Isolation and characterization of a gene encoding a Chlamydia pneumoniae 76-kilodalton protein containing a species-specific epitope.

abstract：:Coxiella burnetii is an intracellular pathogen that replicates in a lysosome-derived vacuole. A determinant necessary for C. burnetii virulence is the Dot/Icm type IVB secretion system (T4SS). The Dot/Icm system delivers more than 100 proteins, called type IV effectors (T4Es), across the vacuolar membrane into the hos...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Crabill E,Schofield WB,Newton HJ,Goodman AL,Roy CR

更新日期：2018-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:To produce chronic infection, microbial pathogens must escape host immune defenses. Infection with the human pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is typically chronic. To understand the mechanism by which C. neoformans survives in tissue after the infection of immunocompetent hosts, we systematically studied the ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Feldmesser M,Kress Y,Novikoff P,Casadevall A

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae sortase A (SrtA) is a transpeptidase that is highly conserved among pneumococcal strains, whose involvement in adhesion/colonization has been reported. We found that intraperitoneal immunization with recombinant SrtA conferred to mice protection against S. pneumoniae intraperitoneal challenge ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gianfaldoni C,Maccari S,Pancotto L,Rossi G,Hilleringmann M,Pansegrau W,Sinisi A,Moschioni M,Masignani V,Rappuoli R,Del Giudice G,Ruggiero P

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter mustelae is a urease-rich bacterium associated with gastritis in ferrets. The ureases of H. mustelae and Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium implicated in human gastritis, share many characteristics. Helicobacter sp. ureases appear to be unique among bacterial enzymes in exhibiting submillimolar Km values an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dunn BE,Sung CC,Taylor NS,Fox JG

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosylation of the flagellar core proteins (FlaBs) was detected in Treponema pallidum Nichols and in the type or reference strains of seven oral Treponema species. In several nonmotile strains of oral treponemes, the FlaBs were undetectable by both antibody and glycan staining. In contrast, a spontaneous low-motilit...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wyss C

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic determinants of the 120-kDa cytotoxin of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 2 were isolated from a lambda DNA library by a plaque immunoblot technique. Expression of the 120-kDa polypeptide was confirmed by Western immunoblot analysis of infected Escherichia coli cell lysates, which were shown to be ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： MacDonald J,Rycroft AN

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia pseudomallei is a facultative intracellular gram-negative bacterium that can survive and multiply inside macrophages. One of the mechanisms by which B. pseudomallei escapes macrophage killing is by interfering with the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). However, the bacterial components...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Arjcharoen S,Wikraiphat C,Pudla M,Limposuwan K,Woods DE,Sirisinha S,Utaisincharoen P

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-Acetyl-muramyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine (MDP), a structurally defined fragment of bacterial peptidoglycan, stimulated significant release of previously incorporated 45Ca from fetal rat bones in tissue culture over the concentration range of 0.1 to 10.0 micrograms/ml. MDP-Stimulated bone resorption was not inhibited b...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dewhirst FE

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of these studies was to determine the role of macrophage inflammatory protein 1alpha/CCL3 in pulmonary host defense during Klebsiella pneumoniae infection. Following intratracheal inoculation, 7-day survival of CCL3(-/-) mice was less than 10%, compared to 60% for CCL3(+/+) mice. Survival of CCR5(-/-) mi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lindell DM,Standiford TJ,Mancuso P,Leshen ZJ,Huffnagle GB

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of the Vwa+ phenotype of Yersinia pestis in vitro is known to reflect maximum induction of virulence (or V and W antigens) at 37 degrees C with concomitant restriction of cell division. Both phenomena are potentiated by 20 mM Mg2+ and prevented by cultivation at 26 or 37 degrees C with 2.5 mM Ca2+. We have ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Perry RD,Brubaker RR

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recombinant protective antigen (rPA) of Bacillus anthracis is a promising anthrax vaccine. We compared serum immunoglobulin G levels and toxin-neutralizing antibody titers in rabbits following delivery of various doses of vaccine by microneedle-based intradermal (i.d.) delivery or intramuscular (i.m.) injection us...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mikszta JA,Dekker JP 3rd,Harvey NG,Dean CH,Brittingham JM,Huang J,Sullivan VJ,Dyas B,Roy CJ,Ulrich RG

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae is a monoflagellated gram-negative bacterium that causes the severe diarrheal disease cholera. In contrast to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium infection, which is accompanied by both acute diarrhea and high-level inflammation, V. cholerae infection is largely noninflammatory in human hosts. Bact...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yoon SS,Mekalanos JJ

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic members of the Yersinia genus require the translocator protein LcrV for proper function of the type III secretion apparatus, which is crucial for virulence. LcrV has also been reported to play an independent immunosuppressive role via the induction of interleukin-10 (IL-10) through stimulation of Toll-like ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pouliot K,Pan N,Wang S,Lu S,Lien E,Goguen JD

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the ability of using monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against anthrax protective antigen (PA), an anthrax exotoxin component, to modulate exotoxin cytotoxic activity on target macrophage cell lines. Anthrax PA plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of Bacillus anthracis infection. PA is the cell-binding...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mohamed N,Li J,Ferreira CS,Little SF,Friedlander AM,Spitalny GL,Casey LS

