Marker exchange mutagenesis of the aerolysin determinant in Aeromonas hydrophila demonstrates the role of aerolysin in A. hydrophila-associated systemic infections.

abstract：:In the present study, we have investigated the evolution and impact on virulence of a 350-kb genomic duplication present in the most recently evolved members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis East Asian lineage. In a mouse model of infection, comparing HN878 subclones HN878-27 (no duplication) and HN878-45 (with the 3...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Domenech P,Rog A,Moolji JU,Radomski N,Fallow A,Leon-Solis L,Bowes J,Behr MA,Reed MB

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania exist as obligatory intracellular amastigotes and invade macrophages and Langerhans cells, the dendritic cells of the skin. Langerhans cells are much more efficient in presenting Leishmania major antigen to T cells than macrophages are and have the unique ability to retain p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Flohé S,Lang T,Moll H

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of butyric acid, an extracellular metabolite from periodontopathic bacteria, to induce apoptosis in murine WEHI 231 cells, splenic B cells, and human RAJI cells was examined. The culture filtrate of Porphyromonas gingivalis, Prevotella loescheii, and Fusobacterium nucleatum, which contains high a percentag...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kurita-Ochiai T,Ochiai K,Fukushima K

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucella organisms are intracellular stealth pathogens of animals and humans. The bacteria overcome the assault of innate immunity at early stages of an infection. Removal of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) at the onset of adaptive immunity against Brucella abortus favored bacterial elimination in mice. This was ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mora-Cartín R,Gutiérrez-Jiménez C,Alfaro-Alarcón A,Chaves-Olarte E,Chacón-Díaz C,Barquero-Calvo E,Moreno E

更新日期：2019-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Three MudJ prototrophs demonstrated that intracellular replication is a Salmonella virulence trait (K. Y. Leung and B. B. Finlay, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 88:11470-11474, 1991). mutS and mutH are disrupted in mutants 3-11 and 12-23, and ssaQ is disrupted in mutant 17-21. Further analysis revealed that loss of Salmo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Suvarnapunya AE,Zurawski DV,Guy RL,Stein MA

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica subspecies I serovars are common bacterial pathogens causing diseases ranging from enterocolitis to systemic infections. Some serovars are adapted to specific hosts, whereas others have a broad host range. The molecular mechanisms defining the virulence characteristics and the host range of a given...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Suar M,Jantsch J,Hapfelmeier S,Kremer M,Stallmach T,Barrow PA,Hardt WD

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria meningitidis crosses the blood-brain barrier (BBB) following the activation of the β2-adrenergic receptor by the type IV pili (TFP). Two components of the type IV pili recruit the β2-adrenergic receptor, the major pilin PilE and the minor pilin PilV. Here, we report that a strain deleted of PilX, one of the ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Brissac T,Mikaty G,Duménil G,Coureuil M,Nassif X

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autotransporters of gram-negative bacteria are single-peptide secretion systems that consist of a functional N-terminal alpha-domain ("passenger") fused to a C-terminal beta-domain ("translocator"). How passenger proteins are translocated through the outer membrane has not been resolved, and at present essentially thr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Müller D,Benz I,Tapadar D,Buddenborg C,Greune L,Schmidt MA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiprotein monoclonal antibodies derived from mice inoculated with Rickettsia rickettsii heated at 56 degrees C for 15 min are of two types: one is type specific for epitopes denatured by moderate temperatures, and the other is specific for epitopes resistant to 100 degrees C for 5 min. The heat-resistant epitopes ar...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Anacker RL,McDonald GA,List RH,Mann RE

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antigenicity of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae T28 (serotype 2) was investigated. Antigens were solubilized from the cell surface with detergents. By means of sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting it was shown that the molecular weight of the main antigenic component--a nonprot...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lachmann PG,Deicher H

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coxiella burnetii, phase I and II, cells cultivated in the yolk sac of chicken embryos were separated from host cell components by two cycles of isopycnic Renografin gradient centrifugation. Initial steps in the purification of viable C. burnetii involved differential centrifugation and sedimentation through an aqueou...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Williams JC,Peacock MG,McCaul TF

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular cysteine protease from Streptococcus pyogenes is a virulence factor that plays a significant role in host-pathogen interaction. Streptococcal protease is expressed as an inactive 40-kDa precursor that is autocatalytically converted into a 28-kDa mature (active) enzyme. Replacement of the single cyste...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Matsuka YV,Pillai S,Gubba S,Musser JM,Olmsted SB

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coagulation and inflammation are interconnected, suggesting that coagulation plays a key role in the inflammatory response to pathogens. A phenome-wide association study (PheWAS) was used to identify clinical phenotypes of patients with a polymorphism in coagulation factor X. Patients with this single nucleotide polym...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Choby JE,Monteith AJ,Himmel LE,Margaritis P,Shirey-Rice JK,Pruijssers A,Jerome RN,Pulley J,Skaar EP

更新日期：2019-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:It was shown in this work that the infectivity of metacyclic forms of Trypanosoma cruzi was affected upon interaction with the monoclonal antibody (10D8), which reacts with a carbohydrate epitope of the 35- and 50-kilodalton (kDa) surface glycoconjugates. The invasion of Vero cells by metacyclic forms of strains Tulah...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yoshida N,Mortara RA,Araguth MF,Gonzalez JC,Russo M

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were carried out to determine whether the in vitro capacity of adherent peritoneal cells to replicate herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) might correlate with the in vivo susceptibility of mice genetically resistant, moderately susceptible, or very susceptible to HSV-1 infection. Unstimulated and proteose pept...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lopez C,Dudas G

