Vaccination with the Chlamydia trachomatis major outer membrane protein can elicit an immune response as protective as that resulting from inoculation with live bacteria.

abstract：:Previous examination of thin sections of L929 cells heavily infected with the Q fever Priscilla isolate by conventional transmission electron microscopy indicated that the rickettsiae resided within multiple vacuoles. The present study using high-voltage electron microscopy and three-dimensional reconstruction reveale...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hechemy KE,McKee M,Marko M,Samsonoff WA,Roman M,Baca O

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenicity islands (PAIs) are chromosomal clusters of pathogen-specific virulence genes often found at tRNA loci. In the Yersinia pseudotuberculosis 32777 chromosome, we characterized a 98-kb segment that has all of the characteristic features of a PAI, including insertion in a (phenylalanine) tRNA gene, the presen...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Collyn F,Billault A,Mullet C,Simonet M,Marceau M

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the physical characteristics of the local microenvironment in which Mycobacterium tuberculosis resides is an important goal that may allow the targeting of metabolic processes to shorten drug regimens. Pimonidazole hydrochloride (Hypoxyprobe) is an imaging agent that is bioreductively activated only unde...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Via LE,Lin PL,Ray SM,Carrillo J,Allen SS,Eum SY,Taylor K,Klein E,Manjunatha U,Gonzales J,Lee EG,Park SK,Raleigh JA,Cho SN,McMurray DN,Flynn JL,Barry CE 3rd

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A purified human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (hG-CSF) was studied for its protective effect on the induction of neutropenia and enhanced susceptibility to microbial infections in mice receiving cyclophosphamide (CPA). A severe reduction in peripheral blood neutrophils was induced 4 days after injection with ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Matsumoto M,Matsubara S,Matsuno T,Tamura M,Hattori K,Nomura H,Ono M,Yokota T

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus Newman with an insertion mutation in clfB, the gene encoding clumping factor B, only marginally decreased infection rate (P>0.05) in rats with experimental endocarditis. In contrast, clfB complementation on a multicopy plasmid significantly increased infectivity (P<0.05) over the deleted mutants....

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Entenza JM,Foster TJ,Ni Eidhin D,Vaudaux P,Francioli P,Moreillon P

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to construct an effector strain for the replacement therapy of dental caries, we wished to combine the properties of low-level acid production and high-level colonization potential in a strain of Streptococcus mutans. To this end, we made a deletion in the lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) gene cloned from the bact...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hillman JD,Chen A,Duncan M,Lee SW

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we reported that mutants of Legionella pneumophila lacking a type II secretion (T2S) system elicit higher levels of cytokines (e.g., interleukin-6 [IL-6]) following infection of U937 cells, a human macrophage-like cell line. We now show that this effect of T2S is also manifest upon infection of human THP-1...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mallama CA,McCoy-Simandle K,Cianciotto NP

更新日期：2017-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The humoral and cell-mediated immune responses of murine lymphocytes exposed to lead in vivo and in vitro were investigated. In vivo Pb was administered via the drinking water (0 to 10 mM) for 1 to 10 weeks. In vivo exposure of the mice to Pb did not alter significantly their plaque-forming cell response to sheep eryt...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lawrence DA

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutation of purR was previously shown to enhance the virulence of Staphylococcus aureus in a murine sepsis model, and this cannot be fully explained by increased expression of genes within the purine biosynthesis pathway. Rather, the increased production of specific S. aureus virulence factors, including alpha toxin a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Alkam D,Jenjaroenpun P,Ramirez AM,Beenken KE,Spencer HJ,Smeltzer MS

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile causes pseudomembranous colitis through the action of Rho-modifying proteins, toxins A and B. Antibodies directed against C. difficile toxin A prevent or limit C. difficile-induced colitis. We engineered plasmid pETR14, containing the hlyB and hlyD genes of the Escherichia coli hemolysin operon, ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ryan ET,Butterton JR,Smith RN,Carroll PA,Crean TI,Calderwood SB

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of major outer membrane protein (MOMP) profiles of various meningococci by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) revealed the presence of 0 to 2 low-molecular-weight, heat-modifiable MOMPs (molecular weight, 25,000 to 32,000) and 1 to 3 high-molecular-weight MOMPs (molecul...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Poolman JT,de Marie S,Zanen HC

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenotypic and functional changes of glycolipid presented by CD1d(glycolipid/CD1d) specific Valpha14+ T cells in the liver of mice at early stages of bacterial infection were investigated. After Listeria monocytogenes infection or interleukin-12 (IL-12) treatment, alpha-galactosylceramide/CD1d tetramer-reactive (a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Emoto M,Yoshizawa I,Emoto Y,Miamoto M,Hurwitz R,Kaufmann SH

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomaterial-associated infections (BAI), which are predominantly caused by Staphylococcus epidermidis, are a significant problem in modern medicine. Biofilm formation is considered the pivotal element in the pathogenesis, but in previous mouse studies we retrieved S. epidermidis from peri-implant tissue. To assess the...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Broekhuizen CA,de Boer L,Schipper K,Jones CD,Quadir S,Feldman RG,Dankert J,Vandenbroucke-Grauls CM,Weening JJ,Zaat SA

