The potential of the major structural protein DraE of Escherichia coli Dr fimbriae has been used to display an 11-amino-acid peptide of glycoprotein D derived from herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1. The heterologous sequence mimicking an epitope from glycoprotein D was inserted in one copy into the draE gene in place of a predicted 11-amino-acid sequence in the N-terminal region of surface-expo...

For detection of infectious laryngotracheitis virus (ILTV) antibody, glycoprotein B-, C-, and D-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (B-, C-, and D-ELISAs, respectively) were developed. The B- and D-ELISAs showed enhanced detection of anti-ILTV antibodies in infected chickens compared to that of the commercial ELISA. Furthermore, the D-ELISA was efficient in detecting seroconversion with ve...

The serum alpha-I acid glycoprotein of 9 euthyroid subjects, 14 hypothyroz"d patients and 21 hyperthyroz"d patients was determined by radial immunodiffussion in agar plates. The serum alpha1 acid glycoprotez"n level in both the hypothyroz"d and hyperthyroz"d patients were sz"gnifz"cantly lowered when compared to the euthyroid subjects. There was no sz"gnifz"cant correlation between the alpha-I ...

The carbohydrate structure of the membrane glycoprotein of vesicular stomatitis virus (New Jersey serotype) has been determined on material purified from virions grown in spinner cultures of BHKzl cells in the presence of [3H]glucosamine. The intact 3H-glycoprotein contains 6 residues of N-acetyl-n-neuraminic acid, 6 of D-galactose, 6 of D-mannose, 2 of L-fucose, and 10 of N-acetyl-n-glucosamin...

The aim of this study was to examine the peptide transport activity of a naturally occurring P-glycoprotein such as that present in rat liver canalicular membrane vesicles. The peptide ionophores valinomycin and gramicidin D, which are known substrates of P-glycoprotein, served to monitor the P-glycoprotein activity indirectly as the ATP-dependent uptake of 86Rb+ mediated by these ionophores. C...

A herpes simplex virus type 1 strain isolated from a recurrent lesion of the nose reacted with monoclonal antibodies recognizing a type 2-specific site on glycoprotein D but not with monoclonal antibodies recognizing other type 2-specific sites. DNA sequence analysis of the glycoprotein D gene of the isolate revealed a single nucleotide alteration which changed the codon for asparagine to one e...

background: it has been reported that vitamin d has broad anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects. objective: to evaluate the effects of vitamin d on the expression of il-27 and il-33 in a model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (eae). methods: eae was induced in c57bl/6 mice by immunization with myelin oligodendroglial glycoprotein mixed with complete freund's adjuvant. ...