HOMEAssociate Professor Kentaro Kato

Faculty

Associate Professor Kentaro Kato

Speciality / Research theme / Keywords
Molecular biology, Cellular biology, Glycobiology, Parasitology
Supervision
Masters ProgrammeDoctoral Programme

Qualifications

PhD（Pharmaceutical Sciences）

Personal/Word Web page addresses

http://www.tm.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/nekken/departments/eco-epidemiology.html https://researchmap.jp/read0147848

ResearchGate or Linked-in account Link

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kentaro-Kato-5 https://www.linkedin.com/in/kentaro-kato-76b91b9/

Affiliation(s)

Department of Eco-epidemiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University

Background

[Academic background]

  • April, 2001 – March, 2004: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (PhD)
  • April, 1999 – March, 2001: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (MSc)
  • April, 1993 – March, 1997: Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan (BSc)
  • April, 1989 – March, 1992: Shonan high school, Kanagawa, Japan

[Work history]

  • April, 2024 – Present: Associate Professor, Department of Eco-epidemiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
  • March, 2017 – March, 2024: Assistant Professor, Department of Eco-epidemiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
  • April, 2010 – February, 2017: Assistant Professor, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
  • April, 2008 – March, 2010: Postdoctoral fellow, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
  • April, 2005 – March, 2008: Visiting research assistant, Odontologisk Institute/ Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics/ Institute of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Panum Instituttet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Teaching

全学モジュールI「健康と医療の安全・安心」(Japanese) （Nagasaki University）

Research

Molecular basis of virulent factors of Entamoeba histolytica Structural analysis of Entamoeba histolytica lectins Identification of factors inducing chemotaxis of Schistosoma mansoni miracidia

The country/countries where you work currently

Japan, U.S.A., Denmark

Five MOST IMPORTANT/INTERESTING recent publications

  1. Flore GE, Yusuf AB, Habila AJ, Mamman M, Atawodi SE, Kato K, Inaoka DK, Hirayama K, Kita K, Shuaibu MN, Emmanuel O. Balogun EO. The Extracellular Region of Trypanosoma congolense Membrane Bound Acid Phosphatase Induces Partial Protection in Immunized BALB/c mice. Microb Pathog. 2025; 204:107526.
  2.  Akar SE, Nwachukwu W, Adewuyi OS, Anthony Ahumibe AA, Akanimo I, Okunromade O, Babatunde O, Ihekweazu C, Hitachi M, Kato K, Takamatsu Y, Hirayama K, Kaneko S. Epidemiology of yellow fever in Nigeria: Analysis of climatic, ecological, socio-demographic, and clinical factors associated with viral positivity among suspected cases using national surveillance data, 2017–2023. J Epidemiol Glob Health. 2025; 15(1):2.
  3.  Kato K*, Miura M, Tachibana H, Tsukamoto I. Effects of monosaccharides including rare sugars on proliferation of Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites in vitro. Front Mol Biosci. 2023; 10:1288470.
  4. Miura M, Mitsui Y, Aoki Y, Kato K*. A new accumulation assay of Schistosoma mansoni miracidia using square capillary glass tubes.  Exp Parasitol. 2022; 239:108313.
  5. Kato K*, Tachibana H. Identification of Multiple Domains of Entamoeba histolytica Intermediate Subunit Lectin-1 with Hemolytic and Cytotoxic Activities. Int J Mol Sci. 2022; 23(14):7700.

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