Acquired resistance and expression of a protective humoral immune response in guinea pigs infected with Treponema pallidum Nichols.

abstract：:Streptococcal protective antigen (Spa) is a newly described surface protein of group A streptococci that was recently shown to evoke protective antibodies (J. B. Dale, E. Y. Chiang, S. Liu, H. S. Courtney, and D. L. Hasty, J. Clin. Investig. 103:1261--1268, 1999). In this study, we have determined the complete sequenc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McLellan DG,Chiang EY,Courtney HS,Hasty DL,Wei SC,Hu MC,Walls MA,Bloom JJ,Dale JB

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously identified mgrA (rat) as a regulator of autolysis in Staphylococcus aureus. Besides its effect on autolytic activity, we recently found alterations in the expression of regulator and target virulence genes in the mgrA mutant. Northern analysis and transcription fusion assays showed that inactivation...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ingavale S,van Wamel W,Luong TT,Lee CY,Cheung AL

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma brucei subsp. brucei and T. congolense incubated in homologous antibody at 0 degrees C for 30 min were lysed by subsequent addition of guinea pig complement. Trypanosomes incubated in antibody at 37 degrees C before complement treatment remained intact. Parasites bearing adsorbed antibody also remained int...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Balber AE,Bangs JD,Jones SM,Proia RL

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oophorectomized, estrogen-treated rats were immunized by the intravaginal or intranasal route with a mannoprotein extract (MP) or secreted aspartyl proteinases (Sap) of Candida albicans, with or without cholera toxin as a mucosal adjuvant. Both routes of immunization were equally effective in (i) inducing anti-MP and ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： De Bernardis F,Boccanera M,Adriani D,Girolamo A,Cassone A

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of these studies was to determine the role of macrophage inflammatory protein 1alpha/CCL3 in pulmonary host defense during Klebsiella pneumoniae infection. Following intratracheal inoculation, 7-day survival of CCL3(-/-) mice was less than 10%, compared to 60% for CCL3(+/+) mice. Survival of CCR5(-/-) mi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lindell DM,Standiford TJ,Mancuso P,Leshen ZJ,Huffnagle GB

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene expression and cytokine release of the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) after infection of human epithelial cells (HEp-2 cells) and polymorphonuclear granulocytes (PMNs) were investigated by using isogenic pairs of Listeria monocytogen...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Arnold R,Scheffer J,König B,König W

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria meningitidis is the causative agent of meningococcal disease. Onset of meningococcal disease can be extremely rapid and can kill within a matter of hours. However, although a much-feared pathogen, Neisseria meningitidis is frequently found in the nasopharyngeal mucosae of healthy carriers. The bacterial fact...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ren X,MacKichan JK

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) is a commensal microorganism of the human nasopharynx, and yet is also an opportunistic pathogen of the upper and lower respiratory tracts. Host microenvironments influence gene expression patterns, likely critical for NTHi persistence. The host sequesters iron as a mechanism ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Harrison A,Santana EA,Szelestey BR,Newsom DE,White P,Mason KM

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus mutans produces several enzymes which metabolize sucrose. Three glucosyltransferase genes (gtfB, gtfC, and gtfD) and a single fructosyltransferase gene (ftf) encode enzymes which are important in formation of exopolysaccharides. Mutants of S. mutans V403 carrying single and multiple mutations of the gtfB...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Munro C,Michalek SM,Macrina FL

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody rises to various virus subcomponents were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in the paired sera of volunteers experimentally infected with human coronavirus 229E group viruses. Most of the antibody made during infection was directed against the virus surface projections, with only small amounts of ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Macnaughton MR,Hasony HJ,Madge MH,Reed SE

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromatin modification triggered by bacteria is a newly described mechanism by which pathogens impact host transcription. Listeria monocytogenes dephosphorylates histone H3 through the action of listeriolysin O (LLO); however, the underlying mechanism is unknown. Here we show that an unrelated pore-forming toxin, Aero...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hamon MA,Cossart P

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial passage of Cryptococcus neoformans in mice increases virulence relative to the nonpassaged line. Postpassaged lines showed no difference in the expression of most known virulence factors, with the exception that the more virulent lines had smaller capsules in vitro. These data imply that other mechanisms of vir...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McClelland EE,Perrine WT,Potts WK,Casadevall A

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The survival of Staphylococcus aureus in the lungs of mice was studied under various conditions. Doses of 10(7) to 10(9) washed staphylococci were quantitatively introduced into the lungs after intratracheal inoculation in mice under either ether or sodium pentobarbital anesthesia. Mice were sacrificed at intervals, t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： DeMaria TF,Kapral FA

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the structural components of the Streptococcus pyogenes membrane between exponential and early stationary phases of growth are reported. The overall protein composition ranged from 70 to 73% of the dry weight of the membranes, irrespective of the phase of growth from which they were isolated. Amino acid ana...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： van de Rijn I,Kessler RE

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disruption of neutrophils causes the release of a cytoplasmic protein which can inhibit the growth of Candida albicans without killing the organisms. The present study was undertaken with a combined system in which candidacidal and candidastatic activities of human neutrophils could be compared. In this system it was ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sohnle PG,Collins-Lech C

