Vaccination against infectious diseases: what is promising?

abstract：:Earlier we reported that vaccination of leprosy patients with Mycobacterium w induces an immune response directed predominantly against low molecular weight antigens. One of these antigens, with a molecular mass of 30-kDa, was recognized by a majority of the vaccinated subjects as well as the tuberculoid leprosy patie...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Yadava A,Mukherjee R

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both aging and treated human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are characterized by low-level chronic inflammation and immune activation which contribute to the development of age-related diseases, frailty, and early mortality. Chronic cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is highly prevalent in older adults and HIV-in...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Tavenier J,Margolick JB,Leng SX

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fatal inhalation infection caused by Bacillus anthracis results from a complex pathogenic cycle involving release of toxins by bacteria that germinate from spores. Currently available vaccines against anthrax consist of protective antigen (PA), one of the anthrax toxin components. However, these PA-based vaccines ...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Sinha K,Bhatnagar R

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virus adsorption and uptake of human rhinovirus 14 (HRV14) were studied with HeLa cells and baby hamster kidney (BHK) cells which were transfected with the HRV14 receptor intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1). Transmission electron microscopy of HeLa cells revealed that HRV14 was internalized via clathrin-coated ...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Grunert HP,Wolf KU,Langner KD,Sawitzky D,Habermehl KO,Zeichhardt H

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid and correct identification of pathogens is of paramount importance for the treatment of patients with invasive infections. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) can speed up the identification of bacteria and fungi and has quickly been embraced by medical...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Hamprecht A,Christ S,Oestreicher T,Plum G,Kempf VA,Göttig S

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Almost 4000 sera from seven African states were examined for antibodies to ATLV/HTLV-1. Between 1% and 8% of healthy people from sub-Saharan Africa have such antibodies. The highest frequency was observed in Gabon. There were considerable variations between villages. The percentage of seropositives and the mean titre ...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Hunsmann G,Bayer H,Schneider J,Schmitz H,Kern P,Dietrich M,Büttner DW,Goudeau AM,Kulkarni G,Fleming AF

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microcytoxicity assay with 3H-proline prelabeled target cells was used for the detection of sensitized lymphoid spleen cells from STU inbred mice inoculated with Moloney sarcoma virus (MSV-M) or ascitic MSV-M tumor cells. The target cell line was derived from ascitic MSV-M tumor cells. With regard to the specificity...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Weiland E,Mussgay M

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mastitis, which is generally described as an inflammation of breast tissue, is a common and debilitating disease which frequently results in the cessation of exclusive breastfeeding and affects up to 33% of lactating women. The condition is a primary cause of decreased milk production and results in organoleptic and n...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Angelopoulou A,Field D,Ryan CA,Stanton C,Hill C,Ross RP

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Industrial and academic needs for innovation and fundamental research are essential and not widely different. Depending on the industrial setting, research and development (R&D) activities may be more focused on the developmental aspects given the need to ultimately sell useful products. However, one of the biggest di...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： van Belkum A,Pelegrin AC,Datar R,Goyal M,Palmieri M,Mirande C,Chalansonnet V,Orenga S

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern have shown a high prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi-infected ticks. A total of 17 B. burgdorferi sensu lato strains were isolated from ticks and investigated by Western blots (immunoblot) with eight monoclonal anti-bodies against different epitopes of the outer surfac...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Lottmann H,Wilske B,Herrmann H

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody to recombinant hepatitis C virus (HCV) protein C100 (anti-C100) was measured for a period of 6 months by enzyme immunoassay in nine prospectively followed non A-nonB (NANBH) cases which occurred after cardiac surgery at a hospital in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). At least seven cases were infected with HCV; four o...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Yoshida CF,Soares OA,Schatzmayr HG,Uy A,Gerlich WH

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to characterize antigenic determinants on structural polypeptides of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2ben). Therefore, three HIV-2-specific monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against the p24 core protein (gag) and one mAb against the gp130 envelope glycoprotein (env) were produced. In ...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Faisst AC,Otteken A,Nick S,Hunsmann G

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for the purification and concentration of Cytomegalovirus nucleocapsids and particles complete with envelope is described. Antibody to either nucleocapsid or envelope antigens can be detected in human sera. In patients with CMV disease the antibodies to the envelope antigen could not be detected before the 3r...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Schmitz H,Doerr HW,Obrig M

更新日期：1975-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The influenza surveillance in Lower Saxony is based mainly on laboratory investigations, and especially those which involve the isolation of influenza viruses throughout the year. These investigations have provided information on the circulation of influenza viruses and of the antigenic drift during the Hong Kong peri...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Willers H,Höpken W

更新日期：1979-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetraspanin (TSPAN) protein family forms a family of transmembrane proteins that act as organizers/scaffold for other proteins. TSPANs are primarily present on plasma membranes although they are also found in other biological membranes. They are organized in tetraspanin-enriched microdomains (TEMs), which allow spatio...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Perot BP,Ménager MM

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus from local infection to systemic dissemination involves a range of virulence factors including structural and secreted products. Among various control mechanisms, small noncoding RNAs are involved in the regulation of multiple pathogenicity factors in S. aureus. The sRNA SprX ...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Kathirvel M,Buchad H,Nair M

