Expression and purification of Shiga-like toxin II B subunits.

abstract：:Phagocytosis and killing by alveolar macrophages from humans, rabbits, rats, and hamsters, were compared in vitro. In the absence of serum opsonins, human alveolar macrophages could phagocytize Staphylococcus aureus Cowan I (protein A positive), but not S. aureus EMS (protein A negative) or Pseudomonas aeruginosa MN. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nguyen BY,Peterson PK,Verbrugh HA,Quie PG,Hoidal JR

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inner ear dysfunction secondary to chronic otitis media (OM), including high-frequency sensorineural hearing loss or vertigo, is not uncommon. Although chronic middle ear inflammation is believed to cause inner ear dysfunction by entry of OM pathogen components or cytokines from the middle ear into the inner ear, the ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Moon SK,Woo JI,Lee HY,Park R,Shimada J,Pan H,Gellibolian R,Lim DJ

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain disrupted in the AraC homologue Rv1931c was isolated. The mutant strain exhibited reduced survival both in macrophages and in a mouse infection model, with survival being restored on complementation with the Rv1931c gene. These results suggest that Rv1931c regulates genes important ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Frota CC,Papavinasasundaram KG,Davis EO,Colston MJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella pertussis, the etiological agent of whooping cough, has the ability to modulate its phenotype in response to environmental conditions by using the BvgAS sensory transduction system which is encoded by the vir locus (now known as bvg). The BvgAS system is part of a large family of two-component sensory trans...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stenson TH,Peppler MS

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four monoclonal antibodies against Escherichia coli J5 were studied. Each of these monoclonal antibodies reacted with purified lipopolysaccharides from E. coli J5, the deep rough mutant Salmonella minnesota Re595, Agrobacterium tumefaciens, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 as well as with the purified lipid A of P. aer...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mutharia LM,Crockford G,Bogard WC Jr,Hancock RE

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of epithelial cells by two biovars of Chlamydia trachomatis results in the tyrosine phosphorylation of several host proteins. The most prominent change in host protein tyrosine phosphorylation involves a complex of proteins with molecular masses of 75 to 85 kDa (pp75/85) and 100 kDa (pp100). The C. trachomat...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fawaz FS,van Ooij C,Homola E,Mutka SC,Engel JN

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A defect in lymphocyte function could be responsible for persistent infection by the equine infectious anemia virus. The number of lymphocytes bearing surface immunoglobulin, as detected by immunofluorescence, and lymphocyte response to mitogens were the same in uninfected and equine infectious anemia-infected animals...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Banks KL,Henson JB

更新日期：1973-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-mediated immunity plays an important role in immunity to the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. However, the antigen specificity of the T-cell response to C. neoformans remains largely unknown. In this study, we used two approaches to determine the antigen specificity of the T-cell response to C. neoforma...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lindell DM,Ballinger MN,McDonald RA,Toews GB,Huffnagle GB

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent study demonstrated that polyclonal antibodies to Rickettsia conorii and monoclonal antibodies to outer membrane proteins A (OmpA) and B (OmpB) provided effective, Fc-dependent, passive immunity, even in severe combined immunodeficient mice with an established infection. In order to determine the mechanism of ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Feng HM,Whitworth T,Popov V,Walker DH

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection by Shigella flexneri is characterized by infiltration of neutrophils in the intestinal mucosa and by a strong inflammatory reaction. Although neutrophils are constitutively programmed to die by apoptosis, we show that isolated human neutrophils undergo necrosis 2 h after infection with virulent S. flexneri s...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： François M,Le Cabec V,Dupont MA,Sansonetti PJ,Maridonneau-Parini I

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with Cryptosporidium parvum, a ubiquitous protozoan parasite of virtually all mammals, can cause mild to severe diarrhea in immunocompetent hosts and life-threatening diarrhea in immunocompromised hosts. Passive immunotherapy of experimentally infected animals and naturally infected humans with hyperimmune b...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fayer R,Guidry A,Blagburn BL

更新日期：1990-09-01 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：:Groups of female C57BL/6 and C3H/St mice were inoculated intraperitoneally (i.p.) with 10(9), 10(7), and 10(5) bacilli and into the right hind footpad with 10(7) and 10(5) bacilli of Mycobacterium lepraemurium. The incidence of death from leprosy and the mean survival time of leprous mice were recorded. In addition, t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Turcotte R

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Help from CD4 T cells is often important for the establishment of primary and memory CD8 T-cell responses. However, it has yet to be determined whether T helper polarization affects the delivery of help and/or whether responding CD8 T cells helped by Th1 or Th2 cells express distinct effector properties. To address th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ekkens MJ,Shedlock DJ,Jung E,Troy A,Pearce EL,Shen H,Pearce EJ

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some species of the genus Mycoplasma code for the arginine deiminase pathway (ADI), which enables these bacteria to produce ATP from arginine by the successive reaction of three enzymes: arginine deiminase (ArcA), ornithine carbamoyltransferase (ArcB), and carbamate kinase (ArcC). It so far appears that independently ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rechnitzer H,Rottem S,Herrmann R

