Enterococcal biofilm formation and virulence in an optimized murine model of foreign body-associated urinary tract infections.

abstract：:A DNA microarray containing fragments of 137 Borrelia burgdorferi B31 putative lipoprotein genes was used to examine Lyme disease spirochetes. DNA from B. burgdorferi sensu stricto B31, 297, and N40; Borrelia garinii IP90; and Borrelia afzelii P/Gau was fluorescently labeled and hybridized to the microarray, demonstra...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Liang FT,Nelson FK,Fikrig E

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After oral feeding of mice with avirulent Salmonella, Escherichia coli, or hybrid strains, only certain bacterial strains were able to multiply and persist within the small intestinal Peyer's patches. After oral vaccination alone, or oral priming and subsequent parenteral boosting, antibody class and titers were detec...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hohmann A,Schmidt G,Rowley D

更新日期：1979-07-01 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：:Chlamydia trachomatis serovar L2 is an obligate intracellular bacterium which is internalized in target epithelial cells by endocytosis and resides within a membrane-bound vesicle. Over the next several hours following entry, individual serovar L2-containing vesicles fuse with one another to form a single membrane-bou...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schramm N,Bagnell CR,Wyrick PB

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bactericidal activity and binding of a 57,000-dalton cationic antimicrobial neutrophil granule protein (CAP57) are determined by the presence on bacteria of O-antigen polysaccharide chains and the availability of negatively charged groups in the lipid A region, the inner core region, or both regions of lipopolysacchar...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Farley MM,Shafer WM,Spitznagel JK

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modulation of myelopoiesis by three synthetic muramyl peptides was investigated in vivo. Two adjuvant-active compounds (N-acetylmuramyl dipeptide [MDP] and MDP-butyl-ester) elicited significant responses in DBA/2 mice characterized by a rise in the level of monocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating activity in serum, a p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Galelli A,Chedid L

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spleen cell cultures from guinea pigs given legionella pneumophila vaccine in complete Freund adjuvant or as a sublethal infection were inhibited in their migration activity in vitro when incubated with specific antigen. Both direct and indirect migration inhibition assays revealed sensitization of the guinea pigs to ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Friedman H,Widen R,Lee I,Klein T

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin (CPE), a single polypeptide of 319 amino acids, has a unique multistep mechanism of action. In the first step, CPE binds to claudin proteins and/or a 50-kDa eukaryotic membrane protein receptor, forming a small ( approximately 90-kDa) complex. This small complex apparently then asso...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kokai-Kun JF,Benton K,Wieckowski EU,McClane BA

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial tyrosine kinases and their cognate protein tyrosine phosphatases are best known for regulating the biosynthesis of polysaccharides. Moreover, their roles in the stress response, DNA metabolism, cell division, and virulence have also been documented. The aim of this study was to investigate the pathogenicity ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ferreira AS,Silva IN,Fernandes F,Pilkington R,Callaghan M,McClean S,Moreira LM

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of translational research, which aims to facilitate the application of basic scientific discoveries in clinical and community settings, is currently in vogue. While there are powerful forces driving this trend, support for translational research must be accompanied by a robust investment in basic science, ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fang FC,Casadevall A

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using in vitro assays, a group of related, filamentous gram-negative bacteria isolated from subgingival plaque deposits of patients with periodontal disease were found to colonize intact teeth. Tentatively identified as members of the genus Cytophaga, these isolates exhibited a preference for colonizing the cementu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Celesk RA,McCabe RM,London J

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1984, it has been known that spotted fever group rickettsiosis exists in Japan. We isolated three strains of the causative rickettsiae, designated Katayama, Misaka, and Abe, from patients with the disease and studied the characteristics of the isolates. Nude mice and cyclophosphamide-treated mice died after infe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Okada T,Tange Y,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Female C57BL/6J mice were infected with Trypanosoma cruzi and subsequently given macrophages or lymphocytes from syngeneic donors which had recovered from the acute infection. Mice which received immune peritoneal macrophages, splenic lymphocytes, or lymph node lymphocytes developed lower mean parasitemias and cumulat...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Burgess DE,Hanson WL

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of active immunization against Helicobacter pylori indicate that antibodies play a minor role in immunity. There is also evidence, however, that the translocation of antibodies in the stomach may be insufficient to achieve functional antibody levels in the gastric lumen. We have used a suckling mouse model of ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gorrell RJ,Robins-Browne RM

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) against herpes simplex virus (HSV) were induced in vitro from human peripheral blood lymphocytes by stimulation with HSV antigen. CTL generated by HSV type 1 (HSV-1) antigen stimulation killed not only HSV-1-infected target cells but also HSV type 2 (HSV-2)-infected target cells, though a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yasukawa M,Shiroguchi T,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine digital dermatitis (BDD), an infectious disease of the bovine foot with a predominant treponemal etiology, is a leading cause of lameness in dairy and beef herds worldwide. BDD is poorly responsive to antimicrobial therapy and exhibits a relapsing clinical course; an effective vaccine is therefore urgently soug...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Staton GJ,Carter SD,Ainsworth S,Mullin J,Smith RF,Evans NJ

