A surface enolase participates in Borrelia burgdorferi-plasminogen interaction and contributes to pathogen survival within feeding ticks.

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa invades various epithelial cell types in vitro and in vivo. The P. aeruginosa genome possesses a gene (flhA) which encodes a protein that is believed to be part of the export apparatus for flagellum assembly and which is homologous to invA of Salmonella spp. Because invA is required for invasion...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fleiszig SM,Arora SK,Van R,Ramphal R

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insertional inactivation of the Streptococcus mutans spaP gene was used to construct an isogenic mutant (834) of strain NG8 (serotype c) which lacked the major cell surface-associated protein referred to as P1 (15). Results of several studies suggest that P1 is involved in the adherence of S. mutans to saliva-coated a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bowen WH,Schilling K,Giertsen E,Pearson S,Lee SF,Bleiweis A,Beeman D

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that thiols reduced the amount of cholera toxin produced by Vibrio cholerae 569B in vitro. A sulfhydryl group at least was necessary for the reduction of cholera toxin production by thiols. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Shimamura T,Watanabe S,Sasaki S

更新日期：1986-09-01 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：:We previously demonstrated that plasmid-deficient Chlamydia muridarum retains the ability to infect the murine genital tract but does not elicit oviduct pathology because it fails to activate Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2). We derived a plasmid-cured derivative of the human genital isolate Chlamydia trachomatis D/UW-3/Cx...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： O'Connell CM,AbdelRahman YM,Green E,Darville HK,Saira K,Smith B,Darville T,Scurlock AM,Meyer CR,Belland RJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiserum to a synthetic peptide, CTP3, consisting of residues 50 to 64 of the B subunit of cholera enterotoxin (CT), a sequence which is conserved in heat-labile enterotoxins from Escherichia coli strains of human (H-LT) or porcine (P-LT) origin, cross-reacted with and neutralized all three enterotoxins. It also cros...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Jacob CO,Arnon R,Finkelstein RA

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo- and in vitro-grown Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae organisms were inoculated onto newborn piglet tracheal organ cultures to provide a model for interaction of this organism with ciliated respiratory epithelium. Ciliostasis and loss of cilia in tracheal rings were induced by M. hyopneumoniae grown in vivo and with lo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： DeBey MC,Ross RF

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae V86 El Tor Inaba caused experimental cholera in germfree ICR suckling mice. Sucklings born of gnotobiotic mothers monoassociated with the same strain were completely protected against live oral homologous challenge. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Shimamura T,Tazume S,Hashimoto K,Sasaki S

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human plasma was bactericidal for small numbers of Klebsiella pneumoniae, but larger numbers grew slowly over a period of 24 h. Human polymorphs in a clot of autologous plasma had a bacteriostatic effect on relatively large numbers of bacteria for up to 24 h and were much more effective than plasma alone. The bacteric...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ward CG,Hammond JS,Bullen JJ

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic dimeric GMP (c-di-GMP), a bacterial second messenger, is known to regulate bacterial biofilm and sessility. Replication of an obligatory intracellular pathogen, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, is characterized by formation of bacterial aggregates called morulae inside membrane-bound inclusions. When E. chaffeensis matur...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kumagai Y,Matsuo J,Cheng Z,Hayakawa Y,Rikihisa Y

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteus mirabilis, a common agent of nosocomially acquired and catheter-associated urinary tract infection, is the most frequent cause of infection-induced bladder and kidney stones. Urease-catalyzed urea hydrolysis initiates stone formation in urine and can be inhibited by acetohydroxamic acid and other structural an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nicholson EB,Concaugh EA,Mobley HL

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gonococcal pilus is a primary virulence factor, providing the initial attachment of the bacterial cell to human mucosal tissues. Pilin, the major subunit of the pilus, can carry a wide spectrum of primary amino acid sequences which are generated by the action of a complex antigenic variation system. Changes in the...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Long CD,Madraswala RN,Seifert HS

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The virulence and fitness in vivo of the major human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus are associated with a cell-to-cell signaling mechanism known as quorum sensing (QS). QS coordinates the production of virulence factors via the production and sensing of autoinducing peptide (AIP) signal molecules by the agr locus. Her...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pollitt EJ,West SA,Crusz SA,Burton-Chellew MN,Diggle SP

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven cathepsin B-like cysteine proteases (CBLs) were identified from the immunoprotective excretory-secretory products of Haemonchus contortus. Two-dimensional (2-D) zymography and biotinylated inhibitors were employed to localize active CBLs in 2-D protein gels. Mass spectrometry provided the identification of AC-4,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yatsuda AP,Bakker N,Krijgsveld J,Knox DP,Heck AJ,de Vries E

更新日期：2006-03-01 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：:In vivo expression of pili by Escherichia coli in the urine of 41 adults with lower urinary tract infections was analyzed by immunostaining with polyclonal antiserum to type 1 and P pili. Type 1 pili were detected in 31 of 41 urine specimens, while P pili were detected in 6 of 18 specimens. The piliation status of bac...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kisielius PV,Schwan WR,Amundsen SK,Duncan JL,Schaeffer AJ

