introduction : haemophilus influenzae type b (hib) is a gram negative bacterium and one of the causative agents of acute bacterial meningitis, especially in infants and children less than 5 years old. lipooligosaccharide (los), one of the virulence factors which plays an important role in pathogenesis of hib, has multiple applications in diagnosis and conjugate vaccines. in this study, los extr...

Botanisches Institut der Universität München, Menzinger Straße 67, D-8000 München 19, Bun­ desrepublik Deutschland Z. Naturforsch. 40c, 555—561 (1985); received February 28/May 7, 1985 Carbohydrate Chain, Murein, Pseudomurein, Model Similar density values of q = 1.39— 1.46 g/cm3 and similar repeating periodicities were deter­ mined for murein and pseudomurein. Periodicities of 4.5 and 9.5 Ä wer...

muscle, which is particularly great with DNP. Further experiments on these problems are in progress. SUMMARY 1. The influence of 2:4-dinitrophenol, methylene blue, brilliant cresyl blue, thionine, phenosafranine and Janus Green B on the oxidative phosphoryl-ation of mitochondria isolated from liver, kidney, brain, heart and skeletal muscle of rats has been studied in vitro as well as in vivo. 2...

On February 6, 2005, Dr. Yasuo Inoue sent me an email message about his failing health, ending with, " I am sorry to inform you of this unpleasant matter at a joyful festival season [lunar New Year]. — Tomorrow I'll have to return to the hospital and I would not be able to write directly to you in coming days. " Alas, that was the last message I received from him. He closed his wonderful life a...

One Control/Tracking Number: 04-A-299-ISMICS 12/21/2003 A4-103 Microporous Polysaccharide Hemospheres, A Plant Based Topical Hemostatic Agent, For Bleeding Control Of The Sternum Helmut Mair1, Mark Ereth2, Albert Schuetz3, Sabine Daebritz3 1Cardiac Surgery, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, 2Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN, USA and 3Cardiac Surgery, University of Munich, Munich, Germany Introduc...

In this issue of the Journal, Yeh et al [1] revisit the importance of magA in Kleb-siella pneumoniae causing pyogenic liver abscess, as well as its exact role in serotype K1 capsule formation. The mucoviscosity-associated gene A (magA) of K. pneumo-niae was originally discovered in 2002 by me and my colleagues [2, 3] in tissue-invasive K. pneumoniae strains causing primary liver abscess complic...

The humoral immunization potential of panax ginseng polysaccharide (GPS) against H9N2 avian influenza virus (H9N2 AIV) in chickens was investigated. The effects of GPS treatment before and during H9N2 AIV infection were determined in chicken embryo fibroblast (CEF) by MTT (3(4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 3-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide) assays and quantitative RT-PCR analysis of MHC and cytokine...

(Thornberry et al., 1992). The zymogen has low but detectable enzymatic activity. Upon receipt of a proinflammatory signal, caspase-1 is thought to oligomerize and Eric W. Humke,*† Stephanie K. Shriver,‡ Melissa A. Starovasnik,‡ Wayne J. Fairbrother,‡§ and Vishva M. Dixit†§ autoprocess to generate the active p10/p20 heterodi*Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology meric protease (Walker et...