A model of sustained gastrointestinal colonization by Candida albicans in healthy adult mice.

abstract：:Newly hatched chicks were vaccinated orally with a genetically defined Salmonella enteritidis aroA candidate, strain CVL30. In chickens immunized with 10(5) or 10(9) CFU and challenged by the intravenous route with 10(8) CFU of S. enteritidis 109 Nalr at 8 weeks old, there were similar reductions in colonization of th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cooper GL,Venables LM,Woodward MJ,Hormaeche CE

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between hypersensitivity and cellular resistance to infection with facultative intracellular parasites was studied in mice by using infection-immunity in tularemia as a model system. Delayed hypersensitivity to antigenic fractions of Francisella tularensis was first detected 6 to 7 days after immuniza...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Claflin JL,Larson CL

更新日期：1972-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic helminth infections are known to be associated with the modulation of antigen-specific T-cell responses. Strongyloides stercoralis infection is characterized by the downmodulation of antigen-specific Th1 and Th17 responses and the upregulation of Th2 and Th9 responses. Immune homeostasis is partially maintaine...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rajamanickam A,Munisankar S,Dolla C,Nutman TB,Babu S

更新日期：2019-11-18 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：:Adult volunteers received a booster dose (4 x 10(8) CFU) of attenuated Vibrio cholerae CVD 103-HgR oral vaccine 15 or 24 months after primary immunization. The immune response was modest, presumably due to rapid clearance of the vaccine strain by a primed immune system. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cryz SJ Jr,Levine MM,Losonsky G,Kaper JB,Althaus B

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae accessory colonization factor genes (acfA, B, C, and D) are required for efficient intestinal colonization. Expression of acf genes is under the control of a regulatory cascade that also directs the synthesis of cholera toxin and proteins involved in the biogenesis of the toxin-coregulated pilus. The g...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Everiss KD,Hughes KJ,Kovach ME,Peterson KM

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human defensins play a fundamental role in the initiation of innate immune responses to some microbial pathogens. Here we show that colonic epithelial model HCT116 cells respond to Trypanosoma cruzi infection by secreting defensin α-1, which reduces infection. We also report the early effects of defensin α-1 on invasi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Johnson CA,Rachakonda G,Kleshchenko YY,Nde PN,Madison MN,Pratap S,Cardenas TC,Taylor C,Lima MF,Villalta F

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fimbriae, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), and extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) all contribute to biofilm formation by the periodontopathogen Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans. To understand how individual biofilm determinants respond to changing environmental conditions, the transcription of genes responsible for...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Amarasinghe JJ,Scannapieco FA,Haase EM

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile causes pseudomembranous colitis through the action of Rho-modifying proteins, toxins A and B. Antibodies directed against C. difficile toxin A prevent or limit C. difficile-induced colitis. We engineered plasmid pETR14, containing the hlyB and hlyD genes of the Escherichia coli hemolysin operon, ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ryan ET,Butterton JR,Smith RN,Carroll PA,Crean TI,Calderwood SB

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peru-15 is a live attenuated oral vaccine derived from a Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor Inaba strain by a series of deletions and modifications, including deletion of the entire CT genetic element. Peru-15 is also a stable, motility-defective strain and is unable to recombine with homologous DNA. We wished to determine whe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cohen MB,Giannella RA,Bean J,Taylor DN,Parker S,Hoeper A,Wowk S,Hawkins J,Kochi SK,Schiff G,Killeen KP

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amastigotes obtained from spleens of mice infected with different strains of Trypanosoma cruzi were examined for their ability to invade macrophages and L929 cells and to initiate infection in mice. Both types of cells were readily invaded by organisms of the strains Y, MR, and Tulahuen. Organisms of the CL strain wer...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McCabe RE,Remington JS,Araujo FG

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI), a human neutrophil granule protein, has been shown to bind lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and neutralize LPS-mediated cytokine production in adherent monocytes and the whole-blood system. In this study we investigated the ability of recombinant human BPI (rBPI) to inhibit ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Arditi M,Zhou J,Huang SH,Luckett PM,Marra MN,Kim KS

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous attempts to induce mucosal antibodies in rhesus monkeys by enteric immunization have resulted in only modest and short-lived responses, dominated by immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies in the plasma. In this study, two groups of rhesus monkeys were immunized intranasally three times at 2-week intervals with a b...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Russell MW,Moldoveanu Z,White PL,Sibert GJ,Mestecky J,Michalek S M

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of indomethacin on the net intestinal accumulation of fluid induced by Escherichia coli heat-stable (ST) enterotoxin in the infant mouse model was examined. Indomethacin, when administered with ST enterotoxin, caused a striking decrease in net intestinal fluid accumulation. This inhibition of ST activity wa...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Madsen GL,Knoop FC

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The data presented indicate that in experimental Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection of mice, protease enhances the virulence of the organism. Anesthetized CBA/Lü mice were subjected to a 15-s flame burn and infected with a wild-type protease-producing strain and two of its protease-deficient mutants. The average bacteri...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pavlovskis OR,Wretlind B

