Active immunization of hamsters against experimental infection with Borrelia burgdorferi.

abstract：:The Gram-negative intracellular pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis, an important cause of sepsis in Southeast Asia. Recognition of pathogen-associated molecular patterns by Toll-like receptors (TLRs) is essential for an appropriate immune response during pathogen invasion. In pati...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Birnie E,Weehuizen TAF,Lankelma JM,de Jong HK,Koh GCKW,van Lieshout MHP,Roelofs JJTH,Budding AE,de Vos AF,van der Poll T,Wiersinga WJ

更新日期：2019-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytopathic effect (CPE) of Escherichia coli producing cytotoxic necrotizing factor type 1 (CNF1) was investigated by using a human epithelial cell (HeLa) model of infection with CNF1-producing E. coli BM2-1. This strain was shown to bind loosely, but massively, to HeLa cells. A 4-h interaction between bacteria and...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： De Rycke J,Mazars P,Nougayrede JP,Tasca C,Boury M,Herault F,Valette A,Oswald E

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virulent Treponema pallidum organisms, extracted from infected rabbit testes, were subjected to velocity sedimentation in discontinuous gradients of Hypaque, a high density, low viscosity material. After centrifugation of extracts at 20 C for 45 min at 100,000 x g, treponemes separated into two distinct bands based up...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Baseman JB,Nichols JC,Rumpp JW,Hayes NS

更新日期：1974-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme borreliosis, with phagocytic cells induces the activation of NF-kappaB and the expression of proinflammatory cytokines including tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha). B. burgdorferi-induced TNF-alpha production is also dependent on the activation ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Olson CM,Hedrick MN,Izadi H,Bates TC,Olivera ER,Anguita J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells of several strains of Streptococcus gordonii attached in much higher numbers to experimental pellicles formed from samples of submandibular or parotid saliva on hydroxyapatite (HA) beads than to buffer controls. The nature of the salivary components responsible were investigated by preparing experimental pellicl...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gibbons RJ,Hay DI,Schlesinger DH

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of our study was to characterize the properties of the interaction of pertussis toxin with human polymorphonuclear leukocytes for the modulation of leukotriene generation and metabolism. The cells were stimulated with either the Ca ionophore A23187, opsonized zymosan, or the bacterial peptide formyl-methio...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hensler T,Raulf M,Megret F,Alouf JE,König W

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was shown that a strain of Serratia liquefaciens harbors a conjugative R-plasmid responsible for reistance to the following 14 antibiotics: ampicillin, carbenicillin, cephalothin, butirosin, neomycin, paramomycin, kanamycin, lividomycin, gentamicin, tobramycin, streptomycin, tetracycline, sulfonamide, and chloramph...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Duval-Iflah Y,Raibaud P,Tancrede C,Rousseau M

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-1 receptor (IL1R)-associated kinase 4 (IRAK4) is a member of the IRAK family and has an important role in inducing the production of inflammatory mediators. This kinase is downstream of MyD88, an adaptor protein essential for Toll-like receptor (TLR) function. We investigated the role of this kinase in IRA...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Béla SR,Dutra MS,Mui E,Montpetit A,Oliveira FS,Oliveira SC,Arantes RM,Antonelli LR,McLeod R,Gazzinelli RT

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dextranase preparation (AD17) partially purified from a culture liquor of Spicaria violacea strain IFO 6120 significantly inhibited the formation of artifcial dental plaque on a steel wire or on an extracted tooth surface. Changes in the surface morphology of Streptococcus mutans cells due to AD17 action were studie...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hamada S,Mizuno J,Murayama Y,Ooshima Y,Masuda N

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enhanced memory response, as shown by increased titers of specific immunoglobulin A (IgA), was seen in intestinal secretions from isolated Thiry-Vella loops in rabbits primed orally with live, locally invasive Shigella sp. X16 and challenged 60 days later with a single oral dose of the same antigen. Heat-killed shi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Keren DF,McDonald RA,Scott PJ,Rosner AM,Strubel E

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular growth of Legionella pneumophila occurs in a replication vacuole constructed by host proteins that regulate vesicular traffic from the host endoplasmic reticulum (ER). This process is promoted by a combination of approximately 300 Icm/Dot translocated substrates (IDTS). One of these proteins, Ceg9, was p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Haenssler E,Ramabhadran V,Murphy CS,Heidtman MI,Isberg RR

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we describe a protocol for purifying Borrelia burgdorferi from feeding ticks by velocity centrifugation and Percoll density gradient centrifugation. The purified spirochetes were motile and 10- to 20-fold purer than the bacteria in crude tick homogenates. The purified bacteria were present in sufficient quantity ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rathinavelu S,de Silva AM

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibition by Mycoplasma dispar of ciliary activity of organ cultures of bovine fetal trachea was found to be dependent on the presence of serum in the maintenance medium. Inhibitory activity was unaffected by catalase and no toxic substance was demonstrated in organ culture supernatant fluid. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Howard CJ,Thomas LH

