Enhancement of antigen-presenting function of dendritic cells with culture supernatants of mouse peritoneal macrophages stimulated with certain particulate substances.

abstract：:Porphyromonas gingivalis is a pathogen associated with adult periodontitis, which is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by breakdown of the periodontal tissue. Dipeptidyl aminopeptidase IV (DPPIV) produced by P. gingivalis has been considered to be a potential virulence factor based on the finding that the v...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kumagai Y,Yajima A,Konishi K

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:IFN gamma production in cultures of spleen cells obtained from mice sensitized with TH69, a live Streptococcus faecalis preparation, was examined to determine how macrophages participate. It was demonstrated that sensitized spleen macrophages participated in enhanced IFN gamma production by T cells at an early stage (...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yamaguchi T,Kuroda Y,Yokoyama T,Saito M,Ebina T,Hoshino F,Ishida N

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) was purified and subjected to sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in discontinuous buffer systems. Three bands were revealed by staining with Coomassie blue; two of them (E1 and E2) were associated with the membrane, and one (C) with the core. Their molecular weights wer...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Konishi E,Hotta S

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the various virulence mechanisms of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the type III secretion system (TTSS) has been characterized as a major factor associated with acute lung injury, bacteremia and mortality. In addition, PcrV, a component protein of the TTSS, has been characterized as a protective...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yasumoto H,Katoh H,Kinoshita M,Shimizu M,Hamaoka S,Akiyama K,Naito Y,Sawa T

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteus mirabilis is commonly associated with complicated UTI and expresses several virulence factors, including MR/P fimbriae. In the present study mice were immunised nasally with MrpA, the structural subunit of MR/P, with or without CT as a mucosal adjuvant. The animals were then challenged with P. mirabilis and in...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Scavone P,Rial A,Umpierrez A,Chabalgoity A,Zunino P

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TtT/M-87 cell is a macrophage cell line established from thyrotropic pituitary tumor tissues in mouse. In this paper, we report the immunological properties of M-87 cells as a model of tumor-associated macrophage. Contrasting with resident peritoneal macrophages, M-87 cells constitutively secreted small but significan...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Mitsuishi T,Akuzawa Y,Sato S,Rui J,Kodama K,Inoue K,Kurashige S

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The test for susceptibility to kanamycin is useful for differentiating between the genera Rhodococcus and Nocardia. All rhodococci except R. equi, R. erythropolis, and R. aurantiacus are susceptible to kanamycin, whereas all nocardiae except N. otitidis-caviarum are resistant to kanamycin. Tests for susceptibility to ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tsukamura M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Enhydrobacter, first reported as a member of the family Vibrionaceae, has been placed in the family Moraxellaceae, but as a genus incertae sedis in Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology 2nd edition. During our taxonomic investigation of Enhydrobacter-like organisms, we observed that the 16S rRNA sequenc...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kawamura Y,Fujiwara N,Naka T,Mitani A,Kubota H,Tomida J,Morita Y,Hitomi J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of continuous free-flow electrophoresis for the purification of extracted lipopolysaccharides ( LPSs ) was investigated. Commercial (nucleic acid contaminated) LPS preparations, isolated by the hot phenol-water method of Westphal from Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli 0111: B4, were analyzed. Continu...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kuwae T,Kurata M

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:gp96 plays a central role in innate as well as acquired immunity, maturation and chemotaxis of dendritic cells, Ab production, and cross-priming, and is a peptide acceptor in endoplasmic reticulum and an accessory to peptide loading of MHC class I molecules. The remarkable conservation of essential immunological prope...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Cho NH,Choi CY,Seong SY

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported a mouse model of severe group A streptococcal infection (Microbiol. Immunol. 45: 777-786, 2001). When we injected Streptococcus pyogenes strains intramuscularly, the mice suffered from acute phase of infection for a few days but recovered from the illness and gained body weight. These mice,...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Iida K,Seki M,Saito M,Kawamura Y,Kajiwara H,Yoshida S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that infectious entry of rubella virus (RV) is conducted by receptor mediated endocytosis. To explore the cellular entry mechanism of RV, inhibitory effects of drugs affecting various endocytic pathways on RV entry into VeroE6 cells were analyzed. Results showed that RV infectious entry into Vero...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kee SH,Cho EJ,Song JW,Park KS,Baek LJ,Song KJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil specimens obtained from several areas of Japan, which are closely located to or facing the Continental land of China, were examined for the distribution of Clostridium botulinum, especially pertaining to types A and B. A total of 266 specimens of Japan, when cultured, showed no type A or B toxicity, although 30 (...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yamakawa K,Kamiya S,Nishida S,Yoshimura K,Yu H,Lu DY,Nakamura S

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated sex- and age-specific prevalences of hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) and antibody to HBeAg (anti-HBe) in 1,163 carriers of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in Okinawa, Japan, and followed them up for longer than one year in correlation with liver function abnormalities. Elevated serum transaminase lev...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hayashi J,Kashiwagi S,Ikematsu H,Nomura H,Kajiyama W,Noguchi A,Ikeda K

