Satoru Kawai

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Affiliation: Dokkyo University School of Medicine
Country: Japan

Publications

  1. ncbi Lineage-specific positive selection at the merozoite surface protein 1 (msp1) locus of Plasmodium vivax and related simian malaria parasites
    Hiromi Sawai
    Laboratory of Malariology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka 565 0871, Japan
    BMC Evol Biol 10:52. 2010
  2. ncbi Cross-reactivity in rapid diagnostic tests between human malaria and zoonotic simian malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi infections
    Satoru Kawai
    Center for Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, 321 0293, Japan
    Parasitol Int 58:300-2. 2009
  3. ncbi Imaging analysis of the brain in a primate model of cerebral malaria
    Satoru Kawai
    Center for Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
    Acta Trop 114:152-6. 2010
  4. ncbi Enhancement of splenic glucose metabolism during acute malarial infection: correlation of findings of FDG-PET imaging with pathological changes in a primate model of severe human malaria
    Satoru Kawai
    Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 74:353-60. 2006
  5. ncbi Tubular structures associated with Babesia caballi in equine erythrocytes in vitro
    S Kawai
    Department of Medical Zoology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
    Parasitol Res 85:171-5. 1999
  6. ncbi Ultrastructural characteristics of Babesia caballi in equine erythrocytes in vitro
    S Kawai
    Department of Medical Zoology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
    Parasitol Res 85:794-9. 1999
  7. ncbi Increased plasma levels of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) and soluble vascular cell molecule-1 (sVCAM-1) associated with disease severity in a primate model for severe human malaria: Plasmodium coatneyi-Infected Japanese macaques (Mac
    Satoru Kawai
    Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
    J Vet Med Sci 65:629-31. 2003
  8. ncbi Plasmodium coatneyi-infected erythrocytes bind to C32 amelanotic melanoma cells under static and flow conditions
    Satoru Kawai
    Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
    J Vet Med Sci 65:375-80. 2003
  9. ncbi Hypertrophy of vascularized bone isograft in rats treated with cyclosporine A
    T Tsubone
    Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minamikogushi, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan
    Calcif Tissue Int 73:393-9. 2003
  10. ncbi Heterogenic virulence and related factors among clinical isolates of Porphyromonas gingivalis with type II fimbriae
    H Inaba
    Department of Oral Frontier Biology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita Osaka, Japan
    Oral Microbiol Immunol 23:29-35. 2008

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  1. ncbi Lineage-specific positive selection at the merozoite surface protein 1 (msp1) locus of Plasmodium vivax and related simian malaria parasites
    Hiromi Sawai
    Laboratory of Malariology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka 565 0871, Japan
    BMC Evol Biol 10:52. 2010
    ..It is thus tempting to invoke that a major immune target parasite protein such as MSP-1 underwent unique evolution, depending on parasite species that exhibit difference in host range and host specificity...
  2. ncbi Cross-reactivity in rapid diagnostic tests between human malaria and zoonotic simian malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi infections
    Satoru Kawai
    Center for Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, 321 0293, Japan
    Parasitol Int 58:300-2. 2009
    ..falciparum and higher than P. vivax. Thus, commercial RDTs based on detection of pLDH should be used with great caution, and should not replace conventional microscopy in the diagnosis of suspected cases of P. knowlesi malaria...
  3. ncbi Imaging analysis of the brain in a primate model of cerebral malaria
    Satoru Kawai
    Center for Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
    Acta Trop 114:152-6. 2010
    ..This may be one reason why more than half of CM patients have no neurological sequelae following recovery...
  4. ncbi Enhancement of splenic glucose metabolism during acute malarial infection: correlation of findings of FDG-PET imaging with pathological changes in a primate model of severe human malaria
    Satoru Kawai
    Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 74:353-60. 2006
    ..We suggest that increase in splenic glucose uptake may thus be closely related to activation of splenic clearance system against blood-stage malarial parasites...
  5. ncbi Tubular structures associated with Babesia caballi in equine erythrocytes in vitro
    S Kawai
    Department of Medical Zoology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
    Parasitol Res 85:171-5. 1999
    ..These findings suggest that intraerythrocytic stages of B. caballi come into direct contact with culture medium...
  6. ncbi Ultrastructural characteristics of Babesia caballi in equine erythrocytes in vitro
    S Kawai
    Department of Medical Zoology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
    Parasitol Res 85:794-9. 1999
    ..A long pseudopod extended far into the host cell cytoplasm, and was finally completely enclosed in a cell, but did not have hemozoin pigment, the breakdown product of hemoglobin digestion...
  7. ncbi Increased plasma levels of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) and soluble vascular cell molecule-1 (sVCAM-1) associated with disease severity in a primate model for severe human malaria: Plasmodium coatneyi-Infected Japanese macaques (Mac
    Satoru Kawai
    Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
    J Vet Med Sci 65:629-31. 2003
    ..These results suggest that the elevation of levels of sICAM-1 and sVCAM-1 is a critical step in the pathogenesis of severe malaria in vivo...
  8. ncbi Plasmodium coatneyi-infected erythrocytes bind to C32 amelanotic melanoma cells under static and flow conditions
    Satoru Kawai
    Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
    J Vet Med Sci 65:375-80. 2003
    ..The combination of anti-CD36 and anti-ICAM-1 mAb resulted in 83-100% inhibition of rolling and 100% inhibition of adhesion. These findings suggest that CD36 is one of the principal adhesion receptors of P. coatneyi-infected erythrocytes...
  9. ncbi Hypertrophy of vascularized bone isograft in rats treated with cyclosporine A
    T Tsubone
    Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minamikogushi, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan
    Calcif Tissue Int 73:393-9. 2003
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  10. ncbi Heterogenic virulence and related factors among clinical isolates of Porphyromonas gingivalis with type II fimbriae
    H Inaba
    Department of Oral Frontier Biology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita Osaka, Japan
    Oral Microbiol Immunol 23:29-35. 2008
    ..In the present study, we compared infectious inflammatory changes in clinical isolates of P. gingivalis with type II fimbriae using a mouse abscess model to examine their pathogenic heterogeneity and heterogeneity-related factors...
  11. ncbi Administration of optimum sustained-insulin release PLGA microcapsules to spontaneous diabetes-prone BB/Wor//Tky rats
    M Takenaga
    Institute of Medical Science, St Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan
    Drug Deliv 13:149-57. 2006
    ..Furthermore, some of pregnant rats with intermittent treatment bore fetuses, although additional insulin therapy seemed necessary. Therefore, the formulation could become a new tool as a provider of basal insulin for IDDM patients...