Evaluation of DNA fingerprinting by PFGE as an epidemiologic tool for Salmonella infections.

abstract：:The distribution of the antibody to influenza C virus in the dogs and pigs in Yamagata prefecture, Japan was investigated by using three different serological methods: hemagglutination-inhibition (HI), radioimmunoprecipitation (RIP), and immunoblotting. The antibody against influenza C virus glycoprotein (gp88) was de...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ohwada K,Kitame F,Sugawara K,Nishimura H,Homma M,Nakamura K

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess the role of the route of immunization on the immunogenicity of killed Salmonella vaccine, mice were immunized with killed S. enteritidis by intraperitoneal (i.p.) and intradermal (i.d.) routes. Whereas the former was non-immunogenic, the i.d. immunization generated an excellent delayed-type hypersen...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： George A,Shroff KE,Rath S,Ghosh SN,Sengupta SR,Kamat RS

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Streptococcus pneumoniae, heat shock induces the synthesis of 65-, 73-, and 84-kDa proteins, and ethanol shock induces a 104-kDa protein. In this study, the 65-, 84-, and 104-kDa proteins were identified as members of the GroEL, ClpL and alcohol dehydrogenase families, respectively, and the general properties of th...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Choi IH,Shim JH,Kim SW,Kim SN,Pyo SN,Rhee DK

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofilm formation can cause refractory urinary tract infections (UTIs) in dogs; however, minimum biofilm eradication concentrations (MBECs) of veterinary drugs against canine uropathogens remain to be investigated. In this study, the MBECs of orbifloxacin (OBFX), trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMS) and amoxicillin/cla...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Shimizu T,Harada K

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：: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：:Antibodies to fibronectin-binding proteins (FnBPs) of Staphylococcus aureus, including binding domain of FnBPA, the D region, or the A-C regions of FnBPB were produced in rabbits and mice. These antibodies were used to characterize cell-associated FnBPs of S. aureus strain Cowan I, S. aureus strain U320 and a coagulas...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Sakata N,Rozalska B,Wadström T

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：: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：: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：:The present study was designed to evaluate the distribution of epithelioid cells, myofibroblasts, and TGF-beta1 in the formation of granuloma caused by Mycobacterium avium intracellulare complex (MAC) lung infection. A retrospective study was performed for 9 cases of positive MAC culture in which lung resections were ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Fujita J,Ohtsuki Y,Suemitsu I,Yamadori I,Shigeto E,Shiode M,Nishimura K,Hirayama T,Matsushima T,Ishida T

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：:Unmethylated CpG-ODN are known to enhance Th1-type immune response. However, optimal sequences of CpG-ODN for activating Th1-type immune cells vary among species. It is necessary to identify the effective CpG-ODN sequences in each species. In the present study, in order to identify the sequences of CpG-ODN that produc...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Satoh R,Kotake M,Takano T,Motokawa K,Gemma T,Watanabe R,Arai S,Hohdatsu T

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human monocytes, human peritoneal macrophages, mouse peritoneal macrophages and human peripheral neutrophils pretreated with beta-1,3-D-polyglucose derivatives showed pronounced bactericidal capacity to Escherichia coli compared to control cells. The increased bactericidal capacity was detectable in mononuclear phagoc...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Rasmussen Busund LT,Konopski Z,Oian P,Seljelid R

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We cloned and sequenced two new Verotoxin 2 (VT2) variant genes: one from an Escherichia coli strain from a case of bovine diarrhea and the other from an E. coli strain from a patient with diarrhea. The nucleotide and amino acid sequences of these two genes were highly homologous with, but distinct from those of the V...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Lin Z,Yamasaki S,Kurazono H,Ohmura M,Karasawa T,Inoue T,Sakamoto S,Suganami T,Takeoka T,Taniguchi Y

