Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium-induced maturation of bone marrow-derived dendritic cells.

abstract：:Humoral and cell-mediated immune responses to varicella-zoster (V-Z) virus were assessed in patients during and after V-Z infections. Ongoing V-Z infections was associated with minimal cellular immunity but not necessarily with poor humoral immunity. Recovery from V-Z infection was associated with a vigorous cellular ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gershon AA,Steinberg SP

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protozoan parasite Giardia duodenalis (Giardia lamblia) is one of the most commonly found intestinal pathogens in mammals, including humans. In the current study, a Giardia muris-mouse model was used to analyze cytokine transcription patterns and histological changes in intestinal tissue at different time points d...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dreesen L,De Bosscher K,Grit G,Staels B,Lubberts E,Bauge E,Geldhof P

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surface antigen makeup of metacyclic trypomastigote forms of strain G of Trypanosoma cruzi, which produce a subpatent infection in mice, differed from those of the virulent strains Y and CL. A 100,000-molecular-weight protein, barely detectable on the Y or CL cell surface, appeared as the main surface antigen of t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yoshida N

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular bacterial infections affect all vertebrates. Cultured fish are particularly vulnerable because no effective protection measures have been established since such infections emerged approximately 50 years ago. As in other vertebrates, the induction of cell-mediated immunity (CMI) plays an important role in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Matsumoto M,Kubota T,Fujita S,Shiozaki K,Kishida S,Yamamoto A

更新日期：2019-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria exhibit extensive genetic heterogeneity within species. In many cases, these differences account for virulence properties unique to specific strains. Several such loci have been discovered in the genome of the type b serotype of Haemophilus influenzae, a human pathogen able to cause meningitis, pneumonia, and...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bergman NH,Akerley BJ

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans infected with the dimorphic fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis develop strong T-lymphocyte responses to WI-1, an immunodominant antigen that has been shown to elicit protective immunity in mice. In the present study, the T-cell epitopes of WI-1 and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) restricting elements that display th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chang WL,Audet RG,Aizenstein BD,Hogan LH,DeMars RI,Klein BS

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The innate immune response to Pneumocystis infection is not well understood. In this study, normal C57BL/6 mouse alveolar macrophages were found to respond to Pneumocystis murina organisms through Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2), leading to the nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB and the production of proinflammatory cytok...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhang C,Wang SH,Lasbury ME,Tschang D,Liao CP,Durant PJ,Lee CH

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ocular damage in young adult mice produced by purified Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A was microscopically characterized at 1 and 5 h and at 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 14, and 21 days after toxin A challenge, using light, transmission, and scanning electron microscopic techniques. Similarly to previously described infectio...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hazlett LD,Berk RS,Iglewski BH

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A preparation procedure for scanning electron microscopy was developed by which gononcoccal colonies can be studied directly on the agar surface. After glutaraldehyde fixation directly in petri dishes, small agar pieces were cut out and dehydrated stepwise in increasing concentrations of ethanol. The blocks were there...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Elmros T,Hörstedt P,Winblad B

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori infection of the stomach causes an active immune response that includes stimulation of inducible nitric oxide (NO) synthase (iNOS) expression. Although NO can kill H. pylori, the bacterium persists indefinitely, suggesting that NO production is inadequate. We determined if the NO derived from iNOS ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chaturvedi R,Asim M,Lewis ND,Algood HM,Cover TL,Kim PY,Wilson KT

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, cytokine patterns produced by CD4(+) T cells isolated from antrum or corpus gastral biopsy specimens of 10 patients with Helicobacter pylori-positive gastritis were compared. To this end, expression of intracellular cytokines (interleukin-4 [IL-4] and gamma interferon) and of CD4 was assessed by flow cy...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sommer F,Faller G,Konturek P,Kirchner T,Hahn EG,Zeus J,Röllinghoff M,Lohoff M

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of infection with low-virulence, tissue culture-propagated strains of reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV) on protective vaccinal immunity against Marek's disease (MD) lymphomas was investigated. Vaccinated chickens inoculated at hatching with greater than 10(4) focus-forming units of REV and challenged with M...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Witter RL,Lee LF,Bacon LD,Smith EJ

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium perfringens type B causes enteritis and enterotoxemia in domestic animals. By definition, these bacteria must produce alpha toxin (CPA), beta toxin (CPB) and epsilon toxin (ETX) although most type B strains also produce perfringolysin O (PFO) and beta2 toxin (CPB2). A recently identified Agr-like quorum-se...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chen J,McClane BA

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protective immunity against Toxoplasma gondii is known to be mediated mainly by T lymphocytes and gamma interferon (IFN-gamma). The contribution of CD4(+) and CD8(+) T-lymphocyte subsets to protective immune responses against T. gondii infection, triggered by a GRA1 (p24) DNA vaccine, was assessed in this study. In vi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Scorza T,D'Souza S,Laloup M,Dewit J,De Braekeleer J,Verschueren H,Vercammen M,Huygen K,Jongert E

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visceral leishmaniasis is a severe and lethal disease caused by the protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania. In areas where leishmaniasis is endemic, most infected individuals control the infection and remain asymptomatic; chemotherapy of visceral leishmaniasis restores some immunity which protects against relapse...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mary C,Auriault V,Faugère B,Dessein AJ

