Influence of 1,25-(OH)2 vitamin D3 and gamma interferon on the phenotype of human peripheral blood monocyte-derived macrophages.

abstract：:Science has a critical role to play in addressing humanity's most important challenges in the twenty-first century. However, the contemporary scientific enterprise has developed in ways that prevent it from reaching maximum effectiveness and detract from the appeal of a research career. To be effective, the methodolog...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fang FC,Casadevall A

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunization of mice with Plasmodium berghei or Plasmodium yoelii synthetic linear peptide chimeras (LPCs) based on the circumsporozoite protein protects against experimental challenge with viable sporozoites. The immunogenicity of LPCs is significantly enhanced by spontaneous polymerization. To better understand the ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Silva-Flannery LM,Cabrera-Mora M,Dickherber M,Moreno A

更新日期：2009-05-01 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：:UV-inactivated Sendai virus is mitogenic for murine splenocytes, whereas infectious Sendai virus kills spleen cells in vitro. The isolated hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) and fusion (F) glycoproteins of Sendai virus are also mitogenic for cultured mouse spleen cells. A mixture of these glycoproteins (1 microgram/well...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kizaka S,Goodman-Snitkoff G,McSharry JJ

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tritium-labeled, water-soluble components of Streptococcus pyogenes type M6 absorbed to cardiac tissue in vitro. Tissue binding was time dependent, saturable, and reversible. Chromatography of the crude bacterial extract on Bio-Gel P-300 indicated a molecular weight greater than 300,000 for the heart-binding component...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stinson MW,Bergey EJ

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteroides spp. may contribute to the chronicity of mixed infections by affecting the normal functions of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN). This study evaluated the physiologic and biochemical responses of human peripheral blood PMN to a variety of strains of the oral periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas (Bacteroides...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Novak MJ,Cohen HJ

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Haemophilus ducreyi 35000HP genome encodes a homolog of the CpxRA two-component cell envelope stress response system originally characterized in Escherichia coli. CpxR, the cytoplasmic response regulator, was shown previously to be involved in repression of the expression of the lspB-lspA2 operon (M. Labandeira-Re...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Labandeira-Rey M,Brautigam CA,Hansen EJ

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli is a major cause of enteric/diarrheal diseases, urinary tract infections, and sepsis. E. coli K1 is the leading gram-negative organism causing neonatal meningitis, but the microbial basis of E. coli K1 meningitis is incompletely understood. Here we employed comparative genomic hybridization to investi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yao Y,Xie Y,Kim KS

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five mutagens were used to induce mutants of Candida albicans. Ultraviolet light, N-nitroso-N'-methyl-N-nitrosoguanidine, and N-nitroso-N-methylurethane were effective mutagens which induced stable auxotrophs. N-nitroso-N-methylurethane produced the largest number and variety of mutants. Nitrous acid and hydroxylamine...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Savage N,Balish E

更新日期：1971-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously described a new system for the delivery of recombinant antigens in live Salmonella vaccines as genetic fusions to the C terminus of fragment C of tetanus toxin (TetC) driven by the anaerobically inducible nirB promoter. It has been reported that preimmunization with tetanus toxoid (TT) can suppress ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chabalgoity JA,Villareal-Ramos B,Khan CM,Chatfield SN,de Hormaeche RD,Hormaeche CE

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coagulase-negative species Staphylococcus lugdunensis is an emerging cause of serious and potentially life-threatening infections, such as infective endocarditis. The pathogenesis of these infections is characterized by the ability of S. lugdunensis to form biofilms on either biotic or abiotic surfaces. To elucida...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rajendran NB,Eikmeier J,Becker K,Hussain M,Peters G,Heilmann C

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from certain animal species contain a substance(s) which binds hepatitis B surface antigen. The hepatitis B binding substance found in animals is not antibody, but appears to be a glycoprotein which reacted with antigen-coated beads and produced a "false positive" test for antibody. This glycoprotein could be sel...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Millman I,McMichael JC

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that expression of virulence in Shigella spp. is controlled by growth temperature. To study the regulation of virulence (vir) genes, we set out to develop a rapid, easily-assayed phenotype with which to measure expression of virulence. This report described a procedure for isolating ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Maurelli AT,Curtiss R 3rd

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi reduces the expression of outer surface protein C (OspC) in response to the development of an anti-OspC humoral response, leading to the hypothesis that the ability to repress OspC expression is critical for the pathogen to proceed to chronic infection. B. burgdorferi w...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Xu Q,Seemanapalli SV,McShan K,Liang FT

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon storage regulator A (CsrA) is an RNA binding protein that has been characterized in many bacterial species to play a central regulatory role by modulating several metabolic processes. We recently showed that a homolog of CsrA in Borrelia burgdorferi (CsrA(Bb), BB0184) was upregulated in response to propagation ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Karna SL,Sanjuan E,Esteve-Gassent MD,Miller CL,Maruskova M,Seshu J

