Publication List in 2023

  1. Disruption of a DNA fragment that encodes the microneme adhesive repeat domain-containing region of the BBOV_III011730 does not affect the blood stage growth of Babesia bovis in vitro.
     Bumduuren Tuvshintulga, Azirwan Guswanto, Arifin Budiman Nugraha, Thillaiampalam Sivakumar, Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji, Naoaki Yokoyama, Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 2023 Jun; 255: 111576. doi: 10.1016/ j.molbiopara.2023.111576.
  2. Antiplasmodial Activity Evaluation of a Bestatin-Related Aminopeptidase Inhibitor, Phebestin.
    Nanang R Ariefta, Baldorj Pagmadulam, Masaki Hatano, Noriko Ikeda, Kunio Isshiki, Kazuaki Matoba, Masayuki Igarashi, Coh-Ichi Nihei, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 2023 Jul; 67(7): e0160622. doi: 10.1128/aac.01606-22.
  3. RNA activation in ticks.
    Kofi Dadzie Kwofie, Emmanuel Pacia Hernandez, Anisuzzaman, Hayato Kawada, Yuki Koike, Sana Sasaki, Takahiro Inoue, Kei Jimbo, Fusako Mikami, Danielle Ladzekpo, Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji, Kayoko Yamaji, Tetsuya Tanaka, Makoto Matsubayashi, Md Abdul Alim, Samuel Kweku Dadzie, Shiroh Iwanaga, Naotoshi Tsuji, Takeshi Hatta, Scientific Reports. 2023 Jun; 13(1): 9341. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-36523-4.
  4. Seasonal Variation and Factors Affecting Trypanosoma theileri Infection in Wild Sika Deer (Ezo Sika Deer Cervus nippon yesoensis) in Eastern Hokkaido.
    Yujon Hong, Keisuke Suganuma, Yuma Ohari, Mitsunori Kayano, Kenji Nakazaki, Shinya Fukumoto, Shin-Ichiro Kawazu, Noboru Inoue, Animals (Basel). 2023 May; 13(10): 1707. doi: 10.3390/ani13101707.
  5. Serum metabolomic profiles in BALB/c mice induced by Babesia microti infection.
    Liang Shen, Chunhua Wang, Ruilin Wang, Xue Hu, Shiying Liao, Wentong Liu, Aoling Du, Shengwei Ji, Eloiza May Galon, Hang Li, Xuenan Xuan, Juan Xiao, Mingming Liu, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2023 Apr; 13: 1179967. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1179967.
  6. Characterization of anti-erythrocyte and anti-platelet antibodies in hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia induced by Plasmodium spp. and Babesia spp. infection in mice.
    Mo Zhou, Jun Xie, Osamu Kawase, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Shengwei Ji, Shanyuan Zhu, Shinuo Cao, Xuenan Xuan, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2023 Apr; 13: 1143138. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1143138.
  7. Identification and Characterization of Rhipicephalus microplus ATAQ Homolog from Haemaphysalis longicornis Ticks and Its Immunogenic Potential as an Anti-Tick Vaccine Candidate Molecule.
    Paul Franck Adjou Moumouni, Souichirou Naomasa, Bumduuren Tuvshintulga, Nariko Sato, Kiyoshi Okado, Weiqing Zheng, Seung-Hun Lee, Juan Mosqueda, Hiroshi Suzuki, Xuenan Xuan, Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji, Microorganisms. 2023 Mar; 11(4): 822. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms11040822.
  8. Development of a promising antigenic cocktail for the global detection of Babesia caballi in horse by ELISA.
    Shimaa Abd El-Salam El-Sayed, Mohamed Abdo Rizk, Hanadi B Baghdadi, Aaron Edmond Ringo, Gantuya Sambuu, Arifin Budiman Nugraha, Ikuo Igarashi, PLoS One. 2023 Apr; 18(4): e0284535. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284535.
  9. Proteomic analysis of extracellular vesicles from tick hemolymph and uptake of extracellular vesicles by salivary glands and ovary cells.
    Zhengmao Xu, Yanan Wang, Meng Sun, Yongzhi Zhou, Jie Cao, Houshuang Zhang, Xuenan Xuan, Jinlin Zhou, Parasites & Vectors. 2023 Apr; 16(1): 125. doi: 10.1186/s13071-023-05753-w.
