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Selected Publications By Investigators/Mentors

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Angel A. Yanagihara, Ph.D.

Doyle TK, Headlam JL, Wilcox CL, MacLoughlin E, Yanagihara AA. (2017) Evaluation of Cyanea capillata sting management protocols using ex vivo and in vitro envenomation models. Toxins (Basel) 9(7):E215. more details…

Wilcox CL, Headlam JL Doyle TK, Yanagihara AA. (2017) Assessing the efficacy of first aid measures in Physalia sp. envenomation, using solution- and blood agarose-based models. Toxins (Basel) 9(5):149. more details…

Yanagihara AA, Wilcox CL (2017) Cubozoan sting-site seawater rinse, scraping, and ice can increase venom load: Upending current first aid recommendations. Toxins 9(3):105. more details…

Lawley JW, Ames CL, Bentlage B, Yanagihara A, Goodwill R, Kayal E, Hurwitz K, Collins AG. (2016) Box jellyfish Alatina alata has a circumtropical distribution. Biological Bulletin 231(2):152-169. more details…

Wilcox CL, Yanagihara AA. (2016) Heated debates: hot-water immersion or ice packs as first aid for cnidarian envenomations? Toxins (Basel) 8(4):97. more details…

Yanagihara AA, Wilcox C, King R, Hurwitz K, Castelfranco AM. (2016) Experimental assays to assess the efficacy of vinegar and other topical first-aid approaches on cubozoan (Alatina alata) tentacle firing and venom toxicity. Toxins (Basel) 8(1):19. more details…

Jouiaei M, Casewell NR, Yanagihara AA, Nouwens A, Cribb BW, Whitehead D, Jackson TN, Ali SA, Wagstaff SC, Koludarov I, Alewood P, Hansen J, Fry BG. (2015) Firing the sting: chemically induced discharge of cnidae reveals novel proteins and peptides from box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) venom. Toxins (Basel) 7(3):936-950. more details…

Jouiaei M, Yanagihara AA, Madio B, Nevalainen TJ, Alewood PF, Fry BG. (2015) Ancient venom systems: a review on cnidaria toxins. Toxins (Basel) 7(6):2251-2271. more details…

Kayal E, Bentlage B, Cartwright P, Yanagihara AA, Lindsay DJ, Hopcroft RR, Collins AG. (2015) Phylogenetic analysis of higher-level relationships within Hydroidolina (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) using mitochondrial genome data and insight into their mitochondrial transcription. PeerJ 3:e1403. more details…

Axel Lehrer, Ph.D.

Haun BK, Kamara V, Dweh AS, Garalde-Machida K, Forkay SSE, Takaaze M, Namekar M, Wong TAS, Bell-Gam Woto AER, Humphreys P, Weeks OI, Fallah MP, Berestecky JM, Nerurkar VR, Lehrer AT. (2019) Serological evidence of Ebola virus exposure in dogs from affected communities in Liberia: a preliminary report. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 13(7):e0007614. more details…

Medina LO, To A, Lieberman MM, Wong TAS, Namekar M, Nakano E, Andersen H, Yalley-Ogunro J, Greenhouse J, Higgs S, Huang YS, Vanlandingham DL, Horton JS, Clements DE, Lehrer AT. (2018) A recombinant subunit based Zika virus vaccine is efficacious in non-human primates. Frontiers in Immunology 9:2464. more details…

To A, Medina LO, Mfuh KO, Lieberman MM, Wong TAS, Namekar M, Nakano E, Lai CY, Kumar M, Nerurkar VR, Lehrer AT. (2018) Recombinant Zika virus subunits are immunogenic and efficacious in mice. mSphere 3(1). pii: e00576-17. more details…

Lai C-Y, Strange DP, Wong TAS, Lehrer AT, Verma S. (2017) Ebola virus glycoprotein induces an innate immune response in vivo via TLR4. Frontiers in Microbiology more details…

Lehrer AT, Wong TS, Lieberman MM, Humphreys T, Clements DE, Bakken RR, Hart MK, Pratt WD, Dye JM. (2017) Recombinant proteins of Zaire ebolavirus induce potent humoral and cellular immune responses and protect against live virus infection in mice. Vaccine Feb 16. pii: S0264-410X(17)30148-2. more details…

Diane W. Taylor, Ph.D.

Lloyd YM, Esemu LF, Antallan J, Thomas B, Tassi Yunga S, Obase B, Christine N, Leke RGF, Culleton R, Mfuh KO, Nerurkar VR, Taylor DW. (2018) PCR-based detection of Plasmodium falciparum in saliva using mitochondrial cox3 and varATS primers. Tropical Medicine and Health 46:22. more details…

Tassi Yunga S, Fouda GG, Sama G, Ngu JB, Leke RGF, Taylor DW. (2018) Increased susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum in infants is associated with low, not high, placental malaria parasitemia. Scientific Reports 8(1):169. more details…

Abanda NN, Djieugoue JY, Khadka VS, Pefura-Yone EW, Mbacham WF, Vernet G, Penlap VM, Deng Y, Eyangoh SI, Taylor DW, Leke RGF. (2017) Absence of hybridization with the wild-type and mutant rpoB probes in the Genotype MTBDRplus assay detects ‘disputed’ rifampicin mutations. Clinical Microbiology and Infection pii: S1198-743X(17)30668-7. more details…

Lloyd YM, Ngati EP, Salanti A, Leke RGF, Taylor DW. (2017) A versatile, high through-put, bead-based phagocytosis assay for Plasmodium falciparum. Scientific Reports 7(1):14705. more details…

Mfuh KO, Yunga ST, Esemu LF, Bekindaka ON, Yonga J, Djontu JC, Mbakop CD, Taylor DW, Nerurkar VR, Leke RGF. (2017) Detection of Plasmodium falciparum DNA in saliva samples stored at room temperature: potential for a non-invasive saliva-based diagnostic test for malaria. Malaria Journal 16(1):434. more details…

Yunga ST, Kayatani AK, Fogako J, Leke RJI, Leke RGF, Taylor DW. (2017) Timing of the human prenatal antibody response to Plasmodium falciparum antigens. PLoS One 12(9): e0184571. more details…

Achonduh-Atijegbe OA, Mfuh KO, Mbange AH, Chedjou JP, Taylor DW, Nerurkar VR, Mbacham WF, Leke R. (2016) Prevalence of malaria, typhoid, toxoplasmosis and rubella among febrile children in Cameroon. BMC Infectious Diseases 16(1):658. more details…

Babakhanyan A, Ekali GL, Dent A, Kazura J, Nguasong JT, Fodjo BAY, Yuosembom EK, Esemu LF, Taylor DW, Leke RGF. (2016) Maternal human immunodeficiency virus-associated hypergammaglobulinemia reduces transplacental transfer of immunoglobulin G to Plasmodium falciparum antigens in Cameroonian neonates. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 3(2):ofw092. more details…

Babakhanyan A, Leke RG, Salanti A, Bobbili N, Gwanmesia P, Leke RJ, Quakyi IA, Chen JJ, Taylor DW. (2014) The antibody response of pregnant Cameroonian women to VAR2CSA ID1-ID2a, a small recombinant protein containing the CSA-binding site. PLoS One 9(2):e88173. more details…

Tutterrow YL, Avril M, Singh K, Long CA, Leke RJ, Sama G, Salanti A, Smith JD, Leke RG, Taylor DW. (2012) High levels of antibodies to multiple domains and strains of VAR2CSA correlate with the absence of placental malaria in Cameroonian women living in an area of high Plasmodium falciparum transmission. Infection and Immununity 80(4):1479-1490. more details…

Tutterrow YL, Salanti A, Avril M, Smith JD, Pagano IS, Ako S, Fogako J, Leke RG, Taylor DW. (2012) High avidity antibodies to full-length VAR2CSA correlate with absence of placental malaria. PLoS One 7(6):e40049. more details…

Leke RG, Taylor DW. (2011) The use of intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for preventing malaria in pregnant women. Clinical Infectious Diseases 53(3):231-233. more details…

Sander AF, Salanti A, Lavstsen T, Nielsen MA, Theander TG, Leke RG, Lo YY, Bobbili N, Arnot DE, Taylor DW. (2011) Positive selection of Plasmodium falciparum parasites with multiple var2csa-type PfEMP1 genes during the course of infection in pregnant women. Journal of Infectious Diseases 203(11):1679-1685. more details…

Silver KL, Conroy AL, Leke RG, Leke RJ, Gwanmesia P, Molyneux ME, Taylor DW, Wallace DT, Rogerson SJ, Kain KC. (2011) Circulating soluble endoglin levels in pregnant women in Cameroon and Malawi–associations with placental malaria and fetal growth restriction. PLoS One 6(9):e24985. more details…

Chang SP, Kayatani AK, Terrientes ZI, Herrera S, Leke RG, Taylor DW. (2010) Shift in epitope dominance of IgM and IgG responses to Plasmodium falciparum MSP1 block 4. Malaria Journal 9:14. more details…

Leke RF, Bioga JD, Zhou J, Fouda GG, Leke RJ, Tchinda V, Megnekou R, Fogako J, Sama G, Gwanmesia P, Bomback G, Nama C, Diouf A, Bobbili N, Taylor DW. (2010) Longitudinal studies of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in pregnant women living in a rural Cameroonian village with high perennial transmission. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 83(5):996-1004. more details…

Silver KL, Zhong K, Leke RG, Taylor DW, Kain KC. (2010) Dysregulation of angiopoietins is associated with placental malaria and low birth weight. PLoS One 5(3):e9481 more details…

Thevenon AD, Zhou JA, Megnekou R, Ako S, Leke RG, Taylor DW. (2010) Elevated levels of soluble TNF receptors 1 and 2 correlate with Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia in pregnant women: potential markers for malaria-associated inflammation. Journal of Immunology 185(11):7115-7122. more details…

Pong CK, Thevenon AD, Zhou JA, Taylor DW. (2009) Influence of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) on in vitro growth of Plasmodium falciparum. Malaria Journal 8:101. more details…

Thevenon AD, Leke RG, Suguitan AL, Zhou JA, Taylor DW. (2009) Genetic polymorphisms of mannose-binding lectin do not influence placental malaria but are associated with preterm deliveries. Infection and Immunity 77(4):1483-1491. more details…

Wanji S, Tendongfor N, Nji T, Esum M, Che JN, Nkwescheu A, Alassa F, Kamnang G, Enyong PA, Taylor MJ, Hoerauf A, Taylor DW. (2009) Community-directed delivery of doxycycline for the treatment of onchocerciasis in areas of co-endemicity with loiasis in Cameroon. Parasite Vectors 2(1):39. more details…

Duane J. Gubler, Sc.D.

