Genetic analysis of the 9.5-kilobase virulence plasmid of Yersinia pestis.

abstract：:Little is known about the underlying mechanisms that result in a sexually dimorphic response to Vibrio vulnificus endotoxic shock. V. vulnificus is a gram-negative bacterium, considered one of the most invasive and rapidly fatal human pathogens known. However, 85% of individuals that develop endotoxic shock from V. vu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Merkel SM,Alexander S,Zufall E,Oliver JD,Huet-Hudson YM

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enhanced memory response, as shown by increased titers of specific immunoglobulin A (IgA), was seen in intestinal secretions from isolated Thiry-Vella loops in rabbits primed orally with live, locally invasive Shigella sp. X16 and challenged 60 days later with a single oral dose of the same antigen. Heat-killed shi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Keren DF,McDonald RA,Scott PJ,Rosner AM,Strubel E

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural-resistance-associated macrophage protein 1 (Nramp1) is a divalent cation transporter belonging to a family of transporter proteins highly conserved in eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Mammalian and bacterial transporters may compete for essential metal ions during mycobacterial infections. The mycobacterial Nramp h...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Boechat N,Lagier-Roger B,Petit S,Bordat Y,Rauzier J,Hance AJ,Gicquel B,Reyrat JM

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii is a ubiquitous parasite that persists for the life of a healthy mammalian host. A latent, chronic infection can reactivate upon immunosuppression and cause life-threatening diseases, such as encephalitis. A key to the pathogenesis is the parasite's interconversion between the tachyzoite (in acute in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kim SK,Karasov A,Boothroyd JC

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of the growth medium on the ability of strains of Streptococcus mutans, Actinomyces viscosus and A. naeslundii to attach to saliva-treated hydroxyapatite (S-HA) surfaces was studied. Preliminary experiments indicated that cells of each species harvested in lag, log, and early stationary phases of growth ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Peros WJ,Gibbons RJ

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmaniae are protozoans which, depending upon both the host and parasite species, can cause either a healing or nonhealing infection. While C57BL/10 mice are able to heal following infection with Leishmania major, they fail to heal following infection with Leishmania amazonensis. In order to address the role of Th1...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Afonso LC,Scott P

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae strains are lysogens of CTXPhi, a filamentous phage which encodes cholera toxin. The receptor for CTXPhi for invading V. cholerae cells is the toxin-coregulated pilus (TCP), the genes for which reside in a larger genetic element, the TCP pathogenicity island. We analyzed 146 CTX-negative stra...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Faruque SM,Asadulghani,Saha MN,Alim AR,Albert MJ,Islam KM,Mekalanos JJ

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unpredictable nature of bioterrorism and the absence of real-time detection systems have highlighted the need for an efficient postexposure therapy for Bacillus anthracis infection. One approach is passive immunization through the administration of antibodies that mitigate the biological action of anthrax toxin. W...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Albrecht MT,Li H,Williamson ED,LeButt CS,Flick-Smith HC,Quinn CP,Westra H,Galloway D,Mateczun A,Goldman S,Groen H,Baillie LW

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wild-type Bordetella bronchiseptica and a bvg mutant strain were used for invasion and survival experiments in human Caco-2 and A549 epithelial cells. Both bacterial strains were able to enter and persist within the host cells for at least a week. A significant proportion of the bacteria from both B. bronchiseptica st...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schipper H,Krohne GF,Gross R

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were performed to study the effect of antibody to Streptococcus mutans glucosyltransferase (GTF) on the implantation of these organisms in hamsters. Salivary (immunoglobulin A) and serum (immunoglobulin G) antibodies to GTF and GTF-inhibiting activity were elicited by injection of GTF in Freund complete ad...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Smith DJ,Taubman MA,Ebersole JL

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A differential-display PCR procedure identified the capsular assembly gene kpsD after Escherichia coli type 1 fimbrial binding to mannose-coated Sepharose beads. Limiting-dilution reverse-transcribed PCRs confirmed down-regulation of the kpsD gene, and Northern blot and lacZ fusion analyses showed down-regulation of t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schwan WR,Beck MT,Hultgren SJ,Pinkner J,Woolever NL,Larson T

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two distinct types of granulomas were produced in the draining lymph nodes by immunizing guinea pigs with Mycobacterium bovis BCG or Mycobacterium leprae, as reported earlier (Narayanan et al., J. Pathol. 134:253-265, 1981). In the BCG-induced granuloma there is successful containment, killing, and degradation of the ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mathew RC,Katayama I,Gupta SK,Curtis J,Turk JL

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis (CMC) are selectively unable to clear the yeast Candida, which results in persistent debilitating infections affecting the skin, nails, and mucous membranes. The underlying defect is unknown. Recent animal studies highlighted the importance of type 1 cytokines in protect...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lilic D,Gravenor I,Robson N,Lammas DA,Drysdale P,Calvert JE,Cant AJ,Abinun M

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningococcal sodC encodes periplasmic copper- and zinc-cofactored superoxide dismutase (Cu,Zn SOD) which catalyzes the conversion of the superoxide radical anion to hydrogen peroxide, preventing a sequence of reactions leading to production of toxic hydroxyl free radicals. From its periplasmic location, Cu,Zn SOD was...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wilks KE,Dunn KL,Farrant JL,Reddin KM,Gorringe AR,Langford PR,Kroll JS

