Peer-reviewed
◯2025
・Kazuma Okada, Yuki Hirai, Yumi Ushikai, Atsushi Kaida. Full-length and near-full-length genomes of human rhinovirus A105 detected in patients with non-respiratory tract symptoms in Osaka, Japan, Micorobiol Resour Announc, 2025 Sep, 14(9), doi: 10.1128/mra.00228-25., PubMed
◯2024
・Junki Hirano, Tsuyoshi Hayashi, Kouichi Kitamura, Yorihiro Nishimura, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Toru Okamoto, Kazuma Okada, Kentaro Uemura, Ming Te Yeh, Chikako Ono, Shuhei Taguwa, Masamichi Muramatsu, Yoshiharu Matsuura. SEnterovirus 3A protein disrupts endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis through interaction with GBF1, Journal of Virology, 2024 Jul, 98(7), doi: 10.1128/jvi.00813-24., PubMed
◯2023
・Ashish Sethi, Stephen M Rawlinson, Abhinav Dubey, Ching-Seng Ang, Yoon Hee Choi, Fei Yan, Kazuma Okada, Ashley M Rozario, Aaron M Brice, Naoto Ito, Nicholas A Williamson, Danny M Hatters, Toby D M Bell, Haribabu Arthanari, Gregory W Moseley, Paul R Gooley. Structural insights into the multifunctionality of rabies virus P3 protein, PNAS, 2023 Apr, 120(14), doi: 10.1073/pnas.2217066120., PubMed
・Daiki Kanbayashi, Takako Kurata, Atsushi Kaida, Hideyuki Kubo, Seiji P Yamamoto, Kazutaka Egawa, Yuki Hirai, Kazuma Okada, Yuko Kaida, Ryo Ikemori, Takahiro Yumisashi, Atami Ito, Takeshi Saito, Yoshihiko Yamaji, Yuka Nishino, Ryosuke Omori, Haruyo Mori, Kazushi Motomura, Kazuyoshi Ikuta. Shedding of rubella virus in postsymptomatic individuals; viral RNA load is a potential indicator to estimate candidate patients excreting infectious rubella virus, Journal of Clinical Virology, 2023 Mar, doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2022.105377., PubMed
◯2021
・Kohei Yumoto, Tomoaki Arisaka, Kazuma Okada, Kyosuke Aoki, Toyoyuki Ose, Tatsunori Masatani, Makoto Sugiyama, Naoto Ito, Hideo Fukuhara, Katsumi Maenaka. Characterization of Single-Chain Fv Fragments of Neutralizing Antibodies to Rabies Virus Glycoprotein, Viruses 2021 Nov 19;13(11):2311, doi: 10.3390/v13112311. PubMed
・Naoto Ito, Takuya Okamoto, Michihito Sasaki, Shoya Miyamoto, Tatsuki Takahashi, Fumiki Izumi, Maho Inukai, Supasiri Jarusombuti, Kazuma Okada, Kento Nakagawa, Yuji Fujii, Shoko Nishiyama, Tatsunori Masatani, Hirofumi Sawa, Makoto Sugiyama. Safety enhancement of a genetically modified live rabies vaccine strain by introducing an attenuating Leu residue at position 333 in the glycoprotein, Vaccine, 2021 Jun, 39(28), doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.05.002, PubMed
◯2020
・Daiki Kanbayashi, Takako Kurata, Hideyuki Kubo, Atsushi Kaida, Seiji P Yamamoto, Kazutaka Egawa, Yuki Hirai, Kazuma Okada, Ryo Ikemori, Takahiro Yumisashi, Akira Yamamoto, Hideki Yoshida, Takanori Hirayama, Kazuyoshi Ikuta, Kazushi Motomura. Ongoing rubella epidemic in Osaka, Japan, in 2018-2019, 2020, Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal, 2020 Jun, 11(2), doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2019.10.3.001, PubMed
◯2019
・Minako Ogino, Yuriy Fedorov, Drew J Adams, Kazuma Okada, Naoto Ito, Makoto Sugiyama, Tomoaki Ogino. Vesiculopolins, a New Class of Anti-Vesiculoviral Compounds, Inhibit Transcription Initiation of Vesiculoviruses, 2019, Viruses, 2019 Sep, 11(9), PubMed
・Kazuma Okada, Ryo Morita, Kazutaka Egawa, Yuki Hirai, Atsushi Kaida, Michinori Shirano, Hideyuki Kubo, Tetsushi Goto, and Seiji P. Yamamoto. Dengue Virus Type 1 Infection in Traveler Returning to Japan from Tanzania, 2019, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 Sep, 25(9), 1782-1784, PubMed
◯2018
