Terumasa Ikeda

This study shows that HIV-1 Vif's essential role in infectivity under interferon and differentiation conditions is fully explained by its antagonism of APOBEC3 proteins, not other targets.

This study identifies the non-spike R204P mutation in the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XEC variant as a driver of increased inflammation and pathogenicity through NF-κB activation.

The paper shows lenacapavir binding to immature Gag leads to non-infectious giant HIV-1 virions with altered structure and function.

This paper introduces CoVFit, a protein language model that predicts SARS-CoV-2 variant fitness using spike protein sequences, identifying fitness-enhancing mutations and predicting emerging variants.

This study analyzes the virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 XEC variant, showing it has higher infectivity and immune evasion compared to KP.3.1.1, contributing to its higher reproductive number and potential dominance.

This paper identifies a heterocyclic compound, HT-7, that inhibits HIV-1 release by increasing cell surface BST2 expression with minimal cellular toxicity.

This study shows that gorilla APOBEC3G restricts SIVcpz transmission and that a single amino acid change in Vif allows viral evasion, influencing lentiviral evolution in great apes.