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：:Immune responses of mice to Streptococcus mutans serotype c were analyzed by means of the enzyme-linked immunospot assay to determine the predominant specificities of the antibodies developed. In general, the numbers of splenic antibody-secreting cells correlated with serum antibody levels. A low dose (10(8) CFU) of k...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Russell MW,Czerkinsky C,Moldoveanu Z

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using a suckling mouse assay, heat-stable enterotoxin (ST) was purified from the culture filtrate of Yersinia enterocolitica isolated from a diarrheal patient. The purification procedures involve ultrafiltration with an Amicon HIP-10 hollow fiber, ethanol fractionation, protamine sulfate treatment, diethylaminoethy...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Okamoto K,Inoue T,Ichikawa H,Kawamoto Y,Miyama A

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tetrasaccharide 3-deoxy-alpha-D-manno-2-octulosonic acid (alpha-KDO) (2----8)-alpha-KDO(2----4)-alpha-KDO(2----6)-beta GlcNAc, a partial structure of chlamydial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) representing a genus-specific epitope, was synthesized and covalently linked to bovine serum albumin, resulting in an artificial ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fu Y,Baumann M,Kosma P,Brade L,Brade H

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the etiologic agent of gonorrhea, is frequently asymptomatic in women, often leading to chronic infections. One factor contributing to this may be biofilm formation. N. gonorrhoeae can form biofilms on glass and plastic surfaces. There is also evidence that biofilm formation may occur during nat...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Falsetta ML,Bair TB,Ku SC,Vanden Hoven RN,Steichen CT,McEwan AG,Jennings MP,Apicella MA

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In experiments described herein, it was observed that guinea pigs with delayed-type hypersensitivity to tuberculoproteins under various experimental conditions, with or without passive transfer of serum from immune donors, manifested no acquired immunity against aerogenically induced tuberculosis. These results are di...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Reggiardo Z,Middlebrook G

更新日期：1974-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility that gonococcal energy might play a role in the interaction of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with both phagocytic and nonphagocytic cells was examined. Respiratory chain inhibitors including KCN and amobarbital resulted in reduction in gonococcal association with human neutrophils. Similar results were seen wi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Weber RD,Britigan BE,Svendsen T,Cohen MS

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces boulardii is a nonpathogenic yeast that protects against antibiotic-associated diarrhea and recurrent Clostridium difficile colitis. The administration of C. difficile toxoid A by gavage to S. boulardii-fed BALB/c mice caused a 1.8-fold increase in total small intestinal immunoglobulin A levels (P = 0.00...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Qamar A,Aboudola S,Warny M,Michetti P,Pothoulakis C,LaMont JT,Kelly CP

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Salmonella dublin virulence plasmid mediates systemic infection in mice and cattle. Here, we analyze the interaction between wild-type and plasmid-cured Salmonella strains with phagocytes in vitro and in vivo. The intracellular recovery of S. dublin from murine peritoneal and bovine alveolar macrophages cultured i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Guilloteau LA,Wallis TS,Gautier AV,MacIntyre S,Platt DJ,Lax AJ

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the secretion of antimicrobial proteins and peptides into surgically isolated and continuously perfused segments of rat small intestine. Up to nine discrete antimicrobial molecules appeared in the intestinal perfusates following intravenous administration of bethanechol, a cholinergic agonist, or intralume...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Qu XD,Lloyd KC,Walsh JH,Lehrer RI

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effector mechanism, which operates against challenge parasites in the lungs of C57BL/6 mice vaccinated once with irradiated cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni, is mediated by CD4+ T helper lymphocytes. However, adoptive transfer of immunity from vaccinated donors to naive recipients by using sensitized T cells has n...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Coulson PS,Wilson RA

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The infection of HeLa 229 cells in monolayer culture with trachoma (B/TW-5/OT) and lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) (L2/434/Bu) organism was studied in terms of two parameters: radioactivity counts of cell-associated tritium labeled organisms at the initial stage of inoculation for measurement of attachment, and inclusi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kuo CC,Grayston T

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a genetic disorder of NADPH oxidase in which phagocytes are defective in generating reactive oxidants. CGD patients suffer from recurrent infections and exuberant and persistent tissue granuloma formation. We hypothesized that abnormal granulomata in CGD may result from aberrant ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Segal BH,Doherty TM,Wynn TA,Cheever AW,Sher A,Holland SM

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic Escherichia coli lipid A and synthetic S-[2,3-bis-(palmitoyloxy)propyl]-N-palmitoylpentapeptide (tripalmitoyl pentapeptide [TPP]), representing the mitogenically active principles of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and lipoprotein, respectively, were compared for their mitogenic activities on splenocytes ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Brade L,Bessler WG,Brade H

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria exhibit extensive genetic heterogeneity within species. In many cases, these differences account for virulence properties unique to specific strains. Several such loci have been discovered in the genome of the type b serotype of Haemophilus influenzae, a human pathogen able to cause meningitis, pneumonia, and...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bergman NH,Akerley BJ

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00