Serological investigation of Bartonella henselae infections in clinically cat-scratch disease-suspected patients, patients with cardiovascular diseases, and healthy veterinary students in Japan.

abstract：:Capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) were developed to detect immunoglobulin G and M antibodies to group A streptococcal (GAS) antigens, streptolysin O, streptokinase, and group A carbohydrate. The sensitivities and the specificities of the IgM capture ELISAs to each GAS antigen were high enough to dist...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hayashi S,Yokota K,Takizawa Y,Tomizawa I,Nejime T,Oguma K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue virus multiplication in cultures of a murine myelomonocytic cell line (WEHI-3) as well as mouse peritoneal macrophages was enhanced by treatment of the cells with lipophilic derivatives of muramyl peptides for 2 or 3 days before virus inoculation, but not for 2 hr before virus inoculation or during the adsorpti...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hotta H,Sanchez LF,Takada H,Homma M,Kotani S

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An antiserum against a fraction enriched for scrapie-associated fibrils (SAF), was examined for its effects on scrapie incubation period by inoculating mice either intraperitoneally or intracerebrally with various dilutions of the serum mixed with scrapie-infected mouse brain homogenate. After intraperitoneal inoculat...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ito M,Shinagawa M,Doi S,Sasaki S,Isomura H,Takahashi K,Goto H,Sato G

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A polymyxin B (PXB)-resistant mutant of Klebsiella pneumoniae O3 was isolated. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) extracted from the PXB-resistant isolate bound little PXB, although LPS from the parental strain did. The 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrum of PXB-resistant type LPS showed that it contained much less of...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yokochi T,Inoue Y,Jiang GZ,Kato Y,Sugiyama T,Kawai M,Fukada M,Takahashi K

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B. pertussis is a causative agent of whooping cough (pertussis) in humans. Despite wide-scale vaccination in many countries, there is serious concern about pertussis as a re-emerging disease. Re-emergence of pertussis may be explained by several factors: the short duration of protection by the currently available acel...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Abe A,Nagamatsu K,Watanabe M

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integration of bovine leukemia virus (BLV) in the genomes of infected cells was investigated in cattle with enzootic bovine leukosis (EBL) and sporadic bovine leukosis (SBL). Southern blot hybridization of BLV cDNA to Eco RI and Xba I restriction fragments of EBL tumor DNAs revealed that: 1) one to four or more copies...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Onuma M,Sagata N,Okada K,Ogawa Y,Ikawa Y,Oshima K

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) is an anaphylatoxin-inactivating enzyme generated by proteolytic cleavage of its zymogen, and is the same enzyme as that first designated by our group as procarboxypeptidase R (proCPR). TAFI in plasma is presumed to influence vascular disease in its role as a fibrinol...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Akatsu H,Ishiguro M,Ogawa N,Kanesaka T,Okada N,Yamamoto T,Campbell W,Okada H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of MHC-restricted T and B cell interactions in antibody response was studied with IgM-inducible B hybridomas and antigen-specific helper T cell clones. B hybridomas were prepared by fusion between splenic B cells from (CBA/N (H-2k) X BALB/c (H-2d)) F1 (NBF1) male mice and a B lymphoma cell line, M12.4.5....

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yoshikubo T,Kimoto M,Kishimoto T

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-eight sera from the acute, recurrent, and provoked types of female genital herpes were compared for the seroprevalence of herpes simplex virus (HSV) types 1 and 2 by immunodot assay using HSV glycoprotein G. In the HSV-1-isolated patients, no HSV-2 antibodies were detected, whereas in the HSV-2-isolated patients...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hashido M,Lee FK,Nahmias AJ,Kawana T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lack of a suitable animal model is a major obstacle to developing anti-HIV-1 vaccines. We successfully generated an SIVmac/HIV-1 chimeric virus (SHIV) (designated as NM-3rN) that contains the HIV-1 env gene and is infectious to macaque monkeys. Challenging the vaccinated macaque monkeys with NM-3rN, we developed a...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Haga T,Kuwata T,Ui M,Igarashi T,Miyazaki Y,Hayami M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Streptococcus pneumoniae, heat shock induces the synthesis of 65-, 73-, and 84-kDa proteins, and ethanol shock induces a 104-kDa protein. In this study, the 65-, 84-, and 104-kDa proteins were identified as members of the GroEL, ClpL and alcohol dehydrogenase families, respectively, and the general properties of th...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Choi IH,Shim JH,Kim SW,Kim SN,Pyo SN,Rhee DK

