A non-spike nucleocapsid R204P mutation in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XEC enhances inflammation and pathogenicity

S Shuhei Tsujino M Masumi Tsuda S Sayaka Deguchi J Jumpei Ito T Taha Y. Taha H Hesham Nasser L Lei Wang J Julia Rosecrans R Rigel Suzuki S Saori Suzuki K Kumiko Yoshimatsu M Melanie Ott T Terumasa Ikeda K Kei Sato K Kazuo Takayama S Shinya Tanaka T Tomokazu Tamura T Takasuke Fukuhara H Hirofumi Sawa K Keita Matsuno Y Yuma Ohari K Keita Mizuma J Jingshu Li Y Yume Mimura N Naganori Nao Y Yoshitaka Oda K Kenji Shishido H Hayato Ito N Naoko Misawa K Keiya Uriu S Shusuke Kawakubo S Spyros Lytras A Arnon Plianchaisuk Z ZiYi Guo A Alfredo Hinay W Wilaiporn Saikruang K Kaoru Usui L Luca Nishimura Y Yusuke Kosugi S Shigeru Fujita J Jarel M. Tolentino L Luo Chen L Lin Pan (Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies) M Mai Suganami M Mika Chiba K Kyoko Yasuda K Kazuhisa Yoshimura K Kenji Sadamasu M Mami Nagashima H Hiroyuki Asakura I Isao Yoshida S So Nakagawa A Akifumi Takaori-Kondo K Kotaro Shirakawa R Rina Hashimoto Y Yukio Watanabe Y Yoshitaka Nakata H Hiroki Futatsusako A Ayaka Sakamoto N Naoko Yasuhara T Takao Hashiguchi T Tateki Suzuki K Kanako Kimura Y Yukari Nakajima H Hisano Yajima T Takashi Irie R Ryoko Kawabata B Begum MST Monira R Ryo Shimizu M Michael Jonathan T Takamasa Ueno C Chihiro Motozono M Mako Toyoda A Akatsuki Saito A Anon Kosaka M Miki Kawano

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Volume / Issue Vol. 17, Issue 1
Published December 14, 2025
ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher Nature Portfolio

Journal Info

Nature Communications

Nature Portfolio

ISSN: 2041-1723 Open Access Life Sciences

Authors (76)

S

Shuhei Tsujino

M

Masumi Tsuda

S

Sayaka Deguchi

J

Jumpei Ito

T

Taha Y. Taha

H

Hesham Nasser

L

Lei Wang

J

Julia Rosecrans

R

Rigel Suzuki

S

Saori Suzuki

K

Kumiko Yoshimatsu

M

Melanie Ott

T

Terumasa Ikeda

K

Kei Sato

K

Kazuo Takayama

S

Shinya Tanaka

T

Tomokazu Tamura

T

Takasuke Fukuhara

H

Hirofumi Sawa

K

Keita Matsuno

Y

Yuma Ohari

K

Keita Mizuma

J

Jingshu Li

Y

Yume Mimura

N

Naganori Nao

Y

Yoshitaka Oda

K

Kenji Shishido

H

Hayato Ito

N

Naoko Misawa

K

Keiya Uriu

S

Shusuke Kawakubo

S

Spyros Lytras

A

Arnon Plianchaisuk

Z

ZiYi Guo

A

Alfredo Hinay

W

Wilaiporn Saikruang

K

Kaoru Usui

L

Luca Nishimura

Y

Yusuke Kosugi

S

Shigeru Fujita

J

Jarel M. Tolentino

L

Luo Chen

L

Lin Pan

Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies

M

Mai Suganami

M

Mika Chiba

K

Kyoko Yasuda

K

Kazuhisa Yoshimura

K

Kenji Sadamasu

M

Mami Nagashima

H

Hiroyuki Asakura

I

Isao Yoshida

S

So Nakagawa

A

Akifumi Takaori-Kondo

K

Kotaro Shirakawa

R

Rina Hashimoto

Y

Yukio Watanabe

Y

Yoshitaka Nakata

H

Hiroki Futatsusako

A

Ayaka Sakamoto

N

Naoko Yasuhara

T

Takao Hashiguchi

T

Tateki Suzuki

K

Kanako Kimura

Y

Yukari Nakajima

H

Hisano Yajima

T

Takashi Irie

R

Ryoko Kawabata

B

Begum MST Monira

R

Ryo Shimizu

M

Michael Jonathan

T

Takamasa Ueno

C

Chihiro Motozono

M

Mako Toyoda

A

Akatsuki Saito

A

Anon Kosaka

M

Miki Kawano