Publication

1. Emergence of Carbapenem-Resistant blaPOM-1 Harboring Pseudomonas otitidisIsolated from River Water in Ghana. Ofosu Appiah F, Mahazu S, Prah I, Kawamura T, Ota Y, Nishikawa Y, Yoshida M, Suzuki M, Hoshino Y, Suzuki T, Ishino T, Ablordey A, Saito R. Antibiotics (Basel). 2025 Jan 8;14(1):50. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics14010050. PMID: 39858336 

2. Deletion of the chloroquine resistance transporter gene confers reduced piperaquine susceptibility to the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei. Hirai M, Arai M, Hayamichi S, Uchida A, Sudo M, Kubota R, Shinzawa N, Mita T. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2025 Feb 24:e0158924. doi: 10.1128/aac.01589-24. PMID: 39992104

3. Development of a spirulina feed effective only for the two larval stages of Schistosoma mansoni, not the intermediate host mollusc. Kumagai T, Miyamoto M, Koseki Y, Imai Y, Ishino T. Trop Med Health. 2025 Apr 2;53(1):46. doi: 10.1186/s41182-025-00727-3. PMID: 40176159

1. Naturally Acquired Transmission-Blocking Immunity Against Different Strains of Plasmodium vivax in a Malaria-Endemic Area in Thailand. Thongpoon S, Roobsoong W, Nguitragool W, Chotirat S, Tsuboi T, Takashima E, Cui L, Ishino T, Tachibana M, Miura K, Sattabongkot J. J Infect Dis. 2024 Feb 14;229(2):567-575. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiad469. PMID: 37943633 

2. Skeleton binding protein 1 localizes to the Maurer's cleft and interacts with PfHSP70-1 and PfHSP70-x in Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte-infected erythrocytes. Omoda A, Matsumoto K, Yoshino KI, Tachibana M, Tsuboi T, Torii M, Ishino T, Iriko H. Parasitol Int. 2024 Jun;100:102864. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2024.102864. Epub 2024 Feb 6. PMID: 38331312

3. Identification of a novel protein localized to the crystalloid of the Plasmodium ookinete. Tachibana M, Baba M, Iriko H, Shinzawa N, Torii M, Ishino T. Parasitol Int. 2024 Mar 31;101:102892. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2024.102892. 

4. Colistin Resistance Mediated by Mcr-3-Related Phosphoethanolamine Transferase Genes in Aeromonas Species Isolated from Aquatic Environments in Avaga and Pakro Communities in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Mahazu S, Prah I, Ota Y, Hayashi T, Suzuki M, Yoshida M, Hoshino Y, Akeda Y, Suzuki T, Ishino T, Ablordey AS, Saito R. Infect Drug Resist. 2024 Jul 15;17:3011-3023. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S468000. eCollection 2024. PMID: 39050833 

1. Molecular characterization of the parasitic nematode genus Crassicauda; larvae parasitic on the firefly squid and adults on beaked whales off the coast of Japan.

Kumagai T, Shiozaki A, Tajima Y. 

Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl. 2023 Jan 2;20:56-62. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.01.001. eCollection 2023 Apr. PMID: 36688076 

2. Evaluating the mosquito host range of Getah virus and the vector competence of selected medically important mosquitoes in Getah virus transmission.

Azerigyik FA, Faizah AN, Kobayashi D, Amoa-Bosompem M, Matsumura R, Kai I, Sasaki T, Higa Y, Isawa H, Iwanaga S, Ishino T.

Parasit Vectors. 2023 Mar 15;16(1):99. doi: 10.1186/s13071-023-05713-4. PMID: 36922882 

3. Cysteine Residues in Region 6 of the Plasmodium yoelii Erythrocyte-Binding-like Ligand That Are Related to Its Localization and the Course of Infection.

Otsuki H, Kaneko O, Ito D, Kondo Y, Iriko H, Ishino T, Tachibana M, Tsuboi T, Torii M.

