Transmembrane tumor necrosis factor alpha is required for enteropathy and is sufficient to promote parasite expulsion in gastrointestinal helminth infection.

abstract：:The kinetics and homing characteristics of T-cell responses in humans after mucosal immunizations have not been well characterized. Therefore, we have investigated the magnitude and duration of such responses as well as the homing receptor expression of antigen-specific peripheral blood T cells by using an oral model ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lundin BS,Johansson C,Svennerholm AM

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell surface proteins SspA and SspB in Streptococcus gordonii and SpaP in Streptococcus mutans are members of the antigen I/II family of polypeptides produced by oral streptococci. These proteins are adhesins and mediate species-specific binding of cells to a variety of host and bacterial receptors. Here we show that ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Love RM,McMillan MD,Jenkinson HF

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutant cultures that lacked the ability to produce filamentous hemagglutinin were obtained by UV irradiation of Bordetella pertussis strain 18-323. Various biological activities of these mutants were compared with those of the parent culture. It was found that the leukocytosis-promoting, histamine-sensitizing, and mou...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Watanabe M,Nakase Y

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to localize antigenic regions on the flagellin protein of Campylobacter jejuni 81116. This strain has two flagellin genes, flaA and flaB, which are 95% identical; only flaA seems to be expressed in motile C. jejuni 81116 cells. Fragments of flaA and flaB were cloned in the bacterial expre...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nuijten PJ,van der Zeijst BA,Newell DG

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice given Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli via the respiratory route succumbed much sooner to infection than mice given 1,000 times more bacilli via the intravenous route. Vaccination provided increased protection to an M. tuberculosis challenge infection; however, mice infected via the respiratory route remained m...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： North RJ,LaCourse R,Ryan L

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactoferrin (LF) is a multifunctional immunoregulatory protein that has been associated with host defense at mucosal surfaces through its antibacterial properties. The antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties of LF were further explored with an animal model of experimental urinary tract infection. Bovine LF (bLF...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Håversen LA,Engberg I,Baltzer L,Dolphin G,Hanson LA,Mattsby-Baltzer I

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that infection by Trypanosoma cruzi, a parasitic protozoan, is reduced by injection of CD40 ligand (CD40L)-transfected 3T3 fibroblasts (D. Chaussabel, F. Jacobs, J. de Jonge, M. de Veerman, Y. Carlier, K. Thielemans, M. Goldman, and B. Vray, Infect. Immun. 67:1929-1934, 1999). This prompted us...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chamekh M,Vercruysse V,Habib M,Lorent M,Goldman M,Allaoui A,Vray B

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-one Burkholderia cepacia isolates from patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and four plant isolates were screened for production of the siderophores salicylic acid (SA), pyochelin, cepabactin, and ornibactins and fingerprinted by a PCR-based randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) method. Of the 24 RAPD types de...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Darling P,Chan M,Cox AD,Sokol PA

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces boulardii is a nonpathogenic yeast used in the treatment of Clostridium difficile diarrhea and colitis. We have reported that S. boulardii inhibits C. difficile toxin A enteritis in rats by releasing a 54-kDa protease which digests the toxin A molecule and its brush border membrane (BBM) receptor (I. Cas...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Castagliuolo I,Riegler MF,Valenick L,LaMont JT,Pothoulakis C

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local gingival immunization was attempted in an effort to confine the immune response to the oral cavity and bypass the systemic immune response. A low-molecular-weight (3.8K) streptococcal antigen (SA) I/II was applied 10 times over a period of 1 year to the gingival crevices of rhesus monkeys. The antigen was mainta...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lehner T,Mehlert A,Caldwell J

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The parameters of a persistent-state measles virus infection in BGM/MV cells were examined. The BGM/MV cell line was established by cocultivation of measles virus-infected primary C3H mouse brain cells with a stable line of African green monkey kidney cells (BGM). Initially, a morphologically mixed population of cells...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Menna JH,Collins AR,Flanagan TD

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A system is described for studying adoptive immunity to tuberculosis in syngeneic mice. Donor mice were immunized with 10(4) BCG intravenously, and lymphoid cells were harvested 28 days later. Adoptive immunity was measured in recipient mice in terms of the inhibition of growth of BCG in the liver and spleen following...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lefford MJ

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 120-kDa rickettsial outer membrane protein (rOmpB) is encoded by a gene with the capacity to encode a protein of approximately 168 kDa. The carboxy-terminal end of the molecule is apparently cleaved to yield 120- and 32-kDa products. Both polypeptides are surface exposed and remain associated with the outer membra...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hackstadt T,Messer R,Cieplak W,Peacock MG

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cronobacter sakazakii is an opportunistic pathogen that causes neonatal meningitis and necrotizing enterocolitis. Its interaction with intestinal epithelium is important in the pathogenesis of enteric infections. In this study, we investigated the involvement of the inv gene in the virulence of C. sakazakii ATCC 29544...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chandrapala D,Kim K,Choi Y,Senevirathne A,Kang DH,Ryu S,Kim KP

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous investigations have shown that 70-kDa heat shock protein (Hsp70) homologs interact tightly with hydrophobic proteins and functionally assist proteins in membranous organelles and environments. One such protein is the Chlamydia trachomatis Hsp70 that is associated with isolated outer membrane complexes of infe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Raulston JE,Davis CH,Paul TR,Hobbs JD,Wyrick PB

