Induction of a novel chicken Toll-like receptor following Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium infection.

abstract：:In this study, native cells of Streptococcus mutans VA-29R and Streptococcus rattus FA-1 displayed significantly higher aminopeptidase activity than did cells of Streptococcus cricetus AHT or Streptococcus sobrinus 6715 toward the nitroanilide derivatives of leucine, alanine, methionine, arginine, and lysine. These di...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cowman RA,Baron SS

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC [thrush]) is an opportunistic infection caused by the commensal fungus Candida albicans. OPC is common in individuals with HIV/AIDS, infants, patients on chemotherapy, and individuals with congenital immune defects. Immunity to OPC is strongly dependent on the interleukin-23 (IL-23)/IL-1...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bishu S,Hernández-Santos N,Simpson-Abelson MR,Huppler AR,Conti HR,Ghilardi N,Mamo AJ,Gaffen SL

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotypes A and B of the relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia turicatae produce different disease manifestations in infected mice. Whereas serotype B causes more severe arthritis and reaches higher densities in the blood of mice than serotype A, serotype A invades the central nervous system earlier than serotype B duri...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pennington PM,Cadavid D,Barbour AG

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice were rendered deficient in B-cell activity by treatment with anti-mu antibody from birth. These animals were then infected intranasally with murine Chlamydia trachomatis (murine pneumonitis agent [MoPn]). They produced neither local nor systemic antibody to MoPn but had intact delayed-type hypersensitivity to MoP...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Williams DM,Grubbs B,Schachter J

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus peptidoglycan displayed a marked dose-dependent mitogenic activity for mouse splenocytes and human peripheral blood lymphocytes in vitro, as measured by increased [3H]thymidine incorporation. Similarly it was mitogenic for athymic nude mouse spleen cells, whereas no blastogenic effect was observe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dziarski R,Dziarski A

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, we demonstrate that the variable antigens present on the surface of Plasmodium knowlesi-infected erythrocytes could not be found on the surface of merozoites. A number of technical problems had to be solved to make such a comparative study possible, including the purification of merozoites by affinity ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hommel M,David PH

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current vaccination against Streptococcus pneumoniae uses vaccines based on capsular polysaccharides from selected serotypes and has led to nonvaccine serotype replacement disease. We have investigated an alternative serotype-independent approach, using multiple-antigen vaccines (MAV) prepared from S. pneumoniae TIGR4...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chan WY,Entwisle C,Ercoli G,Ramos-Sevillano E,McIlgorm A,Cecchini P,Bailey C,Lam O,Whiting G,Green N,Goldblatt D,Wheeler JX,Brown JS

更新日期：2019-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A recombinant plasmid containing a 6.5-kb fragment of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI) chromosomal DNA was shown to confer a hemoglobin-haptoglobin-binding phenotype on Escherichia coli. Use of a mini-Tn10kan transposon for random insertion mutagenesis of this recombinant plasmid allowed localization of the N...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Maciver I,Latimer JL,Liem HH,Muller-Eberhard U,Hrkal Z,Hansen EJ

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophils are the main inflammatory cell present in lesions involving the central nervous system (CNS) during human and murine listeriosis. In this study, administration of the neutrophil-depleting monoclonal antibody RB6-8C5 during experimental murine listeriosis facilitated the multiplication of Listeria monocytog...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： López S,Marco AJ,Prats N,Czuprynski CJ

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis of which component of lipopolysaccharide, the lipid or the polysaccharide, is mitogenic for mouse B-lymphocytes has been performed. A purified glycolipid derived from a rough mutant of Salmonella minnesota (R595) that does not contain any o-polysaccharide at all is more mitogenic than an intact lipopolysac...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rosenstreich DL,Nowotny A,Chused T,Mergenhagen SE

更新日期：1973-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strains H37Ra and H37Rv, attenuated and virulent variants, respectively, of the original human strain H37 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, were used to infect cultures of mouse peritoneal macrophages. Bacterial viability of each strain was assessed over a 2-week period, and the cellular response to H37Ra during the firs...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hart PD,Armstrong JA

更新日期：1974-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxidase-conjugated antibodies were found to be as sensitive as those conjugated to fluorescein-isothiocyanate (FITC) for identification of selected enterovirus types by the indirect technique. Peroxidase conjugates, however, were found to give fewer nonspecific reactions. The reasons for the higher specificity of t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Herrmann JE,Morse SA,Collins MF

更新日期：1974-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enterotoxic factor isolated from cultures of Salmonella yielded reproducible results in the suckling mouse model in contrast to other animal models. The enterotoxin appears to possess properties similar to both the heat-stable and heat-labile enterotoxins of Escherichia coli. Preliminary results indicate that the t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Koupal LR,Deibel RH

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anopheles gambiae is the major African vector of Plasmodium falciparum, the most deadly species of human malaria parasite and the most prevalent in Africa. Several strategies are being developed to limit the global impact of malaria via reducing transmission rates, among which are transmission-blocking vaccines (TBVs)...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lavazec C,Boudin C,Lacroix R,Bonnet S,Diop A,Thiberge S,Boisson B,Tahar R,Bourgouin C

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium marinum grows at an optimal temperature of 33 degrees C, far lower than that for M. tuberculosis. Consequently, M. marinum infection of mammals is restricted largely to the cooler surfaces of the body, such as the extremities, but it causes a systemic infection in a large number of poikilothermic animals...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ramakrishnan L,Valdivia RH,McKerrow JH,Falkow S

