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Maria Tokuyama
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Research
Latest papers
Transactivation of Human Endogenous Retroviruses by Viruses.
Viruses · 2024 · senior author
No evidence of fetal defects or anti-syncytin-1 antibody induction following COVID-19 mRNA vaccination.
PLoS biology · 2022
Endogenous Retroviruses Provide Protection Against Vaginal HSV-2 Disease.
Frontiers in immunology · 2021 · senior author
Latest funding
- $20,000
Autoimmune Biomedical Collaborative (ABC) Annual Workshop
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $120,000
Identifying the Molecular Mechanism of ERV-Mediated Protection Against Vaginal HSV-2 Disease
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
- $99,715
Designing a novel vaccine against herpes simplex virus 2
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
3 publications.
Transactivation of Human Endogenous Retroviruses by Viruses.
Evans EF, Saraph A, Tokuyama M
No evidence of fetal defects or anti-syncytin-1 antibody induction following COVID-19 mRNA vaccination.
Lu-Culligan A, Tabachnikova A, Pérez-Then E, Tokuyama M, Lee HJ, Lucas C, Silva Monteiro V, Miric M, Brache V, Cochon L, Muenker MC, Mohanty S, Huang J, Kang I, Dela Cruz C, Farhadian S, Campbell M, Yildirim I, Shaw AC, Ma S, Vermund SH, Ko AI, Omer SB, Iwasaki A
Endogenous Retroviruses Provide Protection Against Vaginal HSV-2 Disease.
Jayewickreme R, Mao T, Philbrick W, Kong Y, Treger RS, Lu P, Rakib T, Dong H, Dang-Lawson M, Guild WA, Lau TJ, Iwasaki A, Tokuyama M
Autoimmune Biomedical Collaborative (ABC) Annual Workshop
Principal investigators: Horwitz, Marc S
Keywords: Autoimmune Diseases; Basic-Clinical Research Partnerships; Common Mechanisms; Interdisciplinary Approaches; Knowledge Dissemination; Patient Advocacy; Resource Sharing; Therapeutics
Identifying the Molecular Mechanism of ERV-Mediated Protection Against Vaginal HSV-2 Disease
Principal investigators: Guild, William Austin J
Keywords: Cloning; Co-Immunoprecipitation Assay; Immunofluorescence Microscopy; Mass Spectrometry; Rna Sequencing; Viral Pathogenesis; Virus-Host Interactions; Western Blot Analysis
Designing a novel vaccine against herpes simplex virus 2
Principal investigators: Tokuyama, Maria
Keywords: Antiviral Immunity; Endogenous Retroviruses; Epithelial Repair; Female Genital Tract; Mucosal Barrier Integrity; Sexually Transmitted Infections; Vaginal Epithelium
Mechanisms of endogenous retrovirus-mediated antiviral immunity against genital herpes simplex virus 2 infection and disease.
Principal investigators: Tokuyama, Maria
Keywords: Antiviral Immunity; Endogenous Retroviruses; Genital Infection; Mucosal Infection; Vaginal Epithelium; Virus-Immune Interactions
Prize 202203PJT - Mechanisms of endogenous retrovirus-mediated antiviral immunity against genital herpes simplex virus 2 infection and disease.
Principal investigators: Tokuyama, Maria
Keywords: Antiviral Immunity; Endogenous Retroviruses; Genital Infection; Mucosal Infection; Vaginal Epithelium; Virus-Immune Interactions
Specialized functions of endogenous retroviruses in innate immune cells
Principal investigators: Tokuyama, Maria
Specialized functions of endogenous retroviruses in innate immune cells
Principal investigators: Tokuyama, Maria
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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