Possibility of Bacteroides gingivalis hemagglutinin possessing protease activity revealed by inhibition studies.

abstract：:Autoantibodies to IgE and beta2-adrenergic receptor have been reported in patients with allergic rhinitis. To investigate whether autoimmunity in allergic rhinitis is directed to such limited molecules or directed to a wide range of self proteins, we here attempted to survey autoantigens/autoantibodies comprehensively...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nakamura M,Tsutsumi K,Ooka S,Sekine T,Koizuka I,Nishioka K,Kato T

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell wall of Clostridium difficile GAI 4131 was revealed by electron microscopy to have an outer layer composed of a nearly square array and contained the two major proteins with molecular weights of 38 kDa and 42 kDa. The properties and reassembly of the two major proteins into the regular array were investigated...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Masuda K,Itoh M,Kawata T

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:Site-specific recombinase is widely applied for the regulation of gene expression because its regulatory action is strict and efficient. However, each system can mediate regulation of only one gene at a time. Here, we demonstrate efficient "sequential" gene regulation using Cre-and FLP-expressing recombinant adenoviru...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kondo S,Takahashi Y,Shiozawa S,Ichise H,Yoshida N,Kanegae Y,Saito I

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:ICR mice were immunized with sheep red blood cells (sRBC). Both adenosine deaminase (ADA) and purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) activities in spleen lymphocytes increased faster than the serum antibody titer and reached a peak one week after the immunization. ADA activity increased significantly in T lymphocytes b...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kurashige S,Akuzawa Y,Yoshida T,Teshima C,Kodama K,Mitsuhashi S

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasmids R401 and Rtsl belong to the same incompatibility group, IncT. The nucleotide sequence of the basic replicon of R401 consisting of 1,857 base pairs was determined and compared with that of mini-Rtsl previously reported. The mini-R401 was found to be composed of two clusters of direct repeated sequences fla...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tabuchi A

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：:Diarrheal diseases are major causes of morbidity and mortality among children in developing countries. We have analyzed the causative agents of diarrhea in children under five years of age who resided in rural environments but attended a hospital in Malindi, a coastal town in Kenya. Bacterial diarrhea was found in 239...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Saidi SM,Iijima Y,Sang WK,Mwangudza AK,Oundo JO,Taga K,Aihara M,Nagayama K,Yamamoto H,Waiyaki PG,Honda T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate cellular components incorporated into the rabies virion, monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) were screened based on their reactivity with additional virion components. Two of the MAbs we prepared recognized a virion-associated 21 kDa polypeptide (referred to as VAP21) from a BHK-21 cell. Since the MAbs precipi...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Sagara J,Tochikura TS,Yamamoto T,Tsukita S,Tsukita S,Kawai A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the mechanism of spontaneous B cell activation in lupus mice by using anticlass-II antibody in vitro. The in vitro culture of B cells from old NZB mice markedly produced Ig without any stimulation, while B cells from NZW mice did not. The addition of anticlass-II antibody (anti-Iad antibody) to the culture...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Saito K,Tanaka Y,Ota T,Eto S,Yamashita U

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:Viable but nonculturable (VBNC) Vibrio cholerae non-O1/non-O139, V. parahaemolyticus, enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli, enterotoxigenic E. coli, enteropathogenic E. coli, Shigella flexneri, and Salmonella enterica were converted to the culturable state by co-culture with selected eukaryotic cells, e.g., HT-29, Caco-...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Senoh M,Ghosh-Banerjee J,Ramamurthy T,Colwell RR,Miyoshi S,Nair GB,Takeda Y

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the intracellular survival and growth of Legionella pneumophila Philadelphia-1 in peritoneal macrophages obtained from A/J, C57BL/6, and X-linked chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) mice produced from C57BL/6 strain. The initial killing was observed in A/J and C57BL/6 macrophages at 2, 4 and 6 hr after in ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Saito M,Kajiwara H,Miyamoto H,Yoshida S

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Vpr, one of the accessory molecules of HIV-1, has been demonstrated to arrest the cell cycle at the G2 phase. This Vpr-mediated cell cycle arrest is implicated to have an important role in the viral life cycle. In the present study, we quantitate the extent of Vpr-mediated cell cycle arrest with the use of a bicistron...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yamaguchi T,Watanabe N,Nakauchi H,Koito A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recombinant pertussis DNA vaccine was described here with its immunogenicity and the ability to induce protection against B. pertussis infection in mice. Three immunodominant antigen gene fragments of pertussis, pertussis toxin subunit 1 (pts1), fragments of pertactin (prn) and filamentous hemagglutinin (fha), were ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Li Q,Zhu Y,Chu J,Wang Y,Xu Y,Hou Q,Zhang S,Guo X

