Functional roles for C5a and C5aR but not C5L2 in the pathogenesis of human and experimental cerebral malaria.

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

authors： Shaio MF,Rowland H

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conditions are described for the production of an extracellular cytotoxin or CHO cell-killing factor by Vibrio fluvialis, a recently recognized enteric pathogen. The cell-killing factor was ammonium sulfate precipitable, heat labile, and inactivated by proteases, and had an isoelectric point (estimated by sucrose dens...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wall VW,Kreger AS,Richardson SH

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an obligately intracellular gram-negative bacterium and is the etiologic agent of human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME). Although E. chaffeensis induces the generation of several cytokines and chemokines by leukocytes, E. chaffeensis lacks lipopolysaccharide and peptidoglycan. Bioinfomatic analys...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Huang H,Lin M,Wang X,Kikuchi T,Mottaz H,Norbeck A,Rikihisa Y

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytoskeletal lesions associated with enteropathogenic Escherichia coli adhering to cultured HeLa epithelial cells were examined by immunofluorescence microscopy. The microfilament-associated proteins actin, alpha-actinin, talin, and ezrin were localized with adherent enteropathogenic E. coli, whereas tropomyosin, ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Finlay BB,Rosenshine I,Donnenberg MS,Kaper JB

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Counts of acid-fast bacilli were made on homogenates of whole liver, whole spleen, and two femurs of CBA mice killed at various time intervals after intravenous infection with Mycobacterium lepraemurium. The growth curves so obtained showed that the bacillus multiplied faster in bone marrow than in liver or spleen. No...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Brown IN,Krenzien HN

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strains of Bacteroides fragilis associated with diarrhea in children (termed enterotoxigenic B. fragilis, or ETBF) produce a heat-labile ca. 20-kDa protein toxin (BFT). The purpose of this study was to examine the activity of BFT on polarized monolayers of human intestinal epithelial cells (T84 cells). In Ussing chamb...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chambers FG,Koshy SS,Saidi RF,Clark DP,Moore RD,Sears CL

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia trachomatis is a strict human pathogen producing infections that cause medically important chronic inflammatory diseases, such as blinding trachoma and tubal factor infertility. Isolates exist as serotypes that fall into distinct biologic and pathological groups corresponding to differences in infection tiss...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Carlson JH,Hughes S,Hogan D,Cieplak G,Sturdevant DE,McClarty G,Caldwell HD,Belland RJ

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histophilus somni is capable of intracellular survival within professional phagocytic cells, but the mechanism of survival is not understood. The Fic motif within the direct repeat (DR1)/DR2 domains of the IbpA fibrillary network protein of H. somni is cytotoxic to epithelial and phagocytic cells, which may interfere ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pan Y,Tagawa Y,Champion A,Sandal I,Inzana TJ

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) initiates infection by colonizing the upper respiratory tract and is a common cause of localized respiratory tract disease. Previous work has established that the NTHi HMW1 and HMW2 proteins are potent adhesins that mediate efficient in vitro adherence to cultured human respir...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rempe KA,Porsch EA,Wilson JM,St Geme JW 3rd

更新日期：2016-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Four mouse monoclonal antibodies have been developed which react with Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen 5. Each of these monoclonal antibodies has been used to prepare immunoabsorbents, and antigen has been isolated from unheated M. tuberculosis H37Ra culture filtrate by affinity chromatography with these absorbents....

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Daniel TM,Gonchoroff NJ,Katzmann JA,Olds GR

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protective immunity against tuberculosis is considered to be essentially cell mediated, and an important role for CD8(+) T lymphocytes has been suggested by several studies of murine and human infections. The present work, using an experimental model of infection with Mycobacterium bovis in cattle, showed that live M....

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Liébana E,Girvin RM,Welsh M,Neill SD,Pollock JM

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In assessing the host cell range of bovine parvoviruses, these viruses were found to replicate optimally in actively dividing bovine fetal lung and spleen cells. Other primary bovine fetal cells supported growth to a lesser extent, but bovine line cells and line cells of other animal species tested did not. Minimal in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Daugharty H,Warfield DT,Nemingway ND,Casey HL

更新日期：1973-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen strains of Escherichia coli were tested for ability to cause infective endocarditis in rabbits prepared by prior placement of an intracardiac catheter. Strains that were resistant to the bactericidal action of serum caused E. coli endocarditis in 91.4% of rabbits, whereas serum-sensitive strains usually faile...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Durack DT,Beeson PB