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosome-activated mouse peritoneal macrophages phagocytized and digested Trypanosoma brucei in vitro and in vivo, but in the absence of specific antiserum and complement the degree of phagocytosis was minimal. Ultrastructurally, the parasites attached to the macrophage by their flagella, and ingestion proceeded fl...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stevens DR,Moulton JE

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it has been known for some time that Salmonella typhimurium is able to survive and even replicate in the normally bactericidal environment of the macrophage phagosome, the mechanisms by which this organism accomplishes this feat remain obscure. In this study, a murine macrophage cell line and confocal immunof...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rathman M,Barker LP,Falkow S

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a rapid, continuous method for real-time monitoring of biofilms, both in vitro and in a mouse infection model, through noninvasive imaging of bioluminescent bacteria colonized on Teflon catheters. Two important biofilm-forming bacterial pathogens, Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, wer...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kadurugamuwa JL,Sin L,Albert E,Yu J,Francis K,DeBoer M,Rubin M,Bellinger-Kawahara C,Parr TR Jr,Contag PR

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dextranase preparation (AD17) partially purified from a culture liquor of Spicaria violacea strain IFO 6120 significantly inhibited the formation of artifcial dental plaque on a steel wire or on an extracted tooth surface. Changes in the surface morphology of Streptococcus mutans cells due to AD17 action were studie...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hamada S,Mizuno J,Murayama Y,Ooshima Y,Masuda N

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen preparations derived from Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes (but not from uninfected erythrocytes) can stimulate the in vitro proliferation of peripheral blood lymphocytes from malaria-sensitized as well as nonsensitized donors. The possibility that the nonspecific responses might be due to a parasit...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wyler DJ,Herrod HG,Weinbaum FI

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of Rickettsia prowazekii-infected L929 cells with gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) immediately after infection altered the lipid metabolism of the host cells as determined by measurement of phospholipid hydrolysis and oleic acid incorporation into phospholipids and neutral lipids. At 48 h postinfection, there wa...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Winkler HH,Day L,Daugherty R,Turco J

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three strains of anaerobic, dextranase-producing, gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria were isolated from human dental plaque associated with root carious lesions. The isolates produced a molar ratio of acetate to lactate from glucose fermentation ranging from 1.1 to 1.9. Each strain also produced fructose-6-phosphate p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kaster AG,Brown LR

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxin A (TcdA) and toxin B (TcdB) are major virulence factors of Clostridium difficile. These two toxins intoxicate cultured cells by similar mechanisms, and TcdB generally is more potent than TcdA in cultured cells. The exact reason for this difference is unclear. Here, we report that the cellular effects of TcdA can...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： He X,Sun X,Wang J,Wang X,Zhang Q,Tzipori S,Feng H

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A canine distemper virus (CDV), DESIGNATED R252, originally recovered from a dog with demyelinating encephalomyelitis was shown to reproduce this disease in gnotobiotic dogs with a high incidence as compared to other CDV strains, which produced an acute fatal infection. In this investigation, R252 was propagated for t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Confer AW,Kahn DE,Koestner A,Krakowka S

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus anthracis, the etiological agent of anthrax disease, is a proven weapon of bioterrorism. Currently, the only licensed vaccine against anthrax in the United States is AVA Biothrax, which, although efficacious, suffers from several limitations. This vaccine requires six injectable doses over 18 months to stimul...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Osorio M,Wu Y,Singh S,Merkel TJ,Bhattacharyya S,Blake MS,Kopecko DJ

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Challenges with the production and suboptimal immunogenicity of malaria vaccine candidates have slowed the development of a Plasmodium falciparum multiantigen vaccine. Attempting to resolve these issues, we focused on the use of highly immunogenic merozoite surface protein 8 (MSP8) as a vaccine carrier protein. Previo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Parzych EM,Miura K,Ramanathan A,Long CA,Burns JM Jr

更新日期：2017-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus ducreyi expresses 2 OmpA homologs, designated MOMP and OmpA2, whose genes are arranged in tandem on the chromosome. Northern blot analysis indicated that momp and ompA2 are transcribed independently. Sequences of the momp open reading frame (ORF) lacking the transcriptional start site were amplified by PCR...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Throm RE,Al-Tawfiq JA,Fortney KR,Katz BP,Hood AF,Slaughter CA,Hansen EJ,Spinola SM

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori strains frequently express Lewis X (Le(x)) and/or Le(y) on their cell surfaces as constituents of the O antigens of their lipopolysaccharide molecules. To assess the effect of Le(x) and Le(y) expression on the ability of H. pylori to colonize the mouse stomach and to adhere to epithelial cells, iso...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Takata T,El-Omar E,Camorlinga M,Thompson SA,Minohara Y,Ernst PB,Blaser MJ

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae contains an inhibitor of human neutrophil elastase. The agent does not inhibit other proteases, including neutrophil cathepsin G and pancreatic elastase. It is active in the presence of insoluble elastin as well as synthetic elastase substrates. The inhibitor is present in the pneumococcal cel...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Vered M,Simon SR,Janoff A

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans are the sole reservoir of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, an organism which undergoes a marked increase in metabolic rate after exposure to a low-molecular-weight, heat-stable component(s) of human serum. Further studies on the effect of serum on gonococcal metabolism were undertaken. Gonococcal broth (GCB) is commonly ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Britigan BE,Chai Y,Cohen MS

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00