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnancy-associated malaria is a severe clinical syndrome associated with the sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes in the placenta. Placental binding is mediated by VAR2CSA, a member of the large and diverse P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane 1 (PfEMP1) protein family. To better understand if ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Avril M,Cartwright MM,Hathaway MJ,Hommel M,Elliott SR,Williamson K,Narum DL,Duffy PE,Fried M,Beeson JG,Smith JD

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogen attachment to host cells is a key process during infection, and inhibition of pathogen adhesion is a promising approach to the prevention of infectious disease. We have previously shown that multivalent adhesion molecules (MAMs) are abundant in both pathogenic and commensal bacterial species, mediate early at...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Al-Saedi F,Stones DH,Vaz DP,Krachler AM

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Pertussis toxin (PT), a virulence factor secreted by Bordetella pertussis, contributes to respiratory tract infection and disease caused by this pathogen. By comparing a wild-type (WT) B. pertussis strain to a mutant strain with an in-frame deletion of the ptx genes encoding PT (DeltaPT), we recently found that the la...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Carbonetti NH,Artamonova GV,Andreasen C,Dudley E,Mays RM,Worthington ZE

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An inactivated oral enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) vaccine against ETEC diarrhea was given to 25 adult Swedish volunteers. The vaccine consisted of formalin-killed E. coli bacteria expressing the most common colonization factor antigens (CFAs), i.e., CFA/I, -II, and -IV, and recombinantly produced cholera B s...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ahrén C,Jertborn M,Svennerholm AM

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a genetic disorder of NADPH oxidase in which phagocytes are defective in generating reactive oxidants. CGD patients suffer from recurrent infections and exuberant and persistent tissue granuloma formation. We hypothesized that abnormal granulomata in CGD may result from aberrant ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Segal BH,Doherty TM,Wynn TA,Cheever AW,Sher A,Holland SM

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A receptor moiety and blood group substance recognized by the O75X adhesin was studied. Well-defined erythrocytes representing different blood group systems and bacterial derivatives carrying plasmid pBJN406 encoding the adhesin were used in a direct hemagglutination assay. We showed that Dr blood group antigen, a com...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nowicki B,Moulds J,Hull R,Hull S

更新日期：1988-05-01 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：:The cytokine response to the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) was assessed in a murine infection model and the role of gamma interferon (IFN-gamma), a cytokine that is crucial for host defenses against intracellular pathogens, was investigated by using IFN-gamma-deficient mice. The agent of HGE (aoHGE) i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Akkoyunlu M,Fikrig E

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer (NK) cells are considered to be key players in the early innate responses to protozoan infections, primarily indirectly by producing gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) in response to cytokines, like interleukin 12 (IL-12). We demonstrate that live, as well as heat-inactivated, tachyzoites of Neospora caninum,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Boysen P,Klevar S,Olsen I,Storset AK

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron is an important element for the growth of microorganisms as well as in the defense of the host by serving as a catalyst for the generation of free radicals via the Fenton/Haber-Weiss reactions. The iron transporter natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1 (Nramp1) confers resistance to the growth of a v...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhong W,Lafuse WP,Zwilling BS

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome sequencing of the relapsing fever spirochetes Borrelia hermsii and Borrelia turicatae identified three open reading frames (ORFs) on the chromosomes that contained internal, tandemly repeated amino acid sequences that were absent in the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. The predicted amino acid sequ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Guyard C,Chester EM,Raffel SJ,Schrumpf ME,Policastro PF,Porcella SF,Leong JM,Schwan TG

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the mechanisms underlying the eosinophil-mediated inflammation of tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (TPE), bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid, serum, and supernatants from pulmonary and blood leukocytes (WBC) from patients with acute TPE (n = 6) were compared with those obtained from healthy uninfected indivi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： O'Bryan L,Pinkston P,Kumaraswami V,Vijayan V,Yenokida G,Rosenberg HF,Crystal R,Ottesen EA,Nutman TB

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus can produce a wide variety of exotoxins, including toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST-1), staphylococcal enterotoxins, and staphylococcal enterotoxin-like toxins. These toxins share superantigenic activity. To investigate the beta chain (Vbeta) specificities of each of these toxins, TSST-1 and al...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Thomas D,Dauwalder O,Brun V,Badiou C,Ferry T,Etienne J,Vandenesch F,Lina G

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dextranase preparation (AD17) partially purified from a culture liquor of Spicaria violacea strain IFO 6120 significantly inhibited the formation of artifcial dental plaque on a steel wire or on an extracted tooth surface. Changes in the surface morphology of Streptococcus mutans cells due to AD17 action were studie...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hamada S,Mizuno J,Murayama Y,Ooshima Y,Masuda N

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Vibrio cholerae, the transmembrane DNA binding proteins, ToxR and TcpP, activate expression of the regulatory gene toxT in response to specific environmental signals. The resulting enhanced level of ToxT leads to a coordinated increase in the production of a subset of virulence factors, including cholera toxin (CT)...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Krishnan HH,Ghosh A,Paul K,Chowdhury R

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucin glycoproteins are secreted in large amounts by the intestinal epithelium and constitute an efficient component of innate immune defenses to promote homeostasis and protect against enteric pathogens. In this study, our objective was to investigate how the bacterial enteropathogen Shigella flexneri, which causes b...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sperandio B,Fischer N,Joncquel Chevalier-Curt M,Rossez Y,Roux P,Robbe Masselot C,Sansonetti PJ

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00