Mineko Shibayama

Interaction of secretory immunoglobulin A antibodies with Naegleria fowleri trophozoites and collagen type I.

Thalidomide ameliorates carbon tetrachloride induced cirrhosis in the rat.

Structured HCV nucleocapsids composed of P21 core protein assemble primary in the nucleus of Pichia pastoris yeast.

Nuclear localization of nucleocapsid-like particles and HCV core protein in hepatocytes of a chronically HCV-infected patient.

Nitric oxide synthase in Entamoeba histolytica: its effect on rat aortic rings.

In vitro and in vivo interaction of Entamoeba histolytica Gal/GalNAc lectin with various target cells: an immunocytochemical analysis.

Induction of morphological and electrophysiological changes in hamster cornea after in vitro interaction with trophozoites of Acanthamoeba spp.

Immunosuppressive treatment inhibits the development of amebic liver abscesses in hamsters.

Antiamoebic and toxicity studies of a carbamic acid derivative and its therapeutic effect in a hamster model of hepatic amoebiasis.

HCV core protein localizes in the nuclei of nonparenchymal liver cells from chronically HCV-infected patients.

Experimental amebiasis: a selected review of some in vivo models.

Protease activities of Acanthamoeba polyphaga and Acanthamoeba castellanii.

Chronic bile duct obstruction induces changes in plasma and hepatic levels of cytokines and nitric oxide in the rat.

Curcumin protects against acute liver damage in the rat by inhibiting NF-kappaB, proinflammatory cytokines production and oxidative stress.

Resveratrol prevents fibrosis, NF-kappaB activation and TGF-beta increases induced by chronic CCl4 treatment in rats.

A Brazilian species of Entamoeba dispar (ADO) produces amoebic liver abscess in hamsters.

Resveratrol and trimethylated resveratrol protect from acute liver damage induced by CCl4 in the rat.

A biochemical comparison of proteases from pathogenic naegleria fowleri and non-pathogenic Naegleria gruberi.

Programmed cell death in Entamoeba histolytica induced by the aminoglycoside G418.

Characterization of Naegleria fowleri strains isolated from human cases of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in Mexico.

Characterization of brain inflammation during primary amoebic meningoencephalitis.

Methyl palmitate prevents CCl(4)-induced liver fibrosis.

Curcumin prevents and reverses cirrhosis induced by bile duct obstruction or CCl4 in rats: role of TGF-beta modulation and oxidative stress.

Trolox down-regulates transforming growth factor-beta and prevents experimental cirrhosis.

Mucins in the host defence against Naegleria fowleri and mucinolytic activity as a possible means of evasion.

The thalidomide analog 3-phthalimido-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-propanoic acid improves the biliary cirrhosis in the rat.

Innate immunity prevents tissue invasion by Entamoeba histolytica.

Differential expression of surface glycoconjugates on Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar.

N-acetylcysteine prevents carbon tetrachloride-induced liver cirrhosis: role of liver transforming growth factor-beta and oxidative stress.

Naegleria fowleri induces MUC5AC and pro-inflammatory cytokines in human epithelial cells via ROS production and EGFR activation.

Differences between Naegleria fowleri and Naegleria gruberi in expression of mannose and fucose glycoconjugates.

Antifibrotic and fibrolytic properties of celecoxib in liver damage induced by carbon tetrachloride in the rat.

Human amebiasis: breaking the paradigm?

Entamoeba histolytica calreticulin: an endoplasmic reticulum protein expressed by trophozoites into experimentally induced amoebic liver abscesses.

Cell wall glycoproteins participate in the adhesion of Sporothrix schenckii to epithelial cells.

Effect of phosphatidylcholine-cholesterol liposomes on Entamoeba histolytica virulence.

In vivo programmed cell death of Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites in a hamster model of amoebic liver abscess.

Effects of acetyl salycilic acid and ibuprofen in chronic liver damage induced by CCl4.

Coffee prevents CCl(4)-induced liver cirrhosis in the rat.

Silencing survivin splice variant 2B leads to antitumor activity in taxane--resistant ovarian cancer.

A novel fluorinated stilbene exerts hepatoprotective properties in CCl(4)-induced acute liver damage.

Protective effects of allopurinol against acute liver damage and cirrhosis induced by carbon tetrachloride: modulation of NF-κB, cytokine production and oxidative stress.

Amoebic liver abscess production by Entamoeba dispar.

2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin enhances CCl4-induced hepatotoxicity in an aryl hydrocarbon receptor-dependent manner.

Corifungin, a new drug lead against Naegleria, identified from a high-throughput screen.

Tumor-associated macrophages and angiogenesis: a statistical correlation that could reflect a critical relationship in ameloblastoma.

Secondary biliary cirrhosis in the rat is prevented by decreasing NF-κB nuclear translocation and TGF-β expression using allopurinol, an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase.

Disruption of MDCK cell tight junctions by the free-living amoeba Naegleria fowleri.

Caffeine prevents experimental liver fibrosis by blocking the expression of TGF-β.

Allopurinol reverses liver damage induced by chronic carbon tetrachloride treatment by decreasing oxidative stress, TGF-β production and NF-κB nuclear translocation.

Restoration of albumin production by nucleoside analogue therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B.

In vitro efficacy of corifungin against Acanthamoeba castellanii trophozoites and cysts.

Immunomodulatory effects by oral contraceptives in normal and cholestatic female rats: role of cytokines.

Entamoeba histolytica and E. dispar Calreticulin: inhibition of classical complement pathway and differences in the level of expression in amoebic liver abscess.

Hesperidin prevents liver fibrosis in rats by decreasing the expression of nuclear factor-κB, transforming growth factor-β and connective tissue growth factor.

Acanthamoeba castellanii Proteases are Capable of Degrading Iron-Binding Proteins as a Possible Mechanism of Pathogenicity.

CD40 Ligand Deficient C57BL/6 Mouse Is a Potential Surrogate Model of Human X-Linked Hyper IgM (X-HIGM) Syndrome for Characterizing Immune Responses against Pathogens.

Iron-Binding Protein Degradation by Cysteine Proteases of Naegleria fowleri.

Nicotinic acid prevents experimental liver fibrosis by attenuating the prooxidant process.

Exposure to bisphenol A in young adult mice does not alter ovulation but does alter the fertilization ability of oocytes.

Double staining of β-galactosidase with fibrosis and cancer markers reveals the chronological appearance of senescence in liver carcinogenesis induced by diethylnitrosamine.

Resveratrol Induces Apoptosis-Like Death and Prevents In Vitro and In Vivo Virulence of Entamoeba histolytica.

Experimental Colitis Is Attenuated by Cardioprotective Diet Supplementation That Reduces Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Mucosal Damage.

Naegleria fowleri after 50 Years: Is it a neglected pathogen?

Liver histological changes and lipid peroxidation in the amphibian Ambystoma mexicanum induced by sediment elutriates from the Lake Xochimilco.

Entamoeba histolytica: Overexpression of the gal/galnac lectin, ehcp2 and ehcp5 genes in an in vivo model of amebiasis.

Ubiquitin-like Atg8 protein is expressed during autophagy and the encystation process in Naegleria gruberi.