Effect of antibody on the rickettsia-host cell interaction.

abstract：:The suppression of T-cell deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) synthesis by serum from mice acutely with murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) was investigated. Spleen cells from uninfected mice were exposed to concanavalin A in the presence of serum taken from mice at various times after infection with MCMV. The capacity of the serum...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Booss J,Wheelock EF

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventionally raised suckling mice were injected intragastrically with 10(5) spores of a Clostridium botulinum type A culture. Botulism was not observed, but 80% or more of mice challenged when 8 to 11 days old had botulinum toxin in the large intestine 3 days later. Mice younger than 7 days or older than 15 days wer...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sugiyama H,Mills DC

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms of immunity to salmonellae conferred by immunization with live vaccines were studied by adoptive transfer using the mouse-virulent strain Salmonella typhimurium C5 and innately susceptible BALB/c (ltys) mice. This organism cannot establish a sublethal infection in naive BALB/c mice. Animals immunized 2 ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mastroeni P,Villarreal-Ramos B,Hormaeche CE

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccination with recombinant outer surface protein A (OspA) has been shown to protect mice from infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease agent. To determine whether antibodies to B. burgdorferi proteins other than OspA are involved in protective immunity, antibodies to OspA were removed from protective an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fikrig E,Barthold SW,Marcantonio N,Deponte K,Kantor FS,Flavell RA

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a mouse model of thermal injury, an increase in burn size produced a decrease in the ratio of Candida albicans cells adherent to the marginal zone to those adherent to the white pulp of the spleen, an increase in the number of Candida cells in the circulation and in the kidneys, and an increase in mortality. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Neely AN,Orloff MM,Holder IA,Healy DP

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a glycoprotein fraction, designated gp10/20, purified from Leishmania mexicana amazonensis was shown to induce a cellular immune response mediated by murine L3T4+ T lymphocytes. This fact led us to pursue further the characterization of this fraction. The present study demonstrated that gp10/20 is a degradat...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rodrigues MM,Xavier MT,Mendonça-Previato L,Barcinski MA

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arg-gingipains are extracellular cysteine proteases produced by the gram-negative periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis and are encoded by rgpA and rgpB. Three Arg-gingipains, heterodimeric high-molecular-mass Arg-gingipain HRgpA comprising the alpha-catalytic chain and the beta-adhesin chain, the monomeric so...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rangarajan M,Hashim A,Aduse-Opoku J,Paramonov N,Hounsell EF,Curtis MA

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colony variants of Neisseria gonorrhoeae differ in their interactions with eucaryotic cells. When gonococci were cultivated with HeLa cell monolayers, the opacity phenotype (Op) became increasingly dominant in the subpopulation of organisms which adhered to the HeLa cells. Once bound, Op organisms displayed very low l...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bessen D,Gotschlich EC

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subchronic exposure to pharmacological levels of estrogenic compounds, including 17 beta-estradiol, diethylstilbestrol, and alpha-dienestrol, significantly increased the mortality of B6C3F1 female mice after Listeria infection. Compounds with little estrogenic activity, including 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone, progester...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pung OJ,Luster MI,Hayes HT,Rader J

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria gonorrhoeae is the causative agent of the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea, and infection with this organism is typically associated with an intense inflammatory response. In many individuals, however, the infection is asymptomatic and can progress to serious secondary complications. The type IV pili o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Plant LJ,Jonsson AB

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hybrid clones producing monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) raised against the purified enterotoxic hemolysin-phospholipase C (HlyPC) bifunctional molecule of a Vibrio cholerae O139 strain were used to study its enterotoxicity in relation to its hemolytic and enzymatic activities. Fab fragments of MAbs from ascites produ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pal S,Datta A,Nair GB,Guhathakurta B

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using in vitro assays, a group of related, filamentous gram-negative bacteria isolated from subgingival plaque deposits of patients with periodontal disease were found to colonize intact teeth. Tentatively identified as members of the genus Cytophaga, these isolates exhibited a preference for colonizing the cementu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Celesk RA,McCabe RM,London J

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo accumulation of D-serine by Escherichia coli CFT073 leads to elevated expression of PAP fimbriae and hemolysin by an unknown mechanism. Loss of D-serine catabolism by CFT073 leads to a competitive advantage during murine urinary tract infection (UTI), but loss of both D- and L-serine catabolism results in atte...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Anfora AT,Halladin DK,Haugen BJ,Welch RA

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intra-abdominal polymicrobial infections cause significant morbidity and mortality. An experimental mouse model of Candida albicans-Staphylococcus aureus intra-abdominal infection (IAI) results in 100% mortality by 48 to 72 h postinoculation, while monomicrobial infections are avirulent. Mortality is associated with r...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nash EE,Peters BM,Fidel PL,Noverr MC

更新日期：2015-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori is an important human pathogen that causes gastritis and is strongly associated with gastric ulcers, gastric adenocarcinomas, and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas. In response to H. pylori, interleukin-8 (IL-8) is secreted from host cells to attract components of the innate and adaptive ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Torok AM,Bouton AH,Goldberg JB

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were carried out to determine whether treatment of mice with the synthetic adjuvant muramyl dipeptide afforded any resistance to infection with the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. Marked resistance to lethal challenge infection was observed in CBA but not C57BL/6 mice pretreated with muramy...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Krahenbuhl JL,Sharma SD,Ferraresi RW,Remington JS

