Kazunori Ike   Natsuko Kameyama   Akira Ito   Soichi Imai   
JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL FOOD 15(12) 1124-1128 2012年12月 [査読有り]
To assess the effect of edible mushroom extracts on the induction of T-helper 1 (Th1) immunity, we examined differences in interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and interleukin (IL)-4 production in mice induced by hot-water extracts of 15 species of edible...
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE 74(8) 1051-1055 2012年8月 [査読有り]
A one-month male Greyhound dog presented with a swinging gait of the hindlimbs, and later developed muscular atrophy of the femoral region and hyperextension of hindlimbs. The dog had positive serum IFAT titers to Neospora caninum, but a negative ...
Akira Ito   Takakibi Mishima   Kei Nataami   Kazunori Ike   Soichi Imai   
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PROTISTOLOGY 47(4) 256-273 2011年11月 [査読有り]
Intestinal ciliates excreted in the feces of Asian elephants were surveyed. Fourteen species in the order Entodiniomorphida were detected. Nine Triplumaria species in the family Cycloposthiidae were found. Using the silver impregnation, two known ...
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE 73(2) 263-267 2011年2月 [査読有り]
Zinc (Zn) is an essential trace element for DNA synthesis and for cell growth and differentiation. The deficiency induces a wide range of disorders including immunodeficiency. In this study, the influence of Zn deficiency to the mice infected with...
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE 71(8) 1085-1088 2009年8月 [査読有り]
Zinc deficiency induces a wide range of disorders including immunodeficiency. It is known that microbial infections occur with a high frequency in the zinc-deficient hosts, but the study on the correlation between parasitic infection and zinc stat...
K Ike   T Komatsu   T Murakami   Y Kato   M Takahashi   Y Uchida   S Imai   
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE 67(5) 515-520 2005年5月
As the comparative study was carried out on the susceptibility by the pursuit of parasitemia among the Djungarian, Syrian, and Chinese hamsters as well as BALB/c mice infected with the Syrian hamster-adapted Babesia microti strain, and Djungarian ...
K Ike   Y Uchida   T Nakamura   S Imai   
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE 67(5) 521-524 2005年5月
Mice were inoculated intraperitoneally wih 34 different types of vegetable juices, and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and interleukin-4 (IL-4) were measured as markers for the induction of Th1 and Th2 cells, respectively. Serum IFN-gamma level was m...