Cytotoxic enterotoxin produced by Aeromonas hydrophila: relationship of toxigenic isolates to diarrheal disease.

abstract：:The bacterial pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei invades host cells, escapes from endocytic vesicles, multiplies intracellularly, and induces the formation of actin tails and membrane protrusions, leading to direct cell-to-cell spreading. This study was aimed at the identification of B. pseudomallei genes responsible ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pilatz S,Breitbach K,Hein N,Fehlhaber B,Schulze J,Brenneke B,Eberl L,Steinmetz I

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelets aggregate in response to an adhesin and the platelet aggregation-associated protein (PAAP) expressed on the cell surfaces of certain strains of Streptococcus sanguis. We sought to identify the corresponding PAAP receptor and accessory adhesin binding sites on platelets. Since the adhesion(s) of S. sanguis fo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gong K,Wen DY,Ouyang T,Rao AT,Herzberg MC

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The affinity of uropathogenic Escherichia coli to kidneys and bladders of experimentally infected mice was shown to be determined in part by the adhesive properties of the infecting bacteria. Mice were infected with various pairwise combinations of two homogeneic sets of bacteria: (i) mutants derived from a human pyel...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hagberg L,Hull R,Hull S,Falkow S,Freter R,Svanborg Edén C

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most children and adults living in areas where the endemicity of Plasmodium falciparum malaria is high have significantly elevated levels of both total immunoglobulin E (IgE) and IgE antimalarial antibodies in blood. This elevation is highest in patients with cerebral malaria, suggesting a pathogenic role for this imm...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Perlmann P,Perlmann H,Flyg BW,Hagstedt M,Elghazali G,Worku S,Fernandez V,Rutta AS,Troye-Blomberg M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pretreatment with multiple doses of polymyxin B and colistimethate was evaluated as to its ability to sequester sufficient antibiotic in tissues to neutralize the effects of endotoxin in three animal models. Animals were challenged with endotoxin 24, 48, or 72 h after the last dose of antibiotic when there was minimal...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Craig WA,Turner JH,Kunin CM

更新日期：1974-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An important role for immunoglobulin M (IgM) during early acute virulent Toxoplasma gondii infection was identified using IgM-/- mice that lack surface and secretory IgM but maintain normal B-cell functionality and isotype class switching. Following intraperitoneal inoculation with the virulent RH strain, IgM-/- mice ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Couper KN,Roberts CW,Brombacher F,Alexander J,Johnson LL

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used an in vitro opsonophagocytic killing assay to measure the functional activity of antibody directed at the mucoid exopolysaccharide (MEP) antigen expressed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from cystic fibrosis patients. Rabbit antibodies raised to purified MEP were able to mediate phagocytic killing i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ames P,DesJardins D,Pier GB

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia pneumoniae is a human respiratory pathogen. Unlike the other two Chlamydia species, no species-specific antigen has been defined for C. pneumoniae. An immunoreactive clone containing a 0.8-kb fragment was isolated from a C. pneumoniae (AR-39) genomic library by using anti-C. pneumoniae rabbit immune serum. B...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Perez Melgosa M,Kuo CC,Campbell LA

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) is a commensal microorganism of the human nasopharynx, and yet is also an opportunistic pathogen of the upper and lower respiratory tracts. Host microenvironments influence gene expression patterns, likely critical for NTHi persistence. The host sequesters iron as a mechanism ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Harrison A,Santana EA,Szelestey BR,Newsom DE,White P,Mason KM

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Onchocerca volvulus, a human parasitic nematode, is the third leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide. This study describes the molecular cloning of a novel superoxide dismutase (SOD) from the parasite. This putative O. volvulus extracellular SOD (OvEcSOD) is 628 nucleotides (nt) long, including a 22-nt 5' sp...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： James ER,McLean DC Jr,Perler F

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human serum at low concentrations inhibits the growth of Cryptococcus neoformans in vitro. Fractionation of serum yielded a purified inhibitory protein with a molecular mass of approximately 81.8 kDa, a pI of approximately 6.2, and an amino acid sequence that matched that of human transferrin. The inhibitory activity ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sridhar S,Ahluwalia M,Brummer E,Stevens DA

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerobic microorganisms were isolated and identified from 9 of 10 malignant tissues aseptically obtained from surgical patients. The organisms isolated are species commonly associated with the flora of the human body. When these cancer-associated organisms were grown in Trypticase soy broth (BBL Microbiology Systems), ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Backus BT,Affronti LF

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice pretreated intraperitoneally with trehalose-6,6'-dimycolate (cord factor) were protected against an intraperitoneal challenge with Salmonella typhi strain Ty2 or Salmonella typhimurium strain SR 11. The nonspecific resistance to S. typhi and S. typhimurium was still detectable 7 and 14 days, respectively, after a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yarkoni E,Bekierkunst A

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty monoclonal antibodies have been prepared to the erythrocytes from CBA/Ca mice infected with the rodent malaria Plasmodium chabaudi. By immunofluorescence, 15 of these antibodies recognized parasite antigens expressed only during the development of mature trophozoites to schizonts and merozoites, 2 recognized pa...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Boyle DB,Newbold CI,Smith CC,Brown KN

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The urease gene of Staphylococcus saprophyticus CCM883 was cloned and expressed in Staphylococcus carnosus TM300. In vitro translation of the cloned DNA sequences revealed six polypeptides (of 70, 47, 29, 27, 20, and 17 kilodaltons) that were associated with enzyme activity. Introduction of the cloned genes into a ure...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gatermann S,Marre R

