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Employment (8)

The University of Tokyo: Tokyo, Minato-ku, JP

2022-04-01 to present | Professor (Division of Systems Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science)
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Kei Sato

The University of Tokyo: Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP

2018-04 to 2022-03 | Associate Professor (Principal Investigator) (Division of Systems Virology, International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, The Institute of Medical Science)
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Kei Sato

Kyoto University: Kyoto, Kyoto, JP

2016-10 to 2018-03 | Lecturer/Associate Professor (Laboratory of Systems Virology, Department of Biosystems Science, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences)
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Kei Sato

Kyoto University: Kyoto, Kyoto, JP

2016-03 to 2016-09 | Lecturer/Associate Professor (Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis, Institute for Virus Research)
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Kei Sato

Kyoto University: Kyoto, Kyoto, JP

2012-08 to 2016-02 | Assistant Professor (Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis, Institute for Virus Research)
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Kei Sato

University of Glasgow: Glasgow, Scotland, GB

2015-07 to 2015-10 | Visiting Scientist (Centre for Virus Research)
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Kei Sato

Kyoto University: Kyoto, Kyoto, JP

2010-07 to 2012-07 | Assistant Professor (Center for Emerging Virus Research, Institute for Virus Research)
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Kei Sato

Kyoto University: Kyoto, Kyoto, JP

2010-04 to 2010-06 | Postdoctoral Fellow (JSPS PD) (Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis, Institute for Virus Research)
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Kei Sato

Education and qualifications (3)

Kyoto University: Kyoto, Kyoto, JP

2010-03 | Ph.D (Medicine. One-year early graduation) (Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis)
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Kei Sato

Kyoto University: Kyoto, Kyoto, JP

2007-03 | Master (Biostudies) (Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis, Institute for Virus Research)
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Kei Sato

Tohoku University: Sendai, Miyagi, JP

2005-03 | Bachelor (Agriculture) (Laboratory of Molecular Biology)
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Kei Sato

Works (40)

Genetic diversity of pangolin coronaviruses reveals a key immuno-evasive substitution at spike residue 519

2025-04-02 | Preprint
Contributors: Maximilian Stanley Yo; Yu Kaku; Yusuke Kosugi; Jarel Elgin Tolentino; yunlong Richard Cao; Kei Sato
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Pathogen genomic surveillance and the AI revolution

Journal of Virology
2025-02-25 | Journal article
Contributors: Spyros Lytras; Kieran D. Lamb; Jumpei Ito; Joe Grove; Ke Yuan; Kei Sato; Joseph Hughes; David L. Robertson; Suchetana Mukhopadhyay
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Inferring context-specific site variation with evotuned protein language models

2025-02-20 | Preprint
Contributors: Spyros Lytras; Adam Strange; Jumpei Ito; Kei Sato
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Sustainable and portable CRISPR-based diagnostics for high-sensitivity Mpox detection

2024-11-23 | Preprint
Contributors: Rika Hirano; Kazuto Yoshimi; Koji Asano; Kohei Takeshita; Ken J. Ishii; Kei Sato; Tomoji Mashimo
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Molecular and structural insights into SARS-CoV-2 evolution: from BA.2 to XBB subvariants

mBio
2024-10-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Hisano Yajima; Tomo Nomai; Kaho Okumura; Katsumi Maenaka; Jumpei Ito; Takao Hashiguchi; Kei Sato; Vinayaka R. Prasad; Keita Matsuno; Naganori Nao et al.
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Vulnerability to APOBEC3G linked to the pathogenicity of deltaretroviruses

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2024-03-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Takafumi Shichijo; Jun-ichirou Yasunaga; Kei Sato; Kisato Nosaka; Kosuke Toyoda; Miho Watanabe; Wenyi Zhang; Yoshio Koyanagi; Edward L. Murphy; Roberta L. Bruhn et al.
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A Protein Language Model for Exploring Viral Fitness Landscapes

2024-03-18 | Preprint
Contributors: Jumpei Ito; Adam Strange; Wei Liu; Gustav Joas; Spyros Lytras; Kei Sato
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SARS-CoV-2 ORF7a Mutation Found in BF.5 and BF.7 Sublineages Impacts Its Functions

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2024-02-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Uddhav Timilsina; Emily B. Ivey; Sean Duffy; Arnon Plianchaisuk; Jumpei Ito; Kei Sato; Spyridon Stavrou
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Determination of the factors responsible for the tropism of SARS-CoV-2-related bat coronaviruses to Rhinolophus bat ACE2

Journal of Virology
2023-10-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Shigeru Fujita; Yusuke Kosugi; Izumi Kimura; Kenzo Tokunaga; Jumpei Ito; Kei Sato; Tom Gallagher; Keita Matsuno; Naganori Nao; Hirofumi Sawa et al.
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SARS-CoV-2 ORF7a mutation found in BF.5 and BF.7 sublineages impacts its functions

