Pathogenesis and association of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection with cardiac and hepatic damage.

abstract：:Our objective was to study the alterations of CD4(+) CD25(+) Foxp3(+) T(regs) in HIV-infected SPs and to examine the role of T(regs) in the disease progression of HIV. The proportion of CD4(+) CD25(+) Foxp3(+) T(regs) in peripheral blood of 24 SPs, 30 asymptomatic HIV-infected patients, 20 AIDS patients, and 16 non-in...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Zhang Z,Jiang Y,Zhang M,Liu J,Sun G,Shi W,Wang Y,Shang H

更新日期：2010-10-01 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：: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

abstract：:Fibronectin is known to be an important factor in colonization by Staphylococcus aureus of host tissues as well as other extracellular matrix proteins such as collagen and laminin. We investigated the effect of fibronectin on the phagocytosis of the S. aureus Cowan I strain by macrophages and of coagulase-negative sta...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Shinji H,Sakurada J,Seki K,Murai M,Masuda S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigella sonnei, which has generally been associated with dysentery in developed countries, has recently been emerging in developing countries. Specifically, in Brazil few published studies have that molecularly characterized this species. The aims of this study were to analyze the efficacy of typing using multiple-lo...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Seribelli AA,Frazão MR,Medeiros MIC,Stehling EG,Falcão JP

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：:A monoclonal antibody (MoAb) to human neutrophils, designated 3H9, was established by screening for the inhibition of neutrophil adherence to plastic plates containing a medium supplemented with fetal calf serum (FCS medium). The antigen recognized by 3H9 was shown to be present on human leukocytes and found at the hi...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ohtake K,Takei H,Watanabe T,Sato Y,Yamashita T,Sudo K,Kuroki M,Chihara J,Sendo F

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetrads-forming mutant MT cells of Micrococcus luteus, both treated with chemical reagents and non-treated, were observed with a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The agglutinability of the cells with antiserum containing anti-teichuronic acid antibody was examined. The binding of protein A-gold particles to the cel...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Monodane T,Tokunaga M,Torii M

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：:The fermentation-inhibition (FI) test for Mycoplasma pneumoniae was improved by using a combination of guinea pig complement and gamma globulin-depleted horse serum in place of unheated whole horse serum employed in the conventional assay system. As the test antigen for the new FI assay system, M. pneumoniae filtrated...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Okazaki N,Akema R,Takizawa K

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frauch's micro-slide method was improved to facilitate the endpoint-determination of the Limulus test. Two precise observations, by inverted phase contrast microscopy and with a staining procedure, were newly performed as additions to the slide test. The staining procedure was proposed as an improved method for the Li...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Okuguchi S

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously identified a heterodimer molecule, Z-1, on guinea pig peritoneal macrophages (M phi s) by the newly prepared monoclonal antibody, anti-Z-1, and Z-1 has been assumed to be the complement receptor type three (CR3) in this species. To clarify this assumption, the cell type distribution of the antigen i...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tamoto K,Nochi H,Tada M,Kakinuma T,Mori Y

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is the predominant pathogen for severe hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) in children younger than 5 years, and currently no effective drugs are available for EV71. Thus, there is an urgent need to develop new drugs for the control of EV71 infection. In this study, LJ04 was extracted from Lamin...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Li Z,Cui B,Liu X,Wang L,Xian Q,Lu Z,Liu S,Cao Y,Zhao Y

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of B subunit of cholera toxin (CTB) on delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) response to influenza vaccine derived from influenza virus A/PR/8/34 (PR-8, HlNl) virus were investigated in B10 mice that were immunized intranasally with both influenza vaccine and CTB. The result showed that intranasal inoculatio...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kikuta K,Kurata H,Nagamine T,Aizawa C,Ueno Y,Kurata T,Tamura S

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：:The Wilms' tumor gene WT1 is overexpressed in various types of solid tumors, including lung and breast cancer and WT1 protein is a tumor antigen for these malignancies. In phase I clinical trials of WT1 peptide-based cancer immunotherapy, two patients with advanced lung cancer were intradermally injected with 0.3 mg o...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tsuboi A,Oka Y,Osaki T,Kumagai T,Tachibana I,Hayashi S,Murakami M,Nakajima H,Elisseeva OA,Fei W,Masuda T,Yasukawa M,Oji Y,Kawakami M,Hosen N,Ikegame K,Yoshihara S,Udaka K,Nakatsuka S,Aozasa K,Kawase I,Sugiyama H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Live attenuated bacteria can be used as a carrier for the delivery of foreign antigens to a host's immune system. The N-terminal domain of SipB, a translocon protein of the type III secretion system of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, is required for secretion and outer membrane localization. In the present st...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Jang JI,Kim JS,Eom JS,Kim HG,Kim BH,Lim S,Bang IS,Park YK

