Search for latent cytomegalovirus in renal allografts.

abstract：:A method for stimulating sensitized lymphocytes by inactivated herpes simplex virus was established by using cultures of washed whole blood cells. The development of the immune response of herpes simplex virus-infected guinea pigs was examined at different times in the 4-month period after infection. Humoral and cellu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Scriba M

更新日期：1974-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Filarial infection is initiated by mosquito-derived third-stage larvae (L3) deposited on the skin that transit through the epidermis, which contains Langerhans cells (LC) and keratinocytes (KC), among other cells. This earliest interaction between L3 and the LC likely conditions the priming of the immune system to the...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Boyd A,Bennuru S,Wang Y,Sanprasert V,Law M,Chaussabel D,Nutman TB,Semnani RT

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic determinants of the 120-kDa cytotoxin of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 2 were isolated from a lambda DNA library by a plaque immunoblot technique. Expression of the 120-kDa polypeptide was confirmed by Western immunoblot analysis of infected Escherichia coli cell lysates, which were shown to be ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： MacDonald J,Rycroft AN

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven antigens of Borrelia hermsii, B. parkeri, and B. turicatae with isoelectric points in the range of 4.4 to 5.0 and molecular masses of 40 to 43 kilodaltons played a role in the relapse phenomenon of relapsing fever. Based upon location of the antigens in the outer envelope, the molecular weight, and Western blot ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kehl KS,Farmer SG,Komorowski RA,Knox KK

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 9.5-kilobase plasmid of Yersinia pestis determines plasminogen activator, coagulase, pesticin, and pesticin immunity activities. We have mapped and cloned the loci encoding these activities and demonstrated that both plasminogen activator and coagulase were determined by the same gene, designated pla. The primary ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sodeinde OA,Goguen JD

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyst cell wall β-glucans of Pneumocystis have been shown to stimulate immune responses in lung epithelial cells, dendritic cells, and alveolar macrophages. Little is known about how the trophic life forms, which do not have a fungal cell wall, interact with these innate immune cells. Here, we report differences in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Evans HM,Bryant GL 3rd,Garvy BA

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete sequence analysis of the 210-kb Shigella flexneri 5a virulence plasmid was determined. Shigella spp. cause dysentery and diarrhea by invasion and spread through the colonic mucosa. Most of the known Shigella virulence determinants are encoded on a large plasmid that is unique to virulent strains of Shigel...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Venkatesan MM,Goldberg MB,Rose DJ,Grotbeck EJ,Burland V,Blattner FR

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monoclonal immunoglobulin M antibody, HP15/36, was produced by a hybridoma cell line prepared by fusion of mouse myeloma cell line Sp2/O with spleen cells of mice immunized with Helicobacter pylori D273 (French strain). Immunoelectron microscopy of whole bacteria and ultrathin sections showed that the determinant wa...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Drouet EB,De Montclos HP,Andujar M,Boude M,Grimaud JA,Denoyel GA

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many of the virulence factors associated with fulminant group A streptococci (GAS) infection are expressed under in vitro exponential growth conditions. However, the survival of GAS in tissue and intracellularly, as well as colonization of asymptomatic carriers, has been reported for GAS. The bacteria associated with ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Leonard BA,Woischnik M,Podbielski A

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight chlamydial isolates of ovine origin were tested in a plaque reduction system using homologous and heterologous rooster antisera. The eight isolates could be separated into two separate immunotypes. Type 1 included isolates associated with ovine abortion and one agent recovered from the feces of an apparently nor...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schachter J,Banks J,Sugg N,Sung M,Storz J,Meyer KF

更新日期：1974-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumonia due to Gram-negative bacteria is associated with high mortality. Acinetobacter baumannii is a Gram-negative bacterium that is associated with hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia. Bacteria have been described to release outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) that are capable of mediating systemic in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Marion CR,Lee J,Sharma L,Park KS,Lee C,Liu W,Liu P,Feng J,Gho YS,Dela Cruz CS

更新日期：2019-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Both rat alveolar macrophages and a human macrophages cell line with characteristics of human tissue (e.g., alveolar) macrophages (THP-1) were found to inhibit the germination of Rhizopus spores. However, the conditions under which fungistatic activity occurs are different for these two cell types. The inhibition of R...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Jorens PG,Boelaert JR,Halloy V,Zamora R,Schneider YJ,Herman AG

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophils are the main inflammatory cell present in lesions involving the central nervous system (CNS) during human and murine listeriosis. In this study, administration of the neutrophil-depleting monoclonal antibody RB6-8C5 during experimental murine listeriosis facilitated the multiplication of Listeria monocytog...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： López S,Marco AJ,Prats N,Czuprynski CJ

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to understand the mechanism of serum resistance in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, in the present study we examined various interactions among the bacterial surface constituents, serum antibodies, and complement. Analysis of swine sera revealed the presence of anticapsular antibodies in convalescent-pha...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Udeze FA,Kadis S

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At pH 7.4 and in the presence of NaHCO3, human milk and bovine colostrum inhibited the growth of Escherichia coli O111. Adding sufficient iron to saturate the iron-binding capacity of the lactoferrin present in the milk or colostrum prevented bacteriostasis. At pH 6.8 neither molk nor colostrum inhibited E. coli 0111....

