A highly effective method for removing suspended poliovirus from water using a positively-charged carbon felt electrode.

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：:H5N1 and H9N2 are the most important causes of avian influenza in China. Chemokines and cytokines play important roles in inflammatory response that clearly differ between H5N1 and H9N2 infection. To investigate whether chemokines and cytokines are differentially regulated following H5N1 and H9N2 AIVs infection, dynam...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Luo C,Liu J,Qi W,Ren X,Lu R,Liao M,Ning Z

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently developed a method for serotyping human rotavirus (HRV) by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with HRV serotype-specific neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (ELISA serotyping). In the present study this method was compared with the fluorescent focus neutralization test with serotype-specific rabbit antise...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Urasawa S,Urasawa T,Taniguchi K,Morita Y,Sakurada N,Saeki Y,Morita O,Hasegawa S

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of LV in two different species, CD-1 mice, without a genetic disposition for diabetes, and BB rats prone to T1D were examined. Male CD-1 mice that had been exposed to LV in utero developed a type 2-like diabetes with increased blood glucose, insulin levels and epididymal fat at the age of 10-15 weeks. Comb...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Holmberg R,Klitz W,Blixt M,Berggren PO,Juntti-Berggren L,Niklasson B

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-12 is one of the cytokines that induce acquired immunity by progressing the differentiation of T cells. When antigens are presented by APCs, including macrophages and DCs, T cells are activated and produce the Th1 cytokines IL-2 and IFN-γ. We have previously reported greater IL-12 production from macrophag...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Taniguchi K,Miyatake Y,Hayashi D,Takami A,Itoh S,Yamamoto S,Hida S,Onozaki K,Takii T

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio hollisae strains isolated recently from patients in various locations were examined for the presence of the thermostable direct hemolysin gene (tdh) using nucleic acid hybridization and polymerase chain reaction assays. The results were consistent with the previous finding that all strains of V. hollisae carry ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nishibuchi M,Janda JM,Ezaki T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L forms of Salmonella typhimurium LT2 conferred strong protection to a lethal challenge with its parental bacterium on innately hypersusceptible C3H/HeJ mice, and its minimal protective dose was approximately 150 L-forming units. Although L-form S. typhimurium was avirulent for C3H/HeJ mice, it multiplied slowly in bo...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nishikawa F,Kita E,Yamada H,Nakano A,Kashiba S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high molecular weight proteinaceous factor in the cell extract of sarcoma 180 (S-180) was found to inhibit phorbol myristate acetate (PMA)-triggering of macrophage H2O2 release. This factor (S-180 factor) was stable at 56 C for 1 hr and resistant to ultraviolet-irradiation. The S-180 factor inhibited the specific bi...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tomioka H,Saito H

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There was a significant amount of non-specific, but not of allergen (e.g., papain, mite feces and four kinds of pollen)-specific, IgE antibodies (Abs) in the sera of normal mice. An i.n. injection of each allergen without adjuvant into mice caused an increase in total IgE Ab titers with a similar time course in the se...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hannya N,Ogita-Nakanishi H,Kato R,Ijiri Y,Hayashi T,Tanaka K,Kawata R,Takenaka H,Kubota T,Yoshida R

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chimeric PCV1-2 clone containing the PCV2 capsid gene cloned into the backbone of the nonpathogenic PCV1 genome was recently generated based on PCV2 and PCV1 strains isolated in China. The efficacy of this available candidate inactivated vaccine was evaluated by subjecting conventional pigs to intramuscular immuniza...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Xujie L,Xiaobo W,Yi S,Jing F,Song G,Xiufan L

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospire lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulated the adherence of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) to human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). Enhanced PMN adherence in response to leptospire LPS can be mediated by platelet-activator-factor (PAF), because a PAF antagonist reduced adherence. Leptospire LPS als...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Isogai E,Hirose K,Kimura K,Hayashi S,Kubota T,Fujii N,Isogai H

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the mechanism of spontaneous B cell activation in lupus mice by using anticlass-II antibody in vitro. The in vitro culture of B cells from old NZB mice markedly produced Ig without any stimulation, while B cells from NZW mice did not. The addition of anticlass-II antibody (anti-Iad antibody) to the culture...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Saito K,Tanaka Y,Ota T,Eto S,Yamashita U

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fusion of BHK-21-KB cells by vesicular stomatitis virus was not induced in Eagle's minimal essential medium without glucose. In medium containing glucose, the rate of polykaryocyte formation decreased as the concentration of glucose was reduced below 5 mM. However, no reduction in virus production 24 hr after infe...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Takehara M

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) plays a critical role in regulating expression of genes responsible for a wide range of cellular processes, including innate and adoptive immune responses, and pathways related to cell survival and proliferation. Based on its property as a transcription factor, NF-kappaB has been...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Isomura I,Morita A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to influenza A virus were detected using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in the sera from two of seven Baikal seals (Phoca sibrica) and from five of six ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in Russia. In a hemagglutination-inhibition test using H1-H15 reference influenza A viruses, ELISA-positive sera fro...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ohishi K,Kishida N,Ninomiya A,Kida H,Takada Y,Miyazaki N,Boltunov AN,Maruyama T

