Isolation and characterization of Mycoplasma and Acholeplasma from apparently healthy and diseased (infectious sinusitis) turkeys.

abstract：:The nucleic acid fraction from cells of 6 species of bacterium and 2 kinds of vertebrate, calf and salmon, was extracted and purified by the same procedures as described previously. When the spleen cells from BALB/c mice were incubated with the nucleic acid fraction from either of the bacteria, natural killer (NK) act...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yamamoto S,Yamamoto T,Shimada S,Kuramoto E,Yano O,Kataoka T,Tokunaga T

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:The aim of this study was to explore the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) in a collection of S. pseudintermedius strains isolated from dogs and cats with dermatitis in Japan and to compare their genotypic and phenotypic characteristics. Clonal relationships were determined by pu...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Bardiau M,Yamazaki K,Ote I,Misawa N,Mainil JG

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：:The effect of human normal serum (HNS) on Pseudomonas pseudomallei was determined. It is apparent from our data that the organism is resistant to the normal serum bactericidal mechanism. Ancillary experiments to confirm this serum-resistant property of P. pseudomallei were done by examining the effects of growth phase...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ismail G,Razak N,Mohamed R,Embi N,Omar O

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of macrophages with cytochalasin E in combination with a lectin was found to stimulate the generation of superoxide anions (O2-) very efficiently. The macrophages stimulated with concanavalin A, phytohemagglutinin or wheat germ agglutinin released superoxide, but cells pretreated with cytochalasin E release...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kayashima K,Onoue K,Nakagawara A,Minakami S

更新日期：1980-01-01 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：:Intradermal injection of MY-1, a nucleic acid fraction extracted from Mycobacterium bovis strain BCG, induced in situ infiltration of mononuclear cells, most of which were asialo GM1 (GA1)-positive as determined by immunofluorescence microscopy. The infiltration occurred with as little as 1 microgram of MY-1 and laste...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kuramoto E,Toizumi S,Shimada S,Tokunaga T

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:Acinetobacter baumannii is a major cause of both community-associated and nosocomial infections worldwide. These infections are difficult to treat because the bacterium rapidly develops resistance to multiple antibiotics. However, little is known about the nature of the innate cellular response to A. baumannii infecti...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tsuchiya T,Nakao N,Yamamoto S,Hirai Y,Miyamoto K,Tsujibo H

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ISG20 is an ribonuclease specific for single-stranded RNA and considered to play a role in innate immunity against virus infections. We herein show that both poly IC, an authentic double-stranded RNA, and IFN-gamma induced ISG20 expression in cultured HUVEC. Poly IC-induced ISG20 expression was inhibited by LY294002, ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Imaizumi T,Mechti N,Matsumiya T,Sakaki H,Kubota K,Yoshida H,Kimura H,Satoh K

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：: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：:Interleukin 8 (IL-8) is induced in many cell types by various stimuli including virus infection. It was reported that nonstructural protein 5A (NS5A) of hepatitis C virus (HCV) was involved in induction of IL-8 expression at both mRNA and protein levels in cultured human cells. In this study, we aimed to determine whe...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kadoya H,Nagano-Fujii M,Deng L,Nakazono N,Hotta H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) are opportunistic pathogens implicated with nosocomial infections, and high rates of morbidity and mortality, especially in individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF). B. cepacia are naturally resistant to different classes of antibiotics, and can subvert the host innate immune responses ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ganesh PS,Vishnupriya S,Vadivelu J,Mariappan V,Vellasamy KM,Shankar EM

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recipient cells migrating into the transplantation site of an allograft recognize histocompatibility antigens on the grafts and are cytotoxic against the grafts. Although the alloreactive immune response is predominantly directed at the major histocompatibility complex (major histocompatibility complex [MHC]; H-2 in m...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Inoue Y,Tashiro-Yamaji J,Hayashi M,Kiyonari H,Shimizu T,Ibata M,Yamana H,Kubota T,Tanigawa N,Yoshida R

