Name KATO Kentaro
Position Professor
Tel 0229-84-7391
Fax 0229-84-7391
Mail kentaro.kato.c7*tohoku.ac.jp (Please replace * with @)
Research Interest Veterinary microbiology, Parasitology, Virology, Zoonoses
Career Education: 2000 D.V.M. Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo. 2003 Ph.D. Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo. 2003-2004 Visiting fellow; National Institute of Health, USA. 2005-2013 Assistant professor; Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo. 2013-2019 Associate professor; National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine. 2019- Professor; Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University
Research map https://researchmap.jp/read0204467
Research Projects
  • Characterization of regulation mechanism of protozoan life cycle

    We have been studying malaria, which is one of the world’s three major infectious diseases, toxoplasmosis, and cryptosporidiosis, which are global zoonoses, using the techniques of molecular biology and virology. We are focusing on how the pathogens infect and propagate in the host cells.

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    1. Establishment of inhibition strategy of calf infectious diarrhea

      The reasons of calf deaths in animal husbandry are divided into respiratory disease and digestive disease. In them, most of digestive diseases are infectious diarrheas. These are caused by three pathogens, Cryptosporidium, rotavirus, and Eimeria. We are studying the molecular phylogeny, pathogenic manifestation, and anti-infection drug screening with the drug libraries.

Research Seeds
  • Establishment of drug screening which can inhibit both acute and dormant infection of Toxoplasma

    Toxoplasmosis results in severe disease for mammals and birds including human. The anti-Toxoplasma drugs now induce dormant infection and cannot kill the parasite (図1). The way to discard the dormant parasites is needed. We established drug screening system which can inhibit both acute and dormant infection of Toxoplasma and succeeded in detecting ideal drugs.

URL: https://www.rpip.tohoku.ac.jp/seeds/profile/575/search_keyword:/lang:jp/?iok=1644493135

  • Development of anti-protozoan drugs using metal nanoparticles; acceleration of effects by amino acids capping

    Metal nanoparticles have the different physical and chemical characteristics compared with the bulk. It is caused by the extremely large surface area. They also have specific characteristics by the particle sizes, respectively. Moreover, they can produce reactive oxygen species that have the ability to kill infectious agents. We have reported that amino acid-capped metal nanoparticles(図2)can inhibit the growth of Toxoplasma.

URL: https://www.rpip.tohoku.ac.jp/seeds/profile/580/search_keyword:/lang:jp/?iok=1644493058