Physiological roles of three Na+/H+ antiporters in the halophilic bacterium Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

abstract：:Several liposomes containing ovalbumin (OVA), a model antigen, with different lipid compositions were prepared in order to evaluate their ability to induce oral tolerance. Oral administration of these liposomal OVAs induced suppression of the proliferative responses of popliteal lymph node cells from the treated mice ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Masuda K,Horie K,Suzuki R,Yoshikawa T,Hirano K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate a modified rapid ELISA method for detecting CAg during Toxoplasma gondii infection, we analyzed the specificity and sensitivity of the ELISA method by using experimental Toxoplasma infection in rabbits and also tested this method in human samples including 5428 serum, 548 cerebrospinal fluid and two breast...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Chen R,Lu S,Lou D,Lin A,Zeng X,Ding Z,Wen L,Ohta N,Wang J,Fu C

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to fibronectin-binding proteins (FnBPs) of Staphylococcus aureus, including binding domain of FnBPA, the D region, or the A-C regions of FnBPB were produced in rabbits and mice. These antibodies were used to characterize cell-associated FnBPs of S. aureus strain Cowan I, S. aureus strain U320 and a coagulas...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Sakata N,Rozalska B,Wadström T

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BALB/c mice were immunized intraperitoneally with the food antigen ovalbumin (OVA) while they were fed with Lactobacillus GG heated killed cell preparation. The oral administration of Lactobacillus GG did not appear to modify the antigen-augmented serum IgE in the tested mice but significantly augmented serum OVA spec...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： He F,Morita H,Kubota A,Ouwehand AC,Hosoda M,Hiramatsu M,Kurisaki J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using anti-human B cell monoclonal antibodies prepared against B1 (CD20), B2 (CD21), B4 (CD19), and BB-1 (B lymphoblast antigen-1), we compared the expression of B cell differentiation antigens on a Jijoye-P3HR-1 cell line family of Burkitt's lymphomas. The expression of BB-1 and B2 antigens was faint on P3HR-1 K cell...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yokochi T,Inoue Y,Iwata H,Miyadai T,Kimura Y

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phospholipase C (alpha-toxin) gene (plc) of Clostridium perfringens was cloned into pUC19 and the effects of the upstream regions on expression of the plc gene were examined in Escherichia coli JM109. When the 0.7-kb region just upstream of the putative -35 site of the gene was deleted, production of phospholipase...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Toyonaga T,Matsushita O,Katayama S,Minami J,Okabe A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the extent of genetic diversity of Salmonella choleraesuis subspecies choleraesuis serovar Infantis and whether environmental isolates were similar or identical to human isolates, a total of 110 isolates from humans, broiler samples, egg production facilities, riverwater, sewage, and chicken meat were ana...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Murakami K,Horikawa K,Otsuki K

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the results of a phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA and the presence of sphingoglycolipid in cellular lipids of the type strains, transfer of "Rhizomonas" suberifaciens, Blastomonas natatoria and Erythromonas ursincola to the genus Sphingomonas as Sphingomonas suberifaciens (van Bruggen et al 1990) comb. nov.,...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yabuuchi E,Kosako Y,Naka T,Suzuki S,Yano I

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve hybridoma cell lines producing monoclonal antibodies to the human interleukin 2 (IL-2) receptor (IL-2R) molecule were prepared. These antibodies were characterized by competitive antibody-binding assay and sequential immunoprecipitation assay with four known monoclonal antibodies to the human IL-2R molecule. Th...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tanaka Y,Inoi T,Tozawa H,Sugamura K,Hinuma Y

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extract of Candida albicans isolated from a patient with typical mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome (MCLS) can produce coronary arteritis in a mouse when injected intraperitoneally. An unusual feature of this arteritis is that it is granulomatous, shows no fibrinoid change and is confined to the coronary arteries. T...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Murata H

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli O157 strains starved in sterile deionized water (SDW) and filter-sterilized natural river water (SRW) were investigated with specific reference to their culturability in selective and non-selective media. Growth of the strains starved in both SDW and SRW were markedly suppressed with time in selective...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Sata S,Osawa R,Asai Y,Yamai S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vpr, one of the accessory molecules of HIV-1, has been demonstrated to arrest the cell cycle at the G2 phase. This Vpr-mediated cell cycle arrest is implicated to have an important role in the viral life cycle. In the present study, we quantitate the extent of Vpr-mediated cell cycle arrest with the use of a bicistron...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yamaguchi T,Watanabe N,Nakauchi H,Koito A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported the establishment of an HEp2 cell line which expresses the US3 protein kinase (PK) of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) upon induction with IPTG. Here we report that expression, phosphorylation and ubiquitination of cytokeratin 17 (CK17) are enhanced in US3-expressing HEp2 cells. In vitro kina...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Murata T,Goshima F,Nishizawa Y,Daikoku T,Takakuwa H,Ohtsuka K,Yoshikawa T,Nishiyama Y

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza A virus (IAV) PA-X is a critical ribonuclease protein involved in host cell shutoff but its role in modulating the host immune response to IAV infection remains to be addressed. In this study, host cellular proteins that directly interact with PA-X were screened to investigate the biological function of PA-X...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Li M,Qi W,Chang Q,Chen R,Zhen D,Liao M,Wen J,Deng Y

