Intimin, tir, and shiga toxin 1 do not influence enteropathogenic responses to shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in bovine ligated intestinal loops.

abstract：:Although it has been known for some time that Salmonella typhimurium is able to survive and even replicate in the normally bactericidal environment of the macrophage phagosome, the mechanisms by which this organism accomplishes this feat remain obscure. In this study, a murine macrophage cell line and confocal immunof...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rathman M,Barker LP,Falkow S

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) specific for Plasmodium falciparum rhoptry-associated protein 1 (RAP-1) were generated and tested for inhibition of parasite growth in vitro. The majority of indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA)-positive MAbs raised against recombinant RAP-1 positions 23 to 711 (rRAP-1(23-711)) recogniz...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Moreno R,Pöltl-Frank F,Stüber D,Matile H,Mutz M,Weiss NA,Pluschke G

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile causes pseudomembranous colitis through the action of Rho-modifying proteins, toxins A and B. Antibodies directed against C. difficile toxin A prevent or limit C. difficile-induced colitis. We engineered plasmid pETR14, containing the hlyB and hlyD genes of the Escherichia coli hemolysin operon, ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ryan ET,Butterton JR,Smith RN,Carroll PA,Crean TI,Calderwood SB

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium marinum grows at an optimal temperature of 33 degrees C, far lower than that for M. tuberculosis. Consequently, M. marinum infection of mammals is restricted largely to the cooler surfaces of the body, such as the extremities, but it causes a systemic infection in a large number of poikilothermic animals...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ramakrishnan L,Valdivia RH,McKerrow JH,Falkow S

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies were produced against the HAR-13 strain (A) of Chlamydia trachomatis. By an indirect immunofluorescence technique, three clones (1-7, 2-8, 9F) were found to produce antibody that reacted only with serotype A strains. Clone 3-5 produced antibody that cross-reacted with serotypes A, C, H, I, and J....

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Clark RB,Nachamkin I,Schatzki PF,Dalton HP

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microfilament inhibitors cytochalasins B and D have been traditionally used to indirectly evaluate the requirement for actin in the uptake of invasive bacterial pathogens by nonprofessional phagocytes. Through their effects on microfilaments, both cytochalasins also impart profound alterations in cellular morpholo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ewanowich CA,Peppler MS

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that probiotics are beneficial in T-cell-mediated inflammatory diseases. The molecular mechanism by which probiotics work remains elusive, but accumulating evidence indicates that probiotics can modulate immune cell responses. Since T cells express receptors for bacterial products or componen...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Peluso I,Fina D,Caruso R,Stolfi C,Caprioli F,Fantini MC,Caspani G,Grossi E,Di Iorio L,Paone FM,Pallone F,Monteleone G

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A purified human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (hG-CSF) was studied for its protective effect on the induction of neutropenia and enhanced susceptibility to microbial infections in mice receiving cyclophosphamide (CPA). A severe reduction in peripheral blood neutrophils was induced 4 days after injection with ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Matsumoto M,Matsubara S,Matsuno T,Tamura M,Hattori K,Nomura H,Ono M,Yokota T

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depressed Th1 responses are a prominent feature of human tuberculosis, but an enhanced Th2 response has not been detected in peripheral blood T cells stimulated in vitro with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In disease due to Mycobacterium leprae, Th2 cells predominate in tissue lesions of patients with extensive disease b...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lin Y,Zhang M,Hofman FM,Gong J,Barnes PF

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An apparent inhibition of induction of mouse hepatic tryptophan oxygenase by endotoxin has been reported previously, as evidenced by low catalytic activity. This could be due either to decreased tryptophan oxygenase levels or to inactivation of existing enzyme molecules. To resolve this question, the enzyme was quanti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rippe DF,Berry LJ

更新日期：1973-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four glycoproteins of Treponema pallidum were identified by intrinsic [14C]glucosamine labeling. Only two glycoproteins were demonstrated in T. phagedenis biotype Reiter with the same technique. Glycoproteins of both treponemes were characterized as antigens and shown to be localized within the outer membranes of the ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Moskophidis M,Müller F

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Merozoite surface proteins of Plasmodium falciparum play a critical role in the invasion of human erythrocytes by the malaria parasite. Here we describe the identification of a novel protein with a molecular mass of 40 kDa that is found on the merozoite surface of P. falciparum. We call this protein merozoite surface ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Marshall VM,Silva A,Foley M,Cranmer S,Wang L,McColl DJ,Kemp DJ,Coppel RL

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adherence of blastoconidia to epidermal corneocytes is an early event in Candida colonization and infection of the skin. Pathogenic species adhere more avidly than nonpathogenic species, transform to hyphal growth, and invade the stratum corneum of the skin. Adherence was studied by scanning electron microscopy of exp...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ray TL,Payne CD

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the absence of antiserum, rabbit polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) released lysosomal enzymes in response to Actinomyces viscosus (19246) but not to Streptococcus mutans (6715). Antibodies had a marked modulating influence on these reactions. PMN hydrolase release was significantly enhanced to both organisms when...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McArthur WP,Baehni P,Taichman NS

