Toxic shock syndrome-associated staphylococcal and streptococcal pyrogenic toxins are potent inducers of tumor necrosis factor production.

abstract：:A heterogeneous subset of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) strains, referred to as uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC), causes most uncomplicated urinary tract infections. However, no core set of virulence factors exists among UPEC strains. Instead, the focus of the analysis of urovirulence has shifted to ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Engstrom MD,Alteri CJ,Mobley HL

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) plays a pathophysiologic role in sepsis induced in rat pups by group B streptococci (GBS). In this model, TNF-alpha is also partially responsible for the induction of interleukin-6 (IL-6). The present study was undertaken to investigate the role ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mancuso G,Tomasello F,Migliardo M,Delfino D,Cochran J,Cook JA,Teti G

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms of genetic resistance or "trypanotolerance" to infection with Trypanosoma congolense were investigated in two strains of mice. One strain C57BL, is outstandingly resistant to most stabilates of T. congolense and can survive for over 80 days, whereas CFLP, in common with most other strains, generally suc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Whitelaw DD,Macaskill JA,Holmes PH,Jennings FW,Urquhart GM

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of antigenically conserved surface components of Haemophilus ducreyi may facilitate the development of reagents to diagnose and prevent chancroid. A hybridoma derived from a mouse immunized with nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae produced a monoclonal antibody (MAb), designated 3B9, that bound to 35 of ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Spinola SM,Griffiths GE,Bogdan J,Menegus MA

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group A streptococci isolated from skin adhere in greater numbers to human skin epithelial cells than to cells obtained from buccal mucosa whereas streptococci isolated from a throat tend to adhere in greater numbers to buccal epithelial cells than to skin epithelial cells in vitro. M protein-producing strains of grou...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Alkan M,Ofek I,Beachey EH

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since we previously observed a remarkable decrease in the numbers of T cells in the Peyer's patches of the small intestines in C57BL/6 mice following peroral infection with Toxoplasma gondii, we performed studies to examine the mechanism(s) whereby this decrease in numbers of the T cells occurs. We found that apoptoti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Liesenfeld O,Kosek JC,Suzuki Y

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoprotein I (OprI) is one of the major proteins of the outer membrane of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. OprI is a candidate for a vaccine against P. aeruginosa, because it cross-reacts antigenically in all serotype strains of the International Antigenic Typing Scheme. We recently cloned and expressed the gene coding for Op...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Finke M,Duchêne M,Eckhardt A,Domdey H,von Specht BU

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligosaccharide (OS)-protein conjugates are promising candidate vaccines against encapsulated bacteria, such as Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria meningitidis, and Streptococcus pneumoniae. Although the effects of several variables such as OS chain length and protein carrier have been studied, little is known about th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lefeber DJ,Benaissa-Trouw B,Vliegenthart JF,Kamerling JP,Jansen WT,Kraaijeveld K,Snippe H

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Length and restriction site polymorphism within a 2.8-kb threonine-rich open reading frame from Cryptosporidium parvum was identified and used to determine the genotypes of isolates from calves and humans. In agreement with observations of other genetic loci, all calf isolates were identical at this locus. In contrast...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Carraway M,Tzipori S,Widmer G

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni is a leading cause of infectious diarrhea throughout the world. In addition, there is growing evidence that Guillain-Barré syndrome, an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the peripheral nervous system, is frequently preceded by C. jejuni infection. In the present study, the hrcA-grpE-dnaK gene ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Thies FL,Karch H,Hartung HP,Giegerich G

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosomal subunits from Mycobacterium smegmatis were analyzed by using sedimentation velocity, sedimentation equilibrium, and acrylamide gel electrophoresis experiments. These s(20.w) values for the subunits are 48.7S and 28.1S. The molecular weight of the 49S subunit is about 1.65 x 10(6), and that of the 28S subunit...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Loge RV,Hill WE,Baker RE,Larson CL

更新日期：1974-03-01 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 oral streptococcal group (mitis phylogenetic group) currently consists of nine recognized species, although the group has been traditionally difficult to classify, with frequent changes in nomenclature over the years. The pneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumoniae), an important human pathogen, is traditionally distin...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Whatmore AM,Efstratiou A,Pickerill AP,Broughton K,Woodard G,Sturgeon D,George R,Dowson CG

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levels of interferon in adult bovine serum and in fetal bovine serum and tissues were examined during the course of transplacental bovine viral diarrhea virus infection. The cows produced circulating interferon between 2 and 9 days after viral inoculation, with mean peak levels in the serum on day 4. Interferon could ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rinaldo CR Jr,Isackson DW,Overall JC Jr,Glasgow LA,Brown TT,Bistner SI,Gillespie JH,Scott FW

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from adult periodontitis patients were analyzed for antibody activity against surface antigens of Bacteroides gingivalis by immunoblotting analysis. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Naito Y,Okuda K,Takazoe I

