Lanthanum chloride inhibition of the secretory response to Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin.

abstract：:One rabbit pathogenic Escherichia coli strain, belonging to serogroup O103, harbors a self-transferable 117-kb plasmid (pREC-1) encoding resistance to several antibiotics. The role of this R plasmid in the colonization of the digestive tract in specific-pathogen-free (E. coli O103-free) rabbits was studied. Five-week-...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Reynaud A,Federighi M,Licois D,Guillot JF,Joly B

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P.69 pertactin (P.69 Prn), an adhesion molecule from the causative agent of pertussis, Bordetella pertussis, is present in cellular and most acellular vaccines that are currently used worldwide. Although both humoral immunity and cellular immunity directed against P.69 Prn have been implicated in protective immune mec...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stenger RM,Poelen MC,Moret EE,Kuipers B,Bruijns SC,Hoogerhout P,Hijnen M,King AJ,Mooi FR,Boog CJ,van Els CA

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humoral and cell-mediated immune responses to varicella-zoster (V-Z) virus were assessed in patients during and after V-Z infections. Ongoing V-Z infections was associated with minimal cellular immunity but not necessarily with poor humoral immunity. Recovery from V-Z infection was associated with a vigorous cellular ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gershon AA,Steinberg SP

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi produces a mitogen for murine B lymphocytes which can be measured in vitro by polyclonal stimulation of proliferation and immunoglobulin production (R. Schoenfeld, B. Araneo, Y. Ma, L. Yang, and J. J. Weis, Infect. Immun. 60:455-464, 1992). Sonicated B. burgdorferi cells also stimulated IL-6 produ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yang L,Ma Y,Schoenfeld R,Griffiths M,Eichwald E,Araneo B,Weis JJ

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a PCR-based strategy and degenerate oligonucleotides, we isolated a Legionella pneumophila gene that showed high sequence similarity to members of the fliI gene family. An insertion mutation that disrupted the fliI open reading frame was recombined onto the L. pneumophila chromosome and analyzed for its effects ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Merriam JJ,Mathur R,Maxfield-Boumil R,Isberg RR

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 25-kb linear plasmid lp25 and one of the 28-kb linear plasmids (lp28-1) are required for experimental infection in Borrelia burgdorferi, the etiologic agent of Lyme disease. The loss of these plasmids either eliminates infectivity (lp25) or significantly increases the 50% infective dose during a 2-week infection p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Labandeira-Rey M,Seshu J,Skare JT

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic Escherichia coli lipid A and synthetic S-[2,3-bis-(palmitoyloxy)propyl]-N-palmitoylpentapeptide (tripalmitoyl pentapeptide [TPP]), representing the mitogenically active principles of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and lipoprotein, respectively, were compared for their mitogenic activities on splenocytes ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Brade L,Bessler WG,Brade H

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between the sequence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae pilin and its quaternary assembly into pilus fibers was studied with a set of site-directed antibody probes and by mapping the specificities of antipilus antisera with peptides. Buried and exposed peptides in assembled pili were identified by competitive i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Forest KT,Bernstein SL,Getzoff ED,So M,Tribbick G,Geysen HM,Deal CD,Tainer JA

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vivo behavior of revertants of Staphylococcus aureus L-phase variants were studied in mice. The Giorgio strain of S. aureus was induced into L-phase variants by methicillin. After 13 serial passages in methicillin agar and six passages in antibiotic-free agar, reversion occurred. Six revertants, all phage untyp...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Watanakunakorn C,Glotzbecker C

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of dengue-2 antigens was studied in infected monkey kidney cells (LLC MK2) using an indirect, horseradish peroxidase-conjugated immunoglobulin technique. This procedure allowed both light and electron microscopic examination of serial-step sections of individual cells cut in a plane perpendicular to t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cardiff RD,Lund JK

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospira interrogans is an important mammalian pathogen. Transmission from an environmental source requires adaptations to a range of new environmental conditions in the organs and tissues of the infected host. Since many pathogenic bacteria utilize temperature to discern their environment and regulate the synthesis...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nally JE,Timoney JF,Stevenson B

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that a Pasteurella multocida cexA mutant (PBA875) was impaired in capsule export and highly attenuated in virulence for mice (J. D. Boyce and B. Adler, Infect. Immun. 68:3463-3468, 2000). In this study we show that immunization with high, but not low, doses of PBA875 can confer significant pro...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Boyce JD,Adler B

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron starvation conditions limited the growth of Salmonella typhi, as evidenced by an increase in the lag phase of a culture and a decrease in the number of bacteria reached in the stationary phase. The analysis of the outer membrane of bacteria grown under these conditions identified new protein components with appar...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fernandez-Beros ME,Gonzalez C,McIntosh MA,Cabello FC

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis must withstand high levels of nitrosative stress while in the oral cavity, the mechanisms of nitrosative stress defense are not well understood in this organism. Previously we showed that the transcriptional regulator HcpR plays a significant role in defense, ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Belvin BR,Gui Q,Hutcherson JA,Lewis JP

