Effect of monoclonal antibody to pertussis toxin on toxin activity.

abstract：:Three-month-old male Crl:CD1(ICR)BR and C3H/HeJ mice were fed chow containing Candida albicans for 14 days, while similar control mice were fed regular food. Stool cultures were done for all mice before and after administration of the special diet. Stool cultures were repeated 48 h, 1 week, and 1 and 3 months after st...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Samonis G,Anaissie EJ,Rosenbaum B,Bodey GP

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse fibroblasts (L cells) were infected in suspension with Chlamydia psittaci (6BC) and then plated out on a solid substrate at a density of 80 cells per cm2 so that the effect of chlamydial infection on the division of single host cells and their progeny could be determined. Uninfected L cells multiplied with a mea...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Horoschak KD,Moulder JW

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During persistence of nonencapsulated Haemophilus influenzae in the respiratory tracts of patients with chronic bronchitis, the major outer membrane proteins (MOMPs) P2 and P5 show antigenic drift. The hypothesis that appearance of antigenic variants is the consequence of antibody-dependent selection was tested in a r...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Vogel L,Duim B,Geluk F,Eijk P,Jansen H,Dankert J,vanAlphen L

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus neoformans laccase expression during murine infection was investigated in lung tissue by immunohistochemistry and immunogold electron microscopy. Laccase was detected in the fungal cell cytoplasm, cell wall, and capsule in vivo. The amount of laccase found in different sites varied as a function of the ti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Garcia-Rivera J,Tucker SC,Feldmesser M,Williamson PR,Casadevall A

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the high prevalence of cutaneous infections, little is known about the role of host immune responsiveness during Staphylococcus aureus dermatitis. We have recently described a murine model of infectious dermatitis induced by superantigen-producing S. aureus. To assess the role of neutrophils in staphylococcal ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mölne L,Verdrengh M,Tarkowski A

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human genital Chlamydia infection is a major public health concern due to the serious reproductive system complications. Chlamydia binds several receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) on host cells, including the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), and activates cellular signaling cascades for host invasion, cytoskelet...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Igietseme JU,Partin J,George Z,Omosun Y,Goldstein J,Joseph K,Ellerson D,Eko FO,Pohl J,Bandea C,Black CM

更新日期：2020-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:While several diseases associated with Chlamydia psittaci infection have been reported in Phascolarctos cinereus (koala), it is still unclear whether one or more chlamydial strains are responsible. In this study, we provide evidence, obtained by restriction enzyme and gene probe analysis, that two quite distinct strai...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Girjes AA,Hugall AF,Timms P,Lavin MF

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins were extracted at pH 2.5 from carefully washed brain homogenates of patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Immunoglobulin G was isolated from the extracts by gel filtration and immunoadsorbent chromatography and was 125I radioiodinated. The labeled immunoglobulin G was reacted with purified measle...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Weil ML,Norrby E,Itabashi HH,Wilson R,Tourtellotte WW,Heiner DC

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved enterocyte adhesion assay has been used to examine a collection of 44 strains of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) for their ability to adhere to the brush border of isolated human duodenal enterocytes. Fourteen strains showed good adhesion; in each case the ability to adhere correlated with the prod...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Knutton S,Lloyd DR,Candy DC,McNeish AS

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocarditis was induced in the rabbit by the placement of a polyethylene catheter in the right heart. The catheter was filled with stable L-phase variants of Staphylococcus aureus to determine if the variant form would colonize the damaged endocardium and produce further tissue injury similar to that produced by the ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Linnemann CC Jr,Watanakunakorn C,Bakie C

更新日期：1973-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An array of pro- and anti-inflammatory mediators of the innate immune system was analyzed in stool, urine, and rectal mucosa samples from adults and children with shigellosis to better understand their role in recovery from and in the immunopathogenesis of the disease. Increased concentrations of lactoferrin (Lf), mye...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Raqib R,Mia SM,Qadri F,Alam TI,Alam NH,Chowdhury AK,Mathan MM,Andersson J

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial factors were analyzed in samples of whole saliva from 31 children, aged 0.8 to 3.8 years. When compared with the adult reference group, the children displayed similar levels of lysozyme, salivary peroxidase, and hypothiocyanite (OSCN-), whereas the amounts of immunoglobulins (isotypes A, G, and M), lacto...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tenovuo J,Lehtonen OP,Aaltonen AS,Vilja P,Tuohimaa P

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-10 (IL-10)-producing B cells (B10 cells) play a critical role in the immune system balance by negatively regulating inflammatory responses. This study was conducted to determine the effect of local B10 cell induction on periodontal inflammation and bone loss in ligature-induced experimental periodontitis i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yu P,Hu Y,Liu Z,Kawai T,Taubman MA,Li W,Han X

更新日期：2016-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of the synthesis of Vi polysaccharide, a major virulence determinant in Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi, is under the control of two regulatory systems, ompR-envZ and rscB-rscC, which respond to changes in osmolarity. Some serotype Typhi strains exhibit overexpression of Vi polysaccharide, which masks cl...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Santander J,Wanda SY,Nickerson CA,Curtiss R 3rd

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 23-membered Esx protein family is involved in the host-pathogen interactions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. These secreted proteins are among the most immunodominant antigens recognized by the human immune system and have thus been used to develop vaccines and immunodiagnostic tests for tuberculosis (TB). Gene pai...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Uplekar S,Heym B,Friocourt V,Rougemont J,Cole ST

