Publication List in 2021

  1. Anti-piroplasma activity of 2-methylbutane galloyl glycosides from Saxifraga spinulosa.Batsukh Odonbayar, Bumduuren Tuvshintulga, Naoaki Yokoyama, Duger Badral, Buyanmandakh Buyankhishig, Javzan Batkhuu, Keisuke Suganuma, Ikuo Igarashi, Kenroh Sasaki, Toshihiro Murata, Phytochemistry Letters. 2021 June ; 43: 135-139
  2. Toxoplasma gondii prevalence and risk factors in owned domestic cats from Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand. Ruenruetai Udonsom, Ruangrat Buddhirongawatr, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Ragab M. Fereig, Charoonluk Jirapattharasate, Veterinary Integrative Sciences. 2021; 19(3): 557 – 566
  3. Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection from water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) in northeastern and southern Thailand. Tawin Inpankaew, Nguyen Thi Thuy, Burin Nimsuphan, Chanya Kengradomkij, Ketsarin Kamyingkird, Wissanuwat Chimnoi, Boy Boonaue, Xuenan Xuan, Folia Parasitologica. 2021 Dec 30; 68: 2021. 028.
  4. Discovering the Potent Inhibitors Against Babesia bovis in vitro and Babesia microti in vivo by Repurposing the Natural Product Compounds. Yongchang Li, Mohamed Abdo Rizk, Eloiza May Galon, Mingming Liu, Jixu Li, Aaron Edmond Ringo, Shengwei Ji, Iqra Zafar, Maria Agnes Tumwebaze, Byamukama Benedicto, Naoaki Yokoyama, Ikuo Igarashi, Bayin Chahan, Xuenan Xuan, Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 2021 Nov 29; 8: 762107.
  5. Compounds from the Medicines for Malaria Venture Box Inhibit In Vitro Growth of Babesia divergens, a Blood-Borne Parasite of Veterinary and Zoonotic Importance. Mohamed Abdo Rizk, Shimaa Abd El-Salam El-Sayed, Mahmoud S Alkhoudary, Khalaf F Alsharif, Mohamed M Abdel-Daim, Ikuo Igarashi, Molecules. 2021 Nov 24; 26(23): 7118.
  6. Cattle anaplasmosis and babesiosis: Major tick-borne diseases affecting the cattle industry in Khartoum State, Sudan. Rawan A. Satti, Eman A. Awadelkareem, Keisuke Suganuma, Bashir Salim, Noboru Inoue, Xuenan Xuan, Suheir Rehan, Ehab Mossaad, Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports. 2021 Dec; 26: 100632.
  7. Molecular detection of Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) and Rickettsia spp. in hard ticks distributed in Tokachi District, eastern Hokkaido, Japan. Kiyoshi Okado, Paul Franck Adjou Moumouni, Seung-Hun Lee, Thillaiampalam Sivakumar, Naoaki Yokoyama, Kozo Fujisakia, Hiroshi Suzuki, Xuenan Xuan, Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji, Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases. 2021 Oct; 1: 100059
  8. Evaluation of mosquitocidal efficacy of Scorpion Toxin Tf2 from Tityus fasciolatus against Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes. Takahiro Shirozu, Nobuaki Seki, Akira Soga, Shinya Fukumoto, Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2021 72(4): 1-5
  9. Transcriptomic Analysis of the Effects of Chemokine Receptor CXCR3 Deficiency on Immune Responses in the Mouse Brain during Toxoplasma gondii Infection. Kousuke Umeda, Youta Goto, Kenichi Watanabe, Nanako Ushio, Ragab M Fereig, Fumiaki Ihara, Sachi Tanaka, Yutaka Suzuki, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Microorganisms. 2021 Nov 12; 9(11): 2340.
  10. Gliding motility of Plasmodium merozoites.Kazuhide Yahata, Melissa N Hart, Heledd Davies, Masahito Asada, Samuel C Wassmer, Thomas J Templeton, Moritz Treeck, Robert W Moon, Osamu Kaneko, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U S A. 2021 Nov 30; 118(48): e2114442118.
