Histoplasma capsulatum fails to trigger release of superoxide from macrophages.

abstract：:The lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-potentiating effect of serum is due to LPS-binding protein (LBP), which facilitates the binding of LPS to CD14 receptors. We observed a remarkable heat sensitivity of recombinant LBP and various sera with respect to both immunoreactivity (measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) and ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mészáros K,Aberle S,White M,Parent JB

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxidase-conjugated antibodies were found to be as sensitive as those conjugated to fluorescein-isothiocyanate (FITC) for identification of selected enterovirus types by the indirect technique. Peroxidase conjugates, however, were found to give fewer nonspecific reactions. The reasons for the higher specificity of t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Herrmann JE,Morse SA,Collins MF

更新日期：1974-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the mouse model of Lyme borreliosis, the host immune response during infection with Borrelia burgdorferi results in the remission of carditis and arthritis, as well as global reduction of spirochete numbers in tissues, without elimination of infection. These events were recapitulated by passive transfer of immune s...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Barthold SW,Hodzic E,Tunev S,Feng S

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma genitalium is a sexually transmitted pathogen associated with several acute and chronic reproductive tract disease syndromes in men and women. To evaluate the suitability of a pig-tailed macaque model of M. genitalium infection, we inoculated a pilot animal with M. genitalium strain G37 in the uterine cervi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wood GE,Iverson-Cabral SL,Patton DL,Cummings PK,Cosgrove Sweeney YT,Totten PA

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:gammadelta T cells are considered crucial to the outcome of various infectious diseases. The present study was undertaken to characterize gammadelta (T-cell receptor 1(+) [TCR1(+)]) T cells phenotypically and functionally in avian immune response. Day-old chicks were orally immunized with Salmonella enterica serovar E...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Berndt A,Pieper J,Methner U

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida-associated denture stomatitis (DS) is a persistent and chronic oral infection of the denture-bearing palatal mucosa. DS stems from the ability of the fungal opportunistic pathogen Candida albicans to adhere to denture material and invade palatal tissue. Although DS is the most prevalent form of oral candidiasi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sultan AS,Rizk AM,Vila T,Ji Y,Masri R,Jabra-Rizk MA

更新日期：2019-11-18 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：:Several strains of group B Streptococcus agalactiae were found to be lethal for young adult rats. When bacteria were heat killed and then injected intraperitoneally into rats, rapid death (14 to 18 h) of the rats occurred, characterized by labored breathing, hemolyzed serum, hemoglobinuria, and subungual hemorrhages. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Warejcka DJ,Goodrum KJ,Spitznagel JK

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Commercial fluid used for peritoneal lavage in peritonitis and in peritoneal dialysis suppressed the activity of peripheral blood leukocytes as measured by chemiluminescence, phagocytosis, and bacterial killing. Suppression was found to be due to the low pH and high osmolality of the fluid. The pH was adjusted to noni...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Duwe AK,Vas SI,Weatherhead JW

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Live or heat-killed cells of Streptococcus mutans specifically adhere to dextran previously synthesized on glass surfaces by the action of extracellular dextransucrase. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kuramitsu HK

更新日期：1974-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Merozoite surface protein 2 (MSP2) is an abundant glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored protein of Plasmodium falciparum, which is a potential component of a malaria vaccine. As all forms of MSP2 can be categorized into two allelic families, a vaccine containing two representative forms of MSP2 may overcome the ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Adda CG,MacRaild CA,Reiling L,Wycherley K,Boyle MJ,Kienzle V,Masendycz P,Foley M,Beeson JG,Norton RS,Anders RF

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship of catalase, cystinase, and deoxyribonuclease activity to toxinogeny in Corynebacterium diphtheriae was examined. Mutants deficient in each activity were isolated after mutagenization of strain C4 with nitrosoguanidine. All mutants were converted to toxinogeny after lysogenization with beta-converting...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Groman NB,Dean CK

更新日期：1973-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pyogenes is one of the most frequent human pathogens. Recent studies have identified dendritic cells (DCs) as important contributors to host defense against S. pyogenes. The objective of this study was to identify the receptors involved in immune recognition of S. pyogenes by DCs. To determine whether To...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Loof TG,Goldmann O,Medina E

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two inbred mouse strains, derived from feral founders, are susceptible to experimental leishmaniasis due to Leishmania major and support a disease of a severity intermediate between those observed in strains C57BL/6 and BALB/c. Mice of the MAI strain develop a severe, nonhealing, but nonfatal disease with no resistanc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Babay BE,Louzir H,Kebaïer C,Boubaker S,Dellagi K,Cazenave PA

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A defect in lymphocyte function could be responsible for persistent infection by the equine infectious anemia virus. The number of lymphocytes bearing surface immunoglobulin, as detected by immunofluorescence, and lymphocyte response to mitogens were the same in uninfected and equine infectious anemia-infected animals...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Banks KL,Henson JB

