References:
- Nishiyama Y, Mitsuda Y, Taguchi H, Planque S, Salas M, Hanson CV, Paul S. Towards covalent vaccination: Improved polyclonal HIV neutralizing antibody response induced by an electrophilic gp120 V3 peptide analog. J Biol Chem. In press (Published online ahead of print; M706471200).
- Nishiyama Y, Karle S, Planque S, Taguchi H, Paul S. Antibodies to the superantigenic site of HIV-1 gp120: Hydrolytic and binding activities of the light chain subunit. Mol Immunol. 2007 Apr;44(10):2707-18.
- Nishiyama Y, Karle S, Mitsuda Y, Taguchi H, Planque S, Salas M, Hanson C, Paul S. Towards irreversible HIV inactivation: stable gp120 binding by nucleophilic antibodies. J Mol Recognit. 2006 Sep-Oct;19(5):423-31.
4. Nishiyama Y, Mitsuda Y, Taguchi H, Planque S, Hara M, Karle S, Hanson CV, Uda T, Paul S. Â Broadly distributed nucleophilic reactivity of proteins coordinated with specific ligand binding activity. J Mol Recognit. 2005 Jul-Aug;18(4):295-306.
- Taguchi H, Keck Z, Foung SK, Paul S, Nishiyama Y. Antibody light chain-catalyzed hydrolysis of a hepatitis C virus peptide. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2004 Sep 6;14(17):4529-32.
- Nishiyama Y, Bhatia G, Bangale Y, Planque S, Mitsuda Y, Taguchi H, Karle S, Paul S. Toward selective covalent inactivation of pathogenic antibodies: a phosphate diester analog of vasoactive intestinal peptide that inactivates catalytic autoantibodies. J Biol Chem. 2004 Feb 27;279(9):7877-83.
Yasuhiro Nishiyama, PhD
Associate Professor
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
(713) 500 - 7342
Yasuhiro.Nishiyama@uth.tmc.edu
Medicinal Chemistry; Biochemistry
Education
Kobe Gakuin University Graduate School of Food and Medicinal Sciences, Ph.D., 1995
Postgraduate Training
4/1994-3/1996: JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; Kobe Gakuin University, Medicinal Chemistry)
4/2000-3/2001: Naito Memorial Fellowship for Research Abroad (The Naito Foundation; University of Texas-Houston
Medical School, Chemical Immunology)

