The Staphylococcus aureus two-component regulatory system, GraRS, senses and confers resistance to selected cationic antimicrobial peptides.

abstract：:Eperythrozoon coccoides is a common blood parasite of rodents and the etiological agent of a chronic infection present in many mouse colonies. After primary infection, mice develop a parasitemia and anemia followed by a chronic, latent infection. During the acute phase of infection, mice manifest a striking suppressio...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Glasgow LA,Odugbemi T,Dwyer P,Ritterson AL

更新日期：1971-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrauterine infections lead to serious complications for mother and fetus, including preterm birth, maternal and fetal death, and neurological sequelae in the surviving offspring. Improving maternal and child heath is a global priority. Yet, the development of strategies to prevent and treat pregnancy-related disease...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lowe DE,Robbins JR,Bakardjiev AI

更新日期：2018-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila is a gram-negative facultative intracellular parasite of macrophages. Although L. pneumophila is the causative agent of a severe pneumonia known as Legionnaires' disease, it is likely that most infections caused by this organism are cleared by the host innate immune system. It is predicted that ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Archer KA,Roy CR

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In swine, the most common and severe enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) infections are caused by strains that express K88 (F4)(+) fimbriae, heat-labile enterotoxin (LT), heat-stable enterotoxin b (STb), and enteroaggregative E. coli heat-stable toxin 1. Previous studies based on a design that involved enterotoxin...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Erume J,Berberov EM,Kachman SD,Scott MA,Zhou Y,Francis DH,Moxley RA

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endothelium is a specific target for Bartonella henselae, and endothelial cell infection represents an important step in the pathogenesis of cat scratch disease and bacillary angiomatosis. Mechanisms of Bartonella-endothelial cell interaction as well as signaling pathways involved in target cell activation were an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fuhrmann O,Arvand M,Göhler A,Schmid M,Krüll M,Hippenstiel S,Seybold J,Dehio C,Suttorp N

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A set of four monoclonal antibodies was produced against a highly purified pepsin extract of type 5 streptococcal M protein. Three of the four antibodies cross-reacted with purified M proteins from heterologous serotypes and opsonized the respective heterologous organisms. Our studies suggest that monoclonal antibodie...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dale JB,Beachey EH

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An attenuated Salmonella typhi Ty21a vaccine was administered to 18 infants and toddlers (less than or equal to 24 months old) to determine its safety and immunogenicity. The vaccination (10(9) CFU per dose, three doses) was well tolerated. However, after the vaccination there was no evidence of a humoral or cellular ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Murphy JR,Grez L,Schlesinger L,Ferreccio C,Baqar S,Muñoz C,Wasserman SS,Losonsky G,Olson JG,Levine MM

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secreted and surface-exposed antigens of intracellular pathogens are thought to provide target structures for detection by the host immune system. The major secreted product of intracellular Leishmania mexicana amastigotes, a proteophosphoglycan (aPPG), is known to contribute to the establishment of the parasitophorou...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Aebischer T,Harbecke D,Ilg T

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality associated with acute lung injury (ALI) induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) remains high in humans, warranting improved treatment and prevention strategies. ALI is characterized by the expression of proinflammatory mediators and extensive neutrophil influx into the lung, followed by severe lung damage. Under...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Jeyaseelan S,Chu HW,Young SK,Worthen GS

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotype b-specific polysaccharide antigen (SPA) was extracted from whole cells of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Y4 by autoclaving and purified by chromatography on DEAE-Sephadex A-25 and Sephacryl S-300. SPA induced the release of monocyte and leukocyte chemotactic factors by human monocytes. Polymyxin B had a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yamaguchi N,Yamashita Y,Ikeda D,Koga T

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma cruzi is a protozoan parasite that can initiate mucosal infection after conjunctival exposure. The anatomical route of T. cruzi invasion and spread after conjunctival parasite contamination remains poorly characterized. In the present work we have identified the sites of initial invasion and replication af...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Giddings OK,Eickhoff CS,Smith TJ,Bryant LA,Hoft DF

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is recognized as the major cause of antibiotic-associated colitis. C. difficile produces two toxins, A (enterotoxin) and B (cytotoxin), that are implicated in the pathogenesis of the colitis. We examined the dose responses, time course, and synergism of these two toxins in ligated rabbit intestin...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lima AA,Lyerly DM,Wilkins TD,Innes DJ,Guerrant RL

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An effective vaccine for Vibrio cholerae is not yet available for use in the developing world, where the burden of cholera disease is highest. Characterizing the proteins that are expressed by V. cholerae in the human host environment may provide insight into the pathogenesis of cholera and assist with the development...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： LaRocque RC,Krastins B,Harris JB,Lebrun LM,Parker KC,Chase M,Ryan ET,Qadri F,Sarracino D,Calderwood SB

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Merozoite surface proteins of Plasmodium falciparum play a critical role in the invasion of human erythrocytes by the malaria parasite. Here we describe the identification of a novel protein with a molecular mass of 40 kDa that is found on the merozoite surface of P. falciparum. We call this protein merozoite surface ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Marshall VM,Silva A,Foley M,Cranmer S,Wang L,McColl DJ,Kemp DJ,Coppel RL

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disruption of the healthy intestinal microbiome and homeostasis of the intestinal immune system, which are closely interactive, are two key factors for ulcerative colitis. Here, we show that MI-2, a selective inhibitor of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma translocation-1 (MALT1), alleviated excessive inflamma...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lee KW,Kim M,Lee CH

