Transforming growth factor beta 1 production by CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cells in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from healthy subjects stimulated with Leishmania guyanensis.

abstract：:A murine monoclonal antibody was raised against the B95-8 strain of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), which was isolated from a case of mononucleosis after blood transfusion (Hoffman et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 77:2979, 1980). We provide evidence that neutralization of immortalization by this monoclonal antibody is v...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Miller G,Heston L,Hoffman G

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydial inclusions were demonstrated by indirect immunofluorescence (IF) with antiserum to the chlamydial group antigen when McCoy cell monolayers infected with either Chlamydia trachomatis or Chlamydia psittaci were fixed in formaldehyde or paraformaldehyde, provided the monolayer was not allowed to dry. If these ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Richmond SJ,Stirling P

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of several virulence determinants of Yersinia pestis is known to be dependent on the in vitro growth temperature. One of these, calcium dependence, is associated with the presence of a 47-megadalton plasmid. We have examined the effects of incubation temperature, calcium in the growth medium, the presen...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Darveau RP,Charnetzky WT,Hurlbert RF,Hancock RE

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A panel of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) specific for the heat-stable enterotoxin (STh) of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli was produced. All four MAbs (8G7, 53-4, 11C, and SH1) bound to native STh in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to various degrees, with clone SH1 showing the best affinity. The MAbs were screen...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Takeda T,Nair GB,Suzuki K,Zhe HX,Yokoo Y,De Mol P,Hemelhof W,Butzler JP,Takeda Y,Shimonishi Y

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is an important pathogen of humans and other animals, causing bacteremia, abscesses, endocarditis, and other infectious syndromes. A signature-tagged mutagenesis (STM) system was adapted for use in studying the genes required for in vivo survival of S. aureus. An STM library was ultimately create...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schwan WR,Coulter SN,Ng EY,Langhorne MH,Ritchie HD,Brody LL,Westbrock-Wadman S,Bayer AS,Folger KR,Stover CK

更新日期：1998-02-01 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：:Targeting an antigen to Fc receptors (FcR) can enhance the immune response to the antigen in the absence of adjuvant. Furthermore, we recently demonstrated that intranasal immunization with an FcγR-targeted antigen enhances protection against a category A intracellular mucosal pathogen, Francisella tularensis. To dete...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bitsaktsis C,Iglesias BV,Li Y,Colino J,Snapper CM,Hollingshead SK,Pham G,Gosselin DR,Gosselin EJ

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli strains produce at least two heat-stable enterotoxins, STa and STb. STa is well known to be important in the pathogenesis of human diarrheal disease; the role of STb has not been defined. Fifty-two E. coli strains recovered from human diarrheal illness in northeast Brazil or Bangladesh were examined i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Weikel CS,Tiemens KM,Moseley SL,Huq IM,Guerrant RL

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porphyromonas gingivalis is reportedly capable of stimulating the expression of host cell matrix metalloproteinases (MMP), contributing to tissue destruction. However, the impact of this bacterium on specific molecules remains to be determined. In this study, we evaluate the effect of P. gingivalis on regulation of MM...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fravalo P,Ménard C,Bonnaure-Mallet M

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salivary proline-rich proteins (PRPs), which were purified from parotid saliva, were adsorbed onto 15-nm-diameter gold particles to visualize specific binding of the salivary molecules to Actinomyces viscosus type 1 fimbriae. Negatively stained preparations incubated with PRP-gold conjugates but not bovine serum album...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Leung KP,Nesbitt WE,Fischlschweiger W,Hay DI,Clark WB

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms by which Mycobacterium tuberculosis elicits disease are complex, involving a large repertoire of bacterial genes that are required for in vivo growth and survival. To identify such genes, we utilized a high-throughput microarray detection method to rapidly screen hundreds of unique, genotypically define...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lamichhane G,Tyagi S,Bishai WR

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergic-type immune responses, particularly immunoglobulin E (IgE), correlate with protective immunity in human schistosomiasis. To better understand the mechanisms of parasite elimination we examined the immune correlates of protection in baboons (Papio cynocephalus anubis), which are natural hosts for Schistosoma m...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nyindo M,Kariuki TM,Mola PW,Farah IO,Elson L,Blanton RE,King CL

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of CFW mice with Trichinella spiralis induced a state of relative unresponsiveness to passive cutaneous anaphylaxis (PCA) induced with hen egg albumin and its corresponding antibodies. The unresponsiveness was to PCA produced either with immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) or IgE type of antibodies, but was more pronou...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Munoz JJ,Cole RL

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several early nonspecific host defense mechanisms were examined in resistant (BALB/c) and susceptible (C3H/He) mice after intraperitoneal inoculation with Rickettsia tsutsugamushi strain Gilliam. Inflammatory exudates were formed in both mouse strains in response to rickettsial inoculation, but the inflammatory respon...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nacy CA,Groves MG

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate (TDM) plays important roles in the development of granulomatous inflammation during infection with Mycobacterium spp., Rhodococcus spp., etc. To reveal the augmenting effect of TDM on vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) production and neovascularization, we investigated murine granuloma...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sakaguchi I,Ikeda N,Nakayama M,Kato Y,Yano I,Kaneda K