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clone expressing a 35.5-kDa recombinant treponemal protein was isolated from a genomic DNA library constructed from Treponema pallidum street strain 14. Polyclonal antiserum raised against the recombinant protein reacted with a corresponding native protein of comparable size in T. pallidum that is specific to the pa...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hubbard CL,Gherardini FC,Bassford PJ Jr,Stamm LV

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we found that serum inhibitory activity against Blastomyces dermatitidis was principally mediated by albumin. This was confirmed in experiments using albumin from several mammalian species. Analbuminemic rat serum did not inhibit B. dermatitidis growth in vivo; however, the addition of albumin restored i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Giles S,Czuprynski C

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma interferon (IFN-γ) drives antiparasite responses and immunopathology during infection with Plasmodium species. Immunity-related GTPases (IRGs) are a class of IFN-γ-dependent proteins that are essential for cell autonomous immunity to numerous intracellular pathogens. However, it is currently unknown whether IRGs...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Guo J,McQuillan JA,Yau B,Tullo GS,Long CA,Bertolino P,Roediger B,Weninger W,Taylor GA,Hunt NH,Ball HJ,Mitchell AJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant resistance against influenza virus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections was induced when trehalose dimycolate from M. tuberculosis or M. bovis but not M. avium was combined with muramyl dipeptide. Trehalose dimycolate from M. tuberculosis, in contrast to that from M. avium, could confer resistance aga...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Masihi KN,Brehmer W,Lange W,Werner H,Ribi E

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides, such as defensins or cathelicidins, are effector substances of the innate immune system and are thought to have antimicrobial properties that contribute to host defense. The evidence that vertebrate antimicrobial peptides contribute to innate immunity in vivo is based on their expression patter...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bals R,Weiner DJ,Moscioni AD,Meegalla RL,Wilson JM

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharides (LPS), either in the free form or complexed to CD14, a LPS receptor, are elicitors of the immune system. Lactoferrin (Lf), a LPS-chelating glycoprotein, protects animals against septic shock. Since optimal protection requires administration of Lf prior to lethal doses of LPS, we hypothesized that i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Baveye S,Elass E,Fernig DG,Blanquart C,Mazurier J,Legrand D

更新日期：2000-12-01 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：:Fab fragments prepared from the immunoglobulin G monoclonal antibody (MAb) 4C12, which reacts with a determinant expressed on the hyphal extension of germ tubes of Candida albicans, inhibited germ tube formation, but intact MAb 4C12 did not. Indirect immunofluorescence showed a punctate binding pattern on cells incuba...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Casanova M,Martínez JP,Chaffin WL

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific stimulation of T cells by phytohemagglutinin and Lens culinaris lectin was inhibited by a soluble factor(s) secreted by normal adherent cells stimulated with culture filtrate protein extract (CFPE) derived from bacterial cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra (avirulent) and H37Rv (virulent). The induct...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Parra C,Montaño LF,Huesca M,Rayón I,Willms K,Goodsaid F

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus ducreyi expresses 2 OmpA homologs, designated MOMP and OmpA2, whose genes are arranged in tandem on the chromosome. Northern blot analysis indicated that momp and ompA2 are transcribed independently. Sequences of the momp open reading frame (ORF) lacking the transcriptional start site were amplified by PCR...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Throm RE,Al-Tawfiq JA,Fortney KR,Katz BP,Hood AF,Slaughter CA,Hansen EJ,Spinola SM

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies to Trichomonas vaginalis were prepared by immunizing mice with a cloned isolate of T. vaginalis. Eight antibodies reacted with the same four isolates or strains but did not react with the other T. vaginalis strains or isolates tested. All eight antibodies reacted uniformly with both the body and ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Torian BE,Connelly RJ,Stephens RS,Stibbs HH

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells of the laboratory strain 3153A of Candida albicans can be stimulated to undergo high-frequency phenotypic switching by a low dose of UV. We have compared the adhesive properties of cells exhibiting the basic original smooth (o-smooth) phenotype and three switch phenotypes (star, irregular wrinkle, and revertant ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Vargas K,Wertz PW,Drake D,Morrow B,Soll DR

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adhesion of K21a, K26, K36, and K50 capsulated Klebsiella strains to ileocecal (HCT-8) and bladder (T24) epithelial cell lines was significantly lower than that of their corresponding spontaneous noncapsulated variants K21a/3, K26/1, K36/3, and K50/3, respectively. Internalization of the bacteria by both epithelia...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sahly H,Podschun R,Oelschlaeger TA,Greiwe M,Parolis H,Hasty D,Kekow J,Ullmann U,Ofek I,Sela S

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria gonorrhoeae is the causative agent of the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea, and infection with this organism is typically associated with an intense inflammatory response. In many individuals, however, the infection is asymptomatic and can progress to serious secondary complications. The type IV pili o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Plant LJ,Jonsson AB

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In pathogenic bacteria, iron acquisition is important for colonization and proliferation in the host under iron-limited conditions. The ability of Vibrio spp. to acquire iron is often critical to their virulence, causing gastroenteritis or excessive watery diarrhea in humans. In the study described here, we cloned the...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ahn SH,Han JH,Lee JH,Park KJ,Kong IS

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00