Evidence of thymus-independent local and systemic antibody responses to Cryptosporidium parvum infection in nude mice.

abstract：:Killing of Salmonella minnesota and Salmonella typhimurium S and R strains in serum of nonimmune humans and guinea pigs was drastically reduced in the selective absence of C1q, C1r, Ca2+, C4, or C2, the components of the classical complement pathway. Binding of C1 and C1q to the S form and six different core-deficient...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Clas F,Loos M

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) from patients with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) fail to produce microbicidal concentrations of reactive oxygen species (ROS) due to mutations in NOX2. Patients with CGD suffer from severe, life-threatening infections and inflammatory complications. Granulibacter bethesdensis i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Greenberg DE,Sturdevant DE,Marshall-Batty KR,Chu J,Pettinato AM,Virtaneva K,Lane J,Geller BL,Porcella SF,Gallin JI,Holland SM,Zarember KA

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of relevant and useful animal models is critical for progress in the development of effective vaccines and therapeutics. The infection of rabbits and non-human primates with fully virulent Bacillus anthracis spores provides two excellent models of anthrax disease. However, the high cost of procuring a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Loving CL,Kennett M,Lee GM,Grippe VK,Merkel TJ

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that animals exposed to Streptococcus pneumoniae while recovering from influenza A virus infection exhibit exacerbated disease symptoms. However, many of the current animal models exploring dual viral and bacterial synergistic exacerbations of respiratory disease have utilized mouse-...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Speshock JL,Doyon-Reale N,Rabah R,Neely MN,Roberts PC

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of plasma fibronectin with C1q of the complement system has been demonstrated in the past several years. In addition, the antibody-independent binding of C1q to bacteria, as well as the binding of plasma fibronectin to bacteria, is well documented. This study examines whether the binding of C1q to bact...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sorvillo JM,Pearlstein E

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecto-5'-nucleotidase (CD73) is expressed abundantly on the apical surface of intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) and functions as the terminal enzyme in the generation of extracellular adenosine. Previous work demonstrated that adenosine signaling in IECs results in a number of tissue-protective effects during inflamma...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kao DJ,Saeedi BJ,Kitzenberg D,Burney KM,Dobrinskikh E,Battista KD,Vázquez-Torres A,Colgan SP,Kominsky DJ

更新日期：2017-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A 75-kilodalton major protein (75K protein) was purified to homogeneity from the cell lysate fraction and the envelope of Bacteroides gingivalis 381. The 75K protein was originally present in the outer membrane or the outermost part of this organism as a large, stable complex with an apparent molecular weight of about...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yoshimura F,Watanabe K,Takasawa T,Kawanami M,Kato H

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The virulence plasmids of Salmonella typhimurium and other invasive Salmonella serovars have long been associated with the ability of these bacteria to cause systemic infection beyond the intestines in orally inoculated animals. Genetic analysis of virulence genes on the high-molecular-weight plasmids has revealed tha...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gulig PA,Doyle TJ

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies revealed that acetylation is a widely used protein modification in prokaryotic organisms. The major protein acetylation acetyltransferase YfiQ and the sirtuin-like deacetylase CobB have been found to be involved in basic physiological processes, such as primary metabolism, chemotaxis, and stress respons...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Liu W,Tan Y,Cao S,Zhao H,Fang H,Yang X,Wang T,Zhou Y,Yan Y,Han Y,Song Y,Bi Y,Wang X,Yang R,Du Z

更新日期：2018-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The skin microenvironment at the site of infection plays a role in the early events that determine protective T helper 1/type 1 immune responses during cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) infection. During CL in nonhealing BALB/c mice, early interleukin-4 (IL-4) can instruct dendritic cells for protective Th1 immunity. Addit...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Govender M,Hurdayal R,Martinez-Salazar B,Gqada K,Pillay S,Gcanga L,Passelli K,Nieuwenhuizen NE,Tacchini-Cottier F,Guler R,Brombacher F

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The genes of the lic1 operon (lic1A to lic1D) are responsible for incorporation of phosphocholine (PCho) into the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Haemophilus influenzae. PCho plays a multifaceted role in the commensal and pathogenic lifestyles of a range of mucosal pathogens, including H. influenzae. Structural studies of...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fox KL,Li J,Schweda EK,Vitiazeva V,Makepeace K,Jennings MP,Moxon ER,Hood DW

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is the leading cause of nosocomial bacterial diarrhea. Glutamine and its stable and highly soluble derivative alanyl-glutamine, have been beneficial in models of intestinal injury. In this study, we extend our work on the mechanisms of Clostridium difficile toxin A (TxA)-induced apoptosis in huma...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Carneiro BA,Fujii J,Brito GA,Alcantara C,Oriá RB,Lima AA,Obrig T,Guerrant RL

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A progressive increase in infections with multiresistant Enterococcus faecium has been reported, especially in cancer patients and neutropenic patients. Despite its increasing importance as a nosocomial pathogen, knowledge of the pathogenesis of E. faecium infections is highly limited. In this study, we investigated t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Leendertse M,Willems RJ,Giebelen IA,Roelofs JJ,Bonten MJ,van der Poll T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of bacterial pneumonia, meningitis, and sepsis in children. Human immunity to pneumococcal infections has been assumed to depend on anticapsular antibodies. However, recent findings from murine models suggest that alternative mechanisms, dependent on T helper cells, are also...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Olliver M,Hiew J,Mellroth P,Henriques-Normark B,Bergman P