Gubler DJ. (2011) Emerging vector-borne flavivirus diseases: are vaccines the solution? Expert Review of Vaccines 10(5):563-565. more details…

Lam SK, Burke D, Capeding MR, Chong CK, Coudeville L, Farrar J, Gubler D, Hadinegoro SR, Hanna J, Lang J, Lee HL, Leo YS, Luong CQ, Mahoney R, McBride J, Mendez-Galvan J, Ng LC, Nimmannitya S, Ooi EE, Shepard D, Smit J, Teyssou R, Thomas L, Torresi J, Vasconcelos P, Wirawan DN, Yoksan S. (2011) Preparing for introduction of a dengue vaccine: Recommendations from the 1st Dengue v2V Asia-Pacific Meeting. Vaccine 29(51):9417-9422. more details…

Tissera HA, Ooi EE, Gubler DJ, Tan Y, Logendra B, Wahala WM, de Silva AM, Abeysinghe MR, Palihawadana P, Gunasena S, Tam CC, Amarasinghe A, Letson GW, Margolis HS, De Silva AD. (2011) New dengue virus type 1 genotype in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Emerging Infectious Diseases 17(11):2053-2055. more details…

Bennett SN, Drummond AJ, Kapan DD, Suchard MA, Munoz-Jordan JL, Pybus OG, Holmes EC, Gubler DJ. (2010) Epidemic dynamics revealed in dengue evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution 27(4):811-818. more details…

Guzman MG, Halstead SB, Artsob H, Buchy P, Farrar J, Gubler DJ, Hunsperger E, Kroeger A, Margolis HS, MartiÂnez E, Nathan MB, Pelegrino JL, Simmons C, Yoksan S, Peeling RW. (2010) Dengue: a continuing global threat. Nature Reviews Microbiology 8(12 Suppl):S7-S16. more details…

Lambrechts L, Scott TW, Gubler DJ. (2010) Consequences of the expanding global distribution of Aedes albopictus for dengue virus transmission. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 4(5):e646. more details…

Peeling RW, Artsob H, Pelegrino JL, Buchy P, Cardosa MJ, Devi S, Enria DA, Farrar J, Gubler DJ, Guzman MG, Halstead SB, Hunsperger E, Kliks S, Margolis HS, Nathanson CM, Nguyen VC, Rizzo N, Vazquez S, Yoksan S. (2010) Evaluation of diagnostic tests: dengue. Nature Reviews Microbiology 8(12 Suppl):S30-S38. more details…

Steel A, Gubler DJ, Bennett SN. (2010) Natural attenuation of dengue virus type-2 after a series of island outbreaks: a retrospective phylogenetic study of events in the South Pacific three decades ago. Virology 405(2):505-512. more details…

Wilder-Smith A, Ooi EE, Vasudevan SG, Gubler DJ. (2010) Update on dengue: epidemiology, virus evolution, antiviral drugs, and vaccine development. Current Infectious Diseases Report 12(3):157-164. more details…

George S.N. Hui, Ph.D.

Yanagihara R, Nerurkar VR, Hui G, Jacobs GA. (2017) Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research. Hawaii Journal of Medicine and Public Health 76:23-26. more details…

Pusic K, Aguilar Z, McLoughlin J, Kobuch S, Xu H, Tsang M, Wang A, Hui G. (2013) Iron oxide nanoparticles as a clinically acceptable delivery platform for a recombinant blood-stage human malaria vaccine. FASEB Journal 27(3):1153-1166. more details…

Pusic K, Clements D, Kobuch S, Hui G. (2013) Antibody and T cell responses in reciprocal prime-boost studies with full-length and truncated merozoite surface protein 1-42 vaccines. PLoS One 8(9):e75939. more details…

Hui GS, Pusic KM. (2011) Training the next generation of minority health scientists: a STEP-UP in the right direction. Hawaii Medical Journal 70(7):152-153. more details…

Pusic K, Xu H, Stridiron A, Aguilar Z, Wang A, Hui G. (2011) Blood stage merozoite surface protein conjugated to nanoparticles induce potent parasite inhibitory antibodies. Vaccine 29(48):8898-8908. more details…

Pusic KM, Hashimoto CN, Lehrer A, Aniya C, Clements DE, Hui GS. (2011) T-cell epitope regions of the P. falciparum MSP1-33 critically influence immune responses and in vitro efficacy of MSP1-42 vaccines. PLoS One 6(9):e24782. more details…

Hui G, Choe D, Hashimoto C. (2008) Biological activities of anti-merozoite surface protein-1 antibodies induced by adjuvant-assisted immunizations in mice with different immune gene knockouts. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 15(8):1145-1150. more details…

Hui GS, Hashimoto CN. (2008) Adjuvant formulations possess differing efficacy in the potentiation of antibody and cell mediated responses to a human malaria vaccine under selective immune genes knockout environment. International Immunopharmacology 8(7):1012-1022. more details…

Hui G, Hashimoto C. (2007) The requirement of CD80, CD86, and ICAM-1 on the ability of adjuvant formulations to potentiate antibody responses to a Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage vaccine Vaccine 25(51):8549-8556. more details…

Hui G, Hashimoto C. (2007) Interleukin-6 has differential influence on the ability of adjuvant formulations to potentiate antibody responses to a Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage vaccine. Vaccine 25(36):6598-6603. more details…

Hui G, Hashimoto C. (2007) Plasmodium falciparum anti-MSP1-19 antibodies induced by MSP1-42 and MSP1-19 based vaccines differed in specificity and parasite growth inhibition in terms of recognition of conserved versus variant epitopes. Vaccine 25(5):948-956. more details…

Nagata M, Wong T, Clements D, Hui G. (2007) Plasmodium falciparum: immunization with MSP1-42 induced non-inhibitory antibodies that have no blocking activities but enhanced the potency of inhibitory anti-MSP1-42 antibodies. Experimental Parasitology 115(4):403-408. more details…

Yuen D, Leung WH, Cheung R, Hashimoto C, Ng SF, Ho W, Hui G. (2007) Antigenicity and immunogenicity of the N-terminal 33-kDa processing fragment of the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1, MSP1: implications for vaccine development. Vaccine 25(3):490-499. more details…

James F. Kelley, Ph.D.

Leaungwutiwong P, Kelley JF, Sachair A, Jittmittraphap A, Luplertlop N. (2016) Relationship between MMP expression and virulence of dengue virus type-2 in infected mosquito and mammalian cells. Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases 69(1):45-50. more details…

Leaungwutiwong P, Bamrungsak B, Jittmittraphap A, Maneekan P, Kosoltanapiwat N, Kalambaheti T, Kelley JF. (2015) Molecular genotyping of human papillomavirus l1 gene in low-risk and high-risk populations in Bangkok. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 42(4):208-217. more details…

Srikiatkhachorn A, Kelley JF. (2014) Endothelial cells in dengue hemorrhagic fever. Antiviral Research 109:160-170. more details…

Kelsey Roe, M.S., Ph.D.

Kumar M, Roe K, O’Connell M, Nerurkar VR (2015) Induction of virus-specific effector immune cell response limits virus replication and severe disease in mice infected with non-lethal West Nile virus Eg101 strain. Journal of Neuroinflammation 12:178 more details…

Kumar M, Roe K, Nerurkar PV, Orillo B, Thompson KS, Verma S, Nerurkar VR. (2014) Reduced immune cell infiltration and increased pro-inflammatory mediators in the brain of Type 2 diabetic mouse model infected with West Nile virus. Journal of Neuroinflammation 11:80. more details…

Roe K, Gibot S, Verma S. (2014) Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (TREM-1): a new player in antiviral immunity? Frontiers in Microbiology 5:627. more details…

Roe K, Orillo B, Verma S. (2014) West Nile virus-induced cell adhesion molecules on human brain microvascular endothelial cells regulate leukocyte adhesion and modulate permeability of the in vitro blood-brain barrier model. PLoS One 9(7):e102598. more details…

Kumar M, Roe K, Nerurkar PV, Namekar M, Orillo B, Verma S, Nerurkar VR. (2012) Impaired virus clearance, compromised immune response and increased mortality in Type 2 diabetic mice infected with West Nile virus. PLoS One 7(8):e44682. more details…

Roe K, Kumar M, Lum S, Orillo B, Nerurkar VR, Verma S. (2012) West Nile virus-induced disruption of the blood-brain barrier in mice is characterized by the degradation of the junctional complex proteins and increase in multiple matrix metalloproteinases. Journal of General Virology 93(Pt 6):1193-1203. more details…

Verma S, Hoffmann FW, Kumar M, Huang Z, Roe K, Nguyen-Wu E, Hashimoto AS, Hoffmann PR. (2011) Selenoprotein K knockout mice exhibit deficient calcium flux in immune cells and impaired immune responses. Journal of Immunology 186(4):2127-2137. more details…

Mahdi Belcaid, Ph.D.

Forsman ZH, Knapp ISS, Tisthammer K, Eaton DAR, Belcaid M, Toonen RJ. (2017) Coral hybridization or phenotypic variation? Genomic data reveal gene flow between Porites lobata and P. compressa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 111:132-148. more details…

Bhattacharya D, Agrawal S, Aranda M, Baumgarten S, Belcaid M, Drake JL, Erwin D, Foret S, Gates RD, Gruber DF, Kamel B, Lesser MP, Levy O, Liew YJ, MacManes M, Mass T, Medina M, Mehr S, Meyer E, Price DC, Putnam HM, Qiu H, Shinzato C, Shoguchi E, Stokes AJ, Tambutt S, Tchernov D, Voolstra CR, Wagner N, Walker CW, Weber AP, Weis V, Zelzion E, Zoccola D, Falkowski PG. (2016) Comparative genomics explains the evolutionary success of reef-forming corals. Elife 5 more details…

Elfekih S, Chen CY, Hsu JC, Belcaid M, Haymer D. (2016) Identification and preliminary characterization of chemosensory perception-associated proteins in the melon fly Bactrocera cucurbitae using RNA-seq. Scientific Reports 6:19112. more details…

Jarvi SI, Bianchi KR, Farias ME, Txakeeyang A, McFarland T, Belcaid M, Asano A. (2016) Characterization of class II beta chain major histocompatibility complex genes in a family of Hawaiian honeycreepers: ’amakihi (Hemignathus virens). Immunogenetics more details…

Kumar M, Belcaid M, Nerurkar VR. (2016) Identification of host genes leading to West Nile virus encephalitis in mice brain using RNA-seq analysis. Scientific Reports 6:26350. more details…

Belcaid M, Kang Y, Tuanyok A, Hoang TT. (2015) Complete genome sequence of Burkholderia cepacia strain LO6. Genome Announcements 3(3):pii: e00587-15. more details…

Belcaid M, Toonen RJ. (2015) Demystifying computer science for molecular ecologists. Molecular Ecology 24(11):2619-2640. more details…

Beurmann S, Videau P, Ushijima B, Smith AM, Aeby GS, Callahan SM, Belcaid M. (2015) Complete genome sequence of Pseudoalteromonas sp. strain OCN003, isolated from Kaneohe Bay, O’ahu, Hawaii. Genome Announcements 3(1):pii: e01396-14 more details…

