Isolation and morphology of an immunoreactive outer wall fraction produced by spherules of Coccidioides immitis.

abstract：:Mouse peritoneal macrophages were infected with varying numbers of Nocardia asteroides 10905, and the fate of the ingested organisms was determined by viable plate count (VPC), light microscopy (LM), immunofluorescent microscopy (IM), and electron microscopy (EM). The results obtained with these methods differed. VPC ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bourgeois L,Beaman BL

更新日期：1974-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subpopulations of spleen cells from scrapie virus-infected mice were used to determine the average virus content of infected cells in vivo at a time when virus was rapidly increasing in titer in lymphoreticular tissues. Comparison of the mean lethal doses of lysed to intact cells indicated averages of 2 to 6 infectiou...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lavelle GC

更新日期：1973-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periodontitis is a disease of polymicrobial etiology characterized by inflammation, degradation of host tissue, and bone that irreversibly destroys the supporting apparatus of teeth. Porphyromonas gingivalis contains lipid A with structural heterogeneity that has been postulated to contribute to the initiation of dysb...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zenobia C,Hasturk H,Nguyen D,Van Dyke TE,Kantarci A,Darveau RP

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty Borellia burgdorferi strains isolated from humans and ticks in Europe and the United States were analyzed by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis. Eleven genetic loci were characterized on the basis of the electrophoretic mobilities of their products. Ten loci were polymorphic. The average number of alleles per loc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Boerlin P,Peter O,Bretz AG,Postic D,Baranton G,Piffaretti JC

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal mucosa forms the first line of defense against infections mediated by enteric pathogens such as salmonellae. Here we exploited intestinal "organoids" (iHOs) generated from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hIPSCs) to explore the interaction of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium with iHOs. Imagi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Forbester JL,Goulding D,Vallier L,Hannan N,Hale C,Pickard D,Mukhopadhyay S,Dougan G

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purification of the envelope antigen of Yersinia pestis EV with passive hemagglutination activity is described. The purification procedure consisted of pancreatin digestion, chromatography on human erythrocyte stroma set on Celite, and rechromatography on Sephadex G-200. Chemical, physical, and biological properties o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Głosnicka R,Gruszkiewicz E

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholera enterotoxin and the related heat-labile enterotoxins of Escherichia coli enter their target cells through noncoated vesicles, but how the toxins are processed intracellularly and how they get to their targeted enzyme, adenylate cyclase, remain to be defined. Brefeldin A, an inhibitor of the trans-Golgi network...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Donta ST,Beristain S,Tomicic TK

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Livers of normal mice trapped over 80% of intravenously injected 51Cr-labeled lipopolysaccharide after 1 h. Liver fractionation studies showed that nearly 45% of the labeled endotoxin was associated with cell nuclei, 20% with the mitochondrial-lysosomal fraction, and approximately 30% with the cell sap. Analysis of th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zlydaszyk JC,Moon RJ

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial fatty acids (AFAs) protect the human epidermis against invasion by pathogenic bacteria. In this study, we questioned whether human skin fatty acids (FAs) can be incorporated into the lipid moiety of lipoproteins and whether such incorporation would have an impact on innate immune stimulation in the model...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nguyen MT,Hanzelmann D,Härtner T,Peschel A,Götz F

更新日期：2015-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans infected with the dimorphic fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis develop strong T-lymphocyte responses to WI-1, an immunodominant antigen that has been shown to elicit protective immunity in mice. In the present study, the T-cell epitopes of WI-1 and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) restricting elements that display th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chang WL,Audet RG,Aizenstein BD,Hogan LH,DeMars RI,Klein BS

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, autoaggregates within a few minutes of cessation of shaking when grown at 28 degrees C. To identify the autoaggregation factor of Y. pestis, we performed mariner-based transposon mutagenesis. Autoaggregation-defective mutants from three different pools were identified, e...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Felek S,Muszyński A,Carlson RW,Tsang TM,Hinnebusch BJ,Krukonis ES

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the role of complement in pneumococcal and staphylococcal pneumonia, we decomplemented rats with cobra venom factor and inoculated them intratracheally with Staphylococcus aureus or type 25 pneumococci. S. aureus produced a patchy bronchopneumonia in normal Sprague-Dawley or Lewis rats, and decomplementati...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Coonrod JD,Yoneda K

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucosa-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are an innate-like T cell subset in mammals that recognize microbial vitamin B metabolites presented by the evolutionarily conserved major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC I)-related molecule, MR1. Emerging data suggest that MAIT cells may be an attractive target for v...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Vorkas CK,Levy O,Skular M,Li K,Aubé J,Glickman MS

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the enteric pathogen Vibrio cholerae, expression of the major virulence factors is controlled by the hierarchical expression of several regulatory proteins comprising the ToxR regulon. In this study, we demonstrate that disruption of the fadD gene encoding a long-chain fatty acyl coenzyme A ligase has marked effect...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ray S,Chatterjee E,Chatterjee A,Paul K,Chowdhury R

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cytotoxin was found in culture filtrates of a number of Escherichia coli strains that differed from the known heat-stable and heat-labile enterotoxins of E. coli. It was cytotoxic for Vero but not for Y-1 or CHO cells, and its effect on Vero was distinctly different from that of heat-labile enterotoxin. It was labil...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Konowalchuk J,Speirs JI,Stavric S

