Modulation of host cytoskeleton function by the enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Citrobacter rodentium effector protein EspG.

abstract：:Salmonella pathogenicity island 12 (SPI-12) of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is a 15-kb region that encompasses genes STM2230 to STM2245 and encodes a remnant phage known to contribute to bacterial virulence. In mouse infection experiments and replication assays in macrophages, we demonstrated a role for fou...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tomljenovic-Berube AM,Henriksbo B,Porwollik S,Cooper CA,Tuinema BR,McClelland M,Coombes BK

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Female mice infected at birth with 10(7) 50% tissue culture infective doses of polyoma virus were mated when at least 6 weeks old. Polyoma was not detected in any tissues of 27 female mice before mating except for trace amounts in the kidneys of 2 mice, but late in gestation polyoma virus could be found in the kidneys...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McCance DJ,Mims CA

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adherence of Trichomonas vaginalis NYH 286 to host cells was evaluated by using monolayer cultures of HeLa and HEp-2 epithelial cells and human fibroblast cell lines. Saturation of sites on HeLa cells was achieved, yielding a maximal T. vaginalis NYH 286-to-cell ratio of two. The ability of radiolabeled NYH 286 to...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Alderete JF,Garza GE

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus neoformans is surrounded by a capsular polysaccharide. There are at least four known serotypes of the polysaccharide. The objective of this study was to produce monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) that could be used to study the distribution of epitopes among the serotypes of C. neoformans. BALB/c mice were immu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Eckert TF,Kozel TR

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic Yersinia species utilize a type III secretion system (T3SS) to translocate effectors called Yersinia outer proteins (Yops) into infected host cells. Previous studies demonstrated a role for effector Yops in the inhibition of caspase-1-mediated cell death and secretion of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) in naïv...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lilo S,Zheng Y,Bliska JB

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cytoplasmic 75-kDa immunogen from Chlamydia trachomatis serovar L2 has previously been characterized as being similar to the Escherichia coli heat shock protein DnaK. We have localized a linear epitope for one monoclonal antibody specific for C. trachomatis DnaK. By use of a recombinant DNA technique, the epitope wa...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Birkelund S,Larsen B,Holm A,Lundemose AG,Christiansen G

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli F-18 is a human fecal isolate that makes type 1 fimbriae, encoded by the fim gene cluster, and is an excellent colonizer of the streptomycin-treated mouse intestine. E. coli F-18 fimA::tet, lacking type 1 fimbriae, was constructed by bacteriophage P1 transduction of the fim region of the E. coli K-12 ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sweeney NJ,Klemm P,McCormick BA,Moller-Nielsen E,Utley M,Schembri MA,Laux DC,Cohen PS

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Shigella flexneri a 220-kilobase plasmid encodes the ability to invade nonprofessional phagocytes by a mechanism similar to phagocytosis. In this report, the continuous macrophage cell line J774 was used to study the intracellular fate of both invasive and noninvasive strains. pWR100, the virulence plasmid of S. fl...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Clerc PL,Ryter A,Mounier J,Sansonetti PJ

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine bone marrow-derived macrophages were infected with a panel of virulent isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis including laboratory strains Erdman and H37Rv and various clinical isolates in order to determine the sensitivity of each of these strains to the antimycobacterial activities of macrophage-generated rea...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rhoades ER,Orme IM

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromatographic analysis, coupled to mass spectrometry with a high-resolution mass spectrometer, of materials isolated from skin lesions of patients with lepromatous leprosy allows the recognition of characteristic mycobacterial products, mycolic acids. This finding indicates that the "noncultivable" bacteria responsi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Etemadi AH,Convit J

更新日期：1974-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysogenic conversion of Shigella flexneri type antigens was studied with the aid of wild-type and thermosensitive mutant phages. With all wild-type phages, the appearance of glycosylated antigen was accompanied by the appearance of polyprenyl phosphate glucose synthetase activity. With some of the mutant phages, the a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Financsek I,Ketyi I,Sasak W,Jankowski W,Janczura E,Chojnacki T

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inbred mouse strains differ in their susceptibility to infection with the facultative intracellular bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, largely due to delayed or deficient innate immune responses. Previous antibody depletion studies suggested that neutrophils (polymorphonuclear leukocytes [PMN]) were particularly import...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pitts MG,Combs TA,D'Orazio SEF

更新日期：2018-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of treatment with live or inactivated Shope fibroma virus on host cell deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) synthesis were determined. The incorporation of (3)H-thymidine into nuclear DNA was suppressed by both active and inactivated virus, although live virus was more effective. During the early phase of infection...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chan JC,Hodes ME

更新日期：1973-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in cell viability and in factors affecting metabolic integrity were examined after exposure of Escherichia coli LP1092 to human serum. Antibody-dependent classical pathway activity accounted for the rapid killing of strain LP1092 by complement. Removal of serum lysozyme by bentonite absorption or by neutraliza...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Taylor PW,Kroll HP