2023-09-07 | Preprint
Contributors: Uddhav Timilsina; Sean R. Duffy; Arnon Plianchaisuk; Jumpei Ito; Kei Sato; Spyridon Stavrou
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Impact of imprinted immunity induced by mRNA vaccination in an experimental animal model

2023-06-23 | Other
Contributors: Kei Sato; Hirofumi Sawa; Jumpei Ito; Koshiro Tabata
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Single-cell transcriptome analysis illuminating the characteristics of species-specific innate immune responses against viral infections

GigaScience
2022-12-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Hirofumi Aso; Jumpei Ito; Haruka Ozaki; Yukie Kashima; Yutaka Suzuki; Yoshio Koyanagi; Kei Sato
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Structural Insight into the Resistance of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 Variants to Cilgavimab

Viruses
2022-11-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Shigeru Fujita; Yusuke Kosugi; Izumi Kimura; Daichi Yamasoba; Kei Sato
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Neutralization sensitivity of Omicron BA.2.75 to therapeutic monoclonal antibodies

2022-07-15 | Preprint
Contributors: Daichi Yamasoba; Izumi Kimura; Yusuke Kosugi; Keiya Uriu; Shigeru Fujita; Jumpei Ito; Kei Sato
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A hominoid-specific endogenous retrovirus may have rewired the gene regulatory network shared between primordial germ cells and naïve pluripotent cells

PLOS Genetics
2022-05-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Jumpei Ito; Cédric Feschotte; Yasunari Seita; Shohei Kojima; Nicholas F. Parrish; Kotaro Sasaki; Kei Sato
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Characterization of the immune resistance of SARS-CoV-2 Mu variant and the robust immunity induced by Mu infection

The Journal of Infectious Diseases
2022-02-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Keiya Uriu; Paúl Cárdenas; Erika Muñoz; Veronica Barragan; Yusuke Kosugi; Kotaro Shirakawa; Akifumi Takaori-Kondo; Kei Sato
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Neutralization of the SARS-CoV-2 Mu Variant by Convalescent and Vaccine Serum

New England Journal of Medicine
2021-12-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Keiya Uriu; Izumi Kimura; Kotaro Shirakawa; Akifumi Takaori-Kondo; Taka-aki Nakada; Atsushi Kaneda; So Nakagawa; Kei Sato
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Characterization of the immune resistance of SARS-CoV-2 Mu variant and the immunity induced by Mu infection

2021-11-24 | Other
Contributors: Keiya Uriu; Paúl Cárdenas; Erika Muñoz; Veronica Barragan; Yusuke Kosugi; Kotaro Shirakawa; Akifumi Takaori-Kondo; Kei Sato
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Evolutionary plasticity of SH3 domain binding by Nef proteins of the HIV-1/SIVcpz lentiviral lineage

PLOS Pathogens
2021-11-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhe Zhao; Raul Andino; Riku Fagerlund; Helena Tossavainen; Kristina Hopfensperger; Rishikesh Lotke; Smitha Srinivasachar Badarinarayan; Frank Kirchhoff; Perttu Permi; Kei Sato et al.
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An additional NF-κB site allows HIV-1 subtype C to evade restriction by nuclear PYHIN proteins

Cell Reports
2021-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Matteo Bosso; Christina M. Stürzel; Dorota Kmiec; Smitha Srinivasachar Badarinarayan; Elisabeth Braun; Jumpei Ito; Kei Sato; Beatrice H. Hahn; Konstantin M.J. Sparrer; Daniel Sauter et al.
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Ineffective neutralization of the SARS-CoV-2 Mu variant by convalescent and vaccine sera

2021-09-07 | Other
Contributors: Keiya Uriu; Izumi Kimura; Kotaro Shirakawa; Akifumi Takaori-Kondo; Taka-aki Nakada; Atsushi Kaneda; So Nakagawa; Kei Sato
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Conflicting and ambiguous names of overlapping ORFs in the SARS-CoV-2 genome: A homology-based resolution

Virology
2021-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Irwin Jungreis; Chase W. Nelson; Zachary Ardern; Yaara Finkel; Nevan J. Krogan; Kei Sato; John Ziebuhr; Noam Stern-Ginossar; Angelo Pavesi; Andrew E. Firth et al.
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Elucidation of the Complicated Scenario of Primate APOBEC3 Gene Evolution

Journal of Virology
2021-05-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Keiya Uriu; Yusuke Kosugi; Narumi Suzuki; Jumpei Ito; Kei Sato; Frank Kirchhoff
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Sarbecovirus ORF6 proteins hamper induction of interferon signaling

Cell Reports
2021-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Izumi Kimura; Yoriyuki Konno; Keiya Uriu; Kristina Hopfensperger; Daniel Sauter; So Nakagawa; Kei Sato
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Endogenous retrovirus rewired the gene regulatory network shared between primordial germ cells and naïve pluripotent cells in hominoids