・Paulina D.Anindita, Michihito Sasaki, Kazuma Okada, Naoto Ito, Makoto Sugiyama, Noriko Saito-Tarashima, Noriaki Minakawa, Satoshi Shuto, Satoko, Otsuguro, Satoshi Ichikawa, Akira Matsuda, Katsumi Maenaka, Yasuko Orba, Hirofumi Sawa. Ribavirin-related compounds exert in vitro inhibitory effects toward rabies virus, Antiviral Research, 2018 June, 154, 1-9, PubMed
◯2017
・Keisuke Nakagawa, Kento Nakagawa, Tsutomu Omatsu, Yukie Katayama, Mami Oba, Hiromichi Mitake, Kazuma Okada, Satoko Yamaoka, Yasuhiro Takashima, Tatsunori Masatani, Kota Okadera, Naoto Ito, Tetsuya Mizutani, Makoto Sugiyama. Generation of a novel live rabies vaccine strain with a high level of safety by introducing attenuating mutations in the nucleoprotein and glycoprotein, Vaccine, 2017 Oct, 35(42), 5622-5628, PubMed
・Kento Nakagawa, Yuki Kobayashi, Naoto Ito, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Kazuma Okada, Machiko Makino, Hideo Goto, Tatsuki Takahashi, Makoto Sugiyama. Molecular function analysis of Rabies virus RNA polymerase L protein by using an L gene-deficient virus, Journal of Virology, 2017 Sep, 91(20), e00826-17, PubMed
・Satoko Yamaoka*, Kazuma Okada*, Naoto Ito, Kota Okadera, Hiromichi Mitake, Makoto Sugiyama. Defect of rabies virus phosphoprotein in its interferon-antagonist activity negatively affects viral replication in muscle cells, Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, 2017 Aug, 79(8), 1394-1397, PubMed, *:Contributed equally to this study
◯2016
・Kazuma Okada, Naoto Ito, Satoko Yamaoka, Tatsunori Masatani, Hideki Ebihara, Hideo Goto, Kento Nakagawa, Hiromichi Mitake, Kota Okadera, Makoto Sugiyama. Roles of the Rabies virus phosphoprotein isoforms in pathogenesis, Journal of Virology, 2016 Aug, 90(18), 8226-8237, PubMed
・Hiromichi Mitake, Yuji Fujii, Makoto Nagai, Naoto Ito, Kota Okadera, Kazuma Okada, Kento Nakagawa, Mai Kishimoto, Tetsuya Mizutani, Katsunori Okazaki, Yoshihiro Sakoda, Ayato Takada, Makoto Sugiyama. Isolation of a sp.nov.Ljungan virus from wild birds in Japan, Journal of General Virology, 2016 Aug, 97(8), 1818-1822
・Kota Okadera, Masako Abe, Naoto Ito, Hiromichi Mitake, Kazuma Okada, Kento Nakagawa, Yumi Une, Hiroshi Tsunemitsu, Makoto Sugiyama. Isolation and characterization of a novel type of rotavirus species A in sugar gliders (Petaurus breviceps), 2016 May, 97(5), 1158-1167
・Yuji Fujii, Hiromichi Mitake, Daigo Yamada, Makoto Nagai, Kota Okadera, Naoto Ito, Kazuma Okada, Kento Nakagawa, Tetsuya Mizutani, Makoto Sugiyama. Genome sequences of rotavirus A strains Ty-1 and Ty-3, isolated from turkeys in Ireland in 1979, 2016 Jan, 4(1)
◯2015
・Hiromichi Mitake, Naoto Ito, Kota Okadera, Kazuma Okada, Kento Nakagawa, Tomomi Tanaka, Kiyohito Katsuragi, Kasumi Kasahara, Toshihide Nihongi, Shoji Sakurai, Hiroshi Tsunemitsu,Makoto Sugiyama. Persistence of the rotavirus A genome in mesenteric lymph nodes of cattle raised on farms, 2015 Sep, 96(6), 2708-2713
・Hiromichi Mitake, Naoto Ito, Kota Okadera, Kazuma Okada, Kento Nakagawa, Tomomi Tanaka, Kiyohito Katsuragi, Kasumi Kasahara, Toshihide Nihongi, Hiroshi Tsunemitsu, Makoto Sugiyama. Detection of avian-like rotavirus A VP4 from a calf in Japan, 2015 Feb, 77(2), 221-224
◯2014
・Linda Wiltzer, Kazuma Okada, Satoko Yamaoka, Florence Larrous, Henna Veera Kuusisto, Makoto Sugiyama, Danielle Blondel, Hervé Bourhy, David Andrew Jans, Naoto Ito, Gregory William Moseley. Interaction of Rabies virus P-protein with STAT proteins is critical to lethal rabies disease, 2014 Jun, 209(11), 1744-1753
◯2013
・Satoko Yamaoka, Naoto Ito, Seii Ohka, Shohei Kaneda, Hiroko Nakamura, Takahiro Agari, Tatsunori Masatani, Keisuke Nakagawa, Kazuma Okada, Kota Okadera, Hiromichi Mitake, Teruo Fujii, Makoto Sugiyama. Involvement of the rabies virus phosphoprotein gene in neuroinvasiveness, 2013 Nov, 87(22), 12327-12338