Toll-like receptor-2-mediated C-C chemokine receptor 3 and eotaxin-driven eosinophil influx induced by Mycobacterium bovis BCG pleurisy.

abstract：:Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) against herpes simplex virus (HSV) were induced in vitro from human peripheral blood lymphocytes by stimulation with HSV antigen. CTL generated by HSV type 1 (HSV-1) antigen stimulation killed not only HSV-1-infected target cells but also HSV type 2 (HSV-2)-infected target cells, though a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yasukawa M,Shiroguchi T,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：1983-04-01 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：:Gram-negative bacteria have been shown to activate human natural killer (NK) cells. In this report, we show that the gram-positive bacterium Listeria monocytogenes can also activate human NK cells with regard to non-major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-restricted killing and the production of cytokines. Overnight in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Guo Y,Niesel DW,Ziegler HK,Klimpel GR

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were carried out to determine whether the in vitro capacity of adherent peritoneal cells to replicate herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) might correlate with the in vivo susceptibility of mice genetically resistant, moderately susceptible, or very susceptible to HSV-1 infection. Unstimulated and proteose pept...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lopez C,Dudas G

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genes encoding alpha-hemolysin and mannose-resistant hemagglutination were shown to be closely linked in cloned DNA from two Escherichia coli urinary tract isolates of serotypes O4 (J96) and O6 (C1212). DNA hybridization experiments demonstrated that the hly and mrh gene clusters of other E. coli O6 serotypes were...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Low D,David V,Lark D,Schoolnik G,Falkow S

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many vaccines containing somatic and secreted antigens of Pseudomonas aeruginosa have been reported. The vaccines containing lipopolysaccharide have been found to provide type-specific protection, but the endotoxin content of these vaccines does not make it feasible to use them in patients who are already debilitated....

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fernandes PB,Kim C,Cundy KR,Haung NN

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD8+ T cells are essential for protection against mycobacteria, as is clearly demonstrated by the fatal outcome of experimental infection of beta-2 microglobulin knockout mice. However, the mechanisms and antigens (Ags) leading to CD8+ T-cell activation and regulation have been poorly characterized. Here we show that,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Denis O,Lozes E,Huygen K

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adherence of Trichomonas vaginalis NYH 286 to host cells was evaluated by using monolayer cultures of HeLa and HEp-2 epithelial cells and human fibroblast cell lines. Saturation of sites on HeLa cells was achieved, yielding a maximal T. vaginalis NYH 286-to-cell ratio of two. The ability of radiolabeled NYH 286 to...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Alderete JF,Garza GE

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the role of lipoteichoic acid in mediating the adherence of different serotypes of group B streptococci to human adult and neonatal epithelial cells. Pretreatment of neonatal buccal and vaginal epithelial cells with lipoteichoic acid, but not with deacylated lipoteichoic acid, induced a marked inh...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Teti G,Tomasello F,Chiofalo MS,Orefici G,Mastroeni P

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Initiation of a gonococcal infection involves attachment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to the plasma membrane of an epithelial cell in the mucosal epithelium and its internalization, transepithelial trafficking, and exocytosis from the basal membrane. Piliation and expression of certain Opa proteins and the immunoglobulin ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hopper S,Wilbur JS,Vasquez BL,Larson J,Clary S,Mehr IJ,Seifert HS,So M

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen-specific T-cell responses and histopathological changes were studied in mice experimentally inoculated with Borrelia burgdorferi B31. Inbred mice with different H-2 haplotypes and/or different genetic backgrounds were inoculated with B. burgdorferi organisms and tested for antigen-specific T-cell responses in ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schaible UE,Kramer MD,Justus CW,Museteanu C,Simon MM

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunomodulatory role of arthropod saliva has been well documented, but evidence for an effect on Plasmodium sp. infectiousness remains controversial. Mosquito saliva may orient the immune response toward a Th2 profile, thereby priming a Th2 response against subsequent antigens, including Plasmodium. Orientation to...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lawaly R,Konate L,Marrama L,Dia I,Diallo D,Diène Sarr F,Schneider BS,Casademont I,Diallo M,Brey PT,Sakuntabhai A,Mecheri S,Paul R

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum are agents of human monocytic and granulocytic ehrlichioses, respectively. They are extremely sensitive to mechanical stress and are pleomorphic gram-negative bacteria. Membrane incorporation of cholesterol from the eukaryotic host is known to be essential for other ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lin M,Rikihisa Y

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI), a human neutrophil granule protein, has been shown to bind lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and neutralize LPS-mediated cytokine production in adherent monocytes and the whole-blood system. In this study we investigated the ability of recombinant human BPI (rBPI) to inhibit ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Arditi M,Zhou J,Huang SH,Luckett PM,Marra MN,Kim KS

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The obligate intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii can actively infect any nucleated cell type, including cells from the immune system. The rapid transfer of T. gondii from infected dendritic cells to effector natural killer (NK) cells may contribute to the parasite's sequestration and shielding from immune recogni...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sultana MA,Du A,Carow B,Angbjär CM,Weidner JM,Kanatani S,Fuks JM,Muliaditan T,James J,Mansfield IO,Campbell TM,Liu L,Kadri N,Lambert H,Barragan A,Chambers BJ