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions of virulent Leptospira interrogans with murine monocyte-macrophage-like J774A.1 cells and Vero (African green monkey kidney fibroblasts) cells from attachment to internalization were investigated by a series of morphological analysis. Fontana silver staining revealed that only the pathogenic leptospires w...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Liu Y,Zheng W,Li L,Mao Y,Yan J

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The propagation of hepatitis A virus (HAV) is shown in a rapidly growing fetal rhesus monkey kidney cell line (Frhk-4/R). In the course of ten passages through Frhk-4/R cells the HAV, which was released in the supernatants of the cell cultures, was adapted to these cells. In the tenth passage 6 days after infection, i...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Flehmig B

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porphyromonas gingivalis, a periodontal pathogen, is epidemiologically associated with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) which degrades the extracellular matrix and basement membrane components has been implicated in invasion and metastasis of tumor cells. We previously reported th...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Inaba H,Amano A,Lamont RJ,Murakami Y

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia pseudomallei, a gram-negative intracellular bacterium, is a causative agent of melioidosis. The bacterium has been shown to induce the innate immune response, particularly pro-inflammatory cytokine production in several of both mouse and human cell types. In the present study, we investigate host immune r...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Kulsantiwong P,Pudla M,Boondit J,Wikraiphat C,Dunachie SJ,Chantratita N,Utaisincharoen P

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined 118 oral squamous cell carcinomas, 72 oral leukoplakias, 12 cases of cheilitis and 65 of oral lichen planus for the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) 6/11, 16 and 18 DNA by PCR/Southern blot hybridization. HPV DNA were found in 51/118 carcinomas (43.2%), in 16/72 (22.2%) leukoplakias, 3/12 (25.0%...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Ostwald C,Rutsatz K,Schweder J,Schmidt W,Gundlach K,Barten M

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegaloviruses (CMVs) are large double-stranded DNA viruses that replicate slowly and cause life-long persisting infections in their hosts. To achieve this, the CMVs had to evolve numerous countermeasures against innate and adaptive immune responses. Induction of programmed cell death is one important host defense ...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Handke W,Krause E,Brune W

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptomyces globisporus produced an enzyme which had lytic effects on streptococci and was able to solubilize their Fc-receptors. A new method for rapid purification of this enzyme was described. It consisted of adsorption to Amberlite CG 50 and subsequent chromatography on CM-cellulose Whatman CM 52. The purified en...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Tille D,Chhatwal GS,Blobel H

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus vaccine development started in the 1970s with attenuated strains. In the 1980s, one of the strains was shown to be safe and effective in renal transplant patients. Then, attention switched to glycoprotein gB, which was shown to give moderate but transient protection against acquisition of the virus by ...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Plotkin S

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Head and neck cancers constitute a multifactorial global disease burden and are associated with human papilloma virus (HPV) as a possible risk factor. The aim of the study is to understand the relationship between HPV and the development of head and neck lesions in Indian patients. To this end, frequency of HPV was as...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Sarkar S,Alam N,Chakraborty J,Biswas J,Mandal SS,Roychoudhury S,Panda CK

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytotoxic effects of a leukocidin from Fusobacterium necrophorum were demonstrated on bovine hepatic cells. The cytotoxic response was dose-dependent and could be inhibited by homologous antiserum. Scanning electron microscopy revealed damaged hepatic cell surface. These findings indicated a pathogenic role of the leu...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Ishii T,Kanoe M,Inoue T,Kai K,Blobel H

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) has long been implicated as a triggering agent in Crohn's disease (CD). In this study, we investigated the growth/persistence of both M. avium subsp. hominissuis (MAH) and MAP, in macrophages from healthy controls (HC), CD and ulcerative colitis patients. For viability...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Nazareth N,Magro F,Appelberg R,Silva J,Gracio D,Coelho R,Cabral JM,Abreu C,Macedo G,Bull TJ,Sarmento A

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gliosis of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) associated astrocytes is considered to be one of the hallmarks of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). In the present study, remarkable GFAP-PrP(Sc) or GFAP-PrP(C) complexes were separately detected in the brain homogenates of 263 K (Scrapie)-infected or n...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Dong CF,Wang XF,Wang X,Shi S,Wang GR,Shan B,An R,Li XL,Zhang BY,Han J,Dong XP

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new way of measuring indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) of microscopic bacterial slide preparations by videocamera and an image processing system is presented. This method is compared with the conventional method of reading the slides by eye. The advantages of this new approach are objective reading, greater accuracy...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Apperloo-Renkema HZ,Wilkinson MH,Oenema DG,van der Waaij D

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two antigens were isolated from the culture filtrates of H37Ra Mycobacterium tuberculosis by immunoabsorbent affinity chromatography, M. tuberculosis antigen 5 and immunoabsorbent affinity column-purified antigen (IAP). The potential application of these two mycobacterial antigens in the laboratory diagnosis of tuberc...

journal_title：Medical microbiology and immunology

authors： Krishnan VV,Mathai A

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00