Type IV pili of Neisseria gonorrhoeae influence the activation of human CD4+ T cells.

abstract：:Human colostrum, parotid saliva, and serum were assayed for the presence of naturally occurring antibodies to five serotypes of Streptococcus mutans. Appreciable levels of agglutinins to strains AHT, BHT, 10449, 6715, and LM-7 (groups a leads to e, respectively) were detected in normal colostrum and saliva, whereas re...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Arnold RR,Mestecky J,McGhee JR

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia pestis is a highly pathogenic Gram-negative organism and the causative agent of bubonic and pneumonic plague. Y. pestis is capable of causing major epidemics; thus, there is a need for vaccine targets and a greater understanding of the role of these targets in pathogenesis. Two prime Y. pestis vaccine candida...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Weening EH,Cathelyn JS,Kaufman G,Lawrenz MB,Price P,Goldman WE,Miller VL

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of illness and death in children in developing countries. In these children, zinc deficiency is associated with an increased risk of acute respiratory tract infections, which can be reduced by daily zinc administration. Severe infections decrease zinc levels in plasma and may ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Strand TA,Hollingshead SK,Julshamn K,Briles DE,Blomberg B,Sommerfelt H

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several viruses were categorized on the basis of their ability to spread from cell to contiguous cell and form plaques in the presence of antiviral antibody. Herpes simplex virus, cytomegalovirus, and vaccinia, measles, and foamy viruses were able to spread in the presence of neutralizing antibody, whereas coxsackievi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hooks JJ,Burns W,Hayashi K,Geis S,Notkins AL

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Escherichia coli blood culture isolate BK658 (O75:K1:H7) expresses F1A and F1B fimbriae as well as a third fimbrial type which reacts with anti-S-fimbrial antiserum but fails to show S-specific binding properties (i.e., agglutination of bovine erythrocytes). To characterize these fimbriae, we cloned the respective...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pawelzik M,Heesemann J,Hacker J,Opferkuch W

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nonclonal population of Borrelia burgdorferi N40 (passage 3) that survived protective immunity following challenge inoculation of outer surface protein (Osp) A- or B-hyperimmunized mice were characterized for the molecular basis of evasion of immunity. Two of six B. burgdorferi isolates, cultured from OspA-immunized...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fikrig E,Tao H,Barthold SW,Flavell RA

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism by which Helicobacter pylori, which has little or no invasive activity, induces gastric-tissue inflammation and injury has not been well characterized. We have previously demonstrated that water-extracted proteins of H. pylori are capable of activating human monocytes by a lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-indepe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pérez-Pérez GI,Shepherd VL,Morrow JD,Blaser MJ

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined 205 enterotoxigenic strains of Escherichia coli for colonization factor antigens (CFA) I and II, using an immunodiffusion technique with specific antisera. A total of 36 strains of serogroups O63, O78, O114, O128, and O153 and 1 rough strain possessed CFA/I and gave a single precipitin line; 47 strains of ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cravioto A,Scotland SM,Rowe B

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dispersed gene family 1 (DGF-1) is the fifth largest gene family in the Trypanosoma cruzi genome, with over 500 members (11). Many of the predicted DGF-1 protein products have several transmembrane domains and N-glycosylation and phosphorylation sites and were thought to localize in the plasma membrane. Here, we r...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lander N,Bernal C,Diez N,Añez N,Docampo R,Ramírez JL

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified a gene (atlA) encoding autolytic activity from Streptococcus mutans Xc. The AtlA protein predicted to be encoded by atlA is composed of 979 amino acids with a molecular weight of 107,279 and has a conserved beta-1,4-N-acetylmuramidase (lysozyme) domain in the C-terminal portion. Sodium dodecyl sulfate ex...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Shibata Y,Kawada M,Nakano Y,Toyoshima K,Yamashita Y

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lyme disease (LD), the most prevalent tick-borne illness in North America, is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi The long-term survival of B. burgdorferi spirochetes in the mammalian host is achieved though VlsE-mediated antigenic variation. It is mathematically predicted that a highly variable surface antigen prolongs ba...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rogovskyy AS,Gillis DC,Ionov Y,Gerasimov E,Zelikovsky A

更新日期：2016-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the widely held belief that gastric acid serves as a barrier to bacterial pathogens, there are almost no experimental data to support this hypothesis. We have developed a mouse model to quantify the effectiveness of gastric acid in mediating resistance to infection with ingested bacteria. Mice that were consti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tennant SM,Hartland EL,Phumoonna T,Lyras D,Rood JI,Robins-Browne RM,van Driel IR

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood mononuclear cells (lymphocytes and monocytes) were isolated from infected calves during in vivo control of acute anaplasmosis and cultured with Anaplasma marginale organisms. Supernatants from the cultures reduced the proportion of erythrocytes containing viable A. marginale in vitro, indicating that an antibody...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wyatt CR,Davis WC,Knowles DP,Goff WL,Palmer GH,McGuire TC

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro or animal models have been used to investigate the pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori infection. However, extrapolation to humans of results obtained with these heterologous models remains difficult. We have developed a new model for the study of H. pylori infection that uses human entire embryonic stomachs ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lozniewski A,Muhale F,Hatier R,Marais A,Conroy MC,Edert D,le Faou A,Weber M,Duprez A

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we tested the in vitro and in vivo anti-Cryptococcus neoformans activity of an antilaminarin (anti-beta-glucan) monoclonal antibody (MAb 2G8) (immunoglobulin G2b) which was previously shown to inhibit the growth of beta-glucan-exposing Candida albicans cells. Here we show that MAb 2G8 binds to the cell w...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rachini A,Pietrella D,Lupo P,Torosantucci A,Chiani P,Bromuro C,Proietti C,Bistoni F,Cassone A,Vecchiarelli A

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here invasin-dependent and invasin-independent mechanisms in which the enteropathogen Yersinia enterocolitica is able to disseminate from the lumen of the small intestine to the spleen. The invasin-dependent route is clearly discernible in mice devoid of intestinal Peyer's patches and mesenteric lymph nodes....

