Galectin-3 modulates immune and inflammatory responses during helminthic infection: impact of galectin-3 deficiency on the functions of dendritic cells.

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：:Serum amyloid A protein (SAA) elevation accompanies induction of secondary amyloidosis in mice given Mycobacterium butyricum in Freund adjuvant. The synthesis of SAA by cultured hepatocytes is induced by a macrophage-derived mediator, which has been identified as interleukin 1. In these studies, SAA synthesis has been...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McAdam KP,Foss NT,Garcia C,DeLellis R,Chedid L,Rees RJ,Wolff SM

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms of phagocytosis of Candida albicans by human vascular endothelial cells and subsequent endothelial cell injury were examined in vitro. Both live and killed C. albicans cells were phagocytized by endothelial cells. This organism specifically induced endothelial cell phagocytosis because neither Candida t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Filler SG,Swerdloff JN,Hobbs C,Luckett PM

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) is the leading cause of urinary tract infections (UTIs). A murine UTI model has revealed an infection cascade whereby UPEC undergoes cycles of invasion of the bladder epithelium, intracellular proliferation in polysaccharide-containing biofilm-like masses called intracellular bact...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Anderson GG,Goller CC,Justice S,Hultgren SJ,Seed PC

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae remains a major causative agent of serious human diseases. The worldwide increase of antibiotic resistant strains revealed the importance of horizontal gene transfer in this pathogen, a scenario that results in the modulation of the species-specific gene pool. We investigated genomic variation...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hakenbeck R,Balmelle N,Weber B,Gardès C,Keck W,de Saizieu A

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Encapsulation of soluble protein antigens in liposomes was previously shown to result in processing of antigen via the major histocompatibility complex class I pathway, as evidenced by costaining of the trans-Golgi region of murine bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMs) by fluorophore-labeled liposomal antigen and by a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Richards RL,Rao M,Wassef NM,Glenn GM,Rothwell SW,Alving CR

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts of specific granules and azurophil granules from human neutrophils were tested for their bactericidal activity against various lipopolysaccharide mutants of Salmonella typhimurium LT-2. Three purified granule populations, one specific and two azurophil, were obtained by isopycnic centrifugation of homogenized...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rest RF,Cooney MH,Spitznagel JK

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The leukotrienes and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) play an important role in the pathophysiology of septic shock, in which hypotension, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and hemoconcentration are observed. This study was performed to examine the effects of a 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor (AA-861), a selective leukotriene recepto...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ogata M,Matsumoto T,Kamochi M,Yoshida SI,Mizuguchi Y,Shigematsu A

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannan (MAN) extracted from Candida albicans 20A was investigated for its potential as an antigen in the detection of cell-mediated immunity (CMI) in vivo and in vitro and for its ability to modulate CMI when administered intravenously (i.v.). CBA/J mice were either immunized as adults by the cutaneous inoculation of ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Domer JE,Garner RE,Befidi-Mengue RN

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse fibroblasts (L cells) infected with the 6BC strain of Chlamydia psittaci released potassium ion (K(+)) into the extracellular milieu in a way that depended on size of inoculum and time after infection. When the multiplicity of infection was 500 to 1,000 50% infectious units (ID(50)) per L cell, loss of intracell...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chang GT,Moulder JW

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An apparent inhibition of induction of mouse hepatic tryptophan oxygenase by endotoxin has been reported previously, as evidenced by low catalytic activity. This could be due either to decreased tryptophan oxygenase levels or to inactivation of existing enzyme molecules. To resolve this question, the enzyme was quanti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rippe DF,Berry LJ

更新日期：1973-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus infections is influenced by multiple virulence factors that are expressed under variable conditions, and this has complicated the design of an effective vaccine. Clinical trials that targeted the capsule or clumping factor A (ClfA) failed to protect the recipients against stap...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tuchscherr LP,Buzzola FR,Alvarez LP,Lee JC,Sordelli DO

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella infection can cause gastroenteritis in healthy individuals or a serious, systemic infection in immunocompromised patients and has a global impact. CD4 Th1 cells represent the main lymphocyte population that participates in bacterial clearance during both primary and secondary infections in mice of the H-2b ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Labuda JC,Depew CE,Pham OH,Benoun JM,Ramirez NA,McSorley SJ

更新日期：2019-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Aeromonas salmonicida causes furunculosis in salmonids and is a threat to Atlantic salmon aquaculture. The epithelial surfaces that the pathogen colonizes are covered by a mucus layer predominantly comprised of secreted mucins. By using mass spectrometry to identify mucin glycan structures with and without enzymatic r...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Padra JT,Sundh H,Sundell K,Venkatakrishnan V,Jin C,Samuelsson T,Karlsson NG,Lindén SK

更新日期：2017-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A variant enterotoxin gene, referred to as sezA+, has been identified. Staphylococcus aureus FRI1106, a staphylococcal enterotoxin type D producer (Sed+), contained HindIII fragments of 3.8 and 9.4 kilobase pairs (kbp) that hybridized in Southern blot analysis to a probe containing only staphylococcal enterotoxin type...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Soltis MT,Mekalanos JJ,Betley MJ

