ITO Katsuhiko

Professional Career

2004/04/01 - 007/03/31 : Research assistant, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
2009/04/01 - 2010/03/31 : Project Researcher, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences,The University of Tokyo
2010/04/01 - 2013/03/31 : Research fellow (PD), JSPS
2013/04/01 - 2013/09/30 : Project Researcher, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences,The University of Tokyo
2013/10/01 - 2018/09/30 : Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
2018/10/01 - present : Associate professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Academic Degrees

2009 PhD. in Agriculture, The University of Tokyo

Research Interests

Insect genetics, Insect pathology, Insect physiology

Publications

• Mang D, Toyama T, Yamagishi T, Sun J, Purba ER, Endo H, Matthews MM, Ito K, Nagata S, Sato R Dietary compounds activate an insect gustatory receptor on enteroendocrine cells to elicit myosuppressin secretion. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Insect Biochem Mol Biol). 155: 103927, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2023.103927.
• Ponnuvel KM, Miranda JR, Terenius O, Li W, Ito K, Khajje D, Shamitha G, Jagadish A, Dubey H, Mishra RK. Genetic characterisation of an Iflavirus associated with a vomiting disease in the Indian Tropical tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta. (Virus Research). 311: 198703, 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2022.198703
• Ito K, Sivaprasad V, Katsuma S, Yokoyama T, Kadono-Okuda K, Resistance mechanism of Nid-1, a dominant non-susceptibility gene, against Bombyx mori densovirus 1 infection. Virus Research (Virus Res) 318: 198849, 2022, DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2022.198849
• Ito, K., Ponnuvel, K.M., Kadono-Okuda, K. Host Response against Virus Infection in an Insect: Bidensovirus Infection Effect on Silkworm (Bombyx mori). Antioxidants (Basel) (Antioxidants). 10:4.522, 2021 doi: 10.3390/antiox10040522.