更新日期：2019-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:An array of pro- and anti-inflammatory mediators of the innate immune system was analyzed in stool, urine, and rectal mucosa samples from adults and children with shigellosis to better understand their role in recovery from and in the immunopathogenesis of the disease. Increased concentrations of lactoferrin (Lf), mye...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Raqib R,Mia SM,Qadri F,Alam TI,Alam NH,Chowdhury AK,Mathan MM,Andersson J

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of a pathogen to evade neutrophil phagocytic killing mechanisms is critically important for dissemination and establishment of a systemic infection. Understanding how pathogens overcome these innate defenses is essential for the development of optimal therapeutic strategies for invasive infections. CpsY is...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Allen JP,Neely MN

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A progressive increase in infections with multiresistant Enterococcus faecium has been reported, especially in cancer patients and neutropenic patients. Despite its increasing importance as a nosocomial pathogen, knowledge of the pathogenesis of E. faecium infections is highly limited. In this study, we investigated t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Leendertse M,Willems RJ,Giebelen IA,Roelofs JJ,Bonten MJ,van der Poll T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, the natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1 gene, Nramp1, plays a major role in resistance to mycobacterial infections. Chesapeake Bay striped bass (Morone saxatilis) is currently experiencing an epizootic of mycobacteriosis that threatens the health of this ecologically and economically importa...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Burge EJ,Gauthier DT,Ottinger CA,Van Veld PA

更新日期：2004-03-01 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：:Mutant analysis was used to identify Moraxella catarrhalis gene products necessary for biofilm development in a crystal violet-based assay involving 24-well tissue culture plates. The wild-type M. catarrhalis strains that formed the most extensive biofilms in this system proved to be refractory to transposon mutagenes...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pearson MM,Laurence CA,Guinn SE,Hansen EJ

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the role of the hepatobiliary system in the early pathogenesis of Salmonella enteritidis infection was investigated in a rat model. Intravenous (i.v.) challenge with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) has previously been shown to enhance the translocation of normal gut flora. We first confirmed that LPS can simil...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Islam AF,Moss ND,Dai Y,Smith MS,Collins AM,Jackson GD

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Counts of acid-fast bacilli were made on homogenates of whole liver, whole spleen, and two femurs of CBA mice killed at various time intervals after intravenous infection with Mycobacterium lepraemurium. The growth curves so obtained showed that the bacillus multiplied faster in bone marrow than in liver or spleen. No...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Brown IN,Krenzien HN

更新日期：1976-02-01 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：:Although nasal vaccination has emerged as an interesting alternative to systemic or oral vaccination, knowledge is scarce about the immune responses after such immunization in humans. In the present study, we have compared the kinetics and organ distribution of the antibody responses after nasal and oral vaccination. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rudin A,Johansson EL,Bergquist C,Holmgren J

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes causes foodborne systemic disease in pregnant women, which can lead to preterm labor, stillbirth, or severe neonatal disease. Colonization of the maternal decidua appears to be an initial step in the maternal component of the disease as well as bacterial transmission to th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rizzuto G,Tagliani E,Manandhar P,Erlebacher A,Bakardjiev AI

更新日期：2017-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is one of the most potent trigger substances for monocytes and macrophages causing secretion of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and other inflammatory mediators. The nature of the nuclear factors involved in human TNF-alpha gene regulation is still unknown. Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-k...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Takashiba S,Van Dyke TE,Shapira L,Amar S

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two published sequences of the pertussis toxin operon differ in 3 bp in the S1 subunit gene. In this report, we provide evidence that Bordetella pertussis strains are able to produce active pertussis toxin only when they contain one of the two possible nucleotide sequences. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pizza M,Bugnoli M,Pucci P,Siciliano R,Marino G,Rappuoli R

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterium Neisseria meningitidis is the causative agent of meningitis and sepsis. A generally effective vaccine against N. meningitidis serogroup B is not yet available, but outer membrane vesicle vaccines are in development. These vaccines contain lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The inclusion of N. meningitidis wild-ty...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fransen F,Boog CJ,van Putten JP,van der Ley P

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fonsecaea pedrosoi is a fungal pathogen that produces melanin. The functions of melanin and its possible influence in the protective immunological response during infection by F. pedrosoi are not known. In this work, treatment of F. pedrosoi mycelia with proteases and glycosidases followed by a denaturing agent and ho...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Alviano DS,Franzen AJ,Travassos LR,Holandino C,Rozental S,Ejzemberg R,Alviano CS,Rodrigues ML

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strains of Bacteroides fragilis that produce a ca. 20-kDa heat-labile protein toxin (termed B. fragilis toxin [BFT]) have been associated with diarrheal disease of animals and humans. BFT alters the morphology of intestinal epithelial cells both in vitro and in vivo and stimulates secretion in ligated intestinal segme...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Franco AA,Mundy LM,Trucksis M,Wu S,Kaper JB,Sears CL

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00