Lipopolysaccharide-inducible and salicylate-sensitive nuclear factor(s) on human tumor necrosis factor alpha promoter.

abstract：:Virulence of the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus is in part based on the saprophytic lifestyle that this mold has evolved. A crucial function for saprophytism resides in secreted proteases that allow assimilation of proteinaceous substrates. The impact of extracellular proteolytic activities on the pathogenesis ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bergmann A,Hartmann T,Cairns T,Bignell EM,Krappmann S

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila has been shown to possess multiple genetic loci that play roles in its ability to survive within host cells. The mil (macrophage-specific infectivity loci) mutants of L. pneumophila exhibit a spectrum of defects in intracellular survival in and cytopathogenicity to macrophages and alveolar epith...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Harb OS,Abu Kwaik Y

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The M1inv+ subclone of M1 group A streptococci that spread globally in the late 1980s and early 1990s was previously identified by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), M protein, and SpeA exotoxin sequence analyses. Strains representing this subclone were characterized with regard to carriage of bacterioph...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cleary PP,LaPenta D,Vessela R,Lam H,Cue D

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunization with Plasmodium sporozoites can elicit high levels of sterile immunity, and neutralizing antibodies from protected hosts are known to target the repeat region of the circumsporozoite (CS) protein on the parasite surface. CS-based subunit vaccines have been hampered by suboptimal immunogenicity and the req...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Carapau D,Mitchell R,Nacer A,Shaw A,Othoro C,Frevert U,Nardin E

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD8+ T cells are essential for protection against mycobacteria, as is clearly demonstrated by the fatal outcome of experimental infection of beta-2 microglobulin knockout mice. However, the mechanisms and antigens (Ags) leading to CD8+ T-cell activation and regulation have been poorly characterized. Here we show that,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Denis O,Lozes E,Huygen K

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protection against cholera has been correlated with the level of serum vibriocidal antibodies. The specificity of these vibriocidal antibodies was mostly to the lipopolysaccharide (LPS). We synthesized conjugates of detoxified LPS with cholera toxin (CT) and other proteins in order to elicit serum LPS antibodies with ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gupta RK,Szu SC,Finkelstein RA,Robbins JB

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gram-negative bacterial pathogens utilize virulence-associated secretion systems to inject, or translocate, effector proteins into host cells to manipulate cellular processes and promote bacterial replication. However, translocated bacterial products are sensed by nucleotide binding domain and leucine-rich repeat-cont...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zwack EE,Feeley EM,Burton AR,Hu B,Yamamoto M,Kanneganti TD,Bliska JB,Coers J,Brodsky IE

更新日期：2017-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Localized juvenile periodontitis (LJP) runs in families, and a predisposition to develop disease appears to be inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion. Patients with LJP have elevated levels of serum immunoglobulin G2 (IgG2), and this is most striking in black LJP patients. We hypothesized that the markedly elevate...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhang JB,Quinn SM,Rausch M,Gunsolley JC,Schenkein HA,Tew JG

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was shown that a strain of Serratia liquefaciens harbors a conjugative R-plasmid responsible for reistance to the following 14 antibiotics: ampicillin, carbenicillin, cephalothin, butirosin, neomycin, paramomycin, kanamycin, lividomycin, gentamicin, tobramycin, streptomycin, tetracycline, sulfonamide, and chloramph...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Duval-Iflah Y,Raibaud P,Tancrede C,Rousseau M

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage recognition of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium leads to a cascade of signaling events, including the activation of Src family and Syk kinases and the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are critical for host innate defense during early stages of bacterial infection. ROS production dep...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Charles JF,Humphrey MB,Zhao X,Quarles E,Nakamura MC,Aderem A,Seaman WE,Smith KD

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternate modalities for the treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are needed due to the rise in numbers of immunosuppressed individuals at risk for serious disease and the increasing prevalence of multidrug-resistant isolates. Interleukin-12 (IL-12) has been shown to improve immune responses against M. tuberculosis...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nolt D,Flynn JL

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-CD4 antibodies, which cause CD4(+) T-cell depletion, have been shown to increase susceptibility to infections in mice. Thus, development of anti-CD4 antibodies for clinical use raises potential concerns about suppression of host defense mechanisms against pathogens and tumors. The anti-human CD4 antibody kelixima...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Herzyk DJ,Gore ER,Polsky R,Nadwodny KL,Maier CC,Liu S,Hart TK,Harmsen AG,Bugelski PJ

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies demonstrated that Mycoplasma arthritidis strain 158 acquired a high degree of virulence upon lysogenization with bacteriophage MAV1. In the present study, the association between MAV1 and virulence was reexamined by creating new lysogens of 158 and of a relatively avirulent mutant, strain 158-1. In th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Clapper B,Tu AH,Simmons WL,Dybvig K

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When type I Candida stellatoidea is plated onto sucrose agar at levels in excess of 10(8) cells, some isolates spontaneously form sucrose-positive colonies. These isolates do not display typical type I phenotypes but instead exhibit phenotypes intermediate between type I C. stellatoidea and C. albicans. Also, this phe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wickes BL,Golin JE,Kwon-Chung KJ

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between the sequence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae pilin and its quaternary assembly into pilus fibers was studied with a set of site-directed antibody probes and by mapping the specificities of antipilus antisera with peptides. Buried and exposed peptides in assembled pili were identified by competitive i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Forest KT,Bernstein SL,Getzoff ED,So M,Tribbick G,Geysen HM,Deal CD,Tainer JA