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is a spore-forming bacterium that can reside in animals and humans. C. difficile infection causes a variety of clinical symptoms, ranging from diarrhea to fulminant colitis. Disease is mediated by TcdA and TcdB, two large enterotoxins released by C. difficile during colonization of the gut. In th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Leuzzi R,Spencer J,Buckley A,Brettoni C,Martinelli M,Tulli L,Marchi S,Luzzi E,Irvine J,Candlish D,Veggi D,Pansegrau W,Fiaschi L,Savino S,Swennen E,Cakici O,Oviedo-Orta E,Giraldi M,Baudner B,D'Urzo N,Maione D,Sor

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secretion of immunoglobulin A1 (IgA1) proteases is a characteristic of Haemophilus influenzae and several other bacterial pathogens causing infectious diseases, including meningitis. Indirect evidence suggests that the proteases are important virulence factors. In this study, we cloned the iga gene encoding immunoglob...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Poulsen K,Brandt J,Hjorth JP,Thøgersen HC,Kilian M

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two distinct monoclonal antibodies, one to pertussis toxin subunit S2, called 9G8, and another to subunits S2 and S3, called 11E6, were generated from the hybridomas of myeloma SP2/0 and spleen cells of BALB/c mice immunized mainly with the subunit S234 complex. Binding ability of 9G8 and 11E6 to the subunits was conf...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sato H,Sato Y,Ito A,Ohishi I

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human sera were examined by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgM antibodies to purified type III polysaccharide of group B streptococci. The antigen-binding capacity of a reference human serum was determined by a radioimmunoassay, and the total antibody content was determined by quan...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Anthony BF,Concepcion NF,Wass CA,Heiner DC

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of choriogonadotropin- and alpha-subunit-like materials in two species of bacteria identified as Staphylococcus simulans and Streptococcus faecalis have been demonstrated by the indirect fluorescein-labeled and the indirect peroxidase-labeled immunocytochemical techniques, utilizing antiserum for human ch...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Acevedo HF,Koide SS,Slifkin M,Maruo T,Campbell-Acevedo EA

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study determined the role of crl in the production of curli by, the hemagglutination activity of, and fibronectin binding by avian pathogenic Escherichia coli chi 7122. Curli, an extracellular structure that binds fibronectin, was recently described (A. Olsén, A. Jonsson, and S. Normark, Nature [London] 338:652-6...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Provence DL,Curtiss R 3rd

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcutaneous immunization (TCI) is a new method for vaccine delivery that has been shown to induce immunity relevant to enteric disease vaccines. We evaluated the clinical safety and immunogenicity of a recombinant subunit vaccine against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) delivered by TCI. Adult volunteers rec...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Güereña-Burgueño F,Hall ER,Taylor DN,Cassels FJ,Scott DA,Wolf MK,Roberts ZJ,Nesterova GV,Alving CR,Glenn GM

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The question of whether Campylobacter jejuni produces a cholera toxin-like toxin (CTLT) has been controversial. The objective of this study was to identify the factor that cross-reacts with CT from C. jejuni. Filtrates of C. jejuni grown in four different liquid media reported to promote CTLT production were tested by...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Albert MJ,Haridas S,Steer D,Dhaunsi GS,Smith AI,Adler B

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dissemination of Leishmania within the host is related to parasites undergoing unchecked proliferation. We therefore studied the effects of oxidant generating systems on promastigote multiplication by (i) direct determinations of organism proliferation and (ii) the incorporation of [3H]uracil into promastigote nucleop...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Reiner NE,Kazura JW

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Susceptibility to the lethal toxicity of endotoxin in mice pretreated with emulsified trehalose-6,6'-dimycolate was enhanced by (i) increasing the oil concentration while keeping the Tween concentration constant; and (ii) decreasing the Tween concentration, while keeping the oil concentration constant. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yarkoni E,Rapp HJ

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Athymic BALB/c nude mice and euthymic BALB/c mice were infected with Rickettsia akari by the intraperitoneal route. The rickettsialpox infection was terminated in euthymic mice with only two intraperitoneal injections of the antibiotic oxytetracycline, whereas prolonged treatment was necessary to terminate the infecti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kenyon RH,Pedersen CE Jr

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans is a common opportunistic fungal pathogen and is the leading cause of invasive fungal diseases in immunocompromised individuals. The induction of cell-mediated immunity to C. albicans is one of the main tasks of cells of the innate immune system, and in vitro evidence suggests that integrin α(M)β₂ (CR...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Soloviev DA,Jawhara S,Fonzi WA

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharides obtained from Brucella abortus, B. melitensis, and B. suis, but not B. canis, were found to contain amino sugars identified as glucosamine and quinovosamine by cation exchange and thin-layer cellulose chromatography and ninhydrin degradation. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bowser DV,Wheat RW,Foster JW,Leong D

更新日期：1974-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Francisella tularensis is the causative agent of zoonotic tularemia, a severe pneumonia in humans, and Francisella novicida causes a similarly severe tularemia in mice upon inhalation. The correlates of protective immunity, as well as the virulence mechanisms of this deadly pathogen, are not well understood. In the pr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sharma J,Li Q,Mishra BB,Georges MJ,Teale JM

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the diphtheria toxin phenotype of specially selected isolates of Corynebacterium ulcerans and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis (C. ovis). All produced proteins similar in size and immunological structure to diphtheria toxin. As with diphtheria toxin, they exhibited ADP-ribosylating activity, and their ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wong TP,Groman N

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gastric pathogen helicobacter pylori is one of a number of bacteria which bind specifically to gangliotetraosylceramide, gangliotriaosylceramide, and phosphatidylethanolamine in vitro at neutral pH. Since this organism encounters an acid pH during initial infection of the stomach, we have monitored the effect of p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Huesca M,Borgia S,Hoffman P,Lingwood CA

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00