N-acetyl muramyl dipeptide stimulation of bone resorption in tissue culture.

abstract：:Rickettsia rickettsii infection of endothelial cells is manifested in very distinctive changes in cell morphology, consisting of extensive dilatation of the membranes of the endoplasmic reticulum and outer nuclear envelope and blebbing of the plasma membrane, as seen by transmission electron microscopy (D. J. Silverma...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Eremeeva ME,Silverman DJ

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of mononuclear cells from the mouse peritoneal cavity to interferon (IF)-containing mouse sera enhanced phagocytosis of colloidal carbon particles by the cells. The same effect was observed when the cells were exposed to IF-containing cell culture harvest free of serum. The magnitude of this effect of IF-cont...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Huang KY,Donahoe RM,Gordon FB,Dressler HR

更新日期：1971-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli isolates from patients with bacteriuria of pregnancy were compared by PCR with isolates from patients with community-acquired cystitis for the presence of established virulence determinants. The strains from patients with bacteriuria of pregnancy were less likely to carry genes for P-family, S-family,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Graham JC,Leathart JB,Keegan SJ,Pearson J,Bint A,Gally DL

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although periodontal treatment by scaling and root planing (SCRP) is known to induce bacteremia, the effect of this procedure on the host immune response is not known. We have determined pre- and post-SCRP immunoglobulin G antibody titers to antigens of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans in the sera of 22 patients w...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sjöström K,Ou J,Whitney C,Johnson B,Darveau R,Engel D,Page RC

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral hepatitis caused by infection with murine hepatitis virus strain A59 has been shown to affect the mitotic response after partial hepatectomy in mice. Normal mice showed a delayed response, whereas nude mice did not show any response, even 5 days after partial hepatectomy. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Carthew P

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-associated hemagglutinin-negative mutants were derived from cholera enterotoxin-negative Vibrio cholerae JBK70 by Tn5 mutagenesis. One of the mutants identified, SB001, was characterized in greater detail. Its ability to colonize ilea of adult rabbits was determined by feeding approximately 10(8) V. cholerae to e...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Finn TM,Reiser J,Germanier R,Cryz SJ Jr

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Vibrio cholerae, the transmembrane DNA binding proteins, ToxR and TcpP, activate expression of the regulatory gene toxT in response to specific environmental signals. The resulting enhanced level of ToxT leads to a coordinated increase in the production of a subset of virulence factors, including cholera toxin (CT)...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Krishnan HH,Ghosh A,Paul K,Chowdhury R

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suppression of the host defense is one of the hallmarks of Yersinia enterocolitica infection. This enteric pathogen resists phagocytosis and interferes with macrophage functions from an extracellular localization (oxidative-burst generation and tumor necrosis factor alpha production). In this study, we investigated th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ruckdeschel K,Roggenkamp A,Lafont V,Mangeat P,Heesemann J,Rouot B

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pili have been demonstrated to be the adhesins of Pseudomonas aeruginosa for mouse epidermal cells. The mechanisms of adhesion of P. aeruginosa to mouse epidermal cells was studied by using four mutants derived from a single strain: flagellated and piliated (F+P+), flagellated and nonpiliated (F+P-), nonflagellated an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sato H,Okinaga K

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saliva-binding molecules of Streptococcus sanguis and their receptors were investigated. Streptococcal cell surfaces were extracted with a barbital buffer and examined immunochemically. Strains G9B and Blackburn, which adhere specifically to saliva-coated hydroxyapatite via immunologically related adhesins, possess 80...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lamont RJ,Rosan B,Murphy GM,Baker CT

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the ability of outer membrane vesicle (OMV) vaccines from Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B to induce vaccine-specific antibody and spleen cell proliferative responses in mice after being administered intranasally (i.n.) and/or subcutaneously (s.c.). A series of four weekly i.n. doses (25 microg) with...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bakke H,Lie K,Haugen IL,Korsvold GE,Høiby EA,Naess LM,Holst J,Aaberge IS,Oftung F,Haneberg B

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T cells bearing the gammadelta antigen receptor (gammadelta T cells) can constitute up to 50% of T cells in the peripheral blood and lymphoid organs of young cattle. We present data showing that gammadelta T cells are involved in immune responses against Theileria parva. gammadelta T cells isolated from peripheral blo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Daubenberger CA,Taracha EL,Gaidulis L,Davis WC,McKeever DJ

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucella abortus is a facultative intracellular bacterial pathogen that causes abortion in domestic animals and undulant fever in humans. The mechanism of virulence of Brucella spp. is not fully understood yet. Furthermore, genes that allow Brucella to reach the intracellular niche and to interact with host cells need...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rosinha GM,Freitas DA,Miyoshi A,Azevedo V,Campos E,Cravero SL,Rossetti O,Splitter G,Oliveira SC

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is the leading cause of nosocomial bacterial diarrhea. Glutamine and its stable and highly soluble derivative alanyl-glutamine, have been beneficial in models of intestinal injury. In this study, we extend our work on the mechanisms of Clostridium difficile toxin A (TxA)-induced apoptosis in huma...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Carneiro BA,Fujii J,Brito GA,Alcantara C,Oriá RB,Lima AA,Obrig T,Guerrant RL

