Toll-like receptor 2 and NALP2 mediate induction of human beta-defensins by fusobacterium nucleatum in gingival epithelial cells.

abstract：:Streptococcus mutans, a major pathogen of dental caries, is considered one of the causative agents of infective endocarditis (IE). Recently, bacterial DNA encoding 120-kDa cell surface collagen-binding proteins (CBPs) has frequently been detected from S. mutans-positive IE patients. In addition, some of the CBP-positi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Otsugu M,Nomura R,Matayoshi S,Teramoto N,Nakano K

更新日期：2017-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Porphyromonas gingivalis, a gram-negative anaerobic bacterium associated with active lesions of chronic periodontitis, produces several proteinases which are presumably involved in host colonization, perturbation of the immune system, and tissue destruction. The aims of this study were to investigate the degradation o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Goulet V,Britigan B,Nakayama K,Grenier D

更新日期：2004-08-01 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：:Pathogenicity islands (PAIs) are chromosomal clusters of pathogen-specific virulence genes often found at tRNA loci. In the Yersinia pseudotuberculosis 32777 chromosome, we characterized a 98-kb segment that has all of the characteristic features of a PAI, including insertion in a (phenylalanine) tRNA gene, the presen...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Collyn F,Billault A,Mullet C,Simonet M,Marceau M

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccine candidates against Shigella dysenteriae type 1, which is associated with the most severe cases of bacillary dysentery, were constructed. The rfp and rfb gene clusters, which code for S. dysenteriae 1 O antigen biosynthesis, were randomly integrated into either the chromosome or the virulence plasmid of the rou...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Klee SR,Tzschaschel BD,Fält I,Kärnell A,Lindberg AA,Timmis KN,Guzmán CA

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four glycoproteins of Treponema pallidum were identified by intrinsic [14C]glucosamine labeling. Only two glycoproteins were demonstrated in T. phagedenis biotype Reiter with the same technique. Glycoproteins of both treponemes were characterized as antigens and shown to be localized within the outer membranes of the ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Moskophidis M,Müller F

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) base composition, as measured by guanine plus cytosine (G + C) content, was determined in 17 strains of Sporothrix schenckii and Ceratocystis species. The average G + C content for S. schenckii was 54.7 +/- 0.2 mol%. No strain of Ceratocystis, with the exception of C. minor, gave values for...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mendonça-Hagler LC,Travassos LR,Lloyd KO,Phaff HJ

更新日期：1974-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two phospholipase C fractions were detected in culture supernatants from Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 19660, PAO1, and D10C by preparative polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Both hemolytic fractions from strain ATCC 19660 were isolated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and were found to cause paralysis, death, der...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Berk RS,Brown D,Coutinho I,Meyers D

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endotoxin-treated mice exhibit a rapid rise in the level of the serum amyloid A (SAA) protein, but this effect is not observed in endotoxin-resistant C3H/HeJ mice. To evaluate the role of lymphoid cells in the production of SAA protein, C3H/HeJ mice were adoptively transfused with endotoxin-sensitive (C3H/HeN) bone ma...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rosenstreich DL,McAdam KP

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An escape variant of Borrelia burgdorferi, selected with a monoclonal antibody to OspB, expressed a truncated form of OspB, the result of point mutations in the ospB gene leading to a premature termination codon. A single amino acid position in the C terminus of OspB was critical for monoclonal antibody recognition. T...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Coleman JL,Rogers RC,Rosa PA,Benach JL

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmaniae are protozoans which, depending upon both the host and parasite species, can cause either a healing or nonhealing infection. While C57BL/10 mice are able to heal following infection with Leishmania major, they fail to heal following infection with Leishmania amazonensis. In order to address the role of Th1...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Afonso LC,Scott P

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group B streptococci (GBS) adhere to surface receptors present on epithelial cells; these receptors include fibronectin and laminin. To identify other possible receptors, plasma membranes from A549 cells, a respiratory tract epithelial cell line, were prepared. These plasma membranes were tested in a protein blot anal...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tamura GS,Nittayajarn A

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium causes self-limiting gastroenteritis in humans and a typhoid-like disease in mice that serves as a model for typhoid infections in humans. A critical step in Salmonella pathogenesis is the invasion of enterocytes and M cells of the small intestine via expression of a type III se...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Boddicker JD,Jones BD

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous animal studies showed that maternal Porphyromonas gingivalis infection in a subcutaneous chamber is associated with hepatic and uterine translocation, as well as systemic induction of maternal inflammatory responses, both of which were associated with fetal growth restriction (FGR). However, P. gingivalis...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lin D,Smith MA,Elter J,Champagne C,Downey CL,Beck J,Offenbacher S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular protease activity was measured in liquid cultures of representative strains from six serotypes of Legionella pneumophila. A variety of substrates were degraded, including denatured casein, skim milk, gelatin, and hide powder azure, but not elastin. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Thompson MR,Miller RD,Iglewski BH