  10. Diminazene aceturate and imidocarb dipropionate-based combination therapy for babesiosis – A new paradigm.
    Mohamed Abdo Rizk, Shimaa Abd El-Salam El-Sayed, Ikuo Igarashi, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 2023 Jul; 14(4): 102145. doi: 10.1016/ j.ttbdis.2023.102145.
  11. Spherical Body Protein 4 from Babesia bigemina: A Novel Gene That Contains Conserved B-Cell Epitopes and Induces Cross-Reactive Neutralizing Antibodies in Babesia ovata.
    Juan Mosqueda, Diego Josimar Hernandez-Silva, Massaro W Ueti, Adolfo Cruz-Reséndiz, Ricardo Marquez-Cervantez, Uriel Mauricio Valdez-Espinoza, Minh-Anh Dang-Trinh, Thu-Thuy Nguyen, Minerva Camacho-Nuez, Miguel Angel Mercado-Uriostegui, Gabriela Aguilar-Tipacamú, Juan Alberto Ramos-Aragon, Ruben Hernandez-Ortiz, Shin-Ichiro Kawazu, Ikuo Igarashi, Pathogens. 2023 Mar; 12(3): 495. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12030495.
  12. Editorial: Epidemic status and prevention of swine infectious diseases.
    Mo Zhou, Lianfeng Li, Keisuke Suganuma, Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 2023 Mar; 10: 1169644. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1169644.
  13. Identification of three members of the multidomain adhesion CCp family in Babesia gibsoni.
    Hang Li, Shengwei Ji, Eloiza May Galon, Iqra Zafar, Zhuowei Ma, Thom Do, Moaz M Amer, Yihong Ma, Junya Yamagishi, Mingming Liu, Xuenan Xuan, Acta Tropica. 2023 May; 241: 106890. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2023.106890.
  14. PCR detection of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi in apparently healthy horses in Paraguay.
    Believe Ahedor, Thillaiampalam Sivakumar, Maria Fátima Rodríguez Valinotti, Davaajav Otgonsuren, Naoaki Yokoyama, Tomás J Acosta, Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports. 2023 Apr; 39: 100835. doi: 10.1016/j.vprsr.2023.100835.
  15. Phytochemical investigation of Scutellaria scordiifolia and its trypanocidal activity.
    Stipan Nurbyek, Buyanmandakh Buyankhishig, Keisuke Suganuma, Yoshinobu Ishikawa, Mika Kutsuma, Marie Abe, Kenroh Sasaki, Bekh-Ochir Davaapurev, Javzan Batkhuu, Toshihiro Murata, Phytochemistry. 2023 May; 209: 113615. doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2023.113615.
  16. Application of regulation of reactive oxygen species and lipid peroxidation to disease treatment.
    Mototada Shichiri, Hiroshi Suzuki, Yuji Isegawa, Hiroshi Tamai, Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition. 2023 Jan; 72(1): 13-22. doi: 10.3164/jcbn.22-61.
  17. De novo assembled transcriptomics assisted label-free quantitative proteomics analysis reveals sex-specific proteins in the intestinal tissue of Haemaphysalis qinghaiensis.
    Hejia Ma, Eloiza May Galon, Yanjun Lao, Ming Kang, Xuenan Xuan, Jixu Li, Yali Sun, Infection Genetics and Evolution. 2023 Apr; 109: 105409. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2023.105409.
  18. Detection of Babesia bovis using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) with improved thermostability, sensitivity and alternative visualization methods.
    Apinya Arnuphapprasert, Yudhi Ratna Nugraheni, Aung Aung, Masahito Asada, Morakot Kaewthamasorn, Scientific Reports. 2023 Feb; 13(1): 1838. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-29066-1.
  19. Localization of secreted ferritin (FER2) in the embryos of the tick Haemaphysalis longicornis.
    Emmanuel Pacia Hernandez, Kei Shimazaki, Hiroko Niihara, Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji, Kozo Fujisaki, Tetsuya Tanaka, Parasites & Vectors. 2023 Jan; 16(1): 42. doi: 10.1186/s13071-023-05669-5.
