In vitro production of an extracellular protease by Legionella pneumophila.

abstract：:Most strains of Shigella flexneri 2a and enteroaggregative Escherichia coli carry a highly conserved chromosomal locus which encodes a 109-kDa secreted mucinase (called Pic) and, on the opposite strand in overlapping fashion, an oligomeric enterotoxin called ShET1, encoded by the setA and setB genes. Here, we characte...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Behrens M,Sheikh J,Nataro JP

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

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 genetics of resistance to a naturally occurring respiratory infection caused by Sendai virus was examined in F1, F2, and backcross progeny of resistant C57BL/6J and susceptible DBA/2J mice and in 25 recombinant inbred strains. An intranasal inoculum of 0.1 50% tissue culture infective dose (low dose) of Sendai vir...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Brownstein DG

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) base composition, as measured by guanine plus cytosine (G + C) content, was determined in 17 strains of Sporothrix schenckii and Ceratocystis species. The average G + C content for S. schenckii was 54.7 +/- 0.2 mol%. No strain of Ceratocystis, with the exception of C. minor, gave values for...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mendonça-Hagler LC,Travassos LR,Lloyd KO,Phaff HJ

更新日期：1974-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological activity of C-ASWS, an alkali-soluble, water-soluble cell wall antigen isolated from mycelial-phase cells of Coccidioides immitis, was compared with that of a commercial coccidioidin (CDN; Cutter Laboratories); CDN-TS, a toluene-induced lysate of mycelial-phase cells; and spherulin, a spherule-derived e...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cox RA,Brummer E,Lecara G

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified group A streptococcal peptidoglycan-polysaccharide (PG-PS) fragments were either de-O-acylated, or acetylated and then de-O-acylated to yield N-acetylated PG-PS. Native PG-PS was poorly degraded, N-acetylated PG-PS was extensively degraded, and de-O-acylated PG-PS was only slightly degraded by hen egg white l...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stimpson SA,Lerch RA,Cleland DR,Yarnall DP,Clark RL,Cromartie WJ,Schwab JH

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty monoclonal antibodies have been prepared to the erythrocytes from CBA/Ca mice infected with the rodent malaria Plasmodium chabaudi. By immunofluorescence, 15 of these antibodies recognized parasite antigens expressed only during the development of mature trophozoites to schizonts and merozoites, 2 recognized pa...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Boyle DB,Newbold CI,Smith CC,Brown KN

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D-Amino acid oxidase (DAO) is a hydrogen peroxide-generating enzyme that uses a D-amino acid as a substrate. We hypothesized that DAO may protect against bacterial infection, because hydrogen peroxide is one of the most important molecules in the antibacterial defense systems in mammals. We show here that DAO suppress...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nakamura H,Fang J,Maeda H

更新日期：2012-04-01 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 mechanisms that govern the initial interaction between Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, a primary dimorphic fungal pathogen, and cells of the innate immunity need to be clarified. Our previous studies showed that Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) and TLR4 regulate the initial interaction of fungal cells with macrophages a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Loures FV,Pina A,Felonato M,Feriotti C,de Araújo EF,Calich VL

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the effect of sex hormones on the susceptibility of mice to the disseminated gonococcal infection demonstrated significantly enhanced susceptibility of mice injected with estrogen (17 beta-estradiol). In mice treated with estradiol, bacteremia progressively developed within 12 h postinoculation and mice die...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kita E,Takahashi S,Yasui K,Kashiba S

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular source of interleukin-6 (IL-6) during infection of mice with Listeria monocytogenes was investigated both in vitro and in vivo. Peritoneal cells taken at intervals from infected mice and cultured in vitro without added stimulus produced high titers of IL-6 peaking 2 days postinfection in a time course sim...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Liu Z,Cheers C

更新日期：1993-06-01 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：:Edema disease (ED) of weanling pigs is caused by an infection with Escherichia coli that produces Shiga-like toxin II variant (SLT-IIv). Pathology identical to that caused by ED can be duplicated in pigs that are injected with less than 10 ng of purified SLT-IIv per kg of body weight. Therefore, SLT-IIv was mutated to...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gordon VM,Whipp SC,Moon HW,O'Brien AD,Samuel JE

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the cell wall-anchored fibronectin-binding proteins SpsD and SpsL from the canine commensal and pathogen Staphylococcus pseudintermedius for their role in promoting bacterial invasion of canine progenitor epidermal keratinocytes (CPEK). Invasion was examined by the gentamicin protection ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pietrocola G,Gianotti V,Richards A,Nobile G,Geoghegan JA,Rindi S,Monk IR,Bordt AS,Foster TJ,Fitzgerald JR,Speziale P

