Composition of peptidoglycans in Bacteroidaceae: determination and distribution of lanthionine.

abstract：:Human defensins play a fundamental role in the initiation of innate immune responses to some microbial pathogens. Here we show that colonic epithelial model HCT116 cells respond to Trypanosoma cruzi infection by secreting defensin α-1, which reduces infection. We also report the early effects of defensin α-1 on invasi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Johnson CA,Rachakonda G,Kleshchenko YY,Nde PN,Madison MN,Pratap S,Cardenas TC,Taylor C,Lima MF,Villalta F

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with Giardia duodenalis is one of the most common causes of diarrheal disease in the world. While numerous studies have identified important contributions of adaptive immune responses to parasite control, much less work has examined innate immunity and its connections to the adaptive response during this inf...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Li E,Tako EA,Singer SM

更新日期：2016-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The Streptococcus mutans serotype c gtfA gene encodes a 55-kilodalton sucrose-hydrolyzing enzyme. Analysis of S. mutans gtfA mutants revealed that the mutant strains were specifically impaired in the ability to use melibiose as a sole carbon source. S. mutans gtfA mutant strains synthesized less alpha-galactosidase ac...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Barletta RG,Curtiss R 3rd

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exfoliatin caused skin loss in hairless mutant mice only while they lacked hair, but older mice were more resistant to this effect than neonates. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kapral FA,Miller MM

更新日期：1972-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) were raised against native and denatured alpha-hemolysin (HlyA) of Escherichia coli. Binding of the MAbs to native, denatured, and erythrocyte-complexed active wild-type hemolysin and mutant derivatives was tested. All 15 MAbs analyzed bound to native hemolysin, even when the toxin was com...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Oropeza-Wekerle RL,Kern P,Sun D,Muller S,Briand JP,Goebel W

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcal enterotoxins A through D (SEA through SED) and toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 display superantigen properties, i.e., they stimulate a great fraction of T cells expressing certain T-cell receptor V beta sequences. Using a newly established rat model of septic Staphylococcus aureus arthritis, we have recent...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bremell T,Tarkowski A

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa utilizes a number of distinct pathways to secrete proteins that play various roles during infection. These include the type II secretion system, which is responsible for the secretion of the majority of exoproducts into the surrounding environment, including toxins and degradative enzymes. In co...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lee VT,Smith RS,Tümmler B,Lory S

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a rabbit model of Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis, we studied the effects of aspirin on the natural progression of this infection. Compared with untreated animals, the aspirin-treated animals showed a 30% (P = 0.11) reduction in the weight of the vegetations and an 84% (P = 0.03) reduction in the bacterial ti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nicolau DP,Freeman CD,Nightingale CH,Quintiliani R,Coe CJ,Maderazo EG,Cooper BW

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decay-accelerating factor (DAF), a complement regulatory protein, also serves as a receptor for Dr adhesin-bearing Escherichia coli. The repeat three of DAF was shown to be important in Dr adhesin binding and complement regulation. However, Dr adhesins do not bind to red blood cells with the rare polymorphism of DAF, ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hasan RJ,Pawelczyk E,Urvil PT,Venkatarajan MS,Goluszko P,Kur J,Selvarangan R,Nowicki S,Braun WA,Nowicki BJ

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioluminescent reporter assays have been widely used to study the effect of Toxoplasma gondii on host gene expression. In the present study, we extend these studies by engineering novel reporter cell lines containing a gamma-activated sequence (GAS) element driving firefly luciferase (FLUC). In RAW264.7 macrophages, T...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Olias P,Sibley LD

更新日期：2016-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A 30-amino-acid peptide corresponding to variable domain IV (VD IV) of the major outer membrane protein of Chlamydia trachomatis serovar E was conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) and used to immunize mice. The resulting antisera (anti-KLH-VD IV sera) recognized all 15 serovars of C. trachomatis when assayed ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

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

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fonsecaea pedrosoi is a fungal pathogen that produces melanin. The functions of melanin and its possible influence in the protective immunological response during infection by F. pedrosoi are not known. In this work, treatment of F. pedrosoi mycelia with proteases and glycosidases followed by a denaturing agent and ho...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Alviano DS,Franzen AJ,Travassos LR,Holandino C,Rozental S,Ejzemberg R,Alviano CS,Rodrigues ML

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucellosis is a costly disease of water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis). Latent infections and prolonged incubation of the pathogen limit the efficacy of programs based on the eradication of infected animals. We exploited genetic selection for disease resistance as an approach to the control of water buffalo brucellosis....

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Borriello G,Capparelli R,Bianco M,Fenizia D,Alfano F,Capuano F,Ercolini D,Parisi A,Roperto S,Iannelli D

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antigens of Haemophilus somnus recognized by convalescent bovine serum were studied by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and Western blotting with a protein A-peroxidase conjugate. The same two 76K and 40K antigens were predominant in whole-bacterium preparations and in outer-membrane-enric...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Corbeil LB,Arthur JE,Widders PR,Smith JW,Barbet AF

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunity to infection with Eimeria vermiformis was transferred in NIH mice by both the nylon wool-adherent (B-cell-enriched) and nonadherent (T-cell-enriched) fractions of lymphocytes (spleen and mesenteric lymph node) taken from infected donors. Transfer was more variable with the adherent fraction, and when contamin...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rose ME,Joysey HS,Hesketh P,Grencis RK,Wakelin D

