研究方向为病毒性疾病的致病机理和抗病毒研究。目前主要研究领域和兴趣包括:以人类免疫缺陷病毒(HIV)和汉坦病毒(HV)为研究对象,从分子、病毒、宿主细胞和机体等不同层面上,研究病毒感染致病的分子机理;围绕病毒与宿主间的生态进化关系开展病毒遗传与进化的机制研究;利用从整体动物水平到细胞水平、基因水平等较为系统的抗病毒药效学评价筛选技术平台,从病毒感染的各个环节深入探讨药物的抗病毒机制,开发抗病毒的新技术和新药物。先后主持国家科技重大专项重大传染病专项、国家自然科学基金联合基金、海外及港澳台合作项目及省部级科研项目20余项,公开发表学术论文170余篇,其中SCI收录论文100余篇;获批中国专利10余项;主编与参编《临床病毒学》、《实验室生物安全》、《人畜共患病》、《病毒转基因技术原理》等专著6部。
中国性病艾滋病防治协会艾滋病病毒学专委会委员,中国微生物学会微生物生物安全专业委员会委员,湖北省微生物学会常务理事兼医学微生物学专业委员会主任委员,湖北省医学会微生物与免疫学分会副主任委员,湖北省生物工程学会理事、湖北省医学会检验医学分会委员、武汉市人间传染的病原微生物实验室生物安全技术咨询专家委员会委员,武汉大学实验室安全专家委员会委员、武汉大学生命医学伦理委员会委员、武汉大学ABSL-3实验室生物安全委员会专家组成员,武汉大学农业转基因生物安全小组成员等。
开设并主讲通识课《艾滋病防治》、基础医学专业课《实验室安全》、研究生学科通开课《实验室生物安全》以及选修课《生物医学研究进展》和《生物医学技术》,参与《临床微生物学》、《病原生物学》和《纳米医学》等研究生课程教学。
Zhong CJ, Liu FL, Hajnik RJ, Yao L, Chen KJ, Wang MR, Liang YJ, Sun JR, Soong L, Hou W*, Hu HT*. Type-I IFN promotes humoral immunity in viral vector vaccination. J Virol, 2021, 95(22): e0092521.
Meng FZ, Liu JB, Wang X, Wang P, Hu WH, Hou W*, Ho WZ*. TLR7 activation of macrophages by Imiquimod inhibits HIV infection through modulation of viral entry cellular factors. Biology-Basel, 2021, 10(7): 661.
Zhang ZP, Yuan S, Xu ST, Guo DY, Chen L, Hou W*, Wang M*. Suppression of HIV-1 integration by targeting HIV-1 integrase for degradation with a chimeric ubiquitin ligase. Virol Sin, 2021, 36(3): 424-437.
Shao DD#, Meng FZ#, Liu Y, Xu XQ, Wang X, Hu WH, Hou W*, Ho WZ*. Poly(dA:dT) suppresses HSV-2 infection of human cervical epithelial cells through RIG-I activation. Front Immunol, 2021, 11: 598884.
Wang QW#, Yue M#, Yao PP, Zhu CQ, Ai LL, Hu D, Zhang B, Yang ZN, Yang XH, Luo F, Wang CH, Hou W*, Tan WL*. Epidemic trend and molecular evolution of HV family in the main hantavirus epidemic areas from 2004 to 2016, in P.R. China. Front Cell Infect Microbiol, 2021, 10: 584814.
Xie LL, Ju Z, Zhong CJ, Wu YJ, Zan YX, Hou W*, Feng Y*. GTPase activity of MxB contributes to its nuclear location, interaction with nucleoporins and anti-HIV-1 activity. Virol Sin, 2021, 36(1): 85-94.
Wang X#, Chen QZ#, Zan YX, Wang MR, Yan J, Guo WW, Li KJ, Liu YY, Luo F, Feng Y, Hou W*, Xiong HR*. Exosomal miR-145-5p derived from orthohantavirus-infected endothelial cells inhibits HTNV infection. FASEB J, 2020, 34: 13809-25.
Guo JJ#, Lin XD#, Chen YM, Hao ZY, Wang ZX, Yu ZM, Lu M, Li K, Qin XC, Wang W, Holmes EC, Hou W*, Zhang YZ*. Diversity and circulation of Jingmen tick virus in ticks and mammals. Virus Evol, 2020, 6(2): veaa051.
Xie LL#, Chen L#, Zhong CJ, Yu T, Ju Z, Wang MR, Xiong HR, Zeng Y, Wang JH, Hu HT, Hou W*, Feng Y*. MxB impedes the NUP358-mediated HIV-1 pre-integration complex nuclear import and viral replication cooperatively with CPSF6. Retrovirology, 2020, 17: 16.
