Kenzo Tokunaga

National Institute of Infectious Diseases — Japan

Immunology and Microbiology · Life Sciences

39h-index9.1kcitations127works4.82yr avg
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Research Topics

HIV Research and Treatment(77), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment(33), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research(21), Virus-based gene therapy research(16), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research(16)

Publications125 total

Prolonged effects of adenoviral vector priming on T-cell cytokine production in heterologous adenoviral vector/mRNA COVID-19 vaccination regimens
Scientific Reports·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Inhibition of placental trophoblast fusion by guanylate-binding protein 5
Science Advances·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
HIV-1 and BLV are insensitive to SERINC5 restriction under the cell-cell infection
Microbiology Spectrum·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Further Characterization of the Antiviral Transmembrane Protein MARCH8
Cells·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Virological characteristics correlating with SARS-CoV-2 spike protein fusogenicity
Frontiers in Virology·2024· 15 citedOpen Access
Membrane-Associated Ubiquitin Ligase RING Finger Protein 152 Orchestrates Melanogenesis via Tyrosinase Ubiquitination
Membranes·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Membrane-Associated Ubiquitin Ligase RNF152 Orchestrates Melanogenesis via Tyrosinase Ubiquitination
Preprints.org·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Infectious virus shedding duration reflects secretory IgA antibody response latency after SARS-CoV-2 infection
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2023· 44 citedOpen Access
Membrane-Associated Ubiquitin Ligase RNF152 Orchestrates Melanogenesis via Tyrosinase Ubiquitination
Preprints.org·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Membrane-Associated Ubiquitin Ligase RNF152 Orchestrates Melanogenesis via Tyrosinase Ubiquitination
Preprints.org·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Virological characteristics correlating with SARS-CoV-2 spike protein fusogenicity
2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Determination of the factors responsible for the tropism of SARS-CoV-2-related bat coronaviruses to <i>Rhinolophus</i> bat ACE2
Journal of Virology·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
Repetitive mRNA vaccination is required to improve the quality of broad-spectrum anti–SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the absence of CXCL13
Science Advances·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Methods for HIV/SIV Gene Analysis
2023· 2 cited
Determination of the factors responsible for host tropism of SARS-CoV-2-related bat coronaviruses
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Data from HIV-1 Vpr Induces DNA Double-Strand Breaks
2023Open Access
Supplementary Method from HIV-1 Vpr Induces DNA Double-Strand Breaks
2023Open Access
Supplementary Method from HIV-1 Vpr Induces DNA Double-Strand Breaks
2023Open Access
Data from HIV-1 Vpr Induces DNA Double-Strand Breaks
2023Open Access
Construction and evaluation of a self-replicative RNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 using yellow fever virus replicon
PLoS ONE·2022· 8 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Seiya Ozono(14), Tetsutaro Sata(14), Hideaki Fujita(9), Yukihito Ishizaka(8), Satoshi Kishigami(8), Yanzhao Zhang(7), Minoru Tobiume(7), Izumi Kimura(6), Yusuke Kosugi(6), Kotaro Shirakawa(6), Akifumi Takaori‐Kondo(6), Akatsuki Saito(6), Kei Sato(6), Yukie Iwabu(6), Masanobu Kinomoto(6), Keiya Uriu(5), So Nakagawa(5), Jiaqi Wu(5), Yasuhiro Kazuma(5), Ryosuke Nomura(5)