Sequencing of the gene encoding the major pilin of pilus colonization factor antigen III (CFA/III) of human enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and evidence that CFA/III is related to type IV pili.

abstract：:Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is the etiologic agent of localized aggressive periodontitis, a rapidly progressing oral disease that occurs in adolescents. A. actinomycetemcomitans can also cause systemic disease, including infective endocarditis. In early work on A. actinomycetemcomitans workers concluded that ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Balashova NV,Crosby JA,Al Ghofaily L,Kachlany SC

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The question of whether Campylobacter jejuni produces a cholera toxin-like toxin (CTLT) has been controversial. The objective of this study was to identify the factor that cross-reacts with CT from C. jejuni. Filtrates of C. jejuni grown in four different liquid media reported to promote CTLT production were tested by...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Albert MJ,Haridas S,Steer D,Dhaunsi GS,Smith AI,Adler B

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the identification of a surface-exposed, highly conserved, immunogenic nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) protein, which elicits cross-reactive bactericidal antibodies against NTHi. The protein was extracted from NTHi strain P860295 with KSCN and purified; it migrated as a single band on a sodium d...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zagursky RJ,Ooi P,Jones KF,Fiske MJ,Smith RP,Green BA

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the specificity of bactericidal antibodies in normal, convalescent, and postvaccination human sera is important in understanding human immunity to meningococcal infections and can aid in the design of an effective group B vaccine. A collection of human sera, including group C and group B convalescent-phase...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schmiel DH,Moran EE,Keiser PB,Brandt BL,Zollinger WD

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse fibroblasts (L cells) were infected in suspension with Chlamydia psittaci (6BC) and then plated out on a solid substrate at a density of 80 cells per cm2 so that the effect of chlamydial infection on the division of single host cells and their progeny could be determined. Uninfected L cells multiplied with a mea...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Horoschak KD,Moulder JW

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porphyromonas gingivalis, a bacterium associated with active chronic periodontitis lesions, produces several proteolytic enzymes that are thought to be involved in host colonization, perturbation of the immune system, and tissue destruction. The aim of the present study was to investigate the contribution of Arg- and ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Grenier D,Imbeault S,Plamondon P,Grenier G,Nakayama K,Mayrand D

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies secreted by six hybridomas and recognizing antigenic sites on glycoproteins gC, gAB, gD, gE, and gF of herpes simplex virus type 2 were examined for their ability to protect BALB/c mice from lethal infection by the virus. Administration of monoclonal antibodies to individual glycoproteins intrape...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Balachandran N,Bacchetti S,Rawls WE

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma interferon (IFN-gamma), a pleiotropic cytokine, is now known to be produced by macrophages as well as by NK cells, gammadelta cells, and activated T cells. The autocrine biological functions of IFN-gamma on the macrophage include the upregulation of major histocompatibility complex MHC class II and the activatio...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Salins S,Newton C,Widen R,Klein TW,Friedman H

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and antibody (anti-HBs), hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) and antibody (anti-HBe), the nature of T-cell function, and specific cell-mediated immunity to HBsAg were determined and evaluated serially in groups of subjects with chronic HBsAg carrier states and in seronegat...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Beutner KR,Tiku ML,Ogra PL

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified and concentrated Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) virus derived from tissue cultures, rendered noninfectious by ionizing radiation with retention of in vitro serological activity, also retained a high level of immunogenicity. In mice, fluid vaccines afforded excellent protection against lethal challenge w...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gruber J

更新日期：1971-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella typhimurium SH5014 porins induce the release of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin 1 alpha (IL-1 alpha), and IL-6 by human monocytes and of gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) and IL-4 by human lymphocytes. Porins at 1 microgram/ml induce the greatest release of TNF-alpha, IL-1 alpha, and IL-6 by...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Galdiero F,de L'ero GC,Benedetto N,Galdiero M,Tufano MA

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcal alpha-toxin was purified from Staphylococcus aureus growth medium using adsorption chromatography on controlled pore glass beads. Elution of alpha-toxin from the unmodified glass surface of the beads with various anions generally followed the chaotropic series. Alpha-toxin, purified by glass bead chroma...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cassidy P,Harshman S

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defining the pattern of lymphokine production associated with Brucella abortus is critical for advancing the development of B. abortus as a vaccine carrier. In the present study we investigated the ability of heat-inactivated B. abortus or lipopolysaccharide from B. abortus to induce lymphokine production from purifie...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zaitseva MB,Golding H,Betts M,Yamauchi A,Bloom ET,Butler LE,Stevan L,Golding B

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated outer membranes of Borrelia burgdorferi 297 were utilized to obtain partial amino acid sequence information for a low-molecular-weight, outer membrane-associated polypeptide. Degenerate oligonucleotide primers based upon this information were used to amplify a 100-bp probe for detection of the corresponding f...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lahdenne P,Porcella SF,Hagman KE,Akins DR,Popova TG,Cox DL,Katona LI,Radolf JD,Norgard MV

