Partial analysis of the flagellar antigenic determinant recognized by a monoclonal antibody to Clostridium tyrobutyricum.

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：:A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method was performed for rapid and sensitive detection of pathogenic Vibrio trachuri isolated from cultured Japanese horse mackerel. A set of primers was selected from the base sequence of the Pst I fragment of T9210 chromosomal DNA and used for PCR detection of T9210. This PCR specif...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Iwamoto Y,Suzuki Y,Kurita A,Watanabe Y,Shimizu T,Ohgami H,Yanagihara Y

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although most influenza vaccines are produced in eggs, new types of vaccines must be developed. In this study, the immunogenicity and safety of a baculovirus-expressed hemagglutinin (HA) of H1N1 influenza virus (Korea/01/2009; designated "HA-Bac-K") was compared with those of a commercially available baculovirus-expre...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Na HN,Kim KH,Song MK,Park HL,Lee EY,Shim SH,Park S,Nam JH

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum samples were collected from 938 pigs of 24 farms in Hokkaido, Kagoshima, and Okinawa prefectures in Japan in 2001-2005. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used for the detection of antibodies to LipL32 antigen which is common to Leptospira interrogans. Samples positive in ELISA were then investigated ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Naito M,Sakoda Y,Kamikawa T,Nitta Y,Hirose K,Sakashita M,Kurokawa S,Kida H

更新日期：2007-01-01 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

abstract：:Viable but nonculturable (VBNC) Vibrio cholerae non-O1/non-O139, V. parahaemolyticus, enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli, enterotoxigenic E. coli, enteropathogenic E. coli, Shigella flexneri, and Salmonella enterica were converted to the culturable state by co-culture with selected eukaryotic cells, e.g., HT-29, Caco-...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Senoh M,Ghosh-Banerjee J,Ramamurthy T,Colwell RR,Miyoshi S,Nair GB,Takeda Y

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The killing activity of cord blood mononuclear cells (cMNC) against cytomegalovirus (CMV)-uninfected and -infected fibroblasts was comparable to that of adult peripheral blood mononuclear cells (aPBMC). The killing activity of cMNC against K562 cells was significantly lower compared with that of aPBMC. Treatment of cM...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hoshina T,Kida K,Ito M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histopathological observations of changes at the injection site in mice were made for 20 weeks after a single intramuscular (im) injection of aluminum hydroxide-adsorbed tetanus toxoid (Alum-TT), plain tetanus toxoid (TT), or aluminum adjuvant (Alum alone). Marked injury to muscle fibers and infiltration of neutrophil...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Goto N,Akama K

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen strains of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) isolated from wild ducks in Japan were placed into 4 distinct antigenic groups on the basis of their reactivities to 8 monoclonal antibodies against the HN molecule of NDV in hemagglutination inhibition tests. The NDV strains of duck origin were antigenically distinct ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kawamura M,Nagata-Matsubara K,Nerome K,Yamane N,Kida H,Kodama H,Izawa H,Mikami T

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aged C57BL/6 (B6) mice could reject allogeneic BALB/c RL male 1 tumor as efficiently as young B6 mice. However, in vitro analysis showed impaired generation of cytotoxic T cell response in aged B6 mice against allogeneic tumor. The reaction could be augmented by the addition of recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2). Enzym...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Win S,Uenaka A,Nakayama E

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli isolates from calves with diarrhea (1 day to 8 weeks old, 140 individuals) were surveyed for the three immunologically distinct fimbrial adhesins FY, 31A, and K99. Of a total of 1,370 strains isolated, 96 (7.0%), 34 (2.5%), 75 (5.5%), and 13 (0.9%) were identified as FY+, 31A+, FY+.31A+, and K99+, res...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Shimizu M,Sakano T,Yamamoto J,Kitajima K

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：:Chitin and chitosan were found to exhibit a protective effect on mice administered these polysaccharides intraperitoneally against infection of the viable cells of Candida albicans NIH A-207 strain. A significant difference was observed between the protective effects of chitin and chitosan, i.e., chitin was much more ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Suzuki K,Okawa Y,Hashimoto K,Suzuki S,Suzuki M

更新日期：1984-01-01 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 have developed an indirect microhemagglutination test (IMHA) for detecting antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi using formalin-fixed chicken erythrocytes sensitized with a sonicated extract of the bacteria. The specificity of IMHA for Lyme disease was compared with that of a conventional indirect immunoperoxidase tec...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Fujita H,Sato T,Ohara Y,Homma M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recombinant pertussis DNA vaccine was described here with its immunogenicity and the ability to induce protection against B. pertussis infection in mice. Three immunodominant antigen gene fragments of pertussis, pertussis toxin subunit 1 (pts1), fragments of pertactin (prn) and filamentous hemagglutinin (fha), were ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Li Q,Zhu Y,Chu J,Wang Y,Xu Y,Hou Q,Zhang S,Guo X

