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Professor Shinjiro Hamano (MD, PhD) has been a professor at the Institute of Tropical

Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University from 2009.

 

Dr. Hamano studied medicine and received his MD from Kumamoto University in 1993

and a PhD degree from Kyushu University, Fukuoka in 1999. Following that, he has been

studying host defense mechanisms against various protozoan and helminthic parasites at

Kyushu University and Nagasaki University. His research interests are on tropical infectious diseases and host defense mechanism to microbes including parasites.

 

Between 2004 and 2006 he visited the University of Virginia and dedicated his time to elucidate the determinants for Entamoeba histolytica to establish the infection using animal model. Dr. Hamano and his colleagues elucidated the pathogenicity of Entamoeba moshkovskii and the role of newly identified heterodimeric cytokine IL-27 and its receptor WSX-1 in host defense to protozoan parasites.

 

He has also engaged in field study about tropical infectious diseases in developing countries.

Prof. Shinjiro HAMANO

Professor Shinjiro HAMANO

濱野  真二郎

TMGH Modules

Background

  • Medical Microbiology II

MD, PhD

Affiliations

Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN),

Nagasaki University

Research Areas

  • Tropical infectious diseases

  • Host defense mechanism to microbes including parasites

Disciplines

  • Parasitology

  • Neglected Tropical Diseases

  • Immunology

Other Areas of Interest

Parasitic 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 help students develop deep insight into parasitic diseases and the surrounding factors from various points of view. The roles on TMGH courses is to show existing and new knowledge and to provide an enthusiastic environment for the future generation.

Countries/Regions

  • Kenya

  • Bangladesh

Select Publications

1

Risk factors and spatial distribution of Schistosoma mansoni infection among primary school children in Mbita District, Western Kenya.

Nagi, S., Chadeka, E., Sunahara, T., Mutungi, F., Kalenda, Y., Kaneko, S., Ichinose, Y., Matsumoto, S., Njenga, S., Hashizume, M., Shimada, M., *Hamano, S. PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis. 8(7): e2991. 2014.

2

Serological surveillance development for tropical infectious diseases using simultaneous microsphere-based multiplex assays and finite mixture models.

Fujii, S., Kaneko, S., Nzou, S.M., Mwau, M., Njenga, S.M., Tanigawa, C., Kimotho, J., Mwangi, A.W., Kiche, I., Matsumoto, S., Niki, M., Osada-Oka, M., Ichinose, Y., Inoue, M., Itoh, M., Tachibana, H., Ishii, K., Tsuboi, T., Yoshida, L.M., Mondal, D., Haque, R., *Hamano, S., Changoma, M., Hoshi, T., Kamo, K., Karama, M., Miura, M., Hirayama, K. PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis. 8(7): e3040. 2014.

3

Involvement of IL-18 in the expansion of unique hepatic T cells with unconventional cytokine profiles during Schistosoma mansoni infection.

Adachi, K., Nakamura, R., Osada, Y., Senba, M., Tamada, K., *Hamano, S. PLoS One 9(5): e96042. 2014.

4

Entamoeba moshkovskii is associated with diarrhea in infants and causes diarrhea and colitis in mice.

Shimokawa, C., Kabir,M., Taniuchi,M., Mondal,D., Kobayashi, S., Ali, I.K., Sobuz, S., Senba,M., Houpt, E., Haque, R., Petri,W.A., *Hamano, S. J. Infect. Dis. 2014;206(5): 744-751. 2012.

5

IL-17 is necessary for host protection against acute-phase Trypanosoma cruzi infection.

Miyazaki, Y., *Hamano, S., Wang, S., Shimanoe, Y., Iwakura, Y., Yoshida, H. J. Immunol. 185(2): 1150-1157. 2010.

Other Publications

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