Budget Amount *help |
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
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Research Abstract |
When mycobacterial dead cells were exposed to plasma, ribosomalprotein S19 (RP S19) was cross-linked by a transglutaminase-catalyzed reaction on themycobacterium membrane, working as the negatively charged scaffold, during bloodcoagulation. The cross-linked RP S19 dimer induced chemotactic response ofmonocytes/macrophages recruitment via C5a receptor, suggesting phagocytosis ofmycobacterium by recruited macrophages. C5a anaphylatoxin was partly involved in thismonocyte chemotaxis. It was demonstrated that RP S19 participated in innate immunityagainst the mycobacterium infection in association with C5a.
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