Yusuke Sakai

Shared cancer resistance but divergent immune responses in two long-lived African mole-rat species: the naked mole-rat and the Damaraland mole-rat

Several exceptionally long-lived mammals show natural resistance to cancer. The longest-lived rodent, the naked mole-rat (NMR; Heterocephalus glaber ) is renowned for its remarkable resistance to carcinogenesis; however, it is unclear whether other long-lived African mole-rat spe...

Nelson Bay Orthoreovirus cell attachment protein σC determines strain-specific differences in infectivity and pathogenesis

Nelson Bay orthoreovirus (NBV) was initially discovered in a bat sample but has since been isolated from patients with acute respiratory tract diseases. Accumulating reports of NBV isolation from patients with respiratory tract viral infections suggest that NBV is able to transmi...