Demonstration of cell envelope-bound exotoxin A in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus can produce a wide variety of exotoxins, including toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST-1), staphylococcal enterotoxins, and staphylococcal enterotoxin-like toxins. These toxins share superantigenic activity. To investigate the beta chain (Vbeta) specificities of each of these toxins, TSST-1 and al...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Thomas D,Dauwalder O,Brun V,Badiou C,Ferry T,Etienne J,Vandenesch F,Lina G

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fibronectin-binding protein (FnBP) adhesin of Staphylococcus aureus possesses three 37- or 38-amino-acid motifs (D1, D2, and D3) that can each bind fibronectin (Fn) with low affinity and that in tandem comprise D1-3, a high-affinity Fn-binding domain. To identify epitopes for the generation of adhesion-blocking anti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sun Q,Smith GM,Zahradka C,McGavin MJ

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The she gene of Shigella flexneri 2a, which also harbors the internal enterotoxin genes set1A and set1B (F. R. Noriega, GenBank accession no. U35656, 1995) encodes a homolog of the virulence-related immunoglobulin A (IgA) protease-like family of secreted proteins, Tsh, EspC, SepA, and Hap, from an avian pathogenic Esc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rajakumar K,Sasakawa C,Adler B

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outer membrane protein OmpU of Vibrio cholerae O1 strain 86B3 was characterized with reference to colonization of the intestine by the organism. The purified OmpU exhibited a pI of 3.6. Upon sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, it migrated to 38, 32, and 110 kDa when the sample was heated at ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nakasone N,Iwanaga M

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane fluidity of antigen-presenting cells (APCs) has a significant bearing on T-cell-stimulating ability and is dependent on the cholesterol content of the membrane. The relationship, if any, between membrane fluidity and defective cell-mediated immunity in visceral leishmaniasis has been investigated. Systemi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Banerjee S,Ghosh J,Sen S,Guha R,Dhar R,Ghosh M,Datta S,Raychaudhury B,Naskar K,Haldar AK,Lal CS,Pandey K,Das VN,Das P,Roy S

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonopsonic invasion of mononuclear phagocytes by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is likely important in the establishment of a primary infection in the lung. M. tuberculosis binds to a variety of phagocyte receptors, of which the mannose receptor and complement receptor type 3 (CR3) may support nonopsonic binding. CR3, a b...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cywes C,Godenir NL,Hoppe HC,Scholle RR,Steyn LM,Kirsch RE,Ehlers MR

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi synthesizes a variety of differentially regulated outer surface lipoproteins in the tick vector and in vertebrate hosts. Among these is OspD, a protein that is highly induced in vitro by conditions that mimic the tick environment. Using genetically engineered strains in which ospD is deleted, we d...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stewart PE,Bestor A,Cullen JN,Rosa PA

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An antigenically distinct serotype, type IV, has recently been added to the recognized serotypes of group B streptococci (GBS). We isolated and purified the capsular polysaccharide antigen from a prototype type IV GBS strain. The type IV capsular polysaccharide formed a precipitin line with rabbit antiserum to type IV...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wessels MR,Benedí WJ,Jennings HJ,Michon F,DiFabio JL,Kasper DL

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL12RB1 is a human gene that is important for resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. IL12RB1 is expressed by multiple leukocyte lineages, and encodes a type I transmembrane protein (IL12Rβ1) that associates with IL12p40 and promotes the development of host-protective T(H)1 cells. Recently, we observed tha...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ray AA,Fountain JJ,Miller HE,Cooper AM,Robinson RT

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fab fragments prepared from the immunoglobulin G monoclonal antibody (MAb) 4C12, which reacts with a determinant expressed on the hyphal extension of germ tubes of Candida albicans, inhibited germ tube formation, but intact MAb 4C12 did not. Indirect immunofluorescence showed a punctate binding pattern on cells incuba...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Casanova M,Martínez JP,Chaffin WL

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptolysin-O (SLO) is a thiol-activated, membrane-damaging protein toxin of Mr 69,000 that is produced by most strains of beta-hemolytic group A streptococci. Native, primarily water-soluble toxin molecules bind to cholesterol-containing target membranes to assemble into supramolecular curved rod structures (25 to 1...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bhakdi S,Tranum-Jensen J,Sziegoleit A

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effect of a pH 4-treated human immunoglobulin preparation for intravenous use (pH4-G) on the production of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) in vivo. The level of TNF-alpha in the sera of rabbits receiving pH4-G before lipopolysaccharide (LPS) injection was lower than that in rabbits receivin...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Shimozato T,Iwata M,Tamura N

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T cells are important in systemic anticryptococcal defenses, but a role in controlling an initial pulmonary infection has not been demonstrated. A murine model with intratracheal inoculation was developed to study the acquisition and expression of pulmonary T cell-mediated immunity against Cryptococcus neoformans. Inf...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Huffnagle GB,Yates JL,Lipscomb MF

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HT29MTXE12 (E12) cell line harbors an adherent mucus layer, providing a novel technique to model mucosal infection in vitro. In this study, we have characterized the interaction of Campylobacter jejuni with the E12 cell line and exploited its unique mucus layer to examine the potential efficacy of probiotic treatm...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Alemka A,Clyne M,Shanahan F,Tompkins T,Corcionivoschi N,Bourke B