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that animals exposed to Streptococcus pneumoniae while recovering from influenza A virus infection exhibit exacerbated disease symptoms. However, many of the current animal models exploring dual viral and bacterial synergistic exacerbations of respiratory disease have utilized mouse-...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Speshock JL,Doyon-Reale N,Rabah R,Neely MN,Roberts PC

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lyme disease (LD), the most prevalent tick-borne illness in North America, is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi The long-term survival of B. burgdorferi spirochetes in the mammalian host is achieved though VlsE-mediated antigenic variation. It is mathematically predicted that a highly variable surface antigen prolongs ba...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rogovskyy AS,Gillis DC,Ionov Y,Gerasimov E,Zelikovsky A

更新日期：2016-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast form of the dimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum survives within macrophages after phagocytosis. To do so, it must avoid, inhibit, or resist a variety of toxic oxygen metabolites. Using ferricytochrome c reduction to assay superoxide release, we examined the response of mouse macrophages to the yeast form...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Eissenberg LG,Goldman WE

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strains of type III group B streptococci isolated from patients with neonatal sepsis are generally resistant to complement-mediated phagocytic killing in the absence of specific antibody. It has been suggested that the resistance of type III group B streptococci to phagocytosis results from inhibition of alternative-c...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Marques MB,Kasper DL,Pangburn MK,Wessels MR

更新日期：1992-10-01 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：:A new strategy for rapidly selecting and testing genetic vaccines has been developed, in which a whole genome library is cloned into a bacteriophage lambda ZAP Express vector which contains both prokaryotic (P(lac)) and eukaryotic (P(CMV)) promoters upstream of the insertion site. The phage library is plated on Escher...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： March JB,Jepson CD,Clark JR,Totsika M,Calcutt MJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of an effective vaccine against Leishmania infection is a priority of tropical disease research. We have recently demonstrated protection against Leishmania major in the murine and nonhuman primate models with individual or combinations of purified leishmanial recombinant antigens delivered as plasmid DNA ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Coler RN,Skeiky YA,Bernards K,Greeson K,Carter D,Cornellison CD,Modabber F,Campos-Neto A,Reed SG

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcal alpha-toxin was purified from Staphylococcus aureus growth medium using adsorption chromatography on controlled pore glass beads. Elution of alpha-toxin from the unmodified glass surface of the beads with various anions generally followed the chaotropic series. Alpha-toxin, purified by glass bead chroma...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cassidy P,Harshman S

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of mycobacterial growth inhibitory factor (MycoIF) to trypsin, chymotrypsin, or neuraminidase decrease its ability to produce intracellular inhibition of mycobacterial growth within macrophages, suggesting that MycoIF was a glycoprotein. MycoIF was unaffected by deoxyribonuclease or ribonuclease. Supernatant ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cahall DL,Youmans GP

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ureaplasma urealyticum is a common commensal of the female lower urogenital tract, yet it has been shown to be an important cause of chorioamnion infection, respiratory and central nervous system disease, and death in premature infants. It has been suggested that only certain serovars are capable of producing invasive...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zheng X,Teng LJ,Watson HL,Glass JI,Blanchard A,Cassell GH

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shiga toxin-producing Escherchia coli (STEC) comprises a group of attaching and effacing (A/E) enteric pathogens of animals and humans. Natural and experimental infection of calves with STEC may result in acute enteritis or subclinical infection, depending on serotype- and host-specific factors. To quantify intestinal...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stevens MP,Marchès O,Campbell J,Huter V,Frankel G,Phillips AD,Oswald E,Wallis TS

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pulmonary infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa is common in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. P. aeruginosa lipopolysaccharide (LPS), phosholipase C (PLC), and exotoxin A (ETA) were evaluated for their ability to induce pulmonary inflammation in mice following intranasal inoculation. Both LPS and PLC induced hig...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wieland CW,Siegmund B,Senaldi G,Vasil ML,Dinarello CA,Fantuzzi G

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human colostrum, parotid saliva, and serum were assayed for the presence of naturally occurring antibodies to five serotypes of Streptococcus mutans. Appreciable levels of agglutinins to strains AHT, BHT, 10449, 6715, and LM-7 (groups a leads to e, respectively) were detected in normal colostrum and saliva, whereas re...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Arnold RR,Mestecky J,McGhee JR

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indomethacin, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agent, will abolish salmonella-induced rabbit ileal secretion when given prior to the establishment of infection. In the present study, we assessed whether indomethacin can inhibit salmonella-induced intestinal secretion when administered after infection and net intestina...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Giannella RA,Rout WR,Formal SB

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coaggregation-defective (COG-) mutant Actinomyces viscosus T14V(PK455), which is unable to participate in lactose-sensitive adherence, and its COG+ parent were compared to structurally define the mutational loss of cell-associated lectin activity. Immunoelectrophoretic comparisons of crude extracts or isolated fim...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cisar JO,Curl SH,Kolenbrander PE,Vatter AE

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00