Transmissibility of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection through blood transfusion from blood donors with occult HBV infection.

Yuen MF, Wong DK, Lee CK, Tanaka Y, Allain JP, Fung J, Leung J, Lin CK, Sugiyama M, Sugauchi F, Mizokami M, Lai CL.
Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Mar;52(5):624-32

Cross-species transmission of gibbon and orangutan hepatitis B virus to uPA/SCID mice with human hepatocytes.

Sa-Nguanmoo P, Tanaka Y, Ratanakorn P, Sugiyama M, Murakami S, Payungporn S, Sommanustweechai A, Mizokami M, Poovorawan Y.
Virus Res. 2011 Jun;158(1-2):209-15

HBx protein is indispensable for development of viraemia in human hepatocyte chimeric mice.

Tsuge M, Hiraga N, Akiyama R, Tanaka S, Matsushita M, Mitsui F, Abe H, Kitamura S, Hatakeyama T, Kimura T, Miki D, Mori N, Imamura M, Takahashi S, Hayes CN, Chayama K.

J Gen Virol. 2010 Jul;91(Pt 7):1854-64.

Absence of viral interference and different susceptibility to interferon between hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus in human hepatocyte chimeric mice.

Hiraga N, Imamura M, Hatakeyama T, Kitamura S, Mitsui F, Tanaka S, Tsuge M, Takahashi S, Abe H, Maekawa T, Ochi H, Tateno C, Yoshizato K, Wakita T, Chayama K.
J Hepatol. 2009 Dec;51(6):1046-54. Epub 2009 Sep 23.

A genetic variant of hepatitis B virus divergent from known human and ape genotypes isolated from a Japanese patient and provisionally assigned to new genotype J.

Tatematsu K, Tanaka Y, Kurbanov F, Sugauchi F, Mano S, Maeshiro T, Nakayoshi T, Wakuta M, Miyakawa Y, Mizokami M.

J Virol. 2009 Oct;83(20):10538-47.

Direct cytopathic effects of particular hepatitis B virus genotypes in severe combined immunodeficiency transgenic with urokinase-type plasminogen activator mouse with human hepatocytes.

Sugiyama M, Tanaka Y, Kurbanov F, Maruyama I, Shimada T, Takahashi S, Shirai T, Hino K, Sakaida I, Mizokami M.
Gastroenterology. 2009 Feb;136(2):652-62

Titration of hepatitis B virus infectivity in the sera of pre-acute and late acute phases of HBV infection: transmission experiments to chimeric mice with human liver repopulated hepatocytes.

Tabuchi A, Tanaka J, Katayama K, Mizui M, Matsukura H, Yugi H, Shimada T, Miyakawa Y, Yoshizawa H.
J Med Virol. 2008 Dec;80(12):2064-8.

Characteristics of hepatitis B virus genotype G coinfected with genotype H in chimeric mice carrying human hepatocytes.

Tanaka Y, Sanchez LV, Sugiyama M, Sakamoto T, Kurbanov F, Tatematsu K, Roman S, Takahashi S, Shirai T, Panduro A, Mizokami M.
Virology. 2008 Jul 5;376(2):408-15. Epub 2008 May 13.

Susceptibility of chimeric mice with livers repopulated by serially subcultured human hepatocytes to hepatitis B virus.

Utoh R, Tateno C, Yamasaki C, Hiraga N, Kataoka M, Shimada T, Chayama K, Yoshizato K.
Hepatology. 2008 Feb;47(2):435-46.

Early Dynamics of Hepatitis B Virus in Chimeric Mice Carrying Human Hepatocytes Monoinfected or Coinfected with Genotype G

Sugiyama M, Tanaka Y, Sakamoto T, Maruyama I, Shimada T, Takahashi S, Shirai T, Kato H, Nagao M, Miyakawa Y, Mizokami M.
Hepatology. 2007 Apr;45(4):929-37.

Influence of Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes on the Intra- and Extracellular Expression of Viral DNA and Antigens

Sugiyama M, Tanaka Y, Kato T, Orito E, Ito K, Acharya SK, Gish RG, Kramvis A, Shimada T, Izumi N, Kaito M, Miyakawa Y, Mizokami M.

Hepatology. 2006 Oct;44(4):915-24.

Emergence of a Novel Lamivudine-Resistant Hepatitis B Virus Variant with a Substitution Outside the YMDD Motif

Yatsuji H, Noguchi C, Hiraga N, Mori N, Tsuge M, Imamura M, Takahashi S, Iwao E, Fujimoto Y, Ochi H, Abe H, Maekawa T, Tateno C, Yoshizato K, Suzuki F, Kumada H, Chayama K.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Nov;50(11):3867-74. Epub 2006 Sep 18.

Infection of Human Hepatocyte Chimeric Mouse With Genetically Engineered Hepatitis B Virus

Tsuge M, Hiraga N, Takaishi H, Noguchi C, Oga H, Imamura M, Takahashi S, Iwao E, Fujimoto Y, Ochi H, Chayama K, Tateno C, Yoshizato K.

Hepatology. 2005 Nov;42(5):1046-54.