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of these studies was to determine the role of macrophage inflammatory protein 1alpha/CCL3 in pulmonary host defense during Klebsiella pneumoniae infection. Following intratracheal inoculation, 7-day survival of CCL3(-/-) mice was less than 10%, compared to 60% for CCL3(+/+) mice. Survival of CCR5(-/-) mi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lindell DM,Standiford TJ,Mancuso P,Leshen ZJ,Huffnagle GB

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune and pathologic responses were measured for 20 weeks after infection of mice with Brucella abortus 19, RB51, or 2308. Live bacteria and bacterial antigens of 19 and RB51 persisted in spleens for 10 and 4 weeks after infection, respectively, whereas 2308 bacteria and bacterial antigens persisted for at least 20 w...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stevens MG,Olsen SC,Pugh GW Jr,Palmer MV

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies in our laboratory have indicated that naturally resistant, inbred DBA/2J mice mount a greater serum antibody response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa 19660 than susceptible C57BL/6J mice. However, the specificity of the antibody produced was not known. The present study examines the specificity and kinetics...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Preston MJ,Berk JM,Hazlett LD,Berk RS

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of purified human fibrinogen with Aspergillus fumigatus conidia was investigated by immunofluorescence and electron microscopy and binding assays with radiolabeled proteins. We described the localization of the binding sites on the A. fumigatus conidia and on the fibrinogen molecule and determined the ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Annaix V,Bouchara JP,Larcher G,Chabasse D,Tronchin G

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene encoding the cytotoxic enterotoxin (Act) from Aeromonas hydrophila was hyperexpressed with the pET, pTRX, and pGEX vector systems. Maximum toxin yield was obtained with the pTRX vector. Approximately 40 to 60% of Act was in a soluble form with the pTRX and pET vector systems. The toxin protein was purified to h...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ferguson MR,Xu XJ,Houston CW,Peterson JW,Coppenhaver DH,Popov VL,Chopra AK

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In experimental Leishmania donovani infection in BALB/c mice, initial susceptibility gives way to T-cell-dependent acquired resistance and eventual control over visceral infection. Since various cytokines appear to underlie the host response to Leishmania infection, we examined infected liver tissue for gene expressio...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Miralles GD,Stoeckle MY,McDermott DF,Finkelman FD,Murray HW

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans infected with the dimorphic fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis develop strong T-lymphocyte responses to WI-1, an immunodominant antigen that has been shown to elicit protective immunity in mice. In the present study, the T-cell epitopes of WI-1 and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) restricting elements that display th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chang WL,Audet RG,Aizenstein BD,Hogan LH,DeMars RI,Klein BS

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the role of lipoteichoic acid in mediating the adherence of different serotypes of group B streptococci to human adult and neonatal epithelial cells. Pretreatment of neonatal buccal and vaginal epithelial cells with lipoteichoic acid, but not with deacylated lipoteichoic acid, induced a marked inh...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Teti G,Tomasello F,Chiofalo MS,Orefici G,Mastroeni P

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A synthetic peptide whose sequence was derived from the circumsporozoite protein of Plasmodium knowlesi coupled to bovine gamma globulin has been shown to be immunogenic when administered with Freund complete adjuvant. The present experiments were designed to test the immunogenicity of the peptide when attached to a t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Clough ER,Audibert FM,Barnwell JW,Schlesinger DH,Arnon R,Chedid LA

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hybrid clones producing monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) raised against the purified enterotoxic hemolysin-phospholipase C (HlyPC) bifunctional molecule of a Vibrio cholerae O139 strain were used to study its enterotoxicity in relation to its hemolytic and enzymatic activities. Fab fragments of MAbs from ascites produ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pal S,Datta A,Nair GB,Guhathakurta B

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocystis carinii is an ascomycete phylogenetically related to Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Little is known about gene regulation in P. carinii. The removal of introns from pre-mRNA requires spliceosomal recognition of the intron-exon boundary. In S. pombe and higher eukaryotes, this boundary and a branch site within...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Thomas CF Jr,Leof EB,Limper AH

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inactivated Marek's disease virus-infected chicken kidney cells and inactivated MSB-1 lymphoblastoid Marek's disease tumor cells were used to immunize chickens as virus- and tumor-associated antigens, respectively. Immune and nonimmune birds were then challenged by exposure to live virulent Marek's disease virus. Both...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Murthy KK,Calnek BW

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma salivarium cells propagated in PPLO broth (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.) supplemented with rabbit serum (10% [vol/vol]) and harvested by centrifugation were shown to contain rabbit immunoglobulin G (IgG) (approximately 4 to 10% of total cell proteins) and to produce IgM autoantibodies to IgG when inoc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Watanabe T,Shibata K,Hasegawa K

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial tyrosine kinases and their cognate protein tyrosine phosphatases are best known for regulating the biosynthesis of polysaccharides. Moreover, their roles in the stress response, DNA metabolism, cell division, and virulence have also been documented. The aim of this study was to investigate the pathogenicity ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ferreira AS,Silva IN,Fernandes F,Pilkington R,Callaghan M,McClean S,Moreira LM

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigens were extracted from a virulent isolate of Pasteurella multocida (serotype 3, 12, 15:D) with potassium thiocyanate, and a vaccine was prepared. Pasteurella-free rabbits were vaccinated intranasally and intraconjuctivally twice with a 2-week interval and challenged intranasally with the homologous P. multocida ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ringler DH,Peter GK,Chrisp CE,Keren DF

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00