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The important veterinary pathogen Clostridium perfringens type B is unique for producing the two most lethal C. perfringens toxins, i.e., epsilon-toxin and beta-toxin. Our recent study (K. Miyamoto, J. Li, S. Sayeed, S. Akimoto, and B. A. McClane, J. Bacteriol. 190:7178-7188, 2008) showed that most, if not all, type B...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sayeed S,Li J,McClane BA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that cytotoxic necrotizing factor 1 (CNF1) contributes to Escherichia coli K1 invasion of human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMEC) and interacts with the receptor on the surface of HBMEC. CNF1 is the cytoplasmic protein, and it remains incompletely understood how CNF1 is secreted across...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yu H,Kim KS

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using polystyrene microspheres coated with heparin or heparan sulfate, it was shown that coated microspheres specifically bound eukaryotic cells and were endocytosed by nonprofessional phagocytic cells. Coated microspheres displayed properties of binding to eukaryotic cells that were similar to those of chlamydiae, an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stephens RS,Fawaz FS,Kennedy KA,Koshiyama K,Nichols B,van Ooij C,Engel JN

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies (TpM 3, TpM 6, and TpM 19) against Toxoplasma gondii insoluble antigens were produced by the hybridization of NS-1, a mouse myeloma cell line, with spleen cells from mice immunized with T. gondii insoluble antigens. TpM 3, TpM 6, and TpM 19 were characterized by the dye test, the latex agglutinat...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ogata K,Kasahara T,Shioiri-Nakano K,Igarashi I,Suzuki M

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice with disrupted beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2m-/-), I-A (class II-/-), or CD4 (CD4-/-) genes were examined for their capacity to resolve Chlamydia trachomatis genital tract infection. C57BL/6 and beta 2m-/- mice resolved infection similarly and were culture negative by 4 to 5 weeks following infection. Conversely, ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Morrison RP,Feilzer K,Tumas DB

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, leads to secretion of alpha/beta interferon (IFN-alpha/beta). While IFN-alpha/beta ordinarily stimulates formation of signal transducer and stimulator of transcription-1 (STAT-1) homodimers and IFN-stimulated gene...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Prabhakar S,Qiao Y,Hoshino Y,Weiden M,Canova A,Giacomini E,Coccia E,Pine R

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this analysis we have examined in detail the effects of low concentrations of zinc on the growth and dimorphism of Candida albicans. Evidence is presented that micromolar concentrations of zinc added to growth cultures grown at 25 degrees C (i) cause a twofold increase in the final concentration of spheres at satio...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bedell GW,Soll DR

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms for acquisition of iron by Haemophilus influenzae and their role in pathogenesis are not known. Heme and nonheme sources of iron were evaluated for their effect on growth of type b and nontypable strains of H. influenzae in an iron-restricted, defined medium. All 13 strains acquired iron from heme, hemo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pidcock KA,Wooten JA,Daley BA,Stull TL

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gender is a significant factor in determining the susceptibility to and severity of pulmonary diseases in both humans and animals. Murine respiratory mycoplasmosis (MRM), due to Mycoplasma pulmonis infection, is an excellent animal model for evaluation of the role of various host factors on the development of acute or...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yancey AL,Watson HL,Cartner SC,Simecka JW

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonviable Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain Jamaica suspended in oil-droplet emulsions was used to enhance resistance of mice against encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV). The mycobacteria-injected mice were significantly resistant to 50,000 50% lethal doses of EMCV. Similar concentrations of virus in plasma of normal an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lodmell DL,Ewalt LC

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a leading, worldwide cause of death and disability due to pneumonia. Mycoplasma pulmonis infection in mice is an invaluable model for the study of host defenses against respiratory mycoplasmas in vivo. C3H/HeN mice are much more susceptible to acute inflammatory lung disease due to M. pulmonis...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cartner SC,Simecka JW,Lindsey JR,Cassell GH,Davis JK

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis is the causative agent of Johne's disease in cattle. The complex, multifaceted interaction of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis with its host includes dampening the ability of infected cells to respond to stimuli that promote M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis clearance. By dis...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Arsenault RJ,Li Y,Maattanen P,Scruten E,Doig K,Potter A,Griebel P,Kusalik A,Napper S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell surface proteins SspA and SspB in Streptococcus gordonii and SpaP in Streptococcus mutans are members of the antigen I/II family of polypeptides produced by oral streptococci. These proteins are adhesins and mediate species-specific binding of cells to a variety of host and bacterial receptors. Here we show that ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Love RM,McMillan MD,Jenkinson HF

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After oral feeding of mice with avirulent Salmonella, Escherichia coli, or hybrid strains, only certain bacterial strains were able to multiply and persist within the small intestinal Peyer's patches. After oral vaccination alone, or oral priming and subsequent parenteral boosting, antibody class and titers were detec...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hohmann A,Schmidt G,Rowley D

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomics revealed the sequence of 3924 genes of the H37Rv strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Proteomics complements genomics in showing which genes are really expressed, and here we show the expression of six genes not predicted by genomics, as proved by two-dimensional electrophoresis and matrix-assisted laser des...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Jungblut PR,Müller EC,Mattow J,Kaufmann SH

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00