Effects of a phagocytosis-stimulating factor derived from polymorphonuclear neutrophils on the functions of macrophages.

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae is a fermentative microorganism and causes serious diseases in humans, including otitis media, bacteremia, meningitis, and pneumonia. However, the mechanisms enabling pneumococcal survival in the host and causing disease in different tissues are incompletely understood. The available evidence ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gaspar P,Al-Bayati FA,Andrew PW,Neves AR,Yesilkaya H

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 fimbrial phase-locked mutants of uropathogenic Escherichia coli cystitis isolate F11 were used to assess the role of the invertible element during urinary tract infection. Compared to the wild type, the phase-locked off mutant was attenuated, and constitutive production of type 1 fimbriae by the phase-locked on...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Snyder JA,Lloyd AL,Lockatell CV,Johnson DE,Mobley HL

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied seven strains of group G streptococci isolated from clinically severe bacteremic infections in six intravenous drug abusers. These group G strains multiplied luxuriantly in fresh human blood. On electron microscopy, they exhibited surface fibrillae similar to those observed in M-protein-rich group A strepto...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bisno AL,Craven DE,McCabe WR

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a glycoprotein fraction, designated gp10/20, purified from Leishmania mexicana amazonensis was shown to induce a cellular immune response mediated by murine L3T4+ T lymphocytes. This fact led us to pursue further the characterization of this fraction. The present study demonstrated that gp10/20 is a degradat...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rodrigues MM,Xavier MT,Mendonça-Previato L,Barcinski MA

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonization of the mucosa of the stomach and the duodenum by Helicobacter pylori is the major cause of acute and chronic gastroduodenal pathologies in humans. Duodenal ulcer formation strongly correlates with the expression of an antigen (CagA) that is usually coeexpressed with the vacuolating cytotoxin (VacA), a pro...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Xiang Z,Censini S,Bayeli PF,Telford JL,Figura N,Rappuoli R,Covacci A

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed to detect rabbit immunoglobulin G antibodies against purified lipopolysaccharide of the rough Re mutant of Salmonella minnesota. The time necessary for each step was investigated, and this resulted in a test that could be completed in 1 working day. Serial dilutions o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bruins SC,Ingwer I,Zeckel ML,White AC

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protective efficacy of antibodies to the Staphylococcus aureus type 5 capsular polysaccharide (CP5) was examined in a modified model of catheter-induced endocarditis. Rats were catheterized by surgically passing a polyethylene catheter through the right carotid artery and aortic valve into the left ventricle. The ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lee JC,Park JS,Shepherd SE,Carey V,Fattom A

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of delta-toxin is supposed to be responsible for various pathophysiological effects during infection with Staphylococcus aureus. We compared the effects of delta-toxin with the structurally related bee venom toxin melittin on granulocyte functions and inflammatory mediator release. Delta-toxin and melit...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kasimir S,Schönfeld W,Alouf JE,König W

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe pediatric malaria is an important risk factor for developing disseminated infections with nontyphoidal Salmonella serotypes (NTS). While recent animal studies on this subject are lacking, early work suggests that an increased risk for developing systemic NTS infection during malaria is caused by hemolytic anemi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Roux CM,Butler BP,Chau JY,Paixao TA,Cheung KW,Santos RL,Luckhart S,Tsolis RM

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of soybean meal in the diet of gnotobiotic mice was shown to prevent the establishment of a clostridial strain in the gastrointestinal tract. Soybean meal did not inhibit the growth of Clostridium in vitro, suggesting that the host plays a role in the observed inhibition of bacterial growth. The inhibitor...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lhuillery C,Demarne Y,Ducluzeau R,Clara A

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Curli are thin, coiled fibers expressed on the surface of Escherichia coli that bind several matrix and plasma proteins such as fibronectin, laminin, plasminogen, tissue plasminogen activator, and H-kininogen. In this work, we examined the interactions between curli-expressing E. coli and human major histocompatibilit...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Olsén A,Wick MJ,Mörgelin M,Björck L

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella bronchiseptica is a Gram-negative bacterium that infects and causes disease in a wide variety of animals. B. bronchiseptica also infects humans, thereby demonstrating zoonotic transmission. An extensive characterization of human B. bronchiseptica isolates is needed to better understand the distinct genetic ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sukumar N,Nicholson TL,Conover MS,Ganguly T,Deora R

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were conducted in which rhesus monkeys were infected with mumps virus by inoculation into the parotid gland. Virus was isolated from buccal swab specimens from animals up to 6 days after inoculation. Immunofluorescence staining for mumps antigen was positive, and infectious virus was recovered from tissue ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Flanagan TD,Andrada JA,Barron AL,Witebsky E

更新日期：1971-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies conducted with F1 and F2 progeny of crosses between strains of inbred mice that differ greatly in their capacity to make an antibody response to type III pneumococcal polysaccharide, dextran B-1355, and lipopolysaccharide from Escherichia coli 0113 have shown that multiple genes influence the magnitude of the ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Baker PJ,Rudbach JA,Prescott B,Caldes G,Evans C,Stashak PW

