Shinjiro Hamano
- Professor, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine
- Parasitology, Tropical Medicine, Immunology
- We have been carrying out both field and laboratory studies on several of the most important helminthic diseases, including schistosomiasis, filariasis and intestinal helminthiasis and on important but neglected protozoan diseases such as amoebiasis, leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis.
Infectious diseases are still a huge menace to human health and continue unabated in tropical areas under the conditions of poverty and the unique natural and social environments. Various kinds of parasites infect humans for long periods of time without killing them, giving rise to tremendous social and/or economic loss. We would like to develop deep insight into parasitic diseases and the surrounding factors from various points of view through both field and laboratory studies. Our goal is to contribute to new knowledge and to provide an enthusiastic environment for the training of the future generation of investigators.
▼Course List
Immunogenetics
▼Recommended books
The Malaria Capers: More Tales of Parasites and People, Research and Reality
Robert S. Desowitz, W W Norton & Co Inc; Reprint▼Homepage
http://www.tm.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/nekken/english/research/parasitology.html
personal history
1993 M.D. Faculty of Medicine, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
1998 Ph.D. Department of Immunology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
1997-2009 Assistant Professor, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
(2004.10 - 2006.9 Research Associate at University of Virginia, USA)
2009-present Professor, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
works/thesis
1. Shimokawa, C., Kabir, M., Taniuchi, M., Mondal, D., Kobayashi, S., Ali, I.K., Sobuz, S.U., Senba, M., Houpt, E., Haque, R., Petri, W.A. Jr., Hamano, S.: Entamoeba moshkovskii is associated with diarrhea in infants and causes diarrhea and colitis in mice. J Infect Dis. 2012; 206: 744-51.
2. Hamano, S. and William A. Petri Jr.: Chapter 209: Amoebiasis in “Feigin, Cherry, Demmler, Kaplan: Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Disease, 6th edition” Elsevier、London, 2009, 2841-2849.
3. Hamano, S., Asgharpour, A., Stroup, S.E., Wynn, T.A., Leiter, E.H., Houpt, E.: Resistance of C57BL/6 mice to amoebiasis is mediated by nonhemopoietic cells but requires hemopoietic IL-10 production. J. Immunol. 2006; 177: 1208-1213.
4. Hamano, S., Himeno, K., Miyazaki, Y., Ishii, K., Yamanaka, A., Takeda, A., Zhang, M., Hisaeda, H., Mak, T.W., Yoshimur, A., Yoshida, H.: WSX-1 is required for resistance to Trypanosoma cruzi infection by regulation of pro-inflammatory cytokine production. Immunity 2003; 19 (5): 657-667.
5. Yoshida, H., Hamano, S., Senaldi, G., Covey, T., Faggioni, R., Mu, S., Xia, M., Wakeham, A.C., Nishina, H., Potter, J., Saris, C.J.M., Mak, T.W.: WSX-1 is required for the initiation of Th1 responses and resistance to L. major infection. Immunity 2001; 15 (4): 569-578.