Chemical and biological properties of a peptidoglycan isolated from Treponema pallidum kazan.

abstract：:Our previous studies demonstrated that Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) can directly interact with human NK cells and induce the proliferation, gamma interferon production, and cytotoxic activity of such cells without the need for accessory cells. Thus, the aim of the present study was to identify th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Esin S,Batoni G,Counoupas C,Stringaro A,Brancatisano FL,Colone M,Maisetta G,Florio W,Arancia G,Campa M

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of enhanced resistance of Mycobacterium bovis BCG-treated mice to ectromelia virus infection was investigated by determining the effect of splenectomy, antithymocyte serum, and antimacrophage serum on resistance. It was greatly reduced by these treatments, not only in normal mice, but also in mice treate...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sakuma T,Suenaga T,Yoshida I,Azuma M

更新日期：1983-11-01 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：: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：:The bacterium Listeria monocytogenes causes meningoencephalitis in humans. In rodents, listeriosis is associated with granulomatous lesions in the liver and the spleen, but not with meningoencephalitis. Here, infant rats were infected intracisternally to generate experimental listeric meningoencephalitis. Dose-depende...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Remer KA,Jungi TW,Fatzer R,Täuber MG,Leib SL

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of genes with increased expression in vivo may lead to the identification of novel or unrecognized virulence traits and/or recognition of environmental signals involved in modulating gene expression. Our laboratory is studying an extraintestinal isolate of Escherichia coli as a model pathogen. We ha...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Russo TA,Carlino UB,Mong A,Jodush ST

更新日期：1999-10-01 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：:The lack of specific T-cell help in immune responses to thymus-independent antigens results in weak, predominantly immunoglobulin M-mediated immunity with little or no memory. In the work presented here we show how the exogenous stimulation of CD40 by monoclonal antibodies can mimic T-cell help, resulting in enhanced ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Barr TA,Heath AW

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subtilase cytotoxin (SubAB) was first isolated from a Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) strain that was responsible for an outbreak of hemolytic-uremic syndrome and is the prototype of a new family of AB(5) cytotoxins. SubAB is a subtilase-like serine protease, and upon uptake by host cells, it is trafficked to ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： May KL,Paton JC,Paton AW

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolates of Thermoplasma acidophilum were divided into serological groups based on immunodiffusion studies of solubilized-membrane preparations. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bohlool BB,Brock TD

更新日期：1974-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Length and restriction site polymorphism within a 2.8-kb threonine-rich open reading frame from Cryptosporidium parvum was identified and used to determine the genotypes of isolates from calves and humans. In agreement with observations of other genetic loci, all calf isolates were identical at this locus. In contrast...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Carraway M,Tzipori S,Widmer G

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracytoplasmic proteins were released from Serpulina (Treponema) hyodysenteriae (strain B204) by treatment of whole cells with a nonionic detergent (Tween 20). Centrifugation of the Tween 20-released proteins at 100,000 x g sedimented 10 major extracytoplasmic proteins with approximate molecular masses of 44, 43.5, ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gabe JD,Chang RJ,Slomiany R,Andrews WH,McCaman MT

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Swine were infected orally with pure cultures of Treponema hyodysenteriae, and the humoral antibody response was measured by a passive hemolysis test (passive hemagglutination test with the use of complement). Antibody to T. hyodysenteriae was detected as early as 1 week and later on at 4 months after exposure. Howeve...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Jenkins EM,Sinha PP,Vance RT,Reese GL

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) is a major metabolic end product detected in deep periodontal pockets that is produced by resident periodontopathic microbiota associated with the progression of periodontitis. Treponema denticola, a member of the subgingival biofilm at disease sites, produces cystalysin, an enzyme that catabo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chu L,Dong Z,Xu X,Cochran DL,Ebersole JL

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influences of Neisseria gonorrhoeae protein IB content and bilayer composition of liposomes and protein content of iscoms on immunogenicity were investigated. Changes in the protein content of liposomes did not influence the immunoglobulin G response, whereas the response was lowered when the amount of protein in ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kersten GF,van de Put AM,Teerlink T,Beuvery EC,Crommelin DJ

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protective efficacy of Mycobacterium bovis BCG can be markedly augmented by stable integration of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genomic region RD1. BCG complemented with RD1 (BCG::RD1) encodes nine additional proteins. Among them, 10-kDa culture filtrate protein (CFP-10) and ESAT-6 (6-kDa early secreted antigenic tar...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Demangel C,Brodin P,Cockle PJ,Brosch R,Majlessi L,Leclerc C,Cole ST