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measuring the amount of HIV-1 DNA in infected cells is important to estimate the size of the viral reservoir in patients. However, the clinical impact of the intracellular viral DNA level remains unclear. The present study examines the clinical significance of the HIV-1 DNA level in peripheral CD4+ T lymphocytes from ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Wada K,Nagai H,Hagiwara T,Ibe S,Utsumi M,Kaneda T

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus anginosus appears to be able to adhere to cultured epithelial cells or fibronectin and this may be associated with bacterial pathogenicity. In the present study, the molecular characteristics and virulence of the fibronectin-binding protein (FBP), Fbp62, of S. anginosus were investigated in animal models...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kodama Y,Ishikawa T,Shimoyama Y,Sasaki D,Kimura S,Sasaki M

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triosephosphate isomerase (TPI; EC 5. 3. 1. 1) displayed on the cell surface of Staphylococcus aureus acts as an adhesion molecule that binds to the capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans, a fungal pathogen. This study investigated the function of TPI on the cell surface of S. aureus and its interactions with biological s...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Furuya H,Ikeda R

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological activities of lipopolysaccharide-like substance (LLS) extracted from Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola strain Moulton by the hot phenol-water method were studied in mice. The addition of 12.5 micrograms/ml or more of LLS fraction increased the incorporation of [3H]thymidine into in vitro cultured ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Shimizu T,Matsusaka E,Takayanagi K,Masuzawa T,Iwamoto Y,Morita T,Mifuchi I,Yanagihara Y

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil specimens obtained from several areas of Japan, which are closely located to or facing the Continental land of China, were examined for the distribution of Clostridium botulinum, especially pertaining to types A and B. A total of 266 specimens of Japan, when cultured, showed no type A or B toxicity, although 30 (...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yamakawa K,Kamiya S,Nishida S,Yoshimura K,Yu H,Lu DY,Nakamura S

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabies virus Nishigahara strain causes lethal infection in adult mice after intracerebral inoculation. On the other hand, the RC-HL strain, derived from the Nishigahara strain, does not cause lethal infection in adult mice. We previously demonstrated that a chimeric virus, R(G), with the open reading frame of the G ge...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yamada K,Ito N,Takayama-Ito M,Sugiyama M,Minamoto N

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growing process and the fine structure of the cross wall of Staphylococcus were investigated by electron microscopy. Examination of the tangentially sectioned cross wall revealed that it was initially synthesized as a thin cell wall layer by an invaginated cytoplasmic membrane. The wall thickness soon increased by...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Amako K,Umeda A

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult T-cell leukemia-associated membrane antigen (ATLMA) expressed on the surface of living ATL virus (ATLV)-carrying cells was investigated by an indirect membrane immunofluorescence method using natural antibodies to ATLV in human sera. All the ATLV-positive cell lines tested that had cytoplasmic ATL-associated ant...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Chosa T,Yamamoto N,Koyanagi Y,Kohno M,Nagata K,Hinuma Y

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:gp96 plays a central role in innate as well as acquired immunity, maturation and chemotaxis of dendritic cells, Ab production, and cross-priming, and is a peptide acceptor in endoplasmic reticulum and an accessory to peptide loading of MHC class I molecules. The remarkable conservation of essential immunological prope...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Cho NH,Choi CY,Seong SY

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A human T cell hybridoma clone, F5, producing high levels of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) was established by the emetine-actinomycin D selection method. This clone produced two species of MIF which were separated on a Phenyl Sepharose column. We purified MIF-2 (the more hydrophobic species of the two) ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hirose S,Ooki S,Higuchi M,Osawa T

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the simple and rapid detection/identification of major pathogenic fungal species such as Candida albicans, C. tropicalis, C. parapsilosis, C. glabrata and Aspergillus fumigatus, common primers for these species and specific primers for each species, designed on the basis on the genomic nucleotide sequences of the ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kanbe T,Arishima T,Horii T,Kikuchi A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blastomycosis, caused by the thermally dimorphic fungus Blastomyces dermatitides, which is endemic to eastern regions of the USA, is commonly misdiagnosed as a viral or bacterial infection and therefore treated improperly. Over the years, many immunodiagnostic assays to aid in the diagnosis of blastomycosis have been ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hatch WO,Scalarone GM

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythematous delayed reactions without induration, presumably assigned to Jones-Mote type, were characterized by the resistance to treatment with cyclophosphamide (CY) before elicitation or immunization in guinea pigs immunized with BGG in IFA or CFA. CY-treatment before elicitation converted delayed erythematous reac...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Himeno K,Nomoto K,Takeya K

更新日期：1978-01-01 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：:The purpose of this study was to sequence the central part of the coding region of the Clostridium tyrobutyricum fiagellin gene to improve the immunoenzymatic counting of cells after milk filtration. The coding region was amplified by PCR, and the amplified products were cloned. A DNA sequence analysis of positive clo...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Arnold F,Bédouet L,Batina P,Robreau G

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00