Epidemiological analysis of serum anti-Pseudomonas aeruginosa PcrV titers in adults.

abstract：:Sialyl Lewis X (SLe(x)), an E-selectin ligand, was conjugated with carboxymethylpullulan (CMPul) and the disposition characteristics of this conjugate after intravenous administration were investigated using mice with ear edema. The concentration of 3H-labeled SLe(x)-CMPul in the spleen was significantly high. When CM...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Horie K,Sakagami M,Kuramochi K,Ito T,Hamana H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies have proved the relevance of local immune responses, rather than systemic immunity, to the pathogenesis of allergic rhinitis. Indeed, allergen-specific B lymphocyte undergoes class switching to IgE in situ. However, the relative contribution of in situ production to the amount in serum is still ambiguous....

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yoshida T,Usui A,Kusumi T,Inafuku S,Sugiyama T,Koide N,Yokochi T

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two gram-negative, catalase-negative, oxidase-positive strains (PAGU 1467T and PAGU 1468) isolated from patients with infective endocarditis were investigated to determine their taxonomic status. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that the two strains were members of the Bergeyella-Chryseobacterium-Riemerella b...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tomida J,Fujiwara N,Naka T,Morita Y,Sawabe E,Tojo N,Kikuchi K,Kawamura Y

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：:Vibrio hollisae strains isolated recently from patients in various locations were examined for the presence of the thermostable direct hemolysin gene (tdh) using nucleic acid hybridization and polymerase chain reaction assays. The results were consistent with the previous finding that all strains of V. hollisae carry ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nishibuchi M,Janda JM,Ezaki T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An oral delivery system based on ApxIIA#5-expressed on Saccharomyces cerevisiae was studied for its potential to induce immune responses in mice. Murine bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (DCs) stimulated in vitro with ApxIIA#5-expressed on S. cerevisiae upregulated the expression of maturation and activation markers...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Shin MK,Lee WJ,Jung MH,Cha SB,Shin SW,Yoo A,Kim DH,Yoo HS

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) is an efficacious chemoattractant for lymphocytes, monocytes and hematopoietic progenitor cells. In the present study, we examined whether SDF-1 has growth promoting activity on human peripheral T cells and analyzed the possible underlying signal transduction pathways. SDF-1 augme...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yonezawa A,Hori T,Sakaida H,Uchiyama T

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：: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：:Scanning electron micrograph of HeLa S3 monolayered cells, inoculated with viable bacteria of a Salmonella typhi strain GIFU 10007, revealed that the extended microvilli tangled the bacteria within 10 min after inoculation. The micrographs of HeLa cells, at 1 hr after inoculation, indicate the following: shortening of...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yokoyama H,Ikedo M,Kohbata S,Ezaki T,Yabuuchi E

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mouse model for the study of postexposure prophylaxis of rabies was established. Mice injected intramuscularly with a street strain of rabies virus were significantly protected from death by five daily 0.2-ml doses of inactivated rabies vaccine of chick embryo cell culture origin initiated immediately or 3 hr after ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Mifune K,Shichijo A,Makino Y,Takeuchi E,Yamada A,Sakamoto K

更新日期：1980-01-01 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：:Erythematous delayed reactions without induration, presumably assigned to Jones-Mote type, were characterized by the resistance to treatment with cyclophosphamide (CY) before elicitation or immunization in guinea pigs immunized with BGG in IFA or CFA. CY-treatment before elicitation converted delayed erythematous reac...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Himeno K,Nomoto K,Takeya K

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenitally athymic BALB/cA nu/nu mice were employed to elucidate the role of the thymus in experimental Mycoplasma pulmonis strain m53 infection, and nu/+ mice were used for comparison. Chronic polyarthritis was frequently produced in both of nu/nu and nu/+ mice by intravenous injection of the organisms. Macroscopic...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tanaka H

