Occurrence of gastric ulcers in gnotobiotic piglets colonized by Helicobacter pylori.

abstract：:The binding of (125)I-labeled S component to rabbit polymorphonuclear leukocytes was found to be concentration dependent and saturable at 37 degrees C. Scatchard analysis of the binding curve gave a straight line, indicating that S component binds to a single population of sites. The dissociation constant, K(D), deriv...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Noda M,Kato I,Matsuda F,Hirayama T

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 34-kilodalton (kDa) antigen of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum (T. pallidum) is a pathogen-specific integral membrane protein. DNA sequence analysis of the cloned gene revealed an open reading frame encoding a primary product of 204 residues with a molecular mass of 22,087 daltons. Sequences that correspond to ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Swancutt MA,Riley BS,Radolf JD,Norgard MV

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to ascertain the relationship between complement-derived chemotactic factors and complement component 1 inactivator (C1INA) enhancement of neutrophil chemotaxis. Studies were also designed to determine whether the C1s- reactive or binding site on C1INA was functional in altering chemotactic r...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Patrick RA,Hollers JC,Liu DY,Giese BH,Smith CW

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme from Treponema denticola that hydrolyzes a synthetic trypsin substrate, N-alpha-benzoyl-L-arginine-p-nitroanilide (BAPNA), was purified to near homogeneity, as judged by gel electrophoresis. The molecular weight of the enzyme was estimated to be ca. 69,000 by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electro...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ohta K,Makinen KK,Loesche WJ

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomics revealed the sequence of 3924 genes of the H37Rv strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Proteomics complements genomics in showing which genes are really expressed, and here we show the expression of six genes not predicted by genomics, as proved by two-dimensional electrophoresis and matrix-assisted laser des...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Jungblut PR,Müller EC,Mattow J,Kaufmann SH

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosoma mansoni eggs produced by adult worms in the mesenteric vasculature become trapped in the liver, where they induce granulomatous lesions and strong immune responses. Infected individuals suffer from intestinal schistosomiasis (INT) in 90% of cases, whereas the remaining 10% present with severe hepatosplenic...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Manivannan B,Rawson P,Jordan TW,Secor WE,La Flamme AC

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unpredictable nature of bioterrorism and the absence of real-time detection systems have highlighted the need for an efficient postexposure therapy for Bacillus anthracis infection. One approach is passive immunization through the administration of antibodies that mitigate the biological action of anthrax toxin. W...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Albrecht MT,Li H,Williamson ED,LeButt CS,Flick-Smith HC,Quinn CP,Westra H,Galloway D,Mateczun A,Goldman S,Groen H,Baillie LW

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia cenocepacia is an opportunistic pathogen that primarily infects cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Previously, we reported that ShvR, a LysR regulator, influences colony morphology, virulence, and biofilm formation and regulates the expression of an adjacent 24-kb genomic region encoding 24 genes. In this stu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Subramoni S,Nguyen DT,Sokol PA

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autotransporters of gram-negative bacteria are single-peptide secretion systems that consist of a functional N-terminal alpha-domain ("passenger") fused to a C-terminal beta-domain ("translocator"). How passenger proteins are translocated through the outer membrane has not been resolved, and at present essentially thr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Müller D,Benz I,Tapadar D,Buddenborg C,Greune L,Schmidt MA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody responses against proteins located on the surface or in the apical organelles of merozoites are presumed to be important components of naturally acquired protective immune responses against the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. However, many merozoite antigens are highly polymorphic, and antibodies indu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cortés A,Mellombo M,Masciantonio R,Murphy VJ,Reeder JC,Anders RF

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus fumigatus produces conidia that are highly dispersable and resistant to degradation. We have sought to analyze these properties by studying the rodlets which form the outer spore coat protein. Degenerate primers based on hydrophobins in other fungi were applied to genomic DNA from A. fumigatus in PCR. A pr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Parta M,Chang Y,Rulong S,Pinto-DaSilva P,Kwon-Chung KJ

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pyogenes secretes a specific immunoglobulin G (IgG)-protease, SpeB, as well as the IgG glycan-hydrolyzing enzyme EndoS. Here we show that SpeB also degrades IgA, IgM, IgD, and IgE. We also show that EndoS only hydrolyzes the glycan moiety on native but not denatured IgG. Thus, SpeB has a broad immunoglob...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Collin M,Olsén A

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although protective immunity in C57BL/6 mice induced by a single dose of the radiation-attenuated schistosome vaccine is believed to be mediated by Th1-type immune responses, we here report that in BALB/c mice protection can also depend upon signaling via the interleukin-4 (IL-4) receptor which conventionally governs ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mountford AP,Hogg KG,Coulson PS,Brombacher F

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasmid-encoded structural gene cofA necessary for the production of the major pilin subunit of pilus colonization factor antigen III (CFA/III) of human enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli was identified, and the nucleotide sequence of the gene was determined. cofA consists of 714 nucleotides encoding a 238-amino-aci...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Taniguchi T,Fujino Y,Yamamoto K,Miwatani T,Honda T

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium perfringens is an anaerobic, Gram-positive bacterium that causes a range of diseases in humans, including lethal gas gangrene. We have recently shown that strains of C. perfringens move across the surface of agar plates by a unique type IV pilus (TFP)-mediated social motility that had not been previously d...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rodgers K,Arvidson CG,Melville S

