Modulation of the immune response to pneumococcal type 14 capsular polysaccharide-protein conjugates by the adjuvant Quil A depends on the properties of the conjugates.

abstract：:Piliated Burkholderia (formerly Pseudomonas) cepacia from sputa of cys tic fibrosis patients in Toronto, Canada, were shown earlier to bind to purified mucins and to a protein receptor on epithelial cells via a 22-kDa adhesin located on unique cable pili. However, a second receptor, thought to be lipid in nature, was ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sylvester FA,Sajjan US,Forstner JF

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syphilis has been recognized as a disease since the late 1400s, yet there is no practical vaccine available. One impediment to the development of a vaccine is the lack of understanding of multiple reinfections in humans despite the development of robust immune responses during the first episode. It has been shown that...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Morgan CA,Lukehart SA,Van Voorhis WC

更新日期：2003-10-01 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：:We investigated a possible cause-and-effect relationship between sensitization against Actinomyces viscosus Nyl and destructive periodontal disease in RIC-Sprague-Dawley rats. Germfree rats (66) were either immunized with A. viscosus Nyl (day 20) or orally infected with A. viscosus Nyl (days 38 and 39) or both. We mea...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Burckhardt JJ,Gaegauf-Zollinger R,Schmid R,Guggenheim B

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila is a bacterial pathogen that thrives in alveolar macrophages, causing a severe pneumonia. The virulence of L. pneumophila depends on its Dot/Icm type IV secretion system (T4SS), which delivers more than 300 effector proteins into the host, where they rewire cellular signaling to establish a repl...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schroeder GN,Aurass P,Oates CV,Tate EW,Hartland EL,Flieger A,Frankel G

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An exoprotein of Staphylococcus aureus 100 that elicited a positive ileal loop response in the rabbit model was investigated in this study. The protein, as it occurred in the culture supernatant fluid, could be detected initially in the late log phase of growth under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. It was stable und...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Koupal A,Deibel RH

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sephadex G-200 filtration was used for fractionating dengue type 2 (DEN-2)-infected suckling mouse brain (SMB) supernatant fluids. The high-molecular-weight fraction, which was eluted in the void volume, showed no increase in type specificity when tested against immune ascitic fluid to the four prototype dengue viruse...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cornesky RA,Hammon WM,Atchison RW,Sather GE

更新日期：1972-12-01 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 effect of continuous exposure to 80% oxygen on newborn mice with Ureaplasma urealyticum pneumonia was determined. Mice were inoculated intranasally with either U. urealyticum or sterile broth and then housed in either 80% oxygen or room air (21% oxygen). The mice were sacrificed at either 7 or 14 days after inocul...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Crouse DT,Cassell GH,Waites KB,Foster JM,Cassady G

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lower genital tract infection with Chlamydia trachomatis and C. muridarum can induce long-lasting hydrosalpinx in the upper genital tract of women and female mice, respectively. However, A/J mice were highly resistant to induction of long-lasting hydrosalpinx by C. muridarum. We further compared host inflammatory resp...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhang H,Zhou Z,Chen J,Wu G,Yang Z,Zhou Z,Baseman J,Zhang J,Reddick RL,Zhong G

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccination has been proposed for the prevention of disease due to enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), but the immune response following human infection, including the choice of potential antigens, has not been well characterized. To study this, sera were obtained from five pediatric patients with acute diarrhe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Li Y,Frey E,Mackenzie AM,Finlay BB

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus or GBS) is a common colonizer of the gastrointestinal and genital tracts and an important cause of invasive infections in newborn infants and in adults with predisposing chronic conditions or advanced age. Attachment to epithelial surfaces at mucosal sites is a critical ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Park SE,Jiang S,Wessels MR

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LipL32 is the major outer membrane protein in pathogenic Leptospira. It is highly conserved throughout pathogenic species and is expressed in vivo during human infection. While these data suggest a role in pathogenesis, a function for LipL32 has not been defined. Outer membrane proteins of gram-negative bacteria are t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hoke DE,Egan S,Cullen PA,Adler B

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adhesion of Trichomonas vaginalis is believed to be dependent on four adhesion proteins, which are thought to bind to vaginal epithelial cells in a specific manner with a ligand-receptor type of interaction. However, the specific receptors on the host cell have not yet been identified. In this work, the ability of the...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Addis MF,Rappelli P,Fiori PL

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing bacteria and the subsequent release of Stxs and endotoxins into the bloodstream may damage blood vessels in the colon, kidneys, and central nervous system, leading to bloody diarrhea, acute renal failure, and neurological complications. The proinflammatory cytokines tumor nec...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Harrison LM,van Haaften WC,Tesh VL

