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Kenzo Tokunaga

National Institute of Infectious Diseases · US
Area of research
Virology · Infectious Diseases
Research interest
Research interests include HIV Research and Treatment, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, and Virus-based gene therapy research.
h-index
39
citations
9,234
works
127
NIH funding
primary concept
Biology
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Recent publications

Inhibition of placental trophoblast fusion by guanylate-binding protein 5.
2025cited by 4position: contributordoi
HIV-1 and BLV are insensitive to SERINC5 restriction under the cell-cell infection.
2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
Further Characterization of the Antiviral Transmembrane Protein MARCH8.
2024cited by 2position: contributordoi
Membrane-Associated Ubiquitin Ligase RING Finger Protein 152 Orchestrates Melanogenesis via Tyrosinase Ubiquitination.
2024cited by 1position: contributordoi
Infectious virus shedding duration reflects secretory IgA antibody response latency after SARS-CoV-2 infection.
2023cited by 33position: contributordoi
Determination of the factors responsible for the tropism of SARS-CoV-2-related bat coronaviruses to <i>Rhinolophus</i> bat ACE2.
2023cited by 7position: contributordoi
Repetitive mRNA vaccination is required to improve the quality of broad-spectrum anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the absence of CXCL13.
2023cited by 5position: contributordoi
Membrane-Associated Ubiquitin Ligase RNF152 Orchestrates Melanogenesis via Tyrosinase Ubiquitination
2023cited by 0position: contributordoi
Membrane-Associated Ubiquitin Ligase RNF152 Orchestrates Melanogenesis via Tyrosinase Ubiquitination
2023cited by 0position: contributordoi
Membrane-Associated Ubiquitin Ligase RNF152 Orchestrates Melanogenesis via Tyrosinase Ubiquitination
2023cited by 0position: contributordoi
Altered TMPRSS2 usage by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron impacts infectivity and fusogenicity.
2022cited by 937position: contributordoi
Attenuated fusogenicity and pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.
2022cited by 585position: contributordoi
Enhanced fusogenicity and pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 Delta P681R mutation.
2022cited by 525position: contributordoi
The SARS-CoV-2 Lambda variant exhibits enhanced infectivity and immune resistance
Cell Reports 2022cited by 145position: contributordoi
Vaccination-infection interval determines cross-neutralization potency to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron after breakthrough infection by other variants
Med 2022cited by 57position: contributordoi
MARCH8 Targets Cytoplasmic Lysine Residues of Various Viral Envelope Glycoproteins
Microbiology Spectrum 2022cited by 31position: lastdoi
MARCH8 Targets Cytoplasmic Lysine Residues of Various Viral Envelope Glycoproteins.
2022cited by 27position: contributordoi
MARCH8: the tie that binds to viruses.
2022cited by 16position: contributordoi
Construction and evaluation of a self-replicative RNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 using yellow fever virus replicon.
2022cited by 7position: contributordoi
SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 Delta variant replication and immune evasion.
2021cited by 1,109position: contributordoi
Enhanced fusogenicity and pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 Delta P681R mutation
Nature 2021cited by 676position: middledoi
SARS-CoV-2 D614G spike mutation increases entry efficiency with enhanced ACE2-binding affinity
Nature Communications 2021cited by 483position: contributordoi
SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617 Mutations L452R and E484Q Are Not Synergistic for Antibody Evasion.
2021cited by 131position: contributordoi
MARCH8: the tie that binds to viruses
FEBS Journal 2021cited by 24position: lastdoi
SARS-CoV-2 spike P681R mutation, a hallmark of the Delta variant, enhances viral fusogenicity and pathogenicity
2021cited by 17position: contributordoi
Phenotypic and Genotypic Co-receptor Tropism Testing in HIV-1 Epidemic Region of Tanzania Where Multiple Non-B Subtypes Co-circulate.
2021cited by 8position: contributordoi
SARS-CoV-2 Lambda variant exhibits higher infectivity and immune resistance
2021cited by 8position: contributordoi
Aromatic Side Chain at Position 412 of SERINC5 Exerts Restriction Activity toward HIV-1 and Other Retroviruses.
2021cited by 7position: contributordoi
MARCH8 targets cytoplasmic lysine residues of various viral envelope glycoproteins
2021cited by 2position: contributordoi
Super-rapid quantitation of the production of HIV-1 harboring a luminescent peptide tag.
2020cited by 59position: contributordoi

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Frequent collaborators

· 22 papers (2019–2025)Takamasa Ueno · Kagoshima University7 papers (2020–2024)Hideaki Fujita · Kyushu University7 papers (2022–2024)Kotaro Shirakawa · Kyoto University Hospital6 papers (2021–2022)Yuki Fujii · Nagasaki International University4 papers (2023–2024)Hirotaka Takahashi · Elsevier, Inc.4 papers (2023–2024)Hiroyuki Takeda · Protein Technologies (United Kingdom)4 papers (2023–2024)Kei Sato · The University of Tokyo4 papers (2021–2022) · 4 papers (2021–2024)Akatsuki Saito · The University of Osaka4 papers (2021–2022)So Nakagawa · National Institute of Genetics4 papers (2021–2022)Satoshi Kishigami · Kyoto University3 papers (2020–2022) · 3 papers (2021–2022)Yanzhao Zhang · National Institute of Infectious Diseases3 papers (2022–2024)Tadaki Suzuki · The University of Tokyo3 papers (2021–2023)Nathalie Kingston · Africa Health Research Institute3 papers (2021–2022)Takuya Tada · National Institute of Infectious Diseases3 papers (2022–2024)Ravindra K. Gupta · University of Cambridge3 papers (2021–2022)Hisashi Arase · Kobe University2 papers (2021–2022) · 2 papers (2021–2022)