Application of mutated Clostridium difficile toxin A for determination of glucosyltransferase-dependent effects.

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that both Ixodes scapularis saliva and Borrelia burgdorferi antigens modulated lymphokines and monokines in vitro. The studies presented here were designed to delineate the role of I. scapularis and B. burgdorferi in modulation of the host immune response in vivo. Infestation of C3H/...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zeidner N,Mbow ML,Dolan M,Massung R,Baca E,Piesman J

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BALB/c mice were vaccinated by the intramuscular (i.m.) and subcutaneous (s.c.) routes with a native preparation of the Chlamydia trachomatis mouse pneumonitis (MoPn) major outer membrane protein (MOMP), using Montanide ISA 720 and CpG-1826 as adjuvants. A negative control group was immunized with ovalbumin and the tw...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pal S,Peterson EM,de la Maza LM

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent development of acellular pertussis vaccines has been a significant improvement in the conventional whole-cell diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus toxoid vaccines, but high production costs will limit its widespread use in developing countries. Since Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccination against tuberculosis is used ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nascimento IP,Dias WO,Mazzantini RP,Miyaji EN,Gamberini M,Quintilio W,Gebara VC,Cardoso DF,Ho PL,Raw I,Winter N,Gicquel B,Rappuoli R,Leite LC

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The target organs of infection in guinea pigs with asymptomatic acquired or congenital syphilis were identified by PCR and in some cases by rabbit infectivity test (RIT). The prevalence of Treponema pallidum DNA was examined in the following seven organs: the inguinal and mesenteric lymph nodes, spleen, liver, kidney,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wicher K,Abbruscato F,Wicher V,Baughn R,Noordhoek GT

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabbits were immunized with the synthetic peptide EENVEHDA or (EENV)2, corresponding to a tandemly repeated sequence in the C-terminal part of the Plasmodium falciparum antigen Pf155/RESA, or with Escherichia coli-derived fusion proteins containing the corresponding repeats. For all sera, the capacity of the total imm...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wåhlin B,Berzins K,Perlmann H,Anders RF,Perlmann P

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The type III secretion system (T3SS) of pathogenic bordetellae employs a self-associating tip complex protein Bsp22. This protein is immunogenic during infections by Bordetella bronchiseptica and could be used as a protective antigen to immunize mice against B. bronchiseptica challenge. Since low-passage clinical isol...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Villarino Romero R,Bibova I,Cerny O,Vecerek B,Wald T,Benada O,Zavadilova J,Osicka R,Sebo P

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiinflammatory cytokine response during urosepsis was determined by measurement of concentrations of soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor (sTNFR) types I and II, interleukin 1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra), soluble IL-1 receptor type II (sIL-1RII), and interleukin 10 in sera and urine of 30 patients with cultur...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Olszyna DP,Prins JM,Buis B,van Deventer SJ,Speelman P,van der Poll T

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice immunized subcutaneously with heat-killed Escherichia coli were protected from pyelonephritis produced by the intravenous route, but there was little or no protection from ascending infection. No significant protection from ascending or hematogenous pyelonephritis was demonstrated when immunization was accomplish...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Montgomerie JZ,Kalmanson GM,Hubert EG,Guze LB

更新日期：1972-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three strains of anaerobic, dextranase-producing, gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria were isolated from human dental plaque associated with root carious lesions. The isolates produced a molar ratio of acetate to lactate from glucose fermentation ranging from 1.1 to 1.9. Each strain also produced fructose-6-phosphate p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kaster AG,Brown LR

更新日期：1983-11-01 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：:Natural-resistance-associated macrophage protein 1 (Nramp1) is a divalent cation transporter belonging to a family of transporter proteins highly conserved in eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Mammalian and bacterial transporters may compete for essential metal ions during mycobacterial infections. The mycobacterial Nramp h...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Boechat N,Lagier-Roger B,Petit S,Bordat Y,Rauzier J,Hance AJ,Gicquel B,Reyrat JM

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria lactamica, a common human pharyngeal commensal, contributes to acquired immunity to Neisseria meningitidis. To define the surface antigens shared between these two species, we used monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to study 35 N. lactamica strains isolated in various parts of the world for cross-reactivity with m...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kim JJ,Mandrell RE,Griffiss JM

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serologic parameters of kala-azar were evaluated by Western blot analysis. Sera from kala-azar patients with confirmed diagnoses were screened for immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgG subclass-specific reactivity against Leishmania donovani membrane antigen (LAg). Heterogeneous LAg-specific IgG reactivity with numerous prot...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ravindran R,Anam K,Bairagi BC,Saha B,Pramanik N,Guha SK,Goswami RP,Banerjee D,Ali N

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron is limiting in the human host, and bacterial pathogens respond to this environment by regulating gene expression through the ferric uptake regulator protein (Fur). In vitro studies have demonstrated that Neisseria gonorrhoeae controls the expression of several critical genes through an iron- and Fur-mediated mech...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Agarwal S,King CA,Klein EK,Soper DE,Rice PA,Wetzler LM,Genco CA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of some typical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strains to adhere to, invade, and increase interleukin-8 (IL-8) production in intestinal epithelial cells in vitro has been demonstrated. However, few studies regarding these aspects have been performed with atypical EPEC (aEPEC) strains, which are e...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sampaio SC,Gomes TA,Pichon C,du Merle L,Guadagnini S,Abe CM,Sampaio JL,Le Bouguénec C

