Deletion of wboA enhances activation of the lectin pathway of complement in Brucella abortus and Brucella melitensis.

abstract：:A murine immunoglobulin G monoclonal antibody (MAb) raised against outer membrane vesicles of Moraxella catarrhalis 035E was shown to bind to a surface-exposed epitope of a major outer membrane protein of this organism. This outer membrane protein, which had an apparent molecular weight of approximately 80,000 in sodi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Helminen ME,Maciver I,Latimer JL,Cope LD,McCracken GH Jr,Hansen EJ

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The obligate intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii critically relies on host cell invasion during infection. Proteins secreted from the apical micronemes are central components for host cell recognition, invasion, egress, and virulence. Although previous work established that the sporozoite protein with an altered ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Huynh MH,Boulanger MJ,Carruthers VB

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outer membrane of pathogenic Leptospira species grown in culture media contains lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a porin (OmpL1), and several lipoproteins, including LipL36 and LipL41. The purpose of this study was to characterize the expression and distribution of these outer membrane antigens during renal infection. Ha...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Barnett JK,Barnett D,Bolin CA,Summers TA,Wagar EA,Cheville NF,Hartskeerl RA,Haake DA

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group A streptococci (GAS) are highly prevalent human pathogens whose primary ecological niche is the superficial epithelial layers of the throat and/or skin. Many GAS strains with a strong tendency to cause pharyngitis are distinct from strains that tend to cause impetigo; thus, genetic differences between them may c...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rouchon CN,Ly AT,Noto JP,Luo F,Lizano S,Bessen DE

更新日期：2017-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Resequencing estA3, an allele of the methanol-soluble heat-stable enterotoxin of Escherichia coli showed that the proline triplet 19 is in fact an alanine codon; thus, estA alleles 3 and 4 were shown to be identical. Resequencing has also shown that the carboxy terminus of another allele, estA2, is not the previously ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Guzman-Verduzco LM,Kupersztoch YM

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that a Pasteurella multocida cexA mutant (PBA875) was impaired in capsule export and highly attenuated in virulence for mice (J. D. Boyce and B. Adler, Infect. Immun. 68:3463-3468, 2000). In this study we show that immunization with high, but not low, doses of PBA875 can confer significant pro...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Boyce JD,Adler B

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined apoptotic cell death associated with Shiga-like toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli. Renal cortices from three children with postenteropathic hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) and from mice infected with E. coli O157:H7 and pediatric renal tubular epithelial cells stimulated with Stx and E. coli O...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Karpman D,Håkansson A,Perez MT,Isaksson C,Carlemalm E,Caprioli A,Svanborg C

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elicited macrophages from 129sv mice with a functional deletion of the natural-resistance-associated macrophage protein 1 gene (Nramp1) were shown to be as susceptible as wild-type mice to infection with the Chlamydia trachomatis mouse pneumonitis and L3 serovars and to Chlamydia pneumoniae. Furthermore, the two group...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pal S,Peterson EM,de La Maza LM

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokine gene expression in cells migrating in afferent and efferent intestinal lymph was monitored for extended time periods in individual sheep experimentally infected with the nematode Trichostrongylus colubriformis. Animals from stable selection lines with increased levels of either genetic resistance (R) or susce...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pernthaner A,Cole SA,Morrison L,Hein WR

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In attempts to reactivate latent herpes simplex virus, we instilled Diplococcus pneumoniae intratracheally into mice harboring latent infections in sacrosciatic spinal ganglia. All mice developed a severe pneumonia within 24 h and were given penicillin therapy. Representative mice that survived the penumonia were sacr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stevens JG,Cook ML,Jordan MC

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), E4, L1-4, and L1-24, to the major outer membrane protein (MOMP) of Chlamydia trachomatis were identified that neutralized in vitro the infectivity of members of the B- and C-related complex as well as the mouse pneumonitis strain. MAbs L1-4, L1-24, and E4 gave a strong signal in an ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Peterson EM,Cheng X,Markoff BA,Fielder TJ,de la Maza LM

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four pneumococcal genes (phtA, phtB, phtD, and phtE) encoding a novel family of homologous proteins (32 to 87% identity) were identified from the Streptococcus pneumoniae genomic sequence. These open reading frames were selected as potential vaccine candidates based upon their possession of hydrophobic leader sequence...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Adamou JE,Heinrichs JH,Erwin AL,Walsh W,Gayle T,Dormitzer M,Dagan R,Brewah YA,Barren P,Lathigra R,Langermann S,Koenig S,Johnson S

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chimeric recombinant protein composed of the lktA gene product from Pasteurella haemolytica fused to bovine interleukin-2 (IL-2) was made. The LKT-IL-2 chimera was compared with recombinant bovine IL-2 with regard to the ability to induce proliferative responses and LAK cell activity in bovine peripheral blood monon...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hughes HP,Campos M,Potter AA,Babiuk LA

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cytotoxin was found in culture filtrates of a number of Escherichia coli strains that differed from the known heat-stable and heat-labile enterotoxins of E. coli. It was cytotoxic for Vero but not for Y-1 or CHO cells, and its effect on Vero was distinctly different from that of heat-labile enterotoxin. It was labil...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Konowalchuk J,Speirs JI,Stavric S

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic species of the spotted fever group Rickettsia are subjected to repeated exposures to the host complement system through cyclic infections of mammalian and tick hosts. The serum complement machinery is a formidable obstacle for bacteria to overcome if they endeavor to endure this endozoonotic cycle. We have ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Riley SP,Patterson JL,Martinez JJ

