Helicobacter pylori does not require Lewis X or Lewis Y expression to colonize C3H/HeJ mice.

abstract：:Salmonella infections continue to cause substantial morbidity and mortality throughout the world. However, recent discoveries and new paradigms promise to lead to novel strategies to diagnose, treat, and prevent Salmonella infections. This review provides an update of the Salmonella field based on oral presentations g...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Andrews-Polymenis HL,Bäumler AJ,McCormick BA,Fang FC

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Culture filtrate proteins from Mycobacterium tuberculosis induce protective immunity in various animal models of tuberculosis. Two molecular mass regions (6 to 10 kDa and 24 to 36 kDa) of short-term culture filtrate are preferentially recognized by Th1 cells in animal models as well as by patients with minimal disease...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rosenkrands I,Rasmussen PB,Carnio M,Jacobsen S,Theisen M,Andersen P

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyolysin (PLO), the hemolytic exotoxin expressed by Arcanobacterium (Actinomyces) pyogenes, is a member of the thiol-activated cytolysin family of bacterial toxins. Insertional inactivation of the plo gene results in loss of expression of PLO with a concomitant loss in hemolytic activity. The plo mutant, PLO-1, has an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Jost BH,Songer JG,Billington SJ

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：:The serum antibody response to proteins encoded by the virulence-associated plasmid of Shigella flexneri was determined in monkeys challenged with virulent S. flexneri serotype 2a. With water-extractable antigen in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, a significant increase in antibody titer against proteins from a p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Oaks EV,Hale TL,Formal SB

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the molecular basis of the T-cell-mediated immune response to Listeria monocytogenes, we cloned and expressed listerial antigens in Escherichia coli using the lambda-ZAP bacteriophage and Bluescript plasmid vectors. A two-stage screening strategy was implemented to identify T-cell-reactive antigens; the fir...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Beattie IA,Swaminathan B,Ziegler HK

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonization of the mucosa of the stomach and the duodenum by Helicobacter pylori is the major cause of acute and chronic gastroduodenal pathologies in humans. Duodenal ulcer formation strongly correlates with the expression of an antigen (CagA) that is usually coeexpressed with the vacuolating cytotoxin (VacA), a pro...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Xiang Z,Censini S,Bayeli PF,Telford JL,Figura N,Rappuoli R,Covacci A

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is cleared from the blood mainly by the liver. The Kupffer cells are primarily responsible for this clearance; liver endothelial and parenchymal cells contribute to a lesser extent. Although several binding sites have been described, only CD14 is known to be involved in LPS signalling. Among t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： van Oosten M,van de Bilt E,van Berkel TJ,Kuiper J

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi encodes a functional homolog of canonical Lon protease termed Lon-2. In addition, B. burgdorferi encodes a second Lon homolog called Lon-1. Recent studies suggest that Lon-1 may function differently from the prototypical Lon protease. However, the function of Lon-1 in B. burgdorferi biology remain...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Thompson C,Mason C,Parrilla S,Ouyang Z

更新日期：2020-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Culture supernatants from antigen-pulsed spleen cells of mice infected previously with either BCG or Plasmodium chabaudi were used to study macrophage activation as judged by phagocytosis of immunoglobulin G-sensitized erythrocytes and Plasmodium berghei- and P. chabaudi-infected erythrocytes. Resident peritoneal macr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ockenhouse CF,Shear HL

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PspA is an antigenically variable surface protein of Streptococcus pneumoniae that appears to be essential for full pneumococcal virulence. In addition, monoclonal antibodies to PspA protect mice against infection with specific strains of pneumococci virulent for mice. In this study, we have isolated the 43-kDa N-term...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Talkington DF,Crimmins DL,Voellinger DC,Yother J,Briles DE

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma gallisepticum is an avian respiratory and reproductive tract pathogen that has a significant economic impact on the poultry industry worldwide. Although membrane proteins of Mycoplasma spp. are thought to play crucial roles in host interactions, very few have had their biochemical function defined. In this ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yu Y,Zhang L,Chen Y,Li Y,Wang Z,Li G,Wang G,Xin J

更新日期：2019-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We attempted to induce experimental arthritis in rats by systematically testing the effect of Yersinia infections in five strains of rats, using the intragastric, intraperitoneal, and intravenous routes of inoculation. We observed that Lewis rats which were given 10(4) to 10(5) Yersinia enterocolitica WA organisms via...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hill JL,Yu DT

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In studies of immunity to malaria, the absence of febrile malaria is commonly considered evidence of "protection." However, apparent "protection" may be due to a lack of exposure to infective mosquito bites or due to immunity. We studied a cohort that was given curative antimalarials before monitoring began and docume...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bejon P,Warimwe G,Mackintosh CL,Mackinnon MJ,Kinyanjui SM,Musyoki JN,Bull PC,Marsh K

更新日期：2009-05-01 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

abstract：:The effect of continuous exposure to 80% oxygen on newborn mice with Ureaplasma urealyticum pneumonia was determined. Mice were inoculated intranasally with either U. urealyticum or sterile broth and then housed in either 80% oxygen or room air (21% oxygen). The mice were sacrificed at either 7 or 14 days after inocul...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Crouse DT,Cassell GH,Waites KB,Foster JM,Cassady G

