Modulation of myelopoiesis in vivo by synthetic adjuvant-active muramyl peptides: induction of colony-stimulating activity and stimulation of stem cell proliferation.

abstract：:Pools of rat antiserum to Plasmodium berghei had different levels of protective activity as assessed by a passive transfer test. Preincubation of parasite inocula with an effective pool before injection did not significantly enhance protective activity. Removal of the antiserum from preincubated parasite inocula aboli...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Brown IN,Phillips RS

更新日期：1974-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human opsonins directed against specific meningococcal outer membrane structures in sera obtained during meningococcal disease were quantified with a recently developed antigen-specific, opsonin-dependent phagocytosis and oxidative burst assay. Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) and PorA (class 1) and PorB (class 3) prote...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lehmann AK,Halstensen A,Aaberge IS,Holst J,Michaelsen TE,Sornes S,Wetzler LM,Guttormsen H

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group B streptococci (GBS) are the major cause of neonatal pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis. Steps considered to be important in the pathogenesis of this infection include colonization of the rectum and vagina of the mother, aspiration of GBS into the fetal lung during or just prior to delivery, and invasion of GBS i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tamura GS,Kuypers JM,Smith S,Raff H,Rubens CE

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella bronchiseptica is closely related to Bordetella pertussis, which produces respiratory disease primarily in mammals other than humans. However, its importance as a human pathogen is being increasingly recognized. Although a large amount of research on Bordetella has been generated regarding protein virulence...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sisti F,Fernández J,Rodríguez ME,Lagares A,Guiso N,Hozbor DF

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified Escherichia coli type 1 fimbriae have been shown previously to stimulate T-cell-independent proliferation of human B lymphocytes. The response is mediated by the mannose-specific, lectin-like adhesin protein FimH. Here we show that type 1 fimbriae also stimulate immunoglobulin (Ig) secretion by B cells. The r...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ponniah S,Abraham SN,Endres RO

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antigenic cross-reactivity between Treponema pallidum and several pathogenic members of the family Spirochaetaceae was examined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and Western blotting techniques. Blots of T. pallidum antigens were incubated with antiserum from rabbits infected or immunize...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Baker-Zander SA,Lukehart SA

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial strains of Haemophilus species and Streptococcus pneumoniae were examined for synthesis of the enzyme immunoglobulin A1 (IgA1) protease. Of 36 H. influenzae strains examined, 35 produced IgA1 protease; strains included all six capsular types, unencapsulated variants of types b and d, and untypable H. influen...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Male CJ

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptidoglycans of Leptotrichia buccalis ATCC 14201 and ATCC 19616 were isolated by extraction with sodium dodecyl sulfate and subsequent digestion of the sodium dodecyl sulfate-insoluble residue with proteases and alpha-amylase. Cell wall fractions obtained by sodium dodecyl sulfate extraction and protease digestion w...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fukuhara H,Umemoto T,Sagawa H,Kato K,Kotani S

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe pediatric malaria is an important risk factor for developing disseminated infections with nontyphoidal Salmonella serotypes (NTS). While recent animal studies on this subject are lacking, early work suggests that an increased risk for developing systemic NTS infection during malaria is caused by hemolytic anemi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Roux CM,Butler BP,Chau JY,Paixao TA,Cheung KW,Santos RL,Luckhart S,Tsolis RM

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, similar to various facultative intracellular pathogens, has been shown to respond to the hostile conditions inside macrophages of the host organism by inducing stress proteins, such as DnaK. DnaK forms a chaperone machinery with the cochaperones DnaJ and GrpE. To elucidate the ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Takaya A,Tomoyasu T,Matsui H,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the chromosomal segments associated with the virulence of Shigella flexneri and transferred to Escherichia coli K-12 by conjugation has been shown to code for the production of aerobactin and for the synthesis of an iron-regulated 76,000-dalton (76K) outer membrane protein. Analysis of various E. coli K-12-S. f...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Griffiths E,Stevenson P,Hale TL,Formal SB

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The addition of a sonic extract of Capnocytophaga sputigena to the culture fluid to human fibroblasts resulted in an inhibition of cell proliferation. The inhibition was dose-related (200 micrograms/ml caused a 90% inhibition, and 1,000 micrograms/ml caused a complete cessation of growth). The growth inhibition was no...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stevens RH,Sela MN,Shapira J,Hammond BF

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella is a widespread zoonotic enteropathogen that causes gastroenteritis and fatal typhoidal disease in mammals. During systemic infection of mice, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium resides and replicates in macrophages within the "Salmonella-containing vacuole" (SCV). It is surprising that the substrates ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bowden SD,Rowley G,Hinton JC,Thompson A

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of human-specific antibody on surface membrane antigens of trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi was studied in vitro by using immunofluorescence methods. Immune sera induced aggregation of surface antigens in trypomastigotes to form polar cell caps. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schmuñis GA,Szarfman A,Langembach T,de Souza W

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella parapertussis, a respiratory tract pathogen commonly regarded as noninvasive, was found to invade HeLa 229 cell monolayers. Following treatment of the monolayers with gentamicin, numbers of viable B. parapertussis recovered were comparable to those of invasive Salmonella and Shigella isolates. Invasion occu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ewanowich CA,Sherburne RK,Man SF,Peppler MS