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pyogenes, a group A Streptococcus (GAS), has been recognized as the causative pathogen in patients with severe invasive streptococcal infection with or without necrotizing fasciitis. In recent epidemiological studies, Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis (SDSE) has been isolated from severe inva...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Watanabe S,Takemoto N,Ogura K,Miyoshi-Akiyama T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growing process and the fine structure of the cross wall of Staphylococcus were investigated by electron microscopy. Examination of the tangentially sectioned cross wall revealed that it was initially synthesized as a thin cell wall layer by an invaginated cytoplasmic membrane. The wall thickness soon increased by...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Amako K,Umeda A

更新日期：1984-01-01 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：:To detect neutralization-relevant antibodies against 3 types of poliovirus (PV) without using tissue cultures and live viruses, an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) based on monoclonal antibody-binding inhibition was evaluated using sera from 80 vaccinated Japanese children and 60 Pakistani poliomyelitis patie...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hashido M,Horie H,Abe S,Doi Y,Hashizume S,Agboatwalla M,Isomura S,Nishio O,Hagiwara A,Inouye S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofilm formation is an important phenotype associated with chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. In the present study, a total of 48 P. aeruginosa strains isolated from clinical specimens were examined for their biofilm-forming ability using a microtiter plate method. The different biofilm-forming abilities were...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yang W,Shi L,Jia WX,Yin X,Su JY,Kou Y,Yi X,Shinoda S,Miyoshi S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study proposes a novel chemiluminescent assay of bacterial activity. Luminol chemiluminescence (LC) was amplified on addition of menadione to Escherichia coli suspension, and it was effectively inhibited by addition of superoxide dismutase rather than catalase. This fact suggests that H2O2 produced from O2 by sup...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yamashoji S,Manome I,Ikedo M

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:The effects of LV in two different species, CD-1 mice, without a genetic disposition for diabetes, and BB rats prone to T1D were examined. Male CD-1 mice that had been exposed to LV in utero developed a type 2-like diabetes with increased blood glucose, insulin levels and epididymal fat at the age of 10-15 weeks. Comb...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Holmberg R,Klitz W,Blixt M,Berggren PO,Juntti-Berggren L,Niklasson B

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages (Mphis), but not T cells, infiltrating into the rejection site of either i.p. allografted Meth A (H-2d) fibrosarcoma cells in C57BL/6 (B6) (H-2b) mice or BALB/c (H-2d) skin onto B6 mice are cytotoxic against allografts with H-2d specificity. To determine the mechanisms of specific killing of allografts by ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yoshida R,Oku T,Takikawa O,Einaga-Naito K,Yoneda Y,Hirota R,Kubota T

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:pTK159, a multiresistance 40-kilobase (kb) plasmid, was isolated from a clinical strain of Serratia marcescens. pTK159 was nonconjugative and carried determinants for resistance to amikacin, streptomycin/spectinomycin, sulfamethoxazole and ampicillin. A physical and functional map of pTK159 was constructed. By cloning...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kanno R

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Us3 is a serine-threonine protein kinase that is encoded by herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1). In experimental animal models of HSV infection, peripheral and intracranial inoculations can be used to study viral pathogenicity in peripheral sites (e.g., eyes and vagina) and central nervous systems (CNSs), respectively. In ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Koyanagi N,Imai T,Arii J,Kato A,Kawaguchi Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Francisella tularensis, which causes tularemia, is widely distributed in the Northern hemisphere. F. tularensis strains isolated in Japan are genetically unique from non-Japanese strains; however, their phenotypic properties have not been well studied. Thus, mice were infected with representative Japanese strains of F...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hotta A,Fujita O,Uda A,Yamamoto Y,Sharma N,Tanabayashi K,Yamada A,Morikawa S

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate a modified rapid ELISA method for detecting CAg during Toxoplasma gondii infection, we analyzed the specificity and sensitivity of the ELISA method by using experimental Toxoplasma infection in rabbits and also tested this method in human samples including 5428 serum, 548 cerebrospinal fluid and two breast...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Chen R,Lu S,Lou D,Lin A,Zeng X,Ding Z,Wen L,Ohta N,Wang J,Fu C

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) is an anaphylatoxin-inactivating enzyme generated by proteolytic cleavage of its zymogen, and is the same enzyme as that first designated by our group as procarboxypeptidase R (proCPR). TAFI in plasma is presumed to influence vascular disease in its role as a fibrinol...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Akatsu H,Ishiguro M,Ogawa N,Kanesaka T,Okada N,Yamamoto T,Campbell W,Okada H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine B cell mitogens such as bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS), butanol-extracted water soluble adjuvant (Bu-WSA), dextran sulfate (DS), synthetic muramyl dipeptide (MDP), and its analog MDP-Lys (L18) do not show any mitogenic ability in vitro on human peripheral blood lymphocytes or mixed cell populations of purif...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nitta T,Konno-Ejiri H,Okumura S,Ozawa A,Nakano M

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00