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies against mumps virus have been studied by using immunoglobulin class-specific indicators labeled with (125)I in the radioimmunoassay (RIA) procedure. The immunoglobulins in paired acute and convalescent sera were allowed to react with mumps virus in a solid-phase RIA system. Class-specific immunoglobulin ind...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Daugharty H,Warfield DT,Hemingway WD,Casey HL

更新日期：1973-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligately intracellular bacterial parasite of eucaryotic cells that undergoes a biphasic life cycle within a parasitophorous vacuole (PV) called an inclusion. The parasitophorous vacuolar membrane (PVM) constitutes a barrier between the replicating bacteria and the nutrient-rich environmen...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Heinzen RA,Hackstadt T

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of route of administration, dosage, and number of boosts employed during immunization with the polymyxin-release form of Escherichia coli heat-labile (LT) enterotoxin on the degree and duration of protection afforded was evaluated in rats which were challenged by the ligated loop technique. Increasing the b...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Klipstein FA,Engert RF

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plaque samples were obtained from tooth surfaces exhibiting typical lesions of root surface caries and were immediately cultured by a continuous anaerobic procedure. The bacterial composition of root caries flora was determined on individual samples. Representative isolates from each specimen were characterized by mor...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Syed SA,Loesche WJ,Pape HL Jr,grenier E

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori infection causes severe gastroduodenal diseases in humans. Its virulence is strongly increased by the presence of the cag pathogenicity island (cag PAI). It has been shown that CagA, a major antigen in humans, is translocated to the host cell via a secretion system encoded by the cag PAI. The roles...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Seydel A,Tasca E,Berti D,Rappuoli R,Del Giudice G,Montecucco C

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three antigenic determinants were revealed in H3 hemagglutinin of influenza A viruses isolated from 1968 to 1975. One of them was common for all viruses, and two others specified differences between the viruses possessing H3 hemagglutinin. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rovnova ZI,Kosyakov PN,Berezina ON,Isayeva EI,Zhdanov VM

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet microbicidal proteins (PMPs) are small, cationic peptides which possess potent microbicidal activities against common bloodstream pathogens, such as Staphylococcus aureus. We previously showed that S. aureus strains exhibiting resistance to thrombin-induced PMP (tPMP-1) in vitro have an enhanced capacity to c...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bayer AS,Prasad R,Chandra J,Koul A,Smriti M,Varma A,Skurray RA,Firth N,Brown MH,Koo SP,Yeaman MR

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate arthritis-inducing properties of Eubacterium species, which are major residents of the human intestinal flora, cell wall fragments (CWF) of several Eubacterium strains were prepared and tested in an animal model. After a single intraperitoneal injection in the rat, CWF of E. aerofaciens, E. contortum, a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Severijnen AJ,van Kleef R,Hazenberg MP,van de Merwe JP

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local passive immunization with monoclonal antibodies (Mc Ab) to Streptococcus mutans was attempted as an alternative approach to active systemic immunization. We prepared an immunoglobulin G class Mc Ab to the cell surface protein determinant of streptococcal antigen I/II and applied it repeatedly to the teeth of rhe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lehner T,Caldwell J,Smith R

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative studies on the virulence of two strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from otic pus and mink pneumonic lesion, respectively, were made by means of intranasal inoculation in mink. The minimal lethal dose of the former (strain NC-5, highly virulent for mice) was 10(10), and that of the latter (strain No...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Shimizu T,Homma JY,Aoyama T,Onodera T,Noda H

更新日期：1974-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eperythrozoon coccoides is a common blood parasite of rodents and the etiological agent of a chronic infection present in many mouse colonies. After primary infection, mice develop a parasitemia and anemia followed by a chronic, latent infection. During the acute phase of infection, mice manifest a striking suppressio...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Glasgow LA,Odugbemi T,Dwyer P,Ritterson AL

更新日期：1971-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tubercle bacilli failed to grow in iron-void media enriched with solutions of iron-containing transferrin (Tr) or ferritin (F) because these substances do not provide the bacilli with iron, which is essential for their growth. Animal serum and macrophages possessed no iron carrier with an ability to satisfy the need o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Golden CA,Kochan I,Spriggs DR

更新日期：1974-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytohemagglutinin is able to trigger interferon synthesis in spleen cell cultures from nude (nu/nu) mice as effectively as in splenic cell cultures from haired, control (nu/+), thymus-bearing mice. A minor theta-bearing cell population present in the spleen of nude mice appears essential to phytohemagglutinin interfe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wietzerbin J,Stefanos S,Falcoff R,Lucero M,Catinot L,Falcoff E

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To look for a possible correlation between the virulence of Rhodococcus equi and its cytokine-inducing capacity, we evaluated intracellular survival and measured cytokine induction by mouse macrophages infected with a virulent strain containing an 85-kb plasmid and expressing VapA (103+), its avirulent plasmid-cured d...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Giguère S,Prescott JF

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00