Immunoglobulin G from subacute sclerosing panencephalitis brain as an immunological reagent.

abstract：:The within-host dynamics of an infection with the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum are the result of a complex interplay between the host immune system and parasite. Continual variation of the P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein (PfEMP1) antigens displayed on the surface of infected red blood cells enable...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Klein EY,Graham AL,Llinás M,Levin S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed an efficient electrotransformation system for the pathogenic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum and used it to examine the effects of features of the transforming DNA on transformation efficiency and fate of the transforming DNA and to demonstrate fungal expression of two recombinant Escherichia coli genes, hp...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Woods JP,Heinecke EL,Goldman WE

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free lipid A of Bordetella pertussis, Neisseria meningitidis, and Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was prepared by hydrolysis in acetate buffer (pH 4.5); in addition, lipid A from B. pertussis and E. coli was prepared by hydrolysis in mineral acid (HCl). The precipitates obtained were purified by extraction m...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Caroff M,Cavaillon JM,Fitting C,Haeffner-Cavaillon N

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella bronchiseptica secreted a hydroxamate siderophore when grown in Fe-depleted medium. A Tn5lac insertion mutant of B. bronchiseptica, DBB22, did not produce this hydroxamate siderophore and was incapable of using lactoferrin as an Fe source. Our data suggest that B. bronchiseptica uses a siderophore for remov...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Foster LA,Dyer DW

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phagocytosis of unopsonized Salmonella typhimurium 395, MR-10, opsonized Salmonella typhimurium 395 MS, and Staphylococcus epidermidis by rabbit polymorphonuclear leukocytes was inhibited by heparin at concentrations as low as 0.5 U/ml. Inhibition was dose dependent and nearly complete at 20 U/ml. Provided that hepari...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Victor M,Weiss J,Elsbach P

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an Escherichia coli strain of human origin, ampicillin resistance and heat-stable enterotoxin activity were shown by EcoRI restriction endonuclease and genetic analysis to be in an 80-megadalton plasmid. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stieglitz H,Fonseca R,Olarte J,Kupersztoch-Portnoy YM

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microsporidia are obligate intracellular parasites that are ubiquitous in nature and have been recognized as causing an important emerging disease among immunocompromised individuals. Limited knowledge exists about the immune response against these organisms, and virtually nothing is known about the receptors involved...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fischer J,Suire C,Hale-Donze H

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The target organs of infection in guinea pigs with asymptomatic acquired or congenital syphilis were identified by PCR and in some cases by rabbit infectivity test (RIT). The prevalence of Treponema pallidum DNA was examined in the following seven organs: the inguinal and mesenteric lymph nodes, spleen, liver, kidney,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wicher K,Abbruscato F,Wicher V,Baughn R,Noordhoek GT

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii is a ubiquitous parasite that persists for the life of a healthy mammalian host. A latent, chronic infection can reactivate upon immunosuppression and cause life-threatening diseases, such as encephalitis. A key to the pathogenesis is the parasite's interconversion between the tachyzoite (in acute in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kim SK,Karasov A,Boothroyd JC

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently reported Bacillus anthracis attenuated live vaccine strains efficiently expressing recombinant protective antigen (rPA) and have shown a direct correlation between the level of rPA secreted by these cells and efficacy (S. Cohen, I. Mendelson, Z. Altboum, D. Kobiler, E. Elhanany, T. Bino, M. Leitner, I...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gat O,Inbar I,Aloni-Grinstein R,Zahavy E,Kronman C,Mendelson I,Cohen S,Velan B,Shafferman A

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis grows within the phagocytic vacuoles of macrophages, where it encounters a moderately acidic and possibly nutrient-restricted environment. Other mycobacterial species encounter acidic conditions in soil and aquatic environments. We have evaluated the influence of pH and divalent cation level...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Piddington DL,Kashkouli A,Buchmeier NA

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli containing the K1 capsule is the leading cause of gram-negative meningitis, but the pathogenesis of this disease is not completely understood. Recent microarray experiments in which we compared the gene expression profile of E. coli K1 associated with human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMEC...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Parthasarathy G,Yao Y,Kim KS

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antigenically conserved proteins of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum and four nonpathogenic cultivatable treponemes were investigated by phase partitioning with the nonionic detergent Triton X-114 and immunoblot analysis. None of the T. pallidum integral membrane proteins identified by phase partitioning (deterg...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Radolf JD,Norgard MV

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No studies to date clearly define the interactions between Porphyromonas gingivalis and human peripheral blood polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN), nor has a protective role for antibody to P. gingivalis been defined. Using a fluorochrome phagocytosis microassay, we investigated PMN phagocytosis and killing of P. gingi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cutler CW,Kalmar JR,Arnold RR

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since secondary Streptococcus pneumoniae infections greatly increase the mortality of influenza infections, we determined the relative roles of neutrophil-dependent and -independent mechanisms in increased susceptibility to S. pneumoniae during influenza infection. Mice infected with influenza for 6 days, but not 3 da...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McNamee LA,Harmsen AG

