Envelope and nucleocapsid antigens of Cytomegalovirus (CMV).

abstract：:Gliosis of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) associated astrocytes is considered to be one of the hallmarks of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). In the present study, remarkable GFAP-PrP(Sc) or GFAP-PrP(C) complexes were separately detected in the brain homogenates of 263 K (Scrapie)-infected or n...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Dong CF,Wang XF,Wang X,Shi S,Wang GR,Shan B,An R,Li XL,Zhang BY,Han J,Dong XP

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombi formation was demonstrated in mesenteric microcirculation of guinea pigs inoculated with Fusobacterium necrophorum and the bacterial hemagglutinin (HA). The thrombi were initially observed in venules and later, in arterioles. Immunofluorescence study revealed that the HA bound to the thrombi in the microcircul...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Kanoe M,Yamanaka M,Inoue M

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the dynamics of transmission of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) have not been clarified yet, we assessed a possible change in HCMV seroprevalence in Frankfurt am Main, Germany during the past twenty years and tried to detect variables with an impact on epidemiology. Between 1/1/1988 and 10/15/2008, a total of 54443...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Lübeck PR,Doerr HW,Rabenau HF

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern have shown a high prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi-infected ticks. A total of 17 B. burgdorferi sensu lato strains were isolated from ticks and investigated by Western blots (immunoblot) with eight monoclonal anti-bodies against different epitopes of the outer surfac...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Lottmann H,Wilske B,Herrmann H

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the impact of IL-4 and IL-5 deficiency during the fully permissive infection of BALB/c mice with the rodent filaria Litomosoides sigmodontis. IL-5, in contrast to IL-4, is crucial for the containment of adult worms during short- and long-term infections. IL-5 KO mice allowed development of more larvae into...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Volkmann L,Bain O,Saeftel M,Specht S,Fischer K,Brombacher F,Matthaei KI,Hoerauf A

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tests were made on 169 sera from children up to 10 years of age for rotavirus antibodies by indirect immunofluorescence and complement fixation tests. The simian strain SA 11 served as a substitute antigen for the human rotavirus. Furthermore, the SA 11 complement-fixing antigen was compared with a commercial antigen ...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Brade L,Schmidt WA

更新日期：1979-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast Candida albicans is part of the microflora in most healthy people, but can become a pathogen when host defenses are compromised. The phenotypic plasticity of C. albicans, which includes switching between different morphologies, contributes to its ability to colonize and infect virtually all body locations. A...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Morschhäuser J

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies against the human coronavirus OC43 in human sera were measured by haemagglutination inhibition (HI), complement fixation (CF), and radial diffusion-haemolysis in gel (HIG) techniques. The apparent HI titres in a fraction of sera with no antibodies detectable by the two other methods were found to be reduced...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Hovi T

更新日期：1978-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize the role of specific lymphocyte subsets in Chlamydia trachomatis infection, we established a murine model using the mouse pneumonitis agent (MoPn) of C. trachomatis and C.B-17 scid/scid (SCID) mice which lack functional B and T cells. After intraperitoneal inoculation with the bacteria, SCID mice devel...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Thoma-Uszynski S,Simnacher U,Marre R,Essig A

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface proteins of nine Campylobacter jejuni strains belonging to three different serovia were extracted with lysozyme/ethylenediamine-tetraacetic acid. The preparations bound to isolated murine small intestinal cells and to a membrane fraction (MF) of isolated brush borders obtained by detergent treatment with Trito...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Moser I,Hellmann E

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two antigens were isolated from the culture filtrates of H37Ra Mycobacterium tuberculosis by immunoabsorbent affinity chromatography, M. tuberculosis antigen 5 and immunoabsorbent affinity column-purified antigen (IAP). The potential application of these two mycobacterial antigens in the laboratory diagnosis of tuberc...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Krishnan VV,Mathai A

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moraxella catarrhalis is an important pathogen of respiratory and middle ear infections. We previously reported that the attachment of M. catarrhalis to pharyngeal epithelial cells is mediated by ganglioside M2 (GM2). Several sets of adhesins or receptors are involved in such attachment process. In this study, we used...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Ahmed K,Suzuki Y,Miyamoto D,Nagatake T

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The improved Auxotab Enteric I System was re-evaluated and found to correlate 98% with conventional methods for the identification of Enterobacteriaceae. Possible Reasons for previous poor results with this system are discussed. ...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Braune LM,Kocka FE

更新日期：1975-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Almost 4000 sera from seven African states were examined for antibodies to ATLV/HTLV-1. Between 1% and 8% of healthy people from sub-Saharan Africa have such antibodies. The highest frequency was observed in Gabon. There were considerable variations between villages. The percentage of seropositives and the mean titre ...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Hunsmann G,Bayer H,Schneider J,Schmitz H,Kern P,Dietrich M,Büttner DW,Goudeau AM,Kulkarni G,Fleming AF

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EBV-associated polypeptides induced in different Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-producing cell lines by the tumor promotor TPA, and from purified EBV particles derived from the same lines were radioactivity labeled and analyzed by immunoprecipitation with human VCA+MA+ sera. In virus-producing cells no significant differenc...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Georg-Fries B,Mueller-Lantzsch N

