New fimbrial gene cluster of S-fimbrial adhesin family.

abstract：:Streptococcus iniae causes systemic infection characterized by meningitis and sepsis. Here, we report a larval zebrafish model of S. iniae infection. Injection of wild-type S. iniae into the otic vesicle induced a lethal infection by 24 h postinfection. In contrast, an S. iniae mutant deficient in polysaccharide capsu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Harvie EA,Green JM,Neely MN,Huttenlocher A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxin preparations were obtained by growing Clostridium difficile VPI strain 10463 in 2-liter brain heart infusion dialysis flasks at 37 degrees C for 3 days. The initial step of the purification scheme involved ultrafiltration through an XM-100 membrane filter. Two toxic activities, designated toxins A and B, were se...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sullivan NM,Pellett S,Wilkins TD

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A periurban outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by the protozoan Leishmania chagasi is ongoing outside Natal, northeast Brazil. Manifestations range from asymptomatic infection to disseminated visceral disease. Literature reports suggest that both genetic and environmental factors influence the outcome of i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Karplus TM,Jeronimo SM,Chang H,Helms BK,Burns TL,Murray JC,Mitchell AA,Pugh EW,Braz RF,Bezerra FL,Wilson ME

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed experimental murine Campylobacter infection models which demonstrate efficient establishment and reproducible, high-level colonization. Following oral inoculation, wild-type C3H mice with normal enteric flora were colonized inconsistently and inefficiently by C. jejuni strain 81-176. However, C3H mic...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chang C,Miller JF

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Merozoite surface proteins of Plasmodium falciparum play a critical role in the invasion of human erythrocytes by the malaria parasite. Here we describe the identification of a novel protein with a molecular mass of 40 kDa that is found on the merozoite surface of P. falciparum. We call this protein merozoite surface ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Marshall VM,Silva A,Foley M,Cranmer S,Wang L,McColl DJ,Kemp DJ,Coppel RL

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyamines such as putrescine, spermidine, and cadaverine are small, polycationic molecules that are required for optimal growth in all cells. The intracellular concentrations of these molecules are maintained by de novo synthesis and transport pathways. The human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae possesses a putative...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ware D,Jiang Y,Lin W,Swiatlo E

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:l-Arginine (1 M) eluted measles virus adsorbed on monkey erythrocytes without affecting the infectious and hemagglutinating activities of the virus. This phenomenon was also observed for encephalomyocarditis virus and Newcastle disease virus. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lebon P,Protat A,Moline P

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus sanguis 804 (NCTC 10904) was grown ih batch culture at constant pH. and the glucosyltransferase activity of the supernatant was assayed over a 40-h growth period. The optimum pH for enzyme production was 7.0 to 7.2. During growth of the culture, three reproducible phases of enzyme activity were observed....

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Beeley JA,Black PM

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptosporidial infections in severe combined immune deficient (SCID) mice produce a chronic disease state which in the later stages leads to extraintestinal involvement and hepatic dysfunction. To further characterize the infection dynamics in this model and monitor the changes in the hepatic system, a dose titration...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mead JR,Ilksoy N,You X,Belenkaya Y,Arrowood MJ,Fallon MT,Schinazi RF

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with gram-negative monocytotropic Ehrlichia strains results in a fatal toxic shock-like syndrome characterized by a decreased number of Ehrlichia-specific CD4(+) Th1 cells, the expansion of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha)-producing CD8(+) T cells, and the systemic overproduction of interleukin-10 (IL...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ismail N,Crossley EC,Stevenson HL,Walker DH

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protection against infection with virulent blood (trypomastigote) forms of Trypanosoma cruzi was accomplished in mice by immunization with culture (mainly epimastigote) forms killed by treatment with sodium perchlorate. Sodium chloride, used instead of sodium perchlorate, with all other conditions kept the same, faile...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kierszenbaum F,Budzko DB

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outer membrane protein OmpU of Vibrio cholerae O1 strain 86B3 was characterized with reference to colonization of the intestine by the organism. The purified OmpU exhibited a pI of 3.6. Upon sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, it migrated to 38, 32, and 110 kDa when the sample was heated at ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nakasone N,Iwanaga M

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyolysin (PLO), the hemolytic exotoxin expressed by Arcanobacterium (Actinomyces) pyogenes, is a member of the thiol-activated cytolysin family of bacterial toxins. Insertional inactivation of the plo gene results in loss of expression of PLO with a concomitant loss in hemolytic activity. The plo mutant, PLO-1, has an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Jost BH,Songer JG,Billington SJ

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the development of vaccines capable of providing immunity against brucellosis, Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD) has been demonstrated to be one of the protective immunogens of Brucella abortus. In an earlier study, we provided strong evidence that intramuscular injection with a plasmid DNA carrying the SOD gene (pc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Muñoz-Montesino C,Andrews E,Rivers R,González-Smith A,Moraga-Cid G,Folch H,Céspedes S,Oñate AA

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis is the causative agent of Johne's disease in cattle. The complex, multifaceted interaction of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis with its host includes dampening the ability of infected cells to respond to stimuli that promote M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis clearance. By dis...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Arsenault RJ,Li Y,Maattanen P,Scruten E,Doig K,Potter A,Griebel P,Kusalik A,Napper S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A water-soluble acylpolygalactosyl (APG) of 34 kDa was obtained from the Klebsiella pneumoniae membrane by alkaline hydrolysis and delipidation. APG comprises a poly(1,3)galactose chain, a core, and a lipid moiety made of a glucosamine disaccharide with two N-linked beta OH-myristates. The monocyte binding sites for A...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hmama Z,Mey A,Normier G,Binz H,Revillard JP

