Nonbinding site-directed mutants of transferrin binding protein B exhibit enhanced immunogenicity and protective capabilities.

abstract：:Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies against hepatitis B surface antigen were found to be restricted to subclasses IgG1 and IgG3 in serum samples of 17 individuals. Quantitative determinations showed that in 10 samples the minor serum subclass IgG3 contained more antibodies than the predominant subclass IgG1. Ranges of c...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Morell A,Roth-Wicky B,Skvaril F

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:l-Arginine (1 M) eluted measles virus adsorbed on monkey erythrocytes without affecting the infectious and hemagglutinating activities of the virus. This phenomenon was also observed for encephalomyocarditis virus and Newcastle disease virus. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lebon P,Protat A,Moline P

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of bacterial phospholipases during serum-mediated killing of Escherichia coli was examined by using wild-type DR+ DS+ and an isogenic phospholipase-deficient mutant DR- DS-. No difference in serum sensitivity was observed when the parental DR+ DS+ and mutant DR- DS- strains were exposed to various conce...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kreutzer DL,Vandermaten M,Buller CS,Robertson DC,Hirata AA

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genes of the lic1 operon (lic1A to lic1D) are responsible for incorporation of phosphocholine (PCho) into the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Haemophilus influenzae. PCho plays a multifaceted role in the commensal and pathogenic lifestyles of a range of mucosal pathogens, including H. influenzae. Structural studies of...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fox KL,Li J,Schweda EK,Vitiazeva V,Makepeace K,Jennings MP,Moxon ER,Hood DW

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yields of exotoxin A in Pseudomonas aeruginosa cultures were influenced by the concentration of iron in the culture media. When the iron concentration of the culture media was increased from 0.05 to 1.5 microgram/ml, there was at least a 90% decrease in exotoxin A (measured both by enzymatic activity and by mouse ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bjorn MJ,Iglewski BH,Ives SK,Sadoff JC,Vasil ML

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli F-18, isolated from the feces of a healthy human in 1977, is an excellent colonizer of the streptomycin-treated mouse large intestine and displays normal motility and chemotaxis ability. A chemotaxis-defective derivative of E. coli F-18, E, coli F-18 CheA-, and a nonflagellated derivative, E. coli F-1...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McCormick BA,Laux DC,Cohen PS

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gonococcal pilus is a primary virulence factor, providing the initial attachment of the bacterial cell to human mucosal tissues. Pilin, the major subunit of the pilus, can carry a wide spectrum of primary amino acid sequences which are generated by the action of a complex antigenic variation system. Changes in the...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Long CD,Madraswala RN,Seifert HS

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wild-type Vibrio cholerae of both El Tor and classical biotypes (strains N16961 and 395, respectively) and nonmotile mutant derivatives with and without flagellar structures were characterized in three different animal models: (i) the rabbit ileal loop, (ii) the removable intestinal tie adult rabbit diarrhea (RITARD) ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Richardson K

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Otitis media developed in 67% of chinchillas inoculated intranasally with type 7 Streptococcus pneumoniae and influenza A virus. Only 4% of chinchillas inoculated with influenza alone and 21% of chinchillas inoculated with S. pneumoniae alone developed otitis media. Among the chinchillas that developed otitis media af...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Giebink GS,Berzins IK,Marker SC,Schiffman G

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse peritoneal macrophages were successfully infected with two strains of Junin virus producing high titers with no apparent cell damage. Infected cultures survived longer than noninfected cultures. The pattern of virus release suggested a persistent infection. Virus replication was delayed in macrophages from mice ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： González PH,Lampuri JS,Coto CE,Laguens RP

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C4BP (C4b-binding protein) is a high-molecular-weight plasma protein that inhibits the classical pathway of complement activation. Recent experiments have demonstrated that C4BP binds to many strains of the gram-positive bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes, a major respiratory tract pathogen. Binding to S. pyogenes was s...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Berggård K,Johnsson E,Mooi FR,Lindahl G

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Live attenuated bacteria hold great promise as multivalent mucosal vaccines against a variety of pathogens. A major challenge of this approach has been the successful delivery of sufficient amounts of vaccine antigens to adequately prime the immune system without overattenuating the live vaccine. Here we used a live a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Galen JE,Wang JY,Carrasco JA,Lloyd SA,Mellado-Sanchez G,Diaz-McNair J,Franco O,Buskirk AD,Nataro JP,Pasetti MF

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia pneumoniae is a causative agent for many respiratory infections and has been associated with cardiovascular diseases in humans. The pathogenicity of C. pneumoniae is thought to depend on its ability to cause persistent infection and to evade host defense. Genome sequence analysis indicates that C. pneumoniae...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fan P,Dong F,Huang Y,Zhong G

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous animal studies showed that maternal Porphyromonas gingivalis infection in a subcutaneous chamber is associated with hepatic and uterine translocation, as well as systemic induction of maternal inflammatory responses, both of which were associated with fetal growth restriction (FGR). However, P. gingivalis...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lin D,Smith MA,Elter J,Champagne C,Downey CL,Beck J,Offenbacher S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas' disease is a chronic infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and represents an important public health burden in Latin America. Frequently the disease evolves undetectable for decades, while in a significant fraction of the affected individuals it culminates in death by heart failure. Here, we describe a novel m...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Marinho CR,Bucci DZ,Dagli ML,Bastos KR,Grisotto MG,Sardinha LR,Baptista CR,Gonçalves CP,Lima MR,Alvarez JM

