Pathogen specificity of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum integral membrane proteins identified by phase partitioning with Triton X-114.

abstract：:Several studies have demonstrated roles for eosinophils during innate and adaptive immune responses to helminth infections. However, evidence that eosinophils are capable of initiating an immune response to parasite antigens is lacking. The goal of the present in vitro study was to investigate the potential of eosinop...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Padigel UM,Lee JJ,Nolan TJ,Schad GA,Abraham D

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-one Burkholderia cepacia isolates from patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and four plant isolates were screened for production of the siderophores salicylic acid (SA), pyochelin, cepabactin, and ornibactins and fingerprinted by a PCR-based randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) method. Of the 24 RAPD types de...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Darling P,Chan M,Cox AD,Sokol PA

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies concerned with the mechanisms responsible for relative resistance or susceptibility of strains of inbred mice to Trypanosoma musculi infections are presented. Treatment with 400 rads of ionizing radiation, silica dust, or trypan blue (reticuloendothelial blocking agents) rendered C3H mice unable to control the...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Albright JW,Albright JF

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoferremia, the reduction of plasma transferrin iron levels during infection, has been shown to control Neisseria meningitidis infection in mice. The exact nature of the mechanism that regulates this response has been obscure. We have previously shown that hypoferremia does not result from an accelerated removal of ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Letendre ED,Holbein BE

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease, is transmitted by ticks. During transmission from the tick to the host, spirochetes are delivered with tick saliva, which contains the salivary protein Salp15. Salp15 has been shown to protect spirochetes against B. burgdorferi-specific antibodies. We now show that Salp...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schuijt TJ,Hovius JW,van Burgel ND,Ramamoorthi N,Fikrig E,van Dam AP

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological activity of C-ASWS, an alkali-soluble, water-soluble cell wall antigen isolated from mycelial-phase cells of Coccidioides immitis, was compared with that of a commercial coccidioidin (CDN; Cutter Laboratories); CDN-TS, a toluene-induced lysate of mycelial-phase cells; and spherulin, a spherule-derived e...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cox RA,Brummer E,Lecara G

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sonicated preparations of capsulated Haemophilus influenzae type b, two of its spontaneous mutants, one containing patches of capsules (class I variant) and the other noncapsulated (class II variant), and a noncapsulated strain of H. influenzae type d were analyzed by crossed-immunoelectrophoresis using unadsorbed ant...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Buckmire FL

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mutual symbiotic enhancement of growth of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Treponema denticola is described in this report. Brain heart infusion broth supplemented with vitamin K did not support the individual growth of P. gingivalis or T. denticola. However, when inoculated as a mixture, both bacterial species did grow...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Grenier D

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroral immunization with a live strain of Escherichia coli O6K13H1 against experimental ascending pyelonephritis caused by the same strain was studied in rats, and the effect of immunization on antibody titers against the O and K antigens and lipid A was determined. Peroral immunization with live bacteria protected s...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mattsby-Baltzer I,Hanson LA,Olling S,Kaijser B

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study determined the role of crl in the production of curli by, the hemagglutination activity of, and fibronectin binding by avian pathogenic Escherichia coli chi 7122. Curli, an extracellular structure that binds fibronectin, was recently described (A. Olsén, A. Jonsson, and S. Normark, Nature [London] 338:652-6...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Provence DL,Curtiss R 3rd

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In studies of immunity to malaria, the absence of febrile malaria is commonly considered evidence of "protection." However, apparent "protection" may be due to a lack of exposure to infective mosquito bites or due to immunity. We studied a cohort that was given curative antimalarials before monitoring began and docume...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bejon P,Warimwe G,Mackintosh CL,Mackinnon MJ,Kinyanjui SM,Musyoki JN,Bull PC,Marsh K

更新日期：2009-05-01 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：:Meningococcal sodC encodes periplasmic copper- and zinc-cofactored superoxide dismutase (Cu,Zn SOD) which catalyzes the conversion of the superoxide radical anion to hydrogen peroxide, preventing a sequence of reactions leading to production of toxic hydroxyl free radicals. From its periplasmic location, Cu,Zn SOD was...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wilks KE,Dunn KL,Farrant JL,Reddin KM,Gorringe AR,Langford PR,Kroll JS

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified nonhemolytic mutants of Listeria monocytogenes that were severely deficient in their ability to invade mammalian nonprofessional phagocytes. These mutants were generated spontaneously or by means of transposon Tn916 mutagenesis. In terms of their extracellular proteins, the noninvasive mutants were defic...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kathariou S,Pine L,George V,Carlone GM,Holloway BP

