Virulent Shigella flexneri causes damage to mitochondria and triggers necrosis in infected human monocyte-derived macrophages.

abstract：:In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the second messenger cyclic-di-GMP and Gac/Rsm signaling pathways are associated with the transition from acute to chronic infection. Therefore, identification of the molecular mechanisms that govern lifestyle choice in bacteria is very important. Here, we identified a novel cyclic-di-GMP mo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Jiao H,Li F,Wang T,Yam JKH,Yang L,Liang H

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Eperythrozoon coccoides is a common blood parasite of rodents and the etiological agent of a chronic infection present in many mouse colonies. After primary infection, mice develop a parasitemia and anemia followed by a chronic, latent infection. During the acute phase of infection, mice manifest a striking suppressio...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Glasgow LA,Odugbemi T,Dwyer P,Ritterson AL

更新日期：1971-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used inhibitors of receptor-mediated endocytosis to study the mechanisms of infectivity, especially the uptake mechanism, of Chlamydia trachomatis for cultured cells. The effect of methylamine and monodansylcadaverine on the different stages of the chlamydial growth cycle in McCoy cells was examined. There was a do...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Söderlund G,Kihlström E

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae infections of the lung are associated with significant damage to the alveolar epithelium. Host phagocytes and pneumolysin, a cytolytic toxin of S. pneumoniae, are believed to contribute to this cellular damage, yet experiments in which these elements are absent demonstrate the presence of an a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Duane PG,Rubins JB,Weisel HR,Janoff EN

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porphyromonas gingivalis forms communities with antecedent oral biofilm constituent streptococci. P. gingivalis major fimbriae bind to glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) present on the streptococcal surface, and this interaction plays an important role in P. gingivalis colonization. This study identified...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nagata H,Iwasaki M,Maeda K,Kuboniwa M,Hashino E,Toe M,Minamino N,Kuwahara H,Shizukuishi S

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenic role of staphylococcal coagulase and clumping factor was investigated in the rat model of endocarditis. The coagulase-producing and clumping factor-producing parent strain Staphylococcus aureus Newman and a series of mutants defective in either coagulase, clumping factor, or both were tested for their a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Moreillon P,Entenza JM,Francioli P,McDevitt D,Foster TJ,François P,Vaudaux P

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many pathogenic Escherichia coli produce the toxin alpha-hemolysin (Hly), and lipopolysaccharide (LPS), interleukin-1 (IL-1), and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) have all been recognized as important effector molecules during infections by gram-negative organisms. Despite the characterization of many in vitro effects of h...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gleason TG,Houlgrave CW,May AK,Crabtree TD,Sawyer RG,Denham W,Norman JG,Pruett TL

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mannose-resistant, Proteus-like (MR/P) fimbria, responsible for mannose-resistant hemagglutination, is a virulence factor for uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis. Based on known fimbrial gene organization, we postulated that MrpG, a putative minor subunit of the MR/P fimbria, functions as an adhesin responsible for he...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Li X,Zhao H,Geymonat L,Bahrani F,Johnson DE,Mobley HL

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lower genital tract infection with Chlamydia trachomatis and C. muridarum can induce long-lasting hydrosalpinx in the upper genital tract of women and female mice, respectively. However, A/J mice were highly resistant to induction of long-lasting hydrosalpinx by C. muridarum. We further compared host inflammatory resp...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhang H,Zhou Z,Chen J,Wu G,Yang Z,Zhou Z,Baseman J,Zhang J,Reddick RL,Zhong G

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a human inhibition monoclonal enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (HIMELISA) to investigate the human immune response to the lipooligosaccharides (LOS) of Neisseria meningitidis. Monoclonal antibodies (MAb) were used to define seven epitopes on four LOS molecules of a meningococcal strain (126E) previously ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Estabrook MM,Mandrell RE,Apicella MA,Griffiss JM

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma arthritidis induces an acute to chronic arthritis in rodents. Arthritis induced in mice histologically resembles human rheumatoid arthritis and can be associated with lethal toxicity following systemic injection. The M. arthritidis mitogen (MAM) superantigen has long been implicated as having a role in path...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Luo W,Yu H,Cao Z,Schoeb TR,Marron M,Dybvig K

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attaching and effacing adhesion to epithelial cells is a pathognomonic feature of infection by both enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and certain strains of verocytotoxin-producing E. coli (VTEC). EPEC adhesion to tissue culture epithelial cells results in activation of the phosphatidylinositol pathway, with el...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ismaili A,Philpott DJ,Dytoc MT,Sherman PM

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Salmonella typhimurium gene for Mn-cofactored superoxide dismutase (sodA) was cloned by complementation of an Escherichia coli sodA sodB mutant for growth on minimal medium. Sequence analysis revealed an open reading frame of 618 bp encoding a polypeptide with 97% identity to E. coli SodA. A S. typhimurium sodA mu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tsolis RM,Bäumler AJ,Heffron F

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outer surface protein A (OspA) of the Lyme disease spirochete is primarily produced in the tick vector. OspA, which is a receptor for attaching spirochetes to the tick gut, is down regulated as the spirochetes leave the tick and enter the mammalian host. Although OspA is not a major antigen produced in the mammal, the...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Strother KO,Hodzic E,Barthold SW,de Silva AM

