Spa contributes to the virulence of type 18 group A streptococci.

abstract：:Serine proteases and serine protease homologs form the second largest gene family in the Drosophila melanogaster genome. Certain genes in the Jonah multigene family encoding serine proteases have been implicated in the fly antiviral immune response. Here, we report the involvement of Jonah66Ci in the Drosophila immune...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yadav S,Eleftherianos I

更新日期：2019-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified version of the Bacteroides fragilis transposon Tn4400, designated Tn4400', enabling rapid isolation and analysis of B. fragilis mutants has been constructed. To identify potential virulence factors, Tn4400'-generated mutants were screened by a new method; this resulted in the isolation of 21 mutant strains ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tang YP,Malamy MH

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian host response to infection includes the production and secretion of antimicrobial peptides from phagocytes and epithelial cells. Protegrins, a group of broadly microbicidal peptides isolated originally from porcine neutrophil lysates, were found to be stored as inactive proforms in porcine neutrophil gra...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Shi J,Ganz T

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adherence of Trichomonas vaginalis NYH 286 to host cells was evaluated by using monolayer cultures of HeLa and HEp-2 epithelial cells and human fibroblast cell lines. Saturation of sites on HeLa cells was achieved, yielding a maximal T. vaginalis NYH 286-to-cell ratio of two. The ability of radiolabeled NYH 286 to...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Alderete JF,Garza GE

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin E protects nonimmunized and immunized mice against fatal Diplococcus pneumoniae type I (DpI) infection. A dietary supplementation of 180 mg of dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate per kg of diet increased survival of nonimmunized mice from 20 to 80% when challenged with 20 organisms, and of mice immunized with 0.5 ng o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Heinzerling RH,Tengerdy RP,Wick LL,Lueker DC

更新日期：1974-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Representative isolates of nonmucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa were studied to investigate the hypothesis that mucinophilic and chemotactic properties in this species act as potential factors in the initial stages of pulmonary colonization in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Transmission electron microscopy with a sur...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nelson JW,Tredgett MW,Sheehan JK,Thornton DJ,Notman D,Govan JR

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detailed structural studies were undertaken on five isolates of bovine rotavirus which showed variability in the migration patterns of their genome segments on electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gels. The individual genome segments of each isolate were characterized by partial digestion of terminally radiolabeled RNA w...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Clarke IN,McCrae MA

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse fibroblasts (L cells) were infected in suspension with Chlamydia psittaci (6BC) and then plated out on a solid substrate at a density of 80 cells per cm2 so that the effect of chlamydial infection on the division of single host cells and their progeny could be determined. Uninfected L cells multiplied with a mea...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Horoschak KD,Moulder JW

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antigens of Haemophilus somnus recognized by convalescent bovine serum were studied by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and Western blotting with a protein A-peroxidase conjugate. The same two 76K and 40K antigens were predominant in whole-bacterium preparations and in outer-membrane-enric...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Corbeil LB,Arthur JE,Widders PR,Smith JW,Barbet AF

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors in the queous humor capable of increasing the random migration and chemotaxis of monocytes were demonstrated during experimental uveitis in the rabbit. Injection of endotoxin-free human serum albumin into the vitreous produced a severe inflammation detectable after 7 days and maximal between 12 to 21 days. Aqu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sher NA,Foon KA,Fishman ML,Brown TM

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytolethal distending toxin (Cdt) of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is an atypical A-B-type toxin consisting of a heterotrimer composed of the cdtA, cdtB, and cdtC gene products. The CdtA and CdtC subunits form two heterogeneous ricin-like lectin domains which bind the holotoxin to the target cell. Point mut...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cao L,Volgina A,Korostoff J,DiRienzo JM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to evaluate the immunogenicity and the protective efficacy of a divalent fusion DNA vaccine encoding both the Brucella abortus L7/L12 protein (ribosomal protein) and Omp16 protein (outer membrane lipoprotein), designated pcDNA3.1-L7/L12-Omp16. Intramuscular injection of this divalent DNA vaccin...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Luo D,Ni B,Li P,Shi W,Zhang S,Han Y,Mao L,He Y,Wu Y,Wang X

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary antibody response of BALB/c splenocytes to sheep erythrocytes in vitro was suppressed by infection with Friend leukemia virus (FLV), with the response capacity decreasing with increasing duration of infection. The acquisition of normal antibody responses was amplified by macrophage-produced antibody respon...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Butler RC,Frier JM,Chapekar MS,Graham MO,Friedman H

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) constitute the majority of nosocomial UTIs and pose significant clinical challenges. Enterococcal species are among the predominant causative agents of CAUTIs. However, very little is known about the pathophysiology of Enterococcus-mediated UTIs. We optimized a mur...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Guiton PS,Hung CS,Hancock LE,Caparon MG,Hultgren SJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions between Yersinia enterocolitica and rabbit ileal mucus were examined. Strains carrying the Yersinia virulence plasmid, pYV, adhered to crude mucus but not to intestinal luminal contents that had been immobilized on polystyrene. Using an Y. enterocolitica O:9 mutant in which the yadA gene (formerly called ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Paerregaard A,Espersen F,Jensen OM,Skurnik M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have noted that the prevalence of certain gonococcal colony types is influenced by the physiological state of the human host. Consequently eight different gonococcal strains were passed on clear typing medium, and opaque (Op) and transparent (Tr) variants of heavily pilated (P++) bacteria were selecte...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Salit IE,Gotschlich EC

