Insoluble glucan synthesis by Streptococcus mutans serotype c strains.

abstract：:Purification of the envelope antigen of Yersinia pestis EV with passive hemagglutination activity is described. The purification procedure consisted of pancreatin digestion, chromatography on human erythrocyte stroma set on Celite, and rechromatography on Sephadex G-200. Chemical, physical, and biological properties o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Głosnicka R,Gruszkiewicz E

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Archived sera (collected in 1946) from acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and untreated scarlet fever and/or pharyngitis patients were reacted with streptococcal M protein, cardiac myosin, and cardiac tropomyosin. Except for very low levels to tropomyosin, antibodies to other antigens were not elevated in the sera of ARF pat...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Jones KF,Whitehead SS,Cunningham MW,Fischetti VA

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of active immunization against Helicobacter pylori indicate that antibodies play a minor role in immunity. There is also evidence, however, that the translocation of antibodies in the stomach may be insufficient to achieve functional antibody levels in the gastric lumen. We have used a suckling mouse model of ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gorrell RJ,Robins-Browne RM

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since we previously observed a remarkable decrease in the numbers of T cells in the Peyer's patches of the small intestines in C57BL/6 mice following peroral infection with Toxoplasma gondii, we performed studies to examine the mechanism(s) whereby this decrease in numbers of the T cells occurs. We found that apoptoti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Liesenfeld O,Kosek JC,Suzuki Y

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies found that normal human serum (NHS) contains an immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody that mediates initiation of the classical complement pathway by nonencapsulated Cryptococcus neoformans. The present study used an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with whole nonencapsulated yeast cells as solid-phase ant...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Keller RG,Pfrommer GS,Kozel TR

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is cleared from the blood mainly by the liver. The Kupffer cells are primarily responsible for this clearance; liver endothelial and parenchymal cells contribute to a lesser extent. Although several binding sites have been described, only CD14 is known to be involved in LPS signalling. Among t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： van Oosten M,van de Bilt E,van Berkel TJ,Kuiper J

更新日期：1998-11-01 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：:Establishment and maintenance of chronic lung infections with mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) require that the bacteria avoid host defenses. Elaboration of the extracellular, O-acetylated mucoid exopolysaccharide, or alginate, is a major microbial factor in resistance to immune effe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pier GB,Coleman F,Grout M,Franklin M,Ohman DE

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pyogenes secretes a specific immunoglobulin G (IgG)-protease, SpeB, as well as the IgG glycan-hydrolyzing enzyme EndoS. Here we show that SpeB also degrades IgA, IgM, IgD, and IgE. We also show that EndoS only hydrolyzes the glycan moiety on native but not denatured IgG. Thus, SpeB has a broad immunoglob...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Collin M,Olsén A

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined 205 enterotoxigenic strains of Escherichia coli for colonization factor antigens (CFA) I and II, using an immunodiffusion technique with specific antisera. A total of 36 strains of serogroups O63, O78, O114, O128, and O153 and 1 rough strain possessed CFA/I and gave a single precipitin line; 47 strains of ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cravioto A,Scotland SM,Rowe B

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Length and restriction site polymorphism within a 2.8-kb threonine-rich open reading frame from Cryptosporidium parvum was identified and used to determine the genotypes of isolates from calves and humans. In agreement with observations of other genetic loci, all calf isolates were identical at this locus. In contrast...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Carraway M,Tzipori S,Widmer G

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of tolerance to Escherichia coli endotoxin on the phagocytic and bactericidal activity of the hepatic reticuloendothelial system against viable E. coli were examined using ex vivo perfused rat livers. Livers were isolated from control and endotoxin-tolerant rats and perfused with a medium containing 5% hom...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ruggiero G,Andreana A,Utili R,Galante D

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently introduced choleragen-induced rat foot edema model has been employed as a bioassay for evaluating the immunogenicity of three purified preparations containing cholera exo-enterotoxin antigen, choleragen, choleragenoid, and Formalin-treated choleragen (formagen). The results indicated that choleragen evoke...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Finkelstein RA,Hollingsworth RC

更新日期：1970-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is a pathogen that causes significant morbidity and mortality. Nasal carriage is a major source of transmission and of endogenous infection. Persistent carriage is detected in ∼30% of healthy individuals. While Th17 cells have been shown to play a role in S. aureus infection and clearance, the im...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Reiss-Mandel A,Rubin C,Zayoud M,Rahav G,Regev-Yochay G

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrauterine infections lead to serious complications for mother and fetus, including preterm birth, maternal and fetal death, and neurological sequelae in the surviving offspring. Improving maternal and child heath is a global priority. Yet, the development of strategies to prevent and treat pregnancy-related disease...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lowe DE,Robbins JR,Bakardjiev AI

