Induction of interleukin-8 in T84 cells by Vibrio cholerae.

abstract：:Ultrastructural changes in cells of the mouse footpad are described which occurred during the log phase of multiplication, the plateau, and the stationary phase of growth of Mycobacterium leprae.BALB/c mice were inoculated in the right hind footpad with 5 x 10(3) organisms and sacrificed in pairs at 86 to 173 days aft...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Evans MJ,Levy L

更新日期：1972-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:K99 prepared by acid precipitation hemagglutinated guinea pig erythrocytes, whereas K99 prepared by chromatography on diethylaminoethyl-Sephadex did not. K99 purified by either procedure hemagglutinated horse erythrocytes. K99 prepared by acid precipitation contained a second antigen not presnet in the K99 prepared by...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Isaacson RE

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strain superinfection occurs when a second pathogen strain infects a host already carrying a primary strain. Anaplasma marginale superinfection occurs when the second strain carries a variant repertoire different from that of the primary strain, and the epidemiologic consequences depend on the relative efficiencies of...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Galletti MF,Ueti MW,Knowles DP Jr,Brayton KA,Palmer GH

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori mutants devoid of urease activity fail to colonize the gastric mucosa of mice; however, the effect of decreased levels of urease on colonization has not been examined. The nixA gene, required for full urease activity, encodes a cytoplasmic membrane nickel transporter that imports nickel ions and le...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nolan KJ,McGee DJ,Mitchell HM,Kolesnikow T,Harro JM,O'Rourke J,Wilson JE,Danon SJ,Moss ND,Mobley HL,Lee A

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli 536 (O6:K15:H31), which was isolated from a case of urinary tract infection, determines high nephropathogenicity in a rat pyelonephritis system as measured by renal bacterial counts 7 days after infection. The loss of S fimbrial adhesin formation (Sfa-) (mannose-resistant hemagglutination [Mrh-] and f...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Marre R,Hacker J,Henkel W,Goebel W

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous passive antibody transfer experiments have indicated that immunity to a 46-kilodalton membrane glycoprotein (M-2) of Leishmania amazonensis may protect against infection with this parasite. In the studies described in this paper, we investigated the ability of the purified M-2 molecule to elicit a protective ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Champsi J,McMahon-Pratt D

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mycobacterium tuberculosis exported repetitive protein (Erp) is a virulence determinant required for growth in cultured macrophages and in vivo. To better understand the role of Erp in Mycobacterium pathogenesis, we generated a mutation in the erp homologue of Mycobacterium marinum, a close genetic relative of M. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cosma CL,Klein K,Kim R,Beery D,Ramakrishnan L

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The question of whether Campylobacter jejuni produces a cholera toxin-like toxin (CTLT) has been controversial. The objective of this study was to identify the factor that cross-reacts with CT from C. jejuni. Filtrates of C. jejuni grown in four different liquid media reported to promote CTLT production were tested by...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Albert MJ,Haridas S,Steer D,Dhaunsi GS,Smith AI,Adler B

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urease from ureaplasmas was purified by immunoaffinity chromatography, and the N-terminal amino acid sequence was determined for two of the three subunits. These sequences were used to design primers for a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) that amplified most of the gene coding for one of the subunits. By using a novel ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Willoughby JJ,Russell WC,Thirkell D,Burdon MG

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the hypothesis that the intensity of specific antichlamydial T cell-mediated immunity in the genital tract of female guinea pigs infected intravaginally with the chlamydial agent of guinea pig inclusion conjunctivitis would determine the resistance or susceptibility to reinfection after a primary chlamydial ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Igietseme JU,Rank RG

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodococcus equi is a facultative intracellular pathogen of macrophages, relying on the presence of a conjugative virulence plasmid harboring a 21-kb pathogenicity island (PAI) for growth in host macrophages. The PAI encodes a family of 6 virulence-associated proteins (Vaps) in addition to 20 other proteins. The contr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Coulson GB,Miranda-CasoLuengo AA,Miranda-CasoLuengo R,Wang X,Oliver J,Willingham-Lane JM,Meijer WG,Hondalus MK

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whereas infections of macrophages by promastigote forms of Leishmania mexicana pifanoi induce the production of superoxide, infections by amastigotes barely induce superoxide production. Several approaches were employed to gain insight into the mechanism by which amastigotes avoid eliciting superoxide production. Firs...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pham NK,Mouriz J,Kima PE

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparisons of the course of coccidioidomycosis in two strains of inbred mice established that BALB/c mice are significantly more susceptible to pulmonary infection with Coccidioides immitis than are DBA/2 mice. The susceptibility of BALB/c mice does not reside in their inability to mount a delayed-type hypersensitivi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cox RA,Kennell W,Boncyk L,Murphy JW

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of cysteine proteinases in adherence of Trichomonas vaginalis NYH 286 to HeLa and human vaginal epithelial cells was evaluated. Only pretreatment of trichomonads, but not epithelial cells, with N-alpha-p-tosyl-L-lysine chloromethyl ketone (TLCK), an inhibitor of trichomonad cysteine proteinases, greatly dimin...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Arroyo R,Alderete JF

