Comparison of guinea pig and protozoan models for determining virulence of Legionella species.

abstract：:Both idiopathic and infectious forms of colitis disrupt normal intestinal epithelial cell (IEC) proliferation and differentiation, although the mechanisms involved remain unclear. Recently, we demonstrated that infection by the attaching and effacing murine pathogen Citrobacter rodentium leads to a significant reducti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chan JM,Bhinder G,Sham HP,Ryz N,Huang T,Bergstrom KS,Vallance BA

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is presented that the chronicity of infection in CBA mice after injection of Brucella abortus 19 is related to a number of factors: (i) the relative resistance of B. abortus to macrophage killing, which allowed some bacteria to survive the peak of macrophage activity occurring at 14 days; (ii) the decline in ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cheers C,Pagram F

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this communication, we examine the specificity of anti-herpes simplex virus (HSV) cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). Serological studies of the two related HSV serotypes (HSV-1 and HSV-2) have revealed both type-specific and cross-reactive antigenic determinants in the viral envelope and on the surface of infected cell...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Eberle R,Russell RG,Rouse BT

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella is a widespread zoonotic enteropathogen that causes gastroenteritis and fatal typhoidal disease in mammals. During systemic infection of mice, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium resides and replicates in macrophages within the "Salmonella-containing vacuole" (SCV). It is surprising that the substrates ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bowden SD,Rowley G,Hinton JC,Thompson A

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabbits are not usually susceptible to intestinal Shigella infection without extensive pretreatment, including starvation and administration of antimicrobial, antimotility, and toxic agents (carbon tetrachloride). Most animals infected this way die rapidly and do not always develop colonic lesions and signs of dysente...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rabbani GH,Albert MJ,Rahman H,Islam M,Mahalanabis D,Kabir I,Alam K,Ansaruzzaman M

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME) is caused by a tick-borne obligate intracellular pathogen of the order Rickettsiales. HME disease can range from mild to a fatal, toxic shock-like syndrome, yet the mechanisms regulating pathogenesis are not well understood. We define a central role for type I interferons (alpha inte...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhang Y,Thai V,McCabe A,Jones M,MacNamara KC

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strain differences have been postulated to explain the observation that group B Streptococcus type III (GBS III) late-onset disease occurs in only a fraction of colonized infants. To determine the distribution of type-specific polysaccharide antigen (Ag) in GBS III, Ag was measured by rocket immunoelectrophoresis in b...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Klegerman ME,Boyer KM,Papierniak CK,Levine L,Gotoff SP

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although serum amyloid P component (SAP) is known to bind many ligands, its biological function is not yet clear. Recently, it was demonstrated that SAP binds to lipopolysaccharide (LPS). In the present study, SAP was shown to bind to gram-negative bacteria expressing short types of LPS or lipo-oligosaccharide (LOS), ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： de Haas CJ,van Leeuwen EM,van Bommel T,Verhoef J,van Kessel KP,van Strijp JA

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sephadex G-200 filtration was used for fractionating dengue type 2 (DEN-2)-infected suckling mouse brain (SMB) supernatant fluids. The high-molecular-weight fraction, which was eluted in the void volume, showed no increase in type specificity when tested against immune ascitic fluid to the four prototype dengue viruse...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cornesky RA,Hammon WM,Atchison RW,Sather GE

更新日期：1972-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors which control the levels of catalase within yeast cells of Histoplasma capsulatum were studied. Only a small fraction of the total catalase activity could be detected in whole cells. The bulk of the activity was revealed in cell-free extracts or in cells permeabilized with acetone. The formation of the enzyme ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Howard DH

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most Helicobacter pylori strains express the BabA adhesin, which binds to ABO/Leb blood group antigens on gastric mucin and epithelial cells and is found more commonly in strains that cause peptic ulcers or gastric cancer, rather than asymptomatic infection. We and others have previously reported that in mice, gerbils...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hansen LM,Gideonsson P,Canfield DR,Borén T,Solnick JV

更新日期：2017-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer (NK) cells are considered to be key players in the early innate responses to protozoan infections, primarily indirectly by producing gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) in response to cytokines, like interleukin 12 (IL-12). We demonstrate that live, as well as heat-inactivated, tachyzoites of Neospora caninum,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Boysen P,Klevar S,Olsen I,Storset AK

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three strains of Lactobacillus, identified as Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus gasseri, and Lactobacillus jensenii, were selected from among 70 isolates from the vaginas of healthy premenopausal women for properties relevant to mucosal colonization or antagonism. All three self-aggregated and adhered to epithe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Boris S,Suárez JE,Vázquez F,Barbés C

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae O1 bacteria harvested directly from ligated or nonligated intestines of rabbits with experimental cholera expressed at least 7 to 8 novel, in vivo-specific cell envelope (env) proteins that were not found on vibrios after in vitro culture in various ordinary liquid media. At the same time, several of t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Jonson G,Svennerholm AM,Holmgren J

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After interaction with tracheal epithelial cells, Bordetella pertussis induces the secretion of interleukin-6. This secretion is dependent on the expression of adenylate cyclase-hemolysin by the bacterium but not on the expression of other characterized bacterial toxins or adhesins. This finding confirms the important...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bassinet L,Fitting C,Housset B,Cavaillon JM,Guiso N

