Survival of Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota in the intestines of healthy Chinese adults.

abstract：:Recombinant human interferon-gammas (rHuIFN-gamma s) were obtained from two different mammalian cells (mouse C127 cells and Chinese hamster ovary, CHO, cells) cultured in a microcarrier culture system. Both rHuIFN-gamma s were purified using sequential chromatographies for their comparison of structural properties. Th...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Sano E,Kamata K,Okano K,Yamazaki S,Iizuka M,Kobayashi S

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In innate immunity, cationic antimicrobial peptides including cathelin-related antimicrobial peptide (CRAMP) are known to play critical roles in protecting the host from infection by invasive microbes, including Gram-positive and -negative bacteria. However, little is known about the interactions between CRAMP and myc...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tani K,Shimizu T,Kida Y,Kuwano K

更新日期：2011-08-01 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 inhibitory effects of an extract of the blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum L.) against pathogens associated with oral, nasopharyngeal and upper respiratory infectious diseases; namely respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza virus A and B (IFV-A and IFV-B), adenovirus (AdV), herpes simplex virus type 1, Haemophilus in...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ikuta K,Hashimoto K,Kaneko H,Mori S,Ohashi K,Suzutani T

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aged C57BL/6 (B6) mice could reject allogeneic BALB/c RL male 1 tumor as efficiently as young B6 mice. However, in vitro analysis showed impaired generation of cytotoxic T cell response in aged B6 mice against allogeneic tumor. The reaction could be augmented by the addition of recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2). Enzym...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Win S,Uenaka A,Nakayama E

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that immunization of mice with plasmid pMEa synthesizing Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) envelope protein induced anti-JEV humoral and cellular immune responses. We now show that intra-muscular co-administration of mice with pMEa and pGM-CSF, encoding murine granulocyte-macrophage colony-sti...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Bharati K,Appaiahgari MB,Vrati S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of fatty acids on Mycobacterium smegmatis was examined in vitro at pH 5.0 to 7.0 to determine the role of fatty acids in the intracellular killing of mycobacteria. Unsaturated fatty acids showed strong bactericidal activity in low concentrations (0.005 to 0.02 mM), whereas saturated fatty acids, except for ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kanetsuna F

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular heterogeneity of the extracellular deoxyribonuclease (DNase) in group A streptococci was demonstrated in 42 clinical isolates. Although polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic patterns of the extracellular DNase of all the isolates were heterogeneous, they could be divided into five main patterns with respect to ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Miyakawa Y,Yamada T,Shitara M,Fukazawa Y

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chemotaxonomic study was carried out on 31 strains of non-O1 Vibrio cholerae bio-serogroup Hakata, isolated in Japan, which possesses the Inaba antigen C of O1 V. cholerae. On the basis of the compositional sugar pattern of the polysaccharide portion of their lipopolysaccharides, the 23 strains isolated from the env...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kondo S,Iguchi T,Haishima Y,Isshiki Y,Hisatsune K

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 55 strains of Clostridium sordellii, 21 lethal toxin-positive and 34 lethal toxin-negative, were tested for cytotoxin production in brain heart infusion medium supplemented with 0.2% Na2HPO4 (m-BHI) and cooked-meat-glucose (CMG) medium using baby hamster kidney (BHK-21/WI-2) cells as indicator cells. The m-...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nakamura S,Tanabe N,Yamakawa K,Nishida S

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three hundred and twenty-five breast milk samples were examined for the occurrence of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) by cell culture method. Virus was isolated from the milk in 1 of 177 samples collected within 6 days after delivery, 2 of 115 samples collected during the period of 7 days to 1 month after delivery, 10 of...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hotsubo T,Nagata N,Shimada M,Yoshida K,Fujinaga K,Chiba S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mutant MT of Micrococcus lysodeikticus (luteus) IFO 3333, whose minimum growing unit is not a single cell, but a tetrad unlike the wild-type divides by binary fission of each monococcus, and then separates first into two daughter tetrads, second into four tetrads and third into eight tetrads. The three planes of eit...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Monodane T,Matsushima Y,Kotani S

更新日期：1978-01-01 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：:In recent years, phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase III beta (PI4KB) has emerged as a conserved target of anti-picornavirus compounds. In the present study, PI4KB was identified as the direct target of the plant-derived anti-picornavirus compounds, oxoglaucine and pachypodol (also known as Ro 09-0179). PI4KB was also ident...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Arita M,Philipov S,Galabov AS

