Immunogenic properties of Klebsiella pneumoniae type 2 capsular polysaccharide.

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi synthesizes a variety of differentially regulated outer surface lipoproteins in the tick vector and in vertebrate hosts. Among these is OspD, a protein that is highly induced in vitro by conditions that mimic the tick environment. Using genetically engineered strains in which ospD is deleted, we d...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stewart PE,Bestor A,Cullen JN,Rosa PA

更新日期：2008-05-01 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：:Chronic infections play a significant role in the morbidity and mortality of patients with chronic airflow limitation. By stimulating airway inflammation, persistent infection has the potential to cause airway fibrosis. However, in patient this condition is most typically found in lungs damaged by other factors, such ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McIntosh JC,Simecka JW,Ross SE,Davis JK,Miller EJ,Cassell GH

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The attachment and invasion of chicken ovarian granulosa cells by Salmonella enteritidis was examined in vitro. The attachment was inhibited by preincubation of granulosa cells with anti-chicken fibronectin antibody (approximately 70% reduction in attachment) or preincubation with a 14-kDa fimbrial protein isolated fr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Thiagarajan D,Saeed M,Turek J,Asem E

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of virulence determinants by Bordetella pertussis, the primary etiological agent of whooping cough, is regulated by the BvgAS two-component regulatory system. The role of a second two-component regulatory system, encoded by risAS, in this process is not defined. Here, we show that mutation of B. pertussis r...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stenson TH,Allen AG,Al-Meer JA,Maskell D,Peppler MS

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：:Platelets aggregate in response to an adhesin and the platelet aggregation-associated protein (PAAP) expressed on the cell surfaces of certain strains of Streptococcus sanguis. We sought to identify the corresponding PAAP receptor and accessory adhesin binding sites on platelets. Since the adhesion(s) of S. sanguis fo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gong K,Wen DY,Ouyang T,Rao AT,Herzberg MC

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter mustelae is a urease-rich bacterium associated with gastritis in ferrets. The ureases of H. mustelae and Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium implicated in human gastritis, share many characteristics. Helicobacter sp. ureases appear to be unique among bacterial enzymes in exhibiting submillimolar Km values an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dunn BE,Sung CC,Taylor NS,Fox JG

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two fragments with molecular weights of 111,000 (fragment I) and 59,000 (fragment II) were separated from each other by gel filtration of dithiothreitol and urea-treated, trypsinized derivative toxin (molecular weight, 170,000) of the proteolytic Okra strain of Clostridium botulinum type B on a column of Sephadex G-20...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kozaki S,Miyazaki S,Sakaguchi G

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used an in vitro opsonophagocytic killing assay to measure the functional activity of antibody directed at the mucoid exopolysaccharide (MEP) antigen expressed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from cystic fibrosis patients. Rabbit antibodies raised to purified MEP were able to mediate phagocytic killing i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ames P,DesJardins D,Pier GB

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most oral bacteria tested formed colonies on a chemically defined medium with a chromogenic arylsulfatase substrate. Arylsulfatase activity was, however, restricted to Campylobacter-Wolinella group organisms, including Wolinella recta, a possible periodontopathogen. W. recta was the only arylsulfatase-active species a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wyss C

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-mediated immunity is critical in host resistance against the pathogenic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. To explore the role of L3T4+ T cells in protection of mice against H. capsulatum infection, we examined the effect of in vivo treatment with anti-L3T4 monoclonal antibody (MAb) GK1.5 on the course of murine diss...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gomez AM,Bullock WE,Taylor CL,Deepe GS Jr

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of the complement-downregulating protein factor H (fH) to the surface of the meningococcus is important for survival of the organism in human serum. The meningococcal vaccine candidate factor H binding protein (fHbp) is an important ligand for human fH. While some fHbp-specific monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) blo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Giuntini S,Reason DC,Granoff DM

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stimulation of mononuclear phagocytes by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is facilitated by the binding of complexes of LPS and LPS-binding protein to CD14. Although it is clear that CD14 is involved in LPS-induced signaling, other investigators have hypothesized the existence of additional signaling pathways in macrophag...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lynn WA,Liu Y,Golenbock DT

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using pharmacologic and biochemical criteria, we evaluated whether uptake of four different Chlamydia trachomatis serovars, D, E, K, and L2, was dependent upon lipid rafts. Our data suggest that lipid raft-mediated entry is not required for C. trachomatis infection of cultured epithelial cells. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gabel BR,Elwell C,van Ijzendoorn SC,Engel JN

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate that a mucoid, alginate-producing strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from the lungs of a cystic fibrosis (CF) patient secretes multiple enzymes with nucleoside diphosphate kinase (Ndk), ATPase, adenylate kinase, 5'-nucleotidase, and ATP-modifying enzymatic activities. The secretion is triggered a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zaborina O,Misra N,Kostal J,Kamath S,Kapatral V,El-Idrissi ME,Prabhakar BS,Chakrabarty AM

