Cloning of the gene encoding the major outer membrane protein of Haemophilus influenzae type b.

abstract：:Colony counts and light microscopy were used to assess the capacity of Candida albicans to colonize, infect the alimentary tract, and cause disseminated disease in athymic (nu/nu), euthymic (nu/+), beige (bg/bg), black (bg/+), beige athymic (bg/bg nu/nu), or beige euthymic (bg/bg nu/+) germfree mice. The alimentary tr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cantorna MT,Balish E

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monoclonal immunoglobulin M antibody, HP15/36, was produced by a hybridoma cell line prepared by fusion of mouse myeloma cell line Sp2/O with spleen cells of mice immunized with Helicobacter pylori D273 (French strain). Immunoelectron microscopy of whole bacteria and ultrathin sections showed that the determinant wa...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Drouet EB,De Montclos HP,Andujar M,Boude M,Grimaud JA,Denoyel GA

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of C3H mice with Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, reliably produces an infectious arthritis and carditis that peak around 3 weeks postinfection and then spontaneously resolve. Macrophage polarization has been suggested to drive inflammation, the clearance of bacteria, and tissue rep...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lasky CE,Olson RM,Brown CR

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：:An asd-stabilized plasmid carrying enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli cfaABCE genes was constructed and called pJGX15C-asd+. Expression of colonization factor antigen I (CFA/I) by this plasmid occurs independently of the cfaABCE positive regulator cfaR in attenuated Salmonella delta aro delta asd strain H683 and nonpath...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wu S,Pascual DW,VanCott JL,McGhee JR,Maneval DR Jr,Levine MM,Hone DM

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The predominant gram-positive bacteria in 47 fecal specimens from 10 healthy men were studied by microscopic and cultural counts, by the characterization and tentative identification of isolates, and by the use of fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-conjugated globulins prepared using some of the isolates. Gram-positive...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gossling J,Slack JM

更新日期：1974-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of route of administration, dosage, and number of boosts employed during immunization with the polymyxin-release form of Escherichia coli heat-labile (LT) enterotoxin on the degree and duration of protection afforded was evaluated in rats which were challenged by the ligated loop technique. Increasing the b...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Klipstein FA,Engert RF

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two distinct types of granulomas were produced in the draining lymph nodes by immunizing guinea pigs with Mycobacterium bovis BCG or Mycobacterium leprae, as reported earlier (Narayanan et al., J. Pathol. 134:253-265, 1981). In the BCG-induced granuloma there is successful containment, killing, and degradation of the ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mathew RC,Katayama I,Gupta SK,Curtis J,Turk JL

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The she gene of Shigella flexneri 2a, which also harbors the internal enterotoxin genes set1A and set1B (F. R. Noriega, GenBank accession no. U35656, 1995) encodes a homolog of the virulence-related immunoglobulin A (IgA) protease-like family of secreted proteins, Tsh, EspC, SepA, and Hap, from an avian pathogenic Esc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rajakumar K,Sasakawa C,Adler B

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bactericidal activity and binding of a 57,000-dalton cationic antimicrobial neutrophil granule protein (CAP57) are determined by the presence on bacteria of O-antigen polysaccharide chains and the availability of negatively charged groups in the lipid A region, the inner core region, or both regions of lipopolysacchar...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Farley MM,Shafer WM,Spitznagel JK

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum antibody responses to toxic shock syndrome (TSS) toxin 1 (TSST-1) and staphylococcal enterotoxins A, B, and C were determined by western blot (immunoblot) analysis of acute- and convalescent-phase paired sera from 18 TSS- and 31 non-TSS-associated Staphylococcus aureus infections. Compared with non-TSS cases, se...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Whiting JL,Rosten PM,Chow AW

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia pestis causes bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic plague, diseases that are rapidly lethal to most mammals, including humans. Plague develops as a consequence of bacterial neutralization of the host's innate immune response, which permits uncontrolled growth and causes the systemic hyperactivation of the infla...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dhariwala MO,Olson RM,Anderson DM

更新日期：2017-10-18 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：:The selC tRNA gene is a common site for the insertion of pathogenicity islands in a variety of bacterial enteric pathogens. We demonstrate here that Escherichia coli that produces Shiga toxin 2d and does not harbor the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) contains, instead, a novel genomic island. In one representativ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schmidt H,Zhang WL,Hemmrich U,Jelacic S,Brunder W,Tarr PI,Dobrindt U,Hacker J,Karch H

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied polyacryl starch microparticles as an adjuvant in oral vaccination in mice. Secreted antigens from Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis were administered covalently conjugated to microparticles, or as free antigens, orally or intramuscularly and evaluated for their immunogenicity and ability to elic...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Strindelius L,Degling Wikingsson L,Sjöholm I

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an important opportunistic pathogen of humans, exploits epithelial damage to establish infection. We have rigorously explored the role of N-glycoproteins and heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) in P. aeruginosa-mediated attachment and subsequent downstream events at the apical (AP) and basola...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bucior I,Mostov K,Engel JN