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amebic erythrophagocytosis is characteristic of invasive amebiasis, and mutants deficient in erythrocyte ingestion are avirulent. We sought to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying erythrocyte phagocytosis by Entamoeba histolytica. Following adherence to amebae, erythrocytes became round and crenulated, and p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Boettner DR,Huston CD,Sullivan JA,Petri WA Jr

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human systemic antibody levels to oral members of the Bacteroides genus were assessed with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Antibody levels to B. gingivalis, two homology groups of B. intermedius, B. melaninogenicus, B. denticola, B. loescheii, B. corporis, B. oralis, B. buccae, and B. gracilis were determined in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ebersole JL,Taubman MA,Smith DJ,Frey DE

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental Helicobacter pylori infection was studied in Mongolian gerbils with fresh human isolates that carry or do not carry cagA (cagA-positive or cagA-negative, respectively), multiply passaged laboratory strains, wild-type strain G1.1, or isogenic ureA, cagA, or vacA mutants of G1.1. Animals were sacrificed 1 t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wirth HP,Beins MH,Yang M,Tham KT,Blaser MJ

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae accessory colonization factor genes (acfA, B, C, and D) are required for efficient intestinal colonization. Expression of acf genes is under the control of a regulatory cascade that also directs the synthesis of cholera toxin and proteins involved in the biogenesis of the toxin-coregulated pilus. The g...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Everiss KD,Hughes KJ,Kovach ME,Peterson KM

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The type III capsular polysaccharide of group B streptococci (GBS) consists of a linear backbone with short side chains ending in residues of N-acetylneuraminic acid, or sialic acid. The presence of sialic acid on the surface of the organism inhibits activation of the alternative pathway of complement and is thought t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wessels MR,Haft RF,Heggen LM,Rubens CE

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies against the Plasmodium falciparum P0 ribosomal phosphoprotein (PfP0) have been detected exclusively but extensively in malaria-immune persons. Polyclonal rabbit and mice sera were raised against two recombinant polypeptides of P. falciparum P0 protein, PfP0N and PfP0C, covering amino acids 17 to 61 and the ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chatterjee S,Singh S,Sohoni R,Singh NJ,Vaidya A,Long C,Sharma S

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP) is a life-threatening infection that affects immunocompromised individuals. Nearly half of all PcP cases occur in those prescribed effective chemoprophylaxis, suggesting that additional preventive methods are needed. To this end, we have identified a unique mouse Pneumocystis surface prote...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tesini BL,Wright TW,Malone JE,Haidaris CG,Harber M,Sant AJ,Nayak JL,Gigliotti F

更新日期：2017-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The Staphylococcus aureus repeat (STAR) element is a sequence identified in two intergenic regions in S. aureus. The element is found in 13 to 21 copies in individual S. aureus strains, and elements in the homologous intergenic location are variable in length. The element sequence consists of several small and unusual...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cramton SE,Schnell NF,Götz F,Brückner R

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Di-, tri-, and tetrasaccharides, synthesized according to the chemical structure of pneumococcal polysaccharide type 3 (PS3), were coupled to the cross-reactive material (CRM(197)) of modified diphtheria toxin in different molar carbohydrate/protein ratios using the squarate coupling method. To study protective immuni...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Benaissa-Trouw B,Lefeber DJ,Kamerling JP,Vliegenthart JF,Kraaijeveld K,Snippe H

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous passive antibody transfer experiments have indicated that immunity to a 46-kilodalton membrane glycoprotein (M-2) of Leishmania amazonensis may protect against infection with this parasite. In the studies described in this paper, we investigated the ability of the purified M-2 molecule to elicit a protective ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Champsi J,McMahon-Pratt D

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) interacts with intestinal epithelial cells, activating host signaling pathways leading to cytoskeletal rearrangements and ultimately diarrhea. In this study, we demonstrate that EPEC interacts with the macrophage-like cell line J774A.1 to inhibit phagocytosis by these cells. An...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Goosney DL,Celli J,Kenny B,Finlay BB

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human genital Chlamydia infection is a major public health concern due to the serious reproductive system complications. Chlamydia binds several receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) on host cells, including the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), and activates cellular signaling cascades for host invasion, cytoskelet...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Igietseme JU,Partin J,George Z,Omosun Y,Goldstein J,Joseph K,Ellerson D,Eko FO,Pohl J,Bandea C,Black CM

更新日期：2020-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The theoretic basis for developing conjugate vaccines, to induce immunoglobulin G (IgG) lipopolysaccharide (LPS) antibodies for the prevention of shigellosis, has been described (J. B. Robbins, C.-Y. Chu, and R. Schneerson, Clin. Infect. Dis. 15:346-361, 1992). The O-specific polysaccharides (O-SPs) of Shigella dysent...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Taylor DN,Trofa AC,Sadoff J,Chu C,Bryla D,Shiloach J,Cohen D,Ashkenazi S,Lerman Y,Egan W

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae is a fermentative microorganism and causes serious diseases in humans, including otitis media, bacteremia, meningitis, and pneumonia. However, the mechanisms enabling pneumococcal survival in the host and causing disease in different tissues are incompletely understood. The available evidence ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gaspar P,Al-Bayati FA,Andrew PW,Neves AR,Yesilkaya H

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory disease that has been linked to several risk factors, including periodontitis. Identification of new anti-inflammatory compounds to treat arthritis is needed. We had previously demonstrated the beneficial effect of Kava-241, a kavain-derived compound, in the management of P...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Huck O,You J,Han X,Cai B,Panek J,Amar S

更新日期：2018-08-22 00:00:00