Integration of bovine leukemia virus DNA in the genomes of bovine lymphosarcoma cells.

abstract：:The colH gene encoding 116-kDa collagenase of Clostridium histolyticum (cColH) was cloned into an Escherichia coli-Bacillus subtilis shuttle vector to develop a method for purification of recombinant collagenase (rColH). When plasmid pJCM310 containing the colH gene was introduced into B. subtilis DB104 and the transf...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Jung CM,Matsushita O,Katayama S,Minami J,Ohhira I,Okabe A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal toxic shock syndrome-like exanthematous disease (NTED) is a new entity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection. Most of NTED cases reported previously in the literature were sporadic ones. In the present report, we describe an outbreak of NTED that occurred in a neonatal intensive care...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nakano M,Miyazawa H,Kawano Y,Kawagishi M,Torii K,Hasegawa T,Iinuma Y,Ohta M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the BCG vaccine can prevent tuberculosis (TB) in infants, its ability to prevent adult pulmonary TB is reportedly limited. Therefore, development of a novel effective vaccine against pulmonary TB has become an international research priority. We have previously reported that intranasal vaccination of mice wit...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Fukui M,Shinjo K,Umemura M,Shigeno S,Harakuni T,Arakawa T,Matsuzaki G

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammals have co-evolved with retroviruses, including lentiviruses, over a long period. Evidence supporting this contention is that viral infectivity factor (Vif) encoded by lentiviruses antagonizes the anti-viral action of cellular apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme catalytic polypeptide-like 3 (APOBEC3) of the host...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yoshikawa R,Izumi T,Nakano Y,Yamada E,Moriwaki M,Misawa N,Ren F,Kobayashi T,Koyanagi Y,Sato K

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：: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：: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：:Two methods of TSS diagnosis were evaluated: comparison of symptoms with clinical criteria and monitoring for evidence of selective activation of Vbeta2(+) T cells by the causative toxin, TSS toxin-1 (TSST-1). Ten patients with acute and systemic febrile infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus were monitored for in...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Matsuda Y,Kato H,Ono E,Kikuchi K,Muraoka M,Takagi K,Imanishi K,Itoh S,Itoh T,Ogawa T,Nitta K,Inokuchi S,Hibi T,Ohta H,Uchiyama T

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the heat resistance and the range of growth temperature o gram-negative rods to find one of the bacterial factors governing their infectivity in exogenous and endogenous infections in predisposed patients. Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, serratia marcescens, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacte...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tsuji A,Kaneko Y,Takahashi K,Ogawa M,Goto S

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms of B cell tolerance were studied in an attempt to learn whether B cells rendered tolerant are present in the immune system in a potentially responsive form. The author tested the in vitro anti-trinitrophenyl (TNP) antibody-forming cell (anti-TNP AFC) response to TNP-immunogens and polyclonal B cell acti...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Uchiyama T

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunostimulatory effect of intragastrically or parenterally administered beta-(1-->3; 1-->4) glucan, extracted from oats (ObetaG), on disease resistance to Eimeria vermiformis was studied in C57BL/6 mice. Multiple administrations of ObetaG by intragastric or subcutaneous routes reduced fecal oocyst shedding compa...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yun CH,Estrada A,Van Kessel A,Gajadhar A,Redmond M,Laarveld B

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

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：: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：: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：:Manipulation of viral genomes is essential for studying viral gene function and utilizing viruses for therapy. Several techniques for viral genome engineering have been developed. Homologous recombination in virus-infected cells has traditionally been used to edit viral genomes; however, the frequency of the expected ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Suenaga T,Kohyama M,Hirayasu K,Arase H

