Distinct regulatory pathways control expression of Borrelia burgdorferi infection-associated OspC and Erp surface proteins.

abstract：:Apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA1) is expressed on the surfaces of Plasmodium falciparum merozoites and is thought to play an important role in the invasion of erythrocytes by malaria parasites. To select for peptides that mimic conformational B-cell epitopes on AMA1, we screened a phage display library of >10(8) indivi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Casey JL,Coley AM,Anders RF,Murphy VJ,Humberstone KS,Thomas AW,Foley M

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells of several strains of Streptococcus gordonii attached in much higher numbers to experimental pellicles formed from samples of submandibular or parotid saliva on hydroxyapatite (HA) beads than to buffer controls. The nature of the salivary components responsible were investigated by preparing experimental pellicl...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gibbons RJ,Hay DI,Schlesinger DH

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strains of Cryptococcus neoformans vary in resistance to phagocytosis in vitro. The binding of isolated capsular polysaccharide (CPS) to a capsule-free mutant of C. neoformans confers resistance to phagocytosis. The importance of capsule composition to differences among strains in susceptibility to phagocytosis was ev...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Small JM,Mitchell TG

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Active immunization with Escherichia coli-expressed recombinant outer surface protein C (OspC) of Borrelia burgdorferi has been demonstrated to confer protection against a tick-transmitted infection on laboratory animals. A previous study in this laboratory showed that OspC antibody raised against a denatured immunoge...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gilmore RD Jr,Mbow ML

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gram-negative bacterial pathogens utilize virulence-associated secretion systems to inject, or translocate, effector proteins into host cells to manipulate cellular processes and promote bacterial replication. However, translocated bacterial products are sensed by nucleotide binding domain and leucine-rich repeat-cont...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zwack EE,Feeley EM,Burton AR,Hu B,Yamamoto M,Kanneganti TD,Bliska JB,Coers J,Brodsky IE

更新日期：2017-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) is the leading cause of urinary tract infections. These bacteria undertake a multistage infection cycle involving invasion of and proliferation within urinary tract epithelial cells, leading to the rupture of the host cell and dispersal of the bacteria, some of which have a highly...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Iosifidis G,Duggin IG

更新日期：2020-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The antihistoplasma activity of recombinant murine gamma interferon (rMuIFN-gamma)-treated macrophages of the RAW 264.7 cell line depends on the generation of nitric oxide (NO.) from L-arginine. Macrophages of the P388D1 cell line treated with rMuIFN-gamma do not produce NO. or inhibit the intracellular growth of Hist...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lane TE,Otero GC,Wu-Hsieh BA,Howard DH

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During bacterial infection of the bovine mammary gland, large numbers of leukocytes migrate into the udder, resulting in the establishment of a host response against the pathogen. Currently, the specific leukocyte populations mediating this immune response are not well defined. In the studies described here, we analyz...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Soltys J,Quinn MT

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice with disrupted beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2m-/-), I-A (class II-/-), or CD4 (CD4-/-) genes were examined for their capacity to resolve Chlamydia trachomatis genital tract infection. C57BL/6 and beta 2m-/- mice resolved infection similarly and were culture negative by 4 to 5 weeks following infection. Conversely, ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Morrison RP,Feilzer K,Tumas DB

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When rabbit peritoneal exudate cells were incubated for 24 and 48 h with phytohemagglutinin-activated lymphocytes or their culture supernatants, two times as many cells remained adherent to culture slides as in the controls. More spreading cells were found among the adherent cells in the stimulated cultures. Eighty pe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ando M,Suga M,Shima K,Sugimoto M,Higuchi S

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucosa-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are an innate-like T cell subset in mammals that recognize microbial vitamin B metabolites presented by the evolutionarily conserved major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC I)-related molecule, MR1. Emerging data suggest that MAIT cells may be an attractive target for v...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Vorkas CK,Levy O,Skular M,Li K,Aubé J,Glickman MS

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The bactericidal and opsonizing effects of normal human serum on six strains of Salmonella typhimurium LT-2 having different lipopolysaccharide (LPS) composition were demonstrated through five indices. Complement activity in the presence of antibody was important for the opsonization of all six strains and for the bac...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Shaio MF,Rowland H

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adhesion of Trichomonas vaginalis is believed to be dependent on four adhesion proteins, which are thought to bind to vaginal epithelial cells in a specific manner with a ligand-receptor type of interaction. However, the specific receptors on the host cell have not yet been identified. In this work, the ability of the...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Addis MF,Rappelli P,Fiori PL

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae cell wall and pneumolysin are important contributors to pneumococcal pathogenicity in some animal models. To further explore these factors in middle ear inflammation caused by pneumococci, penicillin-induced inflammatory acceleration was studied by using three closely related pneumococcal stra...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sato K,Quartey MK,Liebeler CL,Le CT,Giebink GS

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto is the major causative agent of Lyme disease in the United States, while B. garinii and B. afzelii are more prevalent in Europe. The highly complex genome of B. burgdorferi is comprised of a linear chromosome and a large number of variably sized linear and circular plasmids. Many pla...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chan K,Casjens S,Parveen N

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative roles of serum factors required for opsonization of type XIV Streptococcus pneumoniae were investigated by means of luminol-enhanced chemiluminescence (CL), bactericidal, and immunofluorescence assays employing adult sera containing high (>1,000 ng of antibody nitrogen per ml) or low (<200 ng of antibody ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gardner SE,Anderson DC,Webb BJ,Stitzel AE,Edwards MS,Spitzer RE,Baker CJ