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin (ST) appears to cause intestinal fluid secretion by activating intestinal particulate guanylate cyclase. Recent studies suggest that chlorpromazine and quinacrine reduce the intestinal secretory response to ST and activation of guanylate cyclase by ST. We have examined the effe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Greenberg RN,Murad F,Guerrant RL

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of human-specific antibody on surface membrane antigens of trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi was studied in vitro by using immunofluorescence methods. Immune sera induced aggregation of surface antigens in trypomastigotes to form polar cell caps. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schmuñis GA,Szarfman A,Langembach T,de Souza W

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial strains of Haemophilus species and Streptococcus pneumoniae were examined for synthesis of the enzyme immunoglobulin A1 (IgA1) protease. Of 36 H. influenzae strains examined, 35 produced IgA1 protease; strains included all six capsular types, unencapsulated variants of types b and d, and untypable H. influen...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Male CJ

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Clostridium difficile isolate was found to produce an actin-specific ADP-ribosyltransferase (CDT) homologous to the enzymatic components of Clostridium perfringens iota toxin and Clostridium spiroforme toxin (M. R. Popoff, E. J. Rubin, D. M. Gill, and P. Boquet, Infect. Immun. 56:2299-2306, 1988). The CDT locus from...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Perelle S,Gibert M,Bourlioux P,Corthier G,Popoff MR

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections are common in renal transplant recipients. We studied 23 recipients prospectively to determine whether infections by other herpes-group and non-herpes-group viruses were also present. Sera, obtained at the time of surgery and periodically thereafter, were tested for antibody to CMV, he...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Armstrong JA,Evans AS,Rao N,Ho M

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic Leptospira spp. are likely to encounter higher concentrations of reactive oxygen species induced by the host innate immune response. In this study, we characterized Leptospira interrogans catalase (KatE), the only annotated catalase found within pathogenic Leptospira species, by assessing its role in resist...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Eshghi A,Lourdault K,Murray GL,Bartpho T,Sermswan RW,Picardeau M,Adler B,Snarr B,Zuerner RL,Cameron CE

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse spleen cultures were infected with murine cytomegalovirus, either before or after separating the cells into various classes, and the growth of virus and production of infectious centers were measured in each cell class. The separation techniques, which were used in various combinations, comprised: adherence to p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Loh L,Hudson JB

更新日期：1979-12-01 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：:Infection of C3H mice with Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, reliably produces an infectious arthritis and carditis that peak around 3 weeks postinfection and then spontaneously resolve. Macrophage polarization has been suggested to drive inflammation, the clearance of bacteria, and tissue rep...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lasky CE,Olson RM,Brown CR

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In evolving to an obligate intracellular niche, Chlamydia has streamlined its genome by eliminating superfluous genes as it relies on the host cell for a variety of nutritional needs like amino acids. However, Chlamydia can experience amino acid starvation when the human host cell in which the bacteria reside is expos...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ouellette SP,Rueden KJ,Rucks EA

更新日期：2016-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Subtilase cytotoxin (SubAB) was first isolated from a Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) strain that was responsible for an outbreak of hemolytic-uremic syndrome and is the prototype of a new family of AB(5) cytotoxins. SubAB is a subtilase-like serine protease, and upon uptake by host cells, it is trafficked to ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： May KL,Paton JC,Paton AW

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collectins play important roles in host defense against infectious microorganisms. We now demonstrate that the serum collectins mannose-binding lectin (MBL) and conglutinin have less ability to bind to, aggregate, and enhance neutrophil uptake of several strains of gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria than pulmona...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hartshorn KL,White MR,Crouch EC

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking is associated with increased susceptibility to tuberculosis and influenza. However, little information is available on the mechanisms underlying this increased susceptibility. Mice were left unexposed or were exposed to cigarette smoke and then infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis by aerosol or influenza A...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Feng Y,Kong Y,Barnes PF,Huang FF,Klucar P,Wang X,Samten B,Sengupta M,Machona B,Donis R,Tvinnereim AR,Shams H

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：: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：:Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis patterns of proteins and externally exposed labeled surface constituents were analyzed in promastigotes of three etiological agents of kala azar (Leishmania donovani, HS70 strain from India; L. chagasi, Imperatriz strain from Brazil; L. infantum, ITMPA K263 str...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lemesre JL,Rizvi FS,Afchain D,Sadigursky M,Capron A,Santoro F

更新日期：1985-10-01 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