Mechanism of Shope fibroma virus-induced suppression of host deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis.

abstract：:Actinomyces naeslundii and Streptococcus gordonii, oral bacteria that possess Gal/GalNAc- and sialic acid-reactive lectins, respectively, were adherent to immobilized secretory immunoglobulin A (IgA) and two IgA1 myeloma proteins but not to two IgA2 myeloma proteins. Apparently, O-linked oligosaccharides at the hinge ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ruhl S,Sandberg AL,Cole MF,Cisar JO

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous animal studies showed that maternal Porphyromonas gingivalis infection in a subcutaneous chamber is associated with hepatic and uterine translocation, as well as systemic induction of maternal inflammatory responses, both of which were associated with fetal growth restriction (FGR). However, P. gingivalis...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lin D,Smith MA,Elter J,Champagne C,Downey CL,Beck J,Offenbacher S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were performed to investigate the usefulness of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay utilizing avidin-biotin interaction as a diagnostic tool for detection of Toxoplasma antigen in blood. The lower limit of sensitivity of the assay by this method was ca. 4 ng/ml, and standard assays provided a linear plot ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ise Y,Iida T,Sato K,Suzuki T,Shimada K,Nishioka K

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

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 two-component regulatory system, GraRS, appears to be involved in staphylococcal responses to cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAPs). However, the mechanism(s) by which GraRS is induced, regulated, and modulated remain undefined. In this study, we used two well-characterized MRSA strains (Mu50 and COL) and their r...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yang SJ,Bayer AS,Mishra NN,Meehl M,Ledala N,Yeaman MR,Xiong YQ,Cheung AL

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cimetidine is a powerful H2 receptor antagonist that eliminates histamine's effects on chemotaxis, phagocytosis, and superoxide anion production by phagocytes. The purpose of this study was to analyze the clinical and histopathological changes associated with experimental periodontitis in rabbits in response to topica...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hasturk H,Kantarci A,Ebrahimi N,Andry C,Holick M,Jones VL,Van Dyke TE

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma cruzi is a protozoan parasite that causes human Chagas' disease, a leading source of congestive heart failure in Central and South America. CD8+ T cells are critical for control of T. cruzi infection, and CD8+ T cells recognizing the immunodominant trans-sialidase gene-encoded peptide TSKB20 (ANYKFTLV) acc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Martin DL,Murali-Krishna K,Tarleton RL

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Fcγ receptor IIIb (FcγRIIIb) is a low-affinity receptor of IgG and is essential in neutrophil-mediated effector functions. Different allelic forms of FcγRIIIb carrying human neutrophil antigen (HNA-1a, -1b, -1c, and -1d) have been identified. Here, we have generated stable transfected HEK293 cell lines expressing ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Simtong P,Romphruk AV,Traum A,Burg-Roderfeld M,Bein G,Jakubowski K,Dominik A,Theisen M,Kana IH,Sachs UJ,Santoso S

更新日期：2018-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibronectin-binding proteins mediate Staphylococcus aureus internalization into nonphagocytic cells in vitro. We have investigated whether fibronectin-binding proteins are virulence factors in the pathogenesis of pneumonia by using S. aureus strain 8325-4 and isogenic mutants in which fibronectin-binding proteins were...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McElroy MC,Cain DJ,Tyrrell C,Foster TJ,Haslett C

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infantile gastroenteritis virus (orbi-group) recovered from stools of infants with acute nonbacterial gastroenteritis was administered per os to germfree and conventional piglets. Virus was found subsequently in stools and in the mucosal epithelial cells of the small intestine of these animals. Some animals developed ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Middleton PJ,Petric M,Szymanski MT

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent study found that group A Streptococcus (GAS) expresses a cell surface protein with similarity to human collagen (S. Lukomski, K. Nakashima, I. Abdi, V. J. Cipriano, R. M. Ireland, S. R. Reid, G. G. Adams, and J. M. Musser, Infect. Immun. 68:6542-6553, 2000). This streptococcal collagen-like protein (Scl) cont...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lukomski S,Nakashima K,Abdi I,Cipriano VJ,Shelvin BJ,Graviss EA,Musser JM

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement-containing immune complexes can be presented to phagocytes by human erythrocytes bearing complement receptor 1 (CR1). Although this has long been assumed to be a mechanism by which humans are able to protect themselves from "extracellular" bacteria such as pneumococci, there is little direct evidence. In th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Li J,Wang JP,Ghiran I,Cerny A,Szalai AJ,Briles DE,Finberg RW

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae sortase A (SrtA) is a transpeptidase that is highly conserved among pneumococcal strains, whose involvement in adhesion/colonization has been reported. We found that intraperitoneal immunization with recombinant SrtA conferred to mice protection against S. pneumoniae intraperitoneal challenge ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gianfaldoni C,Maccari S,Pancotto L,Rossi G,Hilleringmann M,Pansegrau W,Sinisi A,Moschioni M,Masignani V,Rappuoli R,Del Giudice G,Ruggiero P

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protection against infection with virulent blood (trypomastigote) forms of Trypanosoma cruzi was accomplished in mice by immunization with culture (mainly epimastigote) forms killed by treatment with sodium perchlorate. Sodium chloride, used instead of sodium perchlorate, with all other conditions kept the same, faile...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kierszenbaum F,Budzko DB

