Surface hydrophobicity, adherence, and aggregation of cell surface protein antigen mutants of Streptococcus mutans serotype c.

abstract：:Patent filarial infection is associated with the downregulation of parasite-specific immune reactivity. In the present study, the relationship between in vitro parasite antigen-specific humoral and cellular immune responsiveness was investigated in Brugia pahangi-infected jirds and in jirds immunized with soluble anti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Prier RC,Lammie PJ

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus mutans produces several enzymes which metabolize sucrose. Three glucosyltransferase genes (gtfB, gtfC, and gtfD) and a single fructosyltransferase gene (ftf) encode enzymes which are important in formation of exopolysaccharides. Mutants of S. mutans V403 carrying single and multiple mutations of the gtfB...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Munro C,Michalek SM,Macrina FL

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics and homing characteristics of T-cell responses in humans after mucosal immunizations have not been well characterized. Therefore, we have investigated the magnitude and duration of such responses as well as the homing receptor expression of antigen-specific peripheral blood T cells by using an oral model ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lundin BS,Johansson C,Svennerholm AM

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the second most common infection in humans, making it a global health priority. Nearly half of all women will experience a symptomatic UTI, with uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) being the major causative agent of the infection. Although there has been extensive research on UPEC vi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sintsova A,Smith S,Subashchandrabose S,Mobley HL

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete sequence analysis of the 210-kb Shigella flexneri 5a virulence plasmid was determined. Shigella spp. cause dysentery and diarrhea by invasion and spread through the colonic mucosa. Most of the known Shigella virulence determinants are encoded on a large plasmid that is unique to virulent strains of Shigel...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Venkatesan MM,Goldberg MB,Rose DJ,Grotbeck EJ,Burland V,Blattner FR

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA-1) is an invasion-related Plasmodium antigen that is expressed during both intracellular and extracellular asexual stages of the parasite's life cycle, making it an ideal target for induction of humoral and cellular immune responses that can protect against malaria. We show here that whe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bouillet LÉ,Dias MO,Dorigo NA,Moura AD,Russell B,Nosten F,Renia L,Braga EM,Gazzinelli RT,Rodrigues MM,Soares IS,Bruna-Romero O

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upon infection of a host, the pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus is attacked by the reactive oxygen species produced by phagocytic cells. Detoxification of hydrogen peroxide by catalases was proposed as a way to overcome this host response. A. fumigatus produces three active catalases; one is produced by conidia,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Paris S,Wysong D,Debeaupuis JP,Shibuya K,Philippe B,Diamond RD,Latgé JP

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysteine proteases, including Arg-gingipain of Porphyromonas gingivalis, have been implicated as important virulence factors in periodontal diseases. These enzymes are also involved in the hemagglutinating activity of the organisms. In order to determine the role of proteases in the colonization of the gingival margin...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tokuda M,Duncan M,Cho MI,Kuramitsu HK

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-reactive humoral immune responses between antigens of different developmental stages of the worm Schistosoma mansoni have previously been demonstrated. In contrast, information on antigenic cross-reactivity at the T-cell level is still very sparse. The present study examined the cross-reactive T-cell responses t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lukacs NW,Boros DL

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous leishmaniasis is characterized by vascular remodeling. Following infection with Leishmania parasites, the vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A)/VEGF receptor 2 (VEGFR-2) signaling pathway mediates lymphangiogenesis, which is critical for lesion resolution. Therefore, we investigated the cellular and ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Weinkopff T,Roys H,Bowlin A,Scott P

更新日期：2019-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat-labile enterotoxins from Escherichia coli strains of porcine and human origin polymerize on heating to form high-molecular-weight aggregates, "procoligenoids," analogous to procholeragenoid derived from the cholera enterotoxin. This aggregation is accompanied by loss of biological activity (toxicity). Further hea...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Finkelstein RA,Sciortino CV,Rieke LC,Burks MF,Boesman-Finkelstein M

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunogenicity of a single dose of a whole-cell vaccine of inactivated Borrelia burgdorferi HSF (human spinal fluid isolate) was evaluated. Syrian hamsters were vaccinated subcutaneously and challenged by the intraperitoneal injection of 1,000 50% infectious doses of B. burgdorferi HSF 30 or 90 days postvaccinatio...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Johnson RC,Kodner C,Russell M

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the identification and characterization of two zinc uptake systems, ZurAM and ZinABC, in the intracellular pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. Transcription of both operons was zinc responsive and regulated by the zinc-sensing repressor Zur. Deletion of either zurAM or zinA had no detectable effect on grow...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Corbett D,Wang J,Schuler S,Lopez-Castejon G,Glenn S,Brough D,Andrew PW,Cavet JS,Roberts IS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions between bacteria and salivary components are thought to be important in the establishment and ecology of the oral microflora. alpha-Amylase, the predominant salivary enzyme in humans, binds to Streptococcus gordonii, a primary colonizer of the tooth. Previous studies have implicated this interaction in ad...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rogers JD,Palmer RJ Jr,Kolenbrander PE,Scannapieco FA

