Cross-reactive immune responses as primary drivers of malaria chronicity.

abstract：:We have identified a Crp/Fnr-like transcriptional regulator of Streptococcus pyogenes that when inactivated attenuates virulence. The gene, named srv for streptococcal regulator of virulence, encodes a 240-amino-acid protein with 53% amino acid similarity to PrfA, a transcriptional activator of virulence in Listeria m...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Reid SD,Montgomery AG,Musser JM

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tritium-labeled, water-soluble components of Streptococcus pyogenes type M6 absorbed to cardiac tissue in vitro. Tissue binding was time dependent, saturable, and reversible. Chromatography of the crude bacterial extract on Bio-Gel P-300 indicated a molecular weight greater than 300,000 for the heart-binding component...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stinson MW,Bergey EJ

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is an amphipathic macromolecule that is highly aggregated in aqueous preparations. LPS-binding protein (LBP) catalyzes the transfer of single LPS molecules, segregated from an LPS aggregate, to high-density lipoproteins (HDL), which results in the neutralization of LPS. When fluorescein isothi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： de Haas CJ,Poppelier MJ,van Kessel KP,van Strijp JA

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We characterized outer membrane proteins (OMPs) from selected Campylobacter jejuni, C. coli, and C. fetus strains by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2DGE), using isoelectric focusing and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), and by immunoblotting with immune rabbit serum. The flage...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dunn BE,Blaser MJ,Snyder EL

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum (both Apicomplexa) are closely related cyst-forming coccidian parasites that differ significantly in their host ranges and ability to cause disease. Unlike eutherian mammals, Australian marsupials (metatherian mammals) have long been thought to be highly susceptible to toxoplasmo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Donahoe SL,Phalen DN,McAllan BM,O'Meally D,McAllister MM,Ellis J,Šlapeta J

更新日期：2017-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Quorum-sensing systems are critical regulators of the expression of virulence factors of various organisms, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Las and Rhl are two major quorum-sensing components, and they are regulated by their corresponding autoinducers, N-3-oxododecanoyl homoserine lactone (3-oxo-C(12)-HSL) and N-but...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tateda K,Ishii Y,Horikawa M,Matsumoto T,Miyairi S,Pechere JC,Standiford TJ,Ishiguro M,Yamaguchi K

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously undescribed, immunoreactive, membranous spherule outer wall (SOW) fraction produced by Coccidioides immitis (strains 634 and 735) grown in culture was isolated. Both this fraction and intact spherules were reactive with sera from coccidioidomycosis patients, as demonstrated by immunofluorescence microscop...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cole GT,Seshan KR,Franco M,Bukownik E,Sun SH,Hearn VM

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periodontitis is the inflammatory response in periodontal tissues elicited by bacterial colonization in periodontal pockets. In this response, pocket epithelial cells are the first cells to come into contact with bacteria. To elucidate this mechanism, we determined the adherence of the periodontopathic bacterium Eiken...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yumoto H,Nakae H,Fujinaka K,Ebisu S,Matsuo T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three strains of anaerobic, dextranase-producing, gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria were isolated from human dental plaque associated with root carious lesions. The isolates produced a molar ratio of acetate to lactate from glucose fermentation ranging from 1.1 to 1.9. Each strain also produced fructose-6-phosphate p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kaster AG,Brown LR

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have performed microarray hybridization studies on 40 clinical isolates from 12 common serovars within Salmonella enterica subspecies I to identify the conserved chromosomal gene pool. We were able to separate the core invariant portion of the genome by a novel mathematical approach using a decision tree based on g...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Anjum MF,Marooney C,Fookes M,Baker S,Dougan G,Ivens A,Woodward MJ

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pili of Serratia marcescens US5 isolated from a patient with urinary tract infection were purified and characterized. During the aeration culture, the pili were detached from the bacteria and were precipitated by the addition of ammonium sulfate. The purification of the pili was carried out by ion-exchange chromat...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kohno K,Yamamoto T,Kuroiwa A,Amako K

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of hemagglutinating and poorly hemagglutinating strains of the gastroduodenal pathogen Helicobacter pylori to bind 125I-radiolabelled laminin was quantitated in a liquid phase assay. Although all strains bound laminin, some hemagglutinating strains were good binders of laminin (maximum of 31% binding), whe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Valkonen KH,Wadström T,Moran AP

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Performing patch-clamp experiments on human macrophages, we show that the K(+) channel MaxiK is activated by lipopolysaccharide, peptidoglycan, and interleukin-1. Cytokine production initiated by several Toll-like receptor (TLR) ligands and by interleukin-1 is inhibited by MaxiK blockade. This provides evidence for fu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Scheel O,Papavlassopoulos M,Blunck R,Gebert A,Hartung T,Zähringer U,Seydel U,Schromm AB

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, is introduced into human hosts via tick bites. Among the cell types present in the skin which may initially contact spirochetes are mast cells. Since spirochetes are known to activate a variety of cell types in vitro, we tested whether B. burgdorferi spirochetes could...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Talkington J,Nickell SP

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was performed to determine whether Histoplasma capsulatum (yeast phase) is able to activate the alternative complement pathway. H. capsulatum yeasts were shown to consume C3 in C4-deficient guinea pig serum. Immunoelectrophoretic conversion of alternative pathway component factor B confirmed that C3 ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ratnoff WD,Pepple JM,Winkelstein JA

