Natural phosphorylation of group A streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin type C.

abstract：:After uptake and retrograde transport pertussis toxin acts by ADP-ribosylating alpha-Gi proteins. We show that uptake via many different receptor proteins followed by retrograde transport and intoxication is not restricted to a particular cell type. The efficiency of cellular intoxication, however, was found to be cel...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： el Bayâ A,Brückener K,Schmidt MA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus iniae causes meningoencephalitis and death in commercial fish species and has recently been identified as an emerging human pathogen producing fulminant soft tissue infection. As identified by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), strains causing disease in either fish or humans belong to a single clo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fuller JD,Bast DJ,Nizet V,Low DE,de Azavedo JC

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene products from an 8-kb region adjacent to the 3' end of the ptx operon are required by Bordetella pertussis for the export of pertussis holotoxin. At least one of these gene products (PtlC) is specifically required for the export of assembled holotoxin from the periplasmic space. ptlC mutants exhibit a 20-fold...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Baker SM,Masi A,Liu DF,Novitsky BK,Deich RA

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conditions for the release of streptococcal type 12 M protein from whole cells by cyanogen bromide are described; they demonstrated that methionine is not essential to the structural arrangements which account for some of its immunological and biological properties. The released M protein was separated from other prot...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Vosti KL,Williams WK

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased resistance to infection with Brucella abortus 2308 resulted when recombinant murine gamma interferon (rMuIFN-gamma) was given to mice both before and during infection but not when given only before infection. Mice given rMuIFN-gamma had enhanced peritoneal and splenic macrophage bactericidal activity against...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stevens MG,Pugh GW Jr,Tabatabai LB

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma brucei subsp. brucei and T. congolense incubated in homologous antibody at 0 degrees C for 30 min were lysed by subsequent addition of guinea pig complement. Trypanosomes incubated in antibody at 37 degrees C before complement treatment remained intact. Parasites bearing adsorbed antibody also remained int...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Balber AE,Bangs JD,Jones SM,Proia RL

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen freshly isolated strains of Streptococcus sanguis were obtained from the dental plaque of five healthy adults. Whole saliva was collected concomitant with the plaque isolates from the five subjects, and a second whole saliva sample was collected 10 weeks later. All possible combinations of the first five sali...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Liljemark WF,Bloomquist CG,Ofstehage JC

更新日期：1979-12-01 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：:Both dextransucrase and mutansynthetase activities have been purified from the culture fluids of Streptococcus mutans GS-5 (serotype c). Although homogeneous dextransucrase preparations normally synthesize little insoluble glucan, essentially all of the glucan synthesized by this enzyme in the presence of 1.5 M (NH4)2...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kuramitsu HK,Wondrack L

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) genome sequence, we found that EPEC E2348/69 has an lpfABCDE gene cluster homologous (about 60% identical at the protein level) to the Salmonella long polar fimbria (LPF) operon. To determine whether this operon is essential for adherence, the lpfABCD(E2)(3) genes wer...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tatsuno I,Mundy R,Frankel G,Chong Y,Phillips AD,Torres AG,Kaper JB

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human sera were examined by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgM antibodies to purified type III polysaccharide of group B streptococci. The antigen-binding capacity of a reference human serum was determined by a radioimmunoassay, and the total antibody content was determined by quan...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Anthony BF,Concepcion NF,Wass CA,Heiner DC

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DC) suffer a maturation defect following interaction with erythrocytes infected with malaria parasites and become unable to induce protective malaria liver-stage immunity. Here we show that, by contrast, maturation-arrested DC in vitro are capable of the successful induction of antigen-specific gamma ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pouniotis DS,Proudfoot O,Bogdanoska V,Apostolopoulos V,Fifis T,Plebanski M

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of these studies was to determine the role of macrophage inflammatory protein 1alpha/CCL3 in pulmonary host defense during Klebsiella pneumoniae infection. Following intratracheal inoculation, 7-day survival of CCL3(-/-) mice was less than 10%, compared to 60% for CCL3(+/+) mice. Survival of CCR5(-/-) mi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lindell DM,Standiford TJ,Mancuso P,Leshen ZJ,Huffnagle GB

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phorbol myristate acetate stimulated oxidative metabolism in alveolar macrophages and blood neutrophils. This compound also stimulated lysozyme release from neutrophils but not from alveolar macrophages. These findings suggest that the regulation of lysozyme release from alveolar macrophages is different than for poly...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Biggar WD

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the role of CD4+ T cells in host defense against cholera enterotoxin-induced diarrhea. Antitoxin immunoglobulin A formation and gut protection against cholera toxin (CT) following oral immunizations with CT were evaluated in normal mice and mice that had been depleted of CD4+ T cells by in vivo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hörnqvist E,Goldschmidt TJ,Holmdahl R,Lycke N