  20. Molecular characterization of anopheline mosquitoes from the goat malaria-endemic areas of Thailand.
    Anh Hoang Lan Nguyen, Yudhi Ratna Nugraheni, Trang Thuy Nguyen, Aung Aung, Duriyang Narapakdeesakul, Winai Kaewlamun, Masahito Asada, Morakot Kaewthamasorn, Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 2023 Jun; 37(2): 381-395. doi: 10.1111/mve.12638.
  21. Involvement of chemokine receptor CXCR3 in the defense mechanism against Neospora caninum infection in C57BL/6 mice.
    Hanan H Abdelbaky, Shuichiro Mitsuhashi, Kenichi Watanabe, Nanako Ushio, Miku Miyakawa, Hidefumi Furuoka, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Frontiers in Microbiology. 2023 Jan ; 13: 1045106. doi: 10.3389/ fmicb.2022.1045106.
  22. Evaluation of Crude and Recombinant Antigens of Schistosoma japonicum for the Detection of Schistosoma mekongi Human Infection.
    Jose Ma M Angeles, Atcharaphan Wanlop, Minh-Anh Dang-Trinh, Masashi Kirinoki, Shin-Ichiro Kawazu, Aya Yajima, Diagnostics (Basel). 2023 Jan; 13(2): 184. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics13020184.
  23. Epididymitis in mice experimentally infected with Trypanosoma equiperdum: a histopathological and immunohistochemical study.
    Yusuke Tanaka, Keisuke Suganuma, Kenichi Watanabe, Yoshiyasu Kobayashi, Journal of Comparative Pathology. 2023 Feb; 201:1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2022.12.005.
  24. Imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine: a Highly Potent Therapeutic Agent Clears Piroplasm Infection In Vitro.
    Mohamed Abdo Rizk, Shimaa Abd El-Salam El-Sayed, El-Sayed El-Alfy, Ikuo Igarashi, Acta Parasitologica. 2023 Mar; 68(1): 249-256. doi: 10.1007/s11686-022-00655-w.
  25. Myzomyia and Pyretophorus series of Anopheles mosquitoes acting as probable vectors of the goat malaria parasite Plasmodium caprae in Thailand.
    Anh Hoang Lan Nguyen, Sittiporn Pattaradilokrat, Winai Kaewlamun, Osamu Kaneko, Masahito Asada, Morakot Kaewthamasorn, Scientific Reports. 2023 Jan; 13(1): 145. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-26833-4.
  26. A preliminary study on placental damage associated to experimental neosporosis in BALB/c mice.
    Zeyu Tang, Hang Li, Suzhu Xie, Shaowei Zhao, Shuang Zhang, Hao Wang, Nanli Li, Xuancheng Zhang, Fanglin Zhao, Lijun Jia, Parasitology Research. 2023 Mar; 122(3): 781-788. doi: 10.1007/s00436-022-07771-6.
  27. Seasonal changes of the prostate gland in the raccoon (Procyon lotor) inhabiting Hokkaido, Japan.
    Yuki Ishiguro, Motoki Sasaki, Emi Yamaguchi, Kotaro Matsumoto, Shinya Fukumoto, Hidefumi Furuoka, Kunitoshi Imai, Nobuo Kitamura, Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 2023 Feb 10;85(2):214-225. doi: 10.1292/jvms.22-0407.
  28. In Vitro Inhibitory Effects and Bioinformatic Analysis of Norfloxacin and Ofloxacin on Piroplasm.
    Mohamed Abdo Rizk, Shimaa Abd El-Salam El-Sayed, Ikuo Igarashi, Acta Parasitologica. 2023 Mar; 68(1): 213-222. doi: 10.1007/s11686-022-00648-9.
  29. Animal models of the immunology and pathogenesis of human babesiosis.
    Abhinav Kumar, Aditya Kabra, Ikuo Igarashi, Peter J Krause, Trends in Parasitology. 2023 Jan; 39(1): 38-52. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2022.11.003.　
  30. In vivo activity and atom pair fingerprint analysis of MMV665941 against the apicomplexan parasite Babesia microti, the causative agent of babesiosis in humans and rodents.
    Mohamed Abdo Rizk, Shimaa Abd El-Salam El-Sayed, Ikuo Igarashi, Pathogens and Global Health. 2023 May; 117(3): 315-321. doi: 10.1080/20477724.2022.2128571.