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the immune defense of mice with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD mice) with that of wild-type C57BL/6 mice for their response to Sporothrix schenckii. A subcutaneous injection of 5 x 10(4) CFU S. schenckii strain IFM41598 into CGD mice resulted in systemic infection and death within 84 days. In contrast,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kajiwara H,Saito M,Ohga S,Uenotsuchi T,Yoshida S

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of free muramyl tripeptide phosphatidylethanolamide (MTPPE) or liposome-encapsulated MTPPE (LE-MTPPE) in a twofold-lower dose at 24 h before bacterial inoculation resulted in clearance of intravenously inoculated Klebsiella pneumoniae by tissue macrophages, whereas in control mice, bacteria were not eff...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Melissen PM,van Vianen W,Bakker-Woudenberg IA

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematogenous infections caused by Candida krusei have been noted with increasing frequency, particularly in cancer patients receiving prophylaxis with antifungal triazoles. Progress in understanding the pathogenesis of this emerging infection has been limited by the lack of an animal model. We developed a CF1 mouse in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Anaissie E,Hachem R,K-Tin-U C,Stephens LC,Bodey GP

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of passive administration of neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (MAB) to respiratory syncytial virus glycoproteins (GP90 and VP70) was evaluated in cotton rats challenged with respiratory syncytial virus. Animals injected with MAB to VP70 had lower mean viral titers in lung tissues than did controls (log10...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Walsh EE,Schlesinger JJ,Brandriss MW

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of the first component of complement with two serum-sensitive strains of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae was studied. It could be demonstrated that highly purified C1, free of immunoglobulin G and immunoglobulin M, binds to E. coli or K. pneumoniae. C1 binding was also found with specificall...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Loos M,Wellek B,Thesen R,Opferkuch W

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of illness and death in children in developing countries. In these children, zinc deficiency is associated with an increased risk of acute respiratory tract infections, which can be reduced by daily zinc administration. Severe infections decrease zinc levels in plasma and may ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Strand TA,Hollingshead SK,Julshamn K,Briles DE,Blomberg B,Sommerfelt H

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal dysfunction can occur in the course of sepsis without meningitis. Sepsis-associated neuronal damage (SAND) was observed in the hippocampus within hours in experimental pneumococcal bacteremia. Intravascular challenge with purified bacterial cell wall recapitulated SAND. SAND persisted in PAFr(-/-) mice but wa...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Orihuela CJ,Fillon S,Smith-Sielicki SH,El Kasmi KC,Gao G,Soulis K,Patil A,Murray PJ,Tuomanen EI

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutation of sarA resulted in a reduced capacity to form a biofilm in six of the eight Staphylococcus aureus strains we tested (UAMS-1, UAMS-601, SA113, SC-01, S6C, and DB). The exceptions were Newman, which formed a poor biofilm under all conditions, and RN6390, which consistently formed a biofilm only after mutation ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Beenken KE,Blevins JS,Smeltzer MS

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Staphylococcus aureus repeat (STAR) element is a sequence identified in two intergenic regions in S. aureus. The element is found in 13 to 21 copies in individual S. aureus strains, and elements in the homologous intergenic location are variable in length. The element sequence consists of several small and unusual...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cramton SE,Schnell NF,Götz F,Brückner R

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia pestis evolved from Y. pseudotuberculosis to become the causative agent of bubonic and pneumonic plague. We identified a homolog of the Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium lipoprotein (lpp) gene in Yersinia species and prepared lpp gene deletion mutants of Y. pseudotuberculosis YPIII, Y. pestis KIM/D27 (p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sha J,Agar SL,Baze WB,Olano JP,Fadl AA,Erova TE,Wang S,Foltz SM,Suarez G,Motin VL,Chauhan S,Klimpel GR,Peterson JW,Chopra AK

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exogenous ammonium ions (NH(4) (+)) and amine compounds had a profound influence on the antibacterial activity of the myeloperoxidase-hydrogen peroxide-chloride system against Escherichia coli. The rate of killing increased in the presence of NH(4) (+) and certain guanidino compounds and decreased in the presence of a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Thomas EL

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a model of experimental Chagas' disease induced with metacyclic forms of Trypanosoma cruzi, CD4+ but not CD8+ T cells undergo T-cell receptor (TCR)-CD3-mediated activation-induced cell death (AICD) in vitro. CD4+ T cells from T. cruzi-infected mice also developed unresponsiveness in proliferative responses to TCR-C...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lopes MF,DosReis GA

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arg-gingipain (Rgp) and Lys-gingipain (Kgp) are Porphyromonas gingivalis cysteine proteinases implicated as major virulence factors in pathologies of periodontitis. We purified a 660-kDa cell-associated gingipain complex existing as a homodimer of two catalytically active monomers which comprises their catalytic and a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Takii R,Kadowaki T,Baba A,Tsukuba T,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxidase-conjugated antibodies were found to be as sensitive as those conjugated to fluorescein-isothiocyanate (FITC) for identification of selected enterovirus types by the indirect technique. Peroxidase conjugates, however, were found to give fewer nonspecific reactions. The reasons for the higher specificity of t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Herrmann JE,Morse SA,Collins MF

更新日期：1974-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is one of the most potent trigger substances for monocytes and macrophages causing secretion of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and other inflammatory mediators. The nature of the nuclear factors involved in human TNF-alpha gene regulation is still unknown. Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-k...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Takashiba S,Van Dyke TE,Shapira L,Amar S

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00