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:Fcgamma receptor (R) IIB, a low-affinity FcR for IgG, inhibits B cell Ag R (BCR)-mediated activation when these two receptors are cross-linked by Ag and IgG-containing immune complexs (ICs). We found deletion polymorphisms in the promoter region of fcgr2b in NC/Nga mice, a model for human atopic dermatitis. NC/Nga mic...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Sakai T,Kogiso M,Mitsuya K,Komatsu T,Yamamoto S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were performed to investigate the resistance of the host due to antibody-mediated mechanisms to herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection. Transfer of hyperimmune anti-HSV mouse serum inhibited the development of skin lesions and prolonged the survival of lethally HSV-infected nude mice. Relatively high concent...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hayashida I,Nagafuchi S,Hayashi Y,Kino Y,Mori R,Oda H,Ohtomo N,Tashiro A

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A human T-lymphoblastoid cell line, TCL-Fuj, produces large amounts of interferon (IFN)-gamma constitutively. A variant cell line, 2M, was derived from it. Both cell lines express similar surface antigen markers, but differ in surface morphology. Compared with the parent TCL-Fuj cell line, 2M produced less IFN-gamma c...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Matsuyama M,Sugamura K,Hinuma Y

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An emetic toxin cereulide, produced by Bacillus cereus, causes emetic food poisonings, but a method for quantitative measurement of cereulide has not been well established. A current detection method is a bioassay method using the HEp-2 cell vacuolation test, but it was unable to measure an accurate concentration. We ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kawamura-Sato K,Hirama Y,Agata N,Ito H,Torii K,Takeno A,Hasegawa T,Shimomura Y,Ohta M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to study the alterations of CD4(+) CD25(+) Foxp3(+) T(regs) in HIV-infected SPs and to examine the role of T(regs) in the disease progression of HIV. The proportion of CD4(+) CD25(+) Foxp3(+) T(regs) in peripheral blood of 24 SPs, 30 asymptomatic HIV-infected patients, 20 AIDS patients, and 16 non-in...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Zhang Z,Jiang Y,Zhang M,Liu J,Sun G,Shi W,Wang Y,Shang H

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus anginosus appears to be able to adhere to cultured epithelial cells or fibronectin and this may be associated with bacterial pathogenicity. In the present study, the molecular characteristics and virulence of the fibronectin-binding protein (FBP), Fbp62, of S. anginosus were investigated in animal models...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kodama Y,Ishikawa T,Shimoyama Y,Sasaki D,Kimura S,Sasaki M

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological activities of lipopolysaccharide-like substance (LLS) extracted from Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola strain Moulton by the hot phenol-water method were studied in mice. The addition of 12.5 micrograms/ml or more of LLS fraction increased the incorporation of [3H]thymidine into in vitro cultured ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Shimizu T,Matsusaka E,Takayanagi K,Masuzawa T,Iwamoto Y,Morita T,Mifuchi I,Yanagihara Y

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both cluster of differentiation (CD)4(+) and CD8(+) T lymphocytes play key roles in immunity to Brucella, in part because they secrete interferon (IFN)-γ and activate bactericidal functions in macrophages. Therefore, use of markers of macrophage activation may have diagnostic and prognostic significance. High-mobili...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ayarcı AO,Yılmaz E,Sığırlı D,Budak F,Göral G,Oral HB

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：:An environmental isolate of V. mimicus, strain E-33, has been reported to produce and secrete a hemolysin of 63 kDa. The hemolysin is enterotoxic in test animals. The nucleotide sequence of the structural gene of the hemolysin was determined. We found a 2,232 bp open reading frame, which codes a peptide of 744 amino a...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Rahman MM,Miyoshi S,Tomochika K,Wakae H,Shinoda S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) core protein is detected not only in the cytoplasm but also in the nucleoli of infected cells. We previously showed that a mutant JEV lacking the nucleolar localization of the core protein impaired viral replication in mammalian cells. In this study, we identified a nucleolar phosphop...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tsuda Y,Mori Y,Abe T,Yamashita T,Okamoto T,Ichimura T,Moriishi K,Matsuura Y

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that mycoplasma-infected cells have a higher ability to metastasize in vivo than non-mycoplasma-infected cells. To investigate this phenomenon, we obtained a monoclonal antibody, MAb 243-5, by immunization with Mycoplasma arginini-infected RPMI 4788 cells. This MAb recognized a mycoplasmal protein with an MW ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ushio S,Iwaki K,Taniai M,Ohta T,Fukuda S,Sugimura K,Kurimoto M

更新日期：1995-01-01 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