Role of herpes simplex virus 1 Us3 in viral neuroinvasiveness.

abstract：:The major structural proteins of Newcastle disease virus and Sendai virus were localized in infected BHK-21 and MDBK cells by ultrastructural immunoperoxidase cytochemistry using antibodies against the individual viral protein antigens. The intracellular glycoproteins were strictly membrane bound, being localized in t...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nagai Y,Yoshida T,Hamaguchi M,Nagura H,Hasegawa H,Yoshimura S,Watanabe K

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that the murine monoclonal antibody (MoAb) NM-01 activates the human complement classical pathway resulting in lysis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The present study was performed to determine the availability of the V3-loop of gp120 relative to the complement regulatory prot...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nakamura M,Okada H,Sasaki H,Yoshida K,Kamada M,Okada N,Terada M,Ohno T

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：:Mg2+-availability in Staphylococcus aureus cells decreased significantly with increasing NaCl concentration in growth media. Cells grew in a NaCl-free, Chelex resin-treated complex medium only if the medium was supplemented with 50 microM MgCl2, while, growth was limited when the medium was further supplemented with 1...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ochiai T

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Opaque (Op) and translucent (Tr) colonial variants were isolated from Vibrio vulnificus strains. Op-type variants were more resistant than the isogenic Tr-type variants, but the survival rate of the Op-type variants varied with the strains. Antisera were prepared by immunizing rabbit with whole cells of Op and Tr vari...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Shinoda S,Kobayashi M,Yamada H,Yoshida S,Ogawa M,Mizuguchi Y

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated here the kinetics of natural killer (NK) cells and extrathymic T cells, which include intermediate CD3 cells and gamma delta T cells, in the cord factor-induced granulomatous inflammation of the lungs and liver. In Balb/c mice, pulmonary inflammation elevated the proportion of NK cells and that of extr...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tabata A,Kaneda K,Watanabe H,Abo T,Yano I

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heat-labile toxin (HLT) of Bordetella bronchiseptica was purified successively from sonic extracts of phase I organisms grown in Stainer-Scholte medium, by partition in hydrophobic interaction, sucrose density gradient centrifugation, gel filtration through Sepharose 4B and 6B, isoelectric precipitation and isoele...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Endoh M,Amitani M,Nakase Y

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) plays a critical role in regulating expression of genes responsible for a wide range of cellular processes, including innate and adoptive immune responses, and pathways related to cell survival and proliferation. Based on its property as a transcription factor, NF-kappaB has been...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Isomura I,Morita A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prepared polyclonal antibody specific to Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Using this antibody, we developed a latex agglutination test (LAT) for detecting the organism in respiratory exudates as rapid diagnosis of M. pneumoniae infection. Further, LAT was compared with DNA-probe test (DP) which was the only commercially avai...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Masayoshi T,Hirai Y,Kanemasa Y

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was done to determine the molecular epidemiology of rabies virus (RV) in Vietnam. The nucleoprotein (N) and glycoprotein (G) genes of RVs were amplified from the brains of ten rabid dogs of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The nucleotide sequences of these genes were compared with those of other Asian stra...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yamagata J,Ahmed K,Khawplod P,Mannen K,Xuyen DK,Loi HH,Dung NV,Nishizono A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the heat resistance and the range of growth temperature o gram-negative rods to find one of the bacterial factors governing their infectivity in exogenous and endogenous infections in predisposed patients. Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, serratia marcescens, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacte...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tsuji A,Kaneko Y,Takahashi K,Ogawa M,Goto S

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intradermal injection of MY-1, a nucleic acid fraction extracted from Mycobacterium bovis strain BCG, induced in situ infiltration of mononuclear cells, most of which were asialo GM1 (GA1)-positive as determined by immunofluorescence microscopy. The infiltration occurred with as little as 1 microgram of MY-1 and laste...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kuramoto E,Toizumi S,Shimada S,Tokunaga T

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A reversed passive latex agglutination (RPLA) assay for detecting Clostridium difficile toxin A is presented. Purified monoclonal antibody (mAb 37B5) was used for latex sensitization. The culture supernatants of 93 strains of C. difficile were tested by RPLA assay and the results compared with those of a commercially ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Toma C,Nakamura S,Kamiya S,Nakasone N,Iwanaga M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction of interferon for a kind of dairy lactic acid bacteria, Lactobacillus acidophilus (L. acidophilus), was investigated in murine peritoneal macrophage (M phi) cultures. Lactobacillus acidophilus JCM 1034, 1132T, 1229 and 2125 induced IFN (12-34 I.U./ml) in M phi cultures in vitro. Strain 1132T- and 2125-induce...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kitazawa H,Matsumura K,Itoh T,Yamaguchi T

