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Kenichi Okuda

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Verified email at med.unc.edu
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The P450 superfamily: update on new sequences, gene mapping, accession numbers, early trivial names of enzymes, and nomenclature

…, MJ Coon, IC Gunsalus, O Gotoh, K Okuda… - DNA and cell …, 1993 - liebertpub.com
We provide here a list of 221 P450 genes and 12 putative pseudogenes that have been
characterized as of December 14, 1992. These genes have been described in 31 eukaryotes (…

[PDF][PDF] Hepatocellular carcinoma: recent progress

K Okuda - Hepatology, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
Okuda H, Takayasu K. Budd-Chiari syndrome and hepatocel… Okuda K. What is the
precancerous lesion for hepatocellular … T, Suenaga M, Okuda K. Emergence of malignant lesions …

[HTML][HTML] Developments in viral vector-based vaccines

T Ura, K Okuda, M Shimada - Vaccines, 2014 - mdpi.com
Viral vectors are promising tools for gene therapy and vaccines. Viral vector-based vaccines
can enhance immunogenicity without an adjuvant and induce a robust cytotoxic T …

[PDF][PDF] SARS-CoV-2 reverse genetics reveals a variable infection gradient in the respiratory tract

YJ Hou, K Okuda, CE Edwards, DR Martinez… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
The mode of acquisition and causes for the variable clinical spectrum of coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) remain unknown. We utilized a reverse genetics system to generate a …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 infection of the oral cavity and saliva

N Huang, P Pérez, T Kato, Y Mikami, K Okuda… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
… Using 3D confocal microscopy, we demonstrated the virus inside of these cells, (k) most
of which were ACE2 + (two independent replications). l, These epithelial cells were found to …

Natural history of hepatocellular carcinoma and prognosis in relation to treatment study of 850 patients

K Okuda, T Ohtsuki, H Obata, M Tomimatsu… - Cancer, 1985 - Wiley Online Library
A total of 850 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma seen during the last 8 years were
analyzed retrospectively for survival in relation to treatment and disease stage. A new staging …

SARS-CoV-2 D614G variant exhibits efficient replication ex vivo and transmission in vivo

…, R Graham, CE Edwards, LV Tse, K Okuda… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The spike aspartic acid–614 to glycine (D614G) substitution is prevalent in global severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) strains, but its effects on viral …

[PDF][PDF] A mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 induces acute lung injury and mortality in standard laboratory mice

SR Leist, KH Dinnon, A Schäfer, VT Longping, K Okuda… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
… (J and K) Blinded histopathological evaluation of lung damage using DAD scoring (J) and
ATS ALI scoring (K) systems on days 2, 4, and 7 after mock or SARSCoV-2 MA10 infection. …

The Atg5–Atg12 conjugate associates with innate antiviral immune responses

…, T Kawai, S Akira, K Suzuki, K Okuda - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Autophagy is an essential process for physiological homeostasis, but its role in viral infection
is only beginning to be elucidated. We show here that the Atg5–Atg12 conjugate, a key …

[PDF][PDF] The long‐term pathological evolution of chronic hepatitis C

…, E Hashimoto, JH Lefkowitch, J Ludwig, K Okuda - …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Most patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) develop chronic hepatitis. Unfortunately,
the pathological evolution of this disease over time is not completely understood. We studied …