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controversy persists over the role that the capsular polysaccharide plays in the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus infections. To address this issue, we compared the mouse virulence of S. aureus Reynolds and capsule-defective mutant strains cultivated under conditions of high or low capsule expression. Strain Reyn...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Thakker M,Park JS,Carey V,Lee JC

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3 and gamma interferon on the phenotypic changes associated with monocyte maturation in vitro were investigated. Human monocytes separated from peripheral blood mononuclear cell populations by adherence to plastic were cultured for 7 days on glass. Immunocytological analysis was ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Poulter LW,Rook GA,Steele J,Condez A

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fibronectin-binding proteins (FnBPs) of Staphylococcus aureus are believed to be implicated in the pathogen's adherence to and colonization of bovine mammary glands, thus leading to infectious mastitis. In vitro studies have shown that FnBPs help the adhesion of the pathogen to bovine mammary epithelial cells. How...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Brouillette E,Talbot BG,Malouin F

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both rat alveolar macrophages and a human macrophages cell line with characteristics of human tissue (e.g., alveolar) macrophages (THP-1) were found to inhibit the germination of Rhizopus spores. However, the conditions under which fungistatic activity occurs are different for these two cell types. The inhibition of R...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Jorens PG,Boelaert JR,Halloy V,Zamora R,Schneider YJ,Herman AG

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucella abortus 2308 derivatives with mini-Tn5 insertions in purE, purL, and purD display significant attenuation in the BALB/c mouse model, while isogenic mutants with mini-Tn5 insertions in pheA, trpB, and dagA display little or no attenuation in cultured murine macrophages or mice. These experimental findings conf...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Alcantara RB,Read RD,Valderas MW,Brown TD,Roop RM 2nd

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intravenous administration of hydrogen peroxide has been reported to benefit patients with pneumonia and to reduce Plasmodium parasitemia in experimentally infected mice. We assessed the antibacterial activity of intravenously infused hydrogen peroxide against hydrogen peroxide-susceptible Escherichia coli (MBC of...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Shenep JL,Stokes DC,Hughes WT

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic resistance to lethal infection with Rickettsia tsutsugamushi was studied in over 30 inbred strains, inbred hybrids, and outbred stocks of mice. Inbred mice infected intraperitoneally with the Gilliam strain of R. tsutsugamushi showed three patterns of response: susceptible (A/HeJ, C3H/HeDub, C3H/HeJ, C3H/HeN, ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Groves MG,Osterman JV

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stools from a patient with antibiotic-associated colitis and cecal contents from a hamster with clindamycin-induced enterocolitis were compared in a cytotoxicity assay to determine common properties. Both specimens produced actinomorphic changes in human amnion cells at 10(-7) dilutions. The toxin was acid labile, hea...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chang TW,Bartlett JG,Gorbach SL,Onderdonk AB

更新日期：1978-05-01 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：:The var gene-encoded Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) family is responsible for antigenic variation and sequestration of infected erythrocytes during malaria. We have previously grouped the 60 PfEMP1 variants of P. falciparum clone 3D7 into groups A and B/A (category A) and groups B, B/C, ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Joergensen L,Turner L,Magistrado P,Dahlbäck MA,Vestergaard LS,Lusingu JP,Lemnge M,Salanti A,Theander TG,Jensen AT

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory epithelial cells play an active part in the host response to respiratory pathogens, such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, by releasing chemokines responsible for neutrophil recruitment. In order to investigate the role of specific pneumococcal virulence factors in eliciting CXC chemokine responses, type II pne...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Graham RM,Paton JC

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Citrate is a ubiquitous compound and can be utilized by many bacterial species, including enteric pathogens, as a carbon and energy source. Genes involved in citrate utilization have been extensively studied in some enteric bacteria, such as Klebsiella pneumoniae; however, their role in pathogenesis is still not clear...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Liu M,Hao G,Li Z,Zhou Y,Garcia-Sillas R,Li J,Wang H,Kan B,Zhu J

更新日期：2019-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of genes with increased expression in vivo may lead to the identification of novel or unrecognized virulence traits and/or recognition of environmental signals involved in modulating gene expression. Our laboratory is studying an extraintestinal isolate of Escherichia coli as a model pathogen. We ha...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Russo TA,Carlino UB,Mong A,Jodush ST

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 120-kDa rickettsial outer membrane protein (rOmpB) is encoded by a gene with the capacity to encode a protein of approximately 168 kDa. The carboxy-terminal end of the molecule is apparently cleaved to yield 120- and 32-kDa products. Both polypeptides are surface exposed and remain associated with the outer membra...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hackstadt T,Messer R,Cieplak W,Peacock MG

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously demonstrated that plasmid-deficient Chlamydia muridarum retains the ability to infect the murine genital tract but does not elicit oviduct pathology because it fails to activate Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2). We derived a plasmid-cured derivative of the human genital isolate Chlamydia trachomatis D/UW-3/Cx...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： O'Connell CM,AbdelRahman YM,Green E,Darville HK,Saira K,Smith B,Darville T,Scurlock AM,Meyer CR,Belland RJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We attempted to induce experimental arthritis in rats by systematically testing the effect of Yersinia infections in five strains of rats, using the intragastric, intraperitoneal, and intravenous routes of inoculation. We observed that Lewis rats which were given 10(4) to 10(5) Yersinia enterocolitica WA organisms via...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hill JL,Yu DT

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00