Hoffmann PR, Panigada M, Soprana E, Terry F, Bandar IS, Napolitano A, Rose AH, Hoffmann FW, Ndhlovu LC, Belcaid M, Moise L, De Groot AS, Carbone M, Gaudino G, Matsui T, Siccardi A, Bertino P. (2015) Preclinical development of HIvax: Human survivin highly immunogenic vaccines. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics 11(7):1585-1595. more details…

Culley AI, Mueller JA, Belcaid M, Wood-Charlson EM, Poisson G, Steward GF. (2014) The characterization of RNA viruses in tropical seawater using targeted PCR and metagenomics. MBio 5(3): more details…

Jarvi SI, Farias ME, Lapointe DA, Belcaid M, Atkinson CT. (2013) Next-generation sequencing reveals cryptic mtDNA diversity of Plasmodium relictum in the Hawaiian Islands. Parasitology 140(14):1741-1750. more details…

Steward GF, Culley AI, Mueller JA, Wood-Charlson EM, Belcaid M, Poisson G. (2013) Are we missing half of the viruses in the ocean? International Society for Microbial Ecology Journal 7(3):672-679. more details…

Owens JB, Urschitz J, Stoytchev I, Dang NC, Stoytcheva Z, Belcaid M, Maragathavally KJ, Coates CJ, Segal DJ, Moisyadi S. (2012) Chimeric piggyBac transposases for genomic targeting in human cells. Nucleic Acids Research 40(14):6978-6991. more details…

Belcaid M, Baek K, Haymer D, Poisson G. (2011) Efficient clustering of populations using a minimal SNP panel. Proceedings of the 2011 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing 83-88 more details…

Belcaid M, Bergeron A, Poisson G. (2011) The evolution of the tape measure protein: units, duplications and losses. BMC Bioinformatics 12(Suppl 9):S11 (5 October 2011) more details…

Belcaid M, Bergeron A, Poisson G. (2010) Mosaic graphs and comparative genomics in phage communities. Journal of Computational Biology 17(9):1315-1326. more details…

Menor M, Baek K, Belcaid M, Gingras Y, Poisson G. (2010) Virus DNA-fragment classification using taxonomic hidden Markov model profile. Proceedings of the 2010 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing 1567-1571. more details…

Bergeron A, Belcaid M, Steward GF, Poisson G. (2007) Divide and conquer: enriching environmental sequencing data. PLoS One 2(9):e830. more details…

Mukesh Kumar, Ph.D.

Krause K, Azouz F, Nakano E, Nerurkar VR, Kumar M. (2019) Deletion of pregnancy zone protein and murinoglobulin-1 restricts the pathogenesis of West Nile virus infection in mice. Frontiers in Microbiology 10:259. more details…

Kim J-A, Seong R-K, Kumar M, Shin OS. (2018) Favipiravir and ribavirin inhibit replication of Asian and African strains of Zika virus in different cell models. Viruses 10:72. more details…

To A, Medina LO, Mfuh KO, Lieberman MM, Wong TAS, Namekar M, Nakano E, Lai CY, Kumar M, Nerurkar VR, Lehrer AT. (2018) Recombinant Zika virus subunits are immunogenic and efficacious in mice. mSphere 3(1). pii: e00576-17. more details…

Krause KK, Azouz F, Shin OS, Kumar M. (2017) Understanding the pathogenesis of Zika virus infection using animal models. Immune Network 17(5):287-297. more details…

Kumar M, Krause KK, Azouz F, Nakano E, Nerurkar VR. (2017) A guinea pig model of Zika virus infection. Virology Journal 14:75. more details…

Seong RK, Seo SW, Kim JA, Fletcher SJ, Morgan NV, Kumar M, Choi YK, Shin OS. (2017) Schlafen 14 (SLFN14) is a novel antiviral factor involved in the control of viral replication. Immunobiology Jul 11. pii: S0171-2985(17)30115-8. more details…

Culjat M, Darling SE, Nerurkar VR, Ching N, Kumar M, Min SK, Wong R, Grant L, Melish ME. (2016) Clinical and imaging findings in an infant with Zika embryopathy. Clinical Infectious Diseases more details…

Gu SH, Kumar M, Sikorska B, Hejduk J, Markowski J, Markowski M, Liberski PP, Yanagihara R. (2016) Isolation and partial characterization of a highly divergent lineage of hantavirus from the European mole (Talpa europaea). Scientific Reports 6:21119. more details…

Kumar M, Belcaid M, Nerurkar VR. (2016) Identification of host genes leading to West Nile virus encephalitis in mice brain using RNA-seq analysis. Scientific Reports 6:26350. more details…

Kumar M, Ching L, Astern J, Lim E, Stokes AJ, Melish M, Nerurkar VR. (2016) Antibodies to Zika virus in mothers from Hawaii who delivered babies with and without microcephaly between 2009-2012. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 10(12):e0005262. more details…

Kumar M, Nerurkar VR. (2016) In vitro and in vivo blood-brain barrier models to study West Nile virus pathogenesis. Methods in Molecular Biology 1435:103-113. more details…

Kim JA, Park SK, Kumar M, Lee CH, Shin OS. (2015) Insights into the role of immunosenescence during varicella zoster virus infection (shingles) in the aging cell model. Oncotarget more details…

Kumar M, Roe K, O’Connell M, Nerurkar VR (2015) Induction of virus-specific effector immune cell response limits virus replication and severe disease in mice infected with non-lethal West Nile virus Eg101 strain. Journal of Neuroinflammation 12:178 more details…

Park SJ, Kumar M, Kwon HI, Seong RK, Han K, Song JM, Kim CJ, Choi YK, Shin OS. (2015) Dynamic changes in host gene expression associated with H5N8 avian influenza virus infection in mice. Scientific Reports 5:16512. more details…

Kumar M, Nerurkar VR. (2014) Integrated analysis of microRNAs and their disease related targets in the brain of mice infected with West Nile virus. Virology 452-453:143-151. more details…

Kumar M, O’Connell M, Namekar M, Nerurkar VR. (2014) Infection with non-lethal West Nile virus Eg101 strain induces immunity that protects mice against the lethal West Nile virus NY99 strain. Viruses 6(6):2328-2339. more details…

Kumar M, Roe K, Nerurkar PV, Orillo B, Thompson KS, Verma S, Nerurkar VR. (2014) Reduced immune cell infiltration and increased pro-inflammatory mediators in the brain of Type 2 diabetic mouse model infected with West Nile virus. Journal of Neuroinflammation 11:80. more details…

Shin OS, Song GS, Kumar M, Yanagihara R, Lee HW, Song JW. (2014) Hantaviruses induce antiviral and pro-inflammatory innate immune responses in astrocytic cells and the brain. Viral Immunology 27(6):256-266. more details…

Kumar M, Roe K, Orillo B, Muruve DA, Nerurkar VR, Gale M, Verma S. (2013) Inflammasome adaptor protein apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing CARD (ASC) is critical for the immune response and survival in West Nile virus encephalitis. Journal of Virology 87(7):3655-3667. more details…

Shin OS, Kumar M, Yanagihara R, Song JW. (2013) Hantaviruses induce cell type- and viral species-specific host microRNA expression signatures. Virology 446(1-2):217-224. more details…

Kumar M, Roe K, Nerurkar PV, Namekar M, Orillo B, Verma S, Nerurkar VR. (2012) Impaired virus clearance, compromised immune response and increased mortality in Type 2 diabetic mice infected with West Nile virus. PLoS One 7(8):e44682. more details…

Namekar M, Kumar M, O’Connell M, Nerurkar VR. (2012) Effect of serum heat-inactivation and dilution on detection of anti-WNV antibodies in mice by West Nile virus E-protein microsphere immunoassay. PLoS One 7(9):e45851. more details…

Roe K, Kumar M, Lum S, Orillo B, Nerurkar VR, Verma S. (2012) West Nile virus-induced disruption of the blood-brain barrier in mice is characterized by the degradation of the junctional complex proteins and increase in multiple matrix metalloproteinases. Journal of General Virology 93(Pt 6):1193-1203. more details…

Verma S, Hoffmann FW, Kumar M, Huang Z, Roe K, Nguyen-Wu E, Hashimoto AS, Hoffmann PR. (2011) Selenoprotein K knockout mice exhibit deficient calcium flux in immune cells and impaired immune responses. Journal of Immunology 186(4):2127-2137. more details…

Verma S, Kumar M, Nerurkar VR. (2011) Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor blocks the production of West Nile virus-induced neuroinflammatory markers in astrocytes. Journal of General Virology 92(Pt 3):507-515. more details…

Kumar M, Verma S, Nerurkar VR. (2010) Pro-inflammatory cytokines derived from West Nile virus (WNV)-infected SK-N-SH cells mediate neuroinflammatory markers and neuronal death. Journal of Neuroinflammation 7:73. more details…

Verma S, Kumar M, Gurjav U, Lum S, Nerurkar VR. (2010) Reversal of West Nile virus-induced blood-brain barrier disruption and tight junction proteins degradation by matrix metalloproteinases inhibitor. Virology 397(1):130-138. more details…

Pakieli H. Kaufusi, Ph.D.

Kaufusi PH, Tseng A, Nerurkar VR. (2016) Functional analysis of West Nile virus proteins in human cells. Methods in Molecular Biology 1435:45-60. more details…

Kaufusi PH, Kelley JF, Yanagihara R, Nerurkar VR. (2014) Induction of endoplasmic reticulum-derived replication-competent membrane structures by West Nile virus non-structural protein 4B. PLoS One 9(1):e84040. more details…

Huang Z, Hoffmann FW, Fay JD, Hashimoto AC, Chapagain ML, Kaufusi PH, Hoffmann PR. (2012) Stimulation of unprimed macrophages with immune complexes triggers a low output of nitric oxide by calcium-dependent neuronal nitric-oxide synthase. Journal of Biological Chemistry 287(7):4492-4502. more details…

Kelley JF, Kaufusi PH, Nerurkar VR. (2012) Dengue hemorrhagic fever-associated immunomediators induced via maturation of dengue virus nonstructural 4B protein in monocytes modulate endothelial cell adhesion molecules and human microvascular endothelial cells permeability. Virology 422(1):326-337 more details…

Kelley JF, Kaufusi PH, Volper EM, Nerurkar VR. (2011) Maturation of dengue virus nonstructural protein 4B in monocytes enhances production of dengue hemorrhagic fever-associated chemokines and cytokines. Virology 418(1):27-39. more details…

Chapagain ML, Sumibcay L, Gurjav U, Kaufusi PH, Kast RE, Nerurkar VR. (2008) Serotonin receptor 2A blocker (risperidone) has no effect on human polyomavirus JC infection of primary human fetal glial cells. Journal of Neurovirology 14(5):448-454. more details…

Richard Yanagihara, M.D., M.P.H.