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted to determine the possible role of intracellular Ca2+ in lipid peroxide formation in endotoxin-poisoned mice. Leakages of LDH isozyme and acid phosphatase in serum of mice fed a Ca2+-deficient diet were remarkably increased after administration of 200 micrograms of endotoxin compared to ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Sakaguchi S,Ibata H,Yokota K

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-eight enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strains, isolated from children with and without diarrhea in São Paulo, were examined for the presence of colonization factor antigens (CFAs) and their ability to adhere to HeLa cells. Antisera to CFA/I, the coli surface (CS) antigens CS1CS3, CS2CS3, and CS2 of CFA/I...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Guth BE,Aguiar EG,Griffin PM,Ramos SR,Gomes TA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) is the causative agent of botulism in humans and animals. Only BoNT serotype A subtype 1 (BoNT/A1) is used clinically because of its high potency and long duration of action. BoNT/A1 and BoNT/A subtype 2 (BoNT/A2) have a high degree of amino acid sequence similarity in the light chain (LC) ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kohda T,Tsukamoto K,Torii Y,Kozaki S,Mukamoto M

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：:Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157: H7 is an important pathogen these days. Outbreaks of its infection have been reported all over the world, in Australia, Canada, Japan, the United States, south Africa, and various countries in Europe. In the summer of 2001, the first clinical infection by E. coli O157: H7 was ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tsai TY,Luo WC,Wu FT,Pan TM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia pseudomallei, a pathogenic gram-negative bacterium, causes the severe human disease melioidosis. This organism can survive in eukaryotic host cells by escaping reactive oxygen species via the regulation of stress responsive sigma factors, including RpoS. In B. pseudomallei, RpoS has been reported to play ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Chutoam P,Charoensawan V,Wongtrakoongate P,Kum-Arth A,Buphamalai P,Tungpradabkul S

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:Bacterial images can be obtained rather easily with an atomic-force microscope (AFM) in the magnification range of 5,000 to 30,000 times without any pretreatment of the specimens for such observations as chemical fixation, dehydration or staining. The bacterial shapes or the presence of flagella can be clearly recogni...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Umeda A,Saito M,Amako K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative PCR (qPCR) of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) provirus is used for HTLV-1 testing and for assessment of risk of HTLV-1-related diseases. In this study, a reference material was developed for standardizing HTLV-1 qPCR. Freeze-dried TL-Om1 cells diluted with Jurkat cells were prepared and an ass...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kuramitsu M,Okuma K,Nakashima M,Sato T,Sasaki D,Hasegawa H,Umeki K,Kubota R,Sasada K,Sobata R,Matsumoto C,Kaneko N,Tezuka K,Matsuoka S,Utsunomiya A,Koh KR,Ogata M,Ishitsuka K,Taki M,Nosaka K,Uchimaru K,Iwanaga M

更新日期：2018-10-01 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：: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：:Several liposomes containing ovalbumin (OVA), a model antigen, with different lipid compositions were prepared in order to evaluate their ability to induce oral tolerance. Oral administration of these liposomal OVAs induced suppression of the proliferative responses of popliteal lymph node cells from the treated mice ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Masuda K,Horie K,Suzuki R,Yoshikawa T,Hirano K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNase B is a major nuclease and a possible virulence factor in Streptococcus pyogenes. The allelic diversity of streptococcal DNase B (sdaB) gene was investigated in 83 strains with 14 emm genotypes. Of the 15 alleles identified, 11 alleles carried only synonymous nucleotide substitutions. On the other hand, 4 alleles...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Matsumoto M,Sakae K,Hashikawa S,Torii K,Hasegawa T,Horii T,Endo M,Okuno R,Murayama S,Hirasawa K,Suzuki R,Isobe J,Tanaka D,Katsukawa C,Tamaru A,Tomita M,Ogata K,Ikebe T,Watanabe H,Ohta M,Working Group for Group A S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00