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms of phagocytosis of Candida albicans by human vascular endothelial cells and subsequent endothelial cell injury were examined in vitro. Both live and killed C. albicans cells were phagocytized by endothelial cells. This organism specifically induced endothelial cell phagocytosis because neither Candida t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Filler SG,Swerdloff JN,Hobbs C,Luckett PM

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monoclonal antibody (MAb) to Candida albicans (MAb B6.1) that protects against candidiasis and the nonprotective MAb B6 were compared for ability to support neutrophil (polymorphonuclear leukocyte [PMN]) candidacidal activity. Both MAbs are immunoglobulin M, and each recognizes distinct C. albicans mannan cell wall ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Caesar-TonThat TC,Cutler JE

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus neoformans is surrounded by a capsular polysaccharide. There are at least four known serotypes of the polysaccharide. The objective of this study was to produce monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) that could be used to study the distribution of epitopes among the serotypes of C. neoformans. BALB/c mice were immu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Eckert TF,Kozel TR

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protective immunity conferred by T-cell subsets against infection with Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue was studied. We demonstrated that hamster T cells can be separated into two subsets by monoclonal antibody (MAb) GK 1.5 (anti-L3T4) and MAb 38. Eighty-five percent of hamster thymocytes were L3T4+ and 87% were...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Liu H,Alder JD,Steiner BM,Stein-Streilein J,Lim L,Schell RF

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that probiotics are beneficial in T-cell-mediated inflammatory diseases. The molecular mechanism by which probiotics work remains elusive, but accumulating evidence indicates that probiotics can modulate immune cell responses. Since T cells express receptors for bacterial products or componen...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Peluso I,Fina D,Caruso R,Stolfi C,Caprioli F,Fantini MC,Caspani G,Grossi E,Di Iorio L,Paone FM,Pallone F,Monteleone G

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages are critical mediators of innate immunity and must be overcome for bacterial pathogens to cause disease. The Gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus aureus produces virulence factors that impede macrophages and other immune cells. We previously determined that production of the metabolic cofactor lipoic aci...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Grayczyk JP,Alonzo F 3rd

更新日期：2019-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:MtsABC is a Streptococcus pyogenes ABC transporter which was previously shown to be involved in iron and zinc accumulation. In this study, we showed that an mtsABC mutant has impaired growth, particularly in a metal-depleted medium and an aerobic environment. In metal-depleted medium, growth was restored by the additi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Janulczyk R,Ricci S,Björck L

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An antigen recognized by monoclonal antibody specific for Bacteroides gingivalis was purified in the presence of 0.5% (wt/vol) beta-octyl-glucoside by immunoadsorbent column chromatography. The purified antigen was homogeneous as judged by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and silver...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Miyoshi T,Hanazawa S,Hirose K,Saitoh K,Amano S,Ohmori Y,Kitano S

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzymes responsible for reducing H2O2 were surveyed in 49 strains of Leptospira by using semiquantitative assays for catalase and peroxidase. The survey revealed a differential distribution of catalase and peroxidase activities between the two leptospiral complexes. The pathogenic Leptospira interrogans strains ga...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Corin RE,Boggs E,Cox CD

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intravascular trematode Schistosoma mansoni is a causative agent of schistosomiasis, a disease that constitutes a major health problem globally. In this study we cloned and characterized the schistosome tegumental phosphodiesterase SmNPP-5 and evaluated its role in parasite virulence. SmNPP-5 is a 52.5-kDa protein...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bhardwaj R,Krautz-Peterson G,Da'dara A,Tzipori S,Skelly PJ

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ehrlichia chaffeensis, a tick-borne rickettsial organism, causes the disease human monocytic ehrlichiosis. The pathogen also causes disease in several other vertebrates, including dogs and deer. In this study, we assessed two clonally purified E. chaffeensis mutants with insertions within the genes Ech_0379 and Ech_06...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nair AD,Cheng C,Jaworski DC,Ganta S,Sanderson MW,Ganta RR

更新日期：2015-07-01 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 asd-stabilized plasmid carrying enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli cfaABCE genes was constructed and called pJGX15C-asd+. Expression of colonization factor antigen I (CFA/I) by this plasmid occurs independently of the cfaABCE positive regulator cfaR in attenuated Salmonella delta aro delta asd strain H683 and nonpath...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wu S,Pascual DW,VanCott JL,McGhee JR,Maneval DR Jr,Levine MM,Hone DM

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis has a unique family of PE-PGRS proteins with conserved N-terminal domains (PE) containing site-specific proline-glutamine residues and polymorphic GC-rich repetitive sequences (PGRS). Tuberculosis (TB) patients produce antibodies against some such proteins, but it is not clear whether these ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Koh KW,Soh SE,Seah GT

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surface antigen makeup of metacyclic trypomastigote forms of strain G of Trypanosoma cruzi, which produce a subpatent infection in mice, differed from those of the virulent strains Y and CL. A 100,000-molecular-weight protein, barely detectable on the Y or CL cell surface, appeared as the main surface antigen of t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yoshida N

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00