Hu L, Chen S, Fu Y, Gao Z, Long H, Wang J, Ren H, Zuo Y, Li H, Xu Q, Yu W, Liu J, Shao C, Hao J, Wang C, Ma Y, Wang Z, Yanagihara R, Deng Y. (2020) Risk factors associated with clinical outcomes in 323 COVID-19 hospitalized patients in Wuhan, China Clinical Infectious Diseases 71, 2089-2098. more details…

Liphardt SW, Kang HJ, Arai S, Gu SH, Cook JA, Yanagihara R (2020) Reassortment between divergent strains of Camp Ripley virus (Hantaviridae) in the northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 10, 460 more details…

Arai S, Aoki K, Nguyen ST, Vuong TV, Kikuchi F, Kinoshita G, Fukui D, Hoang TT, Gu SH, Yoshikawa Y, Tanaka-Taya K, Morikawa S, Yanagihara R, Oishi K. (2019) Dakrong virus, a novel mobatvirus (Hantaviridae) harbored by the Stoliczka’s Asian trident bat (Aselliscus stoliczkanus) in Vietnam. Scientific Reports 9(1):10239. more details…

Arai S, Kikuchi F, Bawm S, Son NT, Lin KS, Tu VT, Aoki K, Tsuchiya K, Tanaka-Taya K, Morikawa S, Oishi K, Yanagihara R. (2019) Molecular phylogeny of mobatviruses (Hantaviridae) in Myanmar and Vietnam. Viruses 11(3). pii: E228 more details…

Kang HJ, Gu SH, Yashina LN, Cook JA, Yanagihara R. (2019) Highly divergent genetic variants of soricid-borne Altai virus (Hantaviridae) in Eurasia suggest ancient host-switching events. Viruses 11(9): pii: E857. more details…

Liphardt SW, Kang HJ, Dizney LJ, Ruedas LA, Cook JA, Yanagihara R. (2019) Complex history of codiversification and host switching of a newfound soricid-borne orthohantavirus in North America. Viruses 1(7). pii: E637. more details…

Dunnum JL, Yanagihara R, Johnson KM, Armien B, Batsaikhan N, Morgan L, Cook JA. (2017) Biospecimen repositories and integrated databases as critical infrastructure for pathogen discovery and pathobiology research. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 11:e0005133. more details…

Yanagihara R, Nerurkar VR, Hui G, Jacobs GA. (2017) Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research. Hawaii Journal of Medicine and Public Health 76:23-26. more details…

Arai S, Kang HJ, Gu SH, Ohdachi SD, Cook JA, Yashina LN, Tanaka-Taya K, Abramov SA, Morikawa S, Okabe N, Oishi K, Yanagihara R. (2016) Genetic diversity of Artybash virus in the Laxmann’s shrew (Sorex caecutiens). Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 16:468-475. more details…

Arai S, Taniguchi S, Aoki K, Yoshikawa Y, Kyuwa S, Tanaka-Taya K, Masangkay JS, Omatsu T, Puentespina R, Watanabe S, Alviola P, Alvarez J, Eres E, Cosico E, Quibod MN, Morikawa S, Yanagihara R, Oishi K. (2016) Molecular phylogeny of a genetically divergent hantavirus harbored by the Geoffroy’s rousette (Rousettus amplexicaudatus), a frugivorous bat species in the Philippines. Infection Genetics and Evolution 45:26-32. more details…

Gu SH, Arai S, Yu HT, Lim BK, Kang HJ, Yanagihara R. (2016) Genetic variants of Cao Bang hantavirus in the Chinese mole shrew (Anourosorex squamipes) and Taiwanese mole shrew (Anourosorex yamashinai). Infection Genetics and Evolution 40:113-118. more details…

Gu SH, Kumar M, Sikorska B, Hejduk J, Markowski J, Markowski M, Liberski PP, Yanagihara R. (2016) Isolation and partial characterization of a highly divergent lineage of hantavirus from the European mole (Talpa europaea). Scientific Reports 6:21119. more details…

Kang HJ, Gu SH, Cook JA, Yanagihara R. (2016) Dahonggou Creek virus, a divergent lineage of hantavirus harbored by the long-tailed mole (Scaptonyx fusicaudus). Tropical Medicine and Health 44:16. more details…

Tsunoda I, Omura S, Sato F, Kusunoki S, Fujita M, Park A-M, Hasanovic F, Yanagihara R, Nagata S. (2016) Neuropathogenesis of Zika virus infection: Potential role of antibody-mediated pathology. Acta Medica Kindai University 41(2):37-52. more details…

Gu SH, Hejduk J, Markowski J, Markowski M, Liberski PP, Yanagihara R. (2015) Whole-genome sequence of a novel hantavirus isolated from the European mole (Talpa europaea). Genome Announcements 3(3):pii: e00508-15. more details…

Gu SH, Kim YS, Baek LJ, Kurata T, Yanagihara R, Song JW. (2015) Lethal disease in infant and juvenile Syrian hamsters experimentally infected with Imjin virus, a newfound crocidurine shrew-borne hantavirus. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 36:231-239. more details…

Yashina LN, Abramov SA, Dupal TA, Danchinova GA, Malyshev BS, Hay J, Gu SH, Yanagihara R. (2015) Hokkaido genotype of Puumala virus in the grey red-backed vole (Myodes rufocanus) and northern red-backed vole (Myodes rutilus) in Siberia. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 33:304-313. more details…

Bennett SN, Gu SH, Kang HJ, Arai S, Yanagihara R. (2014) Reconstructing the evolutionary origins and phylogeography of hantaviruses. Trends in Microbiology 22(8):473-482. more details…

Gu SH, Dormion J, Hugot JP, Yanagihara R. (2014) High prevalence of Nova hantavirus infection in the European mole (Talpa europaea) in France. Epidemiology and Infection 142(6):1167-1171. more details…

Gu SH, Hejduk J, Markowski J, Kang HJ, Markowski M, Polatynska M, Sikorska B, Liberski PP, Yanagihara R. (2014) Co-circulation of soricid- and talpid-borne hantaviruses in Poland. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 28C:296-303. more details…

Gu SH, Lim BK, Kadjo B, Arai S, Kim JA, Nicolas V, Lalis A, Denys C, Cook JA, Dominguez SR, Holmes KV, Urushadze L, Sidamonidze K, Putkaradze D, Kuzmin IV, Kosoy MY, Song JW, Yanagihara R. (2014) Molecular phylogeny of hantaviruses harbored by insectivorous bats in Cote d’Ivoire and Vietnam. Viruses 6(5):1897-1910. more details…

Hugot J, Gu SH, Feliu C, Ventur J, Ribas A, Dormion J, Yanagihara R, Nicolas V. (2014) Genetic diversity of Talpa europaea and Nova hantavirus (NVAV) in France. Bulletin de l’Academie Veterinaire de France 167(3):277-284. more details…

Kang HJ, Stanley WT, Esselstyn JA, Gu SH, Yanagihara R. (2014) Expanded host diversity and geographic distribution of hantaviruses in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Virology 88(13):7663-7667. more details…

Kaufusi PH, Kelley JF, Yanagihara R, Nerurkar VR. (2014) Induction of endoplasmic reticulum-derived replication-competent membrane structures by West Nile virus non-structural protein 4B. PLoS One 9(1):e84040. more details…

Lee JG, Gu SH, Baek LJ, Shin OS, Kim HC, Klein TA, Yanagihara R, Song JW. (2014) Whole-genome sequence of Muju virus, an arvicolid rodent-borne hantavirus. Genome Announcements 2(1):e00099-14 more details…

Lee JG, Gu SH, Baek LJ, Shin OS, Park KS, Kim HC, Klein TA, Yanagihara R, Song JW. (2014) Muju virus, harbored by Myodes regulus in Korea, might represent a genetic variant of Puumala virus, the prototype arvicolid rodent-borne hantavirus. Viruses 6(4):1701-1714. more details…

Shin OS, Song GS, Kumar M, Yanagihara R, Lee HW, Song JW. (2014) Hantaviruses induce antiviral and pro-inflammatory innate immune responses in astrocytic cells and the brain. Viral Immunology 27(6):256-266. more details…

Yanagihara R, Gu SH, Arai S, Kang HJ, Song JW. (2014) Hantaviruses: rediscovery and new beginnings. Virus Research 187:6-14. more details…

Arai S, Nguyen ST, Boldgiv B, Fukui D, Araki K, Dang CN, Ohdachi SD, Nguyen NX, Pham TD, Boldbaatar B, Satoh H, Yoshikawa Y, Morikawa S, Tanaka-Taya K, Yanagihara R, Oishi K. (2013) Novel bat-borne hantavirus, Vietnam. Emerging Infectious Diseases 19(7):1159-1161. more details…

Gu SH, Markowski J, Kang HJ, Hejduk J, Sikorska B, Liberski PP, Yanagihara R. (2013) Boginia virus, a newfound hantavirus harbored by the Eurasian water shrew (Neomys fodiens) in Poland. Virology Journal 10(1):160. more details…

Gu SH, Nicolas V, Lalis A, Sathirapongsasuti N, Yanagihara R. (2013) Complete genome sequence and molecular phylogeny of a newfound hantavirus harbored by the Doucet’s musk shrew (Crocidura douceti) in Guinea. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 20:118-123. more details…

Noh JY, Cheong HJ, Song JY, Kim WJ, Song KJ, Klein TA, Lee SH, Yanagihara R, Song JW. (2013) Clinical and molecular epidemiological features of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Korea over a 10-year period. Journal of Clinical Virology 58(1):11-17. more details…

Shin OS, Kumar M, Yanagihara R, Song JW. (2013) Hantaviruses induce cell type- and viral species-specific host microRNA expression signatures. Virology 446(1-2):217-224. more details…

Yashina LN, Danchinova GA, Seregin SV, Khasnatinov MA, Yanagihara R. (2013) Genetic analysis of Hokkaido hantavirus among Myodes rufocanus in the Baikal Lake area. Bulletin of Eastern Siberian Scientific Center 4(92):147-152. more details…

Arai S, Gu SH, Baek LJ, Tabara K, Bennett SN, Oh HS, Takada N, Kang HJ, Tanaka-Taya K, Morikawa S, Okabe N, Yanagihara R, Song JW. (2012) Divergent ancestral lineages of newfound hantaviruses harbored by phylogenetically related crocidurine shrew species in Korea. Virology 424(2):99-105 more details…

Shin OS, Yanagihara R, Song J-W. (2012) Distinct innate immune responses in human macrophages and endothelial cells infected with shrew-borne hantaviruses. Virology 434(1):43-49. more details…

Sumibcay L, Kadjo B, Gu SH, Kang HJ, Lim BK, Cook JA, Song JW, Yanagihara R. (2012) Divergent lineage of a novel hantavirus in the banana pipistrelle (Neoromicia nanus) in Cote d’Ivoire. Virology Journal 9(1):34. more details…