更新日期：1973-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phorbol myristate acetate stimulated oxidative metabolism in alveolar macrophages and blood neutrophils. This compound also stimulated lysozyme release from neutrophils but not from alveolar macrophages. These findings suggest that the regulation of lysozyme release from alveolar macrophages is different than for poly...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Biggar WD

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella typhimurium SH5014 porins induce the release of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin 1 alpha (IL-1 alpha), and IL-6 by human monocytes and of gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) and IL-4 by human lymphocytes. Porins at 1 microgram/ml induce the greatest release of TNF-alpha, IL-1 alpha, and IL-6 by...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Galdiero F,de L'ero GC,Benedetto N,Galdiero M,Tufano MA

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial pathogen Clostridium difficle synthesizes two high-molecular-weight toxins (A and B), which exhibit toxic effects in vivo and in vitro. Here, we present evidence that the major intracellular targets of these two toxins are the Rho GTPases. Overexpression of RhoA, RhoB, or RhoC GTPases in transfected HeLa...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Giry M,Popoff MR,von Eichel-Streiber C,Boquet P

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia pestis is a highly pathogenic Gram-negative organism and the causative agent of bubonic and pneumonic plague. Y. pestis is capable of causing major epidemics; thus, there is a need for vaccine targets and a greater understanding of the role of these targets in pathogenesis. Two prime Y. pestis vaccine candida...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Weening EH,Cathelyn JS,Kaufman G,Lawrenz MB,Price P,Goldman WE,Miller VL

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effect of protein kinase C (PKC) activation on the cyclic GMP response to heat-stable enterotoxin (STa) in a colonic carcinoma intestinal epithelial cell line, T84 cells. Our results demonstrate that the active phorbol ester analog, phorbol dibutyrate, but not the inactive alpha-phorbol dibutyrate, act...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Weikel CS,Spann CL,Chambers CP,Crane JK,Linden J,Hewlett EL

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OKM5 antigen and thrombospondin are currently under investigation as potential receptors on the surface of human monocytes, endothelial cells, and melanomas responsible for the cytoadherence of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes. We have studies the binding capacity of six human melanoma cell lines and relate...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Panton LJ,Leech JH,Miller LH,Howard RJ

更新日期：1987-11-01 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：:We have previously identified two K88ac adhesion receptors (210 and 240 kDa) which are present in membrane preparations from adhesive but not nonadhesive porcine intestinal brush border cells; these adhesin receptors are postulated to be important determinants of the susceptibility of pigs to K88ac+ enterotoxigenic Es...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Erickson AK,Baker DR,Bosworth BT,Casey TA,Benfield DA,Francis DH

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antigenic cross-reactivity between Treponema pallidum and several pathogenic members of the family Spirochaetaceae was examined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and Western blotting techniques. Blots of T. pallidum antigens were incubated with antiserum from rabbits infected or immunize...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Baker-Zander SA,Lukehart SA

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have indicated that the ability to bind to fibronectin is a key feature in successful cell invasion by Campylobacter jejuni. Given the spatial distribution of fibronectin and the architecture of the epithelium, this suggests the possibility that C. jejuni cell invasion might preferentially occur at th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Monteville MR,Konkel ME

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disruption of the healthy intestinal microbiome and homeostasis of the intestinal immune system, which are closely interactive, are two key factors for ulcerative colitis. Here, we show that MI-2, a selective inhibitor of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma translocation-1 (MALT1), alleviated excessive inflamma...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lee KW,Kim M,Lee CH

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecto-5'-nucleotidase (CD73) is expressed abundantly on the apical surface of intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) and functions as the terminal enzyme in the generation of extracellular adenosine. Previous work demonstrated that adenosine signaling in IECs results in a number of tissue-protective effects during inflamma...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kao DJ,Saeedi BJ,Kitzenberg D,Burney KM,Dobrinskikh E,Battista KD,Vázquez-Torres A,Colgan SP,Kominsky DJ

更新日期：2017-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibronectin-binding proteins mediate Staphylococcus aureus internalization into nonphagocytic cells in vitro. We have investigated whether fibronectin-binding proteins are virulence factors in the pathogenesis of pneumonia by using S. aureus strain 8325-4 and isogenic mutants in which fibronectin-binding proteins were...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McElroy MC,Cain DJ,Tyrrell C,Foster TJ,Haslett C

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subchronic exposure to pharmacological levels of estrogenic compounds, including 17 beta-estradiol, diethylstilbestrol, and alpha-dienestrol, significantly increased the mortality of B6C3F1 female mice after Listeria infection. Compounds with little estrogenic activity, including 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone, progester...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pung OJ,Luster MI,Hayes HT,Rader J

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:l-Arginine (1 M) eluted measles virus adsorbed on monkey erythrocytes without affecting the infectious and hemagglutinating activities of the virus. This phenomenon was also observed for encephalomyocarditis virus and Newcastle disease virus. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lebon P,Protat A,Moline P

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00