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American Heart Association supports an association between periodontal diseases and atherosclerosis but not a causal association. This study explores the use of the integrin β6(-/-) mouse model to study the causality. We investigated the ability of a polymicrobial consortium of Porphyromonas gingivalis, Treponema ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Velsko IM,Chukkapalli SS,Rivera-Kweh MF,Zheng D,Aukhil I,Lucas AR,Larjava H,Kesavalu L

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Host-driven macrophage apoptosis contributes to innate immunity during bacterial infection. Neisseria meningitidis inhibits apoptosis in a variety of cells, but its impact on macrophage apoptosis is unknown. We demonstrate that N. meningitidis prevents macrophage apoptosis via genes encoding nitric oxide detoxificatio...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tunbridge AJ,Stevanin TM,Lee M,Marriott HM,Moir JW,Read RC,Dockrell DH

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) glycoprotein gC was purified by affinity chromatography with an immunosorbent column containing monoclonal antibody to HSV-1 gC, and its reactivity with rabbit antisera was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zweig M,Heilman CJ Jr,Bladen SV,Showalter SD,Hampar B

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trefoil family factor 2 (TFF2), also known as spasmolytic peptide, is a low-molecular-weight protein that is upregulated in gastric tissues infected with Helicobacter or having other inflammatory conditions, but a precise function is yet to be elucidated. The role of TFF2 in the development of gastritis, colitis, and ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kurt-Jones EA,Cao L,Sandor F,Rogers AB,Whary MT,Nambiar PR,Cerny A,Bowen G,Yan J,Takaishi S,Chi AL,Reed G,Houghton J,Fox JG,Wang TC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunization with the B oligomer of pertussis toxin protected neonatal mice from a lethal respiratory challenge with Bordetella pertussis. All mice immunized with 8 micrograms of B oligomer survived aerosol challenge and had peripheral leukocyte counts and weight gains similar to those of mice immunized with pertussis...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Shahin RD,Witvliet MH,Manclark CR

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Utilization of heme-hemopexin as a source of heme by Haemophilus influenzae type b is dependent on expression by this bacterium of the 100-kDa HxuA protein, which is both present on the bacterial cell surface and released into the culture supernatant (L. D. Cope, R. Yogev, U. Muller-Eberhard, and E. J. Hansen, J. Bact...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cope LD,Thomas SE,Hrkal Z,Hansen EJ

更新日期：1998-09-01 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：:Children are more resistant to gingivitis than are adults. To determine possible differences in their periodontal floras, an experimental gingivitis study, identical in design to one reported earlier with young adults, was conducted with four 4- to 6-year-old children. The incidence of sites that developed gingival in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Moore WE,Holdeman LV,Smibert RM,Cato EP,Burmeister JA,Palcanis KG,Ranney RR

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene bank of group A Streptococcus strain Manfredo (M protein serotype 5) was constructed with a bacteriophage lambda vector-Escherichia coli K-12 host system and screened by immunoblotting hybrid phage plaques with antisera raised to purified pep M5 (serotype 5 M protein fragment released from the streptococcal cel...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kehoe MA,Poirier TP,Beachey EH,Timmis KN

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria toxin causes hypoglycemia and induction of tumor necrosis factor. Extracts of parasitized erythrocytes which were coeluted and copurified with one of the two subtypes of mammalian insulin-mimetic inositolphosphoglycans similarly induced fibroblast proliferation in the absence of serum. In addition, induction o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Caro HN,Sheikh NA,Taverne J,Playfair JH,Rademacher TW

更新日期：1996-08-01 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：:The fibronectin-degrading ability of 116, mainly oral, strains was assayed by using plasma-derived fibronectin adsorbed to a polystyrene surface. Ability to degrade fibronectin was revealed in strains of Bacteroides gingivalis, Bacteroides intermedius, Bacteroides loeschii, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epider...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wikström M,Linde A

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of translational research, which aims to facilitate the application of basic scientific discoveries in clinical and community settings, is currently in vogue. While there are powerful forces driving this trend, support for translational research must be accompanied by a robust investment in basic science, ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fang FC,Casadevall A

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interferon-inducing capabilities of the three molecular segments of bacteriophage phi6 double-stranded ribonucleic acid increased with increasing molecular weight. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kleinschmidt WJ,Van Etten JL,Vidaver AK

更新日期：1974-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with the intracellular protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii causes serious public health problems and is of great economic importance worldwide. The micronemal protein MIC3, which is a potent adhesin of T. gondii, could be a significant candidate vaccine against toxoplasmosis. In this study, all CBA/J mice i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ismael AB,Sekkai D,Collin C,Bout D,Mévélec MN

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modulation of myelopoiesis by three synthetic muramyl peptides was investigated in vivo. Two adjuvant-active compounds (N-acetylmuramyl dipeptide [MDP] and MDP-butyl-ester) elicited significant responses in DBA/2 mice characterized by a rise in the level of monocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating activity in serum, a p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Galelli A,Chedid L

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00