Abstract:
:Time-lapse cinematography was used to study the growth cycle of Chlamydia trachomatis in primary cell cultures of human amnion. Twelve preterm and twelve term placentas were obtained within 8 h of delivery, and epithelial cells were dissociated from the amniotic membranes by trypsinization and grown in Rose chambers. The epithelial nature of the cultured cells was documented by morphology and by immunofluorescence staining for cytoskeletal proteins, which matched the staining of intact amnion. With regular feedings, uninfected cultures remained healthy for up to 30 days. Confluent cultures (7 to 10 days) were infected with a genital strain (E/UW-5/CX) of C. trachomatis at 10(5) infectious units per chamber. Infections were done in culture medium without cycloheximide, which is often used to induce susceptibility of the cells. Between 66 and 90% of the cells were infected. Intracytoplasmic inclusions were visible by 18 h post infection (p.i.) and grew larger as the organisms inside multiplied. By 72 h p.i., the inclusions occupied the entire cytoplasm of the host cells. Further growth of the inclusions overdistended and ruptured the host cells on days 3 to 7. Cells not infected by the original inoculum became infected on day 5 or 6 p.i. by the chlamydial particles released from the ruptured cells. No amniotic cell was ever observed to survive the infection. The data presented support the hypothesis that amniotic epithelium is susceptible to infection and damage by C. trachomatis. This culture system provided detailed and dynamic observations of chlamydial infection under conditions more nearly physiologic than previously reported.
journal_name
Infect Immunjournal_title
Infection and immunityauthors
Neeper ID,Patton DL,Kuo CCdoi
10.1128/IAI.58.7.2042-2047.1990subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1990-07-01 00:00:00pages
2042-7issue
7eissn
0019-9567issn
1098-5522journal_volume
58pub_type
杂志文章abstract::The etiology of recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis in otherwise healthy women of child-bearing age remains an enigma. To date, results from both clinical studies and a murine model of vaginal candidiasis indicate that Candida vaginitis can occur in the presence of Candida-specific Th1-type cell-mediated immunity expre...
journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.63.7.2403-2408.1995
更新日期:1995-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::A fibronectin (Fn)-binding adhesin of Staphylococcus aureus contains three tandem 37- or 38-amino-acid motifs (D1, D2, and D3), which function to bind Fn. Plasma from patients with S. aureus infections contain antibodies that preferentially recognize ligand induced binding sites in the D motifs and do not inhibit Fn b...
journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/iai.68.3.1156-1163.2000
更新日期:2000-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::A toxin associated with Toxoplasma gondii infection was obtained from the trophozoites and culture medium used to propagate the parasite in cell cultures. The toxin, named Toxofactor (TF), administered parenterally or nonparenterally in adult mice, produces transient symptoms of lethargy, ruffled fur, and body weight ...
journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.42.3.1126-1135.1983
更新日期:1983-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Monoclonal antibody MASC1-MR9 of isotype immunoglobulin M was generated in LOU/C rats by immunization with heat-killed Salmonella thompson (serogroup C1, O-antigen 6,7 lipopolysaccharide) bacteria which had been further enriched for O-antigen by coating with homologous lipopolysaccharide. Eight monoclonal antibodies w...
journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.59.1.229-233.1991
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.00155-13
更新日期:2013-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1999-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.7.2.190-195.1973
更新日期:1973-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.57.12.3720-3726.1989
更新日期:1989-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Helicobacter pylori infection causes severe gastroduodenal diseases in humans. Its virulence is strongly increased by the presence of the cag pathogenicity island (cag PAI). It has been shown that CagA, a major antigen in humans, is translocated to the host cell via a secretion system encoded by the cag PAI. The roles...
journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/iai.70.11.6468-6470.2002
更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.56.5.1394-1398.1988
更新日期:1988-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.65.12.5157-5164.1997
更新日期:1997-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The bacterium Listeria monocytogenes causes meningoencephalitis in humans. In rodents, listeriosis is associated with granulomatous lesions in the liver and the spleen, but not with meningoencephalitis. Here, infant rats were infected intracisternally to generate experimental listeric meningoencephalitis. Dose-depende...
journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.69.6.4086-4093.2001
更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Neisseria meningitidis is a human-specific pathogen and leading cause of meningitis and septicemia. Factor H binding protein (fHbp), a virulence factor which protects N. meningitidis from innate immunity by binding the human complement regulator factor H (fH) with high affinity, is also a key antigen in vaccines being...
journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.01183-13
更新日期:2014-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Changes in the structural components of the Streptococcus pyogenes membrane between exponential and early stationary phases of growth are reported. The overall protein composition ranged from 70 to 73% of the dry weight of the membranes, irrespective of the phase of growth from which they were isolated. Amino acid ana...
journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.26.3.883-891.1979
更新日期:1979-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::A Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain disrupted in the AraC homologue Rv1931c was isolated. The mutant strain exhibited reduced survival both in macrophages and in a mouse infection model, with survival being restored on complementation with the Rv1931c gene. These results suggest that Rv1931c regulates genes important ...
journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.72.9.5483-5486.2004
更新日期:2004-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have previously demonstrated that protection from allergic inflammation by Ascaris suum infection was characterized by a global increase in interleukin-10 (IL-10) and the development of protective CD4(+)/CD25(+) T cells (L. Schopf, S. Luccioli, V. Bundoc, P. Justice, C. C. Chan, B. J. Wetzel, H. H. Norris, J. F. Ur...
journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.00720-06
更新日期:2006-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Campylobacter jejuni is a leading cause of infectious diarrhea throughout the world. In addition, there is growing evidence that Guillain-Barré syndrome, an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the peripheral nervous system, is frequently preceded by C. jejuni infection. In the present study, the hrcA-grpE-dnaK gene ...
journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.67.3.1194-1200.1999
更新日期:1999-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Borrelia burgdorferi produces potent cell-activating molecules capable of stimulating polyclonal proliferation and immunoglobulin production by murine B lymphocytes and cytokine production by a variety of cell types. These stimulatory molecules function in infected mice, resulting in elevated levels of circulating imm...
journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.62.2.520-528.1994
更新日期:1994-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::It has been proposed that a multivalent malaria vaccine is necessary to mimic the naturally acquired resistance to this disease observed in humans. A major experimental challenge is to identify the optimal components to be used in such a multivalent vaccine. Expression library immunization (ELI) is a method for screen...
journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/iai.71.8.4506-4515.2003
更新日期:2003-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Klebsiella pneumoniae is a leading cause of both community-acquired and nosocomial gram-negative-bacterial pneumonia. A further clinical complication of pulmonary K. pneumoniae infection is dissemination of bacteria from the lung into the peripheral blood, resulting in bacteremia concurrent with the localized pulmonar...
journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/iai.70.11.6310-6318.2002
更新日期:2002-11-01 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
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1128/IAI.59.11.4291-4293.1991
更新日期:1991-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The pattern of invasion of human hair in vitro by the dermatophyte Microsporum gypseum was studied by transmission and scanning electron microscopy. Mycelia that invaded the hair cortex through the edge of cuticles showed a flattened "frond" growth in contrast to the filamentous form seen on ordinary laboratory media....
journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.38.2.706-715.1982
更新日期:1982-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Mutant cultures that lacked the ability to produce filamentous hemagglutinin were obtained by UV irradiation of Bordetella pertussis strain 18-323. Various biological activities of these mutants were compared with those of the parent culture. It was found that the leukocytosis-promoting, histamine-sensitizing, and mou...
journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.35.3.1018-1023.1982
更新日期:1982-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The bactericidal and opsonizing effects of normal human serum on six strains of Salmonella typhimurium LT-2 having different lipopolysaccharide (LPS) composition were demonstrated through five indices. Complement activity in the presence of antibody was important for the opsonization of all six strains and for the bac...
journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.49.3.647-653.1985
更新日期:1985-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Hamster respiratory epithelial cells were cultured in a monolayer format, and 20% of the cells were ciliated. Mycoplasma pneumoniae attached to the epithelial cells in a neuraminidase-specific fashion and induced ciliostasis and cytonecrosis. ...
journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.21.1.333-336.1978
更新日期:1978-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Mice receiving a single injection of cyclophosphamide (150 mg/kg) 1 to 6 days before inoculation with viable Candida albicans showed an increased susceptibility to the challenge accompanied by a reduction in peripheral blood polymorphonuclear leukocytes and lymphocytes as well as in spleen cellularity. Several immunol...
journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.40.1.46-55.1983
更新日期:1983-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::An experimental model of "chronic" diphtheria intoxication in the guinea pig was developed. Adult guinea pigs, subjected to a regimen of multiple sublethal doses of purified diphtheria toxin (total of 1.4 minimum lethal doses divided equally in four daily doses), developed a toxemia which terminated in death between 6...
journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.7.4.556-560.1973
更新日期:1973-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis) is a major etiologic agent of nontyphoid salmonellosis in the United States. S. Enteritidis persistently and silently colonizes the intestinal and reproductive tract of laying hens, resulting in contaminated poultry products. The consumption of contaminated poul...
journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.02387-14
更新日期:2014-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Helicobacter mustelae is a urease-rich bacterium associated with gastritis in ferrets. The ureases of H. mustelae and Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium implicated in human gastritis, share many characteristics. Helicobacter sp. ureases appear to be unique among bacterial enzymes in exhibiting submillimolar Km values an...
journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.59.9.3343-3345.1991
更新日期:1991-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Endogenous interleukin-12 (IL-12) mediates protection against Yersinia enterocolitica in C57BL/6 mice by triggering gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) production in NK and CD4+ T cells. Administration of exogenous IL-12 confers protection against yersiniae in Yersinia-susceptible BALB/c mice but exacerbates yersiniosis in r...
journal_title:Infection and immunity
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/IAI.66.5.2213-2220.1998
更新日期:1998-05-01 00:00:00