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disruption of a specific gene in Candida albicans is commonly used to determine the function of the gene product. We disrupted AAF1, a gene of C. albicans that causes Saccharomyces cerevisiae to flocculate and adhere to endothelial cells. We then characterized multiple heterozygous and homozygous mutants. These nu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rieg G,Fu Y,Ibrahim AS,Zhou X,Filler SG,Edwards JE Jr

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with highly pathogenic Streptococcus suis can cause septic shock, which is characterized by high levels of inflammatory cytokines and a high mortality rate. Our previous study indicated that TREM-1 (triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 1) was upregulated in swine spleen cells in response to S. suis...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yang C,Chen B,Zhao J,Lin L,Han L,Pan S,Fu L,Jin M,Chen H,Zhang A

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse spleen cultures were infected with murine cytomegalovirus, either before or after separating the cells into various classes, and the growth of virus and production of infectious centers were measured in each cell class. The separation techniques, which were used in various combinations, comprised: adherence to p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Loh L,Hudson JB

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms by which Mycobacterium tuberculosis elicits disease are complex, involving a large repertoire of bacterial genes that are required for in vivo growth and survival. To identify such genes, we utilized a high-throughput microarray detection method to rapidly screen hundreds of unique, genotypically define...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lamichhane G,Tyagi S,Bishai WR

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality associated with acute lung injury (ALI) induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) remains high in humans, warranting improved treatment and prevention strategies. ALI is characterized by the expression of proinflammatory mediators and extensive neutrophil influx into the lung, followed by severe lung damage. Under...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Jeyaseelan S,Chu HW,Young SK,Worthen GS

更新日期：2004-12-01 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：:Western blot (immunoblot) analysis of sera from cattle vaccinated with Brucella abortus S19 exhibit an elevated serologic response to Hsp62, the GroEL homolog (BaGroEL). Serologic screening of individual cows vaccinated with B. abortus S19 revealed no correlation between the immune response to BaGroEL and protection a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lin J,Adams LG,Ficht TA

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under certain circumstances, soluble antigens, particulate antigens, and/or microorganisms have been shown to bind to primate erythrocytes via complement receptor 1 (CR1) in the presence of specific antibodies and complement. This immune adherence reaction, specific for CR1, can lead to neutralization of antigens in t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Powers JH,Buster BL,Reist CJ,Martin E,Bridges M,Sutherland WM,Taylor RP,Scheld WM

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni is a microaerobic bacterium that produces an acute, self-limiting, watery or bloody diarrhea in humans. Little is known about how C. jejuni causes disease or even what specific capabilities it requires for survival in vivo. The enzyme, superoxide dismutase (SOD), which catalyzes the breakdown of s...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pesci EC,Cottle DL,Pickett CL

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic species of the spotted fever group Rickettsia are subjected to repeated exposures to the host complement system through cyclic infections of mammalian and tick hosts. The serum complement machinery is a formidable obstacle for bacteria to overcome if they endeavor to endure this endozoonotic cycle. We have ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Riley SP,Patterson JL,Martinez JJ

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitration of protein A with tetranitromethane incompletely blocks its Fc-binding ability for immunoglobulin G when measured by more sensitive methods of immunoprecipitation and when tested in the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. In addition, binding of protein A and blockage by nitration is heterogeneous and depends...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sloan GJ,Butler JE

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis develops as a result of hematogenous dissemination of inhaled Cryptococcus neoformans from the lung to the brain. The mechanism(s) by which C. neoformans crosses the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a key unresolved issue in cryptococcosis. We used both an in vivo mouse model and an in vit...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chang YC,Stins MF,McCaffery MJ,Miller GF,Pare DR,Dam T,Paul-Satyaseela M,Kim KS,Kwon-Chung KJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of the rise and fall in circulating tetanus antitoxin in a group of 15 adults after basic and booster immunization indicates that although individuals vary greatly in their responsiveness to toxoid, the falloff in antitoxin appears to be fractionally constant for each individual, and over periods of 5 to 6 yea...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Trinca JC

更新日期：1974-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies in our laboratory have indicated that naturally resistant, inbred DBA/2J mice mount a greater serum antibody response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa 19660 than susceptible C57BL/6J mice. However, the specificity of the antibody produced was not known. The present study examines the specificity and kinetics...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Preston MJ,Berk JM,Hazlett LD,Berk RS

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice infected with various strains of Salmonella enteritidis and S. typhimurium were found to be more sensitive to the cell wall lipopolysaccharide (LPS) extracted from certain strains of Salmonella than noninfected mice. This hypersensitivity was induced by those smooth or rough strains which possessed a polysacchari...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kawakami M,Hara Y,Osawa N

更新日期：1971-11-01 00:00:00