  11. Evaluation of 5-Aminolevulenic Acid Plus Ferrous Ion for Its Potential to Improve Symptoms of Bovine Babesiosis. Afraa Elata, Keisuke Suganuma, Ehab Mossaad, Iqra Zafar, Eloiza May Galon, Keiichiro Yoshimoto, Tohru Tanaka, Xuan Xuenan, Shin-Ichiro Kawazu, Parasitologia. 2021, 1(4), 218-224
  12. Molecular Identification of Selected Tick-Borne Protozoan and Bacterial Pathogens in Thoroughbred Racehorses in Cavite, Philippines. Eloiza May Galon, Adrian Miki Macalanda, Mary Margarett Garcia, Chrysler James Ibasco, Anatolio Garvida, Shengwei Ji, Iqra Zafar, Yae Hasegawa, Mingming Liu, Rochelle Haidee Ybañez, Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji, Adrian Ybañez, Florencia Claveria, Xuenan Xuan, Pathogens. 2021 Oct 13; 10(10): 1318.
  13. Comparative Evaluation of Four Potent Neospora caninum Diagnostic Antigens Using Immunochromatographic Assay for Detection of Specific Antibody in Cattle. Ragab M Fereig, Hanan H Abdelbaky, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Microorganisms. 2021 Oct 11; 9(10): 2133.
  14. Recent Advances in Molecular Genetic Tools for Babesia. Hassan Hakimi, Masahito Asada, Shin-Ichiro Kawazu, Veterinary Sciences. 2021 Oct 8; 8(10): 222.
  15. Toll-Like Receptor 2 is Involved in Abnormal Pregnancy in Mice Infected with Toxoplasma gondii During Late Pregnancy. Rina Ikeda, Nanako Ushio, Ahmed M Abdou, Hidefumi Furuoka, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Frontiers in Microbiology. 2021 Oct 5; 12: 741104.
  16. Effects of Methanolic Extract from Turmeric (Curcuma longa) against the In Vitro Multiplication of Several Babesia Species and Theileria equi. Mohamed Abdo Rizk, Shimaa Abd El-Salam El-Sayed, Ikuo Igarashi, Parasitologia. 2021; 1(4): 188-196
  17. Molecular detection of Blastocystis sp. subtype 14 in the Yezo sika deer (Cervus nippon yesoensis) in Hokkaido, Japan. Takahiro Shirozu, Yu-ki Morishita, Mami Koketsu, Shinya Fukumoto, Veterinary Parasitology-Regional Studies and Reports. 2021 Jul; 25: 100585
  18. Data from expressed sequence tags from the organs and embryos of parthenogenetic Haemaphysalis longicornis.Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji, Jinlin Zhou, Min Liao, Badgar Battsetseg, Damdinsuren Boldbaatar, Takeshi Hatta, Thasaneeya Kuboki, Takeshi Sakaguchi, Huey Shy Chee, Takeharu Miyoshi, Xiaohong Huang, Naotoshi Tsuji, Xuenan Xuan, Kozo Fujisaki, BMC Research Notes. 2021 Aug 25; 14(1): 326.
  19. Isolation of viable Babesia bovis merozoites to study parasite invasion.Hassan Hakimi, Masahito Asada, Takahiro Ishizaki, Shinichiro Kawazu, Sci Rep. 2021 Aug 20; 11(1): 16959.
  20. cAMP-dependent protein kinase regulates secretion of apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA1) in Plasmodium yoelii.Takahiro Ishizaki, Masahito Asada, Hassan Hakimi, Nattawat Chaiyawong, Yuto Kegawa, Kazuhide Yahata, Osamu Kaneko, Parasitology International. 2021 Aug 11; 102435.
  21. In vitro screening of novel anti-Babesia gibsoni drugs from natural products. Shengwei Ji, Mingming Liu, Eloiza May Galon, Mohamed Abdo Rizk, Jixu Li, Yongchang Li, Iqra Zafar, Ikuo Igarashi, Xuenan Xuan, Parasitology International. 2021 Aug 10; 85: 102437.
  22. Induction of oestrus by administering Inhibin antiserum along with equine chorionic gonadotropin in anoestrous bitches. Mei Tsuchida, Daichi Sakurai, Nako Komura, Naomi Nakagata, Hiroshi Suzuki, Reproduction in Domestic Animals. 2021 Aug 13.
