Inhibition of cholera toxin production by thiols in Vibrio cholerae.

abstract：:Neutrophil collagenase (matrix metalloproteinase 8 [MMP-8]) is an important mediator of tissue destruction in inflammatory diseases. Studies of anaerobic periodontal infections have shown that active MMP-8 in gingival crevicular fluid is associated with the degradation of periodontal tissues in progressive periodontit...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Romanelli R,Mancini S,Laschinger C,Overall CM,Sodek J,McCulloch CA

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis) is a major etiologic agent of nontyphoid salmonellosis in the United States. S. Enteritidis persistently and silently colonizes the intestinal and reproductive tract of laying hens, resulting in contaminated poultry products. The consumption of contaminated poul...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McKelvey JA,Yang M,Jiang Y,Zhang S

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, exists in a zoonotic cycle involving an arthropod tick and mammalian host. Dissemination of the organism within and between these hosts depends upon the spirochete's ability to traverse through complex tissues. Additionally, the spirochete outruns the host immune cell...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sultan SZ,Manne A,Stewart PE,Bestor A,Rosa PA,Charon NW,Motaleb MA

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to further characterize human host defenses against Coccidioides immitis, extracts of this fungus were tested in vitro for their ability to attract polymorphonuclear leukocytes derived from peripheral blood of uninfected subjects. Soluble substances prepared from the mycelial (saprophytic) and spherule (tissu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Galgiani JN,Isenberg RA,Stevens DA

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular bacterial infections affect all vertebrates. Cultured fish are particularly vulnerable because no effective protection measures have been established since such infections emerged approximately 50 years ago. As in other vertebrates, the induction of cell-mediated immunity (CMI) plays an important role in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Matsumoto M,Kubota T,Fujita S,Shiozaki K,Kishida S,Yamamoto A

更新日期：2019-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The protection and immune response to infection caused by the parasite Schistosoma mansoni were studied by comparison of two murine irradiated-vaccine models. Mice were exposed from 1 to 4 times to infective-stage cercariae attenuated with either a moderate dose (15 kilorads) or a high dose (50 kilorads) of radiation....

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Reynolds SR,Harn DA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of virulence determinants by Bordetella pertussis, the primary etiological agent of whooping cough, is regulated by the BvgAS two-component regulatory system. The role of a second two-component regulatory system, encoded by risAS, in this process is not defined. Here, we show that mutation of B. pertussis r...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stenson TH,Allen AG,Al-Meer JA,Maskell D,Peppler MS

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed an animal model for studying mycobacterial pathogenesis using Mycobacterium marinum and the goldfish, Carassius auratus. Goldfish are injected intraperitoneally with doses between 10(2) and 10(9) CFU of M. marinum organisms. Depending on the dose of M. marinum organisms administered, an acute or chro...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Talaat AM,Reimschuessel R,Wasserman SS,Trucksis M

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccine antigen-specific antibody-secreting cell (ASC) responses in peripheral blood of healthy adult volunteers were studied after oral immunization with a prototype enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) vaccine by means of the enzyme-linked immunospot technique. Three doses of vaccine consisting of formalin-killed...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wennerås C,Svennerholm AM,Ahrén C,Czerkinsky C

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Encapsulation of soluble protein antigens in liposomes was previously shown to result in processing of antigen via the major histocompatibility complex class I pathway, as evidenced by costaining of the trans-Golgi region of murine bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMs) by fluorophore-labeled liposomal antigen and by a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Richards RL,Rao M,Wassef NM,Glenn GM,Rothwell SW,Alving CR

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice injected intravenously with a commercially available extract of Coxiella burnetii prepared for use as the antigen in the complement fixation diagnostic test for Q fever were subsequently resistant to infection with Babesia microti, Babesia rodhaini, and Plasmodium vinckei petteri. The parasites appeared to die in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Clark IA

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals living in areas where malaria is endemic are repeatedly exposed to many different malaria parasite antigens. Studies on naturally acquired antibody-mediated immunity to clinical malaria have largely focused on the presence of responses to individual antigens and their associations with decreased morbidity....

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Osier FH,Fegan G,Polley SD,Murungi L,Verra F,Tetteh KK,Lowe B,Mwangi T,Bull PC,Thomas AW,Cavanagh DR,McBride JS,Lanar DE,Mackinnon MJ,Conway DJ,Marsh K

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a significant clinical problem for many women; however, host susceptibility factors have not been completely defined. The mouse model of induced UTI provides an experimental environment in which to identify specific host characteristics that are important in initial bacter...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hopkins WJ,Gendron-Fitzpatrick A,Balish E,Uehling DT

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus neoformans NIH 409 was cultured in a defined medium containing D-[1-13C]xylose (Xyl), D-[1-13C]mannose (Man), or D-[1-13C]mannitol as the sole carbon source. The distribution of 13C in the Man, Xyl, glucuronic acid (GlcA), and O-acetyl constituents of native and de-O-acetylated glucuronoxylomannan (GXM) w...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cherniak R,O'Neill EB,Sheng S

