Position-based scanning for comparative genomics and identification of genetic islands in Haemophilus influenzae type b.

abstract：:Pasteurella multocida is the causative agent of fowl cholera in birds. In a previous study using signature-tagged mutagenesis, we identified a mutant, AL251, which was attenuated for virulence in mice and in the natural chicken host. Sequence analysis indicated that AL251 had an insertional inactivation of the gene wa...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Harper M,Cox AD,St Michael F,Wilkie IW,Boyce JD,Adler B

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucella organisms are intracellular stealth pathogens of animals and humans. The bacteria overcome the assault of innate immunity at early stages of an infection. Removal of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) at the onset of adaptive immunity against Brucella abortus favored bacterial elimination in mice. This was ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mora-Cartín R,Gutiérrez-Jiménez C,Alfaro-Alarcón A,Chaves-Olarte E,Chacón-Díaz C,Barquero-Calvo E,Moreno E

更新日期：2019-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates constitute a great clinical challenge. One important resistance mechanism in K. pneumoniae is the metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs), which require zinc for their function. Thus, zinc chelation could be a strategy to resensitize K. pneumoniae to β-lactams. However, the pote...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Karadottir H,Coorens M,Liu Z,Wang Y,Agerberth B,Giske CG,Bergman P

更新日期：2019-12-17 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：:Toxoplasma gondii is a ubiquitous parasite that persists for the life of a healthy mammalian host. A latent, chronic infection can reactivate upon immunosuppression and cause life-threatening diseases, such as encephalitis. A key to the pathogenesis is the parasite's interconversion between the tachyzoite (in acute in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kim SK,Karasov A,Boothroyd JC

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutation of sarA resulted in a reduced capacity to form a biofilm in six of the eight Staphylococcus aureus strains we tested (UAMS-1, UAMS-601, SA113, SC-01, S6C, and DB). The exceptions were Newman, which formed a poor biofilm under all conditions, and RN6390, which consistently formed a biofilm only after mutation ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Beenken KE,Blevins JS,Smeltzer MS

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of how bacteria respond to and obtain divalent metal ions provides insight into the regulation of virulence factors in the host environment. Regulation of metal permease operons in gram-positive bacteria may involve the binding of metal-responsive repressors to palindromic domains in their control regions. T...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Oetjen J,Fives-Taylor P,Froeliger EH

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The short-term kinetics of fluoride uptake by cells from 20- to 22-h cultures of Streptococcus mutans strain 6715 were studied using rapid filtration and centrifugation techniques. Saline-suspended organisms were diluted with fluoride-containing solutions buffered at four different pH values (2.0, 4.0, 5.5, and 8.2). ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Whitford GM,Schuster GS,Pashley DH,Venkateswarlu P

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired erythropoiesis causes anemia during genetic disorders, chronic disease, and infection. In studies of the underlying mechanisms researchers have increasingly focused on gamma interferon (IFN-gamma). Here, we identified a previously unrecognized role for interleukin-15 (IL-15) in red blood cell homeostasis and ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mullarky IK,Szaba FM,Kummer LW,Wilhelm LB,Parent MA,Johnson LL,Smiley ST

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two published sequences of the pertussis toxin operon differ in 3 bp in the S1 subunit gene. In this report, we provide evidence that Bordetella pertussis strains are able to produce active pertussis toxin only when they contain one of the two possible nucleotide sequences. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pizza M,Bugnoli M,Pucci P,Siciliano R,Marino G,Rappuoli R

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although protective immunity in C57BL/6 mice induced by a single dose of the radiation-attenuated schistosome vaccine is believed to be mediated by Th1-type immune responses, we here report that in BALB/c mice protection can also depend upon signaling via the interleukin-4 (IL-4) receptor which conventionally governs ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mountford AP,Hogg KG,Coulson PS,Brombacher F

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause worldwide of human mortality attributable to a single infectious agent. Recent studies targeting candidate genes and "case-control" association have revealed numerous polymorphisms implicated in host susceptibility to TB. Here, we review current progress in the understanding of cau...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Azad AK,Sadee W,Schlesinger LS

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B-cell-deficient mice were prepared by administration of rabbit anti-mouse-mu antiserum to newborn animals within 12 h of birth onwards. Such immunodeficient animals, along with the normal controls, were infected intravenously with Cryptococcus neoformans. There was no difference in the mortality pattern, viable count...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Monga DP,Kumar R,Mohapatra LN,Malaviya AN