  23. Isolation and evaluation of virucidal activities of flavanone glycosides and rosmarinic acid derivatives from Dracocephalum spp. against feline calicivirus. Mirza Synthia Sabrin, Erdenechimeg Selenge, Yohei Takeda, Javzan Batkhuu, Haruko Ogawa, Dulamjav Jamsransuren, Keisuke Suganuma, Toshihiro Murata, Phytochemistry. 2021 Aug 6; 191: 112896.
  24. Evaluation of the inhibitory effect of Zingiber officinale rhizome on Babesia and Theileria parasites. Mohamed Abdo Rizk, Shimaa Abd El-Salam El-Sayed, Ikuo Igarashi, Parasitology International. 2021 Aug 2; 85: 102431.
  25. Identification of novel yolk ferritins unique to planarians: planarians supply aluminum rather than iron to vitellaria in egg capsules. Osamu Kawase, Hisashi Iwaya, Yoshiya Asano, Hiromoto Inoue, Seiya Kudo, Motoki Sasahira, Nobuyuki Azuma, Daisuke Kondoh, Madoka Ichikawa-Seki, Xuenan Xuan, Kimitoshi Sakamoto, Hikaru Okamoto, Hinaki Nakadate, Wataru Inoue, Ikuma Saito, Miyu Narita, Kiyono Sekii, Kazuya Kobayashi, Cell and Tissue Research. 2021 Nov; 386(2): 391-413.
  26. Theoretical Increase in the Electric Force Exerted on Body Hair Owing to Superimposed Electric Fields with Optimized AC/DC Ratios. Takaki Nedachi, Koichi Shimizu, Hiroshi Suzuki, Shinji Harakawa, IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering. 01 July 2021
  27. Structural and immunological characterization of an epitope within the PAN motif of ectodomain I in Babesia bovis apical membrane antigen 1 for vaccine development.Amarin Rittipornlertrak, Boondarika Nambooppha, Anucha Muenthaisong, Veerasak Punyapornwithaya, Saruda Tiwananthagorn, Yang-Tsung Chung, Bumduuren Tuvshintulga, Thillaiampalam Sivakumar, Naoaki Yokoyama, Nattawooti Sthitmatee, PeerJ. 2021 Jul 16; 9: e11765.
  28. Evaluation of Mongolian compound library for potential antimalarial and anti-Toxoplasma agents.Orkhon Banzragchgarav, Nanang R Ariefta, Toshihiro Murata, Punsantsogvoo Myagmarsuren, Badgar Battsetseg, Banzragch Battur, Javzan Batkhuu, Yoshifumi Nishikawa,Parasitology International. 2021 Jul 22; 85: 102424.
  29. Glycosphingolipid GM3 is localized in both exoplasmic and cytoplasmic leaflets of Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite plasma membrane. Shiomi Koudatsu, Tatsunori Masatani, Rikako Konishi, Masahito Asada, Hassan Hakimi, Yuna Kurokawa, Kanna Tomioku, Osamu Kaneko, Akikazu Fujita, Scientific Reports. 2021 Jul 21; 11(1): 14890.
  30. Role of Plasmodium berghei ookinete surface and oocyst capsule protein, a novel oocyst capsule-associated protein, in ookinete motility. Kazuhiko Nakayama, Yuta Kimura, Yu Kitahara, Akira Soga, Asako Haraguchi, Jun Hakozaki, Makoto Sugiyama, Kodai Kusakisako, Shinya Fukumoto, Hiromi Ikadai, Parasites & Vectors. 2021 Jul 21; 14(1): 373.
  31. Effects of Kumaizasa ( Sasa senanensis) Leaf Extract on Innate Immune Regulation in HEK293 Cells and Macrophages. Keisuke Sato, Ryosuke Tatsunami, Akifumi Nakata, Ken-Ichi Komatsu, Shinji Harakawa, Takaki Nedachi, Kaoru Haketa, Hiroyuki Inagawa, Koji Wakame, Anticancer Research. 2021 Aug; 41(8): 4093-4100.