Biomolecules. 2023 Mar 2;13(3):458. doi: 10.3390/biom13030458. PMID: 36979393 

4. Impact of precipitation on the prevalence of schistosomiasis mekongi in Lao PDR: Structural equation modelling using Earth observation satellite data. Matsumoto-Takahashi ELA, Kumagai T, Oyoshi K, Sasaki Y, Mizukami Y, Hongvanthong B, Brey PT, Kano S, Iwagami M. One Health. 2023 May 11;16:100563. doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2023.100563. eCollection 2023 Jun. PMID: 37363222 

5. Rhoptry neck protein 4 plays important roles during Plasmodium sporozoite infection of the mammalian liver.

Baba M, Nozaki M, Tachibana M, Tsuboi T, Torii M, Ishino T.

mSphere. 2023 Jun 5:e0058722. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00587-22. PMID: 37272704 

6. A possible circulation of a dominant Dibothriocephalus nihonkaiensis haplotype in Japan revealed by molecular analysis of clinical tapeworm samples.

Ladzekpo D, Kwofie KD, Kawada H, Mikami F, Tsuji N, Iwanaga S, Dadzie S, Hatta T, Ishino T.

Parasitol Int. 2023 Jun 9:102771. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2023.102771. PMID: 37302639

7. Complete genome sequences of nine Burkholderia pseudomallei strains. Nishida T, Hiramatsu Y, Shinzawa N, Horino A, Mori S, Horiguchi Y. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2023 Sep 19;12(9):e0040023. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00400-23. Epub 2023 Jul 25. PMID: 37489889 

8. Low Prevalence of Schistosoma mekongi Infection and High Prevalence of Other Helminth Infections among Domestic Animals in Southern Lao People's Democratic Republic. Sayasone S, Khattignavong P, Keomalaphet S, Prasayasith P, Soundala P, Sannikone S, Kumagai T, Phomhaksa S, Inthavong P, Matsumoto-Takahashi ELA, Hongvanthong B, Brey PT, Kano S, Iwagami M. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2023 Jul 18;8(7):372. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed8070372. PMID: 37505668

9. Antifungal Efficacy of Luliconazole in an Experimental Rabbit Model of Fungal Keratitis Caused by Fusarium solani. Arimoto S, Inagaki K, Todokoro D, Suzuki T, Makimura K, Ishino T. Mycopathologia. 2023 Aug 21. doi: 10.1007/s11046-023-00783-5. PMID: 37603230

10. A Pvs25 mRNA vaccine induces complete and durable transmission-blocking immunity to Plasmodium vivax. Kunkeaw N, Nguitragool W, Takashima E, Kangwanrangsan N, Muramatsu H, Tachibana M, Ishino T, Lin PJC, Tam YK, Pichyangkul S, Tsuboi T, Pardi N, Sattabongkot J. NPJ Vaccines. 2023 Dec 14;8(1):187. doi: 10.1038/s41541-023-00786-9. PMID: 38092803 

1. Elucidating functional epitopes within the N-terminal region of malaria transmission blocking vaccine antigen Pfs230.

Miura K, Takashima E, Pham TP, Deng B, Zhou L, Huang WC, Diouf A, Gebremicale YT, Tachibana M, Ishino T, Richter King C, Lovell JF, Long CA, Tsuboi T.

NPJ Vaccines. 2022 Jan 13;7(1):4. doi: 10.1038/s41541-021-00423-3. PMID: 35027567 

2. Identification of Key Determinants of Cerebral Malaria Development and Inhibition Pathways.

Cha SJ, Yu X, Gregory BD, Lee YS, Ishino T, Opoka RO, John CC, Jacobs-Lorena M.

mBio. 2022 Jan 25;13(1):e0370821. doi: 10.1128/mbio.03708-21. PMID: 35073748

3. Plasmodium vivax transmission-blocking vaccines: Progress, challenges and innovation.

Tachibana M, Takashima E, Morita M, Sattabongkot J, Ishino T, Culleton R, Torii M, Tsuboi T.

Parasitol Int. 2022 Apr;87:102525. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2021.102525. PMID: 34896614 

4. Calpain inhibitor suppresses both extracellular vesicle-mediated secretion of miRNAs and egg production from paired adults of Schistosoma japonicum.

Kumagai T, Shimogawara R, Ichimura K, Iwanaga S.

Parasitol Int. 2022 Apr;87:102540. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2022.102540.PMID: 35007765

5. Chromosome splitting of Plasmodium berghei using the CRISPR/Cas9 system.

Addo-Gyan D, Matsushita H, Sora E, Nishi T, Yuda M, Shinzawa N, Iwanaga S.