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our knowledge of pathogenesis has benefited from a better understanding of the roles of specific virulence factors in disease. To determine the role of the virulence factor ZapA, a 54-kDa metalloproteinase of Proteus mirabilis, in prostatitis, rats were infected with either wild-type (WT) P. mirabilis or its isogenic ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Phan V,Belas R,Gilmore BF,Ceri H

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice injected intravenously with a commercially available extract of Coxiella burnetii prepared for use as the antigen in the complement fixation diagnostic test for Q fever were subsequently resistant to infection with Babesia microti, Babesia rodhaini, and Plasmodium vinckei petteri. The parasites appeared to die in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Clark IA

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of bile on the expression of cholera toxin (CT) and the major subunit of the toxin-coregulated pilus (TcpA) and on motility was examined in the Vibrio cholerae O1 classical-biotype strains 0395 and 569B. Although the motility of the cells increased significantly in the presence of bile, transcription of the...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gupta S,Chowdhury R

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A set of four monoclonal antibodies was produced against a highly purified pepsin extract of type 5 streptococcal M protein. Three of the four antibodies cross-reacted with purified M proteins from heterologous serotypes and opsonized the respective heterologous organisms. Our studies suggest that monoclonal antibodie...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dale JB,Beachey EH

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, exists in a zoonotic cycle involving an arthropod tick and mammalian host. Dissemination of the organism within and between these hosts depends upon the spirochete's ability to traverse through complex tissues. Additionally, the spirochete outruns the host immune cell...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sultan SZ,Manne A,Stewart PE,Bestor A,Rosa PA,Charon NW,Motaleb MA

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human multidrug efflux transporters are known for their ability to extrude antibiotics and toxic compounds out of cells, yet accumulating data indicate they have additional functions in diverse physiological processes not related to drug efflux. Here, we show that the human multidrug transporter P-glycoprotein (P-gp) ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sigal N,Kaplan Zeevi M,Weinstein S,Peer D,Herskovits AA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics and homing characteristics of T-cell responses in humans after mucosal immunizations have not been well characterized. Therefore, we have investigated the magnitude and duration of such responses as well as the homing receptor expression of antigen-specific peripheral blood T cells by using an oral model ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lundin BS,Johansson C,Svennerholm AM

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been proposed that a multivalent malaria vaccine is necessary to mimic the naturally acquired resistance to this disease observed in humans. A major experimental challenge is to identify the optimal components to be used in such a multivalent vaccine. Expression library immunization (ELI) is a method for screen...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rainczuk A,Scorza T,Smooker PM,Spithill TW

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial products from gram-positive bacteria, such as peptidoglycan, teichoic acid, and toxins, activate mononuclear cells to produce tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF). The present study evaluated the release of soluble cell wall components from Staphylococcus epidermidis capable of inducing TNF after exposure of th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mattsson E,Van Dijk H,Verhoef J,Norrby R,Rollof J

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When immunocompetent mice are inoculated with Borrelia burgdorferi, they develop acute arthritis and carditis that undergo spontaneous regression despite the persistence of infection. Specific T- and/or B-cell immunity appears to be necessary for resolution of disease manifestations. Humoral immune responses to B. bur...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bockenstedt LK,Barthold S,Deponte K,Marcantonio N,Kantor FS

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 9.5-kilobase plasmid of Yersinia pestis determines plasminogen activator, coagulase, pesticin, and pesticin immunity activities. We have mapped and cloned the loci encoding these activities and demonstrated that both plasminogen activator and coagulase were determined by the same gene, designated pla. The primary ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sodeinde OA,Goguen JD

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies revealed that acetylation is a widely used protein modification in prokaryotic organisms. The major protein acetylation acetyltransferase YfiQ and the sirtuin-like deacetylase CobB have been found to be involved in basic physiological processes, such as primary metabolism, chemotaxis, and stress respons...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Liu W,Tan Y,Cao S,Zhao H,Fang H,Yang X,Wang T,Zhou Y,Yan Y,Han Y,Song Y,Bi Y,Wang X,Yang R,Du Z

更新日期：2018-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose has previously been shown to increase the in vitro phagocytosis of unopsonized Pseudomonas aeruginosa by freshly explanted murine peritoneal macrophages (PM) and cultivated alveolar macrophages (AM). This study examined the effect of glucose on the same phagocytosis process in human AM in order to determine wh...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wong SY,Guerdoud LM,Cantin A,Speert DP

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pattern of meningococcal surface structure expression in different microenvironments following bloodstream invasion in vivo is not known. We used immunohistochemistry to determine the expression of capsule, type IV pili, and PorA by meningococci residing in the skin lesions of children with purpura fulminans. All ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Harrison OB,Robertson BD,Faust SN,Jepson MA,Goldin RD,Levin M,Heyderman RS

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct instillation of coxsackievirus B1 into the gastrointestinal tracts of albino mice caused viremia in more than 85% of the animals within 1 day. In pregnant mice infected early in gestation (7 days), the geometric mean titer of virus in the blood was lower (P = 0.02) and the duration of viremia was shorter (P = 0...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Modlin JF,Crumpacker CS

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00