Name YANAGI Yusuke
Year of birth 1955

Current appointment

(position and institution)

Professor, Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University

Address 3-1-1, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
Phone +81-(0)92-642-6135
Fax +81-(0)92-642-6140
E-mail yyanagi@virology.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
URL http://www.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp/virus/index_e.html
Fields of general research Virology
Fields of specialization RNA virus

Subject of research work
and/or
titles of lecture and
discussion

Viral Pathogenesis

Research reports (papers
and
reviews) within recent
5 years

- Minagawa H, Hashimoto K, Yanagi Y. Absence of tumour necrosis factor facilitates primary and recurrent herpes simplex virus-1 infections.J Gen Virol. 2004 Feb;85(Pt 2):343-7.

- Hashimoto K, Minagawa H, Yanagi Y. Caspase-dependent apoptosis in fulminant hepatic failure induced by herpes simplex virus in mice.J Hepatol. 2003 Nov;39(5):773-8.

- Seki F, Ono N, Yamaguchi R, Yanagi Y. Efficient isolation of wild strains of canine distemper virus in Vero cells expressing canine SLAM (CD150) and their adaptability to marmoset B95a cells. J Virol. 2003 Sep;77(18):9943-50.

- Ohno S, Seki F, Ono N, Yanagi Y. Histidine at position 61 and its adjacent amino acid residues are critical for the ability of SLAM (CD150) to act as a cellular receptor for measles virus. J Gen Virol. 2003 Sep;84(Pt 9):2381-8.

- Shingai M, Ayata M, Ishida H, Matsunaga I, Katayama Y, Seya T, Tatsuo H, Yanagi Y, Ogura H. Receptor use by vesicular stomatitis virus pseudotypes with glycoproteins of defective variants of measles virus isolated from brains of patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. J Gen Virol. 2003 Aug;84(Pt 8):2133-43.


- Bouche FB, Marquet-Blouin E, Yanagi Y, Steinmetz A, Muller CP. Neutralising immunogenicity of a polyepitope antigen expressed in a transgenic food plant: a novel antigen to protect against measles. Vaccine. 2003 May 16;21(17-18):2074-81.

- Yanagi Y, Ono N, Tatsuo H, Hashimoto K, Minagawa H. Measles virus receptor SLAM (CD150). Virology2002,299(2):155-161.


- Hashimoto K, Ono N, Tatsuo H, Minagawa H, Takeda M, Takeuchi K, Yanagi Y. SLAM (CD150)-independent measles virus entry as revealed by recombinant virus expressing green fluorescent protein.  J. Virol. 76:6743-9 (2002)

- Vincent S, Tigaud I, Schneider H, Buccholz C, Yanagi Y, Gerlier D. Restriction of measles virus RNA synthesis by a mouse host cell line:trans-complementation by polymerase components or a human cellular factor(s). J Virol. 2002 Jun;76(12):6121-30.

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Tatsuo H, Yanagi Y.  The morbillivirus receptor SLAM (CD150). Microbiol Immunol. 2002;46(3):135-142.


- Tanaka K, Minagawa H, Xie MF, Yanagi Y.  The measles virus hemagglutinin downregulates the cellular receptor SLAM (CD150).  Arch Virol.2002;147(1):195-203.


- Minagawa H, Tanaka K, Ono N, Tatsuo H, Yanagi Y. Induction of the measles virus receptor SLAM (CD150) on monocytes.  J Gen Virol 2001 Dec;82(Pt 12):2913-7


- Tatsuo.H, Ono N, Yanagi Y,  Morbilliviruses Use Signaling Lymphocyte Activation Molecules(CD150) as Cellular Receptors.  J.Virol. 2001;75(13):5842-5850


- Ono N, Tatsuo H, Hidaka Y, Aoki T, Minagawa H, Yanagi Y.  Measles Viruses on Throat Swabs from Measles Patients Use SLAM (CDw150) but Not CD46 as a Cellular Receptor.  J. Virol. 2001;75(9):4399-4401


Yanagi Y.  The cellular receptor for measles virus-elusive no more.  Rev.Med. Virol. 2001;11:149-156


- Okuma K, Matsuura Y, Tatsuo H, Inagaki Y, Nakamura M, Yamamoto N, Yanagi Y.  Analysis of the molecules involved in human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 entry by a vesicular stomatitis virus pseudotype bearing its envelope glycoproteins.  J. Gen. Virol. 2001;82:821-830


- Ono N, Tatsuo H, Tanaka K, Minagawa H, Yanagi Y.  V domain of human SLAM(CDw150) is essential for its function as a measles virus receptor.  J.Virol. 2001;75:1594-1600.


- Tatsuo H, Ono N, Tanaka K, Yanagi Y.  SLAM (CDw150) is a cellular receptor for measles virus.  Nature2000;406:893-897.


- Minagawa H, Yanagi Y.  Latent herpes simplex virus-1 infection in SCID mice transferred with immune CD4+ T cells: A new model for latency. Arch.Virol.2000;145:2259-2272.


- Tatsuo H, Okuma K, Tanaka K, Ono N, Minagawa H, Takade A, Matsuura Y, Yanagi Y.  Virus entry is a major determinant of cell tropism of Edmonston and wild-type strains of measles virus as revealed by vesicular stomatitis virus pseudotypes bearing their envelope proteins.  J. Virol. 2000; 74(9):4139-45

- Kimura Y, Hayashida K, Ishibashi H, Niho Y, Yanagi Y.  Antibody-free virion titer greatly differs between hepatitis C virus genotypes.  J. Med. Virol. 2000;61(1):37-43.

Research theme of doctor
course
students in your
laboratory

Entry of measles virus into cells

Measles virus-interferon interaction

Host factors required for measles virus replication

Animal models for measles virus infection

French researchers you

collaborate with

None at present