Avirulent uracil auxotrophs based on disruption of orotidine-5'-monophosphate decarboxylase elicit protective immunity to Toxoplasma gondii.

abstract：:While gamma/delta T cells are involved in host defense and immunopathology in a variety of infectious diseases, their precise role is not yet clearly defined. In the absence of gamma/delta T cells, mice die after infection with a dose of Listeria monocytogenes that is not lethal in immunologically intact animals. Morb...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Skeen MJ,Rix EP,Freeman MM,Ziegler HK

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insertional mutagenesis studies of mrpB, a putative pilin-encoding open reading frame of the mrp gene cluster, which encodes mannose-resistant Proteus-like (MR/P) fimbriae of Proteus mirabilis, indicate that MrpB functions as the terminator for fimbrial assembly. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Li X,Mobley HL

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human lactoferrin is an iron-binding glycoprotein that is particularly prominent in exocrine secretions and leukocytes and is also found in serum, especially during inflammation. It is able to sequester iron from microbes and has immunomodulatory functions, including inhibition of both complement activation and cytoki...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Håkansson A,Roche H,Mirza S,McDaniel LS,Brooks-Walter A,Briles DE

更新日期：2001-05-01 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：:A recombinant 23-kDa protein (rBPI23) derived from human bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI) possesses potent endotoxin-neutralizing abilities in vitro and in vivo. Binding of rBPI23 to those endotoxins (lipopolysaccharides [LPSs]) encountered clinically would be a prerequisite for efficacy in decreasin...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Appelmelk BJ,An YQ,Thijs BG,MacLaren DM,de Graaff J

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental Helicobacter pylori infection was studied in Mongolian gerbils with fresh human isolates that carry or do not carry cagA (cagA-positive or cagA-negative, respectively), multiply passaged laboratory strains, wild-type strain G1.1, or isogenic ureA, cagA, or vacA mutants of G1.1. Animals were sacrificed 1 t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wirth HP,Beins MH,Yang M,Tham KT,Blaser MJ

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two published sequences of the pertussis toxin operon differ in 3 bp in the S1 subunit gene. In this report, we provide evidence that Bordetella pertussis strains are able to produce active pertussis toxin only when they contain one of the two possible nucleotide sequences. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pizza M,Bugnoli M,Pucci P,Siciliano R,Marino G,Rappuoli R

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spotted fever group rickettsiae are known to produce distinct plaque phenotypes. Strains that cause lytic infections in cell culture form clear plaques, while nonlytic strains form opaque plaques in which the cells remain intact. Clear plaques have historically been associated with more-virulent species or strains of ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Clark TR,Ellison DW,Kleba B,Hackstadt T

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been previously reported that although inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) gene knockout (NOS2(-/-)) mice resolve Chlamydia trachomatis genital infection, the production of reactive nitrogen species (RNS) via iNOS protects a significant proportion of mice from hydrosalpinx formation and infertility. We now r...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ramsey KH,Sigar IM,Rana SV,Gupta J,Holland SM,Byrne GI

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular survival of Chlamydia psittaci is in part dependent on the ability of the organism to thwart phagolysosome formation. Circumvention of phagolysosome fusion could be either localized to chlamydia-laden vacuoles or generalized to all phagosomes in the host cell. To determine which of these modes is in oper...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Eissenberg LG,Wyrick PB

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although cryptococcosis is characterized as a chronic central nervous system disease, it is generally accepted that the lungs are the primary portal of entry for the etiological agent. Despite this, there is a distinct lack of evidence that viable airborne particles of Cryptococcus neoformans are small enough to reach...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Neilson JB,Fromtling RA,Bulmer GS

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymicrobial intra-abdominal infections (IAIs) are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly when fungal pathogens are involved. Our experimental murine model of IAI involving intraperitoneal inoculation of Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus results in synergistic lethality (∼80%) due to ex...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ikeh MAC,Fidel PL Jr,Noverr MC

更新日期：2018-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies directed against Pfs25, a protein present on the surface of zygotes and ookinetes of Plasmodium falciparum, completely block pathogen transmission. We evaluated the immunomodulatory effect of CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (ODN) on the immunogenicity of recombinant Pfs25 (rPfs25) formulated in alum (Al). Immuniz...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Coban C,Ishii KJ,Stowers AW,Keister DB,Klinman DM,Kumar N

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli isolates from patients with bacteriuria of pregnancy were compared by PCR with isolates from patients with community-acquired cystitis for the presence of established virulence determinants. The strains from patients with bacteriuria of pregnancy were less likely to carry genes for P-family, S-family,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Graham JC,Leathart JB,Keegan SJ,Pearson J,Bint A,Gally DL

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella pathogenicity island 12 (SPI-12) of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is a 15-kb region that encompasses genes STM2230 to STM2245 and encodes a remnant phage known to contribute to bacterial virulence. In mouse infection experiments and replication assays in macrophages, we demonstrated a role for fou...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tomljenovic-Berube AM,Henriksbo B,Porwollik S,Cooper CA,Tuinema BR,McClelland M,Coombes BK