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunostimulation provided by the mycobacterial cell wall has been exploited for many decades, e.g., in Freund's complete adjuvant. Recently, the underlying mechanism behind this adjuvant activity, including Toll receptor signaling, has begun to be unraveled, confirming the potential of mycobacterial constituents ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rosenkrands I,Agger EM,Olsen AW,Korsholm KS,Andersen CS,Jensen KT,Andersen P

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella choleraesuis chi 3781, an attenuated [delta cya-12 delta(crp-cdt)19] mutant, was electroporated with the plasmid pBA31-R7, which codes for the expression of a 31-kDa protein from Brucella abortus (BCSP31). Recombinant S. choleraesuis chi 3781 stably maintained the pBA31-R7 plasmid and continued to express t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stabel TJ,Mayfield JE,Morfitt DC,Wannemuehler MJ

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since secondary Streptococcus pneumoniae infections greatly increase the mortality of influenza infections, we determined the relative roles of neutrophil-dependent and -independent mechanisms in increased susceptibility to S. pneumoniae during influenza infection. Mice infected with influenza for 6 days, but not 3 da...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McNamee LA,Harmsen AG

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide 9 (TDAYNQKLSERRAN) and peptide 10 (NATAEGRAINRRVE) represent surface-exposed epitopes of outer membrane protein F of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Rats immunized with four intramuscular inoculations on days 0, 14, 28, and 42 with either peptide 9 or peptide 10 conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin were afforded pr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gilleland LB,Gilleland HE Jr

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A murine model system was established to study immune responses to the Pnu-Imune vaccine, which is made up of 23 different pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides. In this animal model, antibody-forming cell responses to 21 of 23 individual polysaccharides in the vaccine were detected. The Pnu-Imune vaccine elicited goo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Garg M,Subbarao B

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colostrum was collected and pooled from each of five cows in three experimental groups: group I cows received intramuscular and intramammary inoculations of adjuvanted modified live Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center rotavirus vaccine; group II cows were injected intramuscularly with a commercial modifi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Saif LJ,Redman DR,Smith KL,Theil KW

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin D is an important regulator of the expression of antimicrobial peptides, and vitamin D deficiency is associated with respiratory infections. Regulating expression of antimicrobial peptides, such as the human cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide 18 (hCAP18)/LL-37, by vitamin D in bronchial epithelial cells requir...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schrumpf JA,van Sterkenburg MA,Verhoosel RM,Zuyderduyn S,Hiemstra PS

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptosporidial infections were established in five young foals with severe combined immunodeficiency following oral administration of 10(8) Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts. All foals shed oocysts (average of 8 x 10(6) to 2 x 10(8)/g of feces) until death. Inflammation and C. parvum organisms were observed in the commo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bjorneby JM,Leach DR,Perryman LE

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize the roles of Porphyromonas gingivalis and its components in disease processes, we investigated the cytokine profiles induced by live P. gingivalis, its lipopolysaccharide (LPS), and its major fimbrial protein, fimbrillin (FimA). A cytokine antibody array revealed that human monocyte-derived macrophages...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhou Q,Amar S

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously described (L. M. Vaughan, P. R. Smith, and T. J. Foster, Infect. Immun. 61:2172-2181, 1993) the construction of a kanamycin-resistant aromatic-dependent mutant of Aeromonas salmonicida, the causative agent of furunculosis, and its use as a live vaccine. Here we describe the construction of an unmark...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Marsden MJ,Vaughan LM,Foster TJ,Secombes CJ

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serological tests used in current brucellosis eradication schemes, such as bacterial tube agglutination, do not readily distinguish between infected animals and those immunized with strain 19 or 45/20 Brucella abortus vaccines. In this study, sera from naturally infected cattle were used to identify serologically impo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Raybould TJ,Chantler S

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used the Salmonella typhi galactose epimerase (galE) mutant strain Ty21a, shown to be a safe, effective, living, attenuated oral typhoid vaccine, as a recipient for a recombinant plasmid containing the gene for production of the nontoxic B subunit of the heat-labile enterotoxin of Escherichia coli. The S. typhi der...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Clements JD,El-Morshidy S

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of epithelial cells by two biovars of Chlamydia trachomatis results in the tyrosine phosphorylation of several host proteins. The most prominent change in host protein tyrosine phosphorylation involves a complex of proteins with molecular masses of 75 to 85 kDa (pp75/85) and 100 kDa (pp100). The C. trachomat...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fawaz FS,van Ooij C,Homola E,Mutka SC,Engel JN

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most Campylobacter jejuni strains are sensitive and most Campylobacter fetus strains are resistant to the bactericidal activity in normal human serum. We purified lipopolysaccharides from Campylobacter strains to determine whether their composition and structure relate to serum susceptibility. The lipopolysaccharide o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Perez Perez GI,Blaser MJ

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of a plasmid in the virulence activity of an enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strain belonging to serotype 0111:NM was examined. EPEC strain B171, which is resistant to chloramphenicol, streptomycin, sulfathiazole, and tetracycline, harbors a 54-megadalton plasmid, pYR111, and exhibits localized adher...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Riley LW,Junio LN,Libaek LB,Schoolnik GK

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00