Temperature-regulated protein synthesis by Leptospira interrogans.

abstract：:T cells bearing the gammadelta antigen receptor (gammadelta T cells) can constitute up to 50% of T cells in the peripheral blood and lymphoid organs of young cattle. We present data showing that gammadelta T cells are involved in immune responses against Theileria parva. gammadelta T cells isolated from peripheral blo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Daubenberger CA,Taracha EL,Gaidulis L,Davis WC,McKeever DJ

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study is to evaluate the contribution of mast cells to Helicobacter pylori immunity in a model of vaccine-induced protection. Mast cell-deficient Kitl(Sl)/Kitl(Sl-d) and control mice were immunized with H. pylori sonicate plus cholera toxin and challenged with H. pylori, and the bacterial loads, infla...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ding H,Nedrud JG,Wershil B,Redline RW,Blanchard TG,Czinn SJ

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we used Escherichia coli strain F11(P155) of porcine origin. The heat-stable enterotoxin (ST) was produced with a batch fermentor under agitation (500 rpm) and forced aeration (5 liters/min) in Casamino Acids yeast extract medium containing 0.2% glucose. The pH varied from 7.2 to 7.8. The maximum amount ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lallier R,Lariviere S,St-Pierre S

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 7 strains are shown to spontaneously lose cytolytic activity with a frequency of approximately 10(-4). The phenotypic change is associated with the loss of approximately 8.5 kbp of chromosomal DNA. A genomic fragment encoding the cytolysin and its flanking sequences was cloned ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Anderson C,Potter AA,Gerlach GF

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune complexes have been partially purified from the serum of Plasmodium berghei-infected mice by ultracentrifugation on 10 to 40% linear sucrose gradients, by precipitation with polyethylene glycol, and by gel filtration through Sephacryl S-300. The complexes contain gamma 1, gamma 2a, gamma 2b, and gamma 3 subclas...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Shear HL

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a glycoprotein fraction, designated gp10/20, purified from Leishmania mexicana amazonensis was shown to induce a cellular immune response mediated by murine L3T4+ T lymphocytes. This fact led us to pursue further the characterization of this fraction. The present study demonstrated that gp10/20 is a degradat...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rodrigues MM,Xavier MT,Mendonça-Previato L,Barcinski MA

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the hypothesis that the Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin gene cluster (egc) can generate new enterotoxin genes by recombination, we analyzed the egc locus in a broad panel of 666 clinical isolates of S. aureus. egc was present in 63% of isolates, confirming its high prevalence. The archetypal organization of ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Thomas DY,Jarraud S,Lemercier B,Cozon G,Echasserieau K,Etienne J,Gougeon ML,Lina G,Vandenesch F

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were performed to study the effect of antibody to Streptococcus mutans glucosyltransferase (GTF) on the implantation of these organisms in hamsters. Salivary (immunoglobulin A) and serum (immunoglobulin G) antibodies to GTF and GTF-inhibiting activity were elicited by injection of GTF in Freund complete ad...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Smith DJ,Taubman MA,Ebersole JL

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete nucleotide sequence of a 612-base-pair DNA fragment containing the gene for the major fimbrial subunit of CS3 of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli is presented. A possible promoter region, a ribosome-binding site, and two potential signal peptidase cleavage sites are indicated. Unlike the best-studied fimb...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Boylan M,Smyth CJ,Scott JR

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific stimulation of T cells by phytohemagglutinin and Lens culinaris lectin was inhibited by a soluble factor(s) secreted by normal adherent cells stimulated with culture filtrate protein extract (CFPE) derived from bacterial cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra (avirulent) and H37Rv (virulent). The induct...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Parra C,Montaño LF,Huesca M,Rayón I,Willms K,Goodsaid F

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pasteurella (Mannheimia) haemolytica leukotoxin (Lkt) causes cell type- and species-specific effects in ruminant leukocytes. Recent studies indicate that P. haemolytica Lkt binds to bovine CD18, the common subunit of all beta2 integrins. We designed experiments with the following objectives: to identify which member o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Jeyaseelan S,Hsuan SL,Kannan MS,Walcheck B,Wang JF,Kehrli ME,Lally ET,Sieck GC,Maheswaran SK

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have discovered two distinctly different fimbriae expressed by the same Porphyromonas gingivalis strain. The construction of a fimA mutant of P. gingivalis ATCC 33277 has previously been reported by N. Hamada et al. (Infect. Immun. 62:1696-1704, 1994). Expression of fimbriae on the surface of the fimA mutant and th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hamada N,Sojar HT,Cho MI,Genco RJ

更新日期：1996-11-01 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：:The virulence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae for chicken embryos can be modified in a predictable manner by the addition of microbial siderophores to the inoculum. "Meningobactin" and "gonobactin," siderophores isolated from iron-limited cultures of meningococci and gonococci, respectively, enhance the virulence of the rela...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Finkelstein RA,Yancey RJ

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two murine monoclonal antibodies (immunoglobulin M) evoked against human kidney tissue were examined for cross-reactivity with group A streptococci. A glomerulus-specific antibody, PMII.40.H.2, cross-reacted in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with purified pepsin-extracted M proteins from type 6 and 12 streptococ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Goroncy-Bermes P,Dale JB,Beachey EH,Opferkuch W