更新日期：1990-06-01 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：:To demonstrate local synthesis of anti-Mycobacterium leprae antibodies, biopsies from skin lesions of leprosy patients were cultured in vitro in a medium containing 14C-labeled lysine and isoleucine, and the culture fluids were analyzed by crossed immunoelectrophoresis with intermediate gel and autoradiography. The re...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lai A Fat RF,Chan Pin Jin J,van Furth R,Harboe M

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial heat shock proteins (HSP) are dominant antigens for the host immune response. Because of the high sequence homology between mammalian and microbial HSP, their value as component of a subunit vaccine has been the subject of controversy. Previous work from this laboratory, however, demonstrated for the first t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Noll A,AutenriethIB

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have demonstrated that possession of the gene for thermostable direct hemolysin-related hemolysin (trh) coincides with the presence of the urease gene among clinical Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains and that the location of the two genes are in close proximity on the chromosome. Here, we cloned and sequenced the 15,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Park KS,Iida T,Yamaichi Y,Oyagi T,Yamamoto K,Honda T

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae is a monoflagellated gram-negative bacterium that causes the severe diarrheal disease cholera. In contrast to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium infection, which is accompanied by both acute diarrhea and high-level inflammation, V. cholerae infection is largely noninflammatory in human hosts. Bact...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yoon SS,Mekalanos JJ

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucella abortus is a facultative intracellular bacterial pathogen that causes abortion in domestic animals and undulant fever in humans. The mechanism of virulence of Brucella spp. is not fully understood yet. Furthermore, genes that allow Brucella to reach the intracellular niche and to interact with host cells need...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rosinha GM,Freitas DA,Miyoshi A,Azevedo V,Campos E,Cravero SL,Rossetti O,Splitter G,Oliveira SC

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antihistoplasma activity of recombinant murine gamma interferon (rMuIFN-gamma)-treated macrophages of the RAW 264.7 cell line depends on the generation of nitric oxide (NO.) from L-arginine. Macrophages of the P388D1 cell line treated with rMuIFN-gamma do not produce NO. or inhibit the intracellular growth of Hist...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lane TE,Otero GC,Wu-Hsieh BA,Howard DH

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subtilase cytotoxin (SubAB) was first isolated from a Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) strain that was responsible for an outbreak of hemolytic-uremic syndrome and is the prototype of a new family of AB(5) cytotoxins. SubAB is a subtilase-like serine protease, and upon uptake by host cells, it is trafficked to ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： May KL,Paton JC,Paton AW

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exoenzyme S (ExoS), an ADP-ribosylating enzyme produced by the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, is directly translocated into eukaryotic cells by bacterial contact. Within the cell, ExoS ADP-ribosylates the cell signaling protein Ras and causes inhibition of DNA synthesis and alterations in cytoskeletal ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Olson JC,Fraylick JE,McGuffie EM,Dolan KM,Yahr TL,Frank DW,Vincent TS

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella pathogenicity island 12 (SPI-12) of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is a 15-kb region that encompasses genes STM2230 to STM2245 and encodes a remnant phage known to contribute to bacterial virulence. In mouse infection experiments and replication assays in macrophages, we demonstrated a role for fou...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tomljenovic-Berube AM,Henriksbo B,Porwollik S,Cooper CA,Tuinema BR,McClelland M,Coombes BK

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently reported Bacillus anthracis attenuated live vaccine strains efficiently expressing recombinant protective antigen (rPA) and have shown a direct correlation between the level of rPA secreted by these cells and efficacy (S. Cohen, I. Mendelson, Z. Altboum, D. Kobiler, E. Elhanany, T. Bino, M. Leitner, I...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gat O,Inbar I,Aloni-Grinstein R,Zahavy E,Kronman C,Mendelson I,Cohen S,Velan B,Shafferman A

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that cytotoxic necrotizing factor 1 (CNF1) contributes to Escherichia coli K1 invasion of human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMEC) and interacts with the receptor on the surface of HBMEC. CNF1 is the cytoplasmic protein, and it remains incompletely understood how CNF1 is secreted across...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yu H,Kim KS

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One-day-old chicks were infected orally with two strains of weakly hemolytic spirochetes isolated from a human and a pig with intestinal spirochetosis. These spirochetosis both colonized birds, attached end-on to their cecal enterocytes, induced watery diarrhea, and significantly depressed growth rates. Cultures of Se...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Trott DJ,McLaren AJ,Hampson DJ

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a gram-negative marine bacterium, is an important pathogen causing food-borne gastroenteritis or septicemia. Recent genome sequencing of the RIMD2210633 strain (a Kanagawa phenomenon-positive clinical isolate of serotype O3:K6) revealed that the strain has two sets of gene clusters that encode...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ono T,Park KS,Ueta M,Iida T,Honda T

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most Helicobacter pylori strains express the BabA adhesin, which binds to ABO/Leb blood group antigens on gastric mucin and epithelial cells and is found more commonly in strains that cause peptic ulcers or gastric cancer, rather than asymptomatic infection. We and others have previously reported that in mice, gerbils...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hansen LM,Gideonsson P,Canfield DR,Borén T,Solnick JV

更新日期：2017-05-23 00:00:00