Specificity of botulinum protease for human VAMP family proteins.

abstract：:SCG is a major 6-branched 1,3-beta-D-glucan in Sparassis crispa Fr. SCG shows antitumor activity and also enhances the hematopoietic response in cyclophosphamide (CY)-treated mice. In the present study, the molecular mechanism of the enhancement of the hematopoietic response was investigated. The levels of interferon-...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Harada T,Kawaminami H,Miura NN,Adachi Y,Nakajima M,Yadomae T,Ohno N

更新日期：2006-01-01 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

abstract：:We found that mycoplasma-infected cells have a higher ability to metastasize in vivo than non-mycoplasma-infected cells. To investigate this phenomenon, we obtained a monoclonal antibody, MAb 243-5, by immunization with Mycoplasma arginini-infected RPMI 4788 cells. This MAb recognized a mycoplasmal protein with an MW ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ushio S,Iwaki K,Taniai M,Ohta T,Fukuda S,Sugimura K,Kurimoto M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported a mouse model of severe group A streptococcal infection (Microbiol. Immunol. 45: 777-786, 2001). When we injected Streptococcus pyogenes strains intramuscularly, the mice suffered from acute phase of infection for a few days but recovered from the illness and gained body weight. These mice,...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Iida K,Seki M,Saito M,Kawamura Y,Kajiwara H,Yoshida S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoantibodies to myeloperoxidase (MPO) are a subset of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA, MPO-ANCA) detected in the sera of some patients with primary systemic vasculitis. The titer of MPO-ANCA does not always reflect disease activity and this inconsistency may be attributable to differences in epitopic spec...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Suzuki K,Kobayashi S,Yamazaki K,Gondo M,Tomizawa K,Arimura Y,Nakabayashi K,Ozaki S,Yoshida M,Yoshida T,Tsusaka N,Muso E,Okazaki T,Hashimoto H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of each of three indigenous Lactobacillus groups on other bacterial populations were separately investigated in gnotobiotic rats. In the wall of the non-glandular part of the stomach, contents of the stomach and contents of the upper part of the small intestine, some pre-associated indigenous bacteria were red...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Watanabe T,Morotomi M,Kawai Y,Mutai M

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Enhydrobacter, first reported as a member of the family Vibrionaceae, has been placed in the family Moraxellaceae, but as a genus incertae sedis in Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology 2nd edition. During our taxonomic investigation of Enhydrobacter-like organisms, we observed that the 16S rRNA sequenc...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kawamura Y,Fujiwara N,Naka T,Mitani A,Kubota H,Tomida J,Morita Y,Hitomi J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, 12 patients with fever of undetermined origin, anemia and icterus were diagnosed with hemoplasma infection by light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy examination and PCR assay after being excluded from other usual febrile diseases. Complement receptor type I (CR1, CD35) expression on t...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Congbin Y,Aibin L,Congli Y,Juan X,Lanjun B,Weiping Z,Zhibiao Y,Xiuguo H

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：:Porphyromonas gingivalis autolyzes in the culture media. To examine in more detail the molecular components of the autolysate, two-dimensional gel electrophoresis was performed. Many protein spots varied both in number and volume. One of these spots included Arg-gingipain (Rgp) as determined by N-terminal amino acid s...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kamaguchi A,Nakano M,Shoji M,Nakamura R,Sagane Y,Okamoto M,Watanabe T,Ohyama T,Ohta M,Nakayama K

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis is a worldwide zoonosis. The importance of urban leptospirosis is recognized in Japan: urban rats carry pathogenic leptospires and people acquire these pathogens through contact with surface water or soil contaminated by the urine of the infected animals. To determine the current Leptospira carriage rate...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Saito M,Villanueva SY,Masuzawa T,Haraguchi Y,Ita S,Miyahara S,Ozuru R,Yamaguchi T,Yoshimura M,Ikejiri M,Aramaki N,Amran MY,Muslich LT,Iida K,Yanagihara Y,Gloriani NG,Yoshida S

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are two types of carboxypeptidases present in human blood, carboxypeptidase N (CPN) and arginine carboxypeptidase (CPR). CPR is generated during coagulation from a precursor (proCPR) which can be converted to the active form by trypsin in vitro. Since it is difficult to distinguish the two types of carboxypeptid...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Guo X,Morioka A,Kaneko Y,Okada N,Obata K,Nomura T,Campbell W,Okada H

