Complement Activation by Giardia duodenalis Parasites through the Lectin Pathway Contributes to Mast Cell Responses and Parasite Control.

abstract：:Strain superinfection occurs when a second pathogen strain infects a host already infected with a primary strain. The selective pressures that drive strain divergence, which underlies superinfection, and allow penetration of a new strain into a host population are critical knowledge gaps relevant to shifts in infectio...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Vallejo Esquerra E,Herndon DR,Alpirez Mendoza F,Mosqueda J,Palmer GH

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Once in the cytoplasm of mammalian cells, Shigella flexneri expresses a motile phenotype caused by polar directional assembly of actin. This process depends on accumulation of IcsA (VirG), a 120-kDa protein with ATPase activity, at the pole of the bacterium opposite to that at which ongoing septation occurs. IcsA is a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： d'Hauteville H,Dufourcq Lagelouse R,Nato F,Sansonetti PJ

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia pestis, the agent of plague, has arisen from a less virulent pathogen, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, by a rapid evolutionary process. Although Y. pestis displays a large number of virulence phenotypes, it is not yet clear which of these phenotypes descended from Y. pseudotuberculosis and which were acquired in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pujol C,Bliska JB

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene encoding a heat-stable enterotoxin (ST) from an Escherichia coli strain isolated from a human with diarrhea was cloned and characterized by nucleotide sequence analysis. The gene was found to be partially homologous to a previously characterized ST gene from an E. coli strain of bovine origin. Hybridization stu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Moseley SL,Hardy JW,Hug MI,Echeverria P,Falkow S

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the first steps in the development of cerebral toxoplasmosis is the penetration of the blood-brain barrier, which is comprised of microvascular endothelial cells. We examined the capacity of human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMEC) to interact with Toxoplasma gondii. We found that stimulation of HBME...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Däubener W,Spors B,Hucke C,Adam R,Stins M,Kim KS,Schroten H

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified Escherichia coli type 1 fimbriae have been shown previously to stimulate T-cell-independent proliferation of human B lymphocytes. The response is mediated by the mannose-specific, lectin-like adhesin protein FimH. Here we show that type 1 fimbriae also stimulate immunoglobulin (Ig) secretion by B cells. The r...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ponniah S,Abraham SN,Endres RO

更新日期：1992-12-01 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：:Inbred strain 2 guinea pigs were vaccinated with Mycobacterium bovis BCG or were left unvaccinated and challenged 6 weeks later by the respiratory route with virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis. By using a double rosette assay with isotype-specific antibody-coated ox and uncoated rabbit erythrocytes, the proportions o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bartow RA,McMurray DN

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 34-kilodalton (kDa) antigen of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum (T. pallidum) is a pathogen-specific integral membrane protein. DNA sequence analysis of the cloned gene revealed an open reading frame encoding a primary product of 204 residues with a molecular mass of 22,087 daltons. Sequences that correspond to ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Swancutt MA,Riley BS,Radolf JD,Norgard MV

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of enhanced resistance of Mycobacterium bovis BCG-treated mice to ectromelia virus infection was investigated by determining the effect of splenectomy, antithymocyte serum, and antimacrophage serum on resistance. It was greatly reduced by these treatments, not only in normal mice, but also in mice treate...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sakuma T,Suenaga T,Yoshida I,Azuma M

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in cell viability and in factors affecting metabolic integrity were examined after exposure of Escherichia coli LP1092 to human serum. Antibody-dependent classical pathway activity accounted for the rapid killing of strain LP1092 by complement. Removal of serum lysozyme by bentonite absorption or by neutraliza...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Taylor PW,Kroll HP

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Athymic nude mice (nu/nu), heterozygous litter mates (nu/+), and thymic reconstituted homozygous animals (nu/nu TxR) were infected with Trypanosoma rhodesiense. A reduced parasitemia and prolonged survival were observed in the nu/nu animals after infection and cure or after immunization with irradiated organisms. Thes...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Campbell GH,Esser KM,Phillips SM

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Each of the four epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like domains of the Plasmodium falciparum sexual-stage antigen Pfs25 has been individually expressed as a yeast-secreted recombinant protein (yEGF1 through yEGF4). All four are recognized by the immune sera of animals and humans vaccinated with TBV25H (the corresponding y...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stowers AW,Keister DB,Muratova O,Kaslow DC

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of a monoclonal antibody which binds the Cryptococcus neoformans capsule to suspensions of human monocytes, T lymphocytes, and cryptococcal cells (i) enhances interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), tumor necrosis factor alpha, and IL-2 production; (ii) reduces IL-10 secretion; and (iii) promotes T-cell proliferation. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Vecchiarelli A,Retini C,Monari C,Casadevall A

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytolethal distending toxins (CDT) constitute an emerging heterogeneous family of bacterial toxins whose common biological property is to inhibit the proliferation of cells in culture by blocking their cycle at G2/M phase. In this study, we investigated the molecular mechanisms underlying the block caused by CDT from ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Comayras C,Tasca C,Pérès SY,Ducommun B,Oswald E,De Rycke J

