Not CD46 as a Cellular Receptor

    Nobuyuki Ono;Hironobu Tatsuo;Yasufumi Hidaka;Tomonobu Aoki

  • Sequence and expression of transcripts of the human T-cell receptor β-chain genes

    Yasunobu Yoshikai;Demetri Anatoniou;Stephen P. Clark;Yusuke Yanagi

  • Morbilliviruses Use Signaling Lymphocyte Activation Molecules (CD150) as Cellular Receptors

    Hironobu Tatsuo;Nobuyuki Ono;Yusuke Yanagi

  • Reconstitution of an active surface T3/T-cell antigen receptor by DNA transfer

    Pamela S. Ohashi;Tak W. Mak;Peter Van den Elsen;Yusuke Yanagi

  • The human t cell antigen receptor is encoded by variable, diversity, and joining gene segments that rearrange to generate a complete V gene

    Gerald Siu;Stephen P. Clark;Yasunobu Yoshikai;Marie Malissen

  • Somatic rearrangement of T-cell antigen receptor gene in human T-cell malignancies.

    M. D. Minden;B. Toyonaga;K. Ha;Yusuke Yanagi

  • Measles virus : cellular receptors, tropism and pathogenesis

    Yusuke Yanagi;Makoto Takeda;Shinji Ohno

  • Mitochondrial protein mitofusin 2 is required for NLRP3 inflammasome activation after RNA virus infection

    Takeshi Ichinohe;Tatsuya Yamazaki;Takumi Koshiba;Yusuke Yanagi

  • Predominant infection of CD150+ lymphocytes and dendritic cells during measles virus infection of macaques.

    Rik L de Swart;Martin Ludlow;Lot de Witte;Yusuke Yanagi

  • Mitochondrial Membrane Potential Is Required for MAVS-Mediated Antiviral Signaling

    Takumi Koshiba;Kai Yasukawa;Yusuke Yanagi;Shun Ichiro Kawabata

  • SLAM (CD150)-Independent Measles Virus Entry as Revealed by Recombinant Virus Expressing Green Fluorescent Protein

    Koji Hashimoto;Nobuyuki Ono;Hironobu Tatsuo;Hiroko Minagawa

  • Efficient isolation of wild strains of canine distemper virus in Vero cells expressing canine SLAM (CD150) and their adaptability to marmoset B95a cells.

    Fumio Seki;Nobuyuki Ono;Ryoji Yamaguchi;Yusuke Yanagi

  • Analysis of cDNA clones specific for human T cells and the alpha and beta chains of the T-cell receptor heterodimer from a human T-cell line.

    Yusuke Yanagi;Amy Chan;Beth Chin;Mark Minden

  • Structure of the measles virus hemagglutinin bound to its cellular receptor SLAM

    Takao Hashiguchi;Toyoyuki Ose;Marie Kubota;Nobuo Maita;Nobuo Maita

  • Crystal structure of measles virus hemagglutinin provides insight into effective vaccines.

    Takao Hashiguchi;Mizuho Kajikawa;Nobuo Maita;Makoto Takeda

  • Mitofusin 2 Inhibits Mitochondrial Antiviral Signaling

    Kai Yasukawa;Hiroyuki Oshiumi;Makoto Takeda;Naotada Ishihara

  • Encephalomyocarditis Virus Viroporin 2B Activates NLRP3 Inflammasome

    Minako Ito;Yusuke Yanagi;Takeshi Ichinohe

  • Efficient Multiplication of Human Metapneumovirus in Vero Cells Expressing the Transmembrane Serine Protease TMPRSS2

    Yuta Shirogane;Makoto Takeda;Masaharu Iwasaki;Nobuhisa Ishiguro

Frequent Co-Authors

Makoto Takeda
Makoto Takeda National Institutes of Health
Tak W. Mak
Tak W. Mak Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Katsumi Maenaka
Katsumi Maenaka Hokkaido University
Tsukasa Seya
Tsukasa Seya Hokkaido University
Shouichi Ohga
Shouichi Ohga Kyushu University
Yoshinao Oda
Yoshinao Oda Kyushu University
Daisuke Kohda
Daisuke Kohda Kyushu University
Michael B. A. Oldstone
Michael B. A. Oldstone Scripps Research Institute
Tomio Tada
Tomio Tada University of Tokyo
Misako Matsumoto
Misako Matsumoto Aomori University

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