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 33-kDa protein (TB33) was isolated from a delipidated cell sonicate (CS) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv (grown in Middlebrook 7H9 broth supplemented with glucose) using immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC) on a nickel-nitrilotriacetic acid (Ni-NTA) column. TB33 could not be isolated from the culture...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Deshpande RG,Khan MB,Bhat DA,Navalkar RG

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgG responses are fundamental to adaptive immunity and document immunological memory of previous pathogen encounter. While specific antigen recognition is mediated by the variable F(ab')2 domain of IgG, various effector functions become activated via the constant Fcγ part bridging IgG-opsonized targets to FcγR-express...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Corrales-Aguilar E,Trilling M,Reinhard H,Falcone V,Zimmermann A,Adams O,Santibanez S,Hengel H

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the antigen structure of yeast cell walls is well known, the immunological cross reactivity of these is often difficult to interpret. The cross reactions of eight yeasts were tested in rabbit hyperimmune sera by the indirect immunofluorescence test. Among the eight species examined were the medically important y...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Müller HL

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is the most common virus infection in the developing fetus. A fraction of infants infected in utero develop significant life-threatening and organ-threatening disease with over 90% of infected infants exhibiting no clinical evidence of infection in the newborn period. However, about 10% of...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Britt W

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterocytozoon bieneusi is emerging as an important cause of chronic diarrhoea in AIDS patients. Its reservoirs and transmission patterns are unknown. In this study, we have examined E. bieneusi sequences from four Rhesus macaques of different origin, which were kept at one animal facility. The sequences were identica...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Drosten C,Laabs J,Kuhn EM,Schottelius J

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:9 antigen distribution and sensitivity to the bactericidal effect of normal human serum were determined in 485 Proteus strains isolated from urine, blood, wounds, and feces. Of all strains, 62% could be grouped according to 25 0 antigens. The most frequent one, 0 3, appeared in 13% of all the strains. In blood culture...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Larsson P,Olling S

更新日期：1977-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) has long been implicated as a triggering agent in Crohn's disease (CD). In this study, we investigated the growth/persistence of both M. avium subsp. hominissuis (MAH) and MAP, in macrophages from healthy controls (HC), CD and ulcerative colitis patients. For viability...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Nazareth N,Magro F,Appelberg R,Silva J,Gracio D,Coelho R,Cabral JM,Abreu C,Macedo G,Bull TJ,Sarmento A

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CAMP factor is an extracellular cytolytic protein produced by Streptococcus agalactiae. CAMP factor has been reported to bind the Fc fragments of immunoglobulin G (IgG) and has therefore also been called protein B, in analogy to protein A of Staphylococcus aureus. We attempted to characterize the interaction of protei...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： El-Huneidi W,Mui R,Zhang TH,Palmer M

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homeostasis underpins at a systems level the regulatory control of immunity and metabolism. While physiologically these systems are often viewed as independent, there is increasing evidence showing a tight coupling between immune and metabolic functions. Critically upon infection, the homeostatic regulation for both i...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Kotzamanis K,Angulo A,Ghazal P

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Turkey is seeing a steady rise in rates of HIV infection in the country. The number of individuals with HIV/AIDS was greater than 7000 in 2014 according to data released by the Ministry of Health, and heterosexual contacts were reported to be the main transmission routes. Istanbul has the highest number of reported ca...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Köksal MO,Beka H,Lübke N,Verheyen J,Eraksoy H,Cagatay A,Kaiser R,Akgül B,Agacfidan A

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The essential protein lysyl-tRNA synthetase (LysRS) exists in two unrelated forms, a class I and a class II-type aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase. Comparative genome sequence analysis revealed that Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, the etiological agent of Lyme disease, contains a class I-type LysRS, whereas its tick and mamm...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Mejlhede N,Monthán A,Theisen M,Ibba M

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Industrial and academic needs for innovation and fundamental research are essential and not widely different. Depending on the industrial setting, research and development (R&D) activities may be more focused on the developmental aspects given the need to ultimately sell useful products. However, one of the biggest di...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： van Belkum A,Pelegrin AC,Datar R,Goyal M,Palmieri M,Mirande C,Chalansonnet V,Orenga S

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stimulatory effect of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on human macrophages was found to be neutralized by the detergent octylglucoside (OG). Both macrophage stimulation and reactivity in a limulus amebocyte lysate test were suppressed by suspension of LPS in OG at concentrations between 0.25 and 2.5 mM, whereas other sti...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Henrich B,Guadarrama R,Zähringer U,MacKenzie CR

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virus adsorption and uptake of human rhinovirus 14 (HRV14) were studied with HeLa cells and baby hamster kidney (BHK) cells which were transfected with the HRV14 receptor intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1). Transmission electron microscopy of HeLa cells revealed that HRV14 was internalized via clathrin-coated ...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Grunert HP,Wolf KU,Langner KD,Sawitzky D,Habermehl KO,Zeichhardt H

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection modulates the host cell cycle to create an environment that is optimal for viral gene expression, DNA replication, and production of infectious virus. The virus mostly infects quiescent cells and thus must push the cell into G1 phase of the cell cycle to co-opt the cellular mecha...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Spector DH

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00