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila has been shown to possess multiple genetic loci that play roles in its ability to survive within host cells. The mil (macrophage-specific infectivity loci) mutants of L. pneumophila exhibit a spectrum of defects in intracellular survival in and cytopathogenicity to macrophages and alveolar epith...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Harb OS,Abu Kwaik Y

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A T antigen preparation free of trypsin was obtained by application of CNBr-Sepharose linked to pure trypsin. Purification on an ion exchange chromatography column results in an electrophoretically homogeneous preparation of T protein. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ludwicka A

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis can activate inflammatory responses through Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and may cause renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis characterized by the accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM). We have previously demonstrated that Leptospira santorosai serovar Shermani detergent extract stimulates ECM accumulation...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tian YC,Hung CC,Li YJ,Chen YC,Chang MY,Yen TH,Hsu HH,Wu MS,Phillips A,Yang CW

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence that the bactericidal ability and the stimulated oxidative metabolism of leukocytes appear in parallel during fetal development of the Minnesota Miniature pig has been obtained by application of the techniques applied to studies of human cells. It was demonstrated that leukocytes from 87- to 90-day fetuses we...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Holmes B,Day N,Haseman J,Good RA

更新日期：1972-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A radioimmunoprecipitation method has been devised which permits the direct identification of those proteins which are both exposed on the cell surface of Haemophilus influenzae type b and accessible to antibody. Both extrinsically and intrinsically radiolabeled cells of this organism were employed as the sources of a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hansen EJ,Frisch CF,Johnston KH

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor involved in controlling several aspects of immune responses, including the activation and differentiation of specific T cell subsets and antigen-presenting cells, thought to be relevant in the context of experimental Trypanosoma cruzi infec...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Barroso A,Gualdrón-López M,Esper L,Brant F,Araújo RR,Carneiro MB,Ávila TV,Souza DG,Vieira LQ,Rachid MA,Tanowitz HB,Teixeira MM,Machado FS

更新日期：2016-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The eib genes of Escherichia coli encode surface-exposed proteins which bind immunoglobulins (Ig) such as the Fc fragment of human IgG (IgG Fc) in a nonimmune manner. The Eib proteins belong to a family which includes YadA of Yersinia, UspA2 of Moraxella, and DsrA of Haemophilus ducreyi. This family of surface-exposed...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sandt CH,Hill CW

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When type I Candida stellatoidea is plated onto sucrose agar at levels in excess of 10(8) cells, some isolates spontaneously form sucrose-positive colonies. These isolates do not display typical type I phenotypes but instead exhibit phenotypes intermediate between type I C. stellatoidea and C. albicans. Also, this phe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wickes BL,Golin JE,Kwon-Chung KJ

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto is the major causative agent of Lyme disease in the United States, while B. garinii and B. afzelii are more prevalent in Europe. The highly complex genome of B. burgdorferi is comprised of a linear chromosome and a large number of variably sized linear and circular plasmids. Many pla...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chan K,Casjens S,Parveen N

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the influence of staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 and streptococcal erythrogenic (pyrogenic) toxin A (ETA) on intact and digitonin-permeabilized human polymorphonuclear granulocytes (PMNs). As was shown by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography analysis, toxic shock syndrome toxin ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hensler T,Köller M,Geoffroy C,Alouf JE,König W

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gram-negative intracellular pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis, an important cause of sepsis in Southeast Asia. Recognition of pathogen-associated molecular patterns by Toll-like receptors (TLRs) is essential for an appropriate immune response during pathogen invasion. In pati...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Birnie E,Weehuizen TAF,Lankelma JM,de Jong HK,Koh GCKW,van Lieshout MHP,Roelofs JJTH,Budding AE,de Vos AF,van der Poll T,Wiersinga WJ

更新日期：2019-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:LT-IIa and LT-IIb, the type II heat-labile enterotoxins of Escherichia coli, are closely related in structure and function to cholera toxin and LT-I, the type I heat-labile enterotoxins of Vibrio cholerae and E. coli, respectively. Recent studies from our group demonstrated that LT-IIa and LT-IIb are potent systemic a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nawar HF,Arce S,Russell MW,Connell TD

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabbit synovial cells (SC), articular chondrocytes (AC), and epiphyseal (EC) chondrocytes were grown in vitro. A portion of the spectrum of human pathogenic viruses infective for the cells was determined. Responses of the cells to different viruses or a chemical inducer of interferon varied, with EC responding vigorou...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Craig CP,Gordon SL,Greer RB

更新日期：1973-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of resistant or susceptible mice with Trichuris muris provokes mesenteric lymph node responses which are polarized towards Th2 or Th1, respectively. These responses are well documented in the literature. In contrast, little is known about the local responses occurring within the infected intestine. Through m...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Datta R,deSchoolmeester ML,Hedeler C,Paton NW,Brass AM,Else KJ

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ehrlichia chaffeensis, an obligatory intracellular bacterium of monocytes or macrophages, is the etiologic agent of human monocytic ehrlichiosis. Our previous study showed that gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) added prior to or at early stage of infection inhibited infection of human monocytes with E. chaffeensis; however...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lee EH,Rikihisa Y

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00