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to construct an effector strain for the replacement therapy of dental caries, we wished to combine the properties of low-level acid production and high-level colonization potential in a strain of Streptococcus mutans. To this end, we made a deletion in the lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) gene cloned from the bact...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hillman JD,Chen A,Duncan M,Lee SW

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potential vaccine components for protection against atrophic rhinitis in pigs were developed. This was achieved by deletion mutagenesis of the gene encoding the Pasteurella multocida toxin. Four purified toxin derivatives lacking different and widely separated regions in the amino acid sequence were characterized by a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Petersen SK,Foged NT,Bording A,Nielsen JP,Riemann HK,Frandsen PL

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several group B streptococcal products have been previously found to stimulate human monocytes to produce tumor necrosis factor alpha. In order to identify the receptors involved in these responses, monocytes were stimulated with purified group- or type-specific carbohydrates or lipoteichoic acid in the presence of an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cuzzola M,Mancuso G,Beninati C,Biondo C,von Hunolstein C,Orefici G,Espevik T,Flo TH,Teti G

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Francisella tularensis is a facultative intracellular bacterial pathogen and the causative agent of tularemia. After infection of macrophages, the organism escapes from its phagosome and replicates to high density in the cytosol, but the bacterial factors required for these aspects of virulence are incompletely define...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Long ME,Lindemann SR,Rasmussen JA,Jones BD,Allen LA

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies against mumps virus have been studied by using immunoglobulin class-specific indicators labeled with (125)I in the radioimmunoassay (RIA) procedure. The immunoglobulins in paired acute and convalescent sera were allowed to react with mumps virus in a solid-phase RIA system. Class-specific immunoglobulin ind...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Daugharty H,Warfield DT,Hemingway WD,Casey HL

更新日期：1973-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio vulnificus causes rapidly progressing septicemia with an extremely high mortality rate (≥50%), even with aggressive antibiotic treatment. The bacteria secrete multifunctional autoprocessing repeats-in-toxin (MARTX) toxins, which are involved in the pathogenesis of Gram-negative Vibrio species. Recently, we repo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lee TH,Cha SS,Lee CS,Rhee JH,Chung KM

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from three human and four monkey isolates of Campylobacter jejuni was extracted in high yields that revealed ladder-like structures in polyacrylamide gels by direct silver staining. These observations demonstrate that C. jejuni possesses LPS with O-chain repeating units typical of the family E...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Blake DC Jr,Russell RG

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed ex vivo experiments with Plasmodium falciparum-infected human placentas from primi- and multigravida women from Cameroon. All women, independent of their gravida status, had anti-chondroitin sulfate A (CSA) adhesion antibodies which cross-reacted with heterologous strains, such as FCR3 and Palo-Alto(FUP)1...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gysin J,Pouvelle B,Fievet N,Scherf A,Lépolard C

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two glucosyltransferase genes from Streptococcus mutans GS-5, gtfB and gtfC, have been previously isolated and sequenced in this laboratory. In the present communication a third gtf gene, gtfD, was isolated and characterized. Isolation of the gene involved a novel procedure utilizing the integration plasmid pVA891. A ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hanada N,Kuramitsu HK

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the causative agent of the sexually transmitted infection (STI) gonorrhea, is a growing public health threat for which a vaccine is urgently needed. We characterized the functional role of the gonococcal MetQ protein, which is the methionine binding component of an ABC transporter system, and as...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Semchenko EA,Day CJ,Seib KL

更新日期：2017-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:G protein-coupled receptor kinase 5 (GRK5) is a serine/threonine kinase previously shown to mediate polymicrobial sepsis-induced inflammation. The goal of the present study was to examine the role of GRK5 in monomicrobial pulmonary infection by using an intratracheal Escherichia coli infection model of pneumonia. We u...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Packiriswamy N,Steury M,McCabe IC,Fitzgerald SD,Parameswaran N

更新日期：2016-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The need for agents designed to modify immune response in the treatment of patients with viral infection, immunodeficiency, or cancer prompted the present study on the mechanisms of action of isoprinosine, a compound developed for antiviral use and whose therapeutic activity may involve the immune system. The effect o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hadden JW,Hadden EM,Coffey RG

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous studies identified two iron-regulated cytoplasmic membrane proteins of 32 and 36 kDa expressed by both Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus. In this study we show by Triton X-114 phase partitioning and tritiated palmitic acid labelling that these proteins are lipoproteins which are anchore...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cockayne A,Hill PJ,Powell NB,Bishop K,Sims C,Williams P

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus suis capsular type 2 is an important etiological agent of swine meningitis, and it is also a zoonotic agent. Since one hypothesis of the pathogenesis of S. suis infection is that bacteria enter the bloodstream and invade the meninges and other tissues in close association with mononuclear phagocytes, the...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Segura M,Gottschalk M

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protection and immune response to infection caused by the parasite Schistosoma mansoni were studied by comparison of two murine irradiated-vaccine models. Mice were exposed from 1 to 4 times to infective-stage cercariae attenuated with either a moderate dose (15 kilorads) or a high dose (50 kilorads) of radiation....

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Reynolds SR,Harn DA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00