Dr Naphak Modhiran
Research Fellow
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
Affiliate Research Fellow
Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
+61 7 336 52485
Book Chapter
Watterson, Daniel, Modhiran, Naphak, Muller, David A., Stacey, Katryn J. and Young, Paul R. (2018). Plugging the leak in Dengue shock. Dengue and Zika: Control and Antiviral Treatment Strategies. (pp. 89-106) Singapore, Singapore: Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-8727-1_7
Journal Articles
Isaacs, Ariel, Li, Zheyi, Cheung, Stacey T. M., Wijesundara, Danushka K., McMillan, Christopher L. D., Modhiran, Naphak, Young, Paul R., Ranasinghe, Charani, Watterson, Daniel and Chappell, Keith J. (2021). Adjuvant selection for influenza and RSV prefusion subunit vaccines. Vaccines, 9 (2) 71, 1-14. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9020071
Modhiran, Naphak, Song, Hao, Liu, Lidong, Bletchly, Cheryl, Brillault, Lou, Amarilla, Alberto A., Xu, Xiaoying, Qi, Jianxun, Chai, Yan, Cheung, Stacey T. M., Traves, Renee, Setoh, Yin Xiang, Bibby, Summa, Scott, Connor A. P., Freney, Morgan E., Newton, Natalee D., Khromykh, Alexander A., Chappell, Keith J., Muller, David A., Stacey, Katryn J., Landsberg, Michael J., Shi, Yi, Gao, George F., Young, Paul R. and Watterson, Daniel (2021). A broadly protective antibody that targets the flavivirus NS1 protein. Science, 371 (6525), 190-194. doi: 10.1126/science.abb9425
Wijesundara, Danushka K., Avumegah, Michael S., Lackenby, Julia, Modhiran, Naphak, Isaacs, Ariel, Young, Paul R., Watterson, Daniel and Chappell, Keith J. (2020). Rapid response subunit vaccine design in the absence of structural information. Frontiers in Immunology, 11 592370, 592370. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.592370
Hobson-Peters, Jody, Harrison, Jessica J., Watterson, Daniel, Hazlewood, Jessamine E., Vet, Laura J., Newton, Natalee D., Warrilow, David, Colmant, Agathe M. G., Taylor, Carmel, Huang, Bixing, Piyasena, Thisun B. H., Chow, Weng Kong, Setoh, Yin Xiang, Tang, Bing, Nakayama, Eri, Yan, Kexin, Amarilla, Alberto A., Wheatley, Sarah, Moore, Peter R., Finger, Mitchell, Kurucz, Nina, Modhiran, Naphak, Young, Paul R., Khromykh, Alexander A., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Suhrbier, Andreas and Hall, Roy A. (2019). A recombinant platform for flavivirus vaccines and diagnostics using chimeras of a new insect-specific virus. Science Translational Medicine, 11 (522) eaax7888, eaax7888. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aax7888
Tan, Yuen P., Xue, Yongbo, Savchenko, Andrei I., Houston, Sevan D., Modhiran, Naphak, McMillan, Christopher L. D., Boyle, Glen M., Bernhardt, Paul V., Young, Paul R., Watterson, Daniel and Williams, Craig M. (2019). Basimarols A, B, and C, Highly Oxygenated Pimarane Diterpenoids from Basilicum polystachyon. Journal of Natural Products, 82 (10) acs.jnatprod.9b00522, 2828-2834. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00522
Modhiran, Naphak, Gandhi, Neha S., Wimmer, Norbert, Cheung, Stacey, Stacey, Katryn, Young, Paul R., Ferro, Vito and Watterson, Daniel (2019). Dual targeting of dengue virus virions and NS1 protein with the heparan sulfate mimic PG545. Antiviral Research, 168, 121-127. doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2019.05.004
Tan, Yuen P., Houston, Sevan D., Modhiran, Naphak, Savchenko, Andrei I., Boyle, Glen M., Young, Paul R., Watterson, Daniel and Williams, Craig M. (2019). Stachyonic acid: a dengue virus inhibitor from Basilicum polystachyon. Chemistry – A European Journal, 25 (22) chem.201900591, 5664-5667. doi: 10.1002/chem.201900591
Modhiran, Naphak, Watterson, Daniel, Blumenthal, Antje, Baxter, Alan G., Young, Paul R. and Stacey, Katryn J. (2017). Dengue virus NS1 protein activates immune cells via TLR4 but not TLR2 or TLR6. Immunology and Cell Biology, 95 (5), 491-495. doi: 10.1038/icb.2017.5
Faddy, H. M., Fryk, J. J., Watterson, D., Young, P. R., Modhiran, N., Muller, D. A., Keil, S. D., Goodrich, R. P. and Marks, D. C. (2016). Riboflavin and ultraviolet light: impact on dengue virus infectivity. Vox Sanguinis, 111 (3), 235-241. doi: 10.1111/vox.12414
Watterson, Daniel, Modhiran, Naphak and Young, Paul R. (2016). The many faces of the flavivirus NS1 protein offer a multitude of options for inhibitor design. Antiviral Research, 130, 7-18. doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2016.02.014
Stacey, Katryn J., Watterson, Daniel, Modhiran, Naphak and Young, Paul R. (2015). Response to comment on "Dengue virus NS1 protein activates cells via Toll-like receptor 4 and disrupts endothelial cell monolayer integrity" and "Dengue virus NS1 triggers endothelial permeability and vascular leak that is prevented by NS1 vaccination". Science Translational Medicine, 7 (318) 318lr4, 318lr4-318lr4. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aad8657
Modhiran, Naphak, Watterson, Daniel, Muller, David A., Panetta, Adele K., Sester, David P., Liu, Lidong, Hume, David A., Stacey, Katryn J. and Young, Paul R. (2015). Dengue virus NS1 protein activates cells via Toll-like receptor 4 and disrupts endothelial cell monolayer integrity. Science Translational Medicine, 7 (304) 304ra142, 1-10. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaa3863
Phuklia, Weerawat, Kasisith, Jitra, Modhiran, Naphak, Rodpai, Ekkarat, Thannagith, Montri, Thongsakulprasert, Tipparat, Smith, Duncan R. and Ubol, Sukathida (2013). Osteoclastogenesis induced by CHIKV-infected fibroblast-like synoviocytes: a possible interplay between synoviocytes and monocytes/macrophages in CHIKV-induced arthralgia/arthritis. Virus Research, 177 (2), 179-188. doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2013.08.011
Ubol, Sukathida, Suksatu, Ampa, Modhiran, Naphak, Sangma, Chak, Thitithanyanont, Arunee, Fukuda, Mark and Juthayothin, Tada (2011). Intra-host diversities of the receptor-binding domain of stork faeces-derived avian H5N1 viruses and its significance as predicted by molecular dynamic simulation. Journal of General Virology, 92 (2), 307-314. doi: 10.1099/vir.0.025973-0
Modhiran, Naphak, Kalayanarooj, Sirsipen and Ubol, Sukathida (2010). Subversion of innate defenses by the interplay between DENV and pre-existing enhancing antibodies: TLRs signaling collapse. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 4 (12) e924, 1-12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000924
Ubol, Sukathida, Phuklia, Weerawat, Kalayanarooj, Siripen and Modhiran, Naphak (2010). Mechanisms of immune evasion induced by a complex of dengue virus and preexisting enhancing antibodies. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 201 (6), 923-935. doi: 10.1086/651018
Thesis
Modhiran, Naphak (2017). Dengue NS1 protein and its implication in dengue pathogenesis. PhD Thesis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.141