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porphyromonas gingivalis, a bacterium associated with active chronic periodontitis lesions, produces several proteolytic enzymes that are thought to be involved in host colonization, perturbation of the immune system, and tissue destruction. The aim of the present study was to investigate the contribution of Arg- and ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Grenier D,Imbeault S,Plamondon P,Grenier G,Nakayama K,Mayrand D

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GNA33 is a membrane-bound lipoprotein with murein hydrolase activity that is present in all Neisseria species and well conserved in different meningococcal isolates. The protein shows 33% identity to a lytic transglycolase (MltA) from Escherichia coli and has been shown to be involved in the degradation of both insolu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Adu-Bobie J,Lupetti P,Brunelli B,Granoff D,Norais N,Ferrari G,Grandi G,Rappuoli R,Pizza M

更新日期：2004-04-01 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：:A mutual symbiotic enhancement of growth of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Treponema denticola is described in this report. Brain heart infusion broth supplemented with vitamin K did not support the individual growth of P. gingivalis or T. denticola. However, when inoculated as a mixture, both bacterial species did grow...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Grenier D

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptidoglycan (PG) turnover in exponentially growing Neisseria gonorrhoeae RD5 type 4 was accompanied by release of soluble PG fragments into the medium. Turnover of the D-[14C]glucosamine-labeled glycan moiety and of the meso-[3H]diaminopimelic acid (DAP)-labeled peptide region occurred at similar rates (ca. 35% per ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rosenthal RS

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outer surface protein A (OspA) of the Lyme disease spirochete is primarily produced in the tick vector. OspA, which is a receptor for attaching spirochetes to the tick gut, is down regulated as the spirochetes leave the tick and enter the mammalian host. Although OspA is not a major antigen produced in the mammal, the...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Strother KO,Hodzic E,Barthold SW,de Silva AM

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus peptidoglycan displayed a marked dose-dependent mitogenic activity for mouse splenocytes and human peripheral blood lymphocytes in vitro, as measured by increased [3H]thymidine incorporation. Similarly it was mitogenic for athymic nude mouse spleen cells, whereas no blastogenic effect was observe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dziarski R,Dziarski A

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate that 2-month-old female B10.T(6R) mice are highly resistant to systemic infection with the KIM5 strain of Yersinia pestis and that B10.T(6R) mice become susceptible to Y. pestis infection by the age of 5 months. In this study, young (2-month-old) and middle-aged (5- to 12-month-old) B10.T(6R) mice were ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lambert ND,Langfitt DM,Nilles ML,Bradley DS

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The screening of several inbred strains of mice suggested that the capacity of their spleen cells to respond to the mitogenic effect of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of gram-negative bacteria was correlated with their resistance to intraperitoneal infection with Salmonella typhimurium. An infection of LPS into mice caused ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： von Jeney N,Günther E,Jann K

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Naturally occurring antibodies against [Gal alpha-1,3-Gal] structures (anti-Gal antibodies) are the primary effectors of human hyperacute rejection (HAR) of nonhuman tissue. Unlike most mammals, humans lack a functional alpha-1,3-galactosyltransferase (GalT) gene and produce abundant anti-Gal antibodies, putatively in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Posekany KJ,Pittman HK,Bradfield JF,Haisch CE,Verbanac KM

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from adult periodontitis patients were analyzed for antibody activity against surface antigens of Bacteroides gingivalis by immunoblotting analysis. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Naito Y,Okuda K,Takazoe I

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo administration of bacterial lipopolysaccharide to mice induced DNA fragmentation in the thymus. Fragmented DNA was confirmed by agarose gel electrophoresis and laser flow cytometry. DNA fragmentation was predominantly detected in the thymus of young mice, while it was undetectable in the spleen, bone marrow, a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhang YH,Takahashi K,Jiang GZ,Kawai M,Fukada M,Yokochi T

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared a cryptococcal culture filtrate antigen referred to as CneF with chemically defined cryptococcal antigen fractions isolated by Cherniak and co-workers by using double immunodiffusion gels, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, immunoblots, and footpad reactivity of immunized mice. The three previously descri...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Murphy JW,Mosley RL,Cherniak R,Reyes GH,Kozel TR,Reiss E

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germination of Bacillus anthracis Sterne and plasmidless Delta-Sterne endospores was dramatically enhanced in RAW264.7 macrophage-like cells, while germination of nonpathogenic Bacillus endospores was not. Elimination of gerS, a germinant receptor locus, caused a complete loss of cell-enhanced germination, implicating...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ireland JA,Hanna PC

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella pertussis is the causative agent of whooping cough, a potentially lethal respiratory disease in children. In immunocompetent individuals, B. pertussis infection elicits an effective adaptive immune response driven by activated CD4(+) T cells. However, live B. pertussis persists in the host for 3 to 4 weeks ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Shumilla JA,Lacaille V,Hornell TM,Huang J,Narasimhan S,Relman DA,Mellins ED

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00