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus ducreyi previously has been shown to inhibit the phagocytosis of both secondary targets and itself by certain cells in vitro. Wild-type H. ducreyi strain 35000HP contains two genes, lspA1 and lspA2, whose encoded protein products are predicted to be 456 and 543 kDa, respectively. An isogenic mutant of H. d...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Vakevainen M,Greenberg S,Hansen EJ

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in periodontal status are associated with shifts in the composition of the bacterial community in the periodontal pocket. The relative abundances of several newly recognized microbial species, including Filifactor alocis, as-yet-unculturable organisms, and other fastidious organisms have raised questions on th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Aruni AW,Zhang K,Dou Y,Fletcher H

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) isolated from human blood were exposed to various levels of hydrogen sulfide. The effect on respiratory burst, myeloperoxidase activity, and capacity to phagocytose and kill bacteria were studied. A 1-h exposure of the PMN to 1 mM sulfide did not decrease their myeloperoxidase activi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Claesson R,Granlund-Edstedt M,Persson S,Carlsson J

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A protein factor which induces high levels of gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) in resting splenic nonadherent cells was isolated from the sera of mice with generalized inflammation caused by endotoxic shock. The factor was highly purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation followed by ion-exchange column chromatography on ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nakamura K,Okamura H,Nagata K,Komatsu T,Tamura T

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was shown in this work that the infectivity of metacyclic forms of Trypanosoma cruzi was affected upon interaction with the monoclonal antibody (10D8), which reacts with a carbohydrate epitope of the 35- and 50-kilodalton (kDa) surface glycoconjugates. The invasion of Vero cells by metacyclic forms of strains Tulah...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yoshida N,Mortara RA,Araguth MF,Gonzalez JC,Russo M

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural bactericidal resistance to Mycobacterium bovis BCG is under the control of a single gene, designated Bcg. Lung granuloma formation in susceptible (Bcgs) and resistant (Bcgr) mice was studied in two sets of Bcg-congenic systems, namely, the BALB/c (Bcgs)-C.D2 (BALB/c.Bcgr) pair and the B10.A (Bcgs)-B10.Ar (Bcgr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sato IY,Kobayashi K,Kasama T,Kaga S,Kasahara K,Kanemitsu H,Nakatani K,Takahashi T,Nakamura RM,Skamene E

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Production of the Kanagawa hemolysin by patient strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus was found to respond to the pH rather than to the type of carbohydrate present in the growth medium. Regardless of the carbohydrate present, hemolysin production in peptone broth cultures occurred only when the pH was between 6.5 and 5....

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cherwonogrodzky JW,Clark AG

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-six Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains from patients with cystic fibrosis were typed by the Fisher immunotyping scheme. Only 6 strains were agglutinated by a single typing serum, whereas 15 strains were agglutinated with more than one serum and 5 were not agglutinated by any serum. Neither the polyagglutinable nor ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hancock RE,Mutharia LM,Chan L,Darveau RP,Speert DP,Pier GB

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The C-terminal 19-kDa domain of merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP1₁₉) is the target of protective antibodies but alone is poorly immunogenic. Previously, using the Plasmodium yoelii murine model, we fused P. yoelii MSP1₁₉ (PyMSP1₁₉) with full-length P. yoelii merozoite surface protein 8 (MSP8). Upon immunization, the M...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Alaro JR,Angov E,Lopez AM,Zhou H,Long CA,Burns JM Jr

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the chromosomal segments associated with the virulence of Shigella flexneri and transferred to Escherichia coli K-12 by conjugation has been shown to code for the production of aerobactin and for the synthesis of an iron-regulated 76,000-dalton (76K) outer membrane protein. Analysis of various E. coli K-12-S. f...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Griffiths E,Stevenson P,Hale TL,Formal SB

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously identified two K88ac adhesion receptors (210 and 240 kDa) which are present in membrane preparations from adhesive but not nonadhesive porcine intestinal brush border cells; these adhesin receptors are postulated to be important determinants of the susceptibility of pigs to K88ac+ enterotoxigenic Es...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Erickson AK,Baker DR,Bosworth BT,Casey TA,Benfield DA,Francis DH

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli containing the K1 capsule is the leading cause of gram-negative meningitis, but the pathogenesis of this disease is not completely understood. Recent microarray experiments in which we compared the gene expression profile of E. coli K1 associated with human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMEC...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Parthasarathy G,Yao Y,Kim KS

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of radiolabeled human fibrinogen and aggregated beta-microglobulin was measured in 60 strains of beta-hemolytic group B streptococci. Positive fibrinogen binding was detected in seven of the strains. Six of the group B strains showed an uptake of aggregated beta 2-microglobulin. Four individual strains carried...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schönbeck C,Björck L,Kronvall G

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several Shigella flexneri mutants with defects in aromatic amino acid and/or purine biosynthesis have been evaluated as vaccines in humans or in animal models. To be suitable as a vaccine, a mutant has to show virulence attenuation, minimal reactogenicity, and a good immunogenic potential in animal models. With this a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cersini A,Martino MC,Martini I,Rossi G,Bernardini ML

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00