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：:Mycoplasma genitalium is a sexually transmitted pathogen associated with several acute and chronic reproductive tract disease syndromes in men and women. To evaluate the suitability of a pig-tailed macaque model of M. genitalium infection, we inoculated a pilot animal with M. genitalium strain G37 in the uterine cervi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wood GE,Iverson-Cabral SL,Patton DL,Cummings PK,Cosgrove Sweeney YT,Totten PA

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of relevant and useful animal models is critical for progress in the development of effective vaccines and therapeutics. The infection of rabbits and non-human primates with fully virulent Bacillus anthracis spores provides two excellent models of anthrax disease. However, the high cost of procuring a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Loving CL,Kennett M,Lee GM,Grippe VK,Merkel TJ

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improvement of antibody responses to polysaccharides through their linkage to proteins is thought to be mediated by protein-specific T helper (Th) cells. To investigate whether the carrier protein of a conjugate could be substituted by a Th epitope, Streptococcus pneumoniae type 17F polysaccharide (PS) was bromoacetyl...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： de Velasco EA,Merkus D,Anderton S,Verheul AF,Lizzio EF,Van der Zee R,Van Eden W,Hoffman T,Verhoef J,Snippe H

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans secreted aspartyl proteinases (Saps) are considered virulence-associated factors. Several members of the Sap family were claimed to play a significant role in the progression of candidiasis established by the hematogenous route. This assumption was based on the observed attenuated virulence of sap-nul...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Correia A,Lermann U,Teixeira L,Cerca F,Botelho S,da Costa RM,Sampaio P,Gärtner F,Morschhäuser J,Vilanova M,Pais C

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular survival of Chlamydia psittaci is in part dependent on the ability of the organism to thwart phagolysosome formation. Circumvention of phagolysosome fusion could be either localized to chlamydia-laden vacuoles or generalized to all phagosomes in the host cell. To determine which of these modes is in oper...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Eissenberg LG,Wyrick PB

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies were raised against a bactericidal protein fraction that was purified from an extract of bovine neutrophil granules and that was previously shown (A. Savoini, R. Marzari, L. Dolzani, D. Serranò, G. Graziosi, R. Gennaro, and D. Romeo, Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 26:405-407, 1984) to inhibit bact...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Marzari R,Scaggiante B,Skerlavaj B,Bittolo M,Gennaro R,Romeo D

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gnotobiotic calves were inoculated with an O5:K4:H-, urease-positive strain of Escherichia coli isolated from a 2-day-old calf with diarrhea. The calves developed elevated temperatures and passed loose mucoid feces, with or without blood. The E. coli strain was negative for heat-stable and heat-labile enterotoxins but...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Moxley RA,Francis DH

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A (PA), a potent protein synthesis inhibitor, was found to be a weak T-cell mitogen for murine splenocytes. Maximal stimulation of [3H]thymidine incorporation was obtained with 10 to 100 ng of toxin per ml following a 4-day induction. PA was also shown to be a polyclonal activator of cy...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zehavi-Willner T

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is presented to indicate that Plasmodium berghei merozoites, but not trophozotites, have an antiphagocytic capsule. The capsule appears to form around the developing merozoties of the schizont in the parasitophorous vacuole. Serum from animals immune to P. berghei reacts with this capsule. After reaction with...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Brooks C,Kreier JP

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumonic tularemia is a life-threatening disease caused by inhalation of the highly infectious intracellular bacterium Francisella tularensis. The most serious form of the disease associated with the type A strains can be prevented in experimental animals through vaccination with the attenuated live vaccine strain (L...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mara-Koosham G,Hutt JA,Lyons CR,Wu TH

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 fimbrial phase-locked mutants of uropathogenic Escherichia coli cystitis isolate F11 were used to assess the role of the invertible element during urinary tract infection. Compared to the wild type, the phase-locked off mutant was attenuated, and constitutive production of type 1 fimbriae by the phase-locked on...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Snyder JA,Lloyd AL,Lockatell CV,Johnson DE,Mobley HL

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zoonotic infections caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium pose a constant threat to consumer health, with the pig being a particularly major source of multidrug-resistant isolates. Vaccination, as a promising approach to reduce colonization and shedding, has been scarcely used, as it interferes with curren...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Selke M,Meens J,Springer S,Frank R,Gerlach GF

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory epithelial cells play an active part in the host response to respiratory pathogens, such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, by releasing chemokines responsible for neutrophil recruitment. In order to investigate the role of specific pneumococcal virulence factors in eliciting CXC chemokine responses, type II pne...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Graham RM,Paton JC

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human sera were examined by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgM antibodies to purified type III polysaccharide of group B streptococci. The antigen-binding capacity of a reference human serum was determined by a radioimmunoassay, and the total antibody content was determined by quan...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Anthony BF,Concepcion NF,Wass CA,Heiner DC

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00