Overexpression of complement receptor type I (CR1, CD35) on erythrocytes in patients with hemoplasma infection.

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：:Leptospira was isolated from environmental water in central Japan using selective medium comprising five antibiotics, namely sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim, amphotericin B, fosfomycin, and 5-fluorouracil. Of 100 water samples 57 (57%) were culture-positive and 50 pure cultures were isolated. Of the 50 cultures isolate...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Masuzawa T,Uno R,Matsuhashi N,Yamaguchi M,Xu J,Nakamura S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunostimulatory effect of intragastrically or parenterally administered beta-(1-->3; 1-->4) glucan, extracted from oats (ObetaG), on disease resistance to Eimeria vermiformis was studied in C57BL/6 mice. Multiple administrations of ObetaG by intragastric or subcutaneous routes reduced fecal oocyst shedding compa...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yun CH,Estrada A,Van Kessel A,Gajadhar A,Redmond M,Laarveld B

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A CpG-enriched recombinant plasmid (pUC18-CpG) as an adjuvant of FMD killed vaccine was tested for immunization and vaccination challenge in a porcine model. Our preliminary results had indicated that the recombinant plasmid could enhance the humoral immune response triggered by the traditional oil-adjuvant vaccine af...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Guo X,Jia H,Zhang Q,Yuan W,Zhu G,Xin T,Zhu H,Sánchez-Vizcaíno JM

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：:Bordetella pertussis causes whooping cough, a severe and prolonged respiratory disease that results inhas high morbidity and mortality rates, particularly in developing countries. The number incidence of whooping cough cases is increasing in many countries despite high vaccine coverage. Causes for the re-emergence of ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Suzuki K,Shinzawa N,Ishigaki K,Nakamura K,Abe H,Fukui-Miyazaki A,Ikuta K,Horiguchi Y

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of the antibody to influenza C virus in the dogs and pigs in Yamagata prefecture, Japan was investigated by using three different serological methods: hemagglutination-inhibition (HI), radioimmunoprecipitation (RIP), and immunoblotting. The antibody against influenza C virus glycoprotein (gp88) was de...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ohwada K,Kitame F,Sugawara K,Nishimura H,Homma M,Nakamura K

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4(+) T cells play critical roles in protection against the blood stage of malarial infection; however, their uncontrolled activation can be harmful to the host. In this study, in which rodent models of Plasmodium parasites were used, the expression of inhibitory receptors on activated CD4(+) T cells and their cytoki...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Doe HT,Kimura D,Miyakoda M,Kimura K,Akbari M,Yui K

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The population levels of intestinal microflora and bile acid composition in the digestive tract were examined in rats fed bile acids to determine the relationships between gastrointestinal microflora and the host. The population level of Bacteroides was increased in the ceca of rats fed cholic acid or deoxycholic acid...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Sakai K,Makino T,Kawai Y,Mutai M

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) open reading frame (ORF) VI product (P6) has been shown to be the major constituent of viral inclusion body, to function as a post-transcriptional transactivator, and to be essential for infectivity on whole plants. Although these findings suggest that P6 has an important role in viral ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kobayashi K,Tsuge S,Nakayashiki H,Mise K,Furusawa I

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:The ability of 33 compounds of L-alanine analogues over a wide range of concentrations to initiate germination of Bacillus subtilis spores was determined, and the inhibitory activity against L-alanine-initiated germination was determined for the above compounds and 22 of their D- and DL-isomers. Nineteen L-isomers wer...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yasuda Y,Tochikubo K

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Irradiation treatment enhanced resistance of C57BL/6, but not BALB/c against Toxoplasma gondii infection. Six Gy-irradiated (IR) C57BL/6 recipients of B-2 cells from T. gondii-infected C57BL/6 died after infection. B-2 suppressor cells from infected C57BL/6 enhanced production of IL-4 and IL-10 in peritoneal exudate c...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Mun HS,Aosai F,Fang H,Piao LX,Winn T,Norose K,Yano A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we reported that Mycoplasma fermentans has specific antigens (phosphocholine-containing glycoglycerolipids: GGPL-I and GGPL-III) and discussed the possibility of their pathogenic role. In this paper, we report the characterization of a monoclonal antibody (MF-III-1) specific to GGPL-III (phosphocholine-con...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Matsuda K,Li JL,Ichinose S,Harasawa R,Saito M,Yamamoto N

