In situ infiltration of natural killer-like cells induced by intradermal injection of the nucleic acid fraction from BCG.

abstract：:Antiplague indirect hemagglutination tests were investigated with Yersinia pestis fraction-I antigen and sera from experimentally infected rodents. The same tests with sera treated with acetone or acetone-2-mercaptoethanol were performed in parallel. Technical conditions were determined to insure the specificity and r...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Suzuki S,Hotta S

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RobA is a member of the XylS/AraC subfamily of DNA binding proteins, and when overexpressed, it induces multiple antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli. In this study, we introduced a multicopy robA plasmid (pMEP1) and its derivative into OmpF mutants and an AcrAB-deficient mutant. We found that a decrease in susce...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tanaka T,Horii T,Shibayama K,Sato K,Ohsuka S,Arakawa Y,Yamaki K,Takagi K,Ohta M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus suis infection induces formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in vitro; however, the contribution of NETs-mediated killing to the pathogenesis of S. suis in vivo is yet to be elicited. The findings of the present study indicated that extracellular DNA fiber can be induced in a murine model in...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Zhao J,Lin L,Fu L,Han L,Zhang A

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The attachment of Mycoplasma pulmonis m53 organisms to mouse and rat synovial cells was examined by using the organisms and the synovial cells treated in various ways. M. pulmonis treated with trypsin attached to the synovial cells, but the organisms treated with pronase, formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, or heat did not....

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Araake M,Yayoshi M,Yoshioka M

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：:Importance of the overexpression of AcrAB efflux pumps in the low-level resistance of pathogens to antimicrobials requires a better understanding of the AcrAB regulation. The goal of the present research was to study the transcription of acrAB, as well as the genes that play a role in its regulation in Salmonella ente...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hartog E,Ben-Shalom L,Shachar D,Matthews KR,Yaron S

更新日期：2008-12-01 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 colH gene encoding 116-kDa collagenase of Clostridium histolyticum (cColH) was cloned into an Escherichia coli-Bacillus subtilis shuttle vector to develop a method for purification of recombinant collagenase (rColH). When plasmid pJCM310 containing the colH gene was introduced into B. subtilis DB104 and the transf...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Jung CM,Matsushita O,Katayama S,Minami J,Ohhira I,Okabe A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four T antigen-positive phenotypic revertants were isolated by negative selection with BUdR from SV40-transformed rat and mouse cells which contain six and two viral genome equivalents per cell, respectively. Karyological analysis indicated that one rat and one mouse revertant had a hyperploid number of chromosomes, w...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Maruyama K,Furuta T,Ueda K,Oda K

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 4-year (1996-2000) survey of rotavirus infection involving 2,218 diarrheal fecal specimens of children collected from five regions of Japan was conducted. A total of 642 (28.9%) specimens were found to be rotavirus positive. A changed prevalence pattern of rotavirus G serotype was found with an increase of G9 and G2...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Zhou Y,Li L,Okitsu S,Maneekarn N,Ushijima H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five groups of 32 chemicals were examined regarding their immunological functions as modifier inactivants to make inactivated Sendai nasal vaccine using a contact exposure experiment, direct immunofluorescent method, and serum HI titer. (1) Five of the nine reactive groups of reactive dyes (2-chloropyridine, 2, 4, 6-t...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Miyamae T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the high prevalence of highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza A viruses in Indonesia, epidemiology information on seasonal human influenza is lacking. The present authors, therefore, conducted virologic surveillance in Surabaya, East Java from October 2008 to March 2010. Influenza viruses, including pandemic (H1N1) ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yamaoka M,Palilingan JF,Wibisono J,Yudhawati R,Nidom RV,Alamudi MY,Ginting TE,Makino A,Nidom CA,Shinya K,Kawaoka Y

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attempts were made to study the pathogenicity of some strains of Bacteroides fragilis group in the rat intra-abdominal abscess model. Multiple intraabdominal abscesses were produced in 50 to 70% of animals when an inoculum containing 10(9) CFU/ml of any of the five species of Bacteroides fragilis group was injected. R...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Jotwani R,Gupta U,Watanabe K,Ueno K

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although most influenza vaccines are produced in eggs, new types of vaccines must be developed. In this study, the immunogenicity and safety of a baculovirus-expressed hemagglutinin (HA) of H1N1 influenza virus (Korea/01/2009; designated "HA-Bac-K") was compared with those of a commercially available baculovirus-expre...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Na HN,Kim KH,Song MK,Park HL,Lee EY,Shim SH,Park S,Nam JH

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study proposes a novel chemiluminescent assay of bacterial activity. Luminol chemiluminescence (LC) was amplified on addition of menadione to Escherichia coli suspension, and it was effectively inhibited by addition of superoxide dismutase rather than catalase. This fact suggests that H2O2 produced from O2 by sup...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yamashoji S,Manome I,Ikedo M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcal exfoliative toxin A (ETA) had a splitting effect at the granular layer of skin in humans and neonatal mice, but not in rabbits, guinea pigs, golden hamsters, or rats. Besides its splitting effect, ETA could stimulate productions of neutralizing antibody to ETA in rabbits, rats and B10D2 mice, but not in...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Machida K,Sakurai S,Kondo I,Ikawa S

