Protection against colibacillosis in neonatal piglets by immunization of dams with procholeragenoid.

abstract：:Our previous animal studies showed that maternal Porphyromonas gingivalis infection in a subcutaneous chamber is associated with hepatic and uterine translocation, as well as systemic induction of maternal inflammatory responses, both of which were associated with fetal growth restriction (FGR). However, P. gingivalis...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lin D,Smith MA,Elter J,Champagne C,Downey CL,Beck J,Offenbacher S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of iron concentration during growth on the physicochemical surface properties of the colonial variants of Neisseria gonorrhoeae has been assessed by aqueous two-phase partitioning in a dextran-polyethyleneglycol system containing positively charged trimethylamino-polyethyleneglycol or hydrophobic polyethyle...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Magnusson KE,Kihlstrom E,Norqvist A,Davies J,Normark S

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The she gene of Shigella flexneri 2a, which also harbors the internal enterotoxin genes set1A and set1B (F. R. Noriega, GenBank accession no. U35656, 1995) encodes a homolog of the virulence-related immunoglobulin A (IgA) protease-like family of secreted proteins, Tsh, EspC, SepA, and Hap, from an avian pathogenic Esc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rajakumar K,Sasakawa C,Adler B

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron is an important element for the growth of microorganisms as well as in the defense of the host by serving as a catalyst for the generation of free radicals via the Fenton/Haber-Weiss reactions. The iron transporter natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1 (Nramp1) confers resistance to the growth of a v...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhong W,Lafuse WP,Zwilling BS

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonspecific cross-reacting antigen (NCA) is a well-characterized membrane glycoprotein on granulocytes, macrophages, and lung epithelium. Structural studies at the protein and genomic levels have revealed that NCA is a member of the immunoglobulin supergene family, and hybridization studies showed that the transcript ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sauter SL,Rutherfurd SM,Wagener C,Shively JE,Hefta SA

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reexamined the binding specificity of the Shiga-like toxin variant associated with porcine edema disease, SLT2e, which is reported to be more cytotoxic for Vero cells than for HeLa cells, by using receptor-deficient cells and a liposomal insertion system for purified glycolipids. We found that SLT2e preferentially ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Keusch GT,Jacewicz M,Acheson DW,Donohue-Rolfe A,Kane AV,McCluer RH

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acid sequence of heat-stable enterotoxin produced by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli 18D has been revised. Amino acids originally assigned to positions 11 and 18, i.e., Tyr and Asn, respectively, were found to occupy positions 18 and 11, respectively. Thus all heat-stable enterotoxins composed of 18 amino a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Thompson MR,Giannella RA

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Historically, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia has been the most frequent cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with AIDS. Antiprotozoan drugs are effective in the treatment and prophylaxis of P. carinii pneumonia, which lends credence to the widely held view that P. carinii is a protozoan. However, recent geneti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ypma-Wong MF,Fonzi WA,Sypherd PS

更新日期：1992-10-01 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：:Vaccine candidates against Shigella dysenteriae type 1, which is associated with the most severe cases of bacillary dysentery, were constructed. The rfp and rfb gene clusters, which code for S. dysenteriae 1 O antigen biosynthesis, were randomly integrated into either the chromosome or the virulence plasmid of the rou...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Klee SR,Tzschaschel BD,Fält I,Kärnell A,Lindberg AA,Timmis KN,Guzmán CA

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Engerotoxins isolated from Vibrio cholerae and toxigenic Escherichia coli cause permeability alterations in rabbit skin. Firm induration and erythema are observed within 18 to 24 h, and visualization of the reaction may be enhanced by intravenous injection of Pontamine sky blue dye. Two skin permeability factors (PF) ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sandefur PD,Peterson JW

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BCG, the attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis, has been widely used as a vaccine against tuberculosis and is thus an important candidate as a live carrier for multiple antigens. With the aim of developing a recombinant BCG (rBCG) vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus (DPT), we analyzed the potential o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Miyaji EN,Mazzantini RP,Dias WO,Nascimento AL,Marcovistz R,Matos DS,Raw I,Winter N,Gicquel B,Rappuoli R,Leite LC

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunogenic and adjuvant properties of Brucella abortus and Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) were studied in endotoxin-responsive, athymic, and euthymic BALB/c mice and in responsive C3H/HeAu mice and congenic nonresponsive C3H/HeJ mice. Consistent with previous reports, E. coli LPS did not stimulate si...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Moreno E,Kurtz RS,Berman DT

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-mediated immunity to varicella-zoster (V-Z) virus in persons immune to varicella has been demonstrated, using a tissue culture technique. Cell-mediated immunity was reflected by the ability of peripheral leukocytes (lymphocytes and monocytes) from human donors to inactivate V-Z virus. Leukocytes were stimulated b...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gershon AA,Steinberg S,Smith M

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serum opacity factor (SOF) of Streptococcus pyogenes is a serotyping tool and pathogenesis factor. Using SOF-coated latex beads in cell adherence assays and antiserum directed against SOF in S. pyogenes-HEp-2 cell adherence inhibition experiments, we demonstrate SOF involvement in the fibronectin-mediated adherenc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Oehmcke S,Podbielski A,Kreikemeyer B