Gu SH, Kang HJ, Baek LJ, Noh JY, Kim HC, Klein TA, Yanagihara R, Song JW. (2011) Genetic diversity of Imjin virus in the Ussuri white-toothed shrew (Crocidura lasiura) in the Republic of Korea, 2004-2010. Virology Journal 8(1):56. more details…

Kang HJ, Bennett SN, Hope AG, Cook JA, Yanagihara R. (2011) Shared ancestry between a newfound mole-borne hantavirus and hantaviruses harbored by cricetid rodents. Journal of Virology 85(15):7496-7503. more details…

Kang HJ, Kadjo B, Dubey S, Jacquet F, Yanagihara R. (2011) Molecular evolution of Azagny virus, a newfound hantavirus harbored by the West African pygmy shrew (Crocidura obscurior) in Cote d’Ivoire. Virology Journal 8(1):373. more details…

Kang HJ, Kosoy MY, Shrestha SK, Shrestha MP, Pavlin JA, Gibbons RV, Yanagihara R. (2011) Genetic diversity of Thottapalayam virus, a hantavirus harbored by the Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus) in Nepal. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 85(3):540-545. more details…

Kang HJ, Arai S, Hope AG, Cook JA, Yanagihara R. (2010) Novel hantavirus in the flat-skulled shrew (Sorex roboratus). Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 10(6):593-597. more details…

Rai MA, Nerurkar VR, Khoja S, Khan S, Yanagihara R, Rehman A, Kazmi SU, Ali SH. (2010) Evidence for a “founder effect” among HIV-infected injection drug users (IDUs) in Pakistan. BMC Infectious Diseases 10:7. more details…

Yashina LN, Abramov SA, Gutorov VV, Dupal TA, Krivopalov AV, Panov VV, Danchinova GA, Vinogradov VV, Luchnikova EM, Hay J, Kang HJ, Yanagihara R. (2010) Seewis virus: phylogeography of a shrew-borne hantavirus in Siberia, Russia. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 10(6):585-591. more details…

Garruto RM, Yanagihara R. (2009) Contributions of isolated Pacific populations to understanding neurodegenerative diseases. Folia Neuropathologica 47(2):149-170. more details…

Kang HJ, Arai S, Hope AG, Song JW, Cook JA, Yanagihara R. (2009) Genetic diversity and phylogeography of Seewis virus in the Eurasian common shrew in Finland and Hungary. Virology Journal 6:208. more details…

Kang HJ, Bennett SN, Dizney L, Sumibcay L, Arai S, Ruedas LA, Song JW, Yanagihara R. (2009) Host switch during evolution of a genetically distinct hantavirus in the American shrew mole (Neurotrichus gibbsii). Virology 388(1):8-14. more details…

Kang HJ, Bennett SN, Sumibcay L, Arai S, Hope AG, Mocz G, Song JW, Cook JA, Yanagihara R. (2009) Evolutionary insights from a genetically divergent hantavirus harbored by the European common mole (Talpa europaea). PLoS One 4(7):e6149. more details…

Song JW, Kang HJ, Gu SH, Moon SS, Bennett SN, Song KJ, Baek LJ, Kim HC, O’Guinn ML, Chong ST, Klein TA, Yanagihara R. (2009) Characterization of Imjin virus, a newly isolated hantavirus from the Ussuri white-toothed shrew (Crocidura lasiura). Journal of Virology 83(12):6184-6191. more details…

Yanagihara R, Chang L, Ernst T. (2009) Building infrastructure for HIV/AIDS and mental health research at institutions serving minorities. American Journal of Public Health 99(Suppl 1):S82-S86. more details…

Arai S, Bennett SN, Sumibcay L, Cook JA, Song JW, Hope A, Parmenter C, Nerurkar VR, Yates TL, Yanagihara R. (2008) Phylogenetically distinct hantaviruses in the masked shrew (Sorex cinereus) and dusky shrew (Sorex monticolus) in the United States. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 78(2):348-351. more details…

Arai S, Ohdachi SD, Asakawa M, Kang HJ, Mocz G, Arikawa J, Okabe N, Yanagihara R. (2008) Molecular phylogeny of a newfound hantavirus in the Japanese shrew mole (Urotrichus talpoides). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 105(42):16296-16301. more details…

Verma S, Molina Y, Lo YY, Cropp B, Nakano C, Yanagihara R, Nerurkar VR. (2008) In vitro effects of selenium deficiency on West Nile virus replication and cytopathogenicity. Virology Journal 5:66. more details…

Yang Y, Wu C, Wu J, Nerurkar VR, Yanagihara R, Lu Y. (2008) Inhibition of West Nile virus replication by retrovirus-delivered small interfering RNA in human neuroblastoma cells. Journal of Medical Virology 80(5):930-936. more details…

Arai S, Song JW, Sumibcay L, Bennett SN, Nerurkar VR, Parmenter C, Cook JA, Yates TL, Yanagihara R. (2007) Hantavirus in northern short-tailed shrew, United States. Emerging Infectious Diseases 13(9):1420-1423. more details…

Okumura M, Yoshimatsu K, Kumperasart S, Nakamura I, Ogino M, Taruishi M, Sungdee A, Pattamadilok S, Ibrahim IN, Erlina S, Agui T, Yanagihara R, Arikawa J. (2007) Development of serological assays for Thottapalayam virus, an insectivore-borne hantavirus. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 14(2):173-181. more details…

Song JW, Baek LJ, Schmaljohn CS, Yanagihara R. (2007) Thottapalayam virus, a prototype shrewborne hantavirus. Emerging Infectious Diseases 13(7):980-985. more details…

Song JW, Gu SH, Bennett SN, Arai S, Puorger M, Hilbe M, Yanagihara R. (2007) Seewis virus, a genetically distinct hantavirus in the Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus). Virology Journal 4:114. more details…

Song JW, Kang HJ, Song KJ, Truong TT, Bennett SN, Arai S, Truong NU, Yanagihara R. (2007) Newfound hantavirus in Chinese mole shrew, Vietnam. Emerging Infectious Diseases 13(11):1784-1787. more details…

Song KJ, Baek LJ, Moon S, Ha SJ, Kim SH, Park KS, Klein TA, Sames W, Kim HC, Lee JS, Yanagihara R, Song JW. (2007) Muju virus, a novel hantavirus harboured by the arvicolid rodent Myodes regulus in Korea. Journal of General Virology 88(Pt 11):3121-3129. more details…

Baek LJ, Kariwa H, Lokugamage K, Yoshimatsu K, Arikawa J, Takashima I, Kang JI, Moon SS, Chung SY, Kim EJ, Kang HJ, Song KJ, Klein TA, Yanagihara R, Song JW. (2006) Soochong virus: an antigenically and genetically distinct hantavirus isolated from Apodemus peninsulae in Korea. Journal of Medical Virology 78(2):290-297. more details…

Friedlaender J, Schurr T, Gentz F, Koki G, Friedlaender F, Horvat G, Babb P, Cerchio S, Kaestle F, Schanfield M, Deka R, Yanagihara R, Merriwether DA. (2005) Expanding Southwest Pacific mitochondrial haplogroups P and Q. Molecular Biology and Evolution 22(6):1506-1517. more details…

Song JW, Baek LJ, Song KJ, Skrok A, Markowski J, Bratosiewicz-Wasik J, Kordek R, Liberski PP, Yanagihara R. (2004) Characterization of Tula virus from common voles (Microtus arvalis) in Poland: evidence for geographic-specific phylogenetic clustering. Virus Genes 29(2):239-247. more details…

Saguna Verma, Ph.D.

Strange DP, Green R, Siemann DN, Gale M Jr, Verma S. (2018) Immunoprofiles of human Sertoli cells infected with Zika virus reveals unique insights into host-pathogen crosstalk. Scientific Reports 8(1):8702. more details…

Lai C-Y, Strange DP, Wong TAS, Lehrer AT, Verma S. (2017) Ebola virus glycoprotein induces an innate immune response in vivo via TLR4. Frontiers in Microbiology more details…

Siemann DN, Strange DP, Maharaj PN, Shi PY, Verma S. (2017) Zika virus infects human Sertoli cells and modulates the integrity of the in vitro blood-testis barrier model. Journal of Virology Sep 6. pii: JVI.00623-17 more details…

Nelson J, Roe K, Orillo B, Shi PY, Verma S. (2015) Combined treatment of adenosine nucleoside inhibitor NITD008 and histone deacetylase inhibitor vorinostat represents an immunotherapy strategy to ameliorate West Nile virus infection. Antiviral Research 122:39-45. more details…

Kumar M, Roe K, Nerurkar PV, Orillo B, Thompson KS, Verma S, Nerurkar VR. (2014) Reduced immune cell infiltration and increased pro-inflammatory mediators in the brain of Type 2 diabetic mouse model infected with West Nile virus. Journal of Neuroinflammation 11:80. more details…

Roe K, Gibot S, Verma S. (2014) Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (TREM-1): a new player in antiviral immunity? Frontiers in Microbiology 5:627. more details…

Roe K, Orillo B, Verma S. (2014) West Nile virus-induced cell adhesion molecules on human brain microvascular endothelial cells regulate leukocyte adhesion and modulate permeability of the in vitro blood-brain barrier model. PLoS One 9(7):e102598. more details…

Kumar M, Roe K, Orillo B, Muruve DA, Nerurkar VR, Gale M, Verma S. (2013) Inflammasome adaptor protein apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing CARD (ASC) is critical for the immune response and survival in West Nile virus encephalitis. Journal of Virology 87(7):3655-3667. more details…

Kumar M, Roe K, Nerurkar PV, Namekar M, Orillo B, Verma S, Nerurkar VR. (2012) Impaired virus clearance, compromised immune response and increased mortality in Type 2 diabetic mice infected with West Nile virus. PLoS One 7(8):e44682. more details…

Roe K, Kumar M, Lum S, Orillo B, Nerurkar VR, Verma S. (2012) West Nile virus-induced disruption of the blood-brain barrier in mice is characterized by the degradation of the junctional complex proteins and increase in multiple matrix metalloproteinases. Journal of General Virology 93(Pt 6):1193-1203. more details…

Verma S, Hoffmann FW, Kumar M, Huang Z, Roe K, Nguyen-Wu E, Hashimoto AS, Hoffmann PR. (2011) Selenoprotein K knockout mice exhibit deficient calcium flux in immune cells and impaired immune responses. Journal of Immunology 186(4):2127-2137. more details…

Verma S, Kumar M, Nerurkar VR. (2011) Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor blocks the production of West Nile virus-induced neuroinflammatory markers in astrocytes. Journal of General Virology 92(Pt 3):507-515. more details…

Kumar M, Verma S, Nerurkar VR. (2010) Pro-inflammatory cytokines derived from West Nile virus (WNV)-infected SK-N-SH cells mediate neuroinflammatory markers and neuronal death. Journal of Neuroinflammation 7:73. more details…

Verma S, Kumar M, Gurjav U, Lum S, Nerurkar VR. (2010) Reversal of West Nile virus-induced blood-brain barrier disruption and tight junction proteins degradation by matrix metalloproteinases inhibitor. Virology 397(1):130-138. more details…

Verma S, Lo Y, Chapagain M, Lum S, Kumar M, Gurjav U, Luo H, Nakatsuka A, Nerurkar VR. (2009) West Nile virus infection modulates human brain microvascular endothelial cells tight junction proteins and cell adhesion molecules: Transmigration across the in vitro blood-brain barrier. Virology 385(2):425-433. more details…

Verma S, Molina Y, Lo YY, Cropp B, Nakano C, Yanagihara R, Nerurkar VR. (2008) In vitro effects of selenium deficiency on West Nile virus replication and cytopathogenicity. Virology Journal 5:66. more details…

Sandra P. Chang, Ph.D.

