Attachment of Mycoplasma pneumoniae to respiratory epithelium.

abstract：:Immunoprecipitation of radiolabeled antigens with bovine antisera indicated that many Babesia bigemina and Babesia bovis merozoite proteins contain isolate-common epitopes, while at least 16 B. bigemina and 8 B. bovis proteins contain species-cross-reactive epitopes. One immunogenic, isolate-common, and species-specif...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McElwain TF,Palmer GH,Goff WL,McGuire TC

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When rabbit peritoneal exudate cells were incubated for 24 and 48 h with phytohemagglutinin-activated lymphocytes or their culture supernatants, two times as many cells remained adherent to culture slides as in the controls. More spreading cells were found among the adherent cells in the stimulated cultures. Eighty pe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ando M,Suga M,Shima K,Sugimoto M,Higuchi S

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligopeptides play important roles in bacterial nutrition and signaling. Using sequences from the available genome database for Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv, the oligopeptide permease operon (oppBCDA) of Mycobacterium bovis BCG was cloned from a cosmid library. An opp mutant strain was constructed by homologous re...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Green RM,Seth A,Connell ND

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice were vaccinated with 300 micrograms of BCG cell walls (BCG-CW) in oil-in-water emulsion intravenously or with a high or low dose of living BCG by inhalation (BCG-HD or BCG-LD, respectively). The consequences of vaccination were evaluated in terms of the growth of BCG in the lungs and spleen, lung and spleen weigh...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lefford MJ

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histophilus somni is capable of intracellular survival within professional phagocytic cells, but the mechanism of survival is not understood. The Fic motif within the direct repeat (DR1)/DR2 domains of the IbpA fibrillary network protein of H. somni is cytotoxic to epithelial and phagocytic cells, which may interfere ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pan Y,Tagawa Y,Champion A,Sandal I,Inzana TJ

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigens extracted from cells of Streptococcus pyogenes T6 and Streptococcus mutans strains AHT, BHT, 10449, OMZ175, and K1R adsorbed to the sarcolemmal sheath of cardiac muscle cells in vitro. Similar preparations from S. salivarius, S. sanguis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Lactobacillus casei had weak or negligible ti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stinson MW,Nisengard RJ,Bergey EJ

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole blood and plasma from animals in the acute stage of leptospirosis contained a toxic factor which produced a cytopathic effect on fibroblastic L cell monolayers. Firm adsorption of cytotoxic factor (CTF) to L cells occurred within 1 h. The highest titer of CTF in plasma was reached at 24 h and declined after 48 h...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Knight LL,Miller NG,White RJ

更新日期：1973-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a cross-sectional survey of 187 Gambian children and adults, we have analyzed prevalence, fine specificity, and 19-kilodalton merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP-1(19))-specific erythrocyte invasion inhibitory activity of antibodies to MSP-1(19) but find no significant association between any of these parameters and p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Corran PH,O'Donnell RA,Todd J,Uthaipibull C,Holder AA,Crabb BS,Riley EM

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated outer membranes of Borrelia burgdorferi 297 were utilized to obtain partial amino acid sequence information for a low-molecular-weight, outer membrane-associated polypeptide. Degenerate oligonucleotide primers based upon this information were used to amplify a 100-bp probe for detection of the corresponding f...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lahdenne P,Porcella SF,Hagman KE,Akins DR,Popova TG,Cox DL,Katona LI,Radolf JD,Norgard MV

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LT-IIa and LT-IIb, the type II heat-labile enterotoxins of Escherichia coli, are closely related in structure and function to cholera toxin and LT-I, the type I heat-labile enterotoxins of Vibrio cholerae and E. coli, respectively. Recent studies from our group demonstrated that LT-IIa and LT-IIb are potent systemic a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nawar HF,Arce S,Russell MW,Connell TD

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：:The expression of T cell differentiation markers is known to increase during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, and yet the biological role of such markers remains unclear. We examined the requirement of the T cell differentiation marker killer cell lectin-like receptor G1 (KLRG1) during M. tuberculosis infection u...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cyktor JC,Carruthers B,Stromberg P,Flaño E,Pircher H,Turner J

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of human monocyte-derived macrophages (HMDM) and J774 cells (murine macrophage cell line) with several enteroaggregative and cytodetaching Escherichia coli (EAggEC and CDEC, respectively) strains demonstrated that some strains could induce macrophage cell death accompanied by release of lactate dehydrogenase...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fernandez-Prada C,Tall BD,Elliott SE,Hoover DL,Nataro JP,Venkatesan MM

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin B (SpeB), a conserved cysteine protease expressed by virtually all Streptococcus pyogenes strains, has recently been shown to be an important virulence factor (S. Lukomski, S. Sreevatsan, C. Amberg, W. Reichardt, M. Woischnik, A. Podbielski, and J. M. Musser, J. Clin. Invest. 99:2574-2...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lukomski S,Burns EH Jr,Wyde PR,Podbielski A,Rurangirwa J,Moore-Poveda DK,Musser JM

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mannose-resistant, Proteus-like (MR/P) fimbria, responsible for mannose-resistant hemagglutination, is a virulence factor for uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis. Based on known fimbrial gene organization, we postulated that MrpG, a putative minor subunit of the MR/P fimbria, functions as an adhesin responsible for he...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Li X,Zhao H,Geymonat L,Bahrani F,Johnson DE,Mobley HL