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During infection, the Legionnaires' disease bacterium, Legionella pneumophila, survives and multiplies within a specialized phagosome that is near neutral pH and does not fuse with host lysosomes. In order to understand the molecular basis of this organism's ability to control its intracellular fate, we have isolated ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wiater LA,Dunn K,Maxfield FR,Shuman HA

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis in otherwise healthy women of child-bearing age remains an enigma. To date, results from both clinical studies and a murine model of vaginal candidiasis indicate that Candida vaginitis can occur in the presence of Candida-specific Th1-type cell-mediated immunity expre...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fidel PL Jr,Lynch ME,Sobel JD

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymicrobial intra-abdominal infections (IAI) are clinically prevalent and cause significant morbidity and mortality, especially those involving fungi. Our laboratory developed a mouse model of polymicrobial IAI and demonstrated that coinfection with Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus (C. albicans/S. aureus) ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lilly EA,Yano J,Esher SK,Hardie E,Fidel PL Jr,Noverr MC

更新日期：2019-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The Streptococcus mutans serotype c gtfA gene encodes a 55-kilodalton sucrose-hydrolyzing enzyme. Analysis of S. mutans gtfA mutants revealed that the mutant strains were specifically impaired in the ability to use melibiose as a sole carbon source. S. mutans gtfA mutant strains synthesized less alpha-galactosidase ac...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Barletta RG,Curtiss R 3rd

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus mutans is one of the best-known biofilm-forming organisms associated with humans. We investigated the role of the sortase gene (srtA) in monospecies biofilm formation and observed that inactivation of srtA caused a decrease in biofilm formation. Genes encoding three putative sortase-dependent proteins we...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lévesque CM,Voronejskaia E,Huang YC,Mair RW,Ellen RP,Cvitkovitch DG

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intraerythrocytic apicomplexan Babesia microti, the primary causative agent of human babesiosis, is a major public health concern in the United States and elsewhere. Apicomplexans utilize a multiprotein complex that includes a type I membrane protein called apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA1) to invade host cells. We...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Moitra P,Zheng H,Anantharaman V,Banerjee R,Takeda K,Kozakai Y,Lepore T,Krause PJ,Aravind L,Kumar S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small-colony variants (SCVs) are slow-growing variants of human bacterial pathogens. They are associated with chronic persistent infections, and their biochemical identification and antimicrobial treatment are impaired by altered metabolic properties. To contribute to the understanding of SCV-mediated infections, we a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Roggenkamp A,Hoffmann H,Hornef MW

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella choleraesuis chi 3781, an attenuated [delta cya-12 delta(crp-cdt)19] mutant, was electroporated with the plasmid pBA31-R7, which codes for the expression of a 31-kDa protein from Brucella abortus (BCSP31). Recombinant S. choleraesuis chi 3781 stably maintained the pBA31-R7 plasmid and continued to express t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stabel TJ,Mayfield JE,Morfitt DC,Wannemuehler MJ

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrastructural appearance of the "halozone" formed at the interface between the spotted fever agent Rickettsia rickettsii and the cytoplasm of persistently infected cultured vole cells (Microtus pennsylvanicus) was studied by transmission electron microscopy. In sections of epoxy-embedded specimens stained with u...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Todd WJ,Burgdorfer W,Wray GP

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis is both a common and, despite present-day therapy, a serious disease. The pathophysiology of the septic response is a complex, multifactorial phenomenon which in part involves the activation of complement by bacterial endotoxin. A monoclonal antibody to human complement factor B, code-named 1H5, which was capab...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Clardy CW

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antisera were produced by inoculation of mycoplasma cells grown in PPLO broth supplemented with rabbit serum alone or rabbit serum plus Freund complete or incomplete adjuvant. By using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, immunoglobulin G antibodies to cholesterol were detected in antisera to mycoplasmas (Mycoplasma ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Watanabe T,Kumazawa T

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies found that normal human serum (NHS) contains an immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody that mediates initiation of the classical complement pathway by nonencapsulated Cryptococcus neoformans. The present study used an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with whole nonencapsulated yeast cells as solid-phase ant...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Keller RG,Pfrommer GS,Kozel TR

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteus mirabilis, a common agent of nosocomially acquired and catheter-associated urinary tract infection, is the most frequent cause of infection-induced bladder and kidney stones. Urease-catalyzed urea hydrolysis initiates stone formation in urine and can be inhibited by acetohydroxamic acid and other structural an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nicholson EB,Concaugh EA,Mobley HL

更新日期：1991-10-01 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：:The heparin-binding hemagglutinin (HBHA) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a surface-expressed adhesin that can affect binding to host cells via a unique, methylated, carboxyl-terminal, lysine-, alanine-, and proline-rich repeat region. It has been implicated in extrapulmonary dissemination of M. tuberculosis from the ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Parra M,Pickett T,Delogu G,Dheenadhayalan V,Debrie AS,Locht C,Brennan MJ

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characteristics of four transmissible gastroenteritis (TGE) virus field strains (Miller, Purdue, Bl, and V203) and four cell culture-attenuated strains (Purdue, SH, CKp, and Bl) were studied to find methods of differentiation between the two groups of viruses. TGE field virus strains did not replicate as well as atten...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hess RG,Bachmann PA

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00