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Masaaki Toyama

National Institute of Infectious DiseasesORCID 0000-0002-3744-7143Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Doaa A Abo ElwafaiD· 1 shared Hussein Hassan AlyiD· 1 shared Ikuo ShojiiD· 1 shared Kazuaki ChayamaiD· 1 shared Masanori IsogawaiD· 1 shared Mitsunori IkeguchiiD· 1 shared Sameh A. GadiD· 1 shared Takaji WakitaiD· 1 shared

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Identification of molecular determinants governing KIF4 cargo recognition of NTCP and their role in HBV/HDV infection

Sameh A. Gad, Doaa A Abo Elwafa, Masaaki Toyama, Mitsunori Ikeguchi, Ikuo Shoji, Kazuaki Chayama, Masanori Isogawa, Takaji Wakita, Hussein Hassan Aly

The paper identifies a leucine-rich motif in NTCP essential for KIF4-mediated trafficking and HBV/HDV infection, revealing a conserved cargo recognition mechanism shared with integrin β1.

bioRxiv · Feb 26, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology