Trojan horse effect: phagocyte-mediated Streptococcus iniae infection of fish.

abstract：:Using the indirect fluorescein-labeled and indirect peroxidase-antiperoxidase-labeled immunohistochemical techniques, and utilizing both antiserum specific for the beta-subunit of choriogonadotropin and antiserum for the total hormone, we have demonstrated the presence of a choriogonadotropin-like immunoreactive mater...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Acevedo HF,Slifkin M,Pouchet-Melvin GR,Campbell-Acevedo EA

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum (both Apicomplexa) are closely related cyst-forming coccidian parasites that differ significantly in their host ranges and ability to cause disease. Unlike eutherian mammals, Australian marsupials (metatherian mammals) have long been thought to be highly susceptible to toxoplasmo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Donahoe SL,Phalen DN,McAllan BM,O'Meally D,McAllister MM,Ellis J,Šlapeta J

更新日期：2017-05-23 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：:The importance of intact host defense mechanisms for successful antimicrobial therapy was investigated in an animal model. Recovery from lobar pneumococcal pneumonia as a result of penicillin therapy was studied in normal rats and in rats treated with cobra venom factor. This factor was used to selectively suppress th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bakker-Woudenberg IA,de Jong-Hoenderop JY,Michel MF

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extracellular cytolysin produced by Vibrio metschnikovii was purified by acid precipitation, phenyl-Sepharose CL-4B chromatography, and rechromatography on a phenyl-Sepharose CL-4B column and high-performance liquid chromatography on a Mono Q (anion-exchange) column. The purified cytolysin had a molecular weight of...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Miyake M,Honda T,Miwatani T

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats kept under germfree conditions showed lower specific lysosomal enzyme activities in liver endothelial cells, but not in Kupffer cells. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Knook DL,Barkway C,Sleyster EC

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritoneal exudate T lymphocytes from Listeria monocytogenes-immune mice in the presence of the homologous antigen (heat-killed L. monocytogenes) and normal macrophages showed L. monocytogenes-specific proliferative responses. Proliferation was inhibited by macrophages from L. monocytogenes- or Corynebacterium parvum-...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kaufmann SH,Simon MM,Hahn H

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous work (Jones, Infect, Immun. 30:78-89, 1980) a major cytoplasmic antigen of Candida albicans was identified. In both humans and experimental animals, this antigen is released from C. albicans during the course of an invasive C. albicans infection and elicits a specific antibody response. In this study, we u...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Greenfield RA,Jones JM

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism by which hamsters acquire resistance to yaws or frambesia is poorly understood. This investigation has shown that immune lymphoid cells (spleen and lymph node) could confer on hamsters resistance to infection with Treponema pertenue. Treatment of these immune cells with a specific antithymocyte serum (AT...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chan JK,Schell RF,LeFrock JL

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement-containing immune complexes can be presented to phagocytes by human erythrocytes bearing complement receptor 1 (CR1). Although this has long been assumed to be a mechanism by which humans are able to protect themselves from "extracellular" bacteria such as pneumococci, there is little direct evidence. In th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Li J,Wang JP,Ghiran I,Cerny A,Szalai AJ,Briles DE,Finberg RW

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little data are available regarding L-form phagocyte interactions. Due to difficulty with more conventional methods, a serum-free technique of surface phagocytosis employing cellulose ester micropore filters, fluorochrome staining, and reflecting fluorescence microscopy was developed. Intracellular localization of L-f...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Harwick HJ,Barajas L,Montgomerie JZ,Kalmanson GM,Guze LB

更新日期：1972-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The listeriolysin gene from a weakly hemolytic but virulent strain of Listeria monocytogenes serotype 1/2a was cloned in Escherichia coli K-12. Recombinants were identified on the basis of their cross-reactivities to hyperimmune antisera raised against streptolysin O and listeriolysin. Low levels of hemolytic activity...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Leimeister-Wächter M,Chakraborty T

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the ability of two species of streptococci isolated from the human oral cavity (Streptococcus mutans NCTC 10449 and Streptococcus sobrinus SL-1) to metabolize N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), a naturally occurring amino sugar present in saliva and human glycoproteins, when provided as the sole fermen...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Homer KA,Patel R,Beighton D

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement-fixing antibodies were first detected in mice 7 days after intravenous injection with Mycoplasma arthritidis. Peak titers were observed at 21 days, and high levels of antibody persisted through 293 days. The metabolism-inhibiting antibody response was minimal. On fractionation of mouse sera, only 7S antibod...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Coke BC,Ward JR,Golightly-Rowland C,Trapp GA

更新日期：1971-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The P8 proteoglycolipid complex (P8 PGLC) is a glyconjugate expressed by Leishmania mexicana complex parasites. We previously have shown that vaccination with P8 PGLC provides protection against cutaneous leishmaniasis in susceptible BALB/c mice. However, the biological importance of this complex remains unknown. Here...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Whitaker SM,Colmenares M,Pestana KG,McMahon-Pratt D

