Inhibitory effect of bacterial attachment on candidal growth due to adherence with mannose-sensitive pili.

abstract：:A cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response to dengue virus-infected target cells is described. Effector cells were generated in an in vitro secondary culture and appeared to be T cells possessing both the Lyt 1.1 and Lyt 2.1 surface antigens. A stronger CTL response was noted with the H-2k haplotype compared to H-2d, and...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Pang T,Devi S,Blanden RV,Lam SK

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 8-year-old girl with meningococcal meningitis lacked serum complement activity. The seventh component of complement (C7) could not be detected in her serum by either functional or immunochemical analysis. The levels of the other components were within the normal range. Her serum complement activity was restored by ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Miyake T,Ohta K,Kawamori J,Hirao T,Akagaki Y,Inai S

更新日期：1986-01-01 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：: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：: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：:The protective role of neutrophils on intranasal infection of influenza virus was investigated in 3 strains of tumor-bearing mice with neutrophilic leukocytosis. In vitro multiplication of influenza virus was inhibited by neutrophils from both normal and tumor-bearing mice, and the inhibitory effect of neutrophils was...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Fujisawa H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal intraepithelial T cells (IELs) expressing either gammadelta TCR or alphabeta TCR have been proposed to play an important role in the regulation of intestinal epithelia by producing cytokines that directly influence the adjoining intestinal epithelial cell (IEC) functions. To illuminate this issue, we utiliz...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kohyama M,Hachimura S,Nanno M,Ishikawa H,Kaminogawa S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bifidobacteria are important members of the intestinal microbiota and are considered to contribute to maintaining health. However, the level of bifidobacteria colonising the intestine of elderly subjects tends to be lower than in younger adults. Therefore, two Bifidobacterium longum strains, isolated from healthy elde...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Mäkeläinen H,Tahvonen R,Salminen S,Ouwehand AC

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hg- and Cd-spores of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551 were produced in Schaeffer's medium containing mercuric chloride and cadmium chloride respectively. Metals were added to the medium at 9 hr of incubation (Stage V) to give a final concentration of 50 microM. It was found by electron microscopic and biochemical studies ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Imagawa M,Ichikawa T,Kondo M

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the humoral immunity in herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection, HSV-specific IgM, IgA and IgG subclass antibody responses were studied in patients with genital herpes: 17 primary, 13 recurrent and 6 nonprimary first episode. A total of 181 serum samples serially collected from the patients, 5 per patient unti...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hashido M,Kawana T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extract of Candida albicans isolated from a patient with typical mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome (MCLS) can produce coronary arteritis in a mouse when injected intraperitoneally. An unusual feature of this arteritis is that it is granulomatous, shows no fibrinoid change and is confined to the coronary arteries. T...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Murata H

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germfree (GF) F344 rats developed severe adjuvant-induced arthritis with a 100% incidence after a single intradermal injection of heat-killed Mycobacterium bovis (BCG). Specific pathogene-free (SPF) rats developed less severe arthritis with a lower incidence. The rats colonized with Escherichia coli or Bacteroides dev...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kohashi O,Kohashi Y,Takahashi T,Ozawa A,Shigematsu N

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocystis spp. are opportunistic fungal pathogens that are closely associated with severe pneumonia and pulmonary complications in patients with impaired immunity. In this study, the antigenic epitopes of the gene encoding the 55 kDa antigen fragment of Pneumocystis (p55), which may play an important role in Pneumo...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Fan H,Guo JY,Ma SL,Zhang N,An CL

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five groups of 32 chemicals were examined regarding their immunological functions as modifier inactivants to make inactivated Sendai nasal vaccine using a contact exposure experiment, direct immunofluorescent method, and serum HI titer. (1) Five of the nine reactive groups of reactive dyes (2-chloropyridine, 2, 4, 6-t...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Miyamae T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection affects approximately 170 million people worldwide. HCV infection is a major global health problem as it can be complicated with liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. So far, there is no vaccine available and the non-specific, interferon (IFN)-based treatments now in u...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Aly HH,Shimotohno K,Hijikata M,Seya T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chimeric PCV1-2 clone containing the PCV2 capsid gene cloned into the backbone of the nonpathogenic PCV1 genome was recently generated based on PCV2 and PCV1 strains isolated in China. The efficacy of this available candidate inactivated vaccine was evaluated by subjecting conventional pigs to intramuscular immuniza...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Xujie L,Xiaobo W,Yi S,Jing F,Song G,Xiufan L