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since melanin is considered a virulence factor in Cryptococcus neoformans, its suppression at 37 degrees C has been perplexing. We now show an opposite thermal regulation of superoxide dismutase (SOD), consistent with a compensatory mechanism. Moreover, we demonstrate normal SOD and catalase levels in albino, oxygen-s...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Jacobson ES,Jenkins ND,Todd JM

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of middle ear inflammation caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae was explored in the chinchilla model with different pneumococcal cell wall (CW) preparations, including isolated native CW, M1 muramidase CW (M1-CW) digest, amidase CW digest, and M1 peptidoglycan (M1-PG) digest. Inflammatory cell and lysoz...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Carlsen BD,Kawana M,Kawana C,Tomasz A,Giebink GS

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EspG is a conserved protein encoded by the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) of attaching and effacing (A/E) pathogens, including enteropathogenic and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli and Citrobacter rodentium. EspG is delivered into infected host cells by a type III secretion system. The role of EspG in virulenc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hardwidge PR,Deng W,Vallance BA,Rodriguez-Escudero I,Cid VJ,Molina M,Finlay BB

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：:Vibrio cholerae is the causal organism of the diarrheal disease cholera. The rugose variant of V. cholerae is associated with the secretion of an exopolysaccharide. The rugose polysaccharide has been shown to confer increased resistance to a variety of agents, such as chlorine, bioacids, and oxidative and osmotic stre...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ali A,Johnson JA,Franco AA,Metzger DJ,Connell TD,Morris JG Jr,Sozhamannan S

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focuses on the interaction of the three components of the Bacillus cereus Nhe enterotoxin with particular emphasis on the functional roles of NheB and NheC. The results demonstrated that both NheB and NheC were able to bind to Vero cells directly while NheA lacked this ability. It was also shown that Nhe-in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lindbäck T,Hardy SP,Dietrich R,Sødring M,Didier A,Moravek M,Fagerlund A,Bock S,Nielsen C,Casteel M,Granum PE,Märtlbauer E

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorphenesin (3-p-chlorophenoxy-1,2-propanediol), when injected intravenously together with either of two common bacterial antigens, inhibits the antibody response of the rabbit. The antigens studied are those common to Enterobacteriaceae and to gram-positive bacteria. The immunosuppression is contingent upon incubat...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Whang HY,Neter E

更新日期：1970-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The T-cell-stimulating activity of staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) is an important factor in the pathogenesis of certain staphylococcal diseases. To investigate the immunologically active domains of the SEB molecule, we have produced truncated fragments of recombinant SEB by C-terminal and N-terminal deletions. The...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Metzroth B,Marx T,Linnig M,Fleischer B

更新日期：1993-06-01 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：:Streptococcus iniae causes meningoencephalitis and death in commercial fish species and has recently been identified as an emerging human pathogen producing fulminant soft tissue infection. As identified by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), strains causing disease in either fish or humans belong to a single clo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fuller JD,Bast DJ,Nizet V,Low DE,de Azavedo JC

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of phagocytosis-stimulating factor (PSF) derived from polymorphonuclear neutrophils on macrophage functions were studied. PSF enhanced the initial rate of phagocytosis of serum-opsonized zymosan particles by macrophages, whereas it did not affect the phagocytosis of immunoglobulin G-sensitized and inert zy...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ishibashi Y,Yamashita T

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrauterine infections lead to serious complications for mother and fetus, including preterm birth, maternal and fetal death, and neurological sequelae in the surviving offspring. Improving maternal and child heath is a global priority. Yet, the development of strategies to prevent and treat pregnancy-related disease...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lowe DE,Robbins JR,Bakardjiev AI

更新日期：2018-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:To demonstrate local synthesis of anti-Mycobacterium leprae antibodies, biopsies from skin lesions of leprosy patients were cultured in vitro in a medium containing 14C-labeled lysine and isoleucine, and the culture fluids were analyzed by crossed immunoelectrophoresis with intermediate gel and autoradiography. The re...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lai A Fat RF,Chan Pin Jin J,van Furth R,Harboe M

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane-damaging properties on human diploid embryonic lung fibroblasts of streptolysin O (from Streptococcus pyogenes) and theta-toxin (from Clostridium perfringens) were compared. The results are consistent with the suggested mechanism for hemolysis by streptolysin O involving one fixation site and one lytic si...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Thelestam M,Möllby R

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ocular exposure of mice to live elementary bodies of Chlamydia trachomatis serovar A results in immunological sensitization of the mice. This reactivity is manifested by the development of early (5 h) and delayed-type (24 h) dermal reactivity and serovar-specific antibody formation against either live or irradiated (1...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Colley DG,Goodman TG,Barsoum IS

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of antibody in protection against infection with Cryptococcus neoformans is undefined. In this paper we describe the development of opsonic activity in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of rabbits in response to cryptococcal meningitis. The opsonin appeared to be immunoglobulin G (IgG); the activity was heat stab...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hobbs MM,Perfect JR,Granger DL,Durack DT

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00