Exopolysaccharide production by viridans streptococci in experimental endocarditis.

abstract：:We found that thiols reduced the amount of cholera toxin produced by Vibrio cholerae 569B in vitro. A sulfhydryl group at least was necessary for the reduction of cholera toxin production by thiols. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Shimamura T,Watanabe S,Sasaki S

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunological assay utilizing double-diffusion principles was developed for identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa mutants deficient in toxin A. Mutations were chemically induced, and mutants were isolated from P. aeruginosa strain PA103. Quantitative assays, both enzymatic and immunological, indicated that five ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ohman DE,Sadoff JC,Iglewski BH

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adenylate cyclase-hemolysin of Bordetella pertussis consists of a cell-invasive N-terminal adenylate cyclase domain linked to a C-terminal RTX hemolysin containing extensive glycine-rich repeats. The toxin is an essential virulence factor required in the initial stages of infection. Adenylate cyclase-hemolysin was...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Betsou F,Sebo P,Guiso N

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni is a microaerobic bacterium that produces an acute, self-limiting, watery or bloody diarrhea in humans. Little is known about how C. jejuni causes disease or even what specific capabilities it requires for survival in vivo. The enzyme, superoxide dismutase (SOD), which catalyzes the breakdown of s...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pesci EC,Cottle DL,Pickett CL

更新日期：1994-07-01 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 role of macrophages in protecting mice from murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) was studied in Swiss, CBA/J, and C57BL/6J mice. CBA/J mice were more resistant to virus than were C57BL/6J mice at all ages tested. Prior treatment of adult Swiss mice with 60 mg of silica, a dose selectively toxic to macrophages, increased ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Selgrade MK,Osborn JE

更新日期：1974-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional dendritic cells (cDCs) are critical for protection against pulmonary infection with the opportunistic fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans; however, the role of plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) is unknown. We show for the first time that murine pDCs have direct activity against C. neoformans via rea...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hole CR,Leopold Wager CM,Mendiola AS,Wozniak KL,Campuzano A,Lin X,Wormley FL Jr

更新日期：2016-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate that 2-month-old female B10.T(6R) mice are highly resistant to systemic infection with the KIM5 strain of Yersinia pestis and that B10.T(6R) mice become susceptible to Y. pestis infection by the age of 5 months. In this study, young (2-month-old) and middle-aged (5- to 12-month-old) B10.T(6R) mice were ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lambert ND,Langfitt DM,Nilles ML,Bradley DS

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contributions of the alternative sigma factor sigmaB to Listeria monocytogenes infection were investigated using strains bearing null mutations in sigB, prfA, or inlA or in selected inlA or prfA promoter regions. The DeltaP4inlA strain, which has a deletion in the sigmaB-dependent P4inlA promoter, and the DeltasigB st...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Garner MR,Njaa BL,Wiedmann M,Boor KJ

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:γ9δ2 T cells provide a natural bridge between innate and adaptive immunity, rapidly and potently respond to pathogen infection in mucosal tissues, and are prominently induced by both tuberculosis (TB) infection and bacillus Calmette Guérin (BCG) vaccination. Mycobacterium-expanded γ9δ2 T cells represent only a subset ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Xia M,Hesser DC,De P,Sakala IG,Spencer CT,Kirkwood JS,Abate G,Chatterjee D,Dobos KM,Hoft DF

更新日期：2016-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse system provides an excellent model for studying host resistance to Naegleria fowleri, the agent of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. Innate resistance to infection with N. fowleri was examined with respect to infecting dose and the age, sex, and strain of mice. Intravenous inoculation with 10(7) amoebae p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Haggerty RM,John DT

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of mononuclear cells from the mouse peritoneal cavity to interferon (IF)-containing mouse sera enhanced phagocytosis of colloidal carbon particles by the cells. The same effect was observed when the cells were exposed to IF-containing cell culture harvest free of serum. The magnitude of this effect of IF-cont...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Huang KY,Donahoe RM,Gordon FB,Dressler HR

更新日期：1971-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Splenic lymphocytes from cytomegalovirus-infected mice lost their in vitro proliferative responses to cytomegalovirus antigen within 3 h after in vivo treatment with antilymphocyte globulin and prednisolone. The response was inhibited when the agents were administered separately or together, and inhibition persisted t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mattsson DM,Howard RJ,Balfour HH Jr

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe here a Sprague-Dawley rat model for chronic osteomyelitis. Staphylococcus aureus and sodium morrhuate were implanted by either microdrilling or direct needle injection into the tibiae of rats. Of 107 rats, 87 (81%) developed osteomyelitis when a high-speed drill was used for implantation, and 27 (51%) of 5...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rissing JP,Buxton TB,Weinstein RS,Shockley RK

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified and characterized a gene encoding a homologue of the B subunits of cholera toxin (CTB) and heat-labile enterotoxin (LTB) of Escherichia coli from a clinical isolate of Citrobacter freundii that was found to produce a factor in the culture supernatant that cross-reacted with antibodies to CTB and LTB when...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Karasawa T,Ito H,Tsukamoto T,Yamasaki S,Kurazono H,Faruque SM,Nair GB,Nishibuchi M,Takeda Y

