
Takeshi Saito
Associate Professor of Medicine · University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center
Credentials: · · · · ·
History

- 2002–2005
Showa University Hospital
- 1999–2002
Showa University Hospital
- 1998–1999
Showa University Hospital
- 1994–1998
Doctor of Medicine
Research
Innate immunity induced by composition-dependent RIG-I recognition of hepatitis C virus RNA
Nature · 2008 · First of 5 authors · 600 citations
Regulation of innate antiviral defenses through a shared repressor domain in RIG-I and LGP2
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2007 · First of 9 authors · 591 citations
Viral and therapeutic control of IFN-beta promoter stimulator 1 during hepatitis C virus infection
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2006 · 336 citations

7 papers
- GK
4 papers

4 papers

3 papers

3 papers
- SE
3 papers
- AC
2 papers · 2 as a fellow

2 papers · 2 as a fellow
Grants
- 2023–2028
Role of Peritoneal Macrophage in Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $1.9M · University of Southern California
- 2024–2027
Hepatocyte Metabolic Stress Response to Alcoholic Fatty Liver
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism · R21
Contact PI · $435.6K · University of Southern California
- 2025–2027
Host Response to Hepatitis Delta Virus Infection
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R21
Contact PI · $456.5K · University of Southern California
- 2018–2022
Impact of Occult Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Progression of Liver Diseases
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R21
Contact PI · $453.8K · University of Southern California