Sana TR, Gordon DB, Fischer SM, Tichy SE, Kitagawa N, Lai C, Gosnell WL, Chang SP. (2013) Global mass spectrometry based metabolomics profiling of erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium falciparum. PLoS One 8(4):e60840. more details…

Chang SP, Kayatani AK, Terrientes ZI, Herrera S, Leke RG, Taylor DW. (2010) Shift in epitope dominance of IgM and IgG responses to Plasmodium falciparum MSP1 block 4. Malaria Journal 9:14. more details…

Lau OS, Ng DW, Chan WW, Chang SP, Sun SS. (2010) Production of the 42-kDa fragment of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1, a leading malaria vaccine antigen, in Arabidopsis thaliana seeds. Plant Biotechnology Journal 8(9):994-1004. more details…

Reed ZH, Kieny MP, Engers H, Friede M, Chang S, Longacre S, Malhotra P, Pan W, Long C. (2009) Comparison of immunogenicity of five MSP1-based malaria vaccine candidate antigens in rabbits. Vaccine 27(10):1651-60. more details…

Terrientes ZI, Vergara J, Kramer K, Herrera S, Chang SP. (2005) Restricted genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum major merozoite surface protein 1 in isolates from Colombia. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 73(5 Suppl):55-61. more details…

Tung T. Hoang, Ph.D.

Heacock-Kang Y, Sun Z, Zarzycki-Siek J, McMillan IA, Norris MH, Bluhm AP, Cabanas D, Fogen D, Vo H, Donachie SP, Borlee BR, Sibley CD, Lewenza S, Schurr MJ, Schweizer HP, Hoang TT. (2017) Spatial transcriptomes within the Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm architecture. Molecular Microbiology more details…

Belcaid M, Kang Y, Tuanyok A, Hoang TT. (2015) Complete genome sequence of Burkholderia cepacia strain LO6. Genome Announcements 3(3):pii: e00587-15. more details…

Kang Y, McMillan I, Norris MH, Hoang TT. (2015) Single prokaryotic cell isolation and total transcript amplification protocol for transcriptomic analysis. Nature Protocols 10(7):974-984. more details…

Sun Z, Kang Y, Norris MH, Troyer RM, Son MS, Schweizer HP, Dow SW, Hoang TT. (2014) Blocking phosphatidylcholine utilization in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, via mutagenesis of fatty acid, glycerol and choline degradation pathways, confirms the importance of this nutrient source in vivo. PLoS One 9(7):e103778. more details…

Zarzycki-Siek J, Norris MH, Kang Y, Sun Z, Bluhm AP, McMillan IA, Hoang TT. (2013) Elucidating the Pseudomonas aeruginosa fatty acid degradation pathway: Identification of additional fatty acyl-CoA synthetase homologues. PLoS One 8(5):e64554. more details…

Kang Y, Norris MH, Wilcox BA, Tuanyok A, Keim PS, Hoang TT. (2011) Knockout and pullout recombineering for naturally transformable Burkholderia thailandensis and Burkholderia pseudomallei. Nature Protocols 6(8):1085-1104. more details…

Kang Y, Norris MH, Zarzycki-Siek J, Nierman WC, Donachie SP, Hoang TT. (2011) Transcript amplification from single bacterium for transcriptome analysis. Genome Research 21(6):925-935. more details…

Norris MH, Propst KL, Kang Y, Dow SW, Schweizer HP, Hoang TT. (2011) The Burkholderia pseudomallei {Delta}asd mutant exhibits attenuated intracellular infectivity and imparts protection against acute inhalation melioidosis in mice. Infection and Immunity 79(10):4010-4018. more details…

Kang Y, Zarzycki-Siek J, Walton CB, Norris MH, Hoang TT. (2010) Multiple FadD acyl-CoA synthetases contribute to differential fatty acid degradation and virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PLoS One 5(10):e13557. more details…

Norris MH, Kang Y, Wilcox B, Hoang TT. (2010) Stable, site-specific fluorescent tagging constructs optimized for Burkholderia species. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76(22):7635-7640. more details…

Kang Y, Lunin VV, Skarina T, Savchenko A, Schurr MJ, Hoang TT. (2009) The long-chain fatty acid sensor, PsrA, modulates the expression of rpoS and the type III secretion exsCEBA operon in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Molecular Microbiology 73(1):120-136. more details…

Kang Y, Norris MH, Barrett AR, Wilcox BA, Hoang TT. (2009) Engineering of tellurite-resistant genetic tools for single-copy chromosomal analysis of Burkholderia spp. and characterization of the Burkholderia thailandensis betBA operon. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75(12):4015-4027. more details…

Norris MH, Kang Y, Lu D, Wilcox BA, Hoang TT. (2009) Glyphosate resistance as a novel select-agent-compliant, non-antibiotic-selectable marker in chromosomal mutagenesis of the essential genes asd and dapB of Burkholderia pseudomallei. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75(19):6062-6075. more details…

Barrett AR, Kang Y, Inamasu KS, Son MS, Vukovich JM, Hoang TT. (2008) Genetic tools for allelic replacement in Burkholderia species. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74(14):4498-4508. more details…

Kang Y, Nguyen DT, Son MS, Hoang TT. (2008) The Pseudomonas aeruginosa PsrA responds to long-chain fatty acid signals to regulate the fadBA5 β-oxidation operon. Microbiology 154(Pt 6):1584-1598. more details…

Son MS, Nguyen DT, Kang Y, Hoang TT. (2008) Engineering of FRT-lacZ fusion constructs: induction of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa fadAB1 operon by medium and long chain-length fatty acids. Plasmid 59(2):111-118. more details…

Vivek R. Nerurkar, Ph.D.

Haun BK, Kamara V, Dweh AS, Garalde-Machida K, Forkay SSE, Takaaze M, Namekar M, Wong TAS, Bell-Gam Woto AER, Humphreys P, Weeks OI, Fallah MP, Berestecky JM, Nerurkar VR, Lehrer AT. (2019) Serological evidence of Ebola virus exposure in dogs from affected communities in Liberia: a preliminary report. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 13(7):e0007614. more details…

Krause K, Azouz F, Nakano E, Nerurkar VR, Kumar M. (2019) Deletion of pregnancy zone protein and murinoglobulin-1 restricts the pathogenesis of West Nile virus infection in mice. Frontiers in Microbiology 10:259. more details…

Lloyd YM, Esemu LF, Antallan J, Thomas B, Tassi Yunga S, Obase B, Christine N, Leke RGF, Culleton R, Mfuh KO, Nerurkar VR, Taylor DW. (2018) PCR-based detection of Plasmodium falciparum in saliva using mitochondrial cox3 and varATS primers. Tropical Medicine and Health 46:22. more details…

To A, Medina LO, Mfuh KO, Lieberman MM, Wong TAS, Namekar M, Nakano E, Lai CY, Kumar M, Nerurkar VR, Lehrer AT. (2018) Recombinant Zika virus subunits are immunogenic and efficacious in mice. mSphere 3(1). pii: e00576-17. more details…

Kumar M, Krause KK, Azouz F, Nakano E, Nerurkar VR. (2017) A guinea pig model of Zika virus infection. Virology Journal 14:75. more details…

Mfuh KO, Yunga ST, Esemu LF, Bekindaka ON, Yonga J, Djontu JC, Mbakop CD, Taylor DW, Nerurkar VR, Leke RGF. (2017) Detection of Plasmodium falciparum DNA in saliva samples stored at room temperature: potential for a non-invasive saliva-based diagnostic test for malaria. Malaria Journal 16(1):434. more details…

Yanagihara R, Nerurkar VR, Hui G, Jacobs GA. (2017) Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research. Hawaii Journal of Medicine and Public Health 76:23-26. more details…

Achonduh-Atijegbe OA, Mfuh KO, Mbange AH, Chedjou JP, Taylor DW, Nerurkar VR, Mbacham WF, Leke R. (2016) Prevalence of malaria, typhoid, toxoplasmosis and rubella among febrile children in Cameroon. BMC Infectious Diseases 16(1):658. more details…

Culjat M, Darling SE, Nerurkar VR, Ching N, Kumar M, Min SK, Wong R, Grant L, Melish ME. (2016) Clinical and imaging findings in an infant with Zika embryopathy. Clinical Infectious Diseases more details…

Kaufusi PH, Tseng A, Nerurkar VR. (2016) Functional analysis of West Nile virus proteins in human cells. Methods in Molecular Biology 1435:45-60. more details…

Kumar M, Belcaid M, Nerurkar VR. (2016) Identification of host genes leading to West Nile virus encephalitis in mice brain using RNA-seq analysis. Scientific Reports 6:26350. more details…

Kumar M, Ching L, Astern J, Lim E, Stokes AJ, Melish M, Nerurkar VR. (2016) Antibodies to Zika virus in mothers from Hawaii who delivered babies with and without microcephaly between 2009-2012. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 10(12):e0005262. more details…

Kumar M, Nerurkar VR. (2016) In vitro and in vivo blood-brain barrier models to study West Nile virus pathogenesis. Methods in Molecular Biology 1435:103-113. more details…

Kumar M, Roe K, O’Connell M, Nerurkar VR (2015) Induction of virus-specific effector immune cell response limits virus replication and severe disease in mice infected with non-lethal West Nile virus Eg101 strain. Journal of Neuroinflammation 12:178 more details…

Ton TG, Gladding SP, Zunt JR, John C, Nerurkar VR, Moyer CA, Hobbs N, McCoy M, Kolars JC. (2015) The development and implementation of a competency-based curriculum for training in global health research. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and HygIene 92(1):163-171. more details…

Hsieh SC, Tsai WY, Nerurkar VR, Wang WK. (2014) Characterization of the ectodomain of the envelope protein of dengue virus type 4: expression, membrane association, secretion and particle formation in the absence of precursor membrane protein. PLoS One 9(6):e100641. more details…

Hsieh SC, Wu YC, Zou G, Nerurkar VR, Shi PY, Wang WK. (2014) Highly conserved residues in the helical domain of dengue virus type 1 precursor membrane protein are involved in assembly, prM protein cleavage and entry. Journal of Biological Chemistry 289(48):33149-33160. more details…