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi-induced arthritis in mice is characterized by tendonitis, synovitis, and inflammatory-cell infiltrate, predominantly of neutrophils. Because genetic deficiency in E and P selectins results in delayed recruitment of neutrophils to sites of inflammation, mice with this deficiency were tested for the...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Seiler KP,Ma Y,Weis JH,Frenette PS,Hynes RO,Wagner DD,Weis JJ

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes to the capillary endothelium can cause obstruction and localized tissue damage. Occlusion of vessels in falciparum malaria infection has been related to two properties of the parasite: adhesion to endothelial cells and rosette formation. Our study on P. falc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Udomsangpetch R,Webster HK,Pattanapanyasat K,Pitchayangkul S,Thaithong S

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae infection leads to multifold increases in sialyltransferase, galactosyltransferase, alpha 2-fucosyltransferase, and alpha 3-fucosyltransferase activity of rat liver. Such changes may reflect an increased demand for glycosylation of acute-phase proteins synthesized and secreted by the liver dur...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Canonico PG,Little JS,Powanda MC,Bostian KA,Beisel WR

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clone expressing a 35.5-kDa recombinant treponemal protein was isolated from a genomic DNA library constructed from Treponema pallidum street strain 14. Polyclonal antiserum raised against the recombinant protein reacted with a corresponding native protein of comparable size in T. pallidum that is specific to the pa...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hubbard CL,Gherardini FC,Bassford PJ Jr,Stamm LV

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Pasteurella haemolytica mutant incapable of producing leukotoxin was created by allelic replacement. Concentrated culture supernatants from wild-type P. haemolytica, but not from the mutant, contained the 102-kDa leukotoxin protein and lysed bovine lymphoma cells and sheep erythrocytes. Wild-type P. haemolytica demo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Murphy GL,Whitworth LC,Clinkenbeard KD,Clinkenbeard PA

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella is a widespread zoonotic enteropathogen that causes gastroenteritis and fatal typhoidal disease in mammals. During systemic infection of mice, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium resides and replicates in macrophages within the "Salmonella-containing vacuole" (SCV). It is surprising that the substrates ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bowden SD,Rowley G,Hinton JC,Thompson A

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outer membrane of pathogenic Leptospira species grown in culture media contains lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a porin (OmpL1), and several lipoproteins, including LipL36 and LipL41. The purpose of this study was to characterize the expression and distribution of these outer membrane antigens during renal infection. Ha...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Barnett JK,Barnett D,Bolin CA,Summers TA,Wagar EA,Cheville NF,Hartskeerl RA,Haake DA

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice were infected with 170 Trichinella spiralis larvae, and their blood clearance of carbon particles was studied 4, 7, 13, 32, and 135 days later and compared with that of noninfected control mice. Clearance in mice with a 4-day-old infection was comparable to that in the controls; clearances in mice with 7- and 13-...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Barriga OO

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial pathogen Clostridium difficle synthesizes two high-molecular-weight toxins (A and B), which exhibit toxic effects in vivo and in vitro. Here, we present evidence that the major intracellular targets of these two toxins are the Rho GTPases. Overexpression of RhoA, RhoB, or RhoC GTPases in transfected HeLa...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Giry M,Popoff MR,von Eichel-Streiber C,Boquet P

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of clearance of Vibrio fetus var. venerealis was measured by using in vivo and in vitro methods. The rate of clearance from the circulating blood increased in immune rabbits and reached a plateau 4 days after immunization. Thereafter in vivo clearance did not increase further despite rising agglutinin titers....

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Carrier SP,Kramer TT

更新日期：1971-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygenated fatty acids, or oxylipins, play an essential role in physiological signaling and developmental processes in animals, plants, and fungi. Previous characterization of three Aspergillus fumigatus dioxygenases (PpoA, PpoB, and PpoC), similar in sequence to mammalian cyclooxygenases, showed that PpoA is responsi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dagenais TR,Chung D,Giles SS,Hull CM,Andes D,Keller NP

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyolysin (PLO), the hemolytic exotoxin expressed by Arcanobacterium (Actinomyces) pyogenes, is a member of the thiol-activated cytolysin family of bacterial toxins. Insertional inactivation of the plo gene results in loss of expression of PLO with a concomitant loss in hemolytic activity. The plo mutant, PLO-1, has an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Jost BH,Songer JG,Billington SJ

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic Yersinia species utilize a type III secretion system (T3SS) to translocate effectors called Yersinia outer proteins (Yops) into infected host cells. Previous studies demonstrated a role for effector Yops in the inhibition of caspase-1-mediated cell death and secretion of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) in naïv...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lilo S,Zheng Y,Bliska JB

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed the requirement of both T cells and gamma interferon (IFN-gamma)-producing non-T cells for the genetic resistance of BALB/c mice to the development of toxoplasmic encephalitis (TE). In order to define the role of IFN-gamma production and the perforin-mediated cytotoxicity of T cells in this resist...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wang X,Kang H,Kikuchi T,Suzuki Y

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis is both a common and, despite present-day therapy, a serious disease. The pathophysiology of the septic response is a complex, multifactorial phenomenon which in part involves the activation of complement by bacterial endotoxin. A monoclonal antibody to human complement factor B, code-named 1H5, which was capab...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Clardy CW

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucella abortus and polyacrylic acid, two agents whose interferon-inducing capacity in the mouse has been well established, failed to stimulate circulating interferon production in rabbits, yet protected rabbits against local vaccinia virus infection. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： De Clercq E,De Somer P

更新日期：1973-10-01 00:00:00