  32. A survey on equine tick-borne diseases: The molecular detection of Babesia ovis DNA in Turkish racehorses. Onur Ceylan, Byamukama Benedicto, Ceylan Ceylan, Maria Tumwebaze, Eloiza May Galon, Mingming Liu, Xuenan Xuan, Ferda Sevinc, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 2021 Jul 12; 12(5): 101784.
  33. Molecular detection of selected tick-borne pathogens infecting cattle at the wildlife-livestock interface of Queen Elizabeth National Park in Kasese District, Uganda. Benedicto Byamukama, Patrick Vudriko, Maria Agnes Tumwebaze, Dickson Stuart Tayebwa, Joseph Byaruhanga, Martin Kamilo Angwe, Jixu Li, Eloiza May Galon, Aaron Ringo, Mingming Liu, Yongchang Li, Shengwei Ji, Mohamed Abdo Rizk, Paul Frank Adjou Moumouni, Seung-Hun Lee, Ferda Sevinc, Xuenan Xuan, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 2021 Jun 17; 12(5): 101772.
  34. In vitro anti-Toxoplasma gondii efficacy of synthesised benzyltriazole derivatives. Huanping Guo, Yang Gao, David D N’Da, Xuenan Xuan, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research. 2021 Jun 11; 88(1): e1-e8.
  35. New Series of Imidazoles Showed Promising Growth Inhibitory and Curative Potential Against Trypanosoma Infection. Oluyomi Stephen Adeyemi, Nthatisi Innocentia Molefe-Nyembe, Abiodun Omokehinde Eseola, Winfried Plass, Oluwatosin Kudirat Shittu, Ibrahim Olatunji Yunusa, Olubunmi Atolani, Ikponmwosa Owen Evbuomwan, Oluwakemi J Awakan, Keisuke Suganuma, Kentaro Kato, Yale Journal of Biology And Medicine. 2021 Jun 30; 94(2): 199-207.
  36. In Vitro and In Vivo Trypanocidal Efficacy of Synthesized Nitrofurantoin Analogs. Linous Munsimbwe, Anna Seetsi, Boniface Namangala, David D. N’Da, Noboru Inoue, Keisuke Suganuma, Molecules. 2021 Jun 2; 26(11): 3372.
  37. Effect of α-tocopheryloxy acetic acid, a vitamin E derivative mitocan, on the experimental infection of mice with Plasmodium yoelii.Kasumi Kawamura, Aiko Kume, Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji, Shunji Kasai, Hiroshi Suzuki, Malaria Journal. 2021 Jun 24; 20(1): 280.
  38. Pathology of female mice experimentally infected with an in vitro cultured strain of Trypanosoma equiperdum. Yusuke Tanaka, Keisuke Suganuma, Kenichi Watanabe, Yoshiyasu Kobayashi, Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 2021 Aug 6; 83(8): 1212-1218.
  39. Synthesis and evaluation of trypanocidal activity of derivatives of naturally occurring 2,5-diphenyloxazoles. Koichi Narita, Keisuke Suganuma, Toshihiro Murata, Ryutaro Kondo, Hiroka Satoh, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Kenroh Sasaki, Noboru Inoue, Yuichi Yoshimura, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 2021 Jun 12; 42: 116253.
  40. Microscopic and molecular detection of Deraiophoronema evansi (Lewis, 1882) in domestic Bactrian camels (Camelus bactrianus) of Mongolia. Janchivsengee Bilegjargal, Izabella Rzad, Shinya Fukumoto, Boldbaatar Chinchuluun, Sukhbaatar Lkhagvatseren, Sambuu Gantuya, Gansukh Azjargal, Zayat Batsukh, Tserendorj Munkhjargal, Parasitology International. 2021 Jun 12; 84: 102404.
  41. Serosurvey for equine piroplasms in horses and donkeys from North-Western Nigeria using IFAT and ELISA. ThankGod E Onyiche, Thillaiampalam Sivakumar, Bumduuren Tuvshintulga, Arifin Budiman Nugraha, Believe Ahedor, Lehlohonolo Mofokeng, Joshua Luka, Ali Mohammed, Albert W Mbaya, Abdullahi A Biu, Naoaki Yokoyama, Oriel Thekisoe, Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry. 2021 Jun 7; 1-14.
