• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.637-644
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• 2013

This study aimed to investigate the antibody responses in mice immunized with Gnathostoma spinigerum crude antigen (GsAg) incorporated with the combined adjuvant, a synthetic oligonucleotide containing unmethylated CpG motif (CpG ODN 1826) and a stable water in oil emulsion (Montanide ISA720). Mice immunized with GsAg and combined adjuvant produced all antibody classes and subclasses to GsAg except IgA. IgG2a/2b/3 but not IgG1 subclasses were enhanced by immunization with CpG ODN 1826 when compared with the control groups immunized with non-CpG ODN and Montanide ISA or only with Montanide ISA, suggesting a biased induction of a Th1-type response by CpG ODN. After challenge infection with live G. spinigerum larvae, the levels of IgG2a/2b/3 antibody subclasses decreased immediately and continuously, while the IgG1 subclass remained at high levels. This also corresponded to a continuous decrease of the IgG2a/IgG1 ratio after infection. Only IgM and IgG1 antibodies, but not IgG2a/2b/3, were significantly produced in adjuvant control groups after infection. These findings suggest that G. spinigerum infection potently induces a Th2-type biased response.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2015

Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) causes a major upper respiratory tract infection often leading to severe illness and death in the elderly. Thus, it is important to induce safe and effective mucosal immunity against this pathogen in order to prevent pnuemocaccal infection. However, this is a very difficult task to elicit protective mucosal IgA antibody responses in older individuals. A combind nasal adjuvant consisting of a plasmid encoding the Flt3 ligand cDNA (pFL) and CpG oligonucleotide (CpG ODN) successfully enhanced S. pneumoniae-specific mucosal immunity in aged mice. In particular, a pneumococcal surface protein A-based nasal vaccine given with pFL and CpG ODN induced complete protection from S. pneumoniae infection. These results show that nasal delivery of a combined DNA adjuvant offers an attractive potential for protection against the pneumococcus in the elderly.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.270-279
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• 1999

cDNAs complementary to the 3'-terminal regions of two potyvirus genomes were cloned and sequenced. The clone G7 contains one open reading frame (ORF) of 1,338 nucleotides and a 3' untranslated region (3'-UTR) of 403 nucleotides at the 3'-end excluding the 3'end poly(A) tail. The putative viral coat protein (CP) shows 55%-92% amino acid sequence homology to those of Allium potyviruses. The genome size of the virus was analyzed to be about 9.0 kb by Northern blot analysis. Five cDNA clones were screened out using GPV2 oligonucleotide as a probe. One of these clones, DEA72, which has a longest cDNA insert, contains one ORF of 1,459 nucleotides and a 3'-UTR of 590 nucleotides at the 3'-end excluding the 3'-end poly(A) tail. The putative viral CP shows 57%-88% amino acid sequence homologies to those of Allium potyviruses. The genome size of the virus was analyzed to be about 9.6 kb by Northern blot analysis. The results of immunoblot and Northern blot analyses suggest that almost all of the tested garlic plants showing mosaic or streak symptoms are infected with DEA72-potyvirus in variable degrees but rarely infected with G7-potyvirus in variable degrees but rarely infected with DEA72-potyvirus in variable degrees but rarely infected with G7-potyvirus. Immunoelectron microscopy using anti-DEA72 CP antibody shows that this potyvirus is about 750 nm long and flexuous rod shaped.

• 식물병연구
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.207-214
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• 2002

대구시와 경상북도 지역에서 Tobacco rattle virus(TRV) 감염에 의한 증상으로 보이는 글라디올러스(Gladiolus hybridus), 크로커스(Crocus spp.), 수선화(Narcissus spp.)를 채집하였다. 톱니무늬(notch), 줄무늬(stripe), 변형 (malformation)등의 증상의 잎 조직을 시료로 하여 direct negative staining method(DN) 및 immunosorbent electron microscopy(ISEM)법에 의해 투과전자현미경으로 바이러스 입자를 관찰한 결과, 각각의 시료에서 긴 입자는 170~200 X 22nm, 짧은 입자는 40~114$\times$22nm 크기의 막대모양 입자가 다수 확인되었다. 글라디올러스에서 분리한 tobacco rattle virus(TRV-K)를 담배(Nicotiana tabacum)에 즙액 접종, 증식시킨 후, 정제하여 항혈청을 제작하였다. TRV-K 의 coat protein(CP)유전자를 특이적인 올리고뉴클레오타 이드 프라이머를 이용하여 역전사-중합효소연쇄반응(RT-PCR)으로 증폭시킨 후에 염기서열분석법으로 확인하였다. 그 결과 TRV-ORY의 CP와 99.5%의 상동성을 나타냈다.