更新日期：2017-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the mechanisms that lead to the production of proinflammatory mediators by human monocytes when these cells are exposed in vitro to live Borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes. We first focused on myeloid differentiation primary response protein 88 (MyD88), an adapter molecule that is essential in the Toll-l...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dennis VA,Dixit S,O'Brien SM,Alvarez X,Pahar B,Philipp MT

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current efforts to develop plague vaccines focus on LcrV, a polypeptide that resides at the tip of type III secretion needles. LcrV-specific antibodies block Yersinia pestis type III injection of Yop effectors into host immune cells, thereby enabling phagocytes to kill the invading pathogen. Earlier work reported that...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Miller NC,Quenee LE,Elli D,Ciletti NA,Schneewind O

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccination against Brucella infections in animals is usually performed by administration of live attenuated smooth B. abortus strain S19 and B. melitensis strain Rev1. They are proven effective vaccines against B. abortus in cattle and against B. melitensis and B. ovis in sheep and goats, respectively. However, both ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Adone R,Ciuchini F,Marianelli C,Tarantino M,Pistoia C,Marcon G,Petrucci P,Francia M,Riccardi G,Pasquali P

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stress-induced extracytoplasmic sigma factor E (SigE) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis shows increased expression after heat shock, sodium dodecyl sulfate treatment, and oxidative stress, as well as after phagocytosis in macrophages. We report that deletion of sigE results in delayed lethality in mice without a signi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ando M,Yoshimatsu T,Ko C,Converse PJ,Bishai WR

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is the leading cause of nosocomial bacterial diarrhea. Glutamine and its stable and highly soluble derivative alanyl-glutamine, have been beneficial in models of intestinal injury. In this study, we extend our work on the mechanisms of Clostridium difficile toxin A (TxA)-induced apoptosis in huma...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Carneiro BA,Fujii J,Brito GA,Alcantara C,Oriá RB,Lima AA,Obrig T,Guerrant RL

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protamines (salmine prepared from sperm DNA of salmon and clupeine from herring sperm), which are basic peptides rich in arginine, were found to inhibit the proteolytic activity of arginine-specific cysteine protease (RC-protease) from Porphyromonas gingivalis. Lineweaver-Burk plot analysis revealed that the protamine...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kontani M,Amano A,Nakamura T,Nakagawa I,Kawabata S,Hamada S

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA1) is a leading malaria vaccine candidate whose function has not been unequivocally defined. Partial complementation of function can be achieved by exchanging the AMA1 of P. falciparum (PfAMA1) with that of P. chabaudi (PcAMA1). In this study, parasites expressing ch...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Healer J,Triglia T,Hodder AN,Gemmill AW,Cowman AF

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that thiols reduced the amount of cholera toxin produced by Vibrio cholerae 569B in vitro. A sulfhydryl group at least was necessary for the reduction of cholera toxin production by thiols. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Shimamura T,Watanabe S,Sasaki S

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of cyclophosphamide (CY) treatment on acute murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) infection were studied to explore the potential usefulness of MCMV as a means of detecting immune dysfunction and to identify host defense mechanisms important for protection against MCMV. Conditions found optimal for enhancing MCMV ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Selgrade MK,Daniels MJ,Hu PC,Miller FJ,Graham JA

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism by which hamsters acquire resistance to yaws or frambesia is poorly understood. This investigation has shown that immune lymphoid cells (spleen and lymph node) could confer on hamsters resistance to infection with Treponema pertenue. Treatment of these immune cells with a specific antithymocyte serum (AT...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chan JK,Schell RF,LeFrock JL

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila multiplied rapidly in guinea pig and rat alveolar macrophages but failed to grow when phagocytic activity was inhibited by pretreatment with 0.5 or 1.0 microgram of cytochalasin D per ml. Attachment was not inhibited by cytochalasin D. No extracellular multiplication occurred when L. pneumophila...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Elliott JA,Winn WC Jr

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen Habs-serotype strains could be classified into 11 groups depending on the characteristic patterns of 2-amino sugar composition; strains of serotypes 2, 5, and 7 had the same pattern, and each other serotype strain had its own distinctive pattern. In our classification, fucosamine and quinovosamine were of imp...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Suzuki N,Tsunematsu Y,Matsumoto H,Tazaki T

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori infection of the stomach causes an active immune response that includes stimulation of inducible nitric oxide (NO) synthase (iNOS) expression. Although NO can kill H. pylori, the bacterium persists indefinitely, suggesting that NO production is inadequate. We determined if the NO derived from iNOS ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chaturvedi R,Asim M,Lewis ND,Algood HM,Cover TL,Kim PY,Wilson KT

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse spleen cells which normally cannot support the in vivo replication of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) became susceptible to VSV infection after the intraperitoneal growth of certain syngeneic and allogeneic tumors. After 3 days' growth of P815 tumor cells in syngeneic DBA/2 mice, the viral-permissive state for ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hecht TT,Paul WE

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro experimentation indicates that periodontitis-associated bacteria contain potent polyclonal B-cell activators (PBA). We reasoned that if PBA were operative in vivo, plasma cells specific for nonoral antigens should be present in the inflamed gingival tissues, which are characterized by a plasma cell infiltrate...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mallison SM 3rd,Szakal AK,Ranney RR,Tew JG

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00