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the role of complement in pneumococcal and staphylococcal pneumonia, we decomplemented rats with cobra venom factor and inoculated them intratracheally with Staphylococcus aureus or type 25 pneumococci. S. aureus produced a patchy bronchopneumonia in normal Sprague-Dawley or Lewis rats, and decomplementati...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Coonrod JD,Yoneda K

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune response to the mycobacterial 65-kDa heat shock protein (hsp65) is considered an important event in the induction of adjuvant arthritis (AA) in rats; this induction probably occurs through a molecular mimicry mechanism involving cross-reactivity against the rat homolog hsp60. To analyze the role of mammalia...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： López-Guerrero JA,López-Bote JP,Ortiz MA,Gupta RS,Páez E,Bernabeu C

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The roles of different ribonucleotide reductases (RNRs) in bacterial pathogenesis have not been studied systematically. In this work we analyzed the importance of the different Pseudomonas aeruginosa RNRs in pathogenesis using the Drosophila melanogaster host-pathogen interaction model. P. aeruginosa codes for three d...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sjöberg BM,Torrents E

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attachment of Fusobacterium nucleatum to various oral surfaces is mediated by several adhesins anchored on its outer surface. Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) were prepared and used to identify the putative galactose-binding adhesin of F. nucleatum PK1594. Four unique MAbs, 8G7, 26B9, 28G11, and 29D4, were isolated on the...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Shaniztki B,Hurwitz D,Smorodinsky N,Ganeshkumar N,Weiss EI

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunosuppressed rat model of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is described that utilizes simple, noninvasive intratracheal (i.t.) inoculation of cryopreserved parasites and results in development of severe P. carinii pneumonia within 5 weeks. This is an improvement over the most commonly used models of P. carinii pn...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Boylan CJ,Current WL

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pertussis toxin (PT), a virulence factor secreted by Bordetella pertussis, contributes to respiratory tract infection and disease caused by this pathogen. By comparing a wild-type (WT) B. pertussis strain to a mutant strain with an in-frame deletion of the ptx genes encoding PT (DeltaPT), we recently found that the la...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Carbonetti NH,Artamonova GV,Andreasen C,Dudley E,Mays RM,Worthington ZE

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secretory immunoglobulin A (SIgA) antibodies directed against the O antigen of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) are the primary determinants of mucosal immunity to gram-negative enteric pathogens. However, the underlying mechanisms by which these antibodies interfere with bacterial colonization and invasion of intestinal epit...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Forbes SJ,Eschmann M,Mantis NJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma penetrans adhered to cultured human cells, forming clusters that localized to specific areas of the host cell surface. Adherence and cluster formation were inhibited by anti-M. penetrans antibodies, suggesting the involvement of specific adhesin-receptor interactions. Ultrastructural studies showed that aft...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Girón JA,Lange M,Baseman JB

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diverse pathogens have evolved to survive and replicate in the endosomes or phagosomes of the host cells and establish persistent infection. Ehrlichiae are Gram-negative, intracellular bacteria that are transmitted by ticks. Ehrlichiae reside in the endosomes of the host phagocytic or endothelial cells and establish p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Singh AK,Thirumalapura NR

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In general there is a poor correlation between serum lipopolysaccharide (LPS; the biologically active constituent of endotoxin) levels and mortality in septic patients. The objective of this study was to determine if chemical, structural, or biological differences among LPS from different clinical isolates of gram-neg...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Luchi M,Morrison DC

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty two anaerobic bacterial strains were screened for their in vitro inhibitory activity toward 21 Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains, including two penicillin-resistant strains. From this screening, six anaerobic bacteria belonging to the genera Bacteroides, Peptostreptococcus, and Eubacterium were selected for their l...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Morin A,Saheb SA,Bisaillon JG,Beaudet R,Sylvestre M

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coaggregation-defective (COG-) mutant Actinomyces viscosus T14V(PK455), which is unable to participate in lactose-sensitive adherence, and its COG+ parent were compared to structurally define the mutational loss of cell-associated lectin activity. Immunoelectrophoretic comparisons of crude extracts or isolated fim...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cisar JO,Curl SH,Kolenbrander PE,Vatter AE

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria meningitidis crosses the blood-brain barrier (BBB) following the activation of the β2-adrenergic receptor by the type IV pili (TFP). Two components of the type IV pili recruit the β2-adrenergic receptor, the major pilin PilE and the minor pilin PilV. Here, we report that a strain deleted of PilX, one of the ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Brissac T,Mikaty G,Duménil G,Coureuil M,Nassif X

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding a nitric oxide reductase has been identified in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The norB gene product shares significant identity with the nitric oxide reductases in Ralstonia eutropha and Synechocystis sp. and, like those organisms, the gonococcus lacks a norC homolog. The gonococcal norB gene was found to b...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Householder TC,Fozo EM,Cardinale JA,Clark VL

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunity to infection with Eimeria vermiformis was transferred in NIH mice by both the nylon wool-adherent (B-cell-enriched) and nonadherent (T-cell-enriched) fractions of lymphocytes (spleen and mesenteric lymph node) taken from infected donors. Transfer was more variable with the adherent fraction, and when contamin...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rose ME,Joysey HS,Hesketh P,Grencis RK,Wakelin D

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00