Plasmid-associated cell surface charge and hydrophobicity of Yersinia enterocolitica.

abstract：:Oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC [thrush]) is an opportunistic infection caused by the commensal fungus Candida albicans. OPC is common in individuals with HIV/AIDS, infants, patients on chemotherapy, and individuals with congenital immune defects. Immunity to OPC is strongly dependent on the interleukin-23 (IL-23)/IL-1...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bishu S,Hernández-Santos N,Simpson-Abelson MR,Huppler AR,Conti HR,Ghilardi N,Mamo AJ,Gaffen SL

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucella organisms are intracellular stealth pathogens of animals and humans. The bacteria overcome the assault of innate immunity at early stages of an infection. Removal of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) at the onset of adaptive immunity against Brucella abortus favored bacterial elimination in mice. This was ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mora-Cartín R,Gutiérrez-Jiménez C,Alfaro-Alarcón A,Chaves-Olarte E,Chacón-Díaz C,Barquero-Calvo E,Moreno E

更新日期：2019-04-23 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：:We have previously determined that complement receptors on human mononuclear phagocytes and complement component C3 in nonimmune serum mediate phagocytosis of the intracellular bacterial pathogen Mycobacterium leprae, the agent of leprosy. We have also determined that C3 fixes selectively to the major surface glycolip...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schlesinger LS,Horwitz MA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemolysins of Serpulina hyodysenteriae are active at 27 to 40 degrees C and pH 3 to 9 and are unaffected by enzymatic inhibitors. Pore formation was demonstrated by the inhibition of hemolysis with molecules of 2.0 to 2.3 nm in diameter and the release of 86rubidium from erythrocytes without hemoglobin release aft...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hyatt DR,Joens LA

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty percent of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates contain pilus islet 1, coding for a pilus composed of the backbone subunit RrgB and two ancillary proteins, RrgA and RrgC. RrgA is the major determinant of in vitro adhesion associated with pilus 1, is protective in vivo in mouse models, and exists in two variants (c...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Moschioni M,Emolo C,Biagini M,Maccari S,Pansegrau W,Donati C,Hilleringmann M,Ferlenghi I,Ruggiero P,Sinisi A,Pizza M,Norais N,Barocchi MA,Masignani V

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) can induce mouse macrophages to produce a number of cytokines and other inflammatory mediators. Our laboratory previously reported that LPS-dependent macrophage-derived tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) production could be significantly potentiated by pretreatment with LPS at substimulat...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hirohashi N,Morrison DC

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monoclonal antibody (MAb) was raised against Shiga toxin 2 (Stx2) of Escherichia coli O157:H7. MAb VTm1.1 belonged to the immunoglobulin G1 subclass and had a kappa light chain, and it could neutralize the cytotoxic activity of Stx2 and variants derived from patient strains but not that of variants derived from anim...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nakao H,Kiyokawa N,Fujimoto J,Yamasaki S,Takeda T

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic lung infections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms are associated with refractory and fatal pneumonia in cystic fibrosis (CF). In this study, a group of genomically diverse P. aeruginosa isolates were compared with the reference strain PAO1 to assess the roles of motility, twitching, growth rate, and overpro...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Head NE,Yu H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli hemolysin is considered an important virulence factor in extraintestinal E. coli infections. The present study demonstrates that cultured pulmonary artery endothelial cells are susceptible to attack by low concentrations of E. coli hemolysin (greater than or equal to 0.05 hemolytic units/ml; greater t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Suttorp N,Flöer B,Schnittler H,Seeger W,Bhakdi S

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucella abortus 2308 derivatives with mini-Tn5 insertions in purE, purL, and purD display significant attenuation in the BALB/c mouse model, while isogenic mutants with mini-Tn5 insertions in pheA, trpB, and dagA display little or no attenuation in cultured murine macrophages or mice. These experimental findings conf...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Alcantara RB,Read RD,Valderas MW,Brown TD,Roop RM 2nd

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent preclinical and epidemiologic studies have suggested that certain Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes (in particular, Beijing lineage strains) may be resistant to Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine-induced antituberculosis protective immunity. To investigate the strain specificity of BCG-induced protective respon...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Jeon BY,Derrick SC,Lim J,Kolibab K,Dheenadhayalan V,Yang AL,Kreiswirth B,Morris SL

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bartonella henselae is a recently recognized pathogenic bacterium associated with cat scratch disease, bacillary angiomatosis, and bacillary peliosis. This study describes the cloning, sequencing, and characterization of an antigenic autotransporter gene from B. henselae. A cloned 6.0-kb BclI-EcoRI DNA fragment expres...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Litwin CM,Rawlins ML,Swenson EM

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic resistance to lethal infection with Rickettsia tsutsugamushi was studied in over 30 inbred strains, inbred hybrids, and outbred stocks of mice. Inbred mice infected intraperitoneally with the Gilliam strain of R. tsutsugamushi showed three patterns of response: susceptible (A/HeJ, C3H/HeDub, C3H/HeJ, C3H/HeN, ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Groves MG,Osterman JV

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endotoxemia in rats is associated with the accumulation of neutrophils (polymorphonuclear leukocytes) within the airspaces of the lung. Polymorphonuclear leukocyte influx appears to be regulated by the intrapulmonary accumulation of chemotactic activity. Since alveolar macrophages (AMS) are prevalent cells in the airs...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Christman JW,Petras SF,Vacek PM,Davis GS

