Virulence properties and attaching-effacing activity of Escherichia coli O45 from swine postweaning diarrhea.

abstract：:Schistosoma mansoni-infected wild-type (WT) mice develop a Th2 response and chronic disease. In contrast, infected interleukin-4 double-deficient (IL-4(-/-)) mice develop a Th1-like response and an acute, lethal syndrome. Disease severity in these animals correlates with excessive and prolonged production of nitric ox...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Patton EA,La Flamme AC,Pedras-Vasoncelos JA,Pearce EJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fucose-mannose ligand (FML) complex of Leishmania donovani is a promising vaccine candidate against murine and canine visceral leishmaniasis, and its main component is a 36-kDa nucleoside hydrolase (NH36). In this study, we tested the immune response and protection induced by the purified FML, the recombinant NH36...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Aguilar-Be I,da Silva Zardo R,Paraguai de Souza E,Borja-Cabrera GP,Rosado-Vallado M,Mut-Martin M,García-Miss Mdel R,Palatnik de Sousa CB,Dumonteil E

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:γ9δ2 T cells provide a natural bridge between innate and adaptive immunity, rapidly and potently respond to pathogen infection in mucosal tissues, and are prominently induced by both tuberculosis (TB) infection and bacillus Calmette Guérin (BCG) vaccination. Mycobacterium-expanded γ9δ2 T cells represent only a subset ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Xia M,Hesser DC,De P,Sakala IG,Spencer CT,Kirkwood JS,Abate G,Chatterjee D,Dobos KM,Hoft DF

更新日期：2016-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:CD14, the leukocyte receptor for lipopolysaccharide (LPS), is important in the response of human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) to infection with gram-negative bacteria. The level of CD14 on the PMN surface increases after exposure to some inflammatory stimuli such as N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rodeberg DA,Morris RE,Babcock GF

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Altogether 171 serum specimens from 58 patients with heterophil antibody-positive infectious monomucleosis were studied for antibody response to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). The sera were tested for fluorescent immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgM gel-precipitating (GP) and complement-fixing (CF) antibodies to EBV. All 58 pati...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nikoskelainen J,Hänninen P

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron is limiting in the human host, and bacterial pathogens respond to this environment by regulating gene expression through the ferric uptake regulator protein (Fur). In vitro studies have demonstrated that Neisseria gonorrhoeae controls the expression of several critical genes through an iron- and Fur-mediated mech...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Agarwal S,King CA,Klein EK,Soper DE,Rice PA,Wetzler LM,Genco CA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the association of Herpesvirus saimiri with lymphocyte subsets and the functional integrity and distribution of these populations in owl monkeys with chronic, disease-free infections, in uninoculated, control animals, and in one monkey with H. saimiri-induced lymphoma. The lymphocyte subpopulations examine...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Neubauer RH,Dunn FE,Rabin H

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Filifactor alocis is a recently recognized periodontal pathogen; however, little is known regarding its interactions with the immune system. As the first-responder phagocytic cells, neutrophils are recruited in large numbers to the periodontal pocket, where they play a crucial role in the innate defense of the periodo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Armstrong CL,Miralda I,Neff AC,Tian S,Vashishta A,Perez L,Le J,Lamont RJ,Uriarte SM

更新日期：2016-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptidoglycan (PG) turnover in exponentially growing Neisseria gonorrhoeae RD5 type 4 was accompanied by release of soluble PG fragments into the medium. Turnover of the D-[14C]glucosamine-labeled glycan moiety and of the meso-[3H]diaminopimelic acid (DAP)-labeled peptide region occurred at similar rates (ca. 35% per ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rosenthal RS

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffusely adhering Escherichia coli (DAEC) strains expressing F1845 fimbrial adhesin or Dr hemagglutinin belonging to the Afa/Dr family of adhesins infect cultured polarized human intestinal cells through recognition of the brush border-associated decay-accelerating factor (DAF; CD55) as a receptor. The wild-type Afa/...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Peiffer I,Guignot J,Barbat A,Carnoy C,Moseley SL,Nowicki BJ,Servin AL,Bernet-Camard MF

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi elicits a potent cytokine response through activation of multiple signaling receptors on innate immune cells. Spirochetal lipoproteins initiate expression of NF-κB-dependent cytokines primarily via TLR2, whereas type I interferon (IFN) production is induced through the endosomal receptors TLR7 and...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Love AC,Schwartz I,Petzke MM

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein P2 comprises a large proportion of the outer membrane of nontypable Haemophilus influenzae and functions as a porin. In view of the importance of the protein as a surface antigen, the present study was designed to purify and analyze P2 with particular emphasis on detection of antigenic determinants express...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Murphy TF,Bartos LC

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation is induced in iron-restricted growth conditions in vitro. In this study, we showed that Emp and Eap play important roles in low-iron-induced biofilm formation of S. aureus Newman. Eap and Emp are secreted proteins which are non-covalently attached to the S. aureus cell surface a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Johnson M,Cockayne A,Morrissey JA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of PAM cells, a spontaneously transformed mouse cell line, to brain homogenates from mice infected with scrapie caused a relative decrease in total cell yield, which persisted from passage 2 or 3 to passage 18 after treatment. The effect was elicited by each of the eight independent scrapie isolates tested. L...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Carp RI,Merz GS,Licursi PC