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tetraspanins are a superfamily of transmembrane proteins with diverse functions and can form extended microdomains within the plasma membrane in conjunction with partner proteins, which probably includes receptors for bacterial adhesins. Neisseria meningitidis, the causative agent of meningococcal disease, attache...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Green LR,Monk PN,Partridge LJ,Morris P,Gorringe AR,Read RC

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protective efficacy of Mycobacterium bovis BCG can be markedly augmented by stable integration of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genomic region RD1. BCG complemented with RD1 (BCG::RD1) encodes nine additional proteins. Among them, 10-kDa culture filtrate protein (CFP-10) and ESAT-6 (6-kDa early secreted antigenic tar...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Demangel C,Brodin P,Cockle PJ,Brosch R,Majlessi L,Leclerc C,Cole ST

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis can activate inflammatory responses through Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and may cause renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis characterized by the accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM). We have previously demonstrated that Leptospira santorosai serovar Shermani detergent extract stimulates ECM accumulation...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tian YC,Hung CC,Li YJ,Chen YC,Chang MY,Yen TH,Hsu HH,Wu MS,Phillips A,Yang CW

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mig gene of Streptococcus dysgalactiae, a major bovine mastitis pathogen, encodes two plasma protein-binding receptors, alpha2-macroglobulin (alpha2-M) and immunoglobulin G (IgG). In this study, the mig gene from one S. dysgalactiae isolate was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The IgG receptor region enco...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Song XM,Perez-Casal J,Bolton A,Potter AA

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genes of the lic1 operon (lic1A to lic1D) are responsible for incorporation of phosphocholine (PCho) into the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Haemophilus influenzae. PCho plays a multifaceted role in the commensal and pathogenic lifestyles of a range of mucosal pathogens, including H. influenzae. Structural studies of...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fox KL,Li J,Schweda EK,Vitiazeva V,Makepeace K,Jennings MP,Moxon ER,Hood DW

更新日期：2008-02-01 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：:The enteric pathogen Shigella is one of the leading causes of moderate-to-severe diarrhea and death in young children in developing countries. Transformed cell lines and animal models have been widely used to study Shigella pathogenesis. In addition to altered physiology, transformed cell lines are composed of a singl...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ranganathan S,Doucet M,Grassel CL,Delaine-Elias B,Zachos NC,Barry EM

更新日期：2019-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that infection by Fusobacterium nucleatum strongly induced the expression of both human beta-defensin 2 (HBD-2) and HBD-3 by gingival epithelial cells. The aim of this study was to characterize the pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) and regulatory mechanisms involved in the induction of HBD-2 ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ji S,Shin JE,Kim YS,Oh JE,Min BM,Choi Y

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disruption of neutrophils causes the release of a cytoplasmic protein which can inhibit the growth of Candida albicans without killing the organisms. The present study was undertaken with a combined system in which candidacidal and candidastatic activities of human neutrophils could be compared. In this system it was ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sohnle PG,Collins-Lech C

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori maintains colonization in its human host using a limited set of taxis sensors. TlpD is a proposed energy taxis sensor of H. pylori and dominant under environmental conditions of low bacterial energy yield. We studied the impact of H. pylori TlpD on colonization in vivo using a gerbil infection mode...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Behrens W,Schweinitzer T,Bal J,Dorsch M,Bleich A,Kops F,Brenneke B,Didelot X,Suerbaum S,Josenhans C

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence obtained from gene knockout studies supports the role of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) in intestinal inflammation and microbiota recognition. Increased epithelial TLR4 expression is observed in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. However, little is known of the effect of increased TLR4 signaling on intest...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dheer R,Santaolalla R,Davies JM,Lang JK,Phillips MC,Pastorini C,Vazquez-Pertejo MT,Abreu MT

更新日期：2016-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Reverse transcriptase PCR analyses have demonstrated that open reading frames (ORFs) PM0298, PM0299, and PM0300 of the animal pathogen Pasteurella multocida constitute a single transcriptional unit. By cloning and overexpression studies in Escherichia coli cells, the product of ORF PM0300 was shown to bind hemoglobin ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bosch M,Garrido ME,Llagostera M,Pérez De Rozas AM,Badiola I,Barbé J

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During acute infection with bacteria, viruses or parasites, a fraction of macrophages engulf large numbers of red and white blood cells, a process called hemophagocytosis. Hemophagocytes persist into the chronic stage of infection and have an anti-inflammatory phenotype. Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium infecti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McDonald EM,Pilonieta MC,Nick HJ,Detweiler CS

更新日期：2015-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae infections of the lung are associated with significant damage to the alveolar epithelium. Host phagocytes and pneumolysin, a cytolytic toxin of S. pneumoniae, are believed to contribute to this cellular damage, yet experiments in which these elements are absent demonstrate the presence of an a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Duane PG,Rubins JB,Weisel HR,Janoff EN

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A receptor specific for lipoglycans from Acholeplasma axanthum and Acholeplasma granularum was isolated from sheep erythrocyte stroma by extraction with n-pentanol and permeation chromatography. The purified receptor appeared as one band on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels and stained with Coomassie blue, pe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Al-Samarrai TH,Smith PF,Lynn RJ

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00