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both interleukin-17A (IL-17A) and IL-17F are proinflammatory cytokines that have an important role in intestinal homeostasis via receptor signaling. These cytokines have been characterized in chickens, but very little is known about their receptors and their functional activity. We provide here the first description o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kim WH,Jeong J,Park AR,Yim D,Kim S,Chang HH,Yang SH,Kim DH,Lillehoj HS,Min W

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteroides fragilis with enterotoxin-like activity (BFEL) was isolated from the feces of 24- to 48-h-old lambs with acute diarrheal disease on three different sheep ranches in the Northern Rocky Mountain region of the United States. The lamb intestinal loop test was used to enrich for the bacterium before its initial...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Myers LL,Firehammer BD,Shoop DS,Border MM

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms linking the immune response to cutaneous and mucosal leishmaniasis (CL and ML, respectively) lesions and the response to treatment are incompletely understood. Our aims were to prospectively assess, by quantitative reverse transcription-PCR, the levels of mRNA for gamma interferon, tumor necrosis factor...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Maurer-Cecchini A,Decuypere S,Chappuis F,Alexandrenne C,De Doncker S,Boelaert M,Dujardin JC,Loutan L,Dayer JM,Tulliano G,Arevalo J,Llanos-Cuentas A,Chizzolini C

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The derivative toxins purified from cultures of proteolytic strains of Clostridium botulinum types A and F were found to have been only partially nicked but were fully activated. Trypsinization of C. botulinum type B derivative toxin at pH 6.0 resulted in simultaneous activation and nicking, whereas at pH 4.5, activat...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ohishi I,Sakaguchi G

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease pathogen, dramatically alters its protein profile when it is transmitted between ticks and mammals. Several differentially expressed proteins have been shown to be critical for the enzootic cycle of B. burgdorferi. In this study, we demonstrated that expression of the surface lip...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Xu H,He M,He JJ,Yang XF

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae infection leads to multifold increases in sialyltransferase, galactosyltransferase, alpha 2-fucosyltransferase, and alpha 3-fucosyltransferase activity of rat liver. Such changes may reflect an increased demand for glycosylation of acute-phase proteins synthesized and secreted by the liver dur...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Canonico PG,Little JS,Powanda MC,Bostian KA,Beisel WR

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus pneumoniae are widely thought to rapidly die outside the human host, losing infectivity following desiccation in the environment. However, to date, all literature investigating the infectivity of desiccated streptococci has used broth-grown, planktonic populations. In this...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Marks LR,Reddinger RM,Hakansson AP

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori colonizes the gastric epithelium of at least 50% of the world's human population, playing a causative role in the development of chronic gastritis, peptic ulcers, and gastric adenocarcinoma. Current evidence indicates that H. pylori can invade epithelial cells in the gastric mucosa. However, relati...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Terebiznik MR,Vazquez CL,Torbicki K,Banks D,Wang T,Hong W,Blanke SR,Colombo MI,Jones NL

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a test of endotoxic potency based upon the development of histamine hypersensitivity in mice were compared with the results obtained by testing the same materials for pyrogenicity in rabbits and lethality for chicken embryos (CELD50). The results of the histamine hypersensitization test (HHT) correlated...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bergman RK,Milner KC,Munoz JJ

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent study demonstrated that polyclonal antibodies to Rickettsia conorii and monoclonal antibodies to outer membrane proteins A (OmpA) and B (OmpB) provided effective, Fc-dependent, passive immunity, even in severe combined immunodeficient mice with an established infection. In order to determine the mechanism of ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Feng HM,Whitworth T,Popov V,Walker DH

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free-living amoebae of the genus Acanthamoeba can cause severe and chronic infections in humans, mainly localized in immune privileged sites, such as the brain and the eye. Monocytes/macrophages are thought to be involved in Acanthamoeba infections, but little is known about how these facultative parasites influence t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mattana A,Sanna M,Cano A,Delogu G,Erre G,Roberts CW,Henriquez FL,Fiori PL,Cappuccinelli P

更新日期：2016-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocytes derived from 72- to 90-day-old fetal piglet thymuses respond in vitro to phytohemagglutinin quantitatively greater than do spleen cell lymphocytes. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rodey GE,Day N,Holmes-Gray B,Good RA

更新日期：1972-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Edema disease (ED) of weanling pigs is caused by an infection with Escherichia coli that produces Shiga-like toxin II variant (SLT-IIv). Pathology identical to that caused by ED can be duplicated in pigs that are injected with less than 10 ng of purified SLT-IIv per kg of body weight. Therefore, SLT-IIv was mutated to...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gordon VM,Whipp SC,Moon HW,O'Brien AD,Samuel JE

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spleen cell cultures from guinea pigs given legionella pneumophila vaccine in complete Freund adjuvant or as a sublethal infection were inhibited in their migration activity in vitro when incubated with specific antigen. Both direct and indirect migration inhibition assays revealed sensitization of the guinea pigs to ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Friedman H,Widen R,Lee I,Klein T

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00