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding the 56-kDa protein of Orientia tsutsugamushi Shanxi was amplified by a nested PCR and cloned into the expression vector pQE30. The 56-kDa protein of O. tsutsugamushi Shanxi (Sxh56) was expressed as a fusion protein with the His(6)-binding protein of Escherichia coli by deleting the signal peptide-enc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chen WJ,Niu DS,Zhang XY,Chen ML,Cui H,Wei WJ,Wen BH,Chen XR

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that a pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA)-based vaccine containing DNA plasmid encoding the Flt3 ligand (FL) gene (pFL) as a nasal adjuvant prevented nasal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae. In this study, we further investigated the safety and efficacy of this nasal vaccine for the indu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kataoka K,Fujihashi K,Oma K,Fukuyama Y,Hollingshead SK,Sekine S,Kawabata S,Ito HO,Briles DE,Oishi K

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the suckling mouse assay is widely used for the detection of heat-stable Escherichia coli enterotoxin (ST), few data have been published concerning the reproducibility, optimal growth, and test conditions of this assay. Four strains of toxigenic E. coli known to elaborate both heat-labile enterotoxin and ST o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Giannella RA

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five mutagens were used to induce mutants of Candida albicans. Ultraviolet light, N-nitroso-N'-methyl-N-nitrosoguanidine, and N-nitroso-N-methylurethane were effective mutagens which induced stable auxotrophs. N-nitroso-N-methylurethane produced the largest number and variety of mutants. Nitrous acid and hydroxylamine...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Savage N,Balish E

更新日期：1971-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides play an important role in host defense against Vibrio cholerae Generally, the V. cholerae O1 classical biotype is polymyxin B (PB) sensitive and El Tor is relatively resistant. Detection of classical biotype traits like the production of classical cholera toxin and PB sensitivity in El Tor strai...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Samanta P,Mandal RS,Saha RN,Shaw S,Ghosh P,Dutta S,Ghosh A,Imamura D,Morita M,Ohnishi M,Ramamurthy T,Mukhopadhyay AK

更新日期：2020-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:To serially examine the immunopathogenesis and histopathology of infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae, we inoculated two cynomolgus monkeys in the conjunctival sac, nose, and nasopharynx with C. pneumoniae TWAR. After inoculation, C. pneumoniae was isolated from the inoculation sites and the rectums of both monkeys for...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Holland SM,Taylor HR,Gaydos CA,Kappus EW,Quinn TC

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Commercial fluid used for peritoneal lavage in peritonitis and in peritoneal dialysis suppressed the activity of peripheral blood leukocytes as measured by chemiluminescence, phagocytosis, and bacterial killing. Suppression was found to be due to the low pH and high osmolality of the fluid. The pH was adjusted to noni...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Duwe AK,Vas SI,Weatherhead JW

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adherence of invasive Escherichia coli strains 444-3 and 469-3 to human erythrocytes and to cultured HeLa and HEp-2 cells has been examined by electron microscopy. Bacteria elaborating type 1 fimbriae, glycocalyces , and nonfimbrial mannose-resistant hemagglutinins specific for human erythrocytes were identified i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Knutton S,Williams PH,Lloyd DR,Candy DC,McNeish AS

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunoprophylactic effect of chemically inactivated Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A in experimental pseudomonas infections was studied. Exotoxin A toxoids were prepared by Formalin (f-TXD) or glutaraldehyde (g-TXD) treatment. Immunization of mice with three or four doses (10 micrograms each) of f-TXD and the syn...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pavlovskis OR,Edman DC,Leppla SH,Wretlind B,Lewis LR,Martin KE

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some interrelationships among age, ambient temperature, intestinal transit, and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection were studied in an infant mouse model. The transit of dye in the small intestine was accelerated during the response to heat-stable E. coli enterotoxin. Transit in the small intestine of normal mi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Moon HW,Fung PY,Isaacson RE,Booth GD

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio vulnificus is an oyster-associated bacterial pathogen that causes life-threatening fulminating septicemia and necrotizing wound infections in humans. The capsular polysaccharide of V. vulnificus (VvPS) is critical for virulence. Previously we showed that active immunization of mice with a VvPS-tetanus toxoid (V...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Devi SJ,Hayat U,Powell JL,Morris JG Jr

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phagocytosis of unopsonized Salmonella typhimurium 395, MR-10, opsonized Salmonella typhimurium 395 MS, and Staphylococcus epidermidis by rabbit polymorphonuclear leukocytes was inhibited by heparin at concentrations as low as 0.5 U/ml. Inhibition was dose dependent and nearly complete at 20 U/ml. Provided that hepari...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Victor M,Weiss J,Elsbach P

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ureaplasma urealyticum has previously been isolated from the cultured cerebrospinal fluid of 13 of 418 newborn infants; additional bloodstream isolates were obtained from the same population. Ten of the 13 cerebrospinal fluid and 3 bloodstream isolates were available for serotyping in the present study. By the use of ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zheng X,Watson HL,Waites KB,Cassell GH

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-one patients with a variety of different illnesses were studied with respect to skin test anergy and the presence of serum chemotactic inhibitors. In initial testing, 55% of the patient tests demonstrated negative skin test responses to all six test antigens. Sera from 65% of these anergic patients were capable ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Van Epps DE,Frierson JA,Williams RC

更新日期：1974-11-01 00:00:00