PLoS One. 2022 Feb 24;17(2):e0260176. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260176. PMID: 35202423 

6. Generation of transgenic mosquitoes harboring a replication-restricted virus.

Naoaki Shinzawa, Chisako Kashima, Hiroka Aonuma, Kei Takahashi, Masayuki Shimojima, Shinya Fukumoto, Erisha Saiki, Daisuke S Yamamoto, Shigeto Yoshida, Hiroyuki Matsuoka, Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Hirotaka Kanuka.

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases. 2022 May 19

7. Evaluation of the Effect of Gene Duplication by Genome Editing on Drug Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum.

Kubota R, Ishino T, Iwanaga S, Shinzawa N.

Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2022 Jul 5;12:915656. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.915656. eCollection 2022. PMID: 35865822 

8. Vaccine co-display of CSP and Pfs230 on liposomes targeting two Plasmodium falciparum differentiation stages.

Huang WC, Mabrouk MT, Zhou L, Baba M, Tachibana M, Torii M, Takashima E, Locke E, Plieskatt J, King CR, Coelho CH, Duffy PE, Long C, Tsuboi T, Miura K, Wu Y, Ishino T, Lovell JF.

Commun Biol. 2022 Aug 1;5(1):773. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03688-z. PMID: 35915227 

9. Genome-wide functional screening of drug-resistance genes in Plasmodium falciparum.

Iwanaga S, Kubota R, Nishi T, Kamchonwongpaisan S, Srichairatanakool S, Shinzawa N, Syafruddin D, Yuda M, Uthaipibull C.

Nat Commun. 2022 Oct 18;13(1):6163. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33804-w. PMID: 36257944 

10. Detection of Schistosoma mekongi DNA in Human Stool and Intermediate Host Snail Neotricula aperta via Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay in Lao PDR.

Kumagai T, Matsumoto-Takahashi ELA, Ishikawa H, Keomalaphet S, Khattignavong P, Soundala P, Hongvanthong B, Oyoshi K, Sasaki Y, Mizukami Y, Kano S, Brey PT, Iwagami M.

Pathogens. 2022 Nov 24;11(12):1413. doi: 10.3390/pathogens11121413. PMID: 36558747 

11. Klebsiella Species and Enterobacter cloacae Isolates Harboring blaOXA-181 and blaOXA-48: Resistome, Fitness Cost, and Plasmid Stability.

Mahazu S, Prah I, Ota Y, Hayashi T, Nukui Y, Suzuki M, Hoshino Y, Akeda Y, Suzuki T, Ishino T, Ablordey A, Saito R.

Microbiol Spectr. 2022 Dec 21;10(6):e0332022. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.03320-22. Epub 2022 Dec 1. PMID: 36453894 

12. Sex-inducing effects toward planarians widely present among parasitic flatworms.

Sekii K, Miyashita S, Yamaguchi K, Saito I, Saito Y, Manta S, Ishikawa M, Narita M, Watanabe T, Ito R, Taguchi M, Furukawa R, Ikeuchi A, Matsuo K, Kurita G, Kumagai T, Shirakashi S, Ogawa K, Sakamoto K, Koyanagi R, Satoh N, Sasaki M, Maezawa T, Ichikawa-Seki M, Kobayashi K.

iScience. 2022 Dec 8;26(1):105776. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105776. eCollection 2023 Jan 20. PMID: 36594009 

1. PSOP1, putative secreted ookinete protein 1, is localized to the micronemes of Plasmodium yoelii and P. berghei ookinetes.

Tachibana M, Iriko H, Baba M, Torii M, Ishino T.

Parasitol Int. 2021 Oct;84:102407. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2021.102407. Epub 2021 Jun 18. PMID: 34147682

2. Highly efficient CRISPR/Cas9 system in Plasmodium falciparum using Cas9-expressing parasites and a linear donor template.

Nishi T, Shinzawa N, Yuda M, Iwanaga S.

Sci Rep. 2021 Sep 16;11(1):18501. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-97984-z. PMID: 34531479 

3. AGIA Tag System for Ultrastructural Protein Localization Analysis in Blood-Stage Plasmodium falciparum.

Morita M, Kanoi BN, Shinzawa N, Kubota R, Takeda H, Sawasaki T, Tsuboi T, Takashima E.

Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2021 Dec 15;11:777291. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.777291. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34976861