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chemically defined medium developed for Neisseria gonorrhoeae was modified to support the growth of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli. A total of 76 isolates of C. jejuni and 14 isolates of C. coli were tested on this medium, which was designated Campylobacter defined medium (CDM), over a 3-month period. A...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tenover FC,Knapp JS,Patton C,Plorde JJ

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Randomly bred guinea pigs were infected with Listeria monocytogenes using the intracardial, intravenous and intraperitoneal routes of infection. Doses of Listeria ranged from 5 to 1,000 x the 50% lethal dose based on the 50% lethal dose for intracardially injected Listeria. A complete necropsy was performed on all ani...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dustoor M,Croft W,Fulton A,Blazkovec A

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple and convenient method was developed for the preparation of Streptococcus pneumoniae type 14 polysaccharide (Pn14PS)-tetanus toxoid (TT) conjugate vaccines, using terminally linked Pn14PS fragments of different lengths. Native Pn14PS was simultaneously depolymerized and activated for conjugation by partial N-d...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Laferriere CA,Sood RK,de Muys JM,Michon F,Jennings HJ

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus equi and Streptococcus zooepidemicus are major etiological agents of upper and lower airway disease in horses. Despite the considerable animal suffering and economic burden associated with these diseases, the factors that contribute to the virulence of these equine pathogens have not been extensively inv...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Harrington DJ,Greated JS,Chanter N,Sutcliffe IC

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), such as β-defensins and cathelicidins, are essential components of innate and adaptive immunity owing to their extensive multifunctional activities. However, their role in fungal infection in vivo remains elusive. In this study, we investigated the protective effect of murine β-defensin ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kolar SS,Baidouri H,Hanlon S,McDermott AM

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During infection, the Legionnaires' disease bacterium, Legionella pneumophila, survives and multiplies within a specialized phagosome that is near neutral pH and does not fuse with host lysosomes. In order to understand the molecular basis of this organism's ability to control its intracellular fate, we have isolated ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wiater LA,Dunn K,Maxfield FR,Shuman HA

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of infection and the pathogenic effects on the reproductive function of laboratory mice infected with Bartonella birtlesii recovered from an Apodemus species are described. B. birtlesii infection, as determined by bacteremia, occurred in BALB/c mice inoculated intravenously. Inoculation with a low-dose in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Boulouis HJ,Barrat F,Bermond D,Bernex F,Thibault D,Heller R,Fontaine JJ,Piémont Y,Chomel BB

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis is rising in the developing world due to poor health care, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection, and the low protective efficacy of the Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine. A new vaccination strategy that could protect adults in the developing world from tuberculosis could have a huge impact on publi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Williams A,Goonetilleke NP,McShane H,Clark SO,Hatch G,Gilbert SC,Hill AV

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus experimental endocarditis relies on sequential fibrinogen binding (for valve colonization) and fibronectin binding (for endothelial invasion) conferred by peptidoglycan-attached adhesins. Fibronectin-binding protein A (FnBPA) reconciles these two properties--as well as elastin binding--and promot...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Piroth L,Que YA,Widmer E,Panchaud A,Piu S,Entenza JM,Moreillon P

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D-Amino acid oxidase (DAO) is a hydrogen peroxide-generating enzyme that uses a D-amino acid as a substrate. We hypothesized that DAO may protect against bacterial infection, because hydrogen peroxide is one of the most important molecules in the antibacterial defense systems in mammals. We show here that DAO suppress...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nakamura H,Fang J,Maeda H

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokine mRNA expression in biopsies of Mycobacterium ulcerans-infected human tissue was investigated using real-time PCR, and the findings were correlated with the clinical stages of disease and histopathologies. A broad range of cytokine mRNAs were detected in 16 early nodules and 28 late-stage ulcers, including tho...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Phillips R,Horsfield C,Mangan J,Laing K,Etuaful S,Awuah P,Nyarko K,Osei-Sarpong F,Butcher P,Lucas S,Wansbrough-Jones M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunomodulatory role of arthropod saliva has been well documented, but evidence for an effect on Plasmodium sp. infectiousness remains controversial. Mosquito saliva may orient the immune response toward a Th2 profile, thereby priming a Th2 response against subsequent antigens, including Plasmodium. Orientation to...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lawaly R,Konate L,Marrama L,Dia I,Diallo D,Diène Sarr F,Schneider BS,Casademont I,Diallo M,Brey PT,Sakuntabhai A,Mecheri S,Paul R

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharides (LPS), either in the free form or complexed to CD14, a LPS receptor, are elicitors of the immune system. Lactoferrin (Lf), a LPS-chelating glycoprotein, protects animals against septic shock. Since optimal protection requires administration of Lf prior to lethal doses of LPS, we hypothesized that i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Baveye S,Elass E,Fernig DG,Blanquart C,Mazurier J,Legrand D

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies directed against Pfs25, a protein present on the surface of zygotes and ookinetes of Plasmodium falciparum, completely block pathogen transmission. We evaluated the immunomodulatory effect of CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (ODN) on the immunogenicity of recombinant Pfs25 (rPfs25) formulated in alum (Al). Immuniz...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Coban C,Ishii KJ,Stowers AW,Keister DB,Klinman DM,Kumar N

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00