LiaS regulates virulence factor expression in Streptococcus mutans.

abstract：:Earlier work had shown that a collection of anaerobic bacteria, in conjunction with facultative anaerobes, may be implanted into germfree mice, thereby rendering the animals "normal" with respect to a variety of parameters tested. The present experiments indicate that a different collection of anaerobic bacteria, isol...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Freter R,Abrams GD

更新日期：1972-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strains of Bacteroides fragilis associated with diarrhea in children (termed enterotoxigenic B. fragilis, or ETBF) produce a heat-labile ca. 20-kDa protein toxin (BFT). The purpose of this study was to examine the activity of BFT on polarized monolayers of human intestinal epithelial cells (T84 cells). In Ussing chamb...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chambers FG,Koshy SS,Saidi RF,Clark DP,Moore RD,Sears CL

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface proteins in gram-positive bacteria are frequently required for virulence, and many are attached to the cell wall by sortase enzymes. Bacteria frequently encode more than one sortase enzyme and an even larger number of potential sortase substrates that possess an LPXTG-type cell wall sorting signal. In order to...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Comfort D,Clubb RT

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gastric pathogen helicobacter pylori is one of a number of bacteria which bind specifically to gangliotetraosylceramide, gangliotriaosylceramide, and phosphatidylethanolamine in vitro at neutral pH. Since this organism encounters an acid pH during initial infection of the stomach, we have monitored the effect of p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Huesca M,Borgia S,Hoffman P,Lingwood CA

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to define the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) sensitivity of aged mice in terms of lethality and cytokine production and to determine down-regulating responses of corticosterone and interleukin 10 (IL-10). The 50% lethal doses of LPS in young (6- to 7-week-old) and aged (98- to 102-week-old) mice were...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tateda K,Matsumoto T,Miyazaki S,Yamaguchi K

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hamster trachea organ cultres were shown to consume measurable amounts of oxygen when incubated in a closed micro-chamber. Several simple and complex media were evaluated, and the optimal system involved incubating 2 to 4 mg of tracheal tissue in Tyrodes balanced salt solution at 37 C for 60 min, with oxygen activity ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gabridge MG

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus nitric oxide synthase (saNOS) is a major contributor to virulence, stress resistance, and physiology, yet the specific mechanism(s) by which saNOS intersects with other known regulatory circuits is largely unknown. The SrrAB two-component system, which modulates gene expression in response to the...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： James KL,Mogen AB,Brandwein JN,Orsini SS,Ridder MJ,Markiewicz MA,Bose JL,Rice KC

更新日期：2019-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The type III secretion system (TTSS) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is induced in vivo upon contact with eukaryotic cells and in vitro by calcium depletion in culture medium. We have observed a previously identified protein, PsrA, necessary for full activation of TTSS gene expression in P. aeruginosa. Electrophoretic mobil...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Shen DK,Filopon D,Kuhn L,Polack B,Toussaint B

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with tissue-migrating helminths is frequently associated with intense granulocyte infiltrations. Several host-derived factors are known to mediate granulocyte recruitment to the tissues, but less attention has been paid to how parasite-derived products trigger this process. Parasite-derived chemotactic facto...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Falcone FH,Rossi AG,Sharkey R,Brown AP,Pritchard DI,Maizels RM

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of the actin filament capping protein CapG has no apparent effect on the phenotype of mice maintained under sterile conditions; however, bone marrow-derived macrophages from CapG(-/-) mice exhibited distinct motility defects. We examined the ability of CapG(-/-) mice to clear two intracellular bacteria, Listeria ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Parikh SS,Litherland SA,Clare-Salzler MJ,Li W,Gulig PA,Southwick FS

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The T-cell-stimulating activity of staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) is an important factor in the pathogenesis of certain staphylococcal diseases. To investigate the immunologically active domains of the SEB molecule, we have produced truncated fragments of recombinant SEB by C-terminal and N-terminal deletions. The...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Metzroth B,Marx T,Linnig M,Fleischer B

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several bacterial species recruit the complement regulators C4b-binding protein, factor H, and vitronectin, resulting in resistance against the bactericidal activity of human serum. It was recently demonstrated that bacteria also bind plasminogen, which is converted to plasmin that degrades C3b and C5. In this study, ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Singh B,Al-Jubair T,Voraganti C,Andersson T,Mukherjee O,Su YC,Zipfel P,Riesbeck K

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The derivative toxins purified from cultures of proteolytic strains of Clostridium botulinum types A and F were found to have been only partially nicked but were fully activated. Trypsinization of C. botulinum type B derivative toxin at pH 6.0 resulted in simultaneous activation and nicking, whereas at pH 4.5, activat...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ohishi I,Sakaguchi G

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The generation of nitric oxide (NO) by activated macrophages is believed to control mycobacterial infection in the murine system. In this study we examined the effect of Mycobacterium bovis BCG infection on the L-arginine-dependent NO pathway in J774.1 murine macrophages. We have confirmed previous results by demonstr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Peteroy-Kelly M,Venketaraman V,Connell ND