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium piliforme induces enterohepatic disease in many domestic and laboratory animal species. Susceptibility to infection is known to vary with the immune status and strain of the host, but little is known about specific immune mechanisms that regulate this disease. To evaluate host control of C. piliforme infec...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Van Andel RA,Hook RR Jr,Franklin CL,Besch-Williford CL,Riley LK

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ehrlichia chaffeensis, a tick-transmitted obligate intracellular rickettsial agent, causes human monocytic ehrlichiosis. In recent reports, we described substantial advances in developing random and targeted gene disruption methods to investigate the functions of E. chaffeensis genes. We reported earlier that the Hima...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wang Y,Nair ADS,Alhassan A,Jaworski DC,Liu H,Trinkl K,Hove P,Ganta CK,Burkhardt N,Munderloh UG,Ganta RR

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is common after renal transplantation, and cytomegaloviruria occurs in about two-thirds of the recipients. These observations suggest that the allografts may be a site of latent infection with CMV and its reactivation may be the source of viruria. To investigate this possibility, 130 ki...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Naraqi S,Jackson GG,Jonasson O,Rubenis M

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyprotein allergens are a family of structurally homologous molecules from parasitic nematodes which induce specific immunoglobulin E in infected individuals. We show here that both H-2 and non-H-2 factors determine the ability of mice to generate T- and B-cell responses to the filarial polyprotein allergen (Brugia ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Allen JE,Lawrence RA,Maizels RM

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the roles of gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) and interleukin-4 (IL-4) in host defense against Brugia malayi. Our data suggest that the lack of either IFN-gamma or IL-4 prolongs the time required to achieve sterile immunity, suggesting that both canonical type 1 and type 2 responses are involved in th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Babu S,Ganley LM,Klei TR,Shultz LD,Rajan TV

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two Escherichia coli strains (B/M 369 and C-35) belonging to enteropathogenic serogroup O86 were isolated from patients with infantile diarrhea and studied with respect to their cellular adherence properties. Both strains exhibited adherence (Ad+) to HEp-2 and HeLa cell monolayers in vitro and expressed mannose-resist...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pal R,Ghose AC

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune responses of mice to Streptococcus mutans serotype c were analyzed by means of the enzyme-linked immunospot assay to determine the predominant specificities of the antibodies developed. In general, the numbers of splenic antibody-secreting cells correlated with serum antibody levels. A low dose (10(8) CFU) of k...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Russell MW,Czerkinsky C,Moldoveanu Z

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease pathogen, dramatically alters its protein profile when it is transmitted between ticks and mammals. Several differentially expressed proteins have been shown to be critical for the enzootic cycle of B. burgdorferi. In this study, we demonstrated that expression of the surface lip...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Xu H,He M,He JJ,Yang XF

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) binding site has been predicted to be in the N terminus of the flagellin molecule. In order to better define the interaction between the N-terminal amino acids of Pseudomonas aeruginosa flagellin and TLR5, site-specific mutations were generated between residues 88 and 97 of P. aeruginos...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Verma A,Arora SK,Kuravi SK,Ramphal R

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusobacterium nucleatum is a common oral anaerobe involved in periodontitis that is known to translocate and cause intrauterine infections. In the oral environment, F. nucleatum adheres to a large diversity of species, facilitating their colonization and creating biological bridges that stabilize the multispecies dent...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Coppenhagen-Glazer S,Sol A,Abed J,Naor R,Zhang X,Han YW,Bachrach G

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen strains of Escherichia coli were tested for ability to cause infective endocarditis in rabbits prepared by prior placement of an intracardiac catheter. Strains that were resistant to the bactericidal action of serum caused E. coli endocarditis in 91.4% of rabbits, whereas serum-sensitive strains usually faile...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Durack DT,Beeson PB

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Species-specific antibody epitopes within several major immunoreactive protein orthologs of Ehrlichia species have recently been identified and molecularly characterized. In this study, dominant B-cell epitopes within the acidic (pI 5.35) ankyrin repeat-containing 200-kDa major immunoreactive protein (gp200) of Ehrlic...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nethery KA,Doyle CK,Zhang X,McBride JW

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic biofilms have been associated with persistent infections due to their high resistance to antimicrobial agents, while commensal biofilms often fortify the host's immune system. Hence, controlling biofilm formation of both pathogenic bacteria and commensal bacteria is important in bacterium-related diseases. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lee JH,Regmi SC,Kim JA,Cho MH,Yun H,Lee CS,Lee J

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies in our laboratory have indicated that naturally resistant, inbred DBA/2J mice mount a greater serum antibody response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa 19660 than susceptible C57BL/6J mice. However, the specificity of the antibody produced was not known. The present study examines the specificity and kinetics...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Preston MJ,Berk JM,Hazlett LD,Berk RS

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the molecular basis of the T-cell-mediated immune response to Listeria monocytogenes, we cloned and expressed listerial antigens in Escherichia coli using the lambda-ZAP bacteriophage and Bluescript plasmid vectors. A two-stage screening strategy was implemented to identify T-cell-reactive antigens; the fir...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Beattie IA,Swaminathan B,Ziegler HK

更新日期：1990-09-01 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