Kenta Watanabe

ワタナベケンタ | Kenta Watanabe

Affiliation and department：
Job title： Associate Professor

Research field (2)： Bacteriology , Veterinary medicine

Research theme for competitive and other funds (8)：

2025 - 2028 Environmental factors affect antimicrobial genes reduction by protist predation- can protist digestion antimicrobial resistant genes?
2022 - 2027 Pioneering a comprehensive method for humanities and social sciences in attention to the existence and disappearance of stray cats
2022 - 2025 環境中での薬剤耐性菌の制御に向けた,原生生物のバイオフィルム捕食作用の評価
2019 - 2022 Functional analysis of Legionella effectors using Paramecium as a host model
2015 - 2018 A study on the contribution of symbiosis between Legionella and protists to their pathogenicity

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Papers (50)：

Dhandy Koesoemo Wardhana, Takashi Shimizu, Kenta Watanabe, Akihiko Uda, Masahisa Watarai. Identification of the wbtF gene as a cytotoxicity-associated factor in Francisella novicida infection. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology. 2025. 15. 1647652-1647652
Hiroko Kiyota, Kenta Watanabe, Hibiki Oyama, Masato Tachibana, Takashi Shimizu, Masahisa Watarai. Legionella Confer Survival Benefits to Paramecium Hosts by Inhibiting Phagocytosis. Microbes and environments. 2025. 40. 4
Dhandy Koesoemo Wardhana, Takashi Shimizu, Kenta Watanabe, Akihiko Uda, Masahisa Watarai. Identification of the Francisella novicida FTN_0096 as a factor involved in intracellular replication and host response. PloS one. 2025. 20. 8. e0329626
Istiana Nur Vidayanti, Kenta Watanabe, Ema Fujino, Takashi Shimizu, Masahisa Watarai. Analysis of the genes and mechanisms responsible for the cytotoxicity of the Legionella Ofk308 strain in the Tetrahymena host. Frontiers in microbiology. 2025. 16. 1643556-1643556
Takemasa Nakamura, Takashi Shimizu, Naho Nishinakama, Reika Takahashi, Kohei Arasaki, Akihiko Uda, Kenta Watanabe, Masahisa Watarai. A novel method of Francisella infection of epithelial cells using HeLa cells expressing fc gamma receptor. BMC infectious diseases. 2024. 24. 1. 1171-1171

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MISC (26)：

高橋麗香, 仲村岳真, 清水隆, 宇田晶彦, 渡邊健太, 度会雅久. 宿主因子DNAJC14の役割と,野兎病菌の病態解析. 日本獣医学会学術集会講演要旨集. 2024. 167th
仲村岳真, 清水隆, 宇田晶彦, 渡邉健太, 度会雅久. HeLa細胞を用いた野兎病菌感染モデルの開発および新規宿主因子の同定. 日本獣医学会学術集会講演要旨集. 2024. 167th
田中佑佳, 渡邉健太, 度会雅久, 松井一彰, 小林由紀. 繊毛虫Parameciumの捕食による薬剤耐性菌除去の評価. 山口医学. 2023. 72. 3. 139-139
仲村岳真, 西中間菜穂, 清水隆, 渡邉健太, 宇田晶彦, 度会雅久. 野兎病菌感染におけるビオチンリガーゼの解析(The analysis of biotin ligases in Francisella infection). 日本細菌学雑誌. 2023. 78. 1. 140-140
牛田修平, 清水隆, 渡邉健太, 仲村岳真, 度会雅久. 低病原性Francisella novicidaの解析による新規病原性因子の探索. 日本獣医学会学術集会講演要旨集. 2023. 166th

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Lectures and oral presentations (26)：

レジオネラは飢餓状態下のゾウリムシ宿主の生存を補助する
(第168回日本獣医学会学術集会 2025)
異種原生生物宿主間におけるレジオネラ共生メカニズムの比較解析
(第167回日本獣医学会学術集会 2024)
Comparative analysis of Legionella symbiosis mechanisms between different protist hosts
(2024)
原生生物宿主への感染時におけるレジオネラIV型分泌機構の機能
(第166回日本獣医学会学術集会 2023)
Paramecium as a host model for pathogenic bacteria
(2023)

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Education (1)：

Professional career (1)：

Work history (4)：

2022/06 - 現在 Yamaguchi University Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Associate Professor
2014/01 - 2022/05 Yamaguchi University Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
2013/01 - 2013/12 National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
2010/04 - 2012/12 National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition

Awards (1)：

2021 - The Asian Association of Veterinary Schools (AAVS) The Kei-ichiro Maeda Memorial Ise Award 2021 Research on intracellular bacteria and their hosts

Association Membership(s) (2)：

THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF VETERINARY SCIENCE , JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR BACTERIOLOGY

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