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The NfxC-type mutant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces the MexEF-OprN efflux pump and down-regulates expression of the quorum-sensing-dependent efflux pump MexAB-OprM and production of virulence factors in the presence of an active transcriptional regulator, MexT. Consequently, these cells are resistant to chloramphe...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Uwate M,Ichise YK,Shirai A,Omasa T,Nakae T,Maseda H

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：: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：:gp96 plays a central role in innate as well as acquired immunity, maturation and chemotaxis of dendritic cells, Ab production, and cross-priming, and is a peptide acceptor in endoplasmic reticulum and an accessory to peptide loading of MHC class I molecules. The remarkable conservation of essential immunological prope...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Cho NH,Choi CY,Seong SY

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, we have emphasized: 1) bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) involvement in IgA responses to orally administered thymic-dependent (TD) antigens; 2) characterization of Peyer's patch (PP) lymphoreticular cells; and 3) gastrointestinal immunization with gram negative pathogens and anti-LPS immunity to infec...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： McGhee JR,Michalek SM,Kiyono H,Eldridge JH,Colwell DE,Williamson SI,Wannemuehler MJ,Jirillo E,Mosteller LM,Spalding DM

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current vaccination strategy against influenza is to induce production of antibodies directed against the surface antigens of these viruses. However, frequent changes in the surface antigens of influenza viruses allow them to avoid antibody-mediated immunity. On the other hand, it is known that cytotoxic T-lymphoc...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Uchida T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the role of Moraxella (subgenus Branhamella) catarrhalis (B. catarrhalis) adherence to airway cells in lower respiratory tract infections, the in vitro attachments of B. catarrhalis to upper airway (oropharyngeal) and lower airway (bronchial) epithelial cells were compared. The adherence of 4 strains (1 nonfi...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Rikitomi N,Ahmed K,Nagatake T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During Helicobacter pylori infection, T cell response is critical in the development of active gastritis and in protective immunity against infection. We studied gastric inflammation and T cell response in H. pylori-challenged mice following an intraperitoneal immunization, using whole H. pylori lysate (HpAg) in the a...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Watanabe K,Murakami K,Maeda K,Fujioka T,Nasu M,Nishizono A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One- and two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) was performed on immunoprecipitates formed between anti-human T-cell xeno-antiserum (ATS) and cell-surface glycoproteins of human lymphocytes, that had been radioiodinated by lactoperoxidase and purified on a Lentil lectin-coupled Sepharose 4B column. ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Fujimoto J,Ishii Y,Kon S,Matsuura A,Kikuchi K

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction of interferon for a kind of dairy lactic acid bacteria, Lactobacillus acidophilus (L. acidophilus), was investigated in murine peritoneal macrophage (M phi) cultures. Lactobacillus acidophilus JCM 1034, 1132T, 1229 and 2125 induced IFN (12-34 I.U./ml) in M phi cultures in vitro. Strain 1132T- and 2125-induce...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kitazawa H,Matsumura K,Itoh T,Yamaguchi T

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mass outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H45 was first reported in Japan in 1998. This pathogen was classified as an enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) O157 because it was characterized by the Shiga toxin gene (stx)-negative and bundle-forming pilus (bfp) gene-positive genotypes. In this study, we investigated the type I...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Abe A,Nagano H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate (TDM), or cord factor, is a crucial stimulus of immune responses during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Although TDM has immuno-stimulatory properties, including adjuvant activity and the ability to induce granuloma formation, the mechanisms underlying these remain unknown. We hypothesi...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Lee WB,Yan JJ,Kang JS,Chung S,Kim LK

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to sequence the central part of the coding region of the Clostridium tyrobutyricum fiagellin gene to improve the immunoenzymatic counting of cells after milk filtration. The coding region was amplified by PCR, and the amplified products were cloned. A DNA sequence analysis of positive clo...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Arnold F,Bédouet L,Batina P,Robreau G

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To establish an in vitro method of predicting in vivo efficacy of antifungal drugs against Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatus, the antifungal activities of fluconazole, itraconazole, and amphotericin B were determined in mouse serum. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of each drug was measured using mo...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Maki K,Watabe E,Iguchi Y,Nakamura H,Tomishima M,Ohki H,Yamada A,Matsumoto S,Ikeda F,Tawara S,Mutoh S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00