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The energy-dependent adsorption of radioiodinated rickettsiae to sheep erythrocytes was demonstrated. The iodination procedure, however, decreased the hemolytic activity of the rickettsiae. No desorption of rickettsiae from isolated rickettsia-erythrocyte complexes (prevented from lysing by NaF) could be measured. On ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Winkler HH

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pertussis is a severe respiratory disease caused by Bordetella pertussis The classic symptoms of pertussis include paroxysmal coughing with an inspiratory whoop, posttussive vomiting, cyanosis, and persistent coryzal symptoms. Infants under 2 months of age experience more severe disease, with most deaths occurring in ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zimmerman LI,Papin JF,Warfel J,Wolf RF,Kosanke SD,Merkel TJ

更新日期：2018-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel in vivo expression technology (IVET) was performed to identify Klebsiella pneumoniae CG43 genes that are specifically expressed during infection of BALB/c mice. The IVET employed a UDP glucose pyrophosphorylase (galU)-deficient mutant of K. pneumoniae which is incapable of utilizing galactose and synthesizing ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lai YC,Peng HL,Chang HY

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both interleukin-17A (IL-17A) and IL-17F are proinflammatory cytokines that have an important role in intestinal homeostasis via receptor signaling. These cytokines have been characterized in chickens, but very little is known about their receptors and their functional activity. We provide here the first description o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kim WH,Jeong J,Park AR,Yim D,Kim S,Chang HH,Yang SH,Kim DH,Lillehoj HS,Min W

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a glycoprotein fraction, designated gp10/20, purified from Leishmania mexicana amazonensis was shown to induce a cellular immune response mediated by murine L3T4+ T lymphocytes. This fact led us to pursue further the characterization of this fraction. The present study demonstrated that gp10/20 is a degradat...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rodrigues MM,Xavier MT,Mendonça-Previato L,Barcinski MA

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies to Trichomonas vaginalis were prepared by immunizing mice with a cloned isolate of T. vaginalis. Eight antibodies reacted with the same four isolates or strains but did not react with the other T. vaginalis strains or isolates tested. All eight antibodies reacted uniformly with both the body and ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Torian BE,Connelly RJ,Stephens RS,Stibbs HH

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1984, it has been known that spotted fever group rickettsiosis exists in Japan. We isolated three strains of the causative rickettsiae, designated Katayama, Misaka, and Abe, from patients with the disease and studied the characteristics of the isolates. Nude mice and cyclophosphamide-treated mice died after infe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Okada T,Tange Y,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conditions are described for the production of an extracellular cytotoxin or CHO cell-killing factor by Vibrio fluvialis, a recently recognized enteric pathogen. The cell-killing factor was ammonium sulfate precipitable, heat labile, and inactivated by proteases, and had an isoelectric point (estimated by sucrose dens...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wall VW,Kreger AS,Richardson SH

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) produced by inducible NO synthase (iNOS) mediates hypotension in endotoxemia. In this study, NO induction by a toxin-producing Streptococcus pyogenes isolate, H250, and by recombinant streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A (rSPEA) has been examined, both in vitro and in vivo. Streptococcal supernatants, ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sriskandan S,Moyes D,Buttery LK,Wilkinson J,Evans TJ,Polak J,Cohen J

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii is well known for its skill at invading and living within host cells. New discoveries are now also revealing the astounding ability of the parasite to inject effector proteins into the cytoplasm to seize control of the host cell. This review summarizes recent advances in o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Denkers EY,Bzik DJ,Fox BA,Butcher BA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study has demonstrated the extreme sensitivity of Chlamydia trachomatis growing in McCoy cells to small changes in external amino acid supply. In the absence of cycloheximide, a decrease in the amino acid concentration of medium to 75% of control values was sufficient to induce the growth of enlarged chlamydial f...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Harper A,Pogson CI,Jones ML,Pearce JH

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Staphylococcus aureus repeat (STAR) element is a sequence identified in two intergenic regions in S. aureus. The element is found in 13 to 21 copies in individual S. aureus strains, and elements in the homologous intergenic location are variable in length. The element sequence consists of several small and unusual...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cramton SE,Schnell NF,Götz F,Brückner R

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) is an emerging febrile systemic disease caused by the HGE agent, an obligatory intracellular bacterium of granulocytes. The pathogenicity- and immunity-related mechanisms of HGE are unknown. In this study, several cytokines generated in human peripheral blood leukocytes (PBLs) inc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kim HY,Rikihisa Y

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Piglets suckled by dams that had been vaccinated with K88 antigen were significantly more resistant to deaths caused by neonatal diarrhea after challenge with a large dose of a K88-positive enteropathogenic strain of Escherichia coli than piglets suckled by control dams. The factors most likely to be involved in prote...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rutter JM,Jones GW,Brown GT,Burrows MR,Luther PD

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is associated with inhibition of cell-mediated immunity and downregulation of the expression of costimulatory molecules required for T-cell activation. When IL-10-deficient (IL-10KO) mice are infected with Toxoplasma gondii, they succumb to a T-cell-mediated shock-like reaction characterized by ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Villegas EN,Wille U,Craig L,Linsley PS,Rennick DM,Peach R,Hunter CA

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00