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subchronic exposure to pharmacological levels of estrogenic compounds, including 17 beta-estradiol, diethylstilbestrol, and alpha-dienestrol, significantly increased the mortality of B6C3F1 female mice after Listeria infection. Compounds with little estrogenic activity, including 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone, progester...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pung OJ,Luster MI,Hayes HT,Rader J

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The receptor specificities of four Escherichia coli cloned hemagglutinins, AFA-I, AFA-III, F1845 fimbriae, and the Dr hemagglutinin were studied. Evidence is provided that all four hemagglutinins recognize as their receptor the Dr blood group antigen. However, results of experiments using enzyme-treated erythrocytes a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nowicki B,Labigne A,Moseley S,Hull R,Hull S,Moulds J

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 202 captive hares studied, many of which had lesions on their external genital organs or testicular atrophy or both, 27% had positive serological tests for syphilis although dark-field examination of extracts of atrophic testes was negative. A total of 12 hares that were nonreactive for the serological test for syp...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Horvath I,Kemenes F,Molnar L,Szeky A,Racz I

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal mucus is postulated to play a role in preventing colonization of the gastrointestinal tract by microbial pathogens. To evaluate the ability of both crude mucus and purified mucin, a glycoprotein of goblet cell origin, to inhibit mucosal adherence of enteric pathogens, we examined whether mucus and mucin der...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Drumm B,Roberton AM,Sherman PM

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi encodes a functional homolog of canonical Lon protease termed Lon-2. In addition, B. burgdorferi encodes a second Lon homolog called Lon-1. Recent studies suggest that Lon-1 may function differently from the prototypical Lon protease. However, the function of Lon-1 in B. burgdorferi biology remain...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Thompson C,Mason C,Parrilla S,Ouyang Z

更新日期：2020-05-20 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：:Our previous studies identified two iron-regulated cytoplasmic membrane proteins of 32 and 36 kDa expressed by both Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus. In this study we show by Triton X-114 phase partitioning and tritiated palmitic acid labelling that these proteins are lipoproteins which are anchore...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cockayne A,Hill PJ,Powell NB,Bishop K,Sims C,Williams P

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Encapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae of serotypes 2, 9N, 14, 21, and 23F and an unencapsulated variant of type 2 pneumococci were efficiently phagocytosed by both aerobically and anaerobically incubated human leukocytes. In the presence of O2, the pneumococci rapidly lost their viability, whereas during anaerobiosis,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Thore M,Löfgren S,Tärnvik A,Monsen T,Selstam E,Burman LG

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：:Nineteen of 22 female mice (CF1 strain) inoculated intragastrically with Treponema hyodysenteriae developed cecal and colonic lesions consisting of catarrhal inflammation, edema, and occasional hemorrhage. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Joens LA,Glock RD

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we tested the in vitro and in vivo anti-Cryptococcus neoformans activity of an antilaminarin (anti-beta-glucan) monoclonal antibody (MAb 2G8) (immunoglobulin G2b) which was previously shown to inhibit the growth of beta-glucan-exposing Candida albicans cells. Here we show that MAb 2G8 binds to the cell w...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rachini A,Pietrella D,Lupo P,Torosantucci A,Chiani P,Bromuro C,Proietti C,Bistoni F,Cassone A,Vecchiarelli A

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human gamma delta T cells are known to respond at high frequencies to pathogenic mycobacteria. Here we show that opportunistic strains of mycobacteria share with pathogenic mycobacteria the ability to trigger at high frequencies human V gamma 9V delta 2 T-cell-receptor-positive T lymphocytes. Stimulating ligands were ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Häcker G,Kromer S,Heeg K,Ivanyi J,Wagner H,Pfeffer K

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detailed structural studies were undertaken on five isolates of bovine rotavirus which showed variability in the migration patterns of their genome segments on electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gels. The individual genome segments of each isolate were characterized by partial digestion of terminally radiolabeled RNA w...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Clarke IN,McCrae MA

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori infection causes severe gastroduodenal diseases in humans. Its virulence is strongly increased by the presence of the cag pathogenicity island (cag PAI). It has been shown that CagA, a major antigen in humans, is translocated to the host cell via a secretion system encoded by the cag PAI. The roles...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Seydel A,Tasca E,Berti D,Rappuoli R,Del Giudice G,Montecucco C

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Salmonella dublin virulence plasmid mediates systemic infection in mice and cattle. Here, we analyze the interaction between wild-type and plasmid-cured Salmonella strains with phagocytes in vitro and in vivo. The intracellular recovery of S. dublin from murine peritoneal and bovine alveolar macrophages cultured i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Guilloteau LA,Wallis TS,Gautier AV,MacIntyre S,Platt DJ,Lax AJ

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:YopE is a virulence factor that is secreted into host cells infected by Yersinia species. The YopE C-terminal domain has GTPase-activating protein (GAP) activity. The YopE N-terminal domain contains an epitope that is an immunodominant CD8(+) T cell antigen during primary infection of C57BL/6 mice with Yersinia pseudo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhang Y,Mena P,Romanov G,Bliska JB

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00