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), such as β-defensins and cathelicidins, are essential components of innate and adaptive immunity owing to their extensive multifunctional activities. However, their role in fungal infection in vivo remains elusive. In this study, we investigated the protective effect of murine β-defensin ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kolar SS,Baidouri H,Hanlon S,McDermott AM

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of delta-toxin is supposed to be responsible for various pathophysiological effects during infection with Staphylococcus aureus. We compared the effects of delta-toxin with the structurally related bee venom toxin melittin on granulocyte functions and inflammatory mediator release. Delta-toxin and melit...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kasimir S,Schönfeld W,Alouf JE,König W

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune response of mice to live, heat-killed, or autoclaved Mycobacterium leprae was investigated. After sensitization with 10(7) organisms in each group, recipient mice were transfused with the sensitized splenocytes 28 days later. A selected number of these mice were infected with 5 X 10(3) M. leprae, and the re...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Graham L Jr,Navalkar RG

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) producing colonization factor antigen III (CFA/III) and coli surface antigens 4, 5, and 6 (CS4, CS5, and CS6) of CFA/IV were examined ultrastructurally and for ability to adhere to human small intestinal enterocytes and to cultured human intestinal mucosa. Strains of serot...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Knutton S,McConnell MM,Rowe B,McNeish AS

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Host resistance to African trypanosomiasis is partially dependent on an early and strong T-independent B-cell response against the variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) coat expressed by trypanosomes. The repetitive array of surface epitopes displayed by a monotypic surface coat, in which identical VSG molecules are clos...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dubois ME,Demick KP,Mansfield JM

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We utilized magnetic resonance imaging to visualize lesions in the lungs of guinea pigs infected by low-dose aerosol exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Lesions were prominent in such images, and colorized three-dimensional reconstructions of images revealed a very uniform distribution in the lungs. Lesion numbers...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kraft SL,Dailey D,Kovach M,Stasiak KL,Bennett J,McFarland CT,McMurray DN,Izzo AA,Orme IM,Basaraba RJ

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunity to reinfection in the genital tract of female guinea pigs with the agent of guinea pig inclusion conjunctivitis was found to be dependent upon an intact humoral immune response. Cell-mediated immunity in the absence of humoral immunity had no apparent role in resistance to challenge infection. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rank RG,Barron AL

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial factors were analyzed in samples of whole saliva from 31 children, aged 0.8 to 3.8 years. When compared with the adult reference group, the children displayed similar levels of lysozyme, salivary peroxidase, and hypothiocyanite (OSCN-), whereas the amounts of immunoglobulins (isotypes A, G, and M), lacto...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tenovuo J,Lehtonen OP,Aaltonen AS,Vilja P,Tuohimaa P

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucosa-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are an innate-like T cell subset in mammals that recognize microbial vitamin B metabolites presented by the evolutionarily conserved major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC I)-related molecule, MR1. Emerging data suggest that MAIT cells may be an attractive target for v...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Vorkas CK,Levy O,Skular M,Li K,Aubé J,Glickman MS

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus ducreyi expresses 2 OmpA homologs, designated MOMP and OmpA2, whose genes are arranged in tandem on the chromosome. Northern blot analysis indicated that momp and ompA2 are transcribed independently. Sequences of the momp open reading frame (ORF) lacking the transcriptional start site were amplified by PCR...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Throm RE,Al-Tawfiq JA,Fortney KR,Katz BP,Hood AF,Slaughter CA,Hansen EJ,Spinola SM

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen 2 (Ag2), a major immunoreactive component of Coccidioides immitis mycelium- and spherule-phase cell walls, was recently cloned in our laboratory and was shown to elicit T-cell responses in Coccidioides-immune mice. In this investigation, we evaluated recombinant Ag2 (rAg2) and PCR-generated Ag2 truncations for...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhu Y,Tryon V,Magee DM,Cox RA

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin class-specific antibodies were measured by a solid-phase radioimmunoassay in serum, bronchoalveolar washings (BAW), lung cell lysates, and spleen cell lysates in germfree mice after intranasal (i.n.) and intraperitoneal (i.p.) primary and secondary 10(5), 10(4), and 10(3) mean tissue culture infective d...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Charlton D,Blandford G

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella parapertussis, a respiratory tract pathogen commonly regarded as noninvasive, was found to invade HeLa 229 cell monolayers. Following treatment of the monolayers with gentamicin, numbers of viable B. parapertussis recovered were comparable to those of invasive Salmonella and Shigella isolates. Invasion occu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ewanowich CA,Sherburne RK,Man SF,Peppler MS

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenicity islands (PAIs) are chromosomal clusters of pathogen-specific virulence genes often found at tRNA loci. In the Yersinia pseudotuberculosis 32777 chromosome, we characterized a 98-kb segment that has all of the characteristic features of a PAI, including insertion in a (phenylalanine) tRNA gene, the presen...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Collyn F,Billault A,Mullet C,Simonet M,Marceau M

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chimeric recombinant protein composed of the lktA gene product from Pasteurella haemolytica fused to bovine interleukin-2 (IL-2) was made. The LKT-IL-2 chimera was compared with recombinant bovine IL-2 with regard to the ability to induce proliferative responses and LAK cell activity in bovine peripheral blood monon...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hughes HP,Campos M,Potter AA,Babiuk LA

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00