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enterotoxic factor isolated from cultures of Salmonella yielded reproducible results in the suckling mouse model in contrast to other animal models. The enterotoxin appears to possess properties similar to both the heat-stable and heat-labile enterotoxins of Escherichia coli. Preliminary results indicate that the t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Koupal LR,Deibel RH

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group A streptococci of M protein type 5 have been epidemiologically related to acute rheumatic fever in a number of reported outbreaks. Preliminary bacteriological evidence suggests that M5 may be an important "rheumatogenic" type in Santiago, Chile. To assess further the relationship of this streptococcal serotype t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bisno AL,Berrios X,Quesney F,Monroe DM Jr,Dale JB,Beachey EH

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An asd-stabilized plasmid carrying enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli cfaABCE genes was constructed and called pJGX15C-asd+. Expression of colonization factor antigen I (CFA/I) by this plasmid occurs independently of the cfaABCE positive regulator cfaR in attenuated Salmonella delta aro delta asd strain H683 and nonpath...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wu S,Pascual DW,VanCott JL,McGhee JR,Maneval DR Jr,Levine MM,Hone DM

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reverse transcriptase PCR analyses have demonstrated that open reading frames (ORFs) PM0298, PM0299, and PM0300 of the animal pathogen Pasteurella multocida constitute a single transcriptional unit. By cloning and overexpression studies in Escherichia coli cells, the product of ORF PM0300 was shown to bind hemoglobin ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bosch M,Garrido ME,Llagostera M,Pérez De Rozas AM,Badiola I,Barbé J

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Th-2 response to microfilariae of Brugia malayi in BALB/c mice is associated with peritoneal eosinophilia. These eosinophils had an activated hypodense phenotype in vivo and expressed high levels of the class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC). Interleukin 4 up-regulated the class II MHC, whereas gamma inte...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mawhorter SD,Pearlman E,Kazura JW,Boom WH

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cimetidine is a powerful H2 receptor antagonist that eliminates histamine's effects on chemotaxis, phagocytosis, and superoxide anion production by phagocytes. The purpose of this study was to analyze the clinical and histopathological changes associated with experimental periodontitis in rabbits in response to topica...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hasturk H,Kantarci A,Ebrahimi N,Andry C,Holick M,Jones VL,Van Dyke TE

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The symptoms of Lyme disease are caused by inflammation induced by species of the Borrelia burgdorferisensu lato complex. The various presentations of Lyme disease in the population suggest that differences exist in the intensity and regulation of the host response to the spirochete. Previous work has described correl...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Siebers EM,Liedhegner ES,Lawlor MW,Schell RF,Nardelli DT

更新日期：2020-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a leading, worldwide cause of death and disability due to pneumonia. Mycoplasma pulmonis infection in mice is an invaluable model for the study of host defenses against respiratory mycoplasmas in vivo. C3H/HeN mice are much more susceptible to acute inflammatory lung disease due to M. pulmonis...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cartner SC,Simecka JW,Lindsey JR,Cassell GH,Davis JK

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified cell walls representing a wide variety in teichoic acid and peptidoglycan structure prepared from eight different gram-positive bacterial species induced the production of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-6 from human monocytes in the presence of 10% plasma or serum. Significant amounts...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Heumann D,Barras C,Severin A,Glauser MP,Tomasz A

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms of immunity to salmonellae conferred by immunization with live vaccines were studied by adoptive transfer using the mouse-virulent strain Salmonella typhimurium C5 and innately susceptible BALB/c (ltys) mice. This organism cannot establish a sublethal infection in naive BALB/c mice. Animals immunized 2 ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mastroeni P,Villarreal-Ramos B,Hormaeche CE

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed an in vitro culture method to characterize the expression of bacterial genes under conditions mimicking the colonic environment. Our culture system (the intestinal simulator) comprised a continuous-flow anaerobic culture which was inoculated with fecal samples from healthy volunteers. As a test organism, ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ruiz-Perez F,Sheikh J,Davis S,Boedeker EC,Nataro JP

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP) is a life-threatening infection that affects immunocompromised individuals. Nearly half of all PcP cases occur in those prescribed effective chemoprophylaxis, suggesting that additional preventive methods are needed. To this end, we have identified a unique mouse Pneumocystis surface prote...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tesini BL,Wright TW,Malone JE,Haidaris CG,Harber M,Sant AJ,Nayak JL,Gigliotti F

更新日期：2017-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A receptor specific for lipoglycans from Acholeplasma axanthum and Acholeplasma granularum was isolated from sheep erythrocyte stroma by extraction with n-pentanol and permeation chromatography. The purified receptor appeared as one band on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels and stained with Coomassie blue, pe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Al-Samarrai TH,Smith PF,Lynn RJ

更新日期：1982-12-01 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：:Our knowledge of pathogenesis has benefited from a better understanding of the roles of specific virulence factors in disease. To determine the role of the virulence factor ZapA, a 54-kDa metalloproteinase of Proteus mirabilis, in prostatitis, rats were infected with either wild-type (WT) P. mirabilis or its isogenic ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Phan V,Belas R,Gilmore BF,Ceri H

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00