  42. Molecular Characterization of Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens in Cattle from Khartoum State and East Darfur State, Sudan. Ehab Mossaad, Alex Gaithuma, Yassir O Mohamed, Keisuke Suganuma, Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji, Yuma Ohari, Bashir Salim, Mingming Liu, Xuenan Xuan, Pathogens. 2021 May 10; 10(5): 580.
  43. First Molecular Detection of Babesia gibsoni in Stray Dogs from Thailand. Thom Do, Ruttayaporn Ngasaman, Vannarat Saechan, Opal Pitaksakulrat, Mingming Liu, Xuenan Xuan, Tawin Inpankaew, Pathogens. 2021 May 22; 10(6): 639.
  44. Spirocollequins A and B, new alkaloids featuring a spirocyclic isoindolinone core, from Colletotrichum boninense AM-12-2. Nanang Rudianto Ariefta, Takuya Koseki, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Yoshihito Shiono, Tetrahedron Letters. 2021 Feb 2; 64: 152736
  45. Serological Survey of Babesia bigemina and Babesia bovis in Cattle and Water Buffaloes from Menoufia Province, Egypt. Hany M Ibrahim, Eloiza May S Galon, Maria Agnes Tumwebaze, Benedicto Byamukama, Mingming Liu, Khaled Mohammed-Geba, Sherin K Sheir, Asmaa Galal-Khallaf, Heba M Abd El Latif, Dalia S Morsi, Nora M Bishr, Xuenan Xuan, Acta Parasitologica. 2021 May 27.
  46. In Vitro Potently Active Anti-Plasmodium and Anti-Toxoplasma Mongolian Plant Extracts. Orkhon Banzragchgarav, Javzan Batkhuu, Punsantsogvoo Myagmarsuren, Badgar Battsetseg, Banzragch Battur, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Acta Parasitologica. 2021 May 23.
  47. Tafenoquine is a Promising Drug Candidate for the Treatment of Babesiosis. Mingming Liu, Shengwei Ji, Daisuke Kondoh, Eloiza May Galon, Jixu Li, Mizuki Tomihari, Masashi Yanagawa, Michihito Tagawa, Mami Adachi, Masahito Asada, Ikuo Igarashi, Aiko Iguchi, Xuenan Xuan, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.  2021 Jun 17; 65(7): e0020421.
  48. Molecular Characterization of Lipoptena fortisetosa from Environmental Samples Collected in North-Eastern Poland. Remigiusz Gałęcki, Xuenan Xuan, Tadeusz Bakuła, Jerzy Jaroszewski, Animals (Basel). 2021 Apr 12;11(4):1093.
  49. Development of a stable transgenic Theileria equi parasite expressing an enhanced green fluorescent protein/blasticidin S deaminase. Bumduuren Tuvshintulga, Arifin Budiman Nugraha, Tomoka Mizutani, Mingming Liu, Takahiro Ishizaki, Thillaiampalam Sivakumar, Xuenan Xuan, Naoaki Yokoyama, Ikuo Igarashi, Scientific Reports. 2021 Apr 27;11(1):9107.
  50. Toxoplasma gondii manipulates host cell signaling pathways via its secreted effector molecules. Fumiaki Ihara, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Parasitology International. 2021 Apr 24; 83: 102368.
  51. Extremely Low-Frequency Electric Field Exposure Increases Theta Power of EEG in both Eyes-Open and Eyes-Closed Resting Conditions in Healthy Male Subjects. Toshikazu Shinba, Takaki Nedachi, Shinji Harakawa. IEEJ Trans. 2021 Feb 24; 16(4): 592-599.

  52. The Efficacy of Marine Natural Products Against Plasmodium falciparum. Yukihiro Goto, Rie Kamihira, Yoichi Nakao, Motohiro Nonaka, Ryo Takano, Xuenan Xuan, Kentaro Kato, Journal of Parasitology. 2021 Mar 1;107(2):284-288.