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Encapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae of serotypes 2, 9N, 14, 21, and 23F and an unencapsulated variant of type 2 pneumococci were efficiently phagocytosed by both aerobically and anaerobically incubated human leukocytes. In the presence of O2, the pneumococci rapidly lost their viability, whereas during anaerobiosis,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Thore M,Löfgren S,Tärnvik A,Monsen T,Selstam E,Burman LG

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic DNA fingerprint analysis was performed on 39 Staphylococcus aureus and 28 Enterococcus faecalis endophthalmitis isolates collected from multiple clinical centers. Among 21 S. aureus genomic DNA fingerprint patterns identified, five clonotypes were recovered from multiple unrelated patients and accounted for 58...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Booth MC,Hatter KL,Miller D,Davis J,Kowalski R,Parke DW,Chodosh J,Jett BD,Callegan MC,Penland R,Gilmore MS

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:To evaluate the role of complement in pneumococcal and staphylococcal pneumonia, we decomplemented rats with cobra venom factor and inoculated them intratracheally with Staphylococcus aureus or type 25 pneumococci. S. aureus produced a patchy bronchopneumonia in normal Sprague-Dawley or Lewis rats, and decomplementati...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Coonrod JD,Yoneda K

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Athymic BALB/c nude mice and euthymic BALB/c mice were infected with Rickettsia akari by the intraperitoneal route. The rickettsialpox infection was terminated in euthymic mice with only two intraperitoneal injections of the antibiotic oxytetracycline, whereas prolonged treatment was necessary to terminate the infecti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kenyon RH,Pedersen CE Jr

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteroides spp. may contribute to the chronicity of mixed infections by affecting the normal functions of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN). This study evaluated the physiologic and biochemical responses of human peripheral blood PMN to a variety of strains of the oral periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas (Bacteroides...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Novak MJ,Cohen HJ

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lower genital tract infection with Chlamydia trachomatis and C. muridarum can induce long-lasting hydrosalpinx in the upper genital tract of women and female mice, respectively. However, A/J mice were highly resistant to induction of long-lasting hydrosalpinx by C. muridarum. We further compared host inflammatory resp...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhang H,Zhou Z,Chen J,Wu G,Yang Z,Zhou Z,Baseman J,Zhang J,Reddick RL,Zhong G

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine optimal strategies to induce specific-antibody-secreting cells (specific ASC) in the rectal and vaginal mucosae, we immunized monkeys with a prototype mucosal immunogen, cholera toxin (CT), given locally or via gastric or parenteral administration. Repeated rectal or vaginal CT immunizations induced stron...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Eriksson K,Quiding-Järbrink M,Osek J,Möller A,Björk S,Holmgren J,Czerkinsky C

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growing Streptococcus gordonii Spp+ phase variants, which have normal levels of glucosyltransferase (GTF) activity, use sucrose to promote their accumulation on surfaces by forming a cohesive bacterium-insoluble glucan polymer mass (BPM). Spp- phase variants, which have lower levels of GTF activity, do not form BPMs a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Vickerman MM,Jones GW

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defining the pattern of lymphokine production associated with Brucella abortus is critical for advancing the development of B. abortus as a vaccine carrier. In the present study we investigated the ability of heat-inactivated B. abortus or lipopolysaccharide from B. abortus to induce lymphokine production from purifie...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zaitseva MB,Golding H,Betts M,Yamauchi A,Bloom ET,Butler LE,Stevan L,Golding B

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Establishment and maintenance of chronic lung infections with mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) require that the bacteria avoid host defenses. Elaboration of the extracellular, O-acetylated mucoid exopolysaccharide, or alginate, is a major microbial factor in resistance to immune effe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pier GB,Coleman F,Grout M,Franklin M,Ohman DE

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virulence of the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus is in part based on the saprophytic lifestyle that this mold has evolved. A crucial function for saprophytism resides in secreted proteases that allow assimilation of proteinaceous substrates. The impact of extracellular proteolytic activities on the pathogenesis ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bergmann A,Hartmann T,Cairns T,Bignell EM,Krappmann S

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from three human and four monkey isolates of Campylobacter jejuni was extracted in high yields that revealed ladder-like structures in polyacrylamide gels by direct silver staining. These observations demonstrate that C. jejuni possesses LPS with O-chain repeating units typical of the family E...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Blake DC Jr,Russell RG

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the association of the group A streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxins (SPEs) with erythrogenic toxin used in the classical Dick test, the involvement of the SPEs in production of erythematous skin reactions was assessed. Unless they had been presensitized, young adult rabbits failed to show skin reactions after ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schlievert PM,Bettin KM,Watson DW

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA-1) is an invasion-related Plasmodium antigen that is expressed during both intracellular and extracellular asexual stages of the parasite's life cycle, making it an ideal target for induction of humoral and cellular immune responses that can protect against malaria. We show here that whe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bouillet LÉ,Dias MO,Dorigo NA,Moura AD,Russell B,Nosten F,Renia L,Braga EM,Gazzinelli RT,Rodrigues MM,Soares IS,Bruna-Romero O

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00