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) genome sequence, we found that EPEC E2348/69 has an lpfABCDE gene cluster homologous (about 60% identical at the protein level) to the Salmonella long polar fimbria (LPF) operon. To determine whether this operon is essential for adherence, the lpfABCD(E2)(3) genes wer...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tatsuno I,Mundy R,Frankel G,Chong Y,Phillips AD,Torres AG,Kaper JB

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) and trachoma biovars of Chlamydia trachomatis exhibit differences in biological properties both in vivo and in vitro. To identify analogous biochemical differences, we studied the molecular charges of chlamydial outer membrane proteins (OMPs) by means of isoelectric focusing and none...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Batteiger BE,Newhall WJ 5th,Jones RB

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The obligate intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii critically relies on host cell invasion during infection. Proteins secreted from the apical micronemes are central components for host cell recognition, invasion, egress, and virulence. Although previous work established that the sporozoite protein with an altered ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Huynh MH,Boulanger MJ,Carruthers VB

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease pathogen, dramatically alters its protein profile when it is transmitted between ticks and mammals. Several differentially expressed proteins have been shown to be critical for the enzootic cycle of B. burgdorferi. In this study, we demonstrated that expression of the surface lip...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Xu H,He M,He JJ,Yang XF

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to determine the sequence of events in the microenvironment of the intestinal tract that culminate in the symptoms of cholera and to attempt to define more clearly the mechanisms involved in antibacterial immunity. The extent to which mucus occurs in the normal intestine of rabbits and the ap...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schrank GD,Verwey WF

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae accessory colonization factor genes (acfA, B, C, and D) are required for efficient intestinal colonization. Expression of acf genes is under the control of a regulatory cascade that also directs the synthesis of cholera toxin and proteins involved in the biogenesis of the toxin-coregulated pilus. The g...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Everiss KD,Hughes KJ,Kovach ME,Peterson KM

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae can use porcine transferrin as the sole source of iron. Two proteins with molecular masses of approximately 60 kDa (TfbA) and 110 kDa have been shown to specifically bind porcine transferrin; from the TfbA protein, three isoforms from A. pleuropneumoniae serotypes 1, 5, and 7 have been ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Strutzberg K,von Olleschik L,Franz B,Pyne C,Schmidt MA,Gerlach GF

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By crossed immunoelectrophoresis and Western blotting (immunoblotting), it was shown that Borrelia burgdorferi expresses the 60-kilodalton Common Antigen (CA) that is cross-reactive with an equivalent antigen in a wide range of remotely related bacteria. B. burgdorferi CA is strongly immunogenic. A B. burgdorferi geno...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hansen K,Bangsborg JM,Fjordvang H,Pedersen NS,Hindersson P

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotype b-specific polysaccharide antigen (SPA) of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Y4 consists of D-fucose and L-rhamnose. To clarify the role of SPA in phagocytosis of the organism by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs), monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against SPA and SPA-defective mutants, which were constr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yamaguchi N,Kawasaki M,Yamashita Y,Nakashima K,Koga T

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using pharmacologic and biochemical criteria, we evaluated whether uptake of four different Chlamydia trachomatis serovars, D, E, K, and L2, was dependent upon lipid rafts. Our data suggest that lipid raft-mediated entry is not required for C. trachomatis infection of cultured epithelial cells. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gabel BR,Elwell C,van Ijzendoorn SC,Engel JN

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella pertussis is the causative agent of whooping cough, a potentially lethal respiratory disease in children. In immunocompetent individuals, B. pertussis infection elicits an effective adaptive immune response driven by activated CD4(+) T cells. However, live B. pertussis persists in the host for 3 to 4 weeks ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Shumilla JA,Lacaille V,Hornell TM,Huang J,Narasimhan S,Relman DA,Mellins ED

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed to detect rabbit immunoglobulin G antibodies against purified lipopolysaccharide of the rough Re mutant of Salmonella minnesota. The time necessary for each step was investigated, and this resulted in a test that could be completed in 1 working day. Serial dilutions o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bruins SC,Ingwer I,Zeckel ML,White AC

更新日期：1978-09-01 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：:Brazilian purpuric fever (BPF)-associated Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius strain F3031 contains two identical copies of a five gene cluster (hifA to hifE) encoding pili similar to well-characterized Hif fimbriae of H. influenzae type b. HifE, the putative pilus tip adhesin of F3031, shares only 40% amino aci...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Read TD,Satola SW,Opdyke JA,Farley MM

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematogenous infections caused by Candida krusei have been noted with increasing frequency, particularly in cancer patients receiving prophylaxis with antifungal triazoles. Progress in understanding the pathogenesis of this emerging infection has been limited by the lack of an animal model. We developed a CF1 mouse in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Anaissie E,Hachem R,K-Tin-U C,Stephens LC,Bodey GP

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that infection by Fusobacterium nucleatum strongly induced the expression of both human beta-defensin 2 (HBD-2) and HBD-3 by gingival epithelial cells. The aim of this study was to characterize the pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) and regulatory mechanisms involved in the induction of HBD-2 ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ji S,Shin JE,Kim YS,Oh JE,Min BM,Choi Y

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The P8 proteoglycolipid complex (P8 PGLC) is a glyconjugate expressed by Leishmania mexicana complex parasites. We previously have shown that vaccination with P8 PGLC provides protection against cutaneous leishmaniasis in susceptible BALB/c mice. However, the biological importance of this complex remains unknown. Here...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Whitaker SM,Colmenares M,Pestana KG,McMahon-Pratt D

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00