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is the most predominant and important pathogen in clinical microbiology. A DNA amplification assay using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was designed to identify S. aureus through a single-base-pair mismatch in the sequences of staphylococcal 16S ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA) genes. It was able to...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Saruta K,Hoshina S,Machida K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for simple detection of Bordetella holmesii was developed. This assay discriminates between B. holmesii and other Bordetella species and successfully detect B. holmesii DNA in nasopharyngeal swab samples from subjects with suspected pertussis. The LAMP assay result...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Otsuka N,Yoshino S,Kawano K,Toyoizumi-Ajisaka H,Shibayama K,Kamachi K

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of added maltose on the activities of a preparation of crude glucosyltransferases (GTases) and purified dextransucrase (DS) were investigated to elucidate the inhibition mechanism of maltose on the synthesis of water-insoluble glucan (ISG) in Streptococcus mutans HS-6. Tri- and tetra-saccharides produced b...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Fukui K,Moriyama T

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, we have emphasized: 1) bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) involvement in IgA responses to orally administered thymic-dependent (TD) antigens; 2) characterization of Peyer's patch (PP) lymphoreticular cells; and 3) gastrointestinal immunization with gram negative pathogens and anti-LPS immunity to infec...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： McGhee JR,Michalek SM,Kiyono H,Eldridge JH,Colwell DE,Williamson SI,Wannemuehler MJ,Jirillo E,Mosteller LM,Spalding DM

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio parahaemolyticus mutants lacking three Na+/H+ antiporters (NhaA, NhaB, NhaD) were constructed. The DeltanhaA strains showed significantly higher sensitivity to LiCl regarding their growth compared to the parental strain. The DeltanhaA and DeltanhaB strains exhibited higher sensitivities to LiCl. The mutant XACa...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kuroda T,Mizushima T,Tsuchiya T

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were performed to investigate the resistance of the host due to antibody-mediated mechanisms to herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection. Transfer of hyperimmune anti-HSV mouse serum inhibited the development of skin lesions and prolonged the survival of lethally HSV-infected nude mice. Relatively high concent...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hayashida I,Nagafuchi S,Hayashi Y,Kino Y,Mori R,Oda H,Ohtomo N,Tashiro A

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was applied for the etiological diagnosis of spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiosis in Japan. Nucleotide primers derived from the 17-kDa antigen gene of Rickettsia rickettsii primed a rickettsia-specific 246-base-pair product for all of the Katayama, Abe, Misaka and Kojima strains,...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tange Y,Matsumoto M,Okada T,Hasegawa H,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BALB/c mice were immunized intraperitoneally with the food antigen ovalbumin (OVA) while they were fed with Lactobacillus GG heated killed cell preparation. The oral administration of Lactobacillus GG did not appear to modify the antigen-augmented serum IgE in the tested mice but significantly augmented serum OVA spec...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： He F,Morita H,Kubota A,Ouwehand AC,Hosoda M,Hiramatsu M,Kurisaki J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a new plaque cloning technique, we obtained unique Chlamydia trachomatis strains which were confirmed to be free of the 7.5-kb common plasmid and glycogen in inclusions. The in vitro susceptibility of these strains to various chemotherapeutic agents was tested by comparison with their parent strains and clinical...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Miyashita N,Matsumoto A,Matsushima T

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannose-capped lipoarabinomannan (ManLAM) is an immunomodulatory epitope of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). An aptamer (ZXL1) that specifically binds to ManLAM from the virulent Mtb H37Rv strain was previously generated and it was found that ZXL1 functions as an antagonist, inhibiting the ManLAM-induced immunosuppre...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Pan Q,Yan J,Liu Q,Yuan C,Zhang XL

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-mediated immune response to Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) and its purified envelope (E) protein was measured in 45 laboratory confirmed JE patients using a proliferation assay of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). In parallel, JEV-specific IgM antibodies were measured by ELISA. No correlation was obse...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Desai A,Ravi V,Chandramuki A,Gourie-Devi M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EAEC is increasingly recognized as an emerging enteric pathogen. Typical EAEC expressing the AggR regulon have been proven to be an important cause of childhood diarrhea in industrialized countries as well as in the developing world, while atypical EAEC without this regulon have not been thoroughly investigated. To in...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tokuda K,Nishi J,Imuta N,Fujiyama R,Kamenosono A,Manago K,Kawano Y

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study revealed the presence of various rickettsial agents in mites from wild rodents collected in Southern Jeolla Province, Korea, by nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequence analysis of a partial citrate synthase and rickettsia outer membrane protein B genes. Rickettsial agents closely related to the ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Choi YJ,Lee EM,Park JM,Lee KM,Han SH,Kim JK,Lee SH,Song HJ,Choi MS,Kim IS,Park KH,Jang WJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid western blot (WB) procedure for an abnormal isoform of prion protein (PrP(Sc) ) detection in lymphoid tissues was established and has been applied to the surveillance of fallen stock. In this program, brain and palatal tonsil were examined by WB and three cases of sheep scrapie were detected. While one clinicall...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Shimada K,Hayashi HK,Ookubo Y,Iwamaru Y,Imamura M,Takata M,Schmerr MJ,Shinagawa M,Yokoyama T

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00