Role of the Agr-like quorum-sensing system in regulating toxin production by Clostridium perfringens type B strains CN1793 and CN1795.

abstract：:Escherichia coli is a major cause of enteric/diarrheal diseases, urinary tract infections, and sepsis. E. coli K1 is the leading gram-negative organism causing neonatal meningitis, but the microbial basis of E. coli K1 meningitis is incompletely understood. Here we employed comparative genomic hybridization to investi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yao Y,Xie Y,Kim KS

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus epidermidis is a leading cause of infections associated with indwelling medical devices, including prosthetic joint infection. While biofilm formation is assumed to be the main mechanism underlying the chronic infections S. epidermidis causes, we hypothesized that S. epidermidis also evades immune killi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Perez K,Patel R

更新日期：2018-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the physical characteristics of the local microenvironment in which Mycobacterium tuberculosis resides is an important goal that may allow the targeting of metabolic processes to shorten drug regimens. Pimonidazole hydrochloride (Hypoxyprobe) is an imaging agent that is bioreductively activated only unde...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Via LE,Lin PL,Ray SM,Carrillo J,Allen SS,Eum SY,Taylor K,Klein E,Manjunatha U,Gonzales J,Lee EG,Park SK,Raleigh JA,Cho SN,McMurray DN,Flynn JL,Barry CE 3rd

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The energy-dependent adsorption of radioiodinated rickettsiae to sheep erythrocytes was demonstrated. The iodination procedure, however, decreased the hemolytic activity of the rickettsiae. No desorption of rickettsiae from isolated rickettsia-erythrocyte complexes (prevented from lysing by NaF) could be measured. On ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Winkler HH

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is the etiologic agent of localized aggressive periodontitis, a rapidly progressing oral disease that occurs in adolescents. A. actinomycetemcomitans can also cause systemic disease, including infective endocarditis. In early work on A. actinomycetemcomitans workers concluded that ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Balashova NV,Crosby JA,Al Ghofaily L,Kachlany SC

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Newly recognized Fic family virulence proteins may be important in many bacterial pathogens. To relate cellular mechanisms to pathogenesis and immune protection, we studied the cytotoxicity of the Histophilus somni immunoglobulin-binding protein A (IbpA) direct repeat 2 Fic domain (DR2/Fic) for natural host target cel...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zekarias B,Mattoo S,Worby C,Lehmann J,Rosenbusch RF,Corbeil LB

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts of specific granules and azurophil granules from human neutrophils were tested for their bactericidal activity against various lipopolysaccharide mutants of Salmonella typhimurium LT-2. Three purified granule populations, one specific and two azurophil, were obtained by isopycnic centrifugation of homogenized...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rest RF,Cooney MH,Spitznagel JK

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secretion of immunoglobulin A1 (IgA1) proteases is a characteristic of Haemophilus influenzae and several other bacterial pathogens causing infectious diseases, including meningitis. Indirect evidence suggests that the proteases are important virulence factors. In this study, we cloned the iga gene encoding immunoglob...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Poulsen K,Brandt J,Hjorth JP,Thøgersen HC,Kilian M

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between the sequence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae pilin and its quaternary assembly into pilus fibers was studied with a set of site-directed antibody probes and by mapping the specificities of antipilus antisera with peptides. Buried and exposed peptides in assembled pili were identified by competitive i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Forest KT,Bernstein SL,Getzoff ED,So M,Tribbick G,Geysen HM,Deal CD,Tainer JA

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a major component of the pattern recognition receptor repertoire that detect invading microorganisms and direct the vertebrate immune system to eliminate infection. In chickens, the differential biology of Salmonella serovars (systemic versus gut-restricted localization) correlates with ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Iqbal M,Philbin VJ,Withanage GS,Wigley P,Beal RK,Goodchild MJ,Barrow P,McConnell I,Maskell DJ,Young J,Bumstead N,Boyd Y,Smith AL

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed an efficient electrotransformation system for the pathogenic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum and used it to examine the effects of features of the transforming DNA on transformation efficiency and fate of the transforming DNA and to demonstrate fungal expression of two recombinant Escherichia coli genes, hp...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Woods JP,Heinecke EL,Goldman WE

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) caused by Leishmania braziliensis is characterized by a strong Th1 response that leads to skin lesion development. In areas where L. braziliensis transmission is endemic, up to 15% of healthy subjects have tested positive for delayed-type hypersensitivity to soluble leishmania antigen (SLA...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cardoso TM,Machado Á,Costa DL,Carvalho LP,Queiroz A,Machado P,Scott P,Carvalho EM,Bacellar O

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, our laboratory and others have demonstrated that human peripheral blood T and NK lymphocytes directly inhibit the growth of Cryptococcus neoformans. In this study, we further define the conditions under which lymphocyte-mediated fungistasis against C. neoformans occurs and examine whether mechanisms implicat...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Levitz SM,North EA,Dupont MP,Harrison TS

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ExoU, a phospholipase injected into host cells by the type III secretion system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, leads to rapid cytolytic cell death. Although the importance of ExoU in infection is well established, the mechanism by which this toxin kills host cells is less clear. To gain insight into how ExoU causes cell d...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rabin SD,Veesenmeyer JL,Bieging KT,Hauser AR

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Black melanin-like pigments are produced by several neurotropic fungi, including Cryptococcus neoformans. Pigment production is associated with virulence. In media containing phenolic substrates such as L-dopa, C. neoformans cells become black as a result of pigment accumulation. Pigmented and nonpigmented C. neoforma...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wang Y,Aisen P,Casadevall A