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effect of the extracellular protease of Serratia marcescens on human serum constituents such as immunoglobulins, fibronectin, alpha 1-protease inhibitor, alpha 2-macroglobulin, lysozyme, and transferrin. At a very low concentration of Serratia 56-kilodalton protease (56K protease), purified human p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Molla A,Matsumoto K,Oyamada I,Katsuki T,Maeda H

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorphenesin (3-p-chlorophenoxy-1,2-propanediol), when injected intravenously together with either of two common bacterial antigens, inhibits the antibody response of the rabbit. The antigens studied are those common to Enterobacteriaceae and to gram-positive bacteria. The immunosuppression is contingent upon incubat...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Whang HY,Neter E

更新日期：1970-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the mouse model of Lyme borreliosis, the host immune response during infection with Borrelia burgdorferi results in the remission of carditis and arthritis, as well as global reduction of spirochete numbers in tissues, without elimination of infection. These events were recapitulated by passive transfer of immune s...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Barthold SW,Hodzic E,Tunev S,Feng S

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemoattraction of Propionibacterium acnes lipase for neutrophils and the effect of lipase inhibitor and two antibiotic agents on the chemotaxis were evaluated. Of the various fractions tested, partially purified lipase (fraction 2c) was the most active cytotaxin produced by P. acnes. Serum mediators were not requ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lee WL,Shalita AR,Suntharalingam K,Fikrig SM

更新日期：1982-01-01 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：:A Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain disrupted in the AraC homologue Rv1931c was isolated. The mutant strain exhibited reduced survival both in macrophages and in a mouse infection model, with survival being restored on complementation with the Rv1931c gene. These results suggest that Rv1931c regulates genes important ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Frota CC,Papavinasasundaram KG,Davis EO,Colston MJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid X, a precursor in the biosynthesis of lipid A, has been claimed to possess most of the immunostimulatory activity but none of the toxicity of endotoxin. However, recent work shows that synthetic lipid X can be contaminated with small amounts of N,O-acylated disaccharide-1-phosphate (H. Aschauer, A. Grob, J. Hild...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lam C,Hildebrandt J,Schütze E,Rosenwirth B,Proctor RA,Liehl E,Stütz P

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The attachment of Staphylococcus aureus (Cowan I) and two strains of group A and G streptococci on glass cover slips coated with fibronectin, fibronectin fragments, or fibrinogen was studied. The attachment was quantitated by counting the attached bacteria on glass surfaces coated with a similar molarity of the protei...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kuusela P,Vartio T,Vuento M,Myhre EB

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia pestis causes bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic plague, diseases that are rapidly lethal to most mammals, including humans. Plague develops as a consequence of bacterial neutralization of the host's innate immune response, which permits uncontrolled growth and causes the systemic hyperactivation of the infla...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dhariwala MO,Olson RM,Anderson DM

更新日期：2017-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A nonproteolytic strain of Clostridium botulinum type B produces two toxins of different molecular weight (16S and 12S) that are indistinguishable from the corresponding toxins of a proteolytic strain in molecular weight and construction but differ in potential toxicity, activation ratio, and hemagglutinability. Succe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Miyazaki S,Kozaki S,Sakaguchi S,Sakaguchi G

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The skin microenvironment at the site of infection plays a role in the early events that determine protective T helper 1/type 1 immune responses during cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) infection. During CL in nonhealing BALB/c mice, early interleukin-4 (IL-4) can instruct dendritic cells for protective Th1 immunity. Addit...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Govender M,Hurdayal R,Martinez-Salazar B,Gqada K,Pillay S,Gcanga L,Passelli K,Nieuwenhuizen NE,Tacchini-Cottier F,Guler R,Brombacher F

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Phagocytosis, H2O2 production, Mac-1 expression, and in vivo elimination of Listeria monocytogenes were enhanced in granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)-treated mice. Transfer of polymorphonuclear leukocytes prolonged survival of mice infected with a lethal dose of L. monocytogenes. G-CSF augments the functio...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Shinomiya N,Tsuru S,Katsura Y,Kayashima S,Nomoto K

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total and insoluble dextransucrase activities were measured in cell-associated and supernatant fractions of Streptococcus mutans GS-5 grown in several media. Although the amount of cell-associated and supernatant activity varied greatly as a function of medium, the total activity appeared constant. The distribution of...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Montville TJ,Cooney CL,Sinskey AJ

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus mutans Ingbritt was grown anaerobically in a chemostat, at a rate (mean generation time, 13 h) similar to that in dental plaque, in a complex medium with excess glucose and at pH values of 6.5, 6.0, and 5.5. The yield of cells was constant at pH 6.5 and 6.0 (2.00 mg/ml) but fell to 1.25 at pH 5.5; Y(gluc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hamilton IR,Ellwood DC

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) is an important component of the innate immune system. It binds to the arrays of sugars commonly presented by microorganisms and activates the complement system independently of antibody. Despite detailed knowledge of the stereochemical basis of MBL binding, relatively little is known abou...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Devyatyarova-Johnson M,Rees IH,Robertson BD,Turner MW,Klein NJ,Jack DL

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00