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A protein factor which induces high levels of gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) in resting splenic nonadherent cells was isolated from the sera of mice with generalized inflammation caused by endotoxic shock. The factor was highly purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation followed by ion-exchange column chromatography on ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nakamura K,Okamura H,Nagata K,Komatsu T,Tamura T

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of a pathogen to evade neutrophil phagocytic killing mechanisms is critically important for dissemination and establishment of a systemic infection. Understanding how pathogens overcome these innate defenses is essential for the development of optimal therapeutic strategies for invasive infections. CpsY is...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Allen JP,Neely MN

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Raising the magnesium level from 0.4 to 1.5 mM in a medium containing only amino acids (2.08%), salts, and vitamins increased enterotoxin B production by Staphylococcus aureus S-6 by about 80%. The level of phosphates in the medium was lowered to one-tenth (to 2.87 mM) the original amount without adversely affecting g...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Keller GM,Hanson RS,Bergdoll MS

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the process of phagocytosis, human leukocytes emit a burst of luminescence which can be measured in a liquid scintillation spectrometer. The enzyme superoxide dismutase, which removes superoxide anions (O(2.)), inhibited this chemiluminescence by 70% at a concentration of 100 mug/ml. The enzyme did not inhibit ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Webb LS,Keele BB Jr,Johnston RB Jr

更新日期：1974-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterococcus faecalis strains are resident intestinal bacteria associated with invasive infections, inflammatory bowel diseases, and colon cancer. Although factors promoting E. faecalis colonization of intestines are not fully known, one implicated pathway is a phosphotransferase system (PTS) in E. faecalis strain OG1...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fan TJ,Goeser L,Naziripour A,Redinbo MR,Hansen JJ

更新日期：2019-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-negative, filamentous, rod-shaped bacillus which failed to grow in cell-free media was isolated in apparently pure culture from the bronchial scraping and washing of a laboratory rat suffering from chronic respiratory disease by inoculating embryonated chicken eggs via the allantoic route. None of the embryos d...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ganaway JR,Spencer TH,Moore TD,Allen AM

更新日期：1985-02-01 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

authors： van der Veen S,Johnson S,Jongerius I,Malik T,Genovese A,Santini L,Staunton D,Ufret-Vincenty RL,Pickering MC,Lea SM,Tang CM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virulent strains of Yersinia enterocolitica and their plasmidless, avirulent derivatives were examined for their cell surface properties. Increased surface charge and hydrophobicity of Y. enterocolitica were found to be associated with the possession of a 40- to 48-megadalton plasmid. These surface properties were exp...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lachica RV,Zink DL

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse humoral immune response toward native or detergent-extracted outer membrane vesicles (NOMVs and DOMVs, respectively) from Neisseria meningitidis was determined after intranasal immunization. Both preparations elicited high frequencies of NOMV-specific antibody-forming cells (AFCs) locally in the nasal associ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Guthrie T,Wong SY,Liang B,Hyland L,Hou S,Høiby EA,Andersen SR

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) toxin 1 (TSST1) is produced by strains of Staphylococcus aureus associated with TSS. Purified TSST1 induces in rabbits a shock-like illness with many features similar to TSS in humans. These symptoms were also induced by TSST1-producing bacteria in diffusion chambers implanted in the rabbit ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： de Azavedo JC,Foster TJ,Hartigan PJ,Arbuthnott JP,O'Reilly M,Kreiswirth BN,Novick RP

更新日期：1985-10-01 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：:A fibronectin-binding protein (FnBP) adhesin of Staphylococcus aureus possesses three 37- or 38-amino-acid motifs (D1, D2, and D3) that can each bind fibronectin (Fn) with low affinity and that in tandem comprise D1-3, a high-affinity Fn-binding domain. To identify epitopes for the generation of adhesion-blocking anti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sun Q,Smith GM,Zahradka C,McGavin MJ

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In C3H gnotobiotic mice, no significant difference was observed between the translocation of nine clinical isolates of enteropathogenic Campylobacter spp. and that of seven nonisogeneic Escherichia coli strains with or without various determinants of pathogenicity. In addition, there was no correlation found between t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Youssef M,Corthier G,Goossens H,Tancrede C,Henry-Amar M,Andremont A

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of the leukotoxin of Pasteurella haemolytica on the generation of arachidonic acid metabolites by bovine polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) was investigated. PMNs released 5-, 12-, and 15-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids (5-, 12-, and 15-HETE) and leukotriene B4 (LTB4) upon stimulation with arachidonic aci...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Henricks PA,Binkhorst GJ,Drijver AA,Nijkamp FP

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two-component regulatory system, GraRS, appears to be involved in staphylococcal responses to cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAPs). However, the mechanism(s) by which GraRS is induced, regulated, and modulated remain undefined. In this study, we used two well-characterized MRSA strains (Mu50 and COL) and their r...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yang SJ,Bayer AS,Mishra NN,Meehl M,Ledala N,Yeaman MR,Xiong YQ,Cheung AL

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00