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of a standard regimen of cimetidine on the gastric flora of 20 male volunteers was studied in a double-blind manner and compared with the effects of a standard antacid regimen. Postprandial microbial titers in gastric aspirates were significantly higher at 4, 8, and 16 weeks of therapy in subjects taking an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Snepar R,Poporad GA,Romano JM,Kobasa WD,Kaye D

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccination against Brucella infections in animals is usually performed by administration of live attenuated smooth B. abortus strain S19 and B. melitensis strain Rev1. They are proven effective vaccines against B. abortus in cattle and against B. melitensis and B. ovis in sheep and goats, respectively. However, both ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Adone R,Ciuchini F,Marianelli C,Tarantino M,Pistoia C,Marcon G,Petrucci P,Francia M,Riccardi G,Pasquali P

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a porcine dermal explant model to determine the extent to which Staphylococcus aureus biofilm communities deplete oxygen, change pH, and produce damage in underlying tissue. Microelectrode measurements demonstrated that dissolved oxygen (DO) in biofilm-free dermal tissue was 4.45 ± 1.17 mg/liter, while DO...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lone AG,Atci E,Renslow R,Beyenal H,Noh S,Fransson B,Abu-Lail N,Park JJ,Gang DR,Call DR

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intimate attachment to the host cell leading to the formation of attaching and effacing (A/E) lesions is an essential feature of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 pathogenesis. In a related pathogen, enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC), this activity is dependent upon translocation of the intimin receptor,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： DeVinney R,Stein M,Reinscheid D,Abe A,Ruschkowski S,Finlay BB

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At pH 7.4 and in the presence of NaHCO3, human milk and bovine colostrum inhibited the growth of Escherichia coli O111. Adding sufficient iron to saturate the iron-binding capacity of the lactoferrin present in the milk or colostrum prevented bacteriostasis. At pH 6.8 neither molk nor colostrum inhibited E. coli 0111....

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Griffiths E,Humphreys J

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli and other members of the family Enterobacteriaceae express surface fibrillar structures, fimbriae, that promote bacterial adhesion to host receptors. Type 1 fimbriae possess a lectinlike component, FimH, that is commonly thought to cause binding to mannose-containing oligosaccharides of host receptors...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sokurenko EV,Courtney HS,Abraham SN,Klemm P,Hasty DL

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent development of acellular pertussis vaccines has been a significant improvement in the conventional whole-cell diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus toxoid vaccines, but high production costs will limit its widespread use in developing countries. Since Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccination against tuberculosis is used ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nascimento IP,Dias WO,Mazzantini RP,Miyaji EN,Gamberini M,Quintilio W,Gebara VC,Cardoso DF,Ho PL,Raw I,Winter N,Gicquel B,Rappuoli R,Leite LC

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria meningitidis is a major cause of sepsis and meningitis but is also a common commensal, present in the nasopharynx of between 8 and 20% of healthy individuals. During carriage, the bacterium is found on the surface of the nasopharyngeal epithelium and in deeper tissues, while to develop disease the meningococ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sutherland TC,Quattroni P,Exley RM,Tang CM

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of heat and chemical inactivation on the antigenicity and immunogenicity of Vibrio cholerae 1418 in rabbits were studied. V. cholerae 1418 was inactivated with heat and chemical inactivants (phenol or Formalin) alone or in combination. Enzyme-linked immunoassay systems employing whole cells of V. cholerae ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cryz SJ Jr,Fürer E,Germanier R

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Klebsiella pneumoniae strains typically express both smooth lipopolysaccharide (LPS) with O antigen molecules and capsule polysaccharide (K antigen) on the surface. A single mutation in a gene that codes for a UDP galacturonate 4-epimerase (uge) renders a strain with the O-:K- phenotype (lack of capsule and LPS withou...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Regué M,Hita B,Piqué N,Izquierdo L,Merino S,Fresno S,Benedí VJ,Tomás JM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were performed to determine the optimal sites for primary isolation of Mycoplasma pulmonis from the respiratory system of laboratory rats. In a preliminary study, a group of 42 rats was cultured for respiratory M. pulmonis at several sites. Tracheal washes yielded the highest number of positive cultures (61.9%...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lentsch RH,Wagner JE,Owens DR

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic diversity and relationships among 109 isolates of Neisseria meningitidis obtained from throat cultures of healthy individuals in Norway in 1984 were assessed by analyzing electrophoretically demonstrable allelic variation at 15 enzyme-encoding chromosomal genes. Seventy-eight distinctive electrophoretic types ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Caugant DA,Kristiansen BE,Frøholm LO,Bøvre K,Selander RK

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gram-negative bacterial cells exposed to a complement source may carry membrane attack complexes containing variable numbers of C9 molecules per C5b-8 site. In order to investigate the assembly of this complex, the ability of C9 molecules to bind to C5b-8 complexes was compared with the binding characteristics of C9 f...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： MacKay SL,Dankert JR

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosylation of the flagellar core proteins (FlaBs) was detected in Treponema pallidum Nichols and in the type or reference strains of seven oral Treponema species. In several nonmotile strains of oral treponemes, the FlaBs were undetectable by both antibody and glycan staining. In contrast, a spontaneous low-motilit...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wyss C

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus is the causative organism of river blindness. Our previous studies demonstrated an essential role for endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria in corneal disease, which is characterized by neutrophil infiltration into the corneal stroma and the development of corneal haze. To determin...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gillette-Ferguson I,Daehnel K,Hise AG,Sun Y,Carlson E,Diaconu E,McGarry HF,Taylor MJ,Pearlman E

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00