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokine gene expression in cells migrating in afferent and efferent intestinal lymph was monitored for extended time periods in individual sheep experimentally infected with the nematode Trichostrongylus colubriformis. Animals from stable selection lines with increased levels of either genetic resistance (R) or susce...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pernthaner A,Cole SA,Morrison L,Hein WR

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated Bacteroides gingivalis 2561 vesicles aggregated suspensions of Actinomyces viscosus and Actinomyces naeslundii of all taxonomy clusters. Vesicles bound near A. viscosus cell walls and among its surface fibrils. Tritiated vesicles bound slightly better to saliva-coated hydroxyapatite (SHA) than to SHA coated w...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ellen RP,Grove DA

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterogeneic autoantibodies against axonal neurofilament proteins of mature mouse neurons grown in vitro were detected by the indirect immunofluorescence technique in 12.7% (9 of 71) of the sera from nonhuman primates infected with kuru, in 14.5% (17 of 117) and 4% (1 of 25), respectively, of the sera from nonhuman pr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Aoki T,Gibbs CJ Jr,Sotelo J,Gajdusek DC

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious agents are often considered potential triggers of chronic inflammatory disease, including autoimmunity; however, direct evidence is usually lacking. Here we show that following control of acute infection of mice with the myotropic Colombiana strain of Trypanosoma cruzi, parasites persisted in tissue at low ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Roffê E,Marino APMP,Weaver J,Wan W,de Araújo FF,Hoffman V,Santiago HC,Murphy PM

更新日期：2016-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with Histoplasma capsulatum results in a subclinical infection in immunocompetent hosts due to an effective cellular immune response. By contrast, immunodeficient individuals can have a severe disseminated and potentially fatal disease. In a previous study, it was demonstrated that normal mice infected intra...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhou P,Sieve MC,Tewari RP,Seder RA

更新日期：1997-03-01 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：:Protection against cholera has been correlated with the level of serum vibriocidal antibodies. The specificity of these vibriocidal antibodies was mostly to the lipopolysaccharide (LPS). We synthesized conjugates of detoxified LPS with cholera toxin (CT) and other proteins in order to elicit serum LPS antibodies with ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gupta RK,Szu SC,Finkelstein RA,Robbins JB

更新日期：1992-08-01 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：:The data presented indicate that in experimental Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection of mice, protease enhances the virulence of the organism. Anesthetized CBA/Lü mice were subjected to a 15-s flame burn and infected with a wild-type protease-producing strain and two of its protease-deficient mutants. The average bacteri...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pavlovskis OR,Wretlind B

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium causes self-limiting gastroenteritis in humans and a typhoid-like disease in mice that serves as a model for typhoid infections in humans. A critical step in Salmonella pathogenesis is the invasion of enterocytes and M cells of the small intestine via expression of a type III se...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Boddicker JD,Jones BD

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ExoU is a potent effector protein that causes rapid host cell death upon injection by the type III secretion system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The N-terminal half of ExoU contains a patatin-like phospholipase A(2) (PLA(2)) domain that requires the host cell cofactor superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) for activation, while ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Veesenmeyer JL,Howell H,Halavaty AS,Ahrens S,Anderson WF,Hauser AR

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological response to endotoxin mediated through the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-MD-2 receptor complex is directly related to lipid A structure or configuration. Endotoxin structure may also influence activation of the MyD88-dependent and -independent signaling pathways of TLR4. To address this possibility, human...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zughaier SM,Zimmer SM,Datta A,Carlson RW,Stephens DS

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exohemagglutinin was found in the culture medium of Bacteroides gingivalis 381. Exohemagglutinin was purified 3,150-fold from culture fluid by ultracentrifugation followed by gel filtration on Sepharose CL-4B and by affinity chromatography on arginine-agarose. Examination of the final preparation of exohemagglutinin b...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Inoshita E,Amano A,Hanioka T,Tamagawa H,Shizukuishi S,Tsunemitsu A

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous virus production is a characteristic of chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEF) infected and transformed by a nondefective Schmidt-Ruppin subgroup A Rous sarcoma virus. This virus production has been examined with particular attention to the amount of newly budded virus which remained cell-associated, and to the a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Volkmann KR,Morgan HR

更新日期：1974-10-01 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：:Thirty percent of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates contain pilus islet 1, coding for a pilus composed of the backbone subunit RrgB and two ancillary proteins, RrgA and RrgC. RrgA is the major determinant of in vitro adhesion associated with pilus 1, is protective in vivo in mouse models, and exists in two variants (c...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Moschioni M,Emolo C,Biagini M,Maccari S,Pansegrau W,Donati C,Hilleringmann M,Ferlenghi I,Ruggiero P,Sinisi A,Pizza M,Norais N,Barocchi MA,Masignani V

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00