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptone-yeast extract (PY) medium containing 0.035% ferric ammonium citrate as an indicator, 0.05% sulfite as a substrate, 0.05% cysteine as a reducer and 0.5% glucose was found to be suitable for observing the sulfite reduction test. The effect of added cysteine on the test was suppressed by the addition of glucose. ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kawabata N

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine B cell mitogens such as bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS), butanol-extracted water soluble adjuvant (Bu-WSA), dextran sulfate (DS), synthetic muramyl dipeptide (MDP), and its analog MDP-Lys (L18) do not show any mitogenic ability in vitro on human peripheral blood lymphocytes or mixed cell populations of purif...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nitta T,Konno-Ejiri H,Okumura S,Ozawa A,Nakano M

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella typhimurium strain 9 produces mini-cells during cell proliferation. Mini-cells are viable but cannot proliferate since they do not contain chromosomal DNA. Effects of whole cells and mini-cells of S. typhimurium on the immune responses were investigated, with the following results. Phagocytosis of peritonea...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kurashige S,Yoshida T,Kodama K,Mitsuhashi S

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of B subunit of cholera toxin (CTB) on delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) response to influenza vaccine derived from influenza virus A/PR/8/34 (PR-8, HlNl) virus were investigated in B10 mice that were immunized intranasally with both influenza vaccine and CTB. The result showed that intranasal inoculatio...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kikuta K,Kurata H,Nagamine T,Aizawa C,Ueno Y,Kurata T,Tamura S

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SCG is a major 6-branched 1,3-beta-D-glucan in Sparassis crispa Fr. SCG shows antitumor activity and also enhances the hematopoietic response in cyclophosphamide (CY)-treated mice. In the present study, the molecular mechanism of the enhancement of the hematopoietic response was investigated. The levels of interferon-...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Harada T,Kawaminami H,Miura NN,Adachi Y,Nakajima M,Yadomae T,Ohno N

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porins were prepared from smooth strain of Salmonella typhi 0-901 and chemotype rough mutant of S. typhimurium Ra-30. Porins could significantly stimulate the immune systems of mice. Immunization of mice with the porins provoked synthesis of anti-porin antibodies. Macrophages from the immunized mice showed increased c...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tabaraie B,Sharma BK,Sharma PR,Sehgal R,Ganguly NK

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The US3 of HSV encodes a serine/threonine protein kinase that is highly conserved among members of the alphaherpesviruses. It is an accessory gene that is not required for viral replication in cultured cells but appears essential for viral survival in humans. Although accumulating in vitro evidence suggested that the ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Mori I

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer cells, a critical component of the innate immune system, eradicate both virus-infected cells and tumor cells through cytotoxicity and secretion of cytokines. Human NK cell research has largely been based on in vitro studies because of the lack of appropriate animal models. In this study, a selective pro...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hattori S,Matsuda K,Kariya R,Harada H,Okada S

