Macrophage inflammatory protein 1alpha/CCL3 is required for clearance of an acute Klebsiella pneumoniae pulmonary infection.

abstract：:Periodontitis is a bacterium-induced chronic inflammation that destroys tissues that attach teeth to jaw bone. Pathologically excessive matrix metalloproteinase 8 (MMP-8) is among the key players in periodontal destruction by initiating type I collagen degradation. We studied MMP-8 in Porphyromonas gingivalis-induced ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kuula H,Salo T,Pirilä E,Tuomainen AM,Jauhiainen M,Uitto VJ,Tjäderhane L,Pussinen PJ,Sorsa T

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of human monocytes, macrophages, and polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) on the fungal pathogen Blastomyces dermatitidis in vitro. Peripheral blood monocyte monolayers significantly inhibited the replication of a virulent strain (V) and an avirulent strain (AV) of...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Brummer E,Stevens DA

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ApxIIA protein secreted from Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae is both hemolytic and cytotoxic. However, when the cloned apxII operon is expressed in Escherichia coli, two forms of the ApxIIA protein can be recovered. Toxin which remains intracellular has hemolytic and cytotoxic activities, while toxin that is secre...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tu AH,Hausler C,Young R,Struck DK

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccine adjuvants exert critical and unique influences on the quality of immune responses induced during active immunizations. We investigated the mechanisms of action of immunological adjuvants in terms of their requirements for cytokine-mediated pathways for adjuvanticity. Antibody responses potentiated by several a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hui GS,Hashimoto CN

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decay-accelerating factor (DAF), a complement regulatory protein, also serves as a receptor for Dr adhesin-bearing Escherichia coli. The repeat three of DAF was shown to be important in Dr adhesin binding and complement regulation. However, Dr adhesins do not bind to red blood cells with the rare polymorphism of DAF, ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hasan RJ,Pawelczyk E,Urvil PT,Venkatarajan MS,Goluszko P,Kur J,Selvarangan R,Nowicki S,Braun WA,Nowicki BJ

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel immunobiologically active fraction was prepared from a phenol-water extract of Prevotella intermedia ATCC 25611 by Sephadex G-100 column chromatography. The fraction consisted mainly of carbohydrate and protein and was devoid of fatty acid. The fraction showed high-molecular-weight bands (10,000 to 12,000) on ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Iki K,Kawahara K,Sawamura S,Arakaki R,Sakuta T,Sugiyama A,Tamura H,Sueda T,Hamada S,Takada H

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemolysins of Serpulina hyodysenteriae are active at 27 to 40 degrees C and pH 3 to 9 and are unaffected by enzymatic inhibitors. Pore formation was demonstrated by the inhibition of hemolysis with molecules of 2.0 to 2.3 nm in diameter and the release of 86rubidium from erythrocytes without hemoglobin release aft...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hyatt DR,Joens LA

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigella flexneri 2a is an invasive enteric pathogen that may produce diarrhea when ingested by human beings and subhuman primates. We have previously shown that shigella diarrhea correlates with water and electrolyte transport abnormalities in the jejunum and colon. Dysentery alone is associated only with colonic tra...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kinsey MD,Formal SB,Dammin GJ,Giannella RA

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage is a risk factor for infection in humans, particularly in the hospital environment. Attenuation of carriage has proven effective in reducing the prevalence of infection in some high-risk groups. To study staphylococcal factors that influence nasal colonization, a mouse model of S. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kiser KB,Cantey-Kiser JM,Lee JC

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated full-length cDNAs encoding two distinct types of CuZn superoxide dismutases (SODs) from the filarial nematode parasite Brugia pahangi. The derived amino acid sequences suggested that one class of cDNAs represented a cytoplasmic form of SOD and the second class represented an extracellular (EC) variant...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tang L,Ou X,Henkle-Dührsen K,Selkirk ME

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A live, attenuated, recombinant influenza vaccine (Alice strain) administered intranasally was evaluated in high school students and compared with intranasal placebo and subcutaneous, inactivated, bivalent influenza vaccine. The Alice strain was antigenic, increasing the geometric mean titer (GMT) from a prestudy leve...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schiff GM,Linnemann CC Jr,shea L,Lange B,Rotte T

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of Bacillus anthracis toxin production in culture and its lethal activity in rats, mice, and guinea pigs were investigated. Lethal toxin activity was produced in vitro throughout exponential growth at essentially identical rates in both encapsulated virulent and nonencapsulated avirulent strains. The two ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ezzell JW,Ivins BE,Leppla SH

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-mediated immunity is critical in host resistance against the pathogenic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. To explore the role of L3T4+ T cells in protection of mice against H. capsulatum infection, we examined the effect of in vivo treatment with anti-L3T4 monoclonal antibody (MAb) GK1.5 on the course of murine diss...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gomez AM,Bullock WE,Taylor CL,Deepe GS Jr

更新日期：1988-07-01 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：:Biomaterial-associated infections (BAI), which are predominantly caused by Staphylococcus epidermidis, are a significant problem in modern medicine. Biofilm formation is considered the pivotal element in the pathogenesis, but in previous mouse studies we retrieved S. epidermidis from peri-implant tissue. To assess the...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Broekhuizen CA,de Boer L,Schipper K,Jones CD,Quadir S,Feldman RG,Dankert J,Vandenbroucke-Grauls CM,Weening JJ,Zaat SA