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the efficacy of three SARS vaccine candidates in a murine SARS model utilizing low-virulence Pp and SARS-CoV coinfection. Vaccinated mice were protected from severe respiratory disease in parallel with a low virus titer in the lungs and a high neutralizing antibody titer in the plasma. Importantly, the ad...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ishii K,Hasegawa H,Nagata N,Ami Y,Fukushi S,Taguchi F,Tsunetsugu-Yokota Y

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:β-1,3-glucan is a major component of fungal cell walls with various biological activities, including effects on the production of inflammatory mediators in vivo and in vitro. However, few reports have examined its influence on the fungal cell itself. In this study, the influences of β-1,3-glucan on the growth and cell...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ishibashi K,Kurone Y,Motoi M,Miura NN,Adachi Y,Shirasu Y,Ohno N

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：:A sensitive, quantitative, short-time, and reproducible focus assay for Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus is described. After 2 or 3 days of incubation, the infected cells were treated with anti-JE virus serum and complement, and subsequently stained with trypan blue; then clear foci were produced. This method made it ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kimura-Kuroda J,Yasui K

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of accurate methods for predicting progression of tuberculosis (TB) from the latent state is recognized as vitally important in controlling TB, because a majority of cases develop from latent infections. Past TB that has never been treated has a higher risk of progressing than does latent Mycobacterium tub...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Osada-Oka M,Tateishi Y,Hirayama Y,Ozeki Y,Niki M,Kitada S,Maekura R,Tsujimura K,Koide Y,Ohara N,Yamamoto T,Kobayashi K,Matsumoto S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ISG20 is an ribonuclease specific for single-stranded RNA and considered to play a role in innate immunity against virus infections. We herein show that both poly IC, an authentic double-stranded RNA, and IFN-gamma induced ISG20 expression in cultured HUVEC. Poly IC-induced ISG20 expression was inhibited by LY294002, ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Imaizumi T,Mechti N,Matsumiya T,Sakaki H,Kubota K,Yoshida H,Kimura H,Satoh K

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent otitis media are frequently intractable during childhood. It is unclear whether recurrent otitis media is caused by etiological bacteria colonization or by new infections. Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis were isolated from the nasopharynx of 7 otitisprone and 2 non-...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yokota S,Harimaya A,Sato K,Somekawa Y,Himi T,Fujii N

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofilm formation is an important phenotype associated with chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. In the present study, a total of 48 P. aeruginosa strains isolated from clinical specimens were examined for their biofilm-forming ability using a microtiter plate method. The different biofilm-forming abilities were...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yang W,Shi L,Jia WX,Yin X,Su JY,Kou Y,Yi X,Shinoda S,Miyoshi S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple method for the separation and identification of Bacteroides fragilis from other Bacteroides species through the use of oxgall-impregnated filter paper disks is described. As in the antibiotic sensitivity test, filter paper disks containing defined amounts of bile salt were placed on a lawn of bacterial cells ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yamazaki E,Sugimoto K,Niwano K,Okada J

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen temperature-sensitive mutants of Sendai virus were isolated from mutagenized stocks (10 mutants, designated numerically) and persistently infected cultures (6 mutants, designated alphabetically). Based on complementation tests, virion-associated activities, thermal inactivation, and viral RNA and hemadsorbing ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Adachi A,Kanda T,Shibuta H

更新日期：1980-01-01 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：:Fcgamma receptor (R) IIB, a low-affinity FcR for IgG, inhibits B cell Ag R (BCR)-mediated activation when these two receptors are cross-linked by Ag and IgG-containing immune complexs (ICs). We found deletion polymorphisms in the promoter region of fcgr2b in NC/Nga mice, a model for human atopic dermatitis. NC/Nga mic...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Sakai T,Kogiso M,Mitsuya K,Komatsu T,Yamamoto S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We established an assay system for detecting T cell-replacing factor (TRF) activity of translated materials in Xenopus oocytes of poly (A)-positive mRNA extracted from a T cell hybrid cell line, B151K12 (B151) which constitutively produces TRF. Since it was difficult to detect TRF activity of the translated products o...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tominaga A,Matsumoto M,Takahashi T,Harada N,Takatsu K

更新日期：1986-01-01 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 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：:Proteus mirabilis is commonly associated with complicated UTI and expresses several virulence factors, including MR/P fimbriae. In the present study mice were immunised nasally with MrpA, the structural subunit of MR/P, with or without CT as a mucosal adjuvant. The animals were then challenged with P. mirabilis and in...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Scavone P,Rial A,Umpierrez A,Chabalgoity A,Zunino P

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00