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed the antigen capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) systems for quantification of Borna disease virus (BDV) major antigens, p40 and p24. Using these ELISAs, we quantified the two proteins in various BDV-infected materials, including the cell lysates and culture supernatants as well as the homoge...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Watanabe M,Zhong Q,Kobayashi T,Kamitani W,Tomonaga K,Ikuta K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lancefield group C Streptococcus dysgalactiae causes infections in farmed fish. Here, the genome of S. dysgalactiae strain kdys0611, isolated from farmed amberjack (Seriola dumerili) was sequenced. The complete genome sequence of kdys0611 consists of a single chromosome and five plasmids. The chromosome is 2,142,780 b...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nishiki I,Yoshida T,Fujiwara A

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a mouse monoclonal antibody (MAb) 2F raised against Vibrio cholerae non-O1 heat-stable enterotoxin (NAG-ST) which also recognizes a shared epitope of Yersinia enterocolitica heat-stable enterotoxin (Y-ST), a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed for independent detection of NAG-ST a...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nair GB,Bhattacharya SK,Takeda T

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B lymphocytes express multiple TLRs that regulate their cytokine production.We investigated the effect of TLR4 and TLR9 activation on receptor activator of NF‐kB ligand (RANKL) expression by rat spleen B cells. Splenocytes or purified spleen B cells from Rowett rats were cultured with TLR4 ligand Escherichia coli LPS ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yu X,Lin J,Yu Q,Kawai T,Taubman MA,Han X

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157: H7 is an important pathogen these days. Outbreaks of its infection have been reported all over the world, in Australia, Canada, Japan, the United States, south Africa, and various countries in Europe. In the summer of 2001, the first clinical infection by E. coli O157: H7 was ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tsai TY,Luo WC,Wu FT,Pan TM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Importance of the overexpression of AcrAB efflux pumps in the low-level resistance of pathogens to antimicrobials requires a better understanding of the AcrAB regulation. The goal of the present research was to study the transcription of acrAB, as well as the genes that play a role in its regulation in Salmonella ente...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hartog E,Ben-Shalom L,Shachar D,Matthews KR,Yaron S

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is the predominant pathogen for severe hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) in children younger than 5 years, and currently no effective drugs are available for EV71. Thus, there is an urgent need to develop new drugs for the control of EV71 infection. In this study, LJ04 was extracted from Lamin...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Li Z,Cui B,Liu X,Wang L,Xian Q,Lu Z,Liu S,Cao Y,Zhao Y

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chemotaxonomic study was carried out with a new serotyping scheme comprising 35 O-antigen groups of Vibrio fluvialis on the basis of the sugar composition of the polysaccharide portion of their lipopolysaccharide (LPS). A previously developed rapid method of preparing samples for compositional sugar analysis was emp...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Iguchi T,Kondo S,Hisatsune K

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:Autoantibodies to IgE and beta2-adrenergic receptor have been reported in patients with allergic rhinitis. To investigate whether autoimmunity in allergic rhinitis is directed to such limited molecules or directed to a wide range of self proteins, we here attempted to survey autoantigens/autoantibodies comprehensively...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nakamura M,Tsutsumi K,Ooka S,Sekine T,Koizuka I,Nishioka K,Kato T

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential role of wild boars as a source of erysipelas infection was investigated. An ELISA test of wild boar serum samples from 41 prefectures in Japan revealed that proportions of the Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae-positive samples were very high in all the prefectures, and the mean positive rate was 95.6% (1312/1...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Shimoji Y,Osaki M,Ogawa Y,Shiraiwa K,Nishikawa S,Eguchi M,Yamamoto T,Tsutsui T

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma concentration of soluble P-selectin (GMP-140/CD62P/PADGEM), a selectin produced by activated platelets and endothelial cells, was quantitated in a group of adults and East African negro children presenting with either non-severe or severe (cerebral) malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum. Sixty percent of ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Facer CA,Theodoridou A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the effect of heat-stable enterotoxin produced by Yersinia enterocolitica (Y. enterocolitica ST) on cyclic nucleotide levels in the intestines of 6-day-old mice and in cultured cell line cells. The concentration of cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cyclic GMP) in homogenates of the intestines increas...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Inoue T,Okamoto K,Moriyama T,Takahashi T,Shimizu K,Miyama A

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of ofloxacin, a new pyridone-carboxylic acid, against 11 strains of Chlamydia trachomatis and six strains of Chlamydia psittaci was determined. All test strains of both species were inhibited by 0.39 micrograms of ofloxacin per ml. The antichlamydial activity of ofloxacin was comparable to that o...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hirai K,Une T

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00