Indigenous nasopharyngeal, auditory canal, and middle ear bacterial flora of gerbils: animal model for otitis media.

abstract：:The glucosyltransferases (GTFs) of viridans streptococci, common pathogens of infective endocarditis, are extracellular proteins that convert sucrose into exopolysaccharides and glucans. GTFs B, C, and D of Streptococcus mutans are modulins that induce, in vitro and in vivo, the production of cytokines, in particular ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Shun CT,Lu SY,Yeh CY,Chiang CP,Chia JS,Chen JY

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histoplasma capsulatum induces a cell-mediated immune response in the lungs and lymphoid organs of mammals. In this study, we analyzed the progression of the cytokine and inflammatory reactions in the lungs of mice infected intranasally with H. capsulatum. We measured cytokine mRNA levels and determined the inflammato...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cain JA,Deepe GS Jr

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One-day-old chicks were infected orally with two strains of weakly hemolytic spirochetes isolated from a human and a pig with intestinal spirochetosis. These spirochetosis both colonized birds, attached end-on to their cecal enterocytes, induced watery diarrhea, and significantly depressed growth rates. Cultures of Se...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Trott DJ,McLaren AJ,Hampson DJ

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-mediated immune (CMI) responses and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) have been shown to be essential in acquired protection against Cryptococcus neoformans. Induction of a protective anticryptococcal CMI response includes increases in dendritic cells (DC) and activated CD4(+) T cells in draining lymph node...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bauman SK,Huffnagle GB,Murphy JW

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus pneumoniae are widely thought to rapidly die outside the human host, losing infectivity following desiccation in the environment. However, to date, all literature investigating the infectivity of desiccated streptococci has used broth-grown, planktonic populations. In this...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Marks LR,Reddinger RM,Hakansson AP

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular adherence protein (Eap) is a multifunctional Staphylococcus aureus protein and broad-spectrum adhesin for several host matrix and plasma proteins. We investigated the interactions of full-length Eap and five recombinant tandem repeat domains with host proteins by use of surface plasmon resonance (BIA...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hussain M,Haggar A,Peters G,Chhatwal GS,Herrmann M,Flock JI,Sinha B

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship of catalase, cystinase, and deoxyribonuclease activity to toxinogeny in Corynebacterium diphtheriae was examined. Mutants deficient in each activity were isolated after mutagenization of strain C4 with nitrosoguanidine. All mutants were converted to toxinogeny after lysogenization with beta-converting...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Groman NB,Dean CK

更新日期：1973-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of human clinical isolates of Yersinia enterocolitica to interact with HEp-2 cells was found to vary considerably between the serotypes O:3, O:8, and O:9. Although all three serotypes adhered initially to the cell surface, regardless of incubation temperature of the bacterial inoculum or presence of the 40...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lassen J,Kapperud G

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific pathogen-free guinea pigs were infected via the respiratory route with viable, attenuated Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra and maintained on purified isocaloric diets. The control diet contained 30% protein (ovalbumin) and 50 ppm of added zinc (50 micrograms/g), the low protein diet contained 10% protein and ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McMurray DN,Carlomagno MA,Cumberland PA

更新日期：1983-02-01 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：:Antioxidants are protective against septic shock in animal models. Recently, free radical scavengers have been found to inhibit the activation of the NF-kappa B protein in a number of cell lines. This transcriptional regulatory protein binds to the promoters of the proinflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor, inte...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kelly KA,Hill MR,Youkhana K,Wanker F,Gimble JM

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious agents are often considered potential triggers of chronic inflammatory disease, including autoimmunity; however, direct evidence is usually lacking. Here we show that following control of acute infection of mice with the myotropic Colombiana strain of Trypanosoma cruzi, parasites persisted in tissue at low ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Roffê E,Marino APMP,Weaver J,Wan W,de Araújo FF,Hoffman V,Santiago HC,Murphy PM

更新日期：2016-03-24 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：:Although Streptococcus intermedius and Streptococcus mutans are regarded as members of the commensal microflora of the body, S. intermedius is often associated with deep-seated purulent infections, whereas S. mutans is frequently associated with dental caries. In this study, we investigated the roles of the S. mutans ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Petersen FC,Assev S,van der Mei HC,Busscher HJ,Scheie AA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collectins play important roles in host defense against infectious microorganisms. We now demonstrate that the serum collectins mannose-binding lectin (MBL) and conglutinin have less ability to bind to, aggregate, and enhance neutrophil uptake of several strains of gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria than pulmona...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hartshorn KL,White MR,Crouch EC