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio parahaemolyticus is the leading cause of bacterial seafood-borne gastroenteritis worldwide, yet little is known about how this pathogen colonizes the human intestine. The alternative sigma factor RpoN/sigma-54 is a global regulator that controls flagellar synthesis, as well as a wide range of nonflagellar genes...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Whitaker WB,Richards GP,Boyd EF

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia trachomatis serovar L2 is an obligate intracellular bacterium which is internalized in target epithelial cells by endocytosis and resides within a membrane-bound vesicle. Over the next several hours following entry, individual serovar L2-containing vesicles fuse with one another to form a single membrane-bou...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schramm N,Bagnell CR,Wyrick PB

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a cross-sectional survey of 187 Gambian children and adults, we have analyzed prevalence, fine specificity, and 19-kilodalton merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP-1(19))-specific erythrocyte invasion inhibitory activity of antibodies to MSP-1(19) but find no significant association between any of these parameters and p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Corran PH,O'Donnell RA,Todd J,Uthaipibull C,Holder AA,Crabb BS,Riley EM

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori maintains colonization in its human host using a limited set of taxis sensors. TlpD is a proposed energy taxis sensor of H. pylori and dominant under environmental conditions of low bacterial energy yield. We studied the impact of H. pylori TlpD on colonization in vivo using a gerbil infection mode...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Behrens W,Schweinitzer T,Bal J,Dorsch M,Bleich A,Kops F,Brenneke B,Didelot X,Suerbaum S,Josenhans C

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterium Listeria monocytogenes causes meningoencephalitis in humans. In rodents, listeriosis is associated with granulomatous lesions in the liver and the spleen, but not with meningoencephalitis. Here, infant rats were infected intracisternally to generate experimental listeric meningoencephalitis. Dose-depende...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Remer KA,Jungi TW,Fatzer R,Täuber MG,Leib SL

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Live or heat-killed cells of Streptococcus mutans specifically adhere to dextran previously synthesized on glass surfaces by the action of extracellular dextransucrase. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kuramitsu HK

更新日期：1974-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hamster respiratory epithelial cells were cultured in a monolayer format, and 20% of the cells were ciliated. Mycoplasma pneumoniae attached to the epithelial cells in a neuraminidase-specific fashion and induced ciliostasis and cytonecrosis. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gabridge MG,Gunderson H,Schaeffer SL,Barden-Stahl YD

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of a pathogen to evade neutrophil phagocytic killing mechanisms is critically important for dissemination and establishment of a systemic infection. Understanding how pathogens overcome these innate defenses is essential for the development of optimal therapeutic strategies for invasive infections. CpsY is...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Allen JP,Neely MN

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fasciola hepatica is a prevalent helminth parasite of livestock. Infection results in polarization of the host's immune response and generation of type 2 helper (Th2) immune responses, which are known to be inhibitory to Th1 responses. Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) is a bacterial disease of economic and zoonotic importanc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Flynn RJ,Mannion C,Golden O,Hacariz O,Mulcahy G

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exoantigens of Plasmodium vivax-parasitized erythrocytes stimulated macrophages to secrete tumor necrosis factor, and antisera raised against the exoantigens inhibited this secretion. The antisera also inhibited the activity of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium yoelii exoantigens, and conversely, antisera against t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bate CA,Taverne J,Karunaweera ND,Mendis KN,Kwiatkowski D,Playfair JH

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porphyromonas gingivalis has been implicated as an etiologic agent of adult periodontitis. We have previously shown that P. gingivalis can degrade the epithelial cell-cell junction complexes, thus suggesting that this bacterium can invade the underlying connective tissues via a paracellular pathway. However, the preci...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Katz J,Yang QB,Zhang P,Potempa J,Travis J,Michalek SM,Balkovetz DF

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serum opacity factor (SOF) of Streptococcus pyogenes is a serotyping tool and pathogenesis factor. Using SOF-coated latex beads in cell adherence assays and antiserum directed against SOF in S. pyogenes-HEp-2 cell adherence inhibition experiments, we demonstrate SOF involvement in the fibronectin-mediated adherenc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Oehmcke S,Podbielski A,Kreikemeyer B

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acid sequence of heat-stable enterotoxin produced by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli 18D has been revised. Amino acids originally assigned to positions 11 and 18, i.e., Tyr and Asn, respectively, were found to occupy positions 18 and 11, respectively. Thus all heat-stable enterotoxins composed of 18 amino a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Thompson MR,Giannella RA

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the colonization of murine trigeminal ganglia after sequential infection of mice by herpes simplex viruses (HSVs). In preliminary studies, we have established that whereas the HSV-1(F) strain efficiently colonizes ganglia when inoculated by either the ear or eye routes, the HSV-1 X HSV-2 recombinant C7D c...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Meignier B,Norrild B,Roizman B

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common pathogen associated with otitis media. To examine the role of Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) in host defense against Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in the middle ear, wild-type (WT; C57BL/6) and TLR2-deficient (TLR2(-/-)) mice were inoculated with Streptococcus pneumoniae (...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Han F,Yu H,Tian C,Li S,Jacobs MR,Benedict-Alderfer C,Zheng QY

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00