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 16S toxin was purified from a Clostridium botulinum type D strain 1873 (D-1873). Furthermore, the entire nucleotide sequences of the genes coding for the 16S toxin were determined. It became clear that the purified D-1873 16S toxin consists of neurotoxin, nontoxic nonhemagglutinin (NTNH), and hemagglutinin (HA), a...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nakajima H,Inoue K,Ikeda T,Fujinaga Y,Sunagawa H,Takeshi K,Ohyama T,Watanabe T,Inoue K,Oguma K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mass outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H45 was first reported in Japan in 1998. This pathogen was classified as an enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) O157 because it was characterized by the Shiga toxin gene (stx)-negative and bundle-forming pilus (bfp) gene-positive genotypes. In this study, we investigated the type I...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Abe A,Nagano H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene upstream from fimA, the gene encoding fimbrilin, on the chromosome of Porphyromonas gingivalis was sequenced and shown to be the gene encoding an outer membrane protein in this organism based on homology and biochemical analyses. Therefore, the gene (formerly ORF5) was designated pgmA, the P. gingivalis outer m...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hongo H,Osano E,Ozeki M,Onoe T,Watanabe K,Honda O,Tani H,Nakamura H,Yoshimura F

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota (LcS) is a widely used probiotic strain with health benefits. In this study, the survival of LcS in the intestines of healthy Chinese adults was assessed and the effects of LcS on stool consistency, stool SCFAs and intestinal microbiota evaluated. Subjects consumed 100 mL per day of ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Wang R,Chen S,Jin J,Ren F,Li Y,Qiao Z,Wang Y,Zhao L

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diarrheal diseases are major causes of morbidity and mortality among children in developing countries. We have analyzed the causative agents of diarrhea in children under five years of age who resided in rural environments but attended a hospital in Malindi, a coastal town in Kenya. Bacterial diarrhea was found in 239...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Saidi SM,Iijima Y,Sang WK,Mwangudza AK,Oundo JO,Taga K,Aihara M,Nagayama K,Yamamoto H,Waiyaki PG,Honda T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is one of the etiological agents of acute respiratory tract infections. From June 2005 to May 2006, we collected 185 clinical specimens from children in Osaka City, Japan, and detected 41 hMPV RNA. Of the 41 specimens, four (9.8%) also contained other viruses (3 with adenovirus [AdV] and 1...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kaida A,Kubo H,Goto K,Shiomi M,Kohdera U,Iritani N

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To detect neutralization-relevant antibodies against 3 types of poliovirus (PV) without using tissue cultures and live viruses, an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) based on monoclonal antibody-binding inhibition was evaluated using sera from 80 vaccinated Japanese children and 60 Pakistani poliomyelitis patie...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hashido M,Horie H,Abe S,Doi Y,Hashizume S,Agboatwalla M,Isomura S,Nishio O,Hagiwara A,Inouye S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a deficiency in the data concerning the role of hMPV in lower respiratory tract infections in adults, and until now there has been no data available regarding the prevalence of hMPV in adults in our region. In the present study the association of hMPV with varieties of lower respiratory tract disorders in imm...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： El Sayed Zaki M,Raafat D,El-Metaal AA,Ismail M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gH of CMV is a major target for strain-specific neutralizing antibodies. To verify whether there is a correlation between HLA-DR type and strain-specific antibodies, antibodies against CMV gH in potential donors and recipients for renal transplantation were investigated. Among 471 subjects, 404 (86%) showed reacti...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ishibashi K,Tokumoto T,Shirakawa H,Hashimoto K,Kushida N,Yanagida T,Shishido K,Aikawa K,Yamaguchi O,Toma H,Tanabe K,Suzutani T

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the three-year period from 1984 to 1987, 506 acute gastroenteritis outbreaks involving 14,383 patients were reported to the Bureau of Public Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Eighty (4,324 patients) of 150 outbreaks (4,860 patients) from which etiologic agents were not identified were subjected to virologi...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Sekine S,Okada S,Hayashi Y,Ando T,Terayama T,Yabuuchi K,Miki T,Ohashi M

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivity of influenza rapid diagnostic tests (IRDTs) currently available in Japan for various influenza virus strains, including human H7N9 and H5N1 isolates, were compared and it was found that all of the IRDTs examined detected these viruses; however, their detection sensitivities differed. ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Sakai-Tagawa Y,Ozawa M,Yamada S,Uchida Y,Saito T,Takahashi K,Sugaya N,Tashiro M,Kawaoka Y

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00