Binding sites of attachment-inhibiting monoclonal antibodies and antibodies from patients on peptide fragments of the Mycoplasma pneumoniae adhesin.

abstract：:A novel immunobiologically active fraction was prepared from a phenol-water extract of Prevotella intermedia ATCC 25611 by Sephadex G-100 column chromatography. The fraction consisted mainly of carbohydrate and protein and was devoid of fatty acid. The fraction showed high-molecular-weight bands (10,000 to 12,000) on ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Iki K,Kawahara K,Sawamura S,Arakaki R,Sakuta T,Sugiyama A,Tamura H,Sueda T,Hamada S,Takada H

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pools of rat antiserum to Plasmodium berghei had different levels of protective activity as assessed by a passive transfer test. Preincubation of parasite inocula with an effective pool before injection did not significantly enhance protective activity. Removal of the antiserum from preincubated parasite inocula aboli...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Brown IN,Phillips RS

更新日期：1974-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antigenic relationship of glucosyltransferases (GTF) produced by different serotypes of Streptococcus mutans was studied by using a functional inhibition assay. Rat, rabbit, or hamster immune fluids, directed to cell-associated or supernatant-derived GTF, were tested against ammonium sulfate-precipitated culture s...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Smith DJ,Taubman MA

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are no vaccines against boutonneuse fever and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Previous studies have identified a Rickettsia rickettsii surface protein as a vaccine candidate and shown that an antigenically related protein is present in R. conorii, which causes boutonneuse fever. The gene encoding the R. rickettsii...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Vishwanath S,McDonald GA,Watkins NG

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the secretion of antimicrobial proteins and peptides into surgically isolated and continuously perfused segments of rat small intestine. Up to nine discrete antimicrobial molecules appeared in the intestinal perfusates following intravenous administration of bethanechol, a cholinergic agonist, or intralume...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Qu XD,Lloyd KC,Walsh JH,Lehrer RI

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human galectin-3 binds to the surface of Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigotes and human coronary artery smooth muscle (CASM) cells. CASM cells express galectin-3 on their surface and secrete it. Exogenous galectin-3 increased the binding of T. cruzi to CASM cells. Trypanosome binding to CASM cells was enhanced when eithe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kleshchenko YY,Moody TN,Furtak VA,Ochieng J,Lima MF,Villalta F

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：:A chemically defined medium developed for Neisseria gonorrhoeae was modified to support the growth of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli. A total of 76 isolates of C. jejuni and 14 isolates of C. coli were tested on this medium, which was designated Campylobacter defined medium (CDM), over a 3-month period. A...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tenover FC,Knapp JS,Patton C,Plorde JJ

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various pathogenic bacteria with the capacity to live within eukaryotic cells activate an apoptotic program in infected host cells. Induction of apoptosis by Listeria monocytogenes in murine dendritic cells and hepatocytes has been described. Here we address the questions of whether and how the pathogen kills macropha...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Barsig J,Kaufmann SH

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonspecific interactions related to physicochemical properties of bacterial cell surfaces, such as hydrophobicity and electrostatic charge, are known to have important roles in bacterium-host cell encounters. Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) expresses multiple, surface-exposed, choline-binding proteins (CBPs) w...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Swiatlo E,Champlin FR,Holman SC,Wilson WW,Watt JM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to cutaneous syphilitic reinfection in strain 2 and strain 13 guinea pigs developed gradually 3 to 7 months after primary infection and reached maximum levels at 6 to 7 months after the induction of primary cutaneous disease. Associated with this acquired resistance was the occurrence of Arthus reactions an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pavia CS,Niederbuhl CJ

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, relies on multiple virulence factors to subvert the host immune defense. Using Caenorhabditis elegans as an infection model, we screened approximately 5,000 transposon mutants of B. anthracis Sterne for decreased virulence. One of the attenuated mutants resulted in l...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Franks SE,Ebrahimi C,Hollands A,Okumura CY,Aroian RV,Nizet V,McGillivray SM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the primary etiologic agent of tuberculosis, is the world's leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, and new vaccines and drugs to combat it are urgently needed. The major extracellular proteins of M. tuberculosis, which are released into its phagosome in macrophages, its host...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Harth G,Lee BY,Horwitz MA

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin caused a 26 to 41% reduction in the rate of oxygen consumption by rat liver mitochondria when various tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates were used as substrate. However, P/O ratios were unaltered. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McDonel JL,Duncan CL

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytohemagglutinin is able to trigger interferon synthesis in spleen cell cultures from nude (nu/nu) mice as effectively as in splenic cell cultures from haired, control (nu/+), thymus-bearing mice. A minor theta-bearing cell population present in the spleen of nude mice appears essential to phytohemagglutinin interfe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wietzerbin J,Stefanos S,Falcoff R,Lucero M,Catinot L,Falcoff E

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunization with live Plasmodium sporozoites under chloroquine prophylaxis (Spz plus CQ) induces sterile immunity against sporozoite challenge in rodents and, more importantly, in humans. Full protection is obtained with substantially fewer parasites than with the classic immunization with radiation-attenuated sporoz...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mauduit M,Tewari R,Depinay N,Kayibanda M,Lallemand E,Chavatte JM,Snounou G,Rénia L,Grüner AC

