DNA sequences encoding CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell epitopes are important for efficient protective immunity induced by DNA vaccination with a Trypanosoma cruzi gene.

abstract：:Suppression of the host defense is one of the hallmarks of Yersinia enterocolitica infection. This enteric pathogen resists phagocytosis and interferes with macrophage functions from an extracellular localization (oxidative-burst generation and tumor necrosis factor alpha production). In this study, we investigated th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ruckdeschel K,Roggenkamp A,Lafont V,Mangeat P,Heesemann J,Rouot B

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma interferon (IFN-γ) induces expression of the tryptophan-catabolizing enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO1) in human epithelial cells, the permissive cells for the obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. IDO1 depletes tryptophan by catabolizing it to kynurenine with consequences for C. trachom...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ibana JA,Belland RJ,Zea AH,Schust DJ,Nagamatsu T,AbdelRahman YM,Tate DJ,Beatty WL,Aiyar AA,Quayle AJ

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral inoculation of calves and steers with 10(10) CFU of Escherichia coli O157:H7 induced prompt and sustained increases in serum antibodies to O157 lipopolysaccharide. Neutralizing antibodies to verotoxin 1 also increased rapidly in most steers but more gradually in calves. None of the animals developed neutralizing ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Johnson RP,Cray WC Jr,Johnson ST

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli O157:H7 is an important pathogen of humans. Cattle are most frequently identified as the primary source of infection, and therefore, reduction in E. coli O157:H7 prevalence in cattle by vaccination represents an attractive strategy for reducing the incidence of human disease. H7 flagella have been imp...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McNeilly TN,Naylor SW,Mahajan A,Mitchell MC,McAteer S,Deane D,Smith DG,Low JC,Gally DL,Huntley JF

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：:In this study, we investigated the cell wall-anchored fibronectin-binding proteins SpsD and SpsL from the canine commensal and pathogen Staphylococcus pseudintermedius for their role in promoting bacterial invasion of canine progenitor epidermal keratinocytes (CPEK). Invasion was examined by the gentamicin protection ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pietrocola G,Gianotti V,Richards A,Nobile G,Geoghegan JA,Rindi S,Monk IR,Bordt AS,Foster TJ,Fitzgerald JR,Speziale P

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of the synthesis of Vi polysaccharide, a major virulence determinant in Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi, is under the control of two regulatory systems, ompR-envZ and rscB-rscC, which respond to changes in osmolarity. Some serotype Typhi strains exhibit overexpression of Vi polysaccharide, which masks cl...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Santander J,Wanda SY,Nickerson CA,Curtiss R 3rd

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A (PA), a potent protein synthesis inhibitor, was found to be a weak T-cell mitogen for murine splenocytes. Maximal stimulation of [3H]thymidine incorporation was obtained with 10 to 100 ng of toxin per ml following a 4-day induction. PA was also shown to be a polyclonal activator of cy...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zehavi-Willner T

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of virulence determinants by Bordetella pertussis, the primary etiological agent of whooping cough, is regulated by the BvgAS two-component regulatory system. The role of a second two-component regulatory system, encoded by risAS, in this process is not defined. Here, we show that mutation of B. pertussis r...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stenson TH,Allen AG,Al-Meer JA,Maskell D,Peppler MS

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arg-gingipain (Rgp) and Lys-gingipain (Kgp) are Porphyromonas gingivalis cysteine proteinases implicated as major virulence factors in pathologies of periodontitis. We purified a 660-kDa cell-associated gingipain complex existing as a homodimer of two catalytically active monomers which comprises their catalytic and a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Takii R,Kadowaki T,Baba A,Tsukuba T,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome sequencing of the relapsing fever spirochetes Borrelia hermsii and Borrelia turicatae identified three open reading frames (ORFs) on the chromosomes that contained internal, tandemly repeated amino acid sequences that were absent in the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. The predicted amino acid sequ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Guyard C,Chester EM,Raffel SJ,Schrumpf ME,Policastro PF,Porcella SF,Leong JM,Schwan TG

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism by which bacterial heat-stable enterotoxins (ST I STA) cause diarrhea in humans and animals has been linked to the activation of an intestinal membrane-bound guanylate cyclase. Guanylin, a recently discovered rat intestinal peptide, is homologous in structure to ST I and can activate guanylate cyclase pr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Carpick BW,Gariépy J

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-density oligonucleotide microarrays are widely used to study gene expression in cells exposed to a variety of pathogens. This study addressed the global genome-wide transcriptional activation of genes in hosts infected in vivo, which result in radically different clinical outcomes. We present an analysis of the g...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schaecher K,Kumar S,Yadava A,Vahey M,Ockenhouse CF

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ers has been qualified as the PrfA-like transcriptional regulator of Enterococcus faecalis. In a previous study we reported that Ers is important for the survival within macrophages of this opportunist pathogenic bacterium. In the present work we have used proteomic and microarray expression profiling of E. faecalis J...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Riboulet-Bisson E,Sanguinetti M,Budin-Verneuil A,Auffray Y,Hartke A,Giard JC