Wang MR#, Wu DD#, Luo F#, Zhong CJ, Wang X, Zhu N, Wu YJ, Hu HT, Feng Y, Wang X, Xiong HR*, Hou W*. Methadone inhibits viral restriction factors and facilitates HIV infection in macrophages. Front Immunol, 2020, 11: 1253.
Chen QZ#, Wang X#, Luo F#, Li N, Zhu N, Lu S, Zan YX, Zhong CJ, Wang MR, Hu HT, Zhang YZ, Xiong HR*, Hou W*. HTNV sensitizes host toward TRAIL-mediated apoptosis - a pivotal anti-hantaviral role of TRAIL. Front Immunol, 2020, 11: 1072.
Chen LJ#, Guo JJ#, Guo WW, Shen EX, Wang X, Li KJ, Yan J, Shi M, Li YR*, Hou W*. Molecular epidemiology and vaccine compatibility analysis of seasonal influenza viruses in Wuhan, 2016-2019. Virol Sin, 2020, 35(5): 556-565.
Lu S#, Zhu N#, Guo WW, Wang X, Li KJ, Yan J, Jiang CP, Han SY, Xiang HM, Wu XH, Liu YY, Xiong HR, Chen LJ, Gong ZJ, Luo F*, Hou W*. RNA-Seq revealed a circular RNA-microRNA-mRNA regulatory network in hantaan virus infection. Front Cell Infect Microbiol, 2020, 10: 97.
Chen HJ#, Guo JJ#, Luo F, Yu XC, Zhang W, Li JF, Zhao DC, Xu D, Gong Q, Liao J, Yang HX*, Hou W*, Zhang YZ*. Clinical characteristics and intrauterine vertical transmission potential of COVID-19 infection in nine pregnant women: a retrospective review of medical records. Lancet, 2020, 395(10226): 809-15.
Chen JT, Qin J, Li K, Xu QY, Wang XP, Plyusnin A, Hou W*, Zhang YZ*. Identification and characterization of a novel subtype of Tula virus in Microtus arvalis obscurus voles sampled from Xinjiang, China. Infect Genet Evol, 2019, 75: 104012.
Qu D#, Sun WW#, Li L, Ma L, Sun L, Jin X, Li TS*, Hou W*, Wang JH*. Long noncoding RNA MALAT1 releases epigenetic silencing of HIV-1 replication by displacing the polycomb repressive complex 2 from binding to the LTR promoter. Nucleic Acids Res, 2019, 47(6): 3013-3027.
Li N#, Luo F#, Chen QZ, Zhu N, Wang H, Xie LL, Xiong HR, Yue M, Zhang Y, Feng Y*, Hou W*. IFN-λs inhibit hantaan virus infection through the JAK-STAT pathway and expression of Mx2 protein. Genes Immun, 2019, 20(3): 234-244.
Huang QL#, Chen L#, Luo MQ, Lv H, Luo D, Li T, Huang SL, Xie LL, Teng Y, Liu ZY, Luo F, Xiong HR, Zeng Y, Hou W*, Feng Y*. HIV-1 induced miR-146a attenuates monocytes migration by targeting CCL5 in human primary macrophages. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses, 2018, 34(7): 580-589.
Luo F#, Liao FL#, Wang H, Tang HB, Yang ZQ, Hou W*. Evaluation of antibody-dependent enhancement of SARS-CoV infection in rhesus macaques immunized with an inactivated SARS-CoV vaccine. Virol Sin, 2018, 33(2): 201-204.
Chen QZ#, Luo F#, Lu MX#, Li N, Teng Y, Huang QL, Zhu N, Wang GY, Yue M, Zhang Y, Feng Y, Xiong HR*, Hou W*. HTNV-induced upregulation of miR-146a in HUVECs promotes viral infection by modulating pro-inflammatory cytokine release. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 2017, 493(1): 807-813.
Chen XP#, Xiong HR#, Zhu N, Chen QZ, Wang H, Zhong CJ, Wang MR, Lu S, Luo F, Hou W*. Lack of association between integrin αvβ3gene polymorphisms and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Han Chinese from Hubei, China. Virol Sin, 2017, 32(1): 73-79.
Yang MR, Feng F, Liu YF, Wang H, Yang ZQ, Hou W*, Liang HH*. pH-dependent conformational changes of a Thogoto virus matrix protein reveal mechanisms of viral assembly and uncoating. J Gen Virol, 2016, 97(9): 2149-2156.
Li L, Feng HM, Da Q, Jiang HL, Chen L, Xie LL, Huang QL, Xiong HR, Luo F, Kang L, Zeng Y, Hu HT, Hou W*, Feng Y*. Expression of HIV-encoded microRNA-TAR and its inhibitory effect on viral replication in human primary macrophages. Arch Virol, 2016, 161(5): 1115-1123.