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:Capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) were developed to detect immunoglobulin G and M antibodies to group A streptococcal (GAS) antigens, streptolysin O, streptokinase, and group A carbohydrate. The sensitivities and the specificities of the IgM capture ELISAs to each GAS antigen were high enough to dist...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hayashi S,Yokota K,Takizawa Y,Tomizawa I,Nejime T,Oguma K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HMV-II cells infected with influenza C virus were labeled with inorganic [32P]phosphate to identify phosphorylated proteins. Analysis by radioimmunoprecipitation with antiviral serum or monoclonal antibodies revealed that three major structural proteins of the virus, hemagglutinin-esterase (HE), nucleoprotein (NP)...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nishimura H,Sugawara K,Gao P,Muraki Y,Hongo S,Kitame F,Nakamura K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct stimulations of murine B lymphocytes with synthetic lipid A analogs and synthetic muramyl dipeptide (MDP) derivatives were studied using a limiting dilution assay system. Synthetic lipid A analogs, GLA-27 and GLA-40, when conjugated with bovine serum albumin (BSA) had the ability to induce B cell clonal expansi...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Saito-Taki T,Nakano M,Kiso M,Hasegawa A

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection affects approximately 170 million people worldwide. HCV infection is a major global health problem as it can be complicated with liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. So far, there is no vaccine available and the non-specific, interferon (IFN)-based treatments now in u...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Aly HH,Shimotohno K,Hijikata M,Seya T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human monocytes, human peritoneal macrophages, mouse peritoneal macrophages and human peripheral neutrophils pretreated with beta-1,3-D-polyglucose derivatives showed pronounced bactericidal capacity to Escherichia coli compared to control cells. The increased bactericidal capacity was detectable in mononuclear phagoc...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Rasmussen Busund LT,Konopski Z,Oian P,Seljelid R

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A leukocidin was isolated and purified from autolysates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain 158 by a combination of procedures such as column chromatography on DEAE-Sephadex A-50, gel filtration on Sephadex G-100, and zone electrophoresis on pevikon. The purified preparation showed a single band in each experiment using ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hirayama T,Kato I,Matsuda F,Noda M

更新日期：1983-01-01 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：:The combination of a Legionella pneumophila culture isolation technique and macrophage infectivity potentiator (mip) gene-specific nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is pivotal for effective routine use in an environmental water system laboratory. Detection of Legionella organisms in 169 environmental samples was ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nintasen R,Utrarachkij F,Siripanichgon K,Bhumiratana A,Suzuki Y,Suthienkul O

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:A gene upstream from fimA, the gene encoding fimbrilin, on the chromosome of Porphyromonas gingivalis was sequenced and shown to be the gene encoding an outer membrane protein in this organism based on homology and biochemical analyses. Therefore, the gene (formerly ORF5) was designated pgmA, the P. gingivalis outer m...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hongo H,Osano E,Ozeki M,Onoe T,Watanabe K,Honda O,Tani H,Nakamura H,Yoshimura F

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus Cowan I was incubated with monolayers of cells derived from several portions of mouse kidney, and found to be ingested by all types of the renal cells. Intracellular localization of S. aureus was determined by resistance of intracellular cocci against lysostaphin digestion and confirmed by electr...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Murai M,Usui A,Seki K,Sakurada J,Masuda S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:Japanese Lyme borrelias classified as ribotype IV is predominant among isolates derived from clinical specimens, reservoir rodents and Ixodes persulcatus ticks, and has been characterized as Borrelia garinii. These B. garinii isolates have antigenic and genetic features apparently different from North American, Europe...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Wang J,Masuzawa T,Komikado T,Yanagihara Y

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coagulase negative staphylococci (CNS) are significant pathogens, particularly in medical device related infections and in immunocompromised patients. Five CNS strains were isolated from 5 NOS2 knockout mice with dermatitis. Histologically, granulomatous dermatitis was found in the skin around the ear with epidermal u...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Won YS,Kwon HJ,Oh GT,Kim BH,Lee CH,Park YH,Hyun BH,Choi YK

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Distribution of indigenous lactobacilli in the gastrointestinal tracts of rats was investigated at the species level. The indigenous lactobacilli isolated from conventional rats were divided into three groups, Lactobacillus acidophilus and its related strains, L. fermentum, and L. murini. Localization of the Lactobaci...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Watanabe T,Morotomi M,Suegara N,Kawai Y,Mutai M

更新日期：1977-01-01 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