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although certain helminth infections preferentially induce type 2 T-cell responses, the immunological mechanisms responsible for type 2 T-cell polarization remain unclear. In the present study, we investigated the effects of excretory-secretory (ES) antigen from the nematode Nippostrongylus brasiliensis on cytokine pr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Uchikawa R,Matsuda S,Arizono N

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For pathogens to survive in the human oral cavity, they must identify a suitable niche in the complex multispecies biofilm that exists on oral tissues. The periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis adheres to Streptococcus gordonii by interacting with a specific region of the streptococcal SspB polypeptide, design...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Demuth DR,Irvine DC,Costerton JW,Cook GS,Lamont RJ

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of pneumonia and meningitis. Airway colonization is a necessary precursor to disease, but little is known about how the bacteria establish and maintain colonization. Carbohydrates are required as a carbon source for pneumococcal growth and, therefore, for colonization. Free ca...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Marion C,Burnaugh AM,Woodiga SA,King SJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenic tobacco plants stably expressing recombinant FaeG, which is the major subunit and adhesin of K88ad fimbriae, were obtained. Analysis of sera from immunized mice indicates that in mice, the immunogenicity induced by plant-derived FaeG protein is comparable to that generated with traditional approaches. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Huang Y,Liang W,Pan A,Zhou Z,Huang C,Chen J,Zhang D

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies against Ureaplasma urealyticum serotype 4 were produced by immunizing BALB/c mice with whole-cell antigens of the U. urealyticum serotype 4 reference strain. Ten monoclonal antibodies differentiated into two groups were found: one group included five monoclonal antibodies recognizing a band in im...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cheng X,Naessens A,Lauwers S

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the lungs of mice vaccinated with Mycobacterium bovis BCG, there was an accumulation of CD4 cells expressing the activated effector phenotype CD44hi CD62 ligandlo) (CD62Llo) which were capable of secreting gamma interferon. Upon cell transfer, however, cells expressing a resting/naïve phenotype (CD44lo CD62Lhi) wer...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kipnis A,Irwin S,Izzo AA,Basaraba RJ,Orme IM

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In experimental Leishmania donovani infection in BALB/c mice, initial susceptibility gives way to T-cell-dependent acquired resistance and eventual control over visceral infection. Since various cytokines appear to underlie the host response to Leishmania infection, we examined infected liver tissue for gene expressio...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Miralles GD,Stoeckle MY,McDermott DF,Finkelman FD,Murray HW

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Representative isolates of nonmucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa were studied to investigate the hypothesis that mucinophilic and chemotactic properties in this species act as potential factors in the initial stages of pulmonary colonization in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Transmission electron microscopy with a sur...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nelson JW,Tredgett MW,Sheehan JK,Thornton DJ,Notman D,Govan JR

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteus mirabilis, a common agent of nosocomially acquired and catheter-associated urinary tract infection, is the most frequent cause of infection-induced bladder and kidney stones. Urease-catalyzed urea hydrolysis initiates stone formation in urine and can be inhibited by acetohydroxamic acid and other structural an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nicholson EB,Concaugh EA,Mobley HL

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group A streptococci of M protein type 5 have been epidemiologically related to acute rheumatic fever in a number of reported outbreaks. Preliminary bacteriological evidence suggests that M5 may be an important "rheumatogenic" type in Santiago, Chile. To assess further the relationship of this streptococcal serotype t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bisno AL,Berrios X,Quesney F,Monroe DM Jr,Dale JB,Beachey EH

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans is a common opportunistic fungal pathogen and is the leading cause of invasive fungal diseases in immunocompromised individuals. The induction of cell-mediated immunity to C. albicans is one of the main tasks of cells of the innate immune system, and in vitro evidence suggests that integrin α(M)β₂ (CR...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Soloviev DA,Jawhara S,Fonzi WA

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene from Haemophilus influenzae encoding an outer membrane lipoprotein of about 15,000 daltons and which comigrates with the peptidoglycan-associated lipoprotein (PAL) of H. influenzae on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis has been previously reported and designated pcp gene, and its product ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Deich RA,Anilionis A,Fulginiti J,Metcalf BJ,Quataert S,Quinn-Dey T,Zlotnick GW,Green BA

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were performed to study the effect of antibody to Streptococcus mutans glucosyltransferase (GTF) on the implantation of these organisms in hamsters. Salivary (immunoglobulin A) and serum (immunoglobulin G) antibodies to GTF and GTF-inhibiting activity were elicited by injection of GTF in Freund complete ad...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Smith DJ,Taubman MA,Ebersole JL

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcal protective antigen (Spa) is a newly described surface protein of group A streptococci that was recently shown to evoke protective antibodies (J. B. Dale, E. Y. Chiang, S. Liu, H. S. Courtney, and D. L. Hasty, J. Clin. Investig. 103:1261--1268, 1999). In this study, we have determined the complete sequenc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McLellan DG,Chiang EY,Courtney HS,Hasty DL,Wei SC,Hu MC,Walls MA,Bloom JJ,Dale JB

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strains of Bacteroides fragilis that produce a ca. 20-kDa heat-labile protein toxin (termed B. fragilis toxin [BFT]) have been associated with diarrheal disease of animals and humans. BFT alters the morphology of intestinal epithelial cells both in vitro and in vivo and stimulates secretion in ligated intestinal segme...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Franco AA,Mundy LM,Trucksis M,Wu S,Kaper JB,Sears CL

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00