Education

Ph.D. in Medical Science, Osaka University, 2010

Current Position

Assistant Professor in Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Izumisano, Osaka, Japan

Publications

1. Yasugi, M., Kubota-Koketsu, R., Yamashita, A., Kawashita, N., Du, A., Misaki, R., Kuhara, M., Boonsathorn, N., Fujiyama, K., Okuno, Y., Nakaya, T. and Ikuta, K. (2013). Emerging antigenic variants at the antigenic site Sb in pandemic A(H1N1)2009 influenza virus in Japan detected by a human monoclonal antibody. PLoS One 8(10): e77892.
   
2. Yasugi, M., Kubota-Koketsu, R., Yamashita, A., Kawashita, N., Du, A., Sasaki, T., Nishimura, M., Misaki, R., Kuhara, M., Boonsathorn, N., Fujiyama, K., Okuno, Y., Nakaya, T. and Ikuta, K. (2013). Human monoclonal antibodies broadly neutralizing against influenza B virus. PLoS Pathog 9(2): e1003150.
   
3. Ramadhany, R., Yasugi, M., Nakamura, S., Daidoji, T., Watanabe, Y., Takahashi, K., Ikuta, K. and Nakaya, T. (2012). Tropism of Pandemic 2009 H1N1 Influenza a Virus. Front Microbiol 3: 128.
   
4. Yasugi, M., Nakamura, S., Daidoji, T., Kawashita, N., Ramadhany, R., Yang, C. S., Yasunaga, T., Iida, T., Horii, T., Ikuta, K., Takahashi, K. and Nakaya, T. (2012). Frequency of D222G and Q223R hemagglutinin mutants of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza virus in Japan between 2009 and 2010. PLoS One 7(2): e30946.
   
5. Ueda, M., Daidoji, T., Du, A., Yang, C. S., Ibrahim, M. S., Ikuta, K. and Nakaya, T. (2010). Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus induces extracellular Ca2+ influx, leading to apoptosis in avian cells. J Virol 84(6): 3068-3078.
   
6. Nakamura, S., Yang, C. S., Sakon, N., Ueda, M., Tougan, T., Yamashita, A., Goto, N., Takahashi, K., Yasunaga, T., Ikuta, K., Mizutani, T., Okamoto, Y., Tagami, M., Morita, R., Maeda, N., Kawai, J., Hayashizaki, Y., Nagai, Y., Horii, T., Iida, T. and Nakaya, T. (2009). Direct metagenomic detection of viral pathogens in nasal and fecal specimens using an unbiased high-throughput sequencing approach. PLoS One 4(1): e4219.
   
7. Du, A., Daidoji, T., Koma, T., Ibrahim, M. S., Nakamura, S., de Silva, U. C., Ueda, M., Yang, C. S., Yasunaga, T., Ikuta, K. and Nakaya, T. (2009). Detection of circulating Asian H5N1 viruses by a newly established monoclonal antibody. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 378(2): 197-202.
   
8. Daidoji, T., Koma, T., Du, A., Yang, C. S., Ueda, M., Ikuta, K. and Nakaya, T. (2008). H5N1 avian influenza virus induces apoptotic cell death in mammalian airway epithelial cells. J Virol 82(22): 11294-11307.
   
9. Ueda, M., Yamate, M., Du, A., Daidoji, T., Okuno, Y., Ikuta, K. and Nakaya, T. (2008). Maturation efficiency of viral glycoproteins in the ER impacts the production of influenza A virus. Virus Res 136(1-2): 91-97.