Kaufusi PH, Kelley JF, Yanagihara R, Nerurkar VR. (2014) Induction of endoplasmic reticulum-derived replication-competent membrane structures by West Nile virus non-structural protein 4B. PLoS One 9(1):e84040. more details…

Kumar M, Nerurkar VR. (2014) Integrated analysis of microRNAs and their disease related targets in the brain of mice infected with West Nile virus. Virology 452-453:143-151. more details…

Kumar M, O’Connell M, Namekar M, Nerurkar VR. (2014) Infection with non-lethal West Nile virus Eg101 strain induces immunity that protects mice against the lethal West Nile virus NY99 strain. Viruses 6(6):2328-2339. more details…

Kumar M, Roe K, Nerurkar PV, Orillo B, Thompson KS, Verma S, Nerurkar VR. (2014) Reduced immune cell infiltration and increased pro-inflammatory mediators in the brain of Type 2 diabetic mouse model infected with West Nile virus. Journal of Neuroinflammation 11:80. more details…

Kumar M, Roe K, Orillo B, Muruve DA, Nerurkar VR, Gale M, Verma S. (2013) Inflammasome adaptor protein apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing CARD (ASC) is critical for the immune response and survival in West Nile virus encephalitis. Journal of Virology 87(7):3655-3667. more details…

Namekar M, Ellis EM, O’Connell M, Elm J, Gurary A, Park SY, Imrie A, Nerurkar VR. (2013) Evaluation of a new commercially available immunoglobulin M capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis of dengue infection. Journal of Clinical Microbiology more details…

Wu C, Nerurkar VR, Lu Y. (2013) New insights into inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 replication through mutant tRNALys3. Retrovirology 10(1):112. more details…

Kelley JF, Kaufusi PH, Nerurkar VR. (2012) Dengue hemorrhagic fever-associated immunomediators induced via maturation of dengue virus nonstructural 4B protein in monocytes modulate endothelial cell adhesion molecules and human microvascular endothelial cells permeability. Virology 422(1):326-337 more details…

Kumar M, Roe K, Nerurkar PV, Namekar M, Orillo B, Verma S, Nerurkar VR. (2012) Impaired virus clearance, compromised immune response and increased mortality in Type 2 diabetic mice infected with West Nile virus. PLoS One 7(8):e44682. more details…

Namekar M, Kumar M, O’Connell M, Nerurkar VR. (2012) Effect of serum heat-inactivation and dilution on detection of anti-WNV antibodies in mice by West Nile virus E-protein microsphere immunoassay. PLoS One 7(9):e45851. more details…

Roe K, Kumar M, Lum S, Orillo B, Nerurkar VR, Verma S. (2012) West Nile virus-induced disruption of the blood-brain barrier in mice is characterized by the degradation of the junctional complex proteins and increase in multiple matrix metalloproteinases. Journal of General Virology 93(Pt 6):1193-1203. more details…

Kelley JF, Kaufusi PH, Volper EM, Nerurkar VR. (2011) Maturation of dengue virus nonstructural protein 4B in monocytes enhances production of dengue hemorrhagic fever-associated chemokines and cytokines. Virology 418(1):27-39. more details…

Nerurkar PV, Johns LM, Buesa LM, Kipyakwai G, Volper E, Sato R, Shah P, Feher D, Williams PG, Nerurkar VR. (2011) Momordica charantia (bitter melon) attenuates high-fat diet-associated oxidative stress and neuroinflammation. Journal of Neuroinflammation 8:64. more details…

Nerurkar PV, Nishioka A, Eck PO, Johns LM, Volper E, Nerurkar VR. (2011) Regulation of glucose metabolism via hepatic forkhead transcription factor 1 (FoxO1) by Morinda citrifolia (noni) in high-fat diet-induced obese mice. British Journal of Nutrition 1-11. more details…

Snee LS, Nerurkar VR, Dooley DA, Efird JT, Schovic AC, Nerurkar PV. (2011) Strategies to improve palatability and increase consumption intentions for Momordica charantia (bitter melon): a vegetable commonly used for diabetes management. Nutrition Journal 10(1):78. more details…

Verma S, Kumar M, Nerurkar VR. (2011) Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor blocks the production of West Nile virus-induced neuroinflammatory markers in astrocytes. Journal of General Virology 92(Pt 3):507-515. more details…

Chapagain ML, Nerurkar VR. (2010) Human polyomavirus JC (JCV) infection of human B lymphocytes: a possible mechanism for JCV transmigration across the blood-brain barrier. Journal of Infectious Diseases 202(2):184-191. more details…

Kumar M, Verma S, Nerurkar VR. (2010) Pro-inflammatory cytokines derived from West Nile virus (WNV)-infected SK-N-SH cells mediate neuroinflammatory markers and neuronal death. Journal of Neuroinflammation 7:73. more details…

Nerurkar PV, Lee YK, Nerurkar VR. (2010) Momordica charantia (bitter melon) inhibits primary human adipocyte differentiation by modulating adipogenic genes. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 10:34. more details…

Rai MA, Nerurkar VR, Khoja S, Khan S, Yanagihara R, Rehman A, Kazmi SU, Ali SH. (2010) Evidence for a “founder effect” among HIV-infected injection drug users (IDUs) in Pakistan. BMC Infectious Diseases 10:7. more details…

Verma S, Kumar M, Gurjav U, Lum S, Nerurkar VR. (2010) Reversal of West Nile virus-induced blood-brain barrier disruption and tight junction proteins degradation by matrix metalloproteinases inhibitor. Virology 397(1):130-138. more details…

Zhang L, Qi F, Gaudino G, Strianese O, Yang H, Morris P, Pass HI, Nerurkar VR, Bocchetta M, Carbone M. (2010) Tissue tropism of SV40 transformation of human cells: role of the viral regulatory region and of cellular oncogenes. Genes Cancer 1(10):1008-1020. more details…

Lieberman MM, Nerurkar VR, Luo H, Cropp B, Carrion R, de la Garza M, Coller BA, Clements D, Ogata S, Wong T, Martyak T, Weeks-Levy C. (2009) Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of a recombinant subunit West Nile virus vaccine in rhesus monkeys. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 16(9):1332-1337. more details…

Verma S, Lo Y, Chapagain M, Lum S, Kumar M, Gurjav U, Luo H, Nakatsuka A, Nerurkar VR. (2009) West Nile virus infection modulates human brain microvascular endothelial cells tight junction proteins and cell adhesion molecules: Transmigration across the in vitro blood-brain barrier. Virology 385(2):425-433. more details…

Arai S, Bennett SN, Sumibcay L, Cook JA, Song JW, Hope A, Parmenter C, Nerurkar VR, Yates TL, Yanagihara R. (2008) Phylogenetically distinct hantaviruses in the masked shrew (Sorex cinereus) and dusky shrew (Sorex monticolus) in the United States. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 78(2):348-351. more details…

Chapagain ML, Sumibcay L, Gurjav U, Kaufusi PH, Kast RE, Nerurkar VR. (2008) Serotonin receptor 2A blocker (risperidone) has no effect on human polyomavirus JC infection of primary human fetal glial cells. Journal of Neurovirology 14(5):448-454. more details…

Jarvi SI, Lieberman MM, Hofmeister E, Nerurkar VR, Wong T, Weeks-Levy C. (2008) Protective efficacy of a recombinant subunit West Nile virus vaccine in domestic geese (Anser anser). Vaccine 26(42):5338-5344. more details…

Verma S, Molina Y, Lo YY, Cropp B, Nakano C, Yanagihara R, Nerurkar VR. (2008) In vitro effects of selenium deficiency on West Nile virus replication and cytopathogenicity. Virology Journal 5:66. more details…

Yang Y, Wu C, Wu J, Nerurkar VR, Yanagihara R, Lu Y. (2008) Inhibition of West Nile virus replication by retrovirus-delivered small interfering RNA in human neuroblastoma cells. Journal of Medical Virology 80(5):930-936. more details…

Arai S, Song JW, Sumibcay L, Bennett SN, Nerurkar VR, Parmenter C, Cook JA, Yates TL, Yanagihara R. (2007) Hantavirus in northern short-tailed shrew, United States. Emerging Infectious Diseases 13(9):1420-1423. more details…

Wei-Kung Wang, M.D., Sc.D.

Tsai WY, Youn HH, Tyson J, Brites C, Tsai JJ, Pedroso C, Drexler JF, Balmaseda A, Harris E, Wang WK. (2018) Use of urea wash ELISA to distinguish Zika and dengue virus infections. Emerging Infectious Diseases 24(7):1355-1359. more details…

Dejnirattisai W, Wongwiwat W, Supasa S, Zhang X, Dai X, Rouvinsky A, Jumnainsong A, Edwards C, Quyen NT, Duangchinda T, Grimes JM, Tsai WY, Lai CY, Wang WK, Malasit P, Farrar J, Simmons CP, Zhou ZH, Rey FA, Mongkolsapaya J, Screaton GR. (2015) A new class of highly potent, broadly neutralizing antibodies isolated from viremic patients infected with dengue virus. Nature Immunology 16(2):170-177. more details…

Tsai WY, Durbin A, Tsai JJ, Hsieh SC, Whitehead S, Wang WK. (2015) Complexity of neutralization antibodies against multiple dengue viral serotypes after heterotypic immunization and secondary infection revealed by in-depth analysis of cross-reactive antibodies. Journal of Virology 89(14):7348-7362. more details…

de Alwis R, Williams KL, Schmid MA, Lai CY, Patel B, Smith SA, Crowe JE, Wang WK, Harris E, de Silva AM. (2014) Dengue viruses are enhanced by distinct populations of serotype cross-reactive antibodies in human immune sera. PLoS Pathogens 10(10):e1004386. more details…

Hsieh SC, Tsai WY, Nerurkar VR, Wang WK. (2014) Characterization of the ectodomain of the envelope protein of dengue virus type 4: expression, membrane association, secretion and particle formation in the absence of precursor membrane protein. PLoS One 9(6):e100641. more details…

Hsieh SC, Wu YC, Zou G, Nerurkar VR, Shi PY, Wang WK. (2014) Highly conserved residues in the helical domain of dengue virus type 1 precursor membrane protein are involved in assembly, prM protein cleavage and entry. Journal of Biological Chemistry 289(48):33149-33160. more details…

Lai CY, Williams KL, Wu YC, Knight S, Balmaseda A, Harris E, Wang WK. (2013) Analysis of cross-reactive antibodies recognizing the fusion loop of envelope protein and correlation with neutralizing antibody titers in Nicaraguan dengue cases. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 7(9):e2451. more details…

Tsai WY, Lai CY, Wu YC, Lin HE, Edwards C, Jumnainsong A, Kliks S, Halstead S, Mongkolsapaya J, Screaton GR, Wang WK. (2013) High avidity and potent neutralizing cross-reactive human monoclonal antibodies derived from secondary dengue virus infection. Journal of Virology 87(23):12562-12575. more details…