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The addition of a sonic extract of Capnocytophaga sputigena to the culture fluid to human fibroblasts resulted in an inhibition of cell proliferation. The inhibition was dose-related (200 micrograms/ml caused a 90% inhibition, and 1,000 micrograms/ml caused a complete cessation of growth). The growth inhibition was no...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stevens RH,Sela MN,Shapira J,Hammond BF

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin (LT) is an extensively studied adjuvant of mucosal responses. Nevertheless, its mode of action as an adjuvant remains incompletely understood. In this study, we describe a simplified in vitro model with which to look at some aspects of immunoregulation by LT. The interaction of...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lopes LM,Maroof A,Dougan G,Chain BM

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:K99 prepared by acid precipitation hemagglutinated guinea pig erythrocytes, whereas K99 prepared by chromatography on diethylaminoethyl-Sephadex did not. K99 purified by either procedure hemagglutinated horse erythrocytes. K99 prepared by acid precipitation contained a second antigen not presnet in the K99 prepared by...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Isaacson RE

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is recognized as the major cause of antibiotic-associated colitis. C. difficile produces two toxins, A (enterotoxin) and B (cytotoxin), that are implicated in the pathogenesis of the colitis. We examined the dose responses, time course, and synergism of these two toxins in ligated rabbit intestin...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lima AA,Lyerly DM,Wilkins TD,Innes DJ,Guerrant RL

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptor (TLR) signal transduction is a central component of the innate immune response to pathogenic challenge. Although recent studies have begun to elucidate differences in acquired immunity in tissues of the human female reproductive tract, there is a relative paucity of work regarding innate defense mec...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pioli PA,Amiel E,Schaefer TM,Connolly JE,Wira CR,Guyre PM

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of INT407 cells with various clinical isolates of Campylobacter jejuni resulted in secretion of interleukin-8 (IL-8) at levels ranging from 96 to 554 pg/ml at 24 h. The strains which produced the highest levels of IL-8 secretion were 81-176 and BT44. Induction of IL-8 secretion required live cells of 81-176...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hickey TE,Baqar S,Bourgeois AL,Ewing CP,Guerry P

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis is associated with high levels of morbidity, decreased production, and early culling in dairy cattle. Clinical symptoms of Johne's disease include persistent diarrhea, inappetence, and resultant weight loss due to chronic inflammation of the small intestine. A...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Aho AD,McNulty AM,Coussens PM

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there appears to be little if any role for specific antibodies in protection against intracellular bacteria, such as the model pathogen F. tularensis live vaccine strain (LVS), the role of B cells themselves in primary and secondary infection with such bacteria has not been examined directly. We show here tha...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Elkins KL,Bosio CM,Rhinehart-Jones TR

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Active immunization of mice with high doses of heat-killed and autoclaved vaccine of unencapsulated strains of Staphylococcus aureus, which was grown in brain heart infusion media, protected against challenge with the Smith diffuse strain of Staphylococcus aureus. These organisms were capable of absorbing the protecti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yoshida K,Ichiman Y,Otomo T

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An experimental model of coxsackievirus B3 infection in newborn mice was utilized to examine the protective role of antiviral antibodies and an interferon inducer, polyinosinic acid-polycytidylic acid [poly(I:C)]. Subcutaneous administration to the infected mice of specific antiviral antibodies resulted in significant...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cho CT,Feng KK,McCarthy VP,Lenahan MF

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Merozoite surface proteins of Plasmodium falciparum play a critical role in the invasion of human erythrocytes by the malaria parasite. Here we describe the identification of a novel protein with a molecular mass of 40 kDa that is found on the merozoite surface of P. falciparum. We call this protein merozoite surface ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Marshall VM,Silva A,Foley M,Cranmer S,Wang L,McColl DJ,Kemp DJ,Coppel RL

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen-presenting cells (APCs) are key players in the induction and regulation of immune responses. In Plasmodium falciparum malaria, determination of which cells and pathways are activated in the network of APCs remains elusive. We therefore investigated the effects of a controlled human malaria infection in healthy...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Teirlinck AC,Roestenberg M,Bijker EM,Hoffman SL,Sauerwein RW,Scholzen A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Shigella flexneri a 220-kilobase plasmid encodes the ability to invade nonprofessional phagocytes by a mechanism similar to phagocytosis. In this report, the continuous macrophage cell line J774 was used to study the intracellular fate of both invasive and noninvasive strains. pWR100, the virulence plasmid of S. fl...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Clerc PL,Ryter A,Mounier J,Sansonetti PJ

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yields of exotoxin A in Pseudomonas aeruginosa cultures were influenced by the concentration of iron in the culture media. When the iron concentration of the culture media was increased from 0.05 to 1.5 microgram/ml, there was at least a 90% decrease in exotoxin A (measured both by enzymatic activity and by mouse ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bjorn MJ,Iglewski BH,Ives SK,Sadoff JC,Vasil ML

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice were vaccinated with plasmid DNA (pDNA) encoding antigen 85A (Ag85A), Ag85B, or PstS-3 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis either in saline or formulated for intramuscular injections in VC1052:DPyPE (aminopropyl-dimethyl-myristoleyloxy-propanaminium bromide-diphytanoylphosphatidyl-ethanolamine) (Vaxfectin; Vical, Inc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： D'Souza S,Rosseels V,Denis O,Tanghe A,De Smet N,Jurion F,Palfliet K,Castiglioni N,Vanonckelen A,Wheeler C,Huygen K

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00