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Handley SA,Newberry RD,Miller VL

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies (TpM 3, TpM 6, and TpM 19) against Toxoplasma gondii insoluble antigens were produced by the hybridization of NS-1, a mouse myeloma cell line, with spleen cells from mice immunized with T. gondii insoluble antigens. TpM 3, TpM 6, and TpM 19 were characterized by the dye test, the latex agglutinat...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ogata K,Kasahara T,Shioiri-Nakano K,Igarashi I,Suzuki M

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we report on a novel approach based on modification of the intestinal surface to prevent diarrhea caused by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC). The removable intestinal tie adult rabbit diarrhea (RITARD) model was used to test the efficacy of an enteric-coated protease preparation (Detach; Enzacor ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mynott TL,Chandler DS,Luke RK

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human gamma delta T cells are known to respond at high frequencies to pathogenic mycobacteria. Here we show that opportunistic strains of mycobacteria share with pathogenic mycobacteria the ability to trigger at high frequencies human V gamma 9V delta 2 T-cell-receptor-positive T lymphocytes. Stimulating ligands were ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Häcker G,Kromer S,Heeg K,Ivanyi J,Wagner H,Pfeffer K

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae interacts with vascular endothelial cells during the course of bacteremia. In this study, we characterized the initial attachment of pneumococci to human endothelial cells (EC) and the response of the endothelium to this interaction. Pneumococci adhered to EC in a dose-dependent fashion. Attac...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Geelen S,Bhattacharyya C,Tuomanen E

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that individuals infected with Chlamydia trachomatis can develop a robust antibody response to a chlamydia-secreted protein (designated chlamydial proteasome/protease-like activity factor [CPAF]). We now report that sera collected from these infected individuals neutralized the proteolytic act...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sharma J,Dong F,Pirbhai M,Zhong G

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bile aspirated from chicken gall bladders was found to contain substances neutralizing Newcastle disease virus (NDV). Nonspecific factors were present in the bile, probably the bile acids, which caused a reduction in the infectivity of the virus. Specific anti-NDV activity was found in the bile of birds that had been ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lee JS,Hanson RP

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2.9-kilobase pair locus in Neisseria meningitidis was identified as containing transcriptionally linked open reading frames encoding TolC- and HlyD-like proteins. Although the meningococcal TolC protein was required for extracellular production of the repeats-in-toxin (RTX) FrpC toxin, it could not functionally repl...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kamal N,Rouquette-Loughlin C,Shafer WM

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemolytic activity of the thermostable direct hemolysin produced by Vibrio parahaemolyticus was inhibited by a ganglioside mixture. The ganglioside component which inhibited the hemolysin was not FM1 ganglioside. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Takeda R,Honda T,Sakural J,Otomo N

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that oral immunization with flagellum-defective mutant strains of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium with the ClpXP-deficient background protected mice against oral challenge with the virulent strain. These data indicate that Salmonella flagellin is not a dominant protective antigen in oral immunization ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kodama C,Matsui H

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using a suckling mouse assay, heat-stable enterotoxin (ST) was purified from the culture filtrate of Yersinia enterocolitica isolated from a diarrheal patient. The purification procedures involve ultrafiltration with an Amicon HIP-10 hollow fiber, ethanol fractionation, protamine sulfate treatment, diethylaminoethy...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Okamoto K,Inoue T,Ichikawa H,Kawamoto Y,Miyama A

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relapsing fever (RF) is a spirochetal infection characterized by relapses of a febrile illness and spirochetemia due to the sequential appearance and disappearance of isogenic serotypes in the blood. The only difference between isogenic serotypes is the variable major outer membrane lipoprotein. In the absence of spec...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sethi N,Sondey M,Bai Y,Kim KS,Cadavid D

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is the etiologic agent of localized aggressive periodontitis, a rapidly progressing oral disease that occurs in adolescents. A. actinomycetemcomitans can also cause systemic disease, including infective endocarditis. In early work on A. actinomycetemcomitans workers concluded that ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Balashova NV,Crosby JA,Al Ghofaily L,Kachlany SC

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A2G mice are genetically resistant to lethal infection with neurotropic and pneumotropic influenza viruses. A possible immunological explanation for this resistance was sought by assessing the effect of cyclophosphamide and X irradiation immunosuppression on the infection of A2G mice with lethal doses of neurovirulent...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fiske RA,Klein PA

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigella flexneri 2a is an invasive enteric pathogen that may produce diarrhea when ingested by human beings and subhuman primates. We have previously shown that shigella diarrhea correlates with water and electrolyte transport abnormalities in the jejunum and colon. Dysentery alone is associated only with colonic tra...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kinsey MD,Formal SB,Dammin GJ,Giannella RA

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00