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antibacterial properties of lysozyme were investigated with oral microorganisms representing the seven serotypes (a through g) of Streptococcus mutans, Veillonella alcalescens, and the virulent (V) and avirulent (AV) strains of Actinomyces viscosus T14. Growth of bacteria in defined medium was monitored spectropho...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Iacono VJ,MacKay BJ,DiRienzo S,Pollock JJ

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free-living amoebae of the genus Acanthamoeba can cause severe and chronic infections in humans, mainly localized in immune privileged sites, such as the brain and the eye. Monocytes/macrophages are thought to be involved in Acanthamoeba infections, but little is known about how these facultative parasites influence t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mattana A,Sanna M,Cano A,Delogu G,Erre G,Roberts CW,Henriquez FL,Fiori PL,Cappuccinelli P

更新日期：2016-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:During the recent bioterrorism-related outbreaks, inhalational anthrax had a 45% mortality in spite of appropriate antimicrobial therapy, underscoring the need for better adjuvant therapies. The variable latency between exposure and development of disease suggests an important role for the host's innate immune respons...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gold JA,Hoshino Y,Hoshino S,Jones MB,Nolan A,Weiden MD

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The M1inv+ subclone of M1 group A streptococci that spread globally in the late 1980s and early 1990s was previously identified by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), M protein, and SpeA exotoxin sequence analyses. Strains representing this subclone were characterized with regard to carriage of bacterioph...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cleary PP,LaPenta D,Vessela R,Lam H,Cue D

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explored the role of urokinase and tissue-type plasminogen activators (uPA and tPA), as well as the uPA receptor (uPAR; CD87) in mouse severe malaria (SM), using genetically deficient (-/-) mice. The mortality resulting from Plasmodium berghei ANKA infection was delayed in uPA(-/-) and uPAR(-/-) mice but was simila...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Piguet PF,Da Laperrousaz C,Vesin C,Tacchini-Cottier F,Senaldi G,Grau GE

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactoperoxidase catalyzes the oxidation of thiocyanate by hydrogen peroxide into hypothiocyanite, a reaction which can protect bacterial and mammalian cells from killing by hydrogen peroxide. The present study demonstrates, however, that lactoperoxidase in the presence of thiocyanate can actually potentiate the bacter...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Carlsson J,Edlund MB,Hänström L

更新日期：1984-06-01 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：:Dried and wet mouse fibroblast monolayers with labeled collagenous substrate were used to study the effects of lipoteichoic acid (LTA) on cellular prolyl hydroxylase activity. LTA is a scavenger of cations, and Fe2+ is essential for prolyl hydroxylase activity. Surprisingly, addition of LTA to dried monolayers resulte...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Leon O,Panos C

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of antigenically conserved surface components of Haemophilus ducreyi may facilitate the development of reagents to diagnose and prevent chancroid. A hybridoma derived from a mouse immunized with nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae produced a monoclonal antibody (MAb), designated 3B9, that bound to 35 of ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Spinola SM,Griffiths GE,Bogdan J,Menegus MA

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzymes responsible for reducing H2O2 were surveyed in 49 strains of Leptospira by using semiquantitative assays for catalase and peroxidase. The survey revealed a differential distribution of catalase and peroxidase activities between the two leptospiral complexes. The pathogenic Leptospira interrogans strains ga...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Corin RE,Boggs E,Cox CD

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania exist as obligatory intracellular amastigotes and invade macrophages and Langerhans cells, the dendritic cells of the skin. Langerhans cells are much more efficient in presenting Leishmania major antigen to T cells than macrophages are and have the unique ability to retain p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Flohé S,Lang T,Moll H

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism by which Helicobacter pylori, which has little or no invasive activity, induces gastric-tissue inflammation and injury has not been well characterized. We have previously demonstrated that water-extracted proteins of H. pylori are capable of activating human monocytes by a lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-indepe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pérez-Pérez GI,Shepherd VL,Morrow JD,Blaser MJ

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the mechanism of the high incidence of lower respiratory tract infections in patients with diabetes mellitus, we investigated the kinetics of production of macrophage inflammatory protein 2 (MIP-2), an important mediator of lung neutrophil recruitment, using mice with streptozotocin-induced diabetes. Intr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Amano H,Yamamoto H,Senba M,Oishi K,Suzuki S,Fukushima K,Mukaida N,Matsushima K,Eguchi K,Nagatake T

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alveolar bone destruction is a characteristic feature of periodontitis. Treponema denticola is known to be involved in periodontitis. To elucidate the role of T. denticola in alveolar bone destruction in periodontitis, the effects of lipooligosaccharide (LOS) from T. denticola on osteoclast formation and on expression...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Choi BK,Lee HJ,Kang JH,Jeong GJ,Min CK,Yoo YJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that primarily causes disease in immunocompromised individuals. Dendritic cells (DCs) can phagocytose C. neoformans, present cryptococcal antigen, and kill C. neoformans. However, early events following C. neoformans phagocytosis by DCs are not well defined. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wozniak KL,Levitz SM

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the murine model of urinary tract infections (UTI), cystitis by uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) occurs through an intimate relationship with the bladder superficial umbrella cell entailing cycles of adherence, invasion, intracellular bacterial community (IBC) formation, and dispersal (fluxing) from the intrac...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wright KJ,Seed PC,Hultgren SJ

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00