Amyloidosis and the serum amyloid A protein response to muramyl dipeptide analogs and different mycobacterial species.

abstract：:Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are produced by neutrophils as an innate immune defense mechanism to trap and kill microbial pathogens. NETs are comprised of ejected chromatin that forms a lattice structure enmeshed with numerous antimicrobial proteins. In addition to forming the structural backbone of NETs, ext...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wilton M,Halverson TWR,Charron-Mazenod L,Parkins MD,Lewenza S

更新日期：2018-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of gamma-delta T cells in host resistance to Chlamydia trachomatis was characterized by using a murine model of pneumonia caused by the mouse pneumonitis agent (MoPn), murine C. trachomatis. At days 3 and 7 after infection, gamma-delta T-cell-deficient knockout mice had significantly higher levels of MoPn in ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Williams DM,Grubbs BG,Kelly K,Pack E,Rank RG

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports have demonstrated that Bordetella pertussis has invasive behavior in vivo and in vitro. In this study, we investigated the ability of a virulent strain, avirulent mutants, and mutants deficient in specific virulence factors to enter and survive intracellularly in human macrophages in vitro. Uptake of vi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Friedman RL,Nordensson K,Wilson L,Akporiaye ET,Yocum DE

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that a wild strain of Francisella tularensis is much less efficiently killed by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes than is an attenuated strain. In the present study, the killing of the attenuated strain was found to be strictly oxygen dependent. The wild and the attenuated strains both ind...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Löfgren S,Tärnvik A,Thore M,Carlsson J

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that a pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA)-based vaccine containing DNA plasmid encoding the Flt3 ligand (FL) gene (pFL) as a nasal adjuvant prevented nasal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae. In this study, we further investigated the safety and efficacy of this nasal vaccine for the indu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kataoka K,Fujihashi K,Oma K,Fukuyama Y,Hollingshead SK,Sekine S,Kawabata S,Ito HO,Briles DE,Oishi K

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly purified protein antigens are usually poor immunogens; in practice, adjuvants are needed to obtain satisfactory immune responses. Plasmodium yoelii 19-kDa merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP1(19)) is a weak antigen, but mice vaccinated with this antigen in strong adjuvants can survive an otherwise lethal parasite ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ogun SA,Dumon-Seignovert L,Marchand JB,Holder AA,Hill F

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory effects of cortisol on cellular immunity were studied in vitro by using hamster peritoneal exudate cells. Two obligate, intracellular protozoa--Toxoplasma gondii and Besnoitia jellisoni-- were used to control for specificity of effects. Results indicate that immune lymphocytes specifically confer immuni...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lindberg RE,Frenkel JK

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus), a leading cause of bacterial disease, is most commonly carried in the human nasopharynx. Colonization induces inflammation that promotes the organism's growth and transmission. This inflammatory response is dependent on intracellular sensing of bacterial components that acc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lemon JK,Miller MR,Weiser JN

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals are predisposed to recurrent oral candidiasis, and, although it has been assumed that this is because of deficient mucosal immune responses, this has not been properly established. The present study aimed to compare the concentrations and secretion rates of immun...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Coogan MM,Sweet SP,Challacombe SJ

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter baumannii is a pathogen of increasing medical importance with a propensity to be multidrug resistant, thereby making treatment challenging. Little is known of virulence traits in A. baumannii. To identify virulence factors and potential drug targets, random transposon (Tn) mutants derived from the A. bau...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Russo TA,Luke NR,Beanan JM,Olson R,Sauberan SL,MacDonald U,Schultz LW,Umland TC,Campagnari AA

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages can undergo apoptosis after infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This macrophage response deprives the bacillus of its niche cell and supports the host response through better antigen presentation. The intracellular pathways of apoptosis that elaborate this macrophage response are not well understood...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： O'Sullivan MP,O'Leary S,Kelly DM,Keane J

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An Escherichia coli oligonucleotide microarray based on three sequenced genomes was validated for comparative genomic microarray hybridization and used to study the diversity of E. coli O157 isolates from human infections and food and animal sources. Among 26 test strains, 24 (including both Shiga toxin [Stx]-positive...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wu G,Carter B,Mafura M,Liebana E,Woodward MJ,Anjum MF

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dialyzable factor(s) in human serum is known to stimulate gonococcal oxygen consumption. Its effect on other human pathogens was investigated. A 10% serum solution increased peak O2 consumption for Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus to 157% (P less than 0.05) and 199% (P less than 0.02), respectively, of the...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Britigan BE,Cohen MS

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytohemagglutinin is able to trigger interferon synthesis in spleen cell cultures from nude (nu/nu) mice as effectively as in splenic cell cultures from haired, control (nu/+), thymus-bearing mice. A minor theta-bearing cell population present in the spleen of nude mice appears essential to phytohemagglutinin interfe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wietzerbin J,Stefanos S,Falcoff R,Lucero M,Catinot L,Falcoff E

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella pertussis, a causative agent of whooping cough, expresses BrkA, which confers serum resistance, but the closely related human pathogen that also causes whooping cough, Bordetella parapertussis, does not. Interestingly, B. parapertussis, but not B. pertussis, produces an O antigen, a factor shown in other mo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Goebel EM,Wolfe DN,Elder K,Stibitz S,Harvill ET