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hg- and Cd-spores of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551 were produced in Schaeffer's medium containing mercuric chloride and cadmium chloride respectively. Metals were added to the medium at 9 hr of incubation (Stage V) to give a final concentration of 50 microM. It was found by electron microscopic and biochemical studies ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Imagawa M,Ichikawa T,Kondo M

更新日期：1982-01-01 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：:A mass outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H45 was first reported in Japan in 1998. This pathogen was classified as an enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) O157 because it was characterized by the Shiga toxin gene (stx)-negative and bundle-forming pilus (bfp) gene-positive genotypes. In this study, we investigated the type I...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Abe A,Nagano H

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:A cholera-like enterotoxin was purified from Vibrio cholerae O139 strain AI-1841 isolated from a diarrheal patient in Bangladesh. Its characteristics were compared with that of cholera toxins (CTs) of classical strain 569B and El Tor strain KT25. Al-1841 produced as much toxin as O1 strains. The toxins were indistingu...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nakashima K,Eguchi Y,Nakasone N

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periapical lesions are induced by bacterial infection of the dental pulp and result in destruction of the surrounding alveolar bone. Although various immunological studies concerning periapical bone resorption have been reported, the role of cytokines in the formation of periapical lesions remains unclear. In this stu...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Oseko F,Yamamoto T,Akamatsu Y,Kanamura N,Iwakura Y,Imanishi J,Kita M

更新日期：2009-05-01 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：:CD4+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) clones, YT-4 and YT-9, specific for Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii)-infected melanoma SK-MEL 28 (P36), were generated from the peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) of a patient with chronic toxoplasmosis. These CTL clones were shown to secrete significant amounts of interleukin 6 (IL-6) ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yang TH,Aosai F,Norose K,Ueda M,Yano A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the two-year milk-feeding on the gastrointestinal (GI) microflora of a cynomolgus monkey was determined. Bifidobacterium spp. in the animal fed with cow's milk alone were distributed in higher number in the stomach, duodenum, cecum, and rectum. The increasingly higher numbers of Lactobacillus spp. and Ca...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Benno Y,Honjo S,Mitsuoka T

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：: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：:The Fr/V and Oc/V sibling viruses of the Osaka-1 strain of the subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) virus were defective in cell-free virus production. By radioimmunoprecipitation assay, the matrix (M) protein was not detected in cells persistently infected with the Osaka-1 strain. This undetectable expression w...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ayata M,Hayashi K,Seto T,Murata R,Ogura H

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A possible role of intracellular Ca2+ and participation of calmodulin in cellular metabolism in endotoxin-poisoned mice were investigated. The levels of calcium in liver cytosol and liver mitochondria fractions in poisoned mice were markedly higher 18-48 hr after endotoxin injection than in the control mice. On the ot...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Sakaguchi S,Abe H,Sakaguchi O

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the epidemiology of viral acute respiratory infections (ARIs), 305 human parainfluenza virus types 1 (HPIV1), 154 HPIV2 and 574 HPIV3 strains were isolated from 16,962 nasopharyngeal swabs obtained between 2002 and 2011 at pediatric clinics in Yamagata, Japan. The total isolation frequency for HPIV1-3 was 6...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Mizuta K,Abiko C,Aoki Y,Ikeda T,Itagaki T,Katsushima F,Katsushima Y,Matsuzaki Y,Noda M,Kimura H,Ahiko T

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with renal diseases are typically treated with immunosuppressive drugs, which place them at high risk of reactivation of the BK virus (BKV). Currently, little is known about the impact of immunosuppressive drugs on the kinetics of urinary shedding of BKV and viral reactivation in pediatric patients with renal...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yamamoto Y,Morooka M,Ihira M,Yoshikawa T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of a water-soluble peptidoglycan fragment derived from Staphylococcus epidermidis (SEPS) were examined as to their role in proliferation of spleen mononuclear cells (SMNC) from various strains of mice, the production of cytokines in vitro, and the induction of an inflammatory reaction in vivo. The proli...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Onta T,Sashida M,Fujii N,Sugawara S,Rikiishi H,Kumagai K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00