Diversity in molecular mass of the common EDTA-soluble antigens of Clostridium chauvoei and Clostridium septicum.

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：:Clostridium perfringens KZ1340, previously classified as Clostridium plagarum, is an isolate from Antarctic soil, and was identified as an alpha-, theta-, and kappa-toxin non-producing variant. On Southern hybridization, the variant was found to be defective in the pfoA (theta-toxin) gene, but the plc (alpha-toxin) an...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Shimizu T,Ohtani K,Ba-Thein W,Inui S,Nakamura S,Hayashi H

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive, quantitative, short-time, and reproducible focus assay for Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus is described. After 2 or 3 days of incubation, the infected cells were treated with anti-JE virus serum and complement, and subsequently stained with trypan blue; then clear foci were produced. This method made it ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kimura-Kuroda J,Yasui K

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with renal diseases are typically treated with immunosuppressive drugs, which place them at high risk of reactivation of the BK virus (BKV). Currently, little is known about the impact of immunosuppressive drugs on the kinetics of urinary shedding of BKV and viral reactivation in pediatric patients with renal...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yamamoto Y,Morooka M,Ihira M,Yoshikawa T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a rapid and simple method for the screening of antiviral agents against herpes simplex virus (HSV) in a model of gastrointestinal herpetic infection in vitro. This method was based on inhibition of HSV-induced cytopathogenicity in gastric adenocarcinoma MKN-28 cells, as monitored by an MTT colorimetric as...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kodama E,Igarashi A,Mori S,Hashimoto K,Suzuki T,De Clercq E,Shigeta S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bacterial strain with affinity to Candida albicans was successfully obtained from a natural environment. An uncovered Petri dish containing a suspension of heat-killed C. albicans cells was allowed to stand in a laboratory for several days. Some bacteria which had adhered to the candidal cells were tested for their ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Seki K,Kobayashi K,Tomiya Y,Sakurada J,Murai M,Usui A,Masuda S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to elucidate the molecular characteristics of Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus in Okinawa, 23 strains of JE virus isolated in a 25-year span were sequenced for the 240 nucleotides of the C-preM junction region and 111 nucleotides of the E gene region and compared with those of reference strains isolated in ma...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ma SP,Arakaki S,Makino Y,Fukunaga T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virulence of Coxsackie virus B3 (CB3) was compared in mice between strain SK-74 isolated from a patient and strain T-70 isolated from a healthy child as well as between prototype strain Nancy and its mouse-passaged derivative strain PMH. Strain SK-74 showed a high mortality (40-80%), while strain T-70 did not induce d...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Komatsu T,Hashimoto I,Kohara T

更新日期：1983-01-01 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：: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：: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：:Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) expression is observed in embryonic tissues and, the expression of this protein is absent in normal adult tissues. The re-elevation of serum AFP strongly suggests generation of a malignant tumor in an adult. We demonstrated here that AFP-producing gastric cancer (AFP-gastric cancer) could be tr...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Miura Y,Kataoka H,Joh T,Tada T,Asai K,Nakanishi M,Okada N,Okada H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella pertussis causes whooping cough, a severe and prolonged respiratory disease that results inhas high morbidity and mortality rates, particularly in developing countries. The number incidence of whooping cough cases is increasing in many countries despite high vaccine coverage. Causes for the re-emergence of ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Suzuki K,Shinzawa N,Ishigaki K,Nakamura K,Abe H,Fukui-Miyazaki A,Ikuta K,Horiguchi Y

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve monoclonal antibodies against Negishi virus were obtained and characterized by hemagglutination inhibition (HI) and neutralization (NT) tests using five flaviviruses isolated in the pan-Pacific region. The reaction pattern of the antibodies showed that Negishi virus was most closely related to Langat virus, fol...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Furuta I,Takashima I,Arikawa J,Hashimoto N

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of infection by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, one of the important pathogens in human periodontal diseases, has been reported to be associated with racial background and genetic factors. We attempted to determine the genetic regulation of immune responses to A. actinomycetemcomitans fimbriae, an ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Honma K,Ishii N,Kato T,Ishihara K,Okuda K,Okuda K

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:By subcutaneous inoculation of 10(8) CFU of enterohemorrhagic E. coli O157:H7, specific-pathogen-free mice revealed most of the symptoms and histological changes observed in patients. The histological changes in intestine were mainly seen in the distal parts of small intestine and the cecum. Vacuolation of villi in th...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Lai XH,Xu JG,Liu BY

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：: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：:We recently developed a method for serotyping human rotavirus (HRV) by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with HRV serotype-specific neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (ELISA serotyping). In the present study this method was compared with the fluorescent focus neutralization test with serotype-specific rabbit antise...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Urasawa S,Urasawa T,Taniguchi K,Morita Y,Sakurada N,Saeki Y,Morita O,Hasegawa S

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the intracellular survival and growth of Legionella pneumophila Philadelphia-1 in peritoneal macrophages obtained from A/J, C57BL/6, and X-linked chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) mice produced from C57BL/6 strain. The initial killing was observed in A/J and C57BL/6 macrophages at 2, 4 and 6 hr after in ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Saito M,Kajiwara H,Miyamoto H,Yoshida S

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：: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：:We established an assay system for detecting T cell-replacing factor (TRF) activity of translated materials in Xenopus oocytes of poly (A)-positive mRNA extracted from a T cell hybrid cell line, B151K12 (B151) which constitutively produces TRF. Since it was difficult to detect TRF activity of the translated products o...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tominaga A,Matsumoto M,Takahashi T,Harada N,Takatsu K

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mouse monoclonal antibody, LP4D3, was raised against purified Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen leader protein (EBNA-LP) fused to glutathione-S-transferase. The antibody detected endogenous and exogenous EBNA-LP in immunoblotting, immunofluorescence and immunoprecipitation assays, and the epitope of the antibody wa...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Shaku F,Matsuda G,Furuya R,Kamagata C,Igarashi M,Tanaka M,Kanamori M,Nishiyama Y,Yamamoto N,Kawaguchi Y

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three hundred and twenty-five breast milk samples were examined for the occurrence of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) by cell culture method. Virus was isolated from the milk in 1 of 177 samples collected within 6 days after delivery, 2 of 115 samples collected during the period of 7 days to 1 month after delivery, 10 of...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hotsubo T,Nagata N,Shimada M,Yoshida K,Fujinaga K,Chiba S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell wall of Clostridium difficile GAI 4131 was revealed by electron microscopy to have an outer layer composed of a nearly square array and contained the two major proteins with molecular weights of 38 kDa and 42 kDa. The properties and reassembly of the two major proteins into the regular array were investigated...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Masuda K,Itoh M,Kawata T

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:We have developed a convenient method for assaying the receptor-destroying enzyme (RDE) activity of influenza C virus. This method measures the ability of the RDE to destroy the hemagglutination-inhibition activity of a potent inhibitor present in rat serum. Some physico-chemical properties of the RDE of influenza C v...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Sugawara K,Kitame F,Homma M,Nakamura K

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:H5N1 and H9N2 are the most important causes of avian influenza in China. Chemokines and cytokines play important roles in inflammatory response that clearly differ between H5N1 and H9N2 infection. To investigate whether chemokines and cytokines are differentially regulated following H5N1 and H9N2 AIVs infection, dynam...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Luo C,Liu J,Qi W,Ren X,Lu R,Liao M,Ning Z

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00