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(DBA/N[female] X CBA/2[male])F1 males have been reported to be deficient in producing antibodies against a number of antigens, including carbohydrates (I. Scher, Adv. Immunol. 35:1-71, 1982). We show that F1 male mice, in contrast to females, made less lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-specific antibodies after immunization wi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zweerink HJ,Gammon MC,Hutchison CF,Jackson JJ,Pier GB,Puckett JM,Sewell TJ,Sigal NH

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We undertook a morphological and immunochemical comparison of purified outer membrane antigens from oral and nonoral isolates of Bacteroides asaccharolyticus. Electron micrographs of thin sections of whole bacteria revealed a compact, electron-dense capsule external to the outer membrane of oral strains. A loose, web-...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mansheim BJ,Coleman SE

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The salmonid macrophage-like cell line RTS-11 and purified trout pronephros phagocytes were used to analyze in vitro entry and survival of two Streptococcus iniae serotypes. Efficient invasion by S. iniae occurred in both cells, but only the type II strain persisted in pronephros phagocytes for at least 48 h. Ex vivo ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zlotkin A,Chilmonczyk S,Eyngor M,Hurvitz A,Ghittino C,Eldar A

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we describe a protocol for purifying Borrelia burgdorferi from feeding ticks by velocity centrifugation and Percoll density gradient centrifugation. The purified spirochetes were motile and 10- to 20-fold purer than the bacteria in crude tick homogenates. The purified bacteria were present in sufficient quantity ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rathinavelu S,de Silva AM

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hagfish, Eptatretus stoutii, has been shown to synthesize bactericidal antibodies after injections of gram-negative organisms. These bactericidins could be detected as early as 2 days after the primary injection. Secondary responses were accelerated, although titers were not significantly higher than those reached...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Acton RT,Weinheimer PF,Hildemann WH,Evans EE

更新日期：1971-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dried and wet mouse fibroblast monolayers with labeled collagenous substrate were used to study the effects of lipoteichoic acid (LTA) on cellular prolyl hydroxylase activity. LTA is a scavenger of cations, and Fe2+ is essential for prolyl hydroxylase activity. Surprisingly, addition of LTA to dried monolayers resulte...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Leon O,Panos C

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A ruthenium red-staining capsule was observed on two pathogenic strains, but not on one nonpathogenic strain of Mycoplasma gallisepticum. The capsule appeared to mediate cytadsorption of mycoplasmas to the chicken tracheal epithelium without evidence of membrane fusion. No relationship was seen between the presence of...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tajima M,Yagihashi T,Miki Y

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella typhimurium SH5014 porins induce the release of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin 1 alpha (IL-1 alpha), and IL-6 by human monocytes and of gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) and IL-4 by human lymphocytes. Porins at 1 microgram/ml induce the greatest release of TNF-alpha, IL-1 alpha, and IL-6 by...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Galdiero F,de L'ero GC,Benedetto N,Galdiero M,Tufano MA

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various pathogenic bacteria with the capacity to live within eukaryotic cells activate an apoptotic program in infected host cells. Induction of apoptosis by Listeria monocytogenes in murine dendritic cells and hepatocytes has been described. Here we address the questions of whether and how the pathogen kills macropha...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Barsig J,Kaufmann SH

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ehrlichia chaffeensis, an obligatory intracellular bacterium of monocytes or macrophages, is the etiologic agent of human monocytic ehrlichiosis. Our previous study showed that gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) added prior to or at early stage of infection inhibited infection of human monocytes with E. chaffeensis; however...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lee EH,Rikihisa Y

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli O45 isolates associated with swine postweaning diarrhea in Québec were characterized with respect to virulence determinants genetically and investigated for their attaching and effacing (A/E) activities by experimental inoculation of gnotobiotic piglets and by the HEp-2 cell adherence assay. All of 32...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhu C,Harel J,Jacques M,Desautels C,Donnenberg MS,Beaudry M,Fairbrother JM

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunization of monkeys with the 82-kDa rhoptry protein (p82) of Plasmodium falciparum can protect them against a lethal blood stage challenge, and monoclonal antibodies to p82 inhibit parasite growth in vitro. The role that a p82-specific immune response might play in human immunity to the parasite is not known. To d...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Howard RF,Jensen JB,Franklin HL

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mice infected with virulent blood (trypomastigote) forms of Trypanosoma cruzi, complement depletion with cobra venom factor caused a marked exacerbation of the disease evidenced by significantly increased parasitemia levels and early mortality as compared with those of untreated infected animals. The effect was gre...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Budzko DB,Pizzimenti MC,Kierszenbaum F

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine septicemic Escherichia coli 31A agglutinates bovine, rabbit, and human erythrocytes and adheres in vitro to the brush border of bovine or ovine intestinal epithelial cells and to the human colon carcinoma Caco-2 cell line. The adhesion and hemagglutination of E. coli 31A are mediated by a chromosome-encoded fim...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bertin Y,Girardeau JP,Darfeuille-Michaud A,Contrepois M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi, a tick-borne bacterial pathogen, causes a disseminated infection involving multiple organs known as Lyme disease. Surface proteins can directly participate in microbial virulence by facilitating pathogen dissemination via interaction with host factors. We show here that a fraction of the B. burgd...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nogueira SV,Smith AA,Qin JH,Pal U

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00