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The essential role of T cells in the resolution of primary murine Chlamydia trachomatis genital tract infection is inarguable; however, much less is known about the mechanisms that confer resistance to reinfection. We previously established that CD4+ T cells and B cells contribute importantly to resistance to reinfect...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Morrison SG,Morrison RP

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus fumigatus produces conidia that are highly dispersable and resistant to degradation. We have sought to analyze these properties by studying the rodlets which form the outer spore coat protein. Degenerate primers based on hydrophobins in other fungi were applied to genomic DNA from A. fumigatus in PCR. A pr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Parta M,Chang Y,Rulong S,Pinto-DaSilva P,Kwon-Chung KJ

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High levels of Treponema denticola in subgingival dental plaque are associated with severe periodontal disease. T. denticola, along with Porphyromonas gingivalis and Bacteroides forsythus, are the only cultivatable oral microorganisms that produce significant amounts of "trypsin-like" peptidase activity. The ability o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fenno JC,Lee SY,Bayer CH,Ning Y

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular adherence protein (Eap) is a multifunctional Staphylococcus aureus protein and broad-spectrum adhesin for several host matrix and plasma proteins. We investigated the interactions of full-length Eap and five recombinant tandem repeat domains with host proteins by use of surface plasmon resonance (BIA...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hussain M,Haggar A,Peters G,Chhatwal GS,Herrmann M,Flock JI,Sinha B

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cytotoxin was found in culture filtrates of a number of Escherichia coli strains that differed from the known heat-stable and heat-labile enterotoxins of E. coli. It was cytotoxic for Vero but not for Y-1 or CHO cells, and its effect on Vero was distinctly different from that of heat-labile enterotoxin. It was labil...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Konowalchuk J,Speirs JI,Stavric S

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phorbol myristate acetate stimulated oxidative metabolism in alveolar macrophages and blood neutrophils. This compound also stimulated lysozyme release from neutrophils but not from alveolar macrophages. These findings suggest that the regulation of lysozyme release from alveolar macrophages is different than for poly...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Biggar WD

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial passage of Cryptococcus neoformans in mice increases virulence relative to the nonpassaged line. Postpassaged lines showed no difference in the expression of most known virulence factors, with the exception that the more virulent lines had smaller capsules in vitro. These data imply that other mechanisms of vir...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McClelland EE,Perrine WT,Potts WK,Casadevall A

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 fimbrial phase-locked mutants of uropathogenic Escherichia coli cystitis isolate F11 were used to assess the role of the invertible element during urinary tract infection. Compared to the wild type, the phase-locked off mutant was attenuated, and constitutive production of type 1 fimbriae by the phase-locked on...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Snyder JA,Lloyd AL,Lockatell CV,Johnson DE,Mobley HL

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The leukotrienes and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) play an important role in the pathophysiology of septic shock, in which hypotension, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and hemoconcentration are observed. This study was performed to examine the effects of a 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor (AA-861), a selective leukotriene recepto...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ogata M,Matsumoto T,Kamochi M,Yoshida SI,Mizuguchi Y,Shigematsu A

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine cytomegalovirus pools from various in vitro and in vivo sources were compared for virulence in suckling mice in an effort to identify the conditions which were necessary for the production of virulent and attenuated viruses. Virus passaged in tracheal ring and salivary gland organ cultures, where virus is produ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Selgrade MK,Nedrud JG,Collier AM,Gardner DE

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this investigation was to examine gamma interferon potentiation of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) responses in human monocytes by using phenol-water-extracted (unfractionated) and highly purified LPS preparations isolated from Bacteroides intermedius and Salmonella typhimurium. Phenol-water-extracted LPS prep...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nichols FC,Peluso JF,Tempro PJ,Garrison SW,Payne JB

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cathepsin G (CatG) is a serine protease found in the azurophilic granules of monocytes that is known to have antimicrobial properties, but its role in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is unknown. We found that M. tuberculosis infection of human THP-1 monocytic cells induced the down-regulation of CatG mRNA express...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rivera-Marrero CA,Stewart J,Shafer WM,Roman J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virulent and avirulent clones of Leishmania donovani promastigotes were examined for their acid phosphatase activity. The acid phosphatase activity of whole-cell lysates of virulent clones was 1.5 to 2.0 times higher than that of avirulent clones. Pellet fractions (260,000 x g, 30 min) from sonicated promastigotes of ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Katakura K,Kobayashi A

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae is the causative bacteria of the diarrheal disease cholera, but it also persists in aquatic environments, where it displays an expression profile that is distinct from that during infection. Upon entry into the host, a tightly regulated circuit coordinates the induction of two major virulence factors: ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hay AJ,Yang M,Xia X,Liu Z,Hammons J,Fenical W,Zhu J

更新日期：2016-12-29 00:00:00