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

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：:Coagulase negative staphylococci (CNS) are significant pathogens, particularly in medical device related infections and in immunocompromised patients. Five CNS strains were isolated from 5 NOS2 knockout mice with dermatitis. Histologically, granulomatous dermatitis was found in the skin around the ear with epidermal u...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Won YS,Kwon HJ,Oh GT,Kim BH,Lee CH,Park YH,Hyun BH,Choi YK

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the mechanisms of fluconazole resistance in a fluconazole-resistant Candida albicans isolate from a Japanese patient with chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis. It was demonstrated that the highly resistant phenotype of this strain was associated with combined mechanisms of the energy-dependent reduced intrace...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kamai Y,Maebashi K,Kudoh M,Makimura K,Naka W,Uchida K,Yamaguchi H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A leukocidin was isolated and purified from autolysates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain 158 by a combination of procedures such as column chromatography on DEAE-Sephadex A-50, gel filtration on Sephadex G-100, and zone electrophoresis on pevikon. The purified preparation showed a single band in each experiment using ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hirayama T,Kato I,Matsuda F,Noda M

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is known to be the syndrome that begins with an acute flu-like illness that may be due to the exposure to an infectious agent, there has been no convincing evidence on the causative agents. Recently, human T-lymphotropic virus type II (HTLV-II)-like virus has been reported to be...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Honda M,Kitamura K,Nakasone T,Fukushima Y,Matsuda S,Nishioka K,Matsuda J,Hashimoto N,Yamazaki S

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:None of the 58 Moraxella catarrhalis strains grew on nutrient agar without sodium chloride supplementation, whereas 49 of 51 commensal Neisseria spp. strains tested did. Growth on nutrient agar without sodium chloride supplementation could be used for screening between M. catarrhalis and commensal Neisseria spp. ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Chida T,Sawabe E,Ono E,Nishiyama H,Ebina K,Sato K,Watanabe Y,Kuroki T,Okamura N

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In malignant B lymphoma cells interleukin-10 (IL-10) expression is frequently upregulated. This effect is thought to support to the malignant transformation of these cells and to be a potential target for pharmacotherapy. To define better the mechanism for upregulation of the IL-10 gene, we tested the association betw...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Horie K,Ohashi M,Satoh Y,Sairenji T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the efficacy of three SARS vaccine candidates in a murine SARS model utilizing low-virulence Pp and SARS-CoV coinfection. Vaccinated mice were protected from severe respiratory disease in parallel with a low virus titer in the lungs and a high neutralizing antibody titer in the plasma. Importantly, the ad...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ishii K,Hasegawa H,Nagata N,Ami Y,Fukushi S,Taguchi F,Tsunetsugu-Yokota Y

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many pathogens colonize host tissues by binding to the extracellular matrix via their cell surface adhesion molecules, which are called MSCRAMMs (microbial surface components recognizing adhesive matrix molecules). Staphylococcus aureus expresses several of these adhesion molecules, some of which bind to fibronectin. ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Shinji H,Kamada M,Seki K,Tajima A,Iwase T,Masuda S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high molecular weight proteinaceous factor in the cell extract of sarcoma 180 (S-180) was found to inhibit phorbol myristate acetate (PMA)-triggering of macrophage H2O2 release. This factor (S-180 factor) was stable at 56 C for 1 hr and resistant to ultraviolet-irradiation. The S-180 factor inhibited the specific bi...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tomioka H,Saito H

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：: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：:Selective and differential media were designed for each species of Pityrosporum; P. pachydermatis, P. ovale, and P. orbiculare in order to make feasible a quantitative cultivation. Medium for P. pachydermatis (medium A) was composed of 1% trypticase peptone (BBL), 0.5% yeast extract (BBL), 0.3% glucose, 0.2% NaCl, 1.2...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ushijima T,Takahashi M,Ozaki Y

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00