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood-stage development of malaria parasites is initiated by the invasion of merozoites into susceptible erythrocytes. Specific receptor-ligand interactions must occur for the merozoites to first attach to and then invade erythrocytes. Because the invasion process is essential for the parasite's survival and the m...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tsuboi T,Kappe SH,al-Yaman F,Prickett MD,Alpers M,Adams JH

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous studies, we reported that fibronectin (FN) markedly enhances phagocytic uptake of antibody-coated group B streptococci (GBS) by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Furthermore, administration of FN along with a GBS type-specific monoclonal or polyclonal antibody to infected neonatal rats significantly enha...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hill HR,Augustine NH,Williams PA,Brown EJ,Bohnsack JF

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus infections are an important public health concern due to their increasing incidence and high rates of mortality. The success of S. aureus as a pathogen is highly related to its enormous capacity to evade the host immune response. The critical role of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) in the ini...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Giai C,Gonzalez C,Ledo C,Garofalo A,Di Genaro MS,Sordelli DO,Gomez MI

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of CFW mice with Trichinella spiralis induced a state of relative unresponsiveness to passive cutaneous anaphylaxis (PCA) induced with hen egg albumin and its corresponding antibodies. The unresponsiveness was to PCA produced either with immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) or IgE type of antibodies, but was more pronou...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Munoz JJ,Cole RL

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intact tissues are relatively resistant to Pseudomonas aeruginosa-induced disease, and injury predisposes tissue to infection. Intact epithelia contain polarized cells that have distinct apical and basolateral membranes with unique lipids and proteins. In this study, the role of cell polarity in epithelial cell suscep...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fleiszig SM,Evans DJ,Do N,Vallas V,Shin S,Mostov KE

更新日期：1997-07-01 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：:Borrelia burgdorferi, a causative agent of Lyme borreliosis, is a zoonotic pathogen that survives in nutrient-limited environments within a tick, prior to transmission to its mammalian host. Survival under these prolonged nutrient-limited conditions is thought to be similar to survival during stationary phase, which i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fazzino L,Tilly K,Dulebohn DP,Rosa PA

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adjuvant action of various lipopolysaccharides on immune responses to syngeneic tissue extract in mice was examined. Only lipopolysaccharides possessing the linear mannose homopolysaccharides as O-specific polysaccharides exhibited definite adjuvant action on immune responses to the autoantigens. The intensity of ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yokochi T,Fukada M,Kawai M,Zhang YH,Jiang GZ,Takahashi K

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effect of a pH 4-treated human immunoglobulin preparation for intravenous use (pH4-G) on the production of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) in vivo. The level of TNF-alpha in the sera of rabbits receiving pH4-G before lipopolysaccharide (LPS) injection was lower than that in rabbits receivin...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Shimozato T,Iwata M,Tamura N

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although nasal vaccination has emerged as an interesting alternative to systemic or oral vaccination, knowledge is scarce about the immune responses after such immunization in humans. In the present study, we have compared the kinetics and organ distribution of the antibody responses after nasal and oral vaccination. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rudin A,Johansson EL,Bergquist C,Holmgren J

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes causes foodborne systemic disease in pregnant women, which can lead to preterm labor, stillbirth, or severe neonatal disease. Colonization of the maternal decidua appears to be an initial step in the maternal component of the disease as well as bacterial transmission to th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rizzuto G,Tagliani E,Manandhar P,Erlebacher A,Bakardjiev AI

更新日期：2017-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Antisera were raised in rabbits with acid-treated Re mutant bacteria from Salmonella minnesota and Escherichia coli and tested in a passive hemolysis assay with di- and monophosphorylated free lipid A of E. coli (LipA-Ac and LipA-HCl, respectively) coated onto sheep erythrocytes. Depending on the acid used to prepare ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Brade L,Brade H

更新日期：1985-06-01 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：:Immune complexes have been partially purified from the serum of Plasmodium berghei-infected mice by ultracentrifugation on 10 to 40% linear sucrose gradients, by precipitation with polyethylene glycol, and by gel filtration through Sephacryl S-300. The complexes contain gamma 1, gamma 2a, gamma 2b, and gamma 3 subclas...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Shear HL

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vivo induction of colony-stimulating activity (CSA) by N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine-D-isoglutamine has been demonstrated recently. In this study we increased our understanding of this property by testing muramyl peptides of several structures and activities for their capacity to induce CSA in vivo. A comparison of...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Galelli A,Lefrancier P,Chedid L

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00