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In experiments described herein, it was observed that guinea pigs with delayed-type hypersensitivity to tuberculoproteins under various experimental conditions, with or without passive transfer of serum from immune donors, manifested no acquired immunity against aerogenically induced tuberculosis. These results are di...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Reggiardo Z,Middlebrook G

更新日期：1974-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gender is a significant factor in determining the susceptibility to and severity of pulmonary diseases in both humans and animals. Murine respiratory mycoplasmosis (MRM), due to Mycoplasma pulmonis infection, is an excellent animal model for evaluation of the role of various host factors on the development of acute or...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yancey AL,Watson HL,Cartner SC,Simecka JW

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Henle 407 and HeLa cells were compared as hosts for Shigella dysenteriae at a low multiplicity of infection. Efficiency of attachment and invasion without centrifugation, as well as selectivity for pathogenic over nonpathogenic S. dysenteriae without Congo red, were much greater for Henle 407 cells than for HeLa cells...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sen A,Leon MA,Palchaudhuri S

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyinosinate-polycytidylate [poly(I).poly(C)]-induced interferon production in cultures of human foreskin fibroblast strains was increased by ultraviolet irradiation of cells at the time of exposure to inducer or at 2 h after induction. Incubation of cells with interferon prior to induction (priming) and ultraviolet ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mozes LW,Havell EA,Gradoville ML,Vilcek J

更新日期：1974-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fimbriae, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), and extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) all contribute to biofilm formation by the periodontopathogen Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans. To understand how individual biofilm determinants respond to changing environmental conditions, the transcription of genes responsible for...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Amarasinghe JJ,Scannapieco FA,Haase EM

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interactions between Klebsiella pneumoniae and the host environment at the site of infection are largely unknown. Pulmonary surfactant serves as an initial point of contact for inhaled bacteria entering the lung and is thought to contain molecular cues that aid colonization and pathogenesis. To gain insight into t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Willsey GG,Ventrone S,Schutz KC,Wallace AM,Ribis JW,Suratt BT,Wargo MJ

更新日期：2018-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Hot phenol-water extraction of smooth Brucella abortus and B. melitensis cells yielded a toxic fraction which was recovered from the phenol phase (fraction 5). Chemically, fractions 5 from both Brucella species were lipid-carbohydrate-protein-2 keto-3-deoxyoctulosonic acid complexes which were stable to heat and resis...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Leong D,Diaz R,Milner K,Rudbach J,Wilson JB

更新日期：1970-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moraxella catarrhalis is a causative agent of otitis media in children and lower respiratory tract infections in adults suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This strict human pathogen continues to be a significant cause of disease in this broad spectrum of patients because there is no available...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schwingel JM,Edwards KJ,Cox AD,Masoud H,Richards JC,St Michael F,Tekwe CD,Sethi S,Murphy TF,Campagnari AA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabbits are not usually susceptible to intestinal Shigella infection without extensive pretreatment, including starvation and administration of antimicrobial, antimotility, and toxic agents (carbon tetrachloride). Most animals infected this way die rapidly and do not always develop colonic lesions and signs of dysente...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rabbani GH,Albert MJ,Rahman H,Islam M,Mahalanabis D,Kabir I,Alam K,Ansaruzzaman M

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The infection of HeLa 229 cells in monolayer culture with trachoma (B/TW-5/OT) and lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) (L2/434/Bu) organism was studied in terms of two parameters: radioactivity counts of cell-associated tritium labeled organisms at the initial stage of inoculation for measurement of attachment, and inclusi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kuo CC,Grayston T

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sterile sonic-treated materials of pneumococci grown in media containing N-acetylmannosamine as the carbohydrate source were lethal for mice. Purification of the toxic factor led to its identification as the enzyme neuraminidase. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kelly R,Greiff D

更新日期：1970-07-01 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：:The effect of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) or mixtures of RSV and its specific antibody on the oxidative metabolic activity of human polymorphonuclear leukocytes was studied by the technique of luminol-dependent chemiluminescence. Peripheral blood neutrophils obtained from normal healthy donors were used. RSV alo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kaul TN,Faden H,Ogra PL

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fliA gene of Legionella pneumophila encoding the alternative sigma(28) factor was inactivated by introducing a kanamycin resistance cassette. Electron microscopy and Western blot analysis revealed that the fliA mutant strain is aflagellate and expresses no flagellin. Reporter gene assays indicated that the flaA pr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Heuner K,Dietrich C,Skriwan C,Steinert M,Hacker J

更新日期：2002-03-01 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：:Changes in the structural components of the Streptococcus pyogenes membrane between exponential and early stationary phases of growth are reported. The overall protein composition ranged from 70 to 73% of the dry weight of the membranes, irrespective of the phase of growth from which they were isolated. Amino acid ana...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： van de Rijn I,Kessler RE

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00