  53. Growth inhibition effect on Trypanosoma brucei gambiense by the oxidative stress supplied from low-temperature plasma at atmospheric pressure. Naoaki Yokoyama, Thillaiampalam Sivakumar, Sanae Ikehara, Yoshihiro Akimoto, Takashi Yamaguchi, Ken Wakai, Kenji Ishikawa, Masaru Hori, Tetsuji Shimizu, Hajime Sakakita, Yuzuru Ikehara, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics.15 January 2021; 60(2)
  54. Genetic characterization of Neospora caninum from aborted bovine fetuses in Hokkaido, Japan. El-Sayed El-Alfy, Yuma Ohari, Naomi Shimoda, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Infection Genetics and Evolution. 2021 Apr 2;104838.
  55. Molecular Detection of Selected Pathogens with Zoonotic Potential in Deer Keds ( Lipoptena fortisetosa). Remigiusz Gałęcki, Jerzy Jaroszewski, Tadeusz Bakuła, Eloiza M Galon, Xuenan Xuan, Pathogens. 2021 Mar 10;10(3):324.
  56. Six New Phenylpropanoid Derivatives from Chemically Converted Extract of Alpinia galanga (L.) and Their Antiparasitic Activities. Melanny Ika Sulistyowaty, Nguyen Hoang Uyen, Keisuke Suganuma, Ben-Yeddy Abel Chitama, Kazuhide Yahata, Osamu Kaneko, Sachiko Sugimoto, Yoshi Yamano, Susumu Kawakami, Hideaki Otsuka, Katsuyoshi Matsunami, Molecules. 2021 Mar 21;26(6):1756.
  57. PLK:Δ gra9 Live Attenuated Strain Induces Protective Immunity Against Acute and Chronic Toxoplasmosis. Jixu Li, Eloiza May Galon, Huanping Guo, Mingming Liu, Yongchang Li, Shengwei Ji, Iqra Zafar, Yang Gao, Weiqing Zheng, Paul Franck Adjou Moumouni, Mohamed Abdo Rizk, Maria Agnes Tumwebaze, Byamukama Benedicto, Aaron Edmond Ringo, Tatsunori Masatani, Xuenan Xuan, Frontiers in Microbiology. 2021 Mar 11;12:619335.
  58. Reproductive injury in male BALB/c mice infected with Neospora caninum. Hang Li, Bing-Yi Yang, Ming-Ming Liu, Shao-Wei Zhao, Su-Zhu Xie, Hao Wang, Shuang Zhang, Xue-Nan Xuan, Li-Jun Jia, Parasites & Vectors. 2021 Mar 16;14(1):158.
  59. Geographic origin of Explanatum explanatum (Creplin, 1847) Fukui, 1929 detected from domestic water buffaloes in Sri Lanka. Tran Nhat Thang, Thillaiampalam Sivakumar, Hemal Kothalawala, Seekkuge Susil Priyantha Silva, Naoaki Yokoyama, Madoka Ichikawa-Seki, Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 2021 Mar 12;104806.
  60. Vaccination with Neospora GRA6 Interrupts the Vertical Transmission and Partially Protects Dams and Offspring against Neospora caninum Infection in Mice. Ragab M Fereig, Hanan H Abdelbaky, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Vaccines (Basel). 2021 Feb 15;9(2):155.
  61. Primary Tick-Borne Protozoan and Rickettsial Infections of Animals in Turkey. Onur Ceylan, Xuenan Xuan, Ferda Sevinc, Pathogens. 2021 Feb 19;10(2):231.
  62. Glyoxalase pathway is required for normal liver-stage proliferation of Plasmodium berghei. Akira Soga, Takahiro Shirozu, Shinya Fukumoto, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2021 Mar 2;549:61-66.
  63. Disseminated Toxoplasmosis in a Narrow-Ridged Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) with Transplacental Embryonal Transmission. Shotaro Nakagun, Masao Amano, El-Sayed N El-Alfy, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Akira Shiozaki, Yuko Tajima, Tadasu K Yamada, Yoshiyasu Kobayashi, Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 2021 Jan 6;57(1):205-210.
  64. Tick-Borne Hemoparasites of Sheep: A Molecular Research in Turkey. Onur Ceylan, Benedicto Byamukama, Ceylan Ceylan, Eloiza May Galon, Mingming Liu, Tatsunori Masatani, Xuenan Xuan, Ferda Sevinc, Pathogens. 2021 Feb 3;10(2):162.