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonimmune binding of immunoglobulin to whole bacteria was quantitated for North American isolates of Haemophilus somnus recovered from cattle with pneumonia, reproductive failure (abortion), or thromboembolic meningoencephalitis or from the vagina or prepuce of carrier cattle. Quantitative binding activity covered a w...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Widders PR,Dorrance LA,Yarnall M,Corbeil LB

更新日期：1989-02-01 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

abstract：:Inbred mouse strains differ in their susceptibility to infection with the facultative intracellular bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, largely due to delayed or deficient innate immune responses. Previous antibody depletion studies suggested that neutrophils (polymorphonuclear leukocytes [PMN]) were particularly import...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pitts MG,Combs TA,D'Orazio SEF

更新日期：2018-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Each of the serotypes of Haemophilus influenzae (types a to f) may colonize the respiratory tract of humans, but only type b strains commonly cause invasive systemic infections. To investigate the role of complement in immunity to encapsulated non-type b strains, rats were depleted of C3 with cobra venom factor and ch...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Corrall CJ,Winkelstein JA,Moxon ER

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat-labile enterotoxins from Escherichia coli strains of porcine and human origin polymerize on heating to form high-molecular-weight aggregates, "procoligenoids," analogous to procholeragenoid derived from the cholera enterotoxin. This aggregation is accompanied by loss of biological activity (toxicity). Further hea...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Finkelstein RA,Sciortino CV,Rieke LC,Burks MF,Boesman-Finkelstein M

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane fluidity of antigen-presenting cells (APCs) has a significant bearing on T-cell-stimulating ability and is dependent on the cholesterol content of the membrane. The relationship, if any, between membrane fluidity and defective cell-mediated immunity in visceral leishmaniasis has been investigated. Systemi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Banerjee S,Ghosh J,Sen S,Guha R,Dhar R,Ghosh M,Datta S,Raychaudhury B,Naskar K,Haldar AK,Lal CS,Pandey K,Das VN,Das P,Roy S

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HT29MTXE12 (E12) cell line harbors an adherent mucus layer, providing a novel technique to model mucosal infection in vitro. In this study, we have characterized the interaction of Campylobacter jejuni with the E12 cell line and exploited its unique mucus layer to examine the potential efficacy of probiotic treatm...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Alemka A,Clyne M,Shanahan F,Tompkins T,Corcionivoschi N,Bourke B

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study we showed that the involvement of EP4 subtype of the prostaglandin E (PGE) receptor is crucial for lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced osteoclast formation in vitro. The present study was undertaken to test whether EP4 is actually associated with LPS-induced bone resorption in vivo. In wild-type (WT) ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sakuma Y,Tanaka K,Suda M,Komatsu Y,Yasoda A,Miura M,Ozasa A,Narumiya S,Sugimoto Y,Ichikawa A,Ushikubi F,Nakao K

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effector mechanisms resulting from alternative complement pathway (ACP) activation cannot act efficiently against Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O3, as indicated by poor C3 to C9 consumption and by survival in EGTA (ethyleneglycoldiaminetetraacetic acid) Mg-serum. These results were not influenced by the lack or pre...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wachter E,Brade V

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the babesial rhoptry-associated protein 1 (RAP-1) family express surface-exposed B-cell epitopes and are candidate antigens for vaccine development. The relationship between rap-1 genomic polymorphism and surface-exposed B-cell epitope expression was analyzed by comparison of biological clones of Mexico str...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Suarez CE,McElwain TF,Echaide I,Torioni de Echaide S,Palmer GH

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inactivated Marek's disease virus-infected chicken kidney cells and inactivated MSB-1 lymphoblastoid Marek's disease tumor cells were used to immunize chickens as virus- and tumor-associated antigens, respectively. Immune and nonimmune birds were then challenged by exposure to live virulent Marek's disease virus. Both...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Murthy KK,Calnek BW

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gonococci from opaque colonies have cell wall outer membrane proteins that are lacking from organisms which form transparent colonies. These "colony opacity-associated" proteins are among a group of "minor" proteins that exhibit heat modification of their apparent subunit molecular sizes, are easily extracted by deoxy...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Swanson J

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) is responsible for the majority of uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTI) and represents the most common bacterial infection in adults. UPEC utilizes a wide range of virulence factors to colonize the host, including the novel repeat-in-toxin (RTX) protein TosA, which is spec...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Vigil PD,Wiles TJ,Engstrom MD,Prasov L,Mulvey MA,Mobley HL

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces boulardii is a nonpathogenic yeast used in the treatment of Clostridium difficile diarrhea and colitis. We have reported that S. boulardii inhibits C. difficile toxin A enteritis in rats by releasing a 54-kDa protease which digests the toxin A molecule and its brush border membrane (BBM) receptor (I. Cas...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Castagliuolo I,Riegler MF,Valenick L,LaMont JT,Pothoulakis C

更新日期：1999-01-01 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