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 1985 to 1990, serum samples were obtained from 229 healthy dogs. The dogs lived in Hokkaido, known to be infested with ticks. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect IgG and IgM antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi HO14 and HP3, which were isolated from Ixodes ovatus and I. persulcatu...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Isogai E,Isogai H,Sato N,Yuzawa M,Kawakami M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium perfringens KZ1340 isolated from Antarctic soil was first classified as Clostridium plagarum and later as a lecithinase-negative variant of C. perfringens. Although the strain produced no detectable lecithinase (phospholipase C, PLC) activity in the culture supernatant, it was shown by Southern blot hybrid...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kameyama K,Matsushita O,Katayama S,Minami J,Maeda M,Nakamura S,Okabe A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli O157 strains starved in sterile deionized water (SDW) and filter-sterilized natural river water (SRW) were investigated with specific reference to their culturability in selective and non-selective media. Growth of the strains starved in both SDW and SRW were markedly suppressed with time in selective...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Sata S,Osawa R,Asai Y,Yamai S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium vanadate enhanced Newcastle disease virus (NDV)-induced cell fusion in L cells, and there was a direct correlation between the degree of cell fusion and the dose of vanadate added. When anti-F protein of NDV monospecific antiserum was added to the culture fluid of L cells infected with NDV, the enhancement of c...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yamamoto F,Fujioka H,Iinuma M,Takano M,Maeno K,Nagai Y,Ito Y

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus (HSV) class-specific antibody responses after primary genital herpes infection were evaluated with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in 16 patients treated with acyclovir (ACV), given orally, and 17 patients treated with adenine arabinoside (Ara-A), given topically. ACV significantly su...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kawana T,Hashido M,Koizumi Y

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An R-form lipopolysaccharide (LPS) extracted from Klebsiella strain LEN-111 (O3-:K1-) by the phenol-chloroform-petroleum ether method was compared with that extracted by the phenol-water method in the ability to form a hexagonal assembly. The LPS which was extracted by the phenol-water method and dialyzed against tap ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kato N,Ohta M,Kido N,Ito H,Naito S,Kuno T

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Absorption of a pooled human gamma globulin preparation with acetone-treated measles virus-infected cells removed all antibodies to measles virus antigens except a portion of the antibody to the fusion (F) protein. The residual anti-F antibody had hemolysis-inhibiting and virus-neutralizing activities, inhibited sprea...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Sato TA,Kohama T,Sugiura A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phospholipase C (alpha-toxin) gene (plc) of Clostridium perfringens was cloned into pUC19 and the effects of the upstream regions on expression of the plc gene were examined in Escherichia coli JM109. When the 0.7-kb region just upstream of the putative -35 site of the gene was deleted, production of phospholipase...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Toyonaga T,Matsushita O,Katayama S,Minami J,Okabe A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The slime-producing Staphylococcus epidermidis strain sensu strictu CNS23 was transformed by protoplast transformation with the plasmid pTV1 which carries transposon Tn 917. Using this transposon mutagenesis system we obtained the Tn917-inserted mutant CT512, which has lost the ability to produce slime. A single inser...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Grüter L,Feucht H,Mempel M,Laufs R

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mg2+-availability in Staphylococcus aureus cells decreased significantly with increasing NaCl concentration in growth media. Cells grew in a NaCl-free, Chelex resin-treated complex medium only if the medium was supplemented with 50 microM MgCl2, while, growth was limited when the medium was further supplemented with 1...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ochiai T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inflammasome is a multiprotein complex that mediates caspase-1 activation with subsequent maturation of the proinflammatory cytokines IL-1β and IL-18. The NLRP3 inflammasome is known to be activated by Staphylococcus aureus, one of the leading causes of bacteremia worldwide. Inflammasome activation and regulation ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Rasmussen G,Idosa BA,Bäckman A,Monecke S,Strålin K,Särndahl E,Söderquist B

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages are extremely heterogeneous mononuclear phagocytes widely distributed throughout the body. They play unique roles in each organ where they reside. Among macrophage subsets, red pulp macrophages (RPMs) that localize in the splenic red pulp, are critical for maintenance of blood homeostasis by actively phago...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kurotaki D,Uede T,Tamura T

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found a halophilic vibrio in B bile from a 75-year-old female patient with chronic cholecystitis, and examined its biochemical characteristics. The organisms are gram-negative short rods or comma shaped, with some ring forms. They have a single polar flagellum, but not capsule. The strains can grow in peptone water...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Konishi K,Yamagishi T,Sakamoto K

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogens of the Aspergillus species are frequently seen in deep-seated mycoses. We previously demonstrated that the culture filtrate of Aspergillus fumigatus (CF) has immunosuppressive effects on polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs), which act as the main phagocytes to hyphae of Aspergillus fumigatus (A. fumigatus). B...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Higurashi H,Arai M,Watanabe A,Igari H,Seki N,Kamei K,Kuriyama T

更新日期：2007-01-01 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