Chuang YC, Chang SC, Wang WK. (2012) Using the rate of bacterial clearance determined by real-time polymerase chain reaction as a timely surrogate marker to evaluate the appropriateness of antibiotic usage in critical patients with Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia. Critical Care Medicine 40(8):2273-2280. more details…

Lin HE, Tsai WY, Liu IJ, Li PC, Liao MY, Tsai JJ, Wu YC, Lai CY, Lu CH, Huang JH, Chang GJ, Wu HC, Wang WK. (2012) Analysis of epitopes on dengue virus envelope protein recognized by monoclonal antibodies and polyclonal human sera by a high throughput assay. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 6(1):e1447. more details…

de Alwis R, Beltramello M, Messer WB, Sukupolvi-Petty S, Wahala WM, Kraus A, Olivarez NP, Pham Q, Brian J, Tsai WY, Wang WK, Halstead S, Kliks S, Diamond MS, Baric R, Lanzavecchia A, Sallusto F, de Silva AM. (2011) In-depth analysis of the antibody response of individuals exposed to primary dengue virus infection. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 5(6):e1188. more details…

Hsieh SC, Zou G, Tsai WY, Qing M, Chang GJ, Shi PY, Wang WK. (2011) The C-terminal helical domain of dengue virus precursor membrane protein is involved in virus assembly and entry. Virology 410(1):170-180. more details…

Lin SR, Zou G, Hsieh SC, Qing M, Tsai WY, Shi PY, Wang WK. (2011) The helical domains of the stem region of dengue virus envelope protein are involved in both virus assembly and entry. Journal of Virology 85(10):5159-5171. more details…

Chuang YC, Chang SC, Wang WK. (2010) High and increasing Oxa-51 DNA load predict mortality in Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia: implication for pathogenesis and evaluation of therapy. PLoS One 5(11):e14133. more details…

Hsieh SC, Tsai WY, Wang WK. (2010) The length of and nonhydrophobic residues in the transmembrane domain of dengue virus envelope protein are critical for its retention and assembly in the endoplasmic reticulum. Journal of Virology 84(9):4782-4797. more details…

Ho YC, Chang SC, Lin SR, Wang WK. (2009) High levels of mecA DNA detected by a quantitative real-time PCR assay are associated with mortality in patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 47(5):1443-1451. more details…

Liu IJ, Kao CL, Hsieh SC, Wey MT, Kan LS, Wang WK. (2009) Identification of a minimal peptide derived from heptad repeat (HR) 2 of spike protein of SARS-CoV and combination of HR1-derived peptides as fusion inhibitors. Antiviral Research 81(1):82-87. more details…

Chen HL, Lin SR, Liu HF, King CC, Hsieh SC, Wang WK. (2008) Evolution of dengue virus type 2 during two consecutive outbreaks with an increase in severity in southern Taiwan in 2001-2002. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 79(4):495-505. more details…

Hsieh SC, Liu IJ, King CC, Chang GJ, Wang WK. (2008) A strong endoplasmic reticulum retention signal in the stem-anchor region of envelope glycoprotein of dengue virus type 2 affects the production of virus-like particles. Virology 374(2):338-350. more details…

Lai CY, Hu HP, King CC, Wang WK. (2008) Incorporation of dengue virus replicon into virus-like particles by a cell line stably expressing precursor membrane and envelope proteins of dengue virus type 2. Journal of Biomedical Science 15(1):15-27. more details…

Lai CY, Tsai WY, Lin SR, Kao CL, Hu HP, King CC, Wu HC, Chang GJ, Wang WK. (2008) Antibodies to envelope glycoprotein of dengue virus during the natural course of infection are predominantly cross-reactive and recognize epitopes containing highly conserved residues at the fusion loop of domain II. Journal of Virology 82(13):6631-6643. more details…

Hu HP, Hsieh SC, King CC, Wang WK. (2007) Characterization of retrovirus-based reporter viruses pseudotyped with the precursor membrane and envelope glycoproteins of four serotypes of dengue viruses. Virology 368(2):376-387. more details…

Wang WK, Chen HL, Yang CF, Hsieh SC, Juan CC, Chang SM, Yu CC, Lin LH, Huang JH, King CC. (2006) Slower rates of clearance of viral load and virus-containing immune complexes in patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever. Clinical Infectious Diseases 43(8):1023-1030. more details…

Chao DY, King CC, Wang WK, Chen WJ, Wu HL, Chang GJ. (2005) Strategically examining the full-genome of dengue virus type 3 in clinical isolates reveals its mutation spectra. Virology Journal 272. more details…

Liu IJ, Chen PJ, Yeh SH, Chiang YP, Huang LM, Chang MF, Chen SY, Yang PC, Chang SC, Wang WK. (2005) Immunofluorescence assay for detection of the nucleocapsid antigen of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-associated coronavirus in cells derived from throat wash samples of patients with SARS. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 43(5):2444-2448. more details…

Wang WK, Fang CT, Chen HL, Yang CF, Chen YC, Chen ML, Chen SY, Yang JY, Lin JH, Yang PC, Chang SC. (2005) Detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus RNA in plasma during the course of infection. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 43(2):962-965. more details…

Chen HC, Lai SY, Sung JM, Lee SH, Lin YC, Wang WK, Chen YC, Kao CL, King CC, Wu-Hsieh BA. (2004) Lymphocyte activation and hepatic cellular infiltration in immunocompetent mice infected by dengue virus. Journal of Medical Virology 73(3):419-431. more details…

Lin SR, Hsieh SC, Yueh YY, Lin TH, Chao DY, Chen WJ, King CC, Wang WK. (2004) Study of sequence variation of dengue type 3 virus in naturally infected mosquitoes and human hosts: implications for transmission and evolution. Journal of Virology 78(22):12717-12721. more details…

Sagar KS, Chang CC, Wang WK, Lin JY, Lee SS. (2004) Preparation and anti-HIV activities of retrojusticidin B analogs and azalignans. Bioorganic Medicinal Chemistry 12(15):4045-4054. more details…

Wang WK, Chen SY, Liu IJ, Chen YC, Chen HL, Yang CF, Chen PJ, Yeh SH, Kao CL, Huang LM, Hsueh PR, Wang JT, Sheng WH, Fang CT, Hung CC, Hsieh SM, Su CP, Chiang WC, Yang JY, Lin JH, Hsieh SC, Hu HP, Chiang YP, Wang JT, Yang PC, Chang SC. (2004) Detection of SARS-associated coronavirus in throat wash and saliva in early diagnosis. Emerging Infectious Diseases 10(7):1213-1219. more details…

Wang WK, Chen SY, Liu IJ, Kao CL, Chen HL, Chiang BL, Wang JT, Sheng WH, Hsueh PR, Yang CF, Yang PC, Chang SC. (2004) Temporal relationship of viral load, ribavirin, interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, and clinical progression in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome. Clinical Infectious Diseases 39(7):1071-1075. more details…

Hsueh PR, Hsiao CH, Yeh SH, Wang WK, Chen PJ, Wang JT, Chang SC, Kao CL, Yang PC. (2003) Microbiologic characteristics, serologic responses, and clinical manifestations in severe acute respiratory syndrome, Taiwan. Emerging Infectious Diseases 9(9):1163-1167. more details…

Wang WK, Chao DY, Kao CL, Wu HC, Liu YC, Li CM, Lin SC, Ho ST, Huang JH, King CC. (2003) High levels of plasma dengue viral load during defervescence in patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever: implications for pathogenesis. Virology 305(2):330-338. more details…

Wang WK, Chao DY, Lin SR, King CC, Chang SC. (2003) Concurrent infections by two dengue virus serotypes among dengue patients in Taiwan. Journal of Microbiology and Immunology and Infection 36(2):89-95. more details…

Chen MY, Wang WK, Lee MC, Twu SJ, Wu SI, Lee CN. (2002) Rapid detection of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype e infection by PCR. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 40(10):3805-3809. more details…

Wang WK, Lin SR, Lee CM, King CC, Chang SC. (2002) Dengue type 3 virus in plasma is a population of closely related genomes: quasispecies. Journal of Virology 76(9):4662-4665. more details…

Wang WK, Sung TL, Lee CN, Lin TY, King CC. (2002) Sequence diversity of the capsid gene and the nonstructural gene NS2B of dengue-3 virus in vivo. Virology 303(1):181-191. more details…

Wang WK, Sung TL, Tsai YC, Kao CL, Chang SM, King CC. (2002) Detection of dengue virus replication in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from dengue virus type 2-infected patients by a reverse transcription-real-time PCR assay. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 40(12):4472-4478. more details…

Yi-Chieh Wu, M.S.

Lai CY, Williams KL, Wu YC, Knight S, Balmaseda A, Harris E, Wang WK. (2013) Analysis of cross-reactive antibodies recognizing the fusion loop of envelope protein and correlation with neutralizing antibody titers in Nicaraguan dengue cases. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 7(9):e2451. more details…

Tsai WY, Lai CY, Wu YC, Lin HE, Edwards C, Jumnainsong A, Kliks S, Halstead S, Mongkolsapaya J, Screaton GR, Wang WK. (2013) High avidity and potent neutralizing cross-reactive human monoclonal antibodies derived from secondary dengue virus infection. Journal of Virology 87(23):12562-12575. more details…

Lin HE, Tsai WY, Liu IJ, Li PC, Liao MY, Tsai JJ, Wu YC, Lai CY, Lu CH, Huang JH, Chang GJ, Wu HC, Wang WK. (2012) Analysis of epitopes on dengue virus envelope protein recognized by monoclonal antibodies and polyclonal human sera by a high throughput assay. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 6(1):e1447. more details…

Youping Deng

Dou Y, Zhu Y, Ai J, Chen H, Liu H, Borgia JA, Li X, Yang F, Jiang B, Wang J, Deng Y. (2018) Plasma small ncRNA pair panels as novel biomarkers for early-stage lung adenocarcinoma screening. BMC Genomics 19(1):545. more details…

Fang R, Zhu Y, Khadka VS, Zhang F, Jiang B, Deng Y. (2018) The evaluation of serum biomarkers for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) diagnosis. Frontiers in Physiology 9:1710. more details…

Guo M, Lu S, Huang H, Wang Y, Yang MQ, Yang Y, Fan Z, Jiang B, Deng Y. (2018) Increased AURKA promotes cell proliferation and predicts poor prognosis in bladder cancer. BMC Systems Biology 12(Suppl 7):118. more details…

Hu L, Zhang R, Yuan Q, Gao Y, Yang MQ, Zhang C, Huang J, Sun Y, Yang W, Yang JY, Min ZL, Cheng J, Deng Y, Hu X. (2018) The emerging role of microRNA-4487/6845-3p in Alzheimer’s disease pathologies is induced by Abeta25-35 triggered in SH-SY5Y cell. BMC Systems Biology 12(Suppl 7):119. more details…