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The opacity (Opa) proteins mediate a variety of interactions between the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis and its human host. These interactions are thought to be of central importance in both the asymptomatic colonization of the nasopharynx and the sporadic occurrence of meningococcal disease. The receptor specificit...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Callaghan MJ,Jolley KA,Maiden MC

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of CD4+ cells and gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) in the resolution of established Cryptosporidium parvum infection was investigated with a murine model of cryptosporidiosis in severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice. C. parvum-infected SCID mice were reconstituted with spleen cells from immunocompeten...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chen W,Harp JA,Harmsen AG

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunoprophylactic effect of chemically inactivated Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A in experimental pseudomonas infections was studied. Exotoxin A toxoids were prepared by Formalin (f-TXD) or glutaraldehyde (g-TXD) treatment. Immunization of mice with three or four doses (10 micrograms each) of f-TXD and the syn...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pavlovskis OR,Edman DC,Leppla SH,Wretlind B,Lewis LR,Martin KE

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group A streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxins A, B, and C (also known as scarlet fever toxins and erythrogenic toxins) were evaluated for relatedness to another streptococcus-derived lymphocyte mitogen, blastogen A. Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A and blastogen A were immunologically cross-reactive and shared the same ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schlievert PM,Gray ED

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the possibility that nitric oxide (NO) synthesis may affect the course of a trypanosome infection via T-cell responses using mice deficient in inducible NO synthase (iNOS). Parasitemia levels increased at the same rate in both iNOS-deficient homozygous and control heterozygous mice, and peak paras...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Millar AE,Sternberg J,McSharry C,Wei XQ,Liew FY,Turner CM

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secretion of aspartic proteases (Saps) has long been recognized as a virulence-associated trait of the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans. In this study, we report that different recombinant Saps, including Sap1, Sap2, Sap3, and Sap6, have differing abilities to induce secretion of proinflammatory cytokines by huma...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pietrella D,Rachini A,Pandey N,Schild L,Netea M,Bistoni F,Hube B,Vecchiarelli A

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Streptococcus mutans serotype c gtfA gene encodes a 55-kilodalton sucrose-hydrolyzing enzyme. Analysis of S. mutans gtfA mutants revealed that the mutant strains were specifically impaired in the ability to use melibiose as a sole carbon source. S. mutans gtfA mutant strains synthesized less alpha-galactosidase ac...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Barletta RG,Curtiss R 3rd

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Di-, tri-, and tetrasaccharides, synthesized according to the chemical structure of pneumococcal polysaccharide type 3 (PS3), were coupled to the cross-reactive material (CRM(197)) of modified diphtheria toxin in different molar carbohydrate/protein ratios using the squarate coupling method. To study protective immuni...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Benaissa-Trouw B,Lefeber DJ,Kamerling JP,Vliegenthart JF,Kraaijeveld K,Snippe H

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in cell viability and in factors affecting metabolic integrity were examined after exposure of Escherichia coli LP1092 to human serum. Antibody-dependent classical pathway activity accounted for the rapid killing of strain LP1092 by complement. Removal of serum lysozyme by bentonite absorption or by neutraliza...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Taylor PW,Kroll HP

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal piglets have been used as models to study human campylobacteriosis and helicobacteriosis. The purpose of this study was to determine the relative pathogenicities, on the basis of the duration of fecal shedding and colonization of tissues, of three Arcobacter species in 1-day-old cesarean-derived colostrum-dep...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wesley IV,Baetz AL,Larson DJ

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The LuxS protein is required for the biosynthesis of the type 2 autoinducer (AI-2), which is involved in quorum sensing in a wide range of bacterial species. We have determined the effects of a defined luxS mutation on the virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Although the luxS mutant displayed reduced virulence rela...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stroeher UH,Paton AW,Ogunniyi AD,Paton JC

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While investigating the requirement for phagosomal alkalinization in the host defense against pulmonary aspergillosis, we observed high morbidity of p47(phox)(-/-) mice infected with pH-insensitive Aspergillus nidulans mutants despite a paucity of fungal growth. Fatal infection also resulted from a normally avirulent ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bignell E,Negrete-Urtasun S,Calcagno AM,Arst HN Jr,Rogers T,Haynes K

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin (LT) is an extensively studied adjuvant of mucosal responses. Nevertheless, its mode of action as an adjuvant remains incompletely understood. In this study, we describe a simplified in vitro model with which to look at some aspects of immunoregulation by LT. The interaction of...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lopes LM,Maroof A,Dougan G,Chain BM

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli is the most common cause of urinary tract infection. Elevated blood and urine interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels have been shown in inflammatory urinary tract diseases. The role of IL-6 in mediating the urodynamic dysfunction in response to E. coli-induced urinary tract infection has not yet been fully eluci...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Weng TI,Wu HY,Lin PY,Liu SH

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00