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genome of Borrelia burgdorferi, the etiologic agent of Lyme disease, is composed of a linear chromosome and more than 20 linear and circular plasmids. Typically, plasmid content analysis has been carried out by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and confirmed by Southern hybridization. However, multiple plasmids of ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Iyer R,Kalu O,Purser J,Norris S,Stevenson B,Schwartz I

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) cDNAs were generated by reverse transcription and then by PCR amplification from lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated alveolar macrophage RNA. The amplified cDNAs were cloned into pPow and expressed in Escherichia coli DH5 alpha. The expr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yoo HS,Maheswaran SK,Lin G,Townsend EL,Ames TR

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia pestis causes a rapid, lethal disease referred to as plague. Y. pestis actively inhibits the innate immune system to generate a noninflammatory environment during early stages of infection to promote colonization. The ability of Y. pestis to create this early noninflammatory environment is in part due to the ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pulsifer AR,Vashishta A,Reeves SA,Wolfe JK,Palace SG,Proulx MK,Goguen J,Bodduluri SR,Haribabu B,Uriarte SM,Lawrenz MB

更新日期：2020-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:To define the role of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI) lipooligosaccharide (LOS) in the induction of proinflammatory cytokine gene expression during otitis media, we compared the abilities of formalin-killed NTHI strain 2019 and its LOS htrB and rfaD mutants to stimulate human middle ear epithelial (HMEE) cel...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tong HH,Chen Y,James M,Van Deusen J,Welling DB,DeMaria TF

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a study of virulence gene regulation in Streptococcus pneumoniae, we have identified a gene encoding a homologue of the staphylococcal catabolite control protein CcpA in the pneumococcal genome sequence. The pneumococcal protein, designated RegM, has significant similarity to members of the LacI/GalR family...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Giammarinaro P,Paton JC

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports have suggested that oral vaccination of mice against Helicobacter pylori is dependent on a Th1-mediated immune response. However, oral vaccination in mice neither induces sterilizing immunity nor leads to complete protection from disease. Therefore, in this study we investigated whether a systemic subcu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sommer F,Wilken H,Faller G,Lohoff M

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microsporidia are obligate intracellular parasites that are ubiquitous in nature and have been recognized as causing an important emerging disease among immunocompromised individuals. Limited knowledge exists about the immune response against these organisms, and virtually nothing is known about the receptors involved...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fischer J,Suire C,Hale-Donze H

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With a purified beta-propiolactone-inactivated rabies virus, a significant increase in footpad swelling was elicited in normal or in BCG-pretreated mice after immunization with varying doses of rabies vaccine. These footpad reactions were shown to peak at 24 h and to be associated with an infiltration of newly formed ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lagrange PH,Tsiang H,Hurtrel B,Ravisse P

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella spp. and Shigella spp. are responsible for millions of cases of enteric disease each year worldwide. While these pathogens have evolved distinct strategies for interacting with the human intestinal epithelium, they both induce significant proinflammatory responses that result in massive transepithelial migr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mumy KL,Bien JD,Pazos MA,Gronert K,Hurley BP,McCormick BA

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus was stable for 10 days at 4 C in stream and well water, after which the virus had a half-life of 7.5 days. At 15 C, the virus was stable for 5 days, and then had a half-life between 5 and 6 days. Viral antigen in infected cells developed much more slowly at 4 C than at 20 C. Infect...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tu KC,Spendlove RS,Goede RW

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of hamster tracheal rings in organ culture to virulent Mycoplasma pneumoniae organisms leads to alterations in macromolecular biosynthesis and metabolic activity of the respiratory epithelial cells. Avirulent organisms derived from the same parent strain do not produce these effects. During the course of infe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hu PC,Collier AM,Baseman JB

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter infections are present in approximately 50% of humans, causing severe illnesses such as gastritis and malignancies. Dendritic cells (DC) are critical antigen-presenting cells which link innate and adaptive immune responses. The mechanism of dendritic cell regulation in Helicobacter-induced gastritis is po...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Drakes ML,Czinn SJ,Blanchard TG

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA microarrays provide an opportunity to combine the principles of signature-tagged mutagenesis (STM) with microarray technology to identify potentially important bacterial virulence genes. The scope of DNA microarrays allows for less laborious screening on a much larger scale than possible by STM alone. We have adap...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chan K,Kim CC,Falkow S

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eikenella corrodens normally inhabits the human respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts but is frequently the cause of abscesses at various sites. Using the N-terminal portion of the Moraxella nonliquefaciens pilin gene as a hybridization probe, we cloned two tandemly located pilin genes of E. corrodens 31745, ecpC an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tønjum T,Weir S,Bøvre K,Progulske-Fox A,Marrs CF

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus ducreyi is resistant to killing by normal serum antibody and complement. We discovered an H. ducreyi outer membrane protein required for expression of serum resistance and termed it DsrA (for "ducreyi serum resistance A"). The dsrA locus was cloned, sequenced, and mutagenized. An isogenic mutant (FX517) of...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Elkins C,Morrow KJ Jr,Olsen B

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00