更新日期：1983-01-01 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：:Citrobacter rodentium is an attaching and effacing pathogen which causes transmissible colonic hyperplasia in mice. Infection with C. rodentium serves as a model for infection of humans with enteropathogenic and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. To identify novel colonization factors of C. rodentium, we screened a s...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hart E,Yang J,Tauschek M,Kelly M,Wakefield MJ,Frankel G,Hartland EL,Robins-Browne RM

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-one Kanagawa-positive and -negative Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates from patient stools and seafood were examined for plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid content, culture characteristics, and indices of pathogenicity. No significant correlation was found between plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid contents and indices of ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Twedt RM,Brown DF,Zink DL

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly purified protein antigens are usually poor immunogens; in practice, adjuvants are needed to obtain satisfactory immune responses. Plasmodium yoelii 19-kDa merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP1(19)) is a weak antigen, but mice vaccinated with this antigen in strong adjuvants can survive an otherwise lethal parasite ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ogun SA,Dumon-Seignovert L,Marchand JB,Holder AA,Hill F

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharides (LPS), either in the free form or complexed to CD14, a LPS receptor, are elicitors of the immune system. Lactoferrin (Lf), a LPS-chelating glycoprotein, protects animals against septic shock. Since optimal protection requires administration of Lf prior to lethal doses of LPS, we hypothesized that i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Baveye S,Elass E,Fernig DG,Blanquart C,Mazurier J,Legrand D

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The porcine immunoglobulins M (IgM), A (IgA), and G (IgG) were isolated and purified and some of the properties of the porcine milk IgA were examined. Monospecific antisera which were prepared against these immunoglobulins in rabbits were then used to absorb a particular class of immunoglobulin from sow serum, colostr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Saif LJ,Bohl EH,Gupta RK

更新日期：1972-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannheimia haemolytica, a commensal organism of the upper respiratory tract in cattle, is the principal bacterial pathogen associated with the bovine respiratory disease complex. Adherence to the respiratory mucosa is a crucial event in its pathogenesis. However, the bacterial components that contribute to this proces...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kisiela DI,Czuprynski CJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucins are high-molecular-weight glycoproteins and major constituents of the mucus layer which covers the airway surface. We have studied the interactions between bacteria, mucins, and epithelial cells from the human respiratory tract. Nontypeable strains of Haemophilus influenzae were found to bind to purified airway...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Davies J,Carlstedt I,Nilsson AK,Håkansson A,Sabharwal H,van Alphen L,van Ham M,Svanborg C

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious agents are often considered potential triggers of chronic inflammatory disease, including autoimmunity; however, direct evidence is usually lacking. Here we show that following control of acute infection of mice with the myotropic Colombiana strain of Trypanosoma cruzi, parasites persisted in tissue at low ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Roffê E,Marino APMP,Weaver J,Wan W,de Araújo FF,Hoffman V,Santiago HC,Murphy PM

更新日期：2016-03-24 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：:The availability of relevant and useful animal models is critical for progress in the development of effective vaccines and therapeutics. The infection of rabbits and non-human primates with fully virulent Bacillus anthracis spores provides two excellent models of anthrax disease. However, the high cost of procuring a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Loving CL,Kennett M,Lee GM,Grippe VK,Merkel TJ

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from three human and four monkey isolates of Campylobacter jejuni was extracted in high yields that revealed ladder-like structures in polyacrylamide gels by direct silver staining. These observations demonstrate that C. jejuni possesses LPS with O-chain repeating units typical of the family E...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Blake DC Jr,Russell RG

更新日期：1993-12-01 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：:We characterized outer membrane proteins (OMPs) from selected Campylobacter jejuni, C. coli, and C. fetus strains by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2DGE), using isoelectric focusing and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), and by immunoblotting with immune rabbit serum. The flage...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dunn BE,Blaser MJ,Snyder EL

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae, a Gram-positive bacterial pathogen, causes pneumonia, meningitis, and septicemia. Innate immune responses are critical for the control and pathology of pneumococcal infections. It has been demonstrated that S. pneumoniae induces the production of type I interferons (IFNs) by host cells and th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fang R,Hara H,Sakai S,Hernandez-Cuellar E,Mitsuyama M,Kawamura I,Tsuchiya K

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the innate immune response against microbial infections in Drosophila melanogaster involve mutant strains and their reference strains that act as experimental controls. We used five standard D. melanogaster laboratory reference strains (Oregon R, w1118, Canton-S, Cinnabar Brown, and Yellow White [YW]) and i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Eleftherianos I,More K,Spivack S,Paulin E,Khojandi A,Shukla S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00