2021-03-10 | Other
Contributors: Jumpei Ito; Yasunari Seita; Shohei Kojima; Nicholas F. Parrish; Kotaro Sasaki; Kei Sato
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HIV‐1 tracing method of systemic viremia in vivo using an artificially mutated virus pool

Microbiology and Immunology
2021-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Andrew Soper; Yoshio Koyanagi; Kei Sato
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The Battle between Retroviruses and APOBEC3 Genes: Its Past and Present

Viruses
2021-01-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Keiya Uriu; Yusuke Kosugi; Jumpei Ito; Kei Sato
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A tissue level atlas of the healthy human virome

BMC Biology
2020-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Ryuichi Kumata; Jumpei Ito; Kenta Takahashi; Tadaki Suzuki; Kei Sato
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Reconstitution of prospermatogonial specification in vitro from human induced pluripotent stem cells

Nature Communications
2020-11-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Young Sun Hwang; Shinnosuke Suzuki; Yasunari Seita; Jumpei Ito; Yuka Sakata; Hirofumi Aso; Kei Sato; Brian P. Hermann; Kotaro Sasaki
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Endogenous retroviruses drive KRAB zinc-finger protein family expression for tumor suppression

Science Advances
2020-10-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Jumpei Ito; Izumi Kimura; Andrew Soper; Alexandre Coudray; Yoshio Koyanagi; Hirofumi Nakaoka; Ituro Inoue; Priscilla Turelli; Didier Trono; Kei Sato
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SARS-CoV-2 ORF3b Is a Potent Interferon Antagonist Whose Activity Is Increased by a Naturally Occurring Elongation Variant

Cell Reports
2020-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Yoriyuki Konno; Izumi Kimura; Keiya Uriu; Masaya Fukushi; Takashi Irie; Yoshio Koyanagi; Daniel Sauter; Robert J. Gifford; So Nakagawa; Kei Sato
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Inherited chromosomally integrated HHV-6 possibly modulates human gene expression

Virus Genes
2020-06-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Ryuichi Kumata; Jumpei Ito; Kei Sato
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Direct evidence of abortive lytic infection-mediated establishment of Epstein-Barr virus latency during B-cell infection

2020-03-25 | Preprint
Contributors: Tomoki Inagaki; Yoshitaka Sato; Jumpei Ito; Mitsuaki Takaki; Yusuke Okuno; Masahiro Yaguchi; H. M. Abdullah Al Masud; Takahiro Watanabe; Kei Sato; Shingo Iwami et al.
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Endogenous retroviruses drive KRAB zinc-finger family protein expression for tumor suppression

2020-02-03 | Preprint
Contributors: Jumpei Ito; Izumi Kimura; Andrew Soper; Alexandre Coudray; Yoshio Koyanagi; Hirofumi Nakaoka; Ituro Inoue; Priscilla Turelli; Didier Trono; Kei Sato
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Retroviruses drive the rapid evolution of mammalian APOBEC3 genes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2020-01-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Jumpei Ito; Robert J. Gifford; Kei Sato
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Rapid evolution of antiviral APOBEC3 genes driven by the conflicts with ancient retroviruses

2019-07-18 | Other
Contributors: Jumpei Ito; Robert J. Gifford; Kei Sato
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Experimental Adaptive Evolution of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus SIVcpz to Pandemic Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 by Using a Humanized Mouse Model

Journal of Virology
2018-02-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Kei Sato; Naoko Misawa; Junko S. Takeuchi; Tomoko Kobayashi; Taisuke Izumi; Hirofumi Aso; Shumpei Nagaoka; Keisuke Yamamoto; Izumi Kimura; Yoriyuki Konno et al.
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A conflict of interest: the evolutionary arms race between mammalian APOBEC3 and lentiviral Vif

Retrovirology
2017-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Yusuke Nakano; Hirofumi Aso; Andrew Soper; Eri Yamada; Miyu Moriwaki; Guillermo Juarez-Fernandez; Yoshio Koyanagi; Kei Sato
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Broad-spectrum antiviral agents: secreted phospholipase A2 targets viral envelope lipid bilayers derived from the endoplasmic reticulum membrane

Scientific Reports
2017-11-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Ming Chen; Chie Aoki-Utsubo; Masanori Kameoka; Lin Deng; Yutaka Terada; Wataru Kamitani; Kei Sato; Yoshio Koyanagi; Makoto Hijikata; Keiko Shindo et al.
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Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Evolutionarily Acquires Two Proteins, Vif and Protease, Capable of Antagonizing Feline APOBEC3

Journal of Virology
2017-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Rokusuke Yoshikawa; Junko S. Takeuchi; Eri Yamada; Yusuke Nakano; Naoko Misawa; Yuichi Kimura; Fengrong Ren; Takayuki Miyazawa; Yoshio Koyanagi; Kei Sato et al.
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Peer review (24 reviews for 8 publications/grants)

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