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid and reproducible method of bacteriocin typing is described based on leakage of ultraviolet light-absorbing material (UVAM), detectable in supernatants of bacteriocin-sensitive cultures, by means of a spectrophotometer. The prerequisites for reproducible results, with nonsignificant fluctuations in standard err...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Farkas-Himsley H,Pagel A

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors 2 and 4 (TLR2 and TLR4) have been found to transduce signals of peptidoglycan (PGN) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS), respectively, for NF-kappa B activation. However, little is known about the expression and regulation of the TLR2 gene in monocytes/macrophages in response to the two typical bacterial ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Liu Y,Wang Y,Yamakuchi M,Isowaki S,Nagata E,Kanmura Y,Kitajima I,Maruyama I

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focuses on the interaction of the three components of the Bacillus cereus Nhe enterotoxin with particular emphasis on the functional roles of NheB and NheC. The results demonstrated that both NheB and NheC were able to bind to Vero cells directly while NheA lacked this ability. It was also shown that Nhe-in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lindbäck T,Hardy SP,Dietrich R,Sødring M,Didier A,Moravek M,Fagerlund A,Bock S,Nielsen C,Casteel M,Granum PE,Märtlbauer E

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni is a major cause of human inflammatory enteritis. During the course of human disease numerous proinflammatory cytokines are produced. Little is known, however, about the cytokine responses produced during the interaction of this bacterium with the avian host. Campylobacter has been considered a co...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Smith CK,Kaiser P,Rothwell L,Humphrey T,Barrow PA,Jones MA

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urease activity has recently been shown to be an important virulence determinant for Helicobacter pylori, allowing it to survive the low pH of the stomach during colonization. Experimental murine infection with Helicobacter felis is now being used as a model for H. pylori infection to study the effects of vaccines, an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gootz TD,Perez-Perez GI,Clancy J,Martin BA,Tait-Kamradt A,Blaser MJ

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA oligomer 5'-d(TGCGGCCTCTCAGTCCCGCACTTTCATCTTCC)-3' specifically recognizes Haemophilus influenzae 16S rRNA. We report here the use of this oligonucleotide, with a fluorescein label tagged on its 5' end, as a probe for the in situ detection of nonencapsulated nontypeable H. influenzae in sections of adenoid tis...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Forsgren J,Samuelson A,Ahlin A,Jonasson J,Rynnel-Dagöö B,Lindberg A

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of some typical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strains to adhere to, invade, and increase interleukin-8 (IL-8) production in intestinal epithelial cells in vitro has been demonstrated. However, few studies regarding these aspects have been performed with atypical EPEC (aEPEC) strains, which are e...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sampaio SC,Gomes TA,Pichon C,du Merle L,Guadagnini S,Abe CM,Sampaio JL,Le Bouguénec C

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) and tetanus toxin (TeNT) are the most potent toxins for humans and elicit unique pathologies due to their ability to traffic within motor neurons. BoNTs act locally within motor neurons to elicit flaccid paralysis, while retrograde TeNT traffics to inhibitory neurons within the central ne...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zuverink M,Chen C,Przedpelski A,Blum FC,Barbieri JT

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucin glycoproteins are secreted in large amounts by the intestinal epithelium and constitute an efficient component of innate immune defenses to promote homeostasis and protect against enteric pathogens. In this study, our objective was to investigate how the bacterial enteropathogen Shigella flexneri, which causes b...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sperandio B,Fischer N,Joncquel Chevalier-Curt M,Rossez Y,Roux P,Robbe Masselot C,Sansonetti PJ

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Listeria monocytogenes colonized the gastrointestinal tract of adult germfree rats (10(10) to 10(11)/g, dry weight) within 24 h after oral exposure. Between 3 and 14 days after monoassociation, L. monocytogenes caused a self-limiting pseudomembranous colitis, bacteremia, and infection of the spleen and liver. Monoasso...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Czuprynski CJ,Balish E

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amebic erythrophagocytosis is characteristic of invasive amebiasis, and mutants deficient in erythrocyte ingestion are avirulent. We sought to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying erythrocyte phagocytosis by Entamoeba histolytica. Following adherence to amebae, erythrocytes became round and crenulated, and p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Boettner DR,Huston CD,Sullivan JA,Petri WA Jr

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular approaches to the rapid analysis of the serotyping antigens of Neisseria meningitidis, the class 2 and 3 outer membrane proteins (OMPs), were developed, evaluated, and used to study 12 antigenic variants of these proteins. A primer set for the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the genes encodi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Feavers IM,Suker J,McKenna AJ,Heath AB,Maiden MC

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A superoxide dismutase (SOD) gene from the obligate intracellular bacterium Coxiella burnetii has been cloned, and its DNA sequence has been determined and expressed in Escherichia coli. The gene was identified on pSJR50, a pHC79-derived genomic clone, by using the polymerase chain reaction with degenerate oligonucleo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Heinzen RA,Frazier ME,Mallavia LP

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is presented to indicate that Plasmodium berghei merozoites, but not trophozotites, have an antiphagocytic capsule. The capsule appears to form around the developing merozoties of the schizont in the parasitophorous vacuole. Serum from animals immune to P. berghei reacts with this capsule. After reaction with...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Brooks C,Kreier JP

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major ceramide monohexoside (CMH) was purified from lipidic extracts of Cryptococcus neoformans. This molecule was analyzed by high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC), gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry, and fast atom bombardment-mass spectrometry. The cryptococcal CMH is a beta-glucosylcer...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rodrigues ML,Travassos LR,Miranda KR,Franzen AJ,Rozental S,de Souza W,Alviano CS,Barreto-Bergter E

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00