Immunobiologically active lipid A analogs synthesized according to a revised structural model of natural lipid A.

abstract：:This report describes an attempt to define the factors which incite secondary bacterial pneumonias. Groups of mice were given bacteria intraperitoneally and, at various intervals, Newcastle disease virus intravenously. There was an increase in the number of deaths and in the rates of death in these groups, when compar...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hugh R,Huang KY,Elliott TB

更新日期：1971-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serologic parameters of kala-azar were evaluated by Western blot analysis. Sera from kala-azar patients with confirmed diagnoses were screened for immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgG subclass-specific reactivity against Leishmania donovani membrane antigen (LAg). Heterogeneous LAg-specific IgG reactivity with numerous prot...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ravindran R,Anam K,Bairagi BC,Saha B,Pramanik N,Guha SK,Goswami RP,Banerjee D,Ali N

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified and concentrated Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) virus derived from tissue cultures, rendered noninfectious by ionizing radiation with retention of in vitro serological activity, also retained a high level of immunogenicity. In mice, fluid vaccines afforded excellent protection against lethal challenge w...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gruber J

更新日期：1971-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of L cells with Chlamydia psittaci inhibited the burst of deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis that occurs when the host cells are released from a double thymidine block. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tribby II,Moulder JW

更新日期：1971-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is a major cause of traveler's diarrhea as well as of endemic diarrhea and stunting in children in developing areas. However, a small-mammal model has been badly needed to better understand and assess mechanisms, vaccines, and interventions. We report a murine model of ETEC diar...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bolick DT,Medeiros PHQS,Ledwaba SE,Lima AAM,Nataro JP,Barry EM,Guerrant RL

更新日期：2018-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydial inclusions were demonstrated by indirect immunofluorescence (IF) with antiserum to the chlamydial group antigen when McCoy cell monolayers infected with either Chlamydia trachomatis or Chlamydia psittaci were fixed in formaldehyde or paraformaldehyde, provided the monolayer was not allowed to dry. If these ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Richmond SJ,Stirling P

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis is associated with high levels of morbidity, decreased production, and early culling in dairy cattle. Clinical symptoms of Johne's disease include persistent diarrhea, inappetence, and resultant weight loss due to chronic inflammation of the small intestine. A...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Aho AD,McNulty AM,Coussens PM

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LT-IIa and LT-IIb, the type II heat-labile enterotoxins of Escherichia coli, are closely related in structure and function to cholera toxin and LT-I, the type I heat-labile enterotoxins of Vibrio cholerae and E. coli, respectively. Recent studies from our group demonstrated that LT-IIa and LT-IIb are potent systemic a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nawar HF,Arce S,Russell MW,Connell TD

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid extracts derived from a group A Streptococcus, when preincubated with tumor cells before inoculation, were shown to prevent completely the development of Ehrlich ascites tumor in mice. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kigoshi S

更新日期：1971-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variable subregions within the variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) coat displayed by African trypanosomes are predicted sites for T- and B-cell recognition. Hypervariable subregion 1 (HV-1) is localized to an internal amphipathic alpha helix in VSG monomers and may have evolved due to selective pressure by host T-cell ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dagenais TR,Demick KP,Bangs JD,Forest KT,Paulnock DM,Mansfield JM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of CD4+ cells and gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) in the resolution of established Cryptosporidium parvum infection was investigated with a murine model of cryptosporidiosis in severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice. C. parvum-infected SCID mice were reconstituted with spleen cells from immunocompeten...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chen W,Harp JA,Harmsen AG

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty two anaerobic bacterial strains were screened for their in vitro inhibitory activity toward 21 Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains, including two penicillin-resistant strains. From this screening, six anaerobic bacteria belonging to the genera Bacteroides, Peptostreptococcus, and Eubacterium were selected for their l...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Morin A,Saheb SA,Bisaillon JG,Beaudet R,Sylvestre M

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A concentrated bacterial culture supernatant from the hemolytic Moraxella bovis strain UQV 148NF was used to immunize mice and generate monoclonal antibodies (MAbs). One, MAb G3/D7, neutralized the hemolytic activity of M. bovis and recognized a 94-kDa protein by Western blot analysis in hemolytic M. bovis strains rep...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Billson FM,Harbour C,Michalski WP,Tennent JM,Egerton JR,Hodgson JL

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Migration of the fungal pathogen Candida albicans across the endothelial cell layer is considered a prerequisite for the invasion of multiple organs occurring in systemic candidiasis. We developed an experimental system in which C. albicans migrates from a luminal compartment across a monolayer of bovine aortic endoth...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zink S,Nass T,Rösen P,Ernst JF

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa invades various epithelial cell types in vitro and in vivo. The P. aeruginosa genome possesses a gene (flhA) which encodes a protein that is believed to be part of the export apparatus for flagellum assembly and which is homologous to invA of Salmonella spp. Because invA is required for invasion...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fleiszig SM,Arora SK,Van R,Ramphal R