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we demonstrate the capability of Chlamydia trachomatis to infect cultured human mesothelial cell (MC) monolayers and to induce the production of the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin 1beta (IL-1beta) and IL-8. Seventy-two hours after initial infection, both the procoagulant activity of MC and the act...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： van Westreenen M,Pronk A,Diepersloot RJ,de Groot PG,Leguit P

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treponema denticola is a cultivable oral spirochete which perturbs the cytoskeleton in cultured cells of oral origin, but intracellular signalling pathways by which it affects actin assembly are largely unknown. As the outer membrane (OM) of Treponema denticola disrupts actin-dependent processes that normally require ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ko KS,Glogauer M,McCulloch CA,Ellen RP

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthrax lethal toxin (LeTx), consisting of protective antigen (PA) and lethal factor (LF), rapidly kills primary mouse macrophages and macrophage-like cell lines such as RAW 264.7. LF is translocated by PA into the cytosol of target cells, where it acts as a metalloprotease to cleave mitogen-activated protein kinase k...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tang G,Leppla SH

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intra-abdominal polymicrobial infections cause significant morbidity and mortality. An experimental mouse model of Candida albicans-Staphylococcus aureus intra-abdominal infection (IAI) results in 100% mortality by 48 to 72 h postinoculation, while monomicrobial infections are avirulent. Mortality is associated with r...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nash EE,Peters BM,Fidel PL,Noverr MC

更新日期：2015-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella pertussis adenylate cyclase-hemolysin (AC-Hly), encoded by the cyaA gene, belongs to the RTX family of toxins with extensive glycine-rich repeats in the carboxy-terminal portion. AC-Hly possesses both adenylate cyclase toxic and hemolytic activities that depend on a posttranslational modification mediated b...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Betsou F,Sebo P,Guiso N

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of dengue-2 antigens was studied in infected monkey kidney cells (LLC MK2) using an indirect, horseradish peroxidase-conjugated immunoglobulin technique. This procedure allowed both light and electron microscopic examination of serial-step sections of individual cells cut in a plane perpendicular to t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cardiff RD,Lund JK

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subtilase cytotoxin (SubAB), which is produced by certain strains of Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC), causes the 78-kDa glucose-regulated protein (GRP78/BiP) cleavage, followed by induction of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, leading to caspase-dependent apoptosis via mitochondrial membrane damage by Bax/Bak...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yahiro K,Satoh M,Morinaga N,Tsutsuki H,Ogura K,Nagasawa S,Nomura F,Moss J,Noda M

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to construct an effector strain for the replacement therapy of dental caries, we wished to combine the properties of low-level acid production and high-level colonization potential in a strain of Streptococcus mutans. To this end, we made a deletion in the lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) gene cloned from the bact...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hillman JD,Chen A,Duncan M,Lee SW

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The level of type-specific antigen (that covalently associated with the cell wall peptidoglycan and that released extracellularly) synthesized by virulent and avirulent strains of type III group B streptococci was quantitated and compared. Additionally, the effect of the physiological age of the cells and the influenc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yeung MK,Mattingly SJ

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent data suggest that fibronectin may favor Staphylococcus aureus infection by promoting attachment to either injured tissues or implanted foreign bodies. We studied the quantitative adsorption of fibronectin onto polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cover slips by using a 125I-labeled preparation of the purified plasma g...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Vaudaux PE,Waldvogel FA,Morgenthaler JJ,Nydegger UE

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the oligosaccharides (OS) of outer membrane lipooligosaccharides (LOS) of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis. OS from the LOS of an individual neisserial strain always eluted from Sephadex G-50S as multiple peaks; the polyacrylamide gel elution profiles were nearly identical to the polyacrylam...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Griffiss JM,O'Brien JP,Yamasaki R,Williams GD,Rice PA,Schneider H

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori colonizes the gastric mucosa and secretes a pore-forming toxin (VacA). Two main types of VacA, m1 and m2, can be distinguished by phylogenetic analysis. Type m1 forms of VacA have been extensively studied, but there has been relatively little study of m2 forms. In this study, we generated H. pylori...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Caston RR,Sierra JC,Foegeding NJ,Truelock MD,Campbell AM,Frick-Cheng AE,Bimczok D,Wilson KT,McClain MS,Cover TL

更新日期：2020-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The 54-kDa extracellular metalloprotease ZapA is an important virulence factor of uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis. While ZapA has the ability to degrade host immunoglobulins (Igs), the dramatic attenuation of virulence in ZapA mutants suggests that this enzyme may have a broader spectrum of activity. This hypothesis w...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Belas R,Manos J,Suvanasuthi R

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two weeks after mice had been infected in the footpad with cells of Nocardia brasiliensis, immunoglobulin and C3 deposits were observed in tissue from the inoculation site. Both immunoglobulin and C3 were found in the actinomycotic granules that characterize the mycetoma and in the surrounding inflammatory zones, in w...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Conde C,Mancilla R,Fresan M,Ortiz-Ortiz L

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00