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The inflammasome is a multiprotein complex that mediates caspase-1 activation with subsequent maturation of the proinflammatory cytokines IL-1β and IL-18. The NLRP3 inflammasome is known to be activated by Staphylococcus aureus, one of the leading causes of bacteremia worldwide. Inflammasome activation and regulation ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Rasmussen G,Idosa BA,Bäckman A,Monecke S,Strålin K,Särndahl E,Söderquist B

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of a water-soluble peptidoglycan fragment derived from Staphylococcus epidermidis (SEPS) were examined as to their role in proliferation of spleen mononuclear cells (SMNC) from various strains of mice, the production of cytokines in vitro, and the induction of an inflammatory reaction in vivo. The proli...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Onta T,Sashida M,Fujii N,Sugawara S,Rikiishi H,Kumagai K

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:This study revealed the presence of various rickettsial agents in mites from wild rodents collected in Southern Jeolla Province, Korea, by nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequence analysis of a partial citrate synthase and rickettsia outer membrane protein B genes. Rickettsial agents closely related to the ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Choi YJ,Lee EM,Park JM,Lee KM,Han SH,Kim JK,Lee SH,Song HJ,Choi MS,Kim IS,Park KH,Jang WJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi and serovar Paratyphi A with reduced susceptibility to fluoroquinolones (MICs of ciprofloxacin, 0.25 to 2 microg/ml) have a mutation at codon either Ser-83 or Asp-87 of gyrA gene. A screening method by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) was designed to screen the ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hirose K,Tamura K,Watanabe H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylcellulose-elicited peritoneal macrophages from BALB/c mice were cultivated in vitro and inoculated with dengue virus (DV). At intervals thereafter portions of the culture fluids were taken and titrated for viral infectivity. Extracts from Ascaris suum and Parascaris equorum, either crude or Sephadex G-100 fracti...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Wiharta AS,Hotta H,Hotta S,Matsumura T,Sujudi,Tsuji M

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many pathogens colonize host tissues by binding to the extracellular matrix via their cell surface adhesion molecules, which are called MSCRAMMs (microbial surface components recognizing adhesive matrix molecules). Staphylococcus aureus expresses several of these adhesion molecules, some of which bind to fibronectin. ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Shinji H,Kamada M,Seki K,Tajima A,Iwase T,Masuda S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temperature dependence of transfer was examined with ten R plasmids originating from clinical isolates of Salmonella. Six of the plasmids were thermosensitive upon transfer, five of which were originally harbored in S. typhimurium and the remaining one in S. derby. One of these plasmids, pNR502, which conferred resist...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yoshida Y,Terawaki Y,Nakaya R

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fermentation-inhibition (FI) test for Mycoplasma pneumoniae was improved by using a combination of guinea pig complement and gamma globulin-depleted horse serum in place of unheated whole horse serum employed in the conventional assay system. As the test antigen for the new FI assay system, M. pneumoniae filtrated...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Okazaki N,Akema R,Takizawa K

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cholera-like enterotoxin was purified from Vibrio cholerae O139 strain AI-1841 isolated from a diarrheal patient in Bangladesh. Its characteristics were compared with that of cholera toxins (CTs) of classical strain 569B and El Tor strain KT25. Al-1841 produced as much toxin as O1 strains. The toxins were indistingu...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nakashima K,Eguchi Y,Nakasone N

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed an effective system to eliminate poliovirus from modified tap water using a positively-charged carbon felt electrode. The zeta potential of polioviruses was measured using laser microscopic electrophoresis. Poliovirus adsorption to the electrode was examined by indirect immunofluorescence. The tissue cult...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kondo Y,Morita Y,Yamada A,Kimura H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio vulnificus infection has attracted special interest because of its high mortality. A strong clinical association exists between hepatic dysfunction and increased morbidity and mortality from V. vulnificus infection. In this study, the effect of C-reactive protein (CRP), a typical hepatogenic acute phase protein...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Chae MR,Park BH,Kim JS,Rho HW,Park JW,Kim HR

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polar monotrichous flagella (M-flagella) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus have antigens in common with those of various species of Vibrio including V. cholerae and V. anguillarum, and of Beneckea, revealed by gel diffusion tests with flagelli monomers. However, antiserum against M-flagellin of V. parahaemolyticus did not ag...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Shinoda S,Senoh T,Asano K,Nakahara N,Ono B

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coat protein of cardamom mosaic virus (CdMV), a member of the genus Macluravirus, assembles into virus-like particles when expressed in an Escherichia coli expression system. The N and C-termini of the coat protein were engineered with the Kennedy peptide and the 2F5 and 4E10 epitopes of gp41 of HIV. The chimeric ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Damodharan S,Gujar R,Pattabiraman S,Nesakumar M,Hanna LE,Vadakkuppattu RD,Usha R

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of glucose dehydrogenase present in resting spores of Bacillus subtilis varied strikingly with the conditions for disrupting the spores by sonic treatment, namely, the time and strength of sonication, and the type and pH of the solution used for suspending the spores. When the resting spores were sonicate...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tochikubo K,Yasuda Y

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One strain each of granular and downy varieties of Trichophyton mentagrophytes and two strains each of granular and floccose colonial types Trichophyton rubrum were used for preparation of antigens. The antigens were analyzed by double diffusion against homologous and heterologous antisera raised in rabbits. A total o...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Shukla NP,Agarwal GP

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00