Suppression of anti-Candida activity of macrophages by a quorum-sensing molecule, farnesol, through induction of oxidative stress.

abstract：:Macrophages act as a reservoir for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, producing latent infection in approximately 90% of infected people. In this study, J774A.1 mouse macrophage cell line response and microRNA (miRNA) expression during infection with the most relevant mycobacterial strains for humans (M. tuberculosis, M. bov...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Elizabeth MC,Hernández de la Cruz ON,Mauricio CA

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms of B cell tolerance were studied in an attempt to learn whether B cells rendered tolerant are present in the immune system in a potentially responsive form. The author tested the in vitro anti-trinitrophenyl (TNP) antibody-forming cell (anti-TNP AFC) response to TNP-immunogens and polyclonal B cell acti...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Uchiyama T

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A few yeast mannans free from protein and phosphorus showed pyrogenic activity in rabbits although the extent of this activity was considerably lower than that of the bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS). The pyrogenic activity was not abolished by treatment with sodium deoxycholate. This result showed that the mannans...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nagase T,Mikami T,Suzuki S,Suzuki M

更新日期：1984-01-01 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：:Unmethylated CpG-ODN are known to enhance Th1-type immune response. However, optimal sequences of CpG-ODN for activating Th1-type immune cells vary among species. It is necessary to identify the effective CpG-ODN sequences in each species. In the present study, in order to identify the sequences of CpG-ODN that produc...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Satoh R,Kotake M,Takano T,Motokawa K,Gemma T,Watanabe R,Arai S,Hohdatsu T

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In malignant B lymphoma cells interleukin-10 (IL-10) expression is frequently upregulated. This effect is thought to support to the malignant transformation of these cells and to be a potential target for pharmacotherapy. To define better the mechanism for upregulation of the IL-10 gene, we tested the association betw...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Horie K,Ohashi M,Satoh Y,Sairenji T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum samples were collected from 938 pigs of 24 farms in Hokkaido, Kagoshima, and Okinawa prefectures in Japan in 2001-2005. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used for the detection of antibodies to LipL32 antigen which is common to Leptospira interrogans. Samples positive in ELISA were then investigated ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Naito M,Sakoda Y,Kamikawa T,Nitta Y,Hirose K,Sakashita M,Kurokawa S,Kida H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell wall of Clostridium difficile GAI 4131 was revealed by electron microscopy to have an outer layer composed of a nearly square array and contained the two major proteins with molecular weights of 38 kDa and 42 kDa. The properties and reassembly of the two major proteins into the regular array were investigated...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Masuda K,Itoh M,Kawata T

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seroprevalence of Bartonella henselae was investigated in Japan in 48 individuals clinically suspected of having cat-scratch disease (CSD), 159 patients with cardiovascular diseases, and 129 healthy veterinary students. Of 48 CSD-suspected patients examined, 19 (39.6%) were positive for B. henselae-IgG and 4 (8.3%) fo...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kikuchi E,Maruyama S,Sakai T,Tanaka S,Yamaguchi F,Hagiwara T,Katsube Y,Mikami T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protective role of neutrophils on intranasal infection of influenza virus was investigated in 3 strains of tumor-bearing mice with neutrophilic leukocytosis. In vitro multiplication of influenza virus was inhibited by neutrophils from both normal and tumor-bearing mice, and the inhibitory effect of neutrophils was...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Fujisawa H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sialyl Lewis X (SLe(x)), an E-selectin ligand, was conjugated with carboxymethylpullulan (CMPul) and the disposition characteristics of this conjugate after intravenous administration were investigated using mice with ear edema. The concentration of 3H-labeled SLe(x)-CMPul in the spleen was significantly high. When CM...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Horie K,Sakagami M,Kuramochi K,Ito T,Hamana H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the epidemiology of viral acute respiratory infections (ARIs), 305 human parainfluenza virus types 1 (HPIV1), 154 HPIV2 and 574 HPIV3 strains were isolated from 16,962 nasopharyngeal swabs obtained between 2002 and 2011 at pediatric clinics in Yamagata, Japan. The total isolation frequency for HPIV1-3 was 6...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Mizuta K,Abiko C,Aoki Y,Ikeda T,Itagaki T,Katsushima F,Katsushima Y,Matsuzaki Y,Noda M,Kimura H,Ahiko T