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune responses of individuals exposed to Leishmania major were evaluated and compared with those of non-exposed volunteers. Forty-one patients with active lesion(s), 43 healed individuals, 15 vaccinees 1 month or 1 year post vaccination, and 15 non-exposed volunteers were studied. Leishmanin skin test (LST) resp...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Alimohammadian MH,Darabi H,Malekzadeh S,Mahmoodzadeh-Niknam H,Ajdary S,Khamesipour A,Bahonar A,Mofarrah A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spontaneous production of a rat C-type RNA virus (ACV) in a cultured cell line (AC cells) established from a chemically induced rat glioma was studied. The characteristics of ACV were: morphology typical of C-type RNA virus; buoyant density of 1.15 g/ml in a sucrose density gradient; RNA directed DNA polymerase ac...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Igarashi K,Sasada R,Niiyama Y,Kozai Y,Sugino Y

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a cluster analysis of human and animal pathogenic Microsporum species and their teleomorphic states, Arthroderma species, including A. otae-related species (M. canis, M. audouinii, M. distortum, M. equinum, M. langeronii, and M. ferrugineum) and M. gypseum complex (A. fulvum, A. gypseum, and A. incurvatum...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Makimura K,Tamura Y,Murakami A,Kano R,Nakamura Y,Hasegawa A,Uchida K,Yamaguchi H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the mechanisms of fluconazole resistance in a fluconazole-resistant Candida albicans isolate from a Japanese patient with chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis. It was demonstrated that the highly resistant phenotype of this strain was associated with combined mechanisms of the energy-dependent reduced intrace...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kamai Y,Maebashi K,Kudoh M,Makimura K,Naka W,Uchida K,Yamaguchi H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:None of the 58 Moraxella catarrhalis strains grew on nutrient agar without sodium chloride supplementation, whereas 49 of 51 commensal Neisseria spp. strains tested did. Growth on nutrient agar without sodium chloride supplementation could be used for screening between M. catarrhalis and commensal Neisseria spp. ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Chida T,Sawabe E,Ono E,Nishiyama H,Ebina K,Sato K,Watanabe Y,Kuroki T,Okamura N

更新日期：2005-01-01 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 concept of superantigens is well-known and widely accepted. In this brief communication, we analyze the behaviour of antigen-presenting cells after T-cell activation by staphylococcal enterotoxin B, a representative superantigen. We tried to activate murine T cells by inflammatory mouse peritoneal macrophage in th...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Sakurada J,Tajima A,Shinji H,Seki K,Masuda S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli isolates from calves with diarrhea (1 day to 8 weeks old, 140 individuals) were surveyed for the three immunologically distinct fimbrial adhesins FY, 31A, and K99. Of a total of 1,370 strains isolated, 96 (7.0%), 34 (2.5%), 75 (5.5%), and 13 (0.9%) were identified as FY+, 31A+, FY+.31A+, and K99+, res...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Shimizu M,Sakano T,Yamamoto J,Kitajima K

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune responses to Helicobacter pylori infection play important roles in gastroduodenal diseases. The contributions of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) to the induction of gastric inflammation and to the protection from H. pylori infection were investigated using TNF-alpha gene...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yamamoto T,Kita M,Ohno T,Iwakura Y,Sekikawa K,Imanishi J

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:Cryptosporidium spp. is a major cause of diarrhea in developing countries, mainly affecting people with compromised immune systems in general and HIV-infected individuals with low CD4 + T-cell counts in particular. This infection is self-limiting in healthy persons; however, it can be severe, progressive and persisten...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Izadi M,Jonaidi-Jafari N,Saburi A,Eyni H,Rezaiemanesh MR,Ranjbar R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noroviruses cause acute gastroenteritis. Since multiple genotypes of norovirus co-circulate in humans, changing the genotype composition and eluding host immunity, development of a polyvalent vaccine against norovirus in which the genotypes of vaccine strains match the major strains in circulation in the target season...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Suzuki Y,Doan YH,Kimura H,Shinomiya H,Shirabe K,Katayama K

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we have reported the occurrence of novel phosphocholine-containing glycoglycerolipids (GGPLs: GGPL-I and GGPL-III) in human helper T-cell (MT-4 cell line) (Mustuda et al, Glycoconjugate J. 10:340). However, the GGPLs disappeared from the MT-4 after treatment with an antimycoplasma agent. This disappearance...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Matsuda K,Harasawa R,Li JL,Kasama T,Taki T,Handa S,Yamamoto N

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00