更新日期：2020-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The UspA1 and UspA2 proteins of Moraxella catarrhalis are potential vaccine candidates for preventing disease caused by this organism. We have characterized both proteins and evaluated their vaccine potential using both in vitro and in vivo assays. Both proteins were purified from the O35E isolate by Triton X-100 extr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McMichael JC,Fiske MJ,Fredenburg RA,Chakravarti DN,VanDerMeid KR,Barniak V,Caplan J,Bortell E,Baker S,Arumugham R,Chen D

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonvertebrate model hosts represent valuable tools for the study of host-pathogen interactions because they facilitate the identification of bacterial virulence factors and allow the discovery of novel components involved in host innate immune responses. In this report, we determined that the greater wax moth caterpil...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Miyata S,Casey M,Frank DW,Ausubel FM,Drenkard E

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protection and immune response to infection caused by the parasite Schistosoma mansoni were studied by comparison of two murine irradiated-vaccine models. Mice were exposed from 1 to 4 times to infective-stage cercariae attenuated with either a moderate dose (15 kilorads) or a high dose (50 kilorads) of radiation....

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Reynolds SR,Harn DA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli containing the K1 capsule is the leading cause of gram-negative meningitis, but the pathogenesis of this disease is not completely understood. Recent microarray experiments in which we compared the gene expression profile of E. coli K1 associated with human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMEC...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Parthasarathy G,Yao Y,Kim KS

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of mice suggest that pneumococcal proteins, including PspA, pneumolysin, PsaA, and CbpA, are promising vaccine candidates. To determine whether these proteins are good mucosal immunogens in humans, adenoidal lymphocytes from 20 children who had adenoidectomies were isolated and tested by ELISpot for antigen-sp...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhang Q,Choo S,Finn A

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian host response to infection includes the production and secretion of antimicrobial peptides from phagocytes and epithelial cells. Protegrins, a group of broadly microbicidal peptides isolated originally from porcine neutrophil lysates, were found to be stored as inactive proforms in porcine neutrophil gra...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Shi J,Ganz T

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A O-specific polysaccharide (O-SP) was activated with 1-cyano-4-dimethylaminopyridinium tetrafluoroborate (CDAP) and bound to tetanus toxoid (TT) with adipic acid dihydrazide as a linker (SPA-TT(1)) or directly (SPA-TT(2)). In mice, these two conjugates elicited high levels of imm...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Konadu EY,Lin FY,Hó VA,Thuy NT,Van Bay P,Thanh TC,Khiem HB,Trach DD,Karpas AB,Li J,Bryla DA,Robbins JB,Szu SC

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the efficacy of bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI) was assessed in a rat model of chronic otitis media with effusion. BPI injection prevented disturbance of the mucociliary clearance system of the middle ear. Hence, it is postulated that BPI can be a new therapy for chronic otitis media ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nell MJ,Koerten HK,Grote JJ

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen-presenting cells (APCs) are key players in the induction and regulation of immune responses. In Plasmodium falciparum malaria, determination of which cells and pathways are activated in the network of APCs remains elusive. We therefore investigated the effects of a controlled human malaria infection in healthy...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Teirlinck AC,Roestenberg M,Bijker EM,Hoffman SL,Sauerwein RW,Scholzen A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The suppression of T-cell deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) synthesis by serum from mice acutely with murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) was investigated. Spleen cells from uninfected mice were exposed to concanavalin A in the presence of serum taken from mice at various times after infection with MCMV. The capacity of the serum...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Booss J,Wheelock EF

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the roles of gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) and interleukin-4 (IL-4) in host defense against Brugia malayi. Our data suggest that the lack of either IFN-gamma or IL-4 prolongs the time required to achieve sterile immunity, suggesting that both canonical type 1 and type 2 responses are involved in th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Babu S,Ganley LM,Klei TR,Shultz LD,Rajan TV

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of macrophages in protecting mice from murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) was studied in Swiss, CBA/J, and C57BL/6J mice. CBA/J mice were more resistant to virus than were C57BL/6J mice at all ages tested. Prior treatment of adult Swiss mice with 60 mg of silica, a dose selectively toxic to macrophages, increased ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Selgrade MK,Osborn JE

更新日期：1974-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of tolerance to Escherichia coli endotoxin on the phagocytic and bactericidal activity of the hepatic reticuloendothelial system against viable E. coli were examined using ex vivo perfused rat livers. Livers were isolated from control and endotoxin-tolerant rats and perfused with a medium containing 5% hom...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ruggiero G,Andreana A,Utili R,Galante D

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the mechanism of the high incidence of lower respiratory tract infections in patients with diabetes mellitus, we investigated the kinetics of production of macrophage inflammatory protein 2 (MIP-2), an important mediator of lung neutrophil recruitment, using mice with streptozotocin-induced diabetes. Intr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Amano H,Yamamoto H,Senba M,Oishi K,Suzuki S,Fukushima K,Mukaida N,Matsushima K,Eguchi K,Nagatake T

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00