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a potent stimulus of cells, yet a target protein for LPS has not been defined. We used two approaches to define LPS-binding sites on cell surfaces: one assay measured binding of LPS-coated erythrocytes (ELPS) to cultured human cells, and a second measured binding of a radiolabeled...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Golenbock DT,Hampton RY,Raetz CR,Wright SD

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from patients with endocarditis and bacteremia were capable of secreting high-molecular-weight soluble peptidoglycans when grown in a minimal cell wall medium containing penicillin G. Vancomycin was not able to substitute for penicillin G in triggering this secretion. Secretion r...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zeiger AR,Wong W,Chatterjee AN,Young FE,Tuazon CU

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gonococci do not readily cause disseminated infection in mice. To simulate some of the conditions leading to disseminated gonococcal infection in women, we suspended gonococci in mucin plus hemoglobin and studied the development of gonococcal bacteremia. The mucin-hemoglobin mixture was used because the menstruum appe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Corbeil LB,Wunderlich AC,Corbeil RR,McCutchan JA,Ito JI Jr,Braude AI

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxidase-conjugated antibodies were found to be as sensitive as those conjugated to fluorescein-isothiocyanate (FITC) for identification of selected enterovirus types by the indirect technique. Peroxidase conjugates, however, were found to give fewer nonspecific reactions. The reasons for the higher specificity of t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Herrmann JE,Morse SA,Collins MF

更新日期：1974-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work in our laboratory has shown that corticosterone increases the susceptibility of macrophages from Bcgs mice to the growth of Mycobacterium avium. The innate antimycobacterial activity of macrophages from Bcgr mice was not affected by corticosterone. In contrast to the differential effect of corticosterone...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Brown DH,LaFuse W,Zwilling BS

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A virus-specific cell surface antigen(s) was detected on mouse adenovirus-infected cells by the immunofluorescent antibody technique. It was demonstrated in infected cells regardless of the mouse strain or animal species used. It became detectable on the cell surface about 6 h postinfection and was demonstrated in 90%...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Inada T,Uetake H

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes causes foodborne systemic disease in pregnant women, which can lead to preterm labor, stillbirth, or severe neonatal disease. Colonization of the maternal decidua appears to be an initial step in the maternal component of the disease as well as bacterial transmission to th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rizzuto G,Tagliani E,Manandhar P,Erlebacher A,Bakardjiev AI

更新日期：2017-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural antibodies are those immunoglobulin molecules found in mammalian serum that arise in the absence of exposure to environmental pathogens and may comprise an early host defense against invading pathogens. The spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi first encounters natural antibodies when its arthropod vector, Ixodes sc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Belperron AA,Bockenstedt LK

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nonhuman primate model for malaria vaccine development allowing reliable, stringent sporozoite challenge and evaluation of both cellular and antibody responses is needed. We therefore constructed a multicomponent, multistage DNA vaccine for the simian malaria species Plasmodium knowlesi including two preerythrocytic...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rogers WO,Baird JK,Kumar A,Tine JA,Weiss W,Aguiar JC,Gowda K,Gwadz R,Kumar S,Gold M,Hoffman SL

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an emerging paradigm shift from coronary heart disease having a purely hereditary and nutritional causation to possibly having an infectious etiology. Recent epidemiological studies have shown a correlation between periodontal disease and coronary heart disease. However, to date, there is minimal information ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dorn BR,Dunn WA Jr,Progulske-Fox A

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Broth culture supernatants from Tox+ Helicobacter pylori strains induce vacuolation of HeLa cells in vitro and contain VacA in concentrations that are higher than those found in supernatants from Tox- H. pylori strains. To investigate the basis for this phenomenon, we analyzed the transcription of the vacuolating cyto...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Forsyth MH,Atherton JC,Blaser MJ,Cover TL

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we isolated a high-molecular-weight immunogenic polysaccharide (designated PS) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa immunotype 1 (IT-1). The method which we used was modified to permit the isolation of a similar PS from P. aeruginosa IT-2. This antigen was composed primarily of carbohydrate, had a complex monosacch...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pier GB,Sidberry HF,Sadoff JC

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli 83972 is a clinical asymptomatia bacteriuric isolate that is able to colonize the human urinary bladder without inducing an immune response. Here we demonstrate that one of the mechanisms by which this strain has become attenuated is through the mutation of its genes encoding type 1 and P fimbriae. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Klemm P,Roos V,Ulett GC,Svanborg C,Schembri MA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro, macrophages from normal strain BRVR mice killed Salmonella more quickly than did macrophages from normal strain BSVS mice. Salmonella injected intraperitoneally multiplied more quickly in BSVS mice than in BRVR mice. BRVR macrophages injected intraperitoneally into BSVS mice protected against Salmonella mult...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Maier T,Oels HC

更新日期：1972-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal growth conditions have been established for production of heat-labile enterotoxin (LT) by both porcine and human strains of enterotoxigenic (ENT(+)) Escherichia coli. There were no unusual growth factor requirements, and some strains produced fairly high levels of LT in a basal salts medium containing 0.5% glu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gilligan PH,Robertson DC

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00