Kenichi Okuda — University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Area of research

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine · Infectious Diseases

Research interest

Research interests include Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Tracheal and airway disorders, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Recent publications

Preferential apical infection and spread of human metapneumovirus highlights the importance of inhaled delivery of neutralizing monoclonal antibody to treat established infections

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2025cited by 1position: middledoi

Genome-wide bidirectional CRISPR screens identify mucins as host factors modulating SARS-CoV-2 infection

Nature Genetics 2022cited by 142position: middledoi

SARS-CoV-2 infection produces chronic pulmonary epithelial and immune cell dysfunction with fibrosis in mice

Science Translational Medicine 2022cited by 118position: middledoi

Prevalence and Mechanisms of Mucus Accumulation in COVID-19 Lung Disease

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2022cited by 74position: middledoi

SARS-CoV-2 infection of the oral cavity and saliva

Nature Medicine 2021cited by 815position: middledoi

SARS-CoV-2 Reverse Genetics Reveals a Variable Infection Gradient in the Respiratory Tract

Cell 2020cited by 1,659position: middledoi

SARS-CoV-2 D614G variant exhibits efficient replication ex vivo and transmission in vivo

Science 2020cited by 999position: middledoi

A Mouse-Adapted SARS-CoV-2 Induces Acute Lung Injury and Mortality in Standard Laboratory Mice

Cell 2020cited by 669position: middledoi

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