更新日期：2018-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Hamster respiratory epithelial cells were cultured in a monolayer format, and 20% of the cells were ciliated. Mycoplasma pneumoniae attached to the epithelial cells in a neuraminidase-specific fashion and induced ciliostasis and cytonecrosis. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gabridge MG,Gunderson H,Schaeffer SL,Barden-Stahl YD

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 18-kilodalton (kDa) antigen of Mycobacterium leprae was expressed as a fusion protein with a 2-kDa leader peptide and used in proliferation assays with peripheral blood cells. Fifty percent of untreated tuberculoid leprosy patients and 93% of long-term leprosy contacts responded to the recombinant protein in lymph...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dockrell HM,Stoker NG,Lee SP,Jackson M,Grant KA,Jouy NF,Lucas SB,Hasan R,Hussain R,McAdam KP

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have suggested that interleukin-4 (IL-4) has a protective effect in host defense to Borrelia burgdorferi infection, both in limiting the severity of arthritis and in controlling spirochete numbers in tissues, and a mapping study revealed suggestive linkage to a cluster of genes on mouse chromosome 11,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Potter MR,Noben-Trauth N,Weis JH,Teuscher C,Weis JJ

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Production of group A streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxins (SPE) type A and C was transferred from toxigenic streptococcal strains to nontoxigenic strains by lysogeny. Lysogens were tested for SPE with Ouchterlony immunodiffusion on Todd-Hewitt agar plates; toxin diffusing from isolated colonies reacted with specific hyp...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Johnson LP,Schlievert PM,Watson DW

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After interaction with tracheal epithelial cells, Bordetella pertussis induces the secretion of interleukin-6. This secretion is dependent on the expression of adenylate cyclase-hemolysin by the bacterium but not on the expression of other characterized bacterial toxins or adhesins. This finding confirms the important...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bassinet L,Fitting C,Housset B,Cavaillon JM,Guiso N

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum was necessary for optimal phagocytosis of Aspergillus fumigatus spores by human leukocytes, and its opsonic capacity was greatly diminished by heat inactivation (56 C, 30 min). A germination assay, described in this report, was developed to study the fate of phagocytized spores. After incubation for 3 hr with no...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lehrer RI,Jan RG

更新日期：1970-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigens extracted from cells of Streptococcus pyogenes T6 and Streptococcus mutans strains AHT, BHT, 10449, OMZ175, and K1R adsorbed to the sarcolemmal sheath of cardiac muscle cells in vitro. Similar preparations from S. salivarius, S. sanguis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Lactobacillus casei had weak or negligible ti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stinson MW,Nisengard RJ,Bergey EJ

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice were vaccinated with 300 micrograms of BCG cell walls (BCG-CW) in oil-in-water emulsion intravenously or with a high or low dose of living BCG by inhalation (BCG-HD or BCG-LD, respectively). The consequences of vaccination were evaluated in terms of the growth of BCG in the lungs and spleen, lung and spleen weigh...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lefford MJ

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Listeria monocytogenes colonized the gastrointestinal tract of adult germfree rats (10(10) to 10(11)/g, dry weight) within 24 h after oral exposure. Between 3 and 14 days after monoassociation, L. monocytogenes caused a self-limiting pseudomembranous colitis, bacteremia, and infection of the spleen and liver. Monoasso...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Czuprynski CJ,Balish E

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro or animal models have been used to investigate the pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori infection. However, extrapolation to humans of results obtained with these heterologous models remains difficult. We have developed a new model for the study of H. pylori infection that uses human entire embryonic stomachs ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lozniewski A,Muhale F,Hatier R,Marais A,Conroy MC,Edert D,le Faou A,Weber M,Duprez A

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：:Two phospholipase C fractions were detected in culture supernatants from Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 19660, PAO1, and D10C by preparative polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Both hemolytic fractions from strain ATCC 19660 were isolated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and were found to cause paralysis, death, der...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Berk RS,Brown D,Coutinho I,Meyers D

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To demonstrate local synthesis of anti-Mycobacterium leprae antibodies, biopsies from skin lesions of leprosy patients were cultured in vitro in a medium containing 14C-labeled lysine and isoleucine, and the culture fluids were analyzed by crossed immunoelectrophoresis with intermediate gel and autoradiography. The re...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lai A Fat RF,Chan Pin Jin J,van Furth R,Harboe M

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), interleukin 8 (IL-8), IL-6, IL-1 alpha, and IL-1 beta produced during the immune and inflammatory responses to bacterial stimuli have been reported to interact with polymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMN) a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Elbim C,Bailly S,Chollet-Martin S,Hakim J,Gougerot-Pocidalo MA

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00