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many of the proinflammatory effects of gram-negative bacteria are elicited by the interaction of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) with Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) expressed on host cells. TLR4 signaling leads to activation of NF-kappa B and transcription of many genes involved in the inflammatory response. In this s...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Li X,Tupper JC,Bannerman DD,Winn RK,Rhodes CJ,Harlan JM

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) strains have been associated with sporadic cases and outbreaks of hemorrhagic colitis and with the hemolytic uremic syndrome in humans. Since adherence of enteric pathogens to epithelial surfaces is often a prerequisite for the subsequent delivery of bacterial enterotox...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sherman P,Soni R,Karmali M

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minicells are small, anucleate cells resulting from aberrant cell divisions at the polar ends of bacilli. We have isolated minicell-producing mutant strains of Shigella flexneri 2a (MC-I) and Shigella dysenteriae 1 (MC-V) after mutagenesis with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine. Microscopically, broth cultures of M...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gemski P,Griffin DE

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent data suggest that fibronectin may favor Staphylococcus aureus infection by promoting attachment to either injured tissues or implanted foreign bodies. We studied the quantitative adsorption of fibronectin onto polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cover slips by using a 125I-labeled preparation of the purified plasma g...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Vaudaux PE,Waldvogel FA,Morgenthaler JJ,Nydegger UE

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii induces the expression of proinflammatory cytokines, reorganizes organelles, scavenges nutrients, and inhibits apoptosis in infected host cells. We used a cDNA microarray of 420 annotated porcine expressed sequence tags to analyze the molecular basis of these changes at eight time points over a 72-ho...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Okomo-Adhiambo M,Beattie C,Rink A

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By screening a genomic lambda library of Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus, we have cloned and sequenced a gene, termed fnz, encoding a fibronectin (Fn)-binding protein called FNZ. On the basis of the deduced amino acid sequence of FNZ, the mature protein has a molecular mass of approximately 61 kDa. Analysis of...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lindmark H,Jacobsson K,Frykberg L,Guss B

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three antigenic determinants were revealed in H3 hemagglutinin of influenza A viruses isolated from 1968 to 1975. One of them was common for all viruses, and two others specified differences between the viruses possessing H3 hemagglutinin. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rovnova ZI,Kosyakov PN,Berezina ON,Isayeva EI,Zhdanov VM

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that oral immunization with flagellum-defective mutant strains of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium with the ClpXP-deficient background protected mice against oral challenge with the virulent strain. These data indicate that Salmonella flagellin is not a dominant protective antigen in oral immunization ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kodama C,Matsui H

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosoma mansoni-infected wild-type (WT) mice develop a Th2 response and chronic disease. In contrast, infected interleukin-4 double-deficient (IL-4(-/-)) mice develop a Th1-like response and an acute, lethal syndrome. Disease severity in these animals correlates with excessive and prolonged production of nitric ox...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Patton EA,La Flamme AC,Pedras-Vasoncelos JA,Pearce EJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucosal immune responses to fungal infection range from T helper type 2 (Th2) cell-directed allergic inflammation to Th1-predominant neutrophilic inflammation, but the mechanisms directing these divergent mucosal immune outcomes and the role of T cells in host defense against mucosal fungal infections are not known. H...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Porter PC,Roberts L,Fields A,Knight M,Qian Y,Delclos GL,Han S,Kheradmand F,Corry DB

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholera toxin has been widely used to obtain insight into the cellular dynamics of the antigen-specific mucosal immune response. The present study was undertaken to clarify the influence of the organized intestinal lymphoid tissue (Peyer's patches [PP]) on the distribution of anti-cholera-toxin-containing cells (ACC) ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Enders GA,Delius M,Ballhaus S,Brendel W

更新日期：1987-09-01 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：:BALB/c mice were vaccinated by the intramuscular (i.m.) and subcutaneous (s.c.) routes with a native preparation of the Chlamydia trachomatis mouse pneumonitis (MoPn) major outer membrane protein (MOMP), using Montanide ISA 720 and CpG-1826 as adjuvants. A negative control group was immunized with ovalbumin and the tw...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pal S,Peterson EM,de la Maza LM

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ocular inflammation is one of the consequences of infection with the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Even if lesions are self-healing in immunocompetent persons, they pose a lifetime risk of reactivation and are a serious threat to vision. As there are virtually no immunological data on reactivating ocular toxop...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rochet É,Brunet J,Sabou M,Marcellin L,Bourcier T,Candolfi E,Pfaff AW

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00