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agglutinogen 1 of Bordetella pertussis strain 353/Z (serotype 1) was separated from protective antigen and histamine-sensitizing factor by starch-block electrophoresis. Most of the agglutinogen 1 migrated towards the cathode in starch-block electrophoresis, although some remained near the origin. Fractions containing ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ross RF,Munoz J

更新日期：1971-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urease activity has recently been shown to be an important virulence determinant for Helicobacter pylori, allowing it to survive the low pH of the stomach during colonization. Experimental murine infection with Helicobacter felis is now being used as a model for H. pylori infection to study the effects of vaccines, an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gootz TD,Perez-Perez GI,Clancy J,Martin BA,Tait-Kamradt A,Blaser MJ

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ocular exposure of mice to live elementary bodies of Chlamydia trachomatis serovar A results in immunological sensitization of the mice. This reactivity is manifested by the development of early (5 h) and delayed-type (24 h) dermal reactivity and serovar-specific antibody formation against either live or irradiated (1...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Colley DG,Goodman TG,Barsoum IS

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial overgrowth in the small bowel is known to occur in patients with persistent diarrhea, but it has been unclear if colonization alone causes fluid secretion. We studied isogenic, nontoxigenic Escherichia coli strains with colonizing factor antigen II (CFA/II) (1392+) and without CFA/II (1392-) in 18-h rabbit i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wanke CA,Guerrant RL

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEF) grown in vitro with purified staphylococcal exfoliative toxin (ET) increased the concanavalin A (Con A) agglutinability of MEF 3.5-fold over control cells. Possible explanations for this phenomenon were investigated. ET lacked proteolytic activity on denatured casein. Con A,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rogolsky M,Wiley BB,Keyhani M,Glasgow LA

更新日期：1974-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PspC was found to bind human complement factor H (FH) by Western blot analysis of D39 (pspC(+)) and an isogenic mutant TRE108 (pspC). We confirmed that PspA does not bind FH, while purified PspC binds FH very strongly. The binding of FH to exponentially growing pneumococci varied among different isolates when analyzed...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dave S,Brooks-Walter A,Pangburn MK,McDaniel LS

更新日期：2001-05-01 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：:Neisseria gonorrhoeae is generally considered to be an obligate aerobe; it can, however, grow in the absence of oxygen by anaerobic respiration by using nitrite as a terminal electron acceptor. The outer membrane protein compositions of aerobically and anaerobically grown N. gonorrhoeae strains were compared by one- a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Clark VL,Campbell LA,Palermo DA,Evans TM,Klimpel KW

更新日期：1987-06-01 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：:Haemophilus influenzae is a commensal and opportunistic pathogen of the human airways. A number of surface molecules contribute to colonization of the airways by H. influenzae, such as adhesins, including structures found in the lipooligosaccharide (LOS). A human bronchiolar xenograft model was employed to investigate...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Swords WE,Chance DL,Cohn LA,Shao J,Apicella MA,Smith AL

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 7 strains are shown to spontaneously lose cytolytic activity with a frequency of approximately 10(-4). The phenotypic change is associated with the loss of approximately 8.5 kbp of chromosomal DNA. A genomic fragment encoding the cytolysin and its flanking sequences was cloned ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Anderson C,Potter AA,Gerlach GF

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antisera were raised in rabbits with acid-treated Re mutant bacteria from Salmonella minnesota and Escherichia coli and tested in a passive hemolysis assay with di- and monophosphorylated free lipid A of E. coli (LipA-Ac and LipA-HCl, respectively) coated onto sheep erythrocytes. Depending on the acid used to prepare ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Brade L,Brade H

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that when group A streptococci are cocultured with human pharyngeal cells, they upregulate and secrete a 25-kDa toxin, determined to be the bacteriophage-encoded streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin C (SpeC). This prompted us to determine if the bacteriophage themselves are induced during coculture conditions. We...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Broudy TB,Pancholi V,Fischetti VA

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：:CXCL16 is a recently discovered multifaceted chemokine that has been shown not only to recruit activated T lymphocytes but also to play a direct role in the binding and phagocytosis of bacteria by professional antigen-presenting cells. In this study, we investigated the role of CXCL16 in vivo in the regulation of the ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fahy OL,Townley SL,McColl SR

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmaniae are protozoans which, depending upon both the host and parasite species, can cause either a healing or nonhealing infection. While C57BL/10 mice are able to heal following infection with Leishmania major, they fail to heal following infection with Leishmania amazonensis. In order to address the role of Th1...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Afonso LC,Scott P

更新日期：1993-07-01 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