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrastructural changes in cells of the mouse footpad are described which occurred during the log phase of multiplication, the plateau, and the stationary phase of growth of Mycobacterium leprae.BALB/c mice were inoculated in the right hind footpad with 5 x 10(3) organisms and sacrificed in pairs at 86 to 173 days aft...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Evans MJ,Levy L

更新日期：1972-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the ultrastructural distribution and immunological accessibility of proteins II (P.IIs) on the surfaces of whole gonococci, anti-P.II gold probes were developed and used in electron microscopic studies of viable P.II-expressing variants of Neisseria gonorrhoeae FA1090. Anti-P.II probes clearly marked the ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Robinson EN Jr,Clemens CM,McGee ZA,Cannon JG

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the indirect fluorescein-labeled and indirect peroxidase-antiperoxidase-labeled immunohistochemical techniques, and utilizing both antiserum specific for the beta-subunit of choriogonadotropin and antiserum for the total hormone, we have demonstrated the presence of a choriogonadotropin-like immunoreactive mater...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Acevedo HF,Slifkin M,Pouchet-Melvin GR,Campbell-Acevedo EA

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strains of Corynebacterium ulcerans and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis (Corynebacterium ovis) were examined for the production of diphtheria toxin. A majority of C. ulcerans strains (25 of 37) and 1 C. pseudotuberculosis strain (1 of 14) gave a positive Elek test for diphtheria toxin, and for all strains but 1, pr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Groman N,Schiller J,Russell J

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hot phenol-water extraction of smooth Brucella abortus and B. melitensis cells yielded a toxic fraction which was recovered from the phenol phase (fraction 5). Chemically, fractions 5 from both Brucella species were lipid-carbohydrate-protein-2 keto-3-deoxyoctulosonic acid complexes which were stable to heat and resis...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Leong D,Diaz R,Milner K,Rudbach J,Wilson JB

更新日期：1970-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the widely held belief that gastric acid serves as a barrier to bacterial pathogens, there are almost no experimental data to support this hypothesis. We have developed a mouse model to quantify the effectiveness of gastric acid in mediating resistance to infection with ingested bacteria. Mice that were consti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tennant SM,Hartland EL,Phumoonna T,Lyras D,Rood JI,Robins-Browne RM,van Driel IR

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans serotype A (C. albicans A) possesses a specific antigen, designated antigen 6, which resides in mannans on the cell surface. To determine the role of the mannan moiety of the C. albicans cell wall in adherence to buccal epithelial cells, we used antigen 6-deficient mutants which had been isolated by s...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Miyakawa Y,Kuribayashi T,Kagaya K,Suzuki M,Nakase T,Fukazawa Y

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonization by Bordetella bronchiseptica results in a variety of inflammatory respiratory infections, including canine kennel cough, porcine atrophic rhinitis, and a whooping cough-like disease in humans. For successful colonization, B. bronchiseptica must acquire iron (Fe) from the infected host. A vast amount of Fe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mocny JC,Olson JS,Connell TD

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory epithelial cells play an active part in the host response to respiratory pathogens, such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, by releasing chemokines responsible for neutrophil recruitment. In order to investigate the role of specific pneumococcal virulence factors in eliciting CXC chemokine responses, type II pne...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Graham RM,Paton JC

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The susceptibility of HeLa cells to Mycoplasma pneumoniae-induced injury was examined. Infections were initiated with relatively low mycoplasma doses, carried out in a culture medium incapable of supporting M. pneumoniae replication in the absence of host cells, and monitored for up to 10 days. Under these conditions,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Krause DC,Chen YY

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella bronchiseptica is closely related to Bordetella pertussis, which produces respiratory disease primarily in mammals other than humans. However, its importance as a human pathogen is being increasingly recognized. Although a large amount of research on Bordetella has been generated regarding protein virulence...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sisti F,Fernández J,Rodríguez ME,Lagares A,Guiso N,Hozbor DF

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to clarify the mechanism(s) of increased susceptibility to oral infection in diabetics, we examined the levels of salivary antibacterial factors, including lysozyme, lactoperoxidase, and lactoferrin, in diabetic hamsters whose condition was induced with streptozotocin. Saliva was collected from these ham...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Muratsu K,Morioka T

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests that immune-mediated gastric epithelial cell apoptosis through Fas-Fas ligand interactions participates in Helicobacter pylori disease pathogenesis. To define the role of Fas signaling in vivo, H. pylori strain SS1 infection in C57BL/6 mice was compared to that in mice deficient in the Fas lig...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Jones NL,Day AS,Jennings H,Shannon PT,Galindo-Mata E,Sherman PM

更新日期：2002-05-01 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 role of the alternative sigma factor sigma(B) in Staphylococcus epidermidis was investigated by the construction, complementation, and characterization of a sigB deletion mutant. Electrophoretic analyses confirmed a profound influence of sigma(B) on the expression of exoproteins and cytoplasmic proteins. Detailed ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kies S,Otto M,Vuong C,Götz F

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-one Kanagawa-positive and -negative Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates from patient stools and seafood were examined for plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid content, culture characteristics, and indices of pathogenicity. No significant correlation was found between plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid contents and indices of ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Twedt RM,Brown DF,Zink DL

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00