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Griffiths E,Humphreys J

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) causes repeated respiratory infections in patients with chronic lung diseases. These infections are characterized by a brisk inflammatory response which results in the accumulation of polymorphonucleated cells in the lungs and is dependent on the expression and secretion of pr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Clemans DL,Bauer RJ,Hanson JA,Hobbs MV,St Geme JW 3rd,Marrs CF,Gilsdorf JR

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumonic plague, caused by inhalation of Yersinia pestis, represents a major bioterrorism threat for which no vaccine is available. Based on the knowledge that genetic delivery of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) with adenovirus (Ad) gene transfer vectors results in rapid, high-level antibody expression, we evaluated the...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sofer-Podesta C,Ang J,Hackett NR,Senina S,Perlin D,Crystal RG,Boyer JL

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic infections play a significant role in the morbidity and mortality of patients with chronic airflow limitation. By stimulating airway inflammation, persistent infection has the potential to cause airway fibrosis. However, in patient this condition is most typically found in lungs damaged by other factors, such ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McIntosh JC,Simecka JW,Ross SE,Davis JK,Miller EJ,Cassell GH

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enhanced memory response, as shown by increased titers of specific immunoglobulin A (IgA), was seen in intestinal secretions from isolated Thiry-Vella loops in rabbits primed orally with live, locally invasive Shigella sp. X16 and challenged 60 days later with a single oral dose of the same antigen. Heat-killed shi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Keren DF,McDonald RA,Scott PJ,Rosner AM,Strubel E

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila was mutagenized with Tn903dIIlacZ, and a collection of mutants was screened for defects in macrophage killing (Mak-). Of 4,564 independently derived mutants, 55 (1.2%) showed a reduced or complete lack in the ability to kill HL-60-derived human macrophages. Forty-nine of the Mak- mutants could b...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sadosky AB,Wiater LA,Shuman HA

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia pestis KIM5 was found to be cytotoxic for the IC21 and P388D1 mouse macrophage cell lines, as well as for resident peritoneal macrophages from C57BL/6 mice. Affected cells phagocytosed KIM5 inefficiently, became spherical, detached readily from culture dishes, and retained 51Cr poorly. The cytotoxic effect wa...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Goguen JD,Walker WS,Hatch TP,Yother J

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, has a unique segmented genome consisting of numerous linear and circular plasmids and a linear chromosome. Many of these genetic elements have been found to encode factors critical for B. burgdorferi to complete the infectious cycle. However, several plasmi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dulebohn DP,Bestor A,Rosa PA

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a model of experimental Chagas' disease induced with metacyclic forms of Trypanosoma cruzi, CD4+ but not CD8+ T cells undergo T-cell receptor (TCR)-CD3-mediated activation-induced cell death (AICD) in vitro. CD4+ T cells from T. cruzi-infected mice also developed unresponsiveness in proliferative responses to TCR-C...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lopes MF,DosReis GA

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pH 6 antigen (Psa) of Yersinia pestis consists of fimbriae with adhesive properties of potential importance for the pathogenesis of plague, including pneumonic plague. The Psa fimbriae mediate bacterial binding to human alveolar epithelial cells. The Psa fimbriae bound mostly to one component present in the total ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Galván EM,Chen H,Schifferli DM

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells of Candida albicans strain WO-1 and related strains switch frequently and reversibly between a white-colony-forming unit (white phase) and a gray-colony-forming unit (opaque phase). Cells in the budding white phase exhibit the usual smooth round phenotype observed in other C. albicans strains, but cells in the b...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Anderson J,Cundiff L,Schnars B,Gao MX,Mackenzie I,Soll DR

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin E protects nonimmunized and immunized mice against fatal Diplococcus pneumoniae type I (DpI) infection. A dietary supplementation of 180 mg of dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate per kg of diet increased survival of nonimmunized mice from 20 to 80% when challenged with 20 organisms, and of mice immunized with 0.5 ng o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Heinzerling RH,Tengerdy RP,Wick LL,Lueker DC

更新日期：1974-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased incidence of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in the United Kingdom caused by infection with Mycobacterium bovis is a cause of considerable economic loss to farmers and the government. The Eurasian badger (Meles meles) represents a wildlife source of recurrent M. bovis infections of cattle in the United Kingdom, and...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Clark S,Cross ML,Nadian A,Vipond J,Court P,Williams A,Hewinson RG,Aldwell FE,Chambers MA

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune responses of mice to Streptococcus mutans serotype c were analyzed by means of the enzyme-linked immunospot assay to determine the predominant specificities of the antibodies developed. In general, the numbers of splenic antibody-secreting cells correlated with serum antibody levels. A low dose (10(8) CFU) of k...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Russell MW,Czerkinsky C,Moldoveanu Z

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For pathogens to survive in the human oral cavity, they must identify a suitable niche in the complex multispecies biofilm that exists on oral tissues. The periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis adheres to Streptococcus gordonii by interacting with a specific region of the streptococcal SspB polypeptide, design...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Demuth DR,Irvine DC,Costerton JW,Cook GS,Lamont RJ

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a group of highly conserved molecules that initiate the innate immune response to pathogens by recognizing structural motifs expressed by microbes. We have identified a novel TLR, TLR15, by bioinformatic analysis of the chicken genome, which is distinct from any known vertebrate TLR and ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Higgs R,Cormican P,Cahalane S,Allan B,Lloyd AT,Meade K,James T,Lynn DJ,Babiuk LA,O'farrelly C

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00