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Susceptibility to the lethal toxicity of endotoxin in mice pretreated with emulsified trehalose-6,6'-dimycolate was enhanced by (i) increasing the oil concentration while keeping the Tween concentration constant; and (ii) decreasing the Tween concentration, while keeping the oil concentration constant. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yarkoni E,Rapp HJ

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia pseudomallei is a CDC tier 1 select agent that causes melioidosis, a severe disease in humans and animals. Persistent infections are common, and there is currently no vaccine available. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a potential vaccine candidate. B. pseudomallei expresses three serologically distinct LPS ty...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wikraiphat C,Saiprom N,Tandhavanant S,Heiss C,Azadi P,Wongsuvan G,Tuanyok A,Holden MT,Burtnick MN,Brett PJ,Peacock SJ,Chantratita N

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Female mice infected at birth with 10(7) 50% tissue culture infective doses of polyoma virus were mated when at least 6 weeks old. Polyoma was not detected in any tissues of 27 female mice before mating except for trace amounts in the kidneys of 2 mice, but late in gestation polyoma virus could be found in the kidneys...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McCance DJ,Mims CA

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas' disease is a chronic infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and represents an important public health burden in Latin America. Frequently the disease evolves undetectable for decades, while in a significant fraction of the affected individuals it culminates in death by heart failure. Here, we describe a novel m...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Marinho CR,Bucci DZ,Dagli ML,Bastos KR,Grisotto MG,Sardinha LR,Baptista CR,Gonçalves CP,Lima MR,Alvarez JM

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In experimental Leishmania donovani infection in BALB/c mice, initial susceptibility gives way to T-cell-dependent acquired resistance and eventual control over visceral infection. Since various cytokines appear to underlie the host response to Leishmania infection, we examined infected liver tissue for gene expressio...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Miralles GD,Stoeckle MY,McDermott DF,Finkelman FD,Murray HW

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this analysis we have examined in detail the effects of low concentrations of zinc on the growth and dimorphism of Candida albicans. Evidence is presented that micromolar concentrations of zinc added to growth cultures grown at 25 degrees C (i) cause a twofold increase in the final concentration of spheres at satio...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bedell GW,Soll DR

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonization of the large bowel of healthy infants by Clostridium difficile was studied. Feces were collected from five breast-fed aand five formula-fed infants throughout the first year of life, and levels of C. difficile were quantitated. Three breast-fed and five formula-fed infants were colonized for periods of be...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stark PL,Lee A,Parsonage BD

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphoneutrophils (PMNs) are important effector cells in host defense against pneumonia. However, PMNs can also induce inflammation and tissue damage. To investigate the contribution of PMNs to host defense against pneumococcal pneumonia, we determined the effect of the PMN-depleting rat monoclonal antibody RB6-8C...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Marks M,Burns T,Abadi M,Seyoum B,Thornton J,Tuomanen E,Pirofski LA

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major merozoite surface protein of Plasmodium falciparum (PfMSP1) is a candidate antigen for a malaria vaccine. A 19-kDa C-terminal processing product of PfMSP1 (PfMSP1(19)) is composed of two domains sharing a cysteine-rich motif with epidermal growth factor (EGF) and is the target of monoclonal antibodies which ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Egan AF,Chappel JA,Burghaus PA,Morris JS,McBride JS,Holder AA,Kaslow DC,Riley EM

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MtsABC is a Streptococcus pyogenes ABC transporter which was previously shown to be involved in iron and zinc accumulation. In this study, we showed that an mtsABC mutant has impaired growth, particularly in a metal-depleted medium and an aerobic environment. In metal-depleted medium, growth was restored by the additi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Janulczyk R,Ricci S,Björck L

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction of interleukin-8 (IL-8) in vitro has been suggested to correlate with the reactogenicity of Vibrio cholerae vaccine candidates. V. cholerae vaccine candidate 638, a hemagglutinin protease/hap-defective strain, was recently reported to be well tolerated in human volunteers, suggesting a role for Hap in re...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhou X,Gao DQ,Michalski J,Benitez JA,Kaper JB

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus neoformans laccase expression during murine infection was investigated in lung tissue by immunohistochemistry and immunogold electron microscopy. Laccase was detected in the fungal cell cytoplasm, cell wall, and capsule in vivo. The amount of laccase found in different sites varied as a function of the ti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Garcia-Rivera J,Tucker SC,Feldmesser M,Williamson PR,Casadevall A

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several Shigella flexneri mutants with defects in aromatic amino acid and/or purine biosynthesis have been evaluated as vaccines in humans or in animal models. To be suitable as a vaccine, a mutant has to show virulence attenuation, minimal reactogenicity, and a good immunogenic potential in animal models. With this a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cersini A,Martino MC,Martini I,Rossi G,Bernardini ML

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BCG, the attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis, has been widely used as a vaccine against tuberculosis and is thus an important candidate as a live carrier for multiple antigens. With the aim of developing a recombinant BCG (rBCG) vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus (DPT), we analyzed the potential o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Miyaji EN,Mazzantini RP,Dias WO,Nascimento AL,Marcovistz R,Matos DS,Raw I,Winter N,Gicquel B,Rappuoli R,Leite LC

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A progressive increase in infections with multiresistant Enterococcus faecium has been reported, especially in cancer patients and neutropenic patients. Despite its increasing importance as a nosocomial pathogen, knowledge of the pathogenesis of E. faecium infections is highly limited. In this study, we investigated t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Leendertse M,Willems RJ,Giebelen IA,Roelofs JJ,Bonten MJ,van der Poll T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00