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sporothrix schenckii is a human pathogen that causes sporotrichosis, an important cutaneous mycosis with a worldwide distribution. It produces dark-brown conidia, which infect the host. We found that S. schenckii synthesizes melanin via the 1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene pentaketide pathway. Melanin biosynthesis in the wild...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Romero-Martinez R,Wheeler M,Guerrero-Plata A,Rico G,Torres-Guerrero H

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC [thrush]) is an opportunistic infection caused by the commensal fungus Candida albicans. OPC is common in individuals with HIV/AIDS, infants, patients on chemotherapy, and individuals with congenital immune defects. Immunity to OPC is strongly dependent on the interleukin-23 (IL-23)/IL-1...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bishu S,Hernández-Santos N,Simpson-Abelson MR,Huppler AR,Conti HR,Ghilardi N,Mamo AJ,Gaffen SL

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amebic erythrophagocytosis is characteristic of invasive amebiasis, and mutants deficient in erythrocyte ingestion are avirulent. We sought to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying erythrocyte phagocytosis by Entamoeba histolytica. Following adherence to amebae, erythrocytes became round and crenulated, and p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Boettner DR,Huston CD,Sullivan JA,Petri WA Jr

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phagocytosis and killing by alveolar macrophages from humans, rabbits, rats, and hamsters, were compared in vitro. In the absence of serum opsonins, human alveolar macrophages could phagocytize Staphylococcus aureus Cowan I (protein A positive), but not S. aureus EMS (protein A negative) or Pseudomonas aeruginosa MN. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nguyen BY,Peterson PK,Verbrugh HA,Quie PG,Hoidal JR

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pili of Serratia marcescens US5 isolated from a patient with urinary tract infection were purified and characterized. During the aeration culture, the pili were detached from the bacteria and were precipitated by the addition of ammonium sulfate. The purification of the pili was carried out by ion-exchange chromat...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kohno K,Yamamoto T,Kuroiwa A,Amako K

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The NikR protein is a nickel-dependent regulatory protein which is a member of the ribbon-helix-helix family of transcriptional regulators. The gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori expresses a NikR ortholog, which was previously shown to mediate regulation of metal metabolism and urease expression, but the mechanism g...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ernst FD,Kuipers EJ,Heijens A,Sarwari R,Stoof J,Penn CW,Kusters JG,van Vliet AH

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The type III secretion system (T3SS) plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of many Gram-negative bacteria, including Edwardsiella tarda, an important fish pathogen. Within the E. tarda T3SS, there are three proteins (EsaB/EsaL/EsaM) that are homologous to proteins present in many other bacteria, including SpiC/SsaL...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Liu LY,Nie P,Yu HB,Xie HX

更新日期：2017-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure was developed to purify dermonecrotic toxin (DNT) from a sonic extract of a serotype D strain of Pasteurella multocida. Sonic extract containing DNT was applied to a DEAE-Sephacel column and eluted by a linear gradient of NaCl. Upon rechromatographing, fractions with dermonecrotic activity for guinea pigs ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nakai T,Sawata A,Tsuji M,Samejima Y,Kume K

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three groups of cattle, each group comprising six animals, were inoculated intravenously with populations of bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma vivax. The first group received T. vivax clone ILDat 1.3 derived from an isolate from Nigeria, while the other two received T. vivax stocks IL 1875 or IL 2133 isolated from Coas...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nantulya VM,Musoke AJ,Moloo SK

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The obligate intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii critically relies on host cell invasion during infection. Proteins secreted from the apical micronemes are central components for host cell recognition, invasion, egress, and virulence. Although previous work established that the sporozoite protein with an altered ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Huynh MH,Boulanger MJ,Carruthers VB

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The invasion of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, Gilliam strain, into guinea pig polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) and the localization and distribution of tracers were followed during the process by electron microscopy. The seven tracers used were: cationized ferritin, ferritin, thorium dioxide (ThO2), carbon particles, l...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rikihisa Y,Ito S

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosylation of the flagellar core proteins (FlaBs) was detected in Treponema pallidum Nichols and in the type or reference strains of seven oral Treponema species. In several nonmotile strains of oral treponemes, the FlaBs were undetectable by both antibody and glycan staining. In contrast, a spontaneous low-motilit...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wyss C

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of vaccines for prevention of diseases caused by pathogenic species can encounter major obstacles if high sequence diversity is observed between individual strains. Therefore, development might be restricted either to conserved antigens, which are often rare, or to multivalent vaccines, which renders t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nayak A,Schüler W,Seidel S,Gomez I,Meinke A,Comstedt P,Lundberg U

更新日期：2020-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of clearance of Vibrio fetus var. venerealis was measured by using in vivo and in vitro methods. The rate of clearance from the circulating blood increased in immune rabbits and reached a plateau 4 days after immunization. Thereafter in vivo clearance did not increase further despite rising agglutinin titers....

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Carrier SP,Kramer TT

更新日期：1971-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial overgrowth in the small bowel is known to occur in patients with persistent diarrhea, but it has been unclear if colonization alone causes fluid secretion. We studied isogenic, nontoxigenic Escherichia coli strains with colonizing factor antigen II (CFA/II) (1392+) and without CFA/II (1392-) in 18-h rabbit i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wanke CA,Guerrant RL

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00