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American Heart Association supports an association between periodontal diseases and atherosclerosis but not a causal association. This study explores the use of the integrin β6(-/-) mouse model to study the causality. We investigated the ability of a polymicrobial consortium of Porphyromonas gingivalis, Treponema ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Velsko IM,Chukkapalli SS,Rivera-Kweh MF,Zheng D,Aukhil I,Lucas AR,Larjava H,Kesavalu L

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella choleraesuis chi 3781, an attenuated [delta cya-12 delta(crp-cdt)19] mutant, was electroporated with the plasmid pBA31-R7, which codes for the expression of a 31-kDa protein from Brucella abortus (BCSP31). Recombinant S. choleraesuis chi 3781 stably maintained the pBA31-R7 plasmid and continued to express t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stabel TJ,Mayfield JE,Morfitt DC,Wannemuehler MJ

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the molecular basis of the T-cell-mediated immune response to Listeria monocytogenes, we cloned and expressed listerial antigens in Escherichia coli using the lambda-ZAP bacteriophage and Bluescript plasmid vectors. A two-stage screening strategy was implemented to identify T-cell-reactive antigens; the fir...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Beattie IA,Swaminathan B,Ziegler HK

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organ cultures of adult hamster trachea were used to evaluate the cytotoxic potential of cell fractions of Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Cytoplasm was essentially devoid of activity, whereas viable cells and membrane preparations, at a level of 25 mug of protein per ml, induced necrosis. Damage, as revealed by light and elec...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gabridge MG,Johnson CK,Cameron AM

更新日期：1974-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A T antigen preparation free of trypsin was obtained by application of CNBr-Sepharose linked to pure trypsin. Purification on an ion exchange chromatography column results in an electrophoretically homogeneous preparation of T protein. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ludwicka A

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus suis serotype 2 is a porcine and human pathogen with adhesive and invasive properties. In other streptococci, large surface-associated proteins (>100 kDa) of the MSCRAMM family (microbial surface components recognizing adhesive matrix molecules) are key players in interactions with host tissue. In this s...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Baums CG,Kaim U,Fulde M,Ramachandran G,Goethe R,Valentin-Weigand P

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guinea pig and mouse peritoneal macrophages in culture transport glucose by a specific, saturable system with characteristics compatible with facilitated diffusion. Phagocytosis of killed staphylococci or polystyrene latex spheres results in a significant increase in uptake of 2-deoxy-d-glucose. Reciprocal plot analys...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bonventre PF,Mukkada AJ

更新日期：1974-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptosporidial infections in severe combined immune deficient (SCID) mice produce a chronic disease state which in the later stages leads to extraintestinal involvement and hepatic dysfunction. To further characterize the infection dynamics in this model and monitor the changes in the hepatic system, a dose titration...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mead JR,Ilksoy N,You X,Belenkaya Y,Arrowood MJ,Fallon MT,Schinazi RF

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Staphylococcus aureus repeat (STAR) element is a sequence identified in two intergenic regions in S. aureus. The element is found in 13 to 21 copies in individual S. aureus strains, and elements in the homologous intergenic location are variable in length. The element sequence consists of several small and unusual...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cramton SE,Schnell NF,Götz F,Brückner R

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Haemophilus ducreyi 35000HP genome encodes a homolog of the CpxRA two-component cell envelope stress response system originally characterized in Escherichia coli. CpxR, the cytoplasmic response regulator, was shown previously to be involved in repression of the expression of the lspB-lspA2 operon (M. Labandeira-Re...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Labandeira-Rey M,Brautigam CA,Hansen EJ

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hookworm glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are critical for parasite blood feeding and survival and represent potential targets for vaccination. Three cDNAs, each encoding a full-length GST protein from the human hookworm Necator americanus (and designated Na-GST-1, Na-GST-2, and Na-GST-3, respectively) were isolated ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhan B,Perally S,Brophy PM,Xue J,Goud G,Liu S,Deumic V,de Oliveira LM,Bethony J,Bottazzi ME,Jiang D,Gillespie P,Xiao SH,Gupta R,Loukas A,Ranjit N,Lustigman S,Oksov Y,Hotez P

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effect of protein kinase C (PKC) activation on the cyclic GMP response to heat-stable enterotoxin (STa) in a colonic carcinoma intestinal epithelial cell line, T84 cells. Our results demonstrate that the active phorbol ester analog, phorbol dibutyrate, but not the inactive alpha-phorbol dibutyrate, act...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Weikel CS,Spann CL,Chambers CP,Crane JK,Linden J,Hewlett EL

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive aspergillosis is a major threat for patients suffering from chronic granulomatous disease (CGD). Although Aspergillus fumigatus is the most commonly encountered Aspergillus species, the presence of A. nidulans appears to be disproportionately high in CGD patients. The purpose of this study was to investigate ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Henriet SS,Hermans PW,Verweij PE,Simonetti E,Holland SM,Sugui JA,Kwon-Chung KJ,Warris A

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relapsing fever (RF) is a spirochetal infection characterized by periods of sickness with fever at time of high bacteremia that alternate with afebrile periods of relative well being during low bacteremia. Patients with epidemic RF who are doing relatively well have extraordinarily high levels of interleukin-10 (IL-10...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Londoño D,Marques A,Hornung RL,Cadavid D

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloid differentiation protein 88 (MyD88) is a general adaptor for the signaling cascade through receptors of the Toll/IL-1R family. When infected with Leishmania major parasites, MyD88-deficient mice displayed a dramatically enhanced parasite burden in their tissues similar to that found in susceptible BALB/c mice. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Debus A,Gläsner J,Röllinghoff M,Gessner A

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00