更新日期：2000-04-01 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：:Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), which recognizes lipopolysaccharide from Gram-negative bacteria, plays a major role in resistance of mice and humans to Salmonella infection. In chickens, Salmonella may establish a carrier state whereby bacteria are able to persist in the host organism without triggering clinical signs. B...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chaussé AM,Grépinet O,Bottreau E,Le Vern Y,Menanteau P,Trotereau J,Robert V,Wu Z,Kerboeuf D,Beaumont C,Velge P

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies against feline leukemia virus (FeLV) and the feline oncornavirus-associated cell membrane antigen (FOCMA) were transferred from pregnant cats to their suckling kittens. All of these kittens were protected against infection and oncogenesis by virulent FeLV when challenged at 2 weeks of age. Suckling kittens ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hoover EA,Schaller JP,Mathes LE,Olsen RG

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pyogenes secretes a specific immunoglobulin G (IgG)-protease, SpeB, as well as the IgG glycan-hydrolyzing enzyme EndoS. Here we show that SpeB also degrades IgA, IgM, IgD, and IgE. We also show that EndoS only hydrolyzes the glycan moiety on native but not denatured IgG. Thus, SpeB has a broad immunoglob...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Collin M,Olsén A

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse spleen cultures were infected with murine cytomegalovirus, either before or after separating the cells into various classes, and the growth of virus and production of infectious centers were measured in each cell class. The separation techniques, which were used in various combinations, comprised: adherence to p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Loh L,Hudson JB

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae infection leads to multifold increases in sialyltransferase, galactosyltransferase, alpha 2-fucosyltransferase, and alpha 3-fucosyltransferase activity of rat liver. Such changes may reflect an increased demand for glycosylation of acute-phase proteins synthesized and secreted by the liver dur...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Canonico PG,Little JS,Powanda MC,Bostian KA,Beisel WR

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, leads to secretion of alpha/beta interferon (IFN-alpha/beta). While IFN-alpha/beta ordinarily stimulates formation of signal transducer and stimulator of transcription-1 (STAT-1) homodimers and IFN-stimulated gene...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Prabhakar S,Qiao Y,Hoshino Y,Weiden M,Canova A,Giacomini E,Coccia E,Pine R

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between the selective abilities of bacteria to adhere and their predilections for colonizing different mammalian hosts was investigated by using bacteria indigenous to the tongue dorsum of humans and rats as models. Streptococcus salivarius and S. sanguis averaged 22.6 and 2.8%, respectively, of the c...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gibbons RJ,Spinell DM,Skobe Z

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain disrupted in the AraC homologue Rv1931c was isolated. The mutant strain exhibited reduced survival both in macrophages and in a mouse infection model, with survival being restored on complementation with the Rv1931c gene. These results suggest that Rv1931c regulates genes important ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Frota CC,Papavinasasundaram KG,Davis EO,Colston MJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins were extracted at pH 2.5 from carefully washed brain homogenates of patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Immunoglobulin G was isolated from the extracts by gel filtration and immunoadsorbent chromatography and was 125I radioiodinated. The labeled immunoglobulin G was reacted with purified measle...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Weil ML,Norrby E,Itabashi HH,Wilson R,Tourtellotte WW,Heiner DC

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusobacterium nucleatum is a common oral anaerobe involved in periodontitis that is known to translocate and cause intrauterine infections. In the oral environment, F. nucleatum adheres to a large diversity of species, facilitating their colonization and creating biological bridges that stabilize the multispecies dent...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Coppenhagen-Glazer S,Sol A,Abed J,Naor R,Zhang X,Han YW,Bachrach G

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosome-activated mouse peritoneal macrophages phagocytized and digested Trypanosoma brucei in vitro and in vivo, but in the absence of specific antiserum and complement the degree of phagocytosis was minimal. Ultrastructurally, the parasites attached to the macrophage by their flagella, and ingestion proceeded fl...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stevens DR,Moulton JE

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Susceptibility of Syrian hamsters of the inbred LSH and MHA strains to injection of as few as 10 plaque-forming units of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) was shown to occur only after intraperitoneal and intrapleural injection and not after injection of VSV intravenously, intranasally, or in the footpads. Despite the ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fultz PN,Shadduck JA,Kang CY,Streilein JW

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) trigger the systemic release of both cytokines and catecholamines. Cytokines are known to be capable of eliciting a stress hormone response in vivo. The present study sought insight into the effect of noradrenaline on LPS-induced release of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF) and inte...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： van der Poll T,Jansen J,Endert E,Sauerwein HP,van Deventer SJ

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endotoxin may cause abnormal deposition of platelet-endotoxin aggregates, and this event could have damaging effects. We compared the aggregation characteristics of platelets from rabbits made tolerant to the lethal effects of endotoxin with those of platelets from normal rabbits. Platelets from tolerant rabbits aggre...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Walker RI,Shields LJ,Fletcher JR

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00