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：: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：: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：:To establish an in vitro method of predicting in vivo efficacy of antifungal drugs against Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatus, the antifungal activities of fluconazole, itraconazole, and amphotericin B were determined in mouse serum. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of each drug was measured using mo...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Maki K,Watabe E,Iguchi Y,Nakamura H,Tomishima M,Ohki H,Yamada A,Matsumoto S,Ikeda F,Tawara S,Mutoh S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frauch's micro-slide method was improved to facilitate the endpoint-determination of the Limulus test. Two precise observations, by inverted phase contrast microscopy and with a staining procedure, were newly performed as additions to the slide test. The staining procedure was proposed as an improved method for the Li...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Okuguchi S

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) was reactivated more rapidly in cells of latently infected mouse trigeminal ganglia which were cultured in serum-free medium (after 3.7 days of cultivation) than in those cultured in serum-containing Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (after 8.5 days of cultivation). The concentrati...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kimura S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ICR mice were immunized with sheep red blood cells (sRBC). Both adenosine deaminase (ADA) and purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) activities in spleen lymphocytes increased faster than the serum antibody titer and reached a peak one week after the immunization. ADA activity increased significantly in T lymphocytes b...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kurashige S,Akuzawa Y,Yoshida T,Teshima C,Kodama K,Mitsuhashi S

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of coxsackievirus B6 (CVB6) has been determined, and the nucleotides encoding the 5' nontranslated region (5' NTR) and virion polypeptides (VP4, 2, 3 and 1) were compared with other serotype CVBs. An Unweighted Pair-Group Method Analysis (UPGMA) of phylogenetic trees indicated that the 5' NTR o...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kato S,Tsutsumi R,Sato S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An environmental isolate of V. mimicus, strain E-33, has been reported to produce and secrete a hemolysin of 63 kDa. The hemolysin is enterotoxic in test animals. The nucleotide sequence of the structural gene of the hemolysin was determined. We found a 2,232 bp open reading frame, which codes a peptide of 744 amino a...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Rahman MM,Miyoshi S,Tomochika K,Wakae H,Shinoda S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to study the alterations of CD4(+) CD25(+) Foxp3(+) T(regs) in HIV-infected SPs and to examine the role of T(regs) in the disease progression of HIV. The proportion of CD4(+) CD25(+) Foxp3(+) T(regs) in peripheral blood of 24 SPs, 30 asymptomatic HIV-infected patients, 20 AIDS patients, and 16 non-in...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Zhang Z,Jiang Y,Zhang M,Liu J,Sun G,Shi W,Wang Y,Shang H

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi), an important human respiratory pathogen, frequently causes biofilm infections. Currently, resistance of bacteria within the biofilm to conventional antimicrobials poses a major obstacle to effective medical treatment on a global scale. Novel agents that are effective against ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kunthalert D,Baothong S,Khetkam P,Chokchaisiri S,Suksamrarn A

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：:In order to assess the role of the route of immunization on the immunogenicity of killed Salmonella vaccine, mice were immunized with killed S. enteritidis by intraperitoneal (i.p.) and intradermal (i.d.) routes. Whereas the former was non-immunogenic, the i.d. immunization generated an excellent delayed-type hypersen...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： George A,Shroff KE,Rath S,Ghosh SN,Sengupta SR,Kamat RS

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogens of the Aspergillus species are frequently seen in deep-seated mycoses. We previously demonstrated that the culture filtrate of Aspergillus fumigatus (CF) has immunosuppressive effects on polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs), which act as the main phagocytes to hyphae of Aspergillus fumigatus (A. fumigatus). B...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Higurashi H,Arai M,Watanabe A,Igari H,Seki N,Kamei K,Kuriyama T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effects of microspheres as antigen carriers in mucosal immunization. Shiga toxin B subunits (Stx1B) were adsorbed on 6 mum polystyrene microspheres, which were then intranasally administered to mice together with cholera toxin (CT). Stx1B-specific serum IgG production and secretory IgA production at lo...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kurohane K,Kobayashi C,Imai Y

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:The production of heat-labile enterotoxin (LT) in 76 strains of human enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) varied by a factor of 100. Three ETEC strains that differ in the levels of LT production were chosen for the cloning of LT genes (toxAB) into plasmid pBR322, and the gene structure and expression were compared...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Katayama S,Ninomiya M,Minami J,Okabe A,Hayashi H

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the RC-HL strain of rabies virus is avirulent in adult mice, the amino acid at position 333 of its G protein is arginine, which is thought to be necessary for virulence in adult mice upon intracerebral inoculation of the virus. This result suggests that besides arginine at position 333, some other positions o...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ito H,Minamoto N,Watanabe T,Goto H,Rong LT,Sugiyama M,Kinjo T,Mannen K,Mifune K,Konobe T

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00