更新日期：2002-11-01 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 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：:Epitope mapping of outer surface protein C (OspC) by using sera from patients with neuroborreliosis led to the identification of one single major immunodominant epitope within the C-terminal 10 amino acid residues. Peptide binding studies and alanine replacement scanning of the C-terminal decapeptide, PVVAESPKKP, reve...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mathiesen MJ,Holm A,Christiansen M,Blom J,Hansen K,Ostergaard S,Theisen M

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hemolysin that appears to be responsible for the zones of beta-hemolysis surrounding colonies of group B streptococci (Streptococcus agalactiae) on blood agar plates has been isolated and partially purified. No soluble hemolysin was detectable in the supernatants of streptococcal cultures grown in several types of m...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Marchlewicz BA,Duncan JL

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptidoglycan (PG) turnover in exponentially growing Neisseria gonorrhoeae RD5 type 4 was accompanied by release of soluble PG fragments into the medium. Turnover of the D-[14C]glucosamine-labeled glycan moiety and of the meso-[3H]diaminopimelic acid (DAP)-labeled peptide region occurred at similar rates (ca. 35% per ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rosenthal RS

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of adsorption of the Streptococcus mutans enzymes responsible for the synthesis of insoluble dextran-levan to the S. mutans cell-wall binding sites has been studied. Certain characteristics of these binding sites are presented. The adsorption of these enzymes to the cell surface occurred rapidly without ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mukasa H,Slade HD

更新日期：1974-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous attempts to induce mucosal antibodies in rhesus monkeys by enteric immunization have resulted in only modest and short-lived responses, dominated by immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies in the plasma. In this study, two groups of rhesus monkeys were immunized intranasally three times at 2-week intervals with a b...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Russell MW,Moldoveanu Z,White PL,Sibert GJ,Mestecky J,Michalek S M

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation is induced in iron-restricted growth conditions in vitro. In this study, we showed that Emp and Eap play important roles in low-iron-induced biofilm formation of S. aureus Newman. Eap and Emp are secreted proteins which are non-covalently attached to the S. aureus cell surface a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Johnson M,Cockayne A,Morrissey JA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse spleen cultures were infected with murine cytomegalovirus, either before or after separating the cells into various classes, and the growth of virus and production of infectious centers were measured in each cell class. The separation techniques, which were used in various combinations, comprised: adherence to p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Loh L,Hudson JB

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to evaluate the immunogenicity and the protective efficacy of a divalent fusion DNA vaccine encoding both the Brucella abortus L7/L12 protein (ribosomal protein) and Omp16 protein (outer membrane lipoprotein), designated pcDNA3.1-L7/L12-Omp16. Intramuscular injection of this divalent DNA vaccin...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Luo D,Ni B,Li P,Shi W,Zhang S,Han Y,Mao L,He Y,Wu Y,Wang X

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tick saliva has potent immunomodulatory properties. In arthropod-borne diseases, this effect is largely used by microorganisms to increase their pathogenicity and to evade host immune responses. We show that in Lyme borreliosis, tick salivary gland extract and a tick saliva protein, Salp15, inhibit in vitro keratinocy...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Marchal C,Schramm F,Kern A,Luft BJ,Yang X,Schuijt TJ,Hovius JW,Jaulhac B,Boulanger N

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell surface protein SSP-5 in the oral bacterium Streptococcus gordonii M5 binds human salivary agglutinin in a Ca(2+)-dependent reaction (D.R. Demuth, E.E. Golub, and D. Malamud, J. Biol. Chem. 265:7120-7126, 1990). The region of the gene encoding an N-terminal segment of a related polypeptide (SspA) in S. gordonii D...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Jenkinson HF,Terry SD,McNab R,Tannock GW

更新日期：1993-08-01 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：:Francisella tularensis is the causative agent of zoonotic tularemia, a severe pneumonia in humans, and Francisella novicida causes a similarly severe tularemia in mice upon inhalation. The correlates of protective immunity, as well as the virulence mechanisms of this deadly pathogen, are not well understood. In the pr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sharma J,Li Q,Mishra BB,Georges MJ,Teale JM

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospira interrogans is an important mammalian pathogen. Transmission from an environmental source requires adaptations to a range of new environmental conditions in the organs and tissues of the infected host. Since many pathogenic bacteria utilize temperature to discern their environment and regulate the synthesis...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nally JE,Timoney JF,Stevenson B

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00