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed the requirement of both T cells and gamma interferon (IFN-gamma)-producing non-T cells for the genetic resistance of BALB/c mice to the development of toxoplasmic encephalitis (TE). In order to define the role of IFN-gamma production and the perforin-mediated cytotoxicity of T cells in this resist...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wang X,Kang H,Kikuchi T,Suzuki Y

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI) is an important etiological agent of otitis media (OM) and of exacerbated chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD). Inflammation is a hallmark of both diseases. Interleukin-8 (IL-8), one of the important inflammatory mediators, is induced by NTHI and may play a significan...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wang B,Cleary PP,Xu H,Li JD

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii infects both hematopoietic and nonhematopoietic cells and can cause cerebral and ocular toxoplasmosis, as a result of either congenital or postnatally acquired infections. Host protection likely acts at both cellular levels to control the parasite. CD40 is a key factor for protection against cerebral...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Van Grol J,Muniz-Feliciano L,Portillo JA,Bonilha VL,Subauste CS

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae cell wall and pneumolysin are important contributors to pneumococcal pathogenicity in some animal models. To further explore these factors in middle ear inflammation caused by pneumococci, penicillin-induced inflammatory acceleration was studied by using three closely related pneumococcal stra...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sato K,Quartey MK,Liebeler CL,Le CT,Giebink GS

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 51 patients with herpes simplex labialis, 50 had detectable interferon (IFN) in samples of lesion vesicle fluid. The median titer of vesicle fluid IFN was 8,200 U. and the range of values was 400 to 63,600 U. The amount of vesicle fluid IFN was correlated with lesion age (r = 0.32, P = 0.024) and vesicle fluid viru...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Spruance SL,Green JA,Chiu G,Yeh TJ,Wenerstrom G,Overall JC Jr

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Brucella abortus, a gene encoding a major cell envelope protein, omp2, is duplicated within a short segment of the large chromosomal DNA. Although both genes contain open reading frames, encoding proteins of high identity, expression from only one, omp2b, has been detected in laboratory-grown B. abortus. In the pre...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Marquis H,Ficht TA

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) trigger the systemic release of both cytokines and catecholamines. Cytokines are known to be capable of eliciting a stress hormone response in vivo. The present study sought insight into the effect of noradrenaline on LPS-induced release of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF) and inte...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： van der Poll T,Jansen J,Endert E,Sauerwein HP,van Deventer SJ

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) is responsible for the majority of uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTI) and represents the most common bacterial infection in adults. UPEC utilizes a wide range of virulence factors to colonize the host, including the novel repeat-in-toxin (RTX) protein TosA, which is spec...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Vigil PD,Wiles TJ,Engstrom MD,Prasov L,Mulvey MA,Mobley HL

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the protective efficacy of human hyperimmune globulin to Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in an infant rat model, we compared hyperimmune globulin containing 600 mug of anti-polyribophosphate (PRP) antibody per ml to conventional immune globulin containing 66 mug of anti-PRP antibody per ml. The hype...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ambrosino D,Schreiber JR,Daum RS,Siber GR

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Pasteurella haemolytica mutant incapable of producing leukotoxin was created by allelic replacement. Concentrated culture supernatants from wild-type P. haemolytica, but not from the mutant, contained the 102-kDa leukotoxin protein and lysed bovine lymphoma cells and sheep erythrocytes. Wild-type P. haemolytica demo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Murphy GL,Whitworth LC,Clinkenbeard KD,Clinkenbeard PA

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A murine respiratory infection model was used to study the mechanism of protective immunity to Bordetella pertussis. We found that nude mice, which are deficient in T cells, developed a persistent infection and failed to clear the bacteria after aerosol inoculation. In contrast, normal adult nonimmune mice cleared a r...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mills KH,Barnard A,Watkins J,Redhead K

更新日期：1993-02-01 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：:Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) glycoprotein gC was purified by affinity chromatography with an immunosorbent column containing monoclonal antibody to HSV-1 gC, and its reactivity with rabbit antisera was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zweig M,Heilman CJ Jr,Bladen SV,Showalter SD,Hampar B

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella pathogenicity island 12 (SPI-12) of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is a 15-kb region that encompasses genes STM2230 to STM2245 and encodes a remnant phage known to contribute to bacterial virulence. In mouse infection experiments and replication assays in macrophages, we demonstrated a role for fou...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tomljenovic-Berube AM,Henriksbo B,Porwollik S,Cooper CA,Tuinema BR,McClelland M,Coombes BK

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-negative, filamentous, rod-shaped bacillus which failed to grow in cell-free media was isolated in apparently pure culture from the bronchial scraping and washing of a laboratory rat suffering from chronic respiratory disease by inoculating embryonated chicken eggs via the allantoic route. None of the embryos d...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ganaway JR,Spencer TH,Moore TD,Allen AM

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Woodchuck sera were tested for antigens and antibodies with tests which detect human hepatitis virus antigens and antibodies. Data on 264 woodchuck sera are presented. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Millman I,Halbherr T,Simmons H

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00