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attenuated Yersinia pestis pgm strains, such as KIM5, lack the siderophore yersiniabactin. Strain KIM5 does not induce significant pneumonia when delivered intranasally. In this study, mice were found to develop pneumonia after intranasal challenge with strain KIM5 when they were injected intraperitoneally with iron d...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Galván EM,Nair MK,Chen H,Del Piero F,Schifferli DM

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of tolerance to Escherichia coli endotoxin on the phagocytic and bactericidal activity of the hepatic reticuloendothelial system against viable E. coli were examined using ex vivo perfused rat livers. Livers were isolated from control and endotoxin-tolerant rats and perfused with a medium containing 5% hom...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ruggiero G,Andreana A,Utili R,Galante D

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the enteric pathogen Vibrio cholerae, expression of the major virulence factors is controlled by the hierarchical expression of several regulatory proteins comprising the ToxR regulon. In this study, we demonstrate that disruption of the fadD gene encoding a long-chain fatty acyl coenzyme A ligase has marked effect...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ray S,Chatterjee E,Chatterjee A,Paul K,Chowdhury R

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porphyromonas gingivalis is reportedly capable of stimulating the expression of host cell matrix metalloproteinases (MMP), contributing to tissue destruction. However, the impact of this bacterium on specific molecules remains to be determined. In this study, we evaluate the effect of P. gingivalis on regulation of MM...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fravalo P,Ménard C,Bonnaure-Mallet M

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coaggregation-defective (COG-) mutant Actinomyces viscosus T14V(PK455), which is unable to participate in lactose-sensitive adherence, and its COG+ parent were compared to structurally define the mutational loss of cell-associated lectin activity. Immunoelectrophoretic comparisons of crude extracts or isolated fim...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cisar JO,Curl SH,Kolenbrander PE,Vatter AE

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several viruses were categorized on the basis of their ability to spread from cell to contiguous cell and form plaques in the presence of antiviral antibody. Herpes simplex virus, cytomegalovirus, and vaccinia, measles, and foamy viruses were able to spread in the presence of neutralizing antibody, whereas coxsackievi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hooks JJ,Burns W,Hayashi K,Geis S,Notkins AL

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subcutaneous infection chambers in rabbits were infected with a strain of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from a patient with toxic shock syndrome. Estrogens (mestranol and 17-beta-estradiol) protected male rabbits and prolonged survival. Neither androgens (testosterone and dihydrotestosterone) nor progesterone affecte...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Best GK,Abney TO,Kling JM,Kirkland JJ,Scott DF

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma penetrans adhered to cultured human cells, forming clusters that localized to specific areas of the host cell surface. Adherence and cluster formation were inhibited by anti-M. penetrans antibodies, suggesting the involvement of specific adhesin-receptor interactions. Ultrastructural studies showed that aft...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Girón JA,Lange M,Baseman JB

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to further understand Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-lymphocyte interactions, we investigated a chain of events including: (i) EBV binding to human lymphocyte subpopulations; (ii) the earliest appearance of EBV-determined nuclear antigen (EBNA) in the lymphocytes after EBV infection; and (iii) establishment of cont...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Menezes J,Jondal M,Leibold W,Dorval G

更新日期：1976-02-01 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

authors： Remer KA,Jungi TW,Fatzer R,Täuber MG,Leib SL

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is an important pathogen of humans and other animals, causing bacteremia, abscesses, endocarditis, and other infectious syndromes. A signature-tagged mutagenesis (STM) system was adapted for use in studying the genes required for in vivo survival of S. aureus. An STM library was ultimately create...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schwan WR,Coulter SN,Ng EY,Langhorne MH,Ritchie HD,Brody LL,Westbrock-Wadman S,Bayer AS,Folger KR,Stover CK

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Klebsiella pneumoniae strains typically express both smooth lipopolysaccharide (LPS) with O antigen molecules and capsule polysaccharide (K antigen) on the surface. A single mutation in a gene that codes for a UDP galacturonate 4-epimerase (uge) renders a strain with the O-:K- phenotype (lack of capsule and LPS withou...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Regué M,Hita B,Piqué N,Izquierdo L,Merino S,Fresno S,Benedí VJ,Tomás JM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have indicated that the ability to bind to fibronectin is a key feature in successful cell invasion by Campylobacter jejuni. Given the spatial distribution of fibronectin and the architecture of the epithelium, this suggests the possibility that C. jejuni cell invasion might preferentially occur at th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Monteville MR,Konkel ME

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protective efficacy of Mycobacterium bovis BCG can be markedly augmented by stable integration of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genomic region RD1. BCG complemented with RD1 (BCG::RD1) encodes nine additional proteins. Among them, 10-kDa culture filtrate protein (CFP-10) and ESAT-6 (6-kDa early secreted antigenic tar...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Demangel C,Brodin P,Cockle PJ,Brosch R,Majlessi L,Leclerc C,Cole ST

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00