更新日期：1974-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen 2 (Ag2), a major immunoreactive component of Coccidioides immitis mycelium- and spherule-phase cell walls, was recently cloned in our laboratory and was shown to elicit T-cell responses in Coccidioides-immune mice. In this investigation, we evaluated recombinant Ag2 (rAg2) and PCR-generated Ag2 truncations for...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhu Y,Tryon V,Magee DM,Cox RA

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As an opportunistic bacterial pathogen, Pseudomonas aeruginosa mainly affects immunocompromised individuals as well as patients with cystic fibrosis. In a previous study, we showed that ExoS of P. aeruginosa, when injected into host cells through a type III secretion apparatus, functions as an effector molecule to tri...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Jia J,Alaoui-El-Azher M,Chow M,Chambers TC,Baker H,Jin S

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms by which Mycobacterium tuberculosis elicits disease are complex, involving a large repertoire of bacterial genes that are required for in vivo growth and survival. To identify such genes, we utilized a high-throughput microarray detection method to rapidly screen hundreds of unique, genotypically define...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lamichhane G,Tyagi S,Bishai WR

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response to reinfection with Ethiopian Leishmania donovani was evaluated in genetically determined noncure (H-2d) B10.D2 mice that are able to resolve infection due to sublethal irradiation pretreatment after inoculation with a low parasite dose and in C57BL/10 mice that demonstrate the genetically determined cure...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ulczak OM,Ghadirian E,Skamene E,Blackwell JM,Kongshavn PA

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung dendritic cells were identified by immunohistochemistry in lung tissue sections from C57BL/6 mice. Following isolation from the lungs using CD11c magnetic beads, the flow cytometric analysis of I-A(b+) and CD11c(+) cells indicated a mixed population of dendritic cells at different stages of maturation, with most ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gonzalez-Juarrero M,Orme IM

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of our experiment was to evaluate the destructive potential of a strain of Actinomyces viscosus on the periodontium of sensitized rodents, describing the induced lesions on the basis of quantitative cytology. The experimental design comprised in principle the following procedures. Young germfree rats were ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Guggenheim B,Schroeder HE

更新日期：1974-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae is the causative bacteria of the diarrheal disease cholera, but it also persists in aquatic environments, where it displays an expression profile that is distinct from that during infection. Upon entry into the host, a tightly regulated circuit coordinates the induction of two major virulence factors: ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hay AJ,Yang M,Xia X,Liu Z,Hammons J,Fenical W,Zhu J

更新日期：2016-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Rinderpest virus infection was shown to induce marked suppression of both humoral antibody response and cell-mediated immunity in rabbits. The virus exhibited a suppressive effect on primary antibody response as indicated by a decrease in numbers of plaque-forming cells (immunoglobulin [Ig]M) and hemagglutinating anti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yamanouchi K,Fukuda A,Kobune F,Yoshikawa Y,Chino F

更新日期：1974-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody rises to various virus subcomponents were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in the paired sera of volunteers experimentally infected with human coronavirus 229E group viruses. Most of the antibody made during infection was directed against the virus surface projections, with only small amounts of ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Macnaughton MR,Hasony HJ,Madge MH,Reed SE

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus suis is one of the most important pathogens affecting the swine industry and is also an emerging zoonotic agent for humans. Two-component signaling systems (TCSs) play important roles in the adaptation of pathogenic bacteria to host environments. In this study, we identified a novel TCS, named TCS09HKRR,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhong X,Zhang Y,Zhu Y,Dong W,Ma J,Pan Z,Yao H

更新日期：2019-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Human monocytes displayed increased expression of CD40 following infection with virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Nevertheless, soluble CD40 ligand (CD40L; also designated CD154) had no effect on the intracellular growth of the organism. Restriction of the intracellular growth of M. tuberculosis by peripheral blood...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Larkin R,Benjamin CD,Hsu YM,Li Q,Zukowski L,Silver RF

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides, such as defensins or cathelicidins, are effector substances of the innate immune system and are thought to have antimicrobial properties that contribute to host defense. The evidence that vertebrate antimicrobial peptides contribute to innate immunity in vivo is based on their expression patter...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bals R,Weiner DJ,Moscioni AD,Meegalla RL,Wilson JM

更新日期：1999-11-01 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：:Protein-malnourished rats had greater numbers of bacteria in their livers and spleens compared with numbers in control rats following a sublethal intraperitoneal dose of Salmonella typhimurium. However, the febrile responses of both groups of rats to infection were similar. The ability to mount a normal febrile respon...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bradley SF,Kauffman CA

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Only listeriolysin O (LLO)-producing strains of Listeria monocytogenes generate protective immunity in mice. Based on the findings that endogenous gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) production was induced only by such strains and that purified LLO could induce IFN-gamma from NK cells, we have postulated that LLO may play a ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tanabe Y,Xiong H,Nomura T,Arakawa M,Mitsuyama M

更新日期：1999-02-01 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：:Bacterial recognition of host sialic acid-containing receptors plays an important role in microbial colonization of the human oral cavity. The sialic acid-binding adhesin of Streptococcus gordonii DL1 was previously associated with the hsa gene encoding a 203-kDa protein. The predicted protein sequence consists of an ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Takahashi Y,Yajima A,Cisar JO,Konishi K

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00