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron microscopy revealed multi-layered membranes within the cytoplasmic inclusion (accumulation of nucleocapsids) produced by rabies virus. When infected BHK cells were maintained at 31 C, an enhancement in production of these membranes occurred in approximately 60% of inclusion-containing cells. Multi-layered mem...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tanabe K,Matsumoto S

更新日期：1979-01-01 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：:Pneumocystis spp. are opportunistic fungal pathogens that are closely associated with severe pneumonia and pulmonary complications in patients with impaired immunity. In this study, the antigenic epitopes of the gene encoding the 55 kDa antigen fragment of Pneumocystis (p55), which may play an important role in Pneumo...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Fan H,Guo JY,Ma SL,Zhang N,An CL

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological effect of purified beta toxin of Clostridium perfringens type C in vivo was investigated. After intravenous injection of the purified beta toxin into rats, a rise in blood pressure and a simultaneous fall in heart rate were observed. After the blood pressure reached a maximum, the heart rate recovered g...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Sakurai J,Fujii Y,Matsuura M,Endo K

更新日期：1981-01-01 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：:Intracellular localization of the wild-type (Spv+), the phoP-constitutively expressed strain (PhoPc), and the spv-deleted strain (Spv-) of Salmonella typhimurium was examined by the use of confocal laser scanning microscopy analysis of immunostained sections of mouse spleens after oral or subcutaneous inoculation. Onl...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Matsui H,Eguchi M,Kikuchi Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, 12 patients with fever of undetermined origin, anemia and icterus were diagnosed with hemoplasma infection by light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy examination and PCR assay after being excluded from other usual febrile diseases. Complement receptor type I (CR1, CD35) expression on t...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Congbin Y,Aibin L,Congli Y,Juan X,Lanjun B,Weiping Z,Zhibiao Y,Xiuguo H

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：: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：: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：:There are many examples of probiotic effects of various lactic bacteria on enteropathogens. In this study, Lactobacillus strains (L. rhamnosus, L. gasseri, L. casei and L. plantarum) were tested in an in vitro model of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) infection of a human colon epithelial cell line, C2BBe1. W...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hirano J,Yoshida T,Sugiyama T,Koide N,Mori I,Yokochi T

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides contribute to innate host defense against a number of bacteria and fungal pathogens. Some of antimicrobial synthetic peptides were systemically administered in vivo; however, effective protection has so far not been obtained because the effective dose of peptides in vivo seems to be very high, o...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hamamoto K,Kida Y,Zhang Y,Shimizu T,Kuwano K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio vulnificus infection has attracted special interest because of its high mortality. A strong clinical association exists between hepatic dysfunction and increased morbidity and mortality from V. vulnificus infection. In this study, the effect of C-reactive protein (CRP), a typical hepatogenic acute phase protein...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Chae MR,Park BH,Kim JS,Rho HW,Park JW,Kim HR

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 5 (IL-5), a lymphokine produced by helper T cells, is involved in the regulation of growth and differentiation of B cells and other hematopoietic cells. To elucidate IL-5-mediated intracellular mechanisms, we have established IL-5-dependent and -independent murine early B cell lines, J6 and MJ88-1, respect...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Migita M,Yamaguchi N,Katoh S,Mita S,Matsumoto R,Sonoda E,Tsuchiya H,Matsuda I,Tominaga A,Takatsu K

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of each of three indigenous Lactobacillus groups on other bacterial populations were separately investigated in gnotobiotic rats. In the wall of the non-glandular part of the stomach, contents of the stomach and contents of the upper part of the small intestine, some pre-associated indigenous bacteria were red...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Watanabe T,Morotomi M,Kawai Y,Mutai M

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Butanol-extracted water-soluble adjuvant (Bu-WSA) obtained from Bacterionema matruchotii was cultured with peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBM) in the presence of sub- and/or supra-optimal mitogenic concentrations of concanavalin A (Con A). The addition of Bu-WSA resulted in increased tritiated thymidine incorpora...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nitta T,Okumura S,Tsushi M,Nakano M

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00