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syphilis has been recognized as a disease since the late 1400s, yet there is no practical vaccine available. One impediment to the development of a vaccine is the lack of understanding of multiple reinfections in humans despite the development of robust immune responses during the first episode. It has been shown that...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Morgan CA,Lukehart SA,Van Voorhis WC

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type II heat-labile enterotoxin (LT-II) from Escherichia coli 41 was purified and compared with prototype LT-II encoded by genes from E. coli SA53. Both toxins were oligomeric proteins consisting of polypeptides A (Mr, 28,000) and B (Mr, 11,800). The A polypeptides were cleaved by trypsin into fragments A1 (Mr, 21,000...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Guth BE,Twiddy EM,Trabulsi LR,Holmes RK

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii is well known for its skill at invading and living within host cells. New discoveries are now also revealing the astounding ability of the parasite to inject effector proteins into the cytoplasm to seize control of the host cell. This review summarizes recent advances in o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Denkers EY,Bzik DJ,Fox BA,Butcher BA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactoferrin (LF) is a multifunctional immunoregulatory protein that has been associated with host defense at mucosal surfaces through its antibacterial properties. The antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties of LF were further explored with an animal model of experimental urinary tract infection. Bovine LF (bLF...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Håversen LA,Engberg I,Baltzer L,Dolphin G,Hanson LA,Mattsby-Baltzer I

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonviable Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain Jamaica suspended in oil-droplet emulsions was used to enhance resistance of mice against encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV). The mycobacteria-injected mice were significantly resistant to 50,000 50% lethal doses of EMCV. Similar concentrations of virus in plasma of normal an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lodmell DL,Ewalt LC

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inactivated Marek's disease virus-infected chicken kidney cells and inactivated MSB-1 lymphoblastoid Marek's disease tumor cells were used to immunize chickens as virus- and tumor-associated antigens, respectively. Immune and nonimmune birds were then challenged by exposure to live virulent Marek's disease virus. Both...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Murthy KK,Calnek BW

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) occurs after a long-term Helicobacter pylori infection. However, the disease can develop earlier, and rare cases have been observed in children, suggesting that these H. pylori strains may be more virulent. We used suppressive subtractive hybridization for comparative genomics between H. pyl...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Oleastro M,Monteiro L,Lehours P,Mégraud F,Ménard A

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium perfringens type B and type C isolates, which produce beta-toxin (CPB), cause fatal diseases originating in the intestines of humans or livestock. Our previous studies demonstrated that CPB is necessary for type C isolate CN3685 to cause bloody necrotic enteritis in a rabbit ileal loop model and also showe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Vidal JE,McClane BA,Saputo J,Parker J,Uzal FA

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal mucus is postulated to play a role in preventing colonization of the gastrointestinal tract by microbial pathogens. To evaluate the ability of both crude mucus and purified mucin, a glycoprotein of goblet cell origin, to inhibit mucosal adherence of enteric pathogens, we examined whether mucus and mucin der...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Drumm B,Roberton AM,Sherman PM

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Encapsulation of soluble protein antigens in liposomes was previously shown to result in processing of antigen via the major histocompatibility complex class I pathway, as evidenced by costaining of the trans-Golgi region of murine bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMs) by fluorophore-labeled liposomal antigen and by a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Richards RL,Rao M,Wassef NM,Glenn GM,Rothwell SW,Alving CR

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endotoxin-treated mice exhibit a rapid rise in the level of the serum amyloid A (SAA) protein, but this effect is not observed in endotoxin-resistant C3H/HeJ mice. To evaluate the role of lymphoid cells in the production of SAA protein, C3H/HeJ mice were adoptively transfused with endotoxin-sensitive (C3H/HeN) bone ma...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rosenstreich DL,McAdam KP

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with mucosal inflammation. The aim of the present study was to assess human neutrophil and monocyte activation by H. pylori strains obtained from patients with different clinical presentations. Bacterial sonicates from 12 strains were used to stimulate phagocyte upre...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hansen PS,Go MF,Varming K,Andersen LP,Genta RM,Graham DY,Nielsen H

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An inhibitory factor from Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Y4 was isolated, and its properties indicated that it was a bacteriocin (actinobacillicin). The bacteriocin was active against Streptococcus sanguis strains, Streptococcus uberis (FDC1), and Actinomyces viscosus T14 as well as other strains of A. actinomyc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hammond BF,Lillard SE,Stevens RH

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the second most common infection in humans, making it a global health priority. Nearly half of all women will experience a symptomatic UTI, with uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) being the major causative agent of the infection. Although there has been extensive research on UPEC vi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sintsova A,Smith S,Subashchandrabose S,Mobley HL

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of the actin filament capping protein CapG has no apparent effect on the phenotype of mice maintained under sterile conditions; however, bone marrow-derived macrophages from CapG(-/-) mice exhibited distinct motility defects. We examined the ability of CapG(-/-) mice to clear two intracellular bacteria, Listeria ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Parikh SS,Litherland SA,Clare-Salzler MJ,Li W,Gulig PA,Southwick FS

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00