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple and convenient method was developed for the preparation of Streptococcus pneumoniae type 14 polysaccharide (Pn14PS)-tetanus toxoid (TT) conjugate vaccines, using terminally linked Pn14PS fragments of different lengths. Native Pn14PS was simultaneously depolymerized and activated for conjugation by partial N-d...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Laferriere CA,Sood RK,de Muys JM,Michon F,Jennings HJ

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously described a new system for the delivery of recombinant antigens in live Salmonella vaccines as genetic fusions to the C terminus of fragment C of tetanus toxin (TetC) driven by the anaerobically inducible nirB promoter. It has been reported that preimmunization with tetanus toxoid (TT) can suppress ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chabalgoity JA,Villareal-Ramos B,Khan CM,Chatfield SN,de Hormaeche RD,Hormaeche CE

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous work, we identified xanthine oxidase (XO) as an important enzyme in the interaction between the host and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli(EPEC) and Shiga-toxigenic E. coli(STEC). Many of the biological effects of XO were due to the hydrogen peroxide produced by the enzyme. We wondered, however, if uric ac...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Crane JK,Broome JE,Lis A

更新日期：2016-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Virulent strains of Yersinia enterocolitica and their plasmidless, avirulent derivatives were examined for their cell surface properties. Increased surface charge and hydrophobicity of Y. enterocolitica were found to be associated with the possession of a 40- to 48-megadalton plasmid. These surface properties were exp...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lachica RV,Zink DL

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum are agents of human monocytic and granulocytic ehrlichioses, respectively. They are extremely sensitive to mechanical stress and are pleomorphic gram-negative bacteria. Membrane incorporation of cholesterol from the eukaryotic host is known to be essential for other ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lin M,Rikihisa Y

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabbits immunized with group B type III, group C, and Streptococcus pneumoniae type XIV streptococcal vaccines developed autoantibodies reactive with autologous and isologous erythrocytes and human O-positive erythrocytes at reduced temperatures. The cold agglutinin antibodies were present in both the immunoglobulin M...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Colling RG,Pearson TC,Brown JC

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum amyloid A protein (SAA) elevation accompanies induction of secondary amyloidosis in mice given Mycobacterium butyricum in Freund adjuvant. The synthesis of SAA by cultured hepatocytes is induced by a macrophage-derived mediator, which has been identified as interleukin 1. In these studies, SAA synthesis has been...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McAdam KP,Foss NT,Garcia C,DeLellis R,Chedid L,Rees RJ,Wolff SM

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a novel ileal loop model for use in calves to analyze the contribution of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium type III secretion systems to disease processes in vivo. Our model involves constructing ileal loops with end-to-end anastamoses to restore the patency of the small intestine, thereby all...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Coombes BK,Coburn BA,Potter AA,Gomis S,Mirakhur K,Li Y,Finlay BB

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colony counts and light microscopy were used to assess the capacity of Candida albicans to colonize, infect the alimentary tract, and cause disseminated disease in athymic (nu/nu), euthymic (nu/+), beige (bg/bg), black (bg/+), beige athymic (bg/bg nu/nu), or beige euthymic (bg/bg nu/+) germfree mice. The alimentary tr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cantorna MT,Balish E

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Woodchuck sera were tested for antigens and antibodies with tests which detect human hepatitis virus antigens and antibodies. Data on 264 woodchuck sera are presented. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Millman I,Halbherr T,Simmons H

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholera toxin (CT) and the type II heat-labile enterotoxins (HLT) LT-IIa and LT-IIb act as potent systemic and mucosal adjuvants and induce distinct T-helper (Th)-cell cytokine profiles. In the present study, CT and the type II HLT were found to differentially affect cytokine production by anti-CD3-stimulated human pe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Martin M,Metzger DJ,Michalek SM,Connell TD,Russell MW

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenic tobacco plants stably expressing recombinant FaeG, which is the major subunit and adhesin of K88ad fimbriae, were obtained. Analysis of sera from immunized mice indicates that in mice, the immunogenicity induced by plant-derived FaeG protein is comparable to that generated with traditional approaches. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Huang Y,Liang W,Pan A,Zhou Z,Huang C,Chen J,Zhang D

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Chagas' disease parasite Trypanosoma cruzi commonly infects humans through skin abrasions or mucosa from reduviid bug excreta. Yet most studies on animal models start with subcutaneous or intraperitoneal injections, a distant approximation of the skin abrasion route. We show here that atraumatic placement of T. cr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Caradonna K,Pereiraperrin M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin E protects nonimmunized and immunized mice against fatal Diplococcus pneumoniae type I (DpI) infection. A dietary supplementation of 180 mg of dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate per kg of diet increased survival of nonimmunized mice from 20 to 80% when challenged with 20 organisms, and of mice immunized with 0.5 ng o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Heinzerling RH,Tengerdy RP,Wick LL,Lueker DC

更新日期：1974-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi reduces the expression of outer surface protein C (OspC) in response to the development of an anti-OspC humoral response, leading to the hypothesis that the ability to repress OspC expression is critical for the pathogen to proceed to chronic infection. B. burgdorferi w...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Xu Q,Seemanapalli SV,McShan K,Liang FT

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00