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute pyelonephritis, a complication of Escherichia coli bacteriuria, must represent a bacterial invasion through the kidney epithelium. To study this process, we overlaid bacterial suspensions onto monolayers of cultured human kidney proximal tubular epithelial cells and measured cytotoxicity by release of lactate de...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mobley HL,Green DM,Trifillis AL,Johnson DE,Chippendale GR,Lockatell CV,Jones BD,Warren JW

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The appearance of lymphotoxin in the culture fluid of phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated mouse spleen cells required two cell fractions that were separated by adherence to plastic. Upon stimulation with PHA, neither cell fraction alone produced significant amounts of lymphotoxin; however, when the cell fractions were...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Aksamit RR,Leonard EJ

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After aerosol deposition of Serratia marcescens in mice, initial delayed pulmonary clearance was followed between 4 and 24 hr later by progressive elimination. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Southern PM,Pierce AK,Sanford JP

更新日期：1971-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type III and type VI secretion systems (T3SSs and T6SSs, respectively) are critical virulence determinants in several Gram-negative pathogens. In Burkholderia pseudomallei, the T3SS-3 and T6SS-1 clusters have been implicated in bacterial virulence in mammalian hosts. We recently discovered a regulatory cascade that co...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chen Y,Wong J,Sun GW,Liu Y,Tan GY,Gan YH

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionnaires' disease is clinically manifested as severe pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophila. However, the dendritic cell (DC)-centered immunological framework of the host defense against L. pneumophila has not been fully delineated. For this study, we focused on a potent chemoattractant for lymphocytes, fracta...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kikuchi T,Andarini S,Xin H,Gomi K,Tokue Y,Saijo Y,Honjo T,Watanabe A,Nukiwa T

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum was necessary for optimal phagocytosis of Aspergillus fumigatus spores by human leukocytes, and its opsonic capacity was greatly diminished by heat inactivation (56 C, 30 min). A germination assay, described in this report, was developed to study the fate of phagocytized spores. After incubation for 3 hr with no...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lehrer RI,Jan RG

更新日期：1970-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A synthetic medium capable of supporting growth of Vibrio parahaemolyticus is described. Growth yields and generation times were comparable to growth in a complex medium, although Kanagawa hemolysin was undetectable in the synthetic medium. Upon the addition of single amino acids to this synthetic medium, only D-trypt...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cherwonogrodzky JW,Clark AG

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Production of group A streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxins (SPE) type A and C was transferred from toxigenic streptococcal strains to nontoxigenic strains by lysogeny. Lysogens were tested for SPE with Ouchterlony immunodiffusion on Todd-Hewitt agar plates; toxin diffusing from isolated colonies reacted with specific hyp...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Johnson LP,Schlievert PM,Watson DW

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent finding that high numbers of strict anaerobes are present in the respiratory tract of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients has drawn attention to the pathogenic contribution of the CF microbiome to airway disease. In this study, we investigated the specific interactions of the most dominant bacterial CF pathogen, ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pustelny C,Komor U,Pawar V,Lorenz A,Bielecka A,Moter A,Gocht B,Eckweiler D,Müsken M,Grothe C,Lünsdorf H,Weiss S,Häussler S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:gammaG-globulin from nonimmunized rabbits and from rabbits immunized with various bacteria reacted in the immunofluorescence technique with protein A-containing Staphylococcus aureus. Pepsin digestion of most immunoglobulin preparations eliminated the reaction, thus showing that the Fc fragment is involved and that th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Forsgren A,Forsum U

更新日期：1970-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conjunctival infection of guinea pigs by the chlamydial agent of guinea pig inclusion conjunctivitis confers immunity. However, the mechanism of resistance to this intracellular pathogen is not yet defined. In the study reported here, serum immunoglobulin was passively transferred with resultant titers in excess of th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Watson RR,Mull JD,MacDonald AB,Thompson SE 3rd,Bear SE

更新日期：1973-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using in vitro assays, a group of related, filamentous gram-negative bacteria isolated from subgingival plaque deposits of patients with periodontal disease were found to colonize intact teeth. Tentatively identified as members of the genus Cytophaga, these isolates exhibited a preference for colonizing the cementu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Celesk RA,McCabe RM,London J

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferrets which had been orally dosed with 5 mg of Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) responded with an increase in subcutaneous temperature. At 75 min, the subcutaneous temperature was significantly higher (+ 0.9 degrees C +/- 0.38 degrees C, P < 0.007) than in control animals. Animals dosed with 1 or 2 mg of SEB respo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wright A,Andrews PL,Titball RW

更新日期：2000-04-01 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：:The bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes causes foodborne systemic disease in pregnant women, which can lead to preterm labor, stillbirth, or severe neonatal disease. Colonization of the maternal decidua appears to be an initial step in the maternal component of the disease as well as bacterial transmission to th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rizzuto G,Tagliani E,Manandhar P,Erlebacher A,Bakardjiev AI

更新日期：2017-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Randomly bred guinea pigs were infected with Listeria monocytogenes using the intracardial, intravenous and intraperitoneal routes of infection. Doses of Listeria ranged from 5 to 1,000 x the 50% lethal dose based on the 50% lethal dose for intracardially injected Listeria. A complete necropsy was performed on all ani...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dustoor M,Croft W,Fulton A,Blazkovec A

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00