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FcRgamma and interleukin-10 (IL-10) are both required for chronic disease in C57BL/6 mice with Leishmania mexicana parasite infection. FcRgamma is a component of several different FcRs and may be a component of some T-cell receptors. The initial antibody response to L. mexicana is an immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) response,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Thomas BN,Buxbaum LU

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide 9 (TDAYNQKLSERRAN) and peptide 10 (NATAEGRAINRRVE) represent surface-exposed epitopes of outer membrane protein F of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Rats immunized with four intramuscular inoculations on days 0, 14, 28, and 42 with either peptide 9 or peptide 10 conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin were afforded pr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gilleland LB,Gilleland HE Jr

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned chromosomal genes mediating the aerobactin iron transport system from the enteroinvasive strain Escherichia coli 978-77. The physical map of the region spanning the siderophore biosynthesis genes and the upstream portion of the receptor gene in strain 978-77-derived clones was identical to the correspon...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Marolda CL,Valvano MA,Crosa JH

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:Haemophilus ducreyi expresses 2 OmpA homologs, designated MOMP and OmpA2, whose genes are arranged in tandem on the chromosome. Northern blot analysis indicated that momp and ompA2 are transcribed independently. Sequences of the momp open reading frame (ORF) lacking the transcriptional start site were amplified by PCR...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Throm RE,Al-Tawfiq JA,Fortney KR,Katz BP,Hood AF,Slaughter CA,Hansen EJ,Spinola SM

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma gallisepticum is an avian respiratory and reproductive tract pathogen that has a significant economic impact on the poultry industry worldwide. Although membrane proteins of Mycoplasma spp. are thought to play crucial roles in host interactions, very few have had their biochemical function defined. In this ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yu Y,Zhang L,Chen Y,Li Y,Wang Z,Li G,Wang G,Xin J

更新日期：2019-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-potentiating effect of serum is due to LPS-binding protein (LBP), which facilitates the binding of LPS to CD14 receptors. We observed a remarkable heat sensitivity of recombinant LBP and various sera with respect to both immunoreactivity (measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) and ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mészáros K,Aberle S,White M,Parent JB

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed experimental murine Campylobacter infection models which demonstrate efficient establishment and reproducible, high-level colonization. Following oral inoculation, wild-type C3H mice with normal enteric flora were colonized inconsistently and inefficiently by C. jejuni strain 81-176. However, C3H mic...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chang C,Miller JF

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：:Streptococcus pneumoniae remains a major causative agent of serious human diseases. The worldwide increase of antibiotic resistant strains revealed the importance of horizontal gene transfer in this pathogen, a scenario that results in the modulation of the species-specific gene pool. We investigated genomic variation...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hakenbeck R,Balmelle N,Weber B,Gardès C,Keck W,de Saizieu A

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter fetus surface layer proteins (SLPs), encoded by sapA homologues, are important in virulence. In wild-type C. fetus strain 23D, all eight sapA homologues are located in the 54-kb sap island, and SLP expression reflects the position of a unique sapA promoter in relation to the sapA homologues. The extensiv...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tu ZC,Hui J,Blaser MJ

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of the chromosomal DNA flanking the Actinomyces naeslundii (formerly A. viscosus) T14V type 1 fimbrial structural subunit gene (fimP) was determined. Six open reading frames (ORFs), in the order 5' ORF3, ORF2, ORF1,fimP, ORF4, ORF5, ORF6 3', were identified. ORF1 encoded a protein of 408 amino ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yeung MK,Ragsdale PA

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-CD4 antibodies, which cause CD4(+) T-cell depletion, have been shown to increase susceptibility to infections in mice. Thus, development of anti-CD4 antibodies for clinical use raises potential concerns about suppression of host defense mechanisms against pathogens and tumors. The anti-human CD4 antibody kelixima...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Herzyk DJ,Gore ER,Polsky R,Nadwodny KL,Maier CC,Liu S,Hart TK,Harmsen AG,Bugelski PJ

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of epithelial cells by two biovars of Chlamydia trachomatis results in the tyrosine phosphorylation of several host proteins. The most prominent change in host protein tyrosine phosphorylation involves a complex of proteins with molecular masses of 75 to 85 kDa (pp75/85) and 100 kDa (pp100). The C. trachomat...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fawaz FS,van Ooij C,Homola E,Mutka SC,Engel JN

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histophilus somni is capable of intracellular survival within professional phagocytic cells, but the mechanism of survival is not understood. The Fic motif within the direct repeat (DR1)/DR2 domains of the IbpA fibrillary network protein of H. somni is cytotoxic to epithelial and phagocytic cells, which may interfere ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pan Y,Tagawa Y,Champion A,Sandal I,Inzana TJ

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of phagocytosis-stimulating factor (PSF) derived from polymorphonuclear neutrophils on macrophage functions were studied. PSF enhanced the initial rate of phagocytosis of serum-opsonized zymosan particles by macrophages, whereas it did not affect the phagocytosis of immunoglobulin G-sensitized and inert zy...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ishibashi Y,Yamashita T

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00