更新日期：1992-01-01 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 antibacterial activity of cefpodoxime against Branhamella catarrhalis was studied. All of the 65 clinical isolates tested were inhibited at and below 1.56 micrograms/ml, both at 10(7) and at 10(5) CFUs. The following was further studied on B. catarrhalis N-5 which showed average susceptibility to each drug examine...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Takenouchi T,Nishino T

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An oral delivery system based on ApxIIA#5-expressed on Saccharomyces cerevisiae was studied for its potential to induce immune responses in mice. Murine bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (DCs) stimulated in vitro with ApxIIA#5-expressed on S. cerevisiae upregulated the expression of maturation and activation markers...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Shin MK,Lee WJ,Jung MH,Cha SB,Shin SW,Yoo A,Kim DH,Yoo HS

更新日期：2013-06-01 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

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：: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：:The extract from ECMS was investigated for its effect on the humoral immune responses to foot-and-mouth disease vaccination. Fifty-six mice were randomly divided into seven groups with eight animals in each. Mice in groups 5 to 7 were subcutaneously (s.c.) injected with 0.5 mg DEX daily for 4 days to induce immunosupp...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Sakwiwatkul K,Li RL,Song XM,Hu SH

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Streptococcus pneumoniae, heat shock induces the synthesis of 65-, 73-, and 84-kDa proteins, and ethanol shock induces a 104-kDa protein. In this study, the 65-, 84-, and 104-kDa proteins were identified as members of the GroEL, ClpL and alcohol dehydrogenase families, respectively, and the general properties of th...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Choi IH,Shim JH,Kim SW,Kim SN,Pyo SN,Rhee DK

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunoelectron microscopic study was performed to determine the distribution of antigenic components on particles of Chlamydia psittaci and infected cells using a number of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs). Of three anti-lipopolysaccharide (LPS) antibodies (4D5, A2 and 4G5), two antibodies (4D5 and A2) reacted with the...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ando S,Takashima I,Hashimoto N

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Butanol-extracted water-soluble adjuvant (Bu-WSA) obtained from Bacterionema matruchotii was cultured with peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBM) in the presence of sub- and/or supra-optimal mitogenic concentrations of concanavalin A (Con A). The addition of Bu-WSA resulted in increased tritiated thymidine incorpora...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nitta T,Okumura S,Tsushi M,Nakano M

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of hemagglutinin (HA) activity in a membrane fraction of Bacteroides gingivalis was examined using various compounds. Leupeptin and anti-pain inhibited the HA activity at nM order. This potency was lost when the aldehyde group of leupeptin was converted to an alcohol moiety. Irreversible protease inhibitors...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nishikata M,Yoshimura F,Nodasaka Y

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virulence of Coxsackie virus B3 (CB3) was compared in mice between strain SK-74 isolated from a patient and strain T-70 isolated from a healthy child as well as between prototype strain Nancy and its mouse-passaged derivative strain PMH. Strain SK-74 showed a high mortality (40-80%), while strain T-70 did not induce d...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Komatsu T,Hashimoto I,Kohara T

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study, it was found that polyoxotungstates such as undecatungstosilicate (SiW11) greatly sensitized strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) to beta-lactams. In this report, the effects of SiW11 on several MRSA strains with unique resistant mechanisms were studied. SiW11 was still ef...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tajima Y

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigation of 136 turkeys (24 manifesting infra-orbital sinusitis, 112 apparently healthy) resulted in isolation of 79 strains of Mycoplasma and 4 of Acholeplasma. By the disc growth inhibition test with 16 reference antisera of avian serogroups, 55 strains were identified serologically and 28 remained unidentified...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： El Sayed SA,Chandiramani NK,Garg DN

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate and rapid detection of carbapenemases and identification of their types in Enterobacteriaceae are both still major challenges for clinical laboratories in attempting to prevent the intrusion and transmission of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of the MAS...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ohsaki Y,Kubo R,Hobson J,Davies M,Osaka S,Hayashi W,Taniguchi Y,Koide S,Nagano Y,Nagano N

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00