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptidoglycan from a Staphylococcus epidermidis strain, isolated from a patient with septicemia, was preincubated with human serum. This mixture was then investigated for its potency to induce tumor necrosis factor (TNF) secretion by human blood monocytes. TNF was measured in the supernatants by using a bioassay and/o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mattsson E,Rollof J,Verhoef J,Van Dijk H,Fleer A

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced human periodontitis is considered to be a B-cell lesion, but the cellular infiltrate contains several cell types, the distribution of which has not been determined. This experiment was designed to characterize and identify the immunocompetent cells on histological sections and in eluates from diseased human g...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Okada H,Kida T,Yamagami H

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae responds to environmental changes by altering the protein composition of its outer membrane. In rich medium, V. cholerae expresses almost exclusively the outer membrane porin OmpU, whereas in minimal medium, OmpT is the dominant porin. The supplementation of a minimal medium with a mixture of asparagin...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mey AR,Craig SA,Payne SM

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro, Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin (CPE) binds to human ileal epithelium and induces morphological damage concurrently with reduced short-circuit current, transepithelial resistance, and net water absorption. CPE also binds to the human colon in vitro but causes only slight morphological and transport chang...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fernández Miyakawa ME,Pistone Creydt V,Uzal FA,McClane BA,Ibarra C

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism by which Helicobacter pylori, which has little or no invasive activity, induces gastric-tissue inflammation and injury has not been well characterized. We have previously demonstrated that water-extracted proteins of H. pylori are capable of activating human monocytes by a lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-indepe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pérez-Pérez GI,Shepherd VL,Morrow JD,Blaser MJ

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene encoding the cytotoxic enterotoxin (Act) from Aeromonas hydrophila was hyperexpressed with the pET, pTRX, and pGEX vector systems. Maximum toxin yield was obtained with the pTRX vector. Approximately 40 to 60% of Act was in a soluble form with the pTRX and pET vector systems. The toxin protein was purified to h...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ferguson MR,Xu XJ,Houston CW,Peterson JW,Coppenhaver DH,Popov VL,Chopra AK

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments outlined here investigate the role of nitric oxide (NO) in the pathogenesis of Plasmodium falciparum-induced malarial anemia (MA). The results show that ex vivo and in vitro NO synthase (NOS) activity in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) is significantly elevated in children with MA and inversely ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Keller CC,Kremsner PG,Hittner JB,Misukonis MA,Weinberg JB,Perkins DJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding the 35-kDa immunogenic Treponema pallidium subsp. pallidum (T. pallidum) membrane protein C, TmpC, was cloned, sequenced, and expressed in Escherichia coli. The deduced amino acid sequence carries on N-terminal signal sequence with a four-amino-acid motif, which is characteristic for bacterial lipopr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schouls LM,van der Heide HG,van Embden JD

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of the rabbit reticuloendothelial system with viable Mycobacterium bovis (strain BCG), and other agents, had no effect on the development of syphilitic lesions after intradermal or intravenous inoculation with graded doses of Treponema pallidum (virulent Nichol's strain; mean infective doses less than 10)....

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Graves SR,Johnson RC

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nonhuman primate model for malaria vaccine development allowing reliable, stringent sporozoite challenge and evaluation of both cellular and antibody responses is needed. We therefore constructed a multicomponent, multistage DNA vaccine for the simian malaria species Plasmodium knowlesi including two preerythrocytic...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rogers WO,Baird JK,Kumar A,Tine JA,Weiss W,Aguiar JC,Gowda K,Gwadz R,Kumar S,Gold M,Hoffman SL

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Francisella tularensis is a gram-negative pathogen that causes life-threatening infections in humans and has potential for use as a biological weapon. The genetic basis of the F. tularensis virulence is poorly understood. This study screened a total of 3,936 transposon mutants of the live vaccine strain for infection ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Su J,Yang J,Zhao D,Kawula TH,Banas JA,Zhang JR

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penetration of the intestinal mucosa at areas of Peyer's patches is an important first step for Salmonella typhimurium to produce lethal systemic disease in mice. However, mutations in genes that are important for intestinal invasion result in only moderately decreased virulence of S. typhimurium for mice. Here we rep...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bäumler AJ,Tsolis RM,Valentine PJ,Ficht TA,Heffron F

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The toxicity of Chlamydia trachomatis was studied with mouse peritoneal macrophage culture. Inoculation of 30 inclusion-forming units of trachoma B/TW-5/OT organisms and 250 inclusion-forming units of lymphogranuloma venereum L2/434/Bu organisms per cell caused immediated toxicity, with the killing of 40 to 90% of the...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kuo CC

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement-fixing antibodies were first detected in mice 7 days after intravenous injection with Mycoplasma arthritidis. Peak titers were observed at 21 days, and high levels of antibody persisted through 293 days. The metabolism-inhibiting antibody response was minimal. On fractionation of mouse sera, only 7S antibod...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Coke BC,Ward JR,Golightly-Rowland C,Trapp GA

更新日期：1971-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The level of type-specific antigen (that covalently associated with the cell wall peptidoglycan and that released extracellularly) synthesized by virulent and avirulent strains of type III group B streptococci was quantitated and compared. Additionally, the effect of the physiological age of the cells and the influenc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yeung MK,Mattingly SJ

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00