  65. ATG5 is instrumental in the transition from autophagy to apoptosis during the degeneration of tick salivary glands. Yanan Wang, Houshuang Zhang, Li Luo, Yongzhi Zhou, Jie Cao, Xuenan Xuan, Hiroshi Suzuki, Jinlin Zhou, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2021 Jan 29;15(1):e0009074.
  66. Molecular characterization of Lipoptena cervi from environmental samples collected in Poland. Remigiusz Gałęcki, Jerzy Jaroszewski, Tadeusz Bakuła, Xuenan Xuan, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 2020 Dec 25;14:41-47.
  67. Raft microdomain localized in the luminal leaflet of inner membrane complex of living Toxoplasma gondii. Rikako Konishi, Yuna Kurokawa, Kanna Tomioku, Tatsunori Masatani, Xuenan Xuan, Akikazu Fujita, European Journal of Cell Biology. 2021 Jan 2;100(2):151149.
  68. Geographic Spatial Distribution Patterns of Dirofilaria immitis and Brugia pahangi Infection in Community Dogs in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Manusvee Kaikuntod, Orapun Arjkumpa, Doolyawat Kladkempetch, Shinya Fukumoto, Kriangkrai Thongkorn, Chavalit Boonyapakorn, Veerasak Punyapornwithaya, Saruda Tiwananthagorn, Animals (Basel). 2020 Dec 26;11(1):33.
  69. Metacytofilin has potent anti-malarial activity. Arpron Leesombun, Masatomi Iijima, Baldorj Pagmadulam, Banzragchgarav Orkhon, Hiroyasu Doi, Kunio Issiki, Ryuichi Sawa, Coh-Ichi Nihei, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Parasitology International. 2021 Apr;81:102267.
  70. Extremely low-frequency electric field suppresses not only induced stress response but also stress-related tissue damage in mice. Shinji Harakawa, Takaki Nedachi, Hiroshi Suzuki, Scientific Reports. 2020 Dec 7;10(1):20930.
  71. Effect of some plant extracts from Egyptian herbal plants against Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites in vitro. Sara T Elazab, Amal F Soliman, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 2021 Jan 14;83(1):100-107.
  72. Impact of using pyronaridine tetraphosphate- based combination therapy in the treatment of babesiosis caused by Babesia bovis, B. caballi, and B. gibsoni in vitro and B. microti in mice. Shimaa Abd El-Salam El-Sayed, Mohamed Abdo Rizk, Aaron Edmond Ringo, Yongchang Li, Mingming Liu, Shengwei Ji, Jixu Li, Benedicto Byamukama, Maria A Tumwebaze, Xuenan Xuan, Ikuo Igarashi, Parasitology International. Volume 81, April 2021, 102260.
  73. Natural history study on Riccardoella tokyoensis: life history with ontogeny and host distribution records. Tsukasa Waki, Hiromi Ikezawa, Kousuke Umeda, Satoshi Shimano, Experimental and Applied Acarology.2021 Jan;83(1):13-30.
  74. CXCR3-dependent immune pathology in mice following infection with Toxoplasma gondii during early pregnancy. Akari Nishida, Rina Ikeda, Hidefumi Furuoka, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Infection and Immunity. 2021 Jan 19;89(2):e00253-20.
  75. Seroprevalence of fasciolosis in Hokkaido sika deer (Cervus nippon yesoensis) from Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan revealed by ELISA using recombinant cathepsin L1. Hironobu Sato, Hiroki Hiraya, Takutoshi Sugiyama, Shinya Fukumoto, Ryota Matsuyama, Yojiro Yanagawa, Ryo Nakao, Takao Irie, Kensuke Taira, Akiko Yamazaki, Katsuro Hagiwara, Ayako Yoshida, Yoichi Kamata, Madoka Ichikawa-Seki, Parasitology International. 2021 Feb; 80: 102222.
  76. Characterization of a spontaneous cyst-forming strain of Toxoplasma gondii isolated from Tokachi subprefecture in Japan. Doaa Salman, Motamed E Mahmoud, Wilawan Pumidonming, Tolubaeva Mairamkul, Eiji Oohashi, Makoto Igarashi, Parasitology International. 2020 Sep 19; 80: 102199.