Affinity of the C9 molecule for the C5b-8 complex compared with that for the complex containing C9 molecules.

abstract：:Mouse fibroblasts (L cells) infected with the 6BC strain of Chlamydia psittaci released potassium ion (K(+)) into the extracellular milieu in a way that depended on size of inoculum and time after infection. When the multiplicity of infection was 500 to 1,000 50% infectious units (ID(50)) per L cell, loss of intracell...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chang GT,Moulder JW

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hemolysin that appears to be responsible for the zones of beta-hemolysis surrounding colonies of group B streptococci (Streptococcus agalactiae) on blood agar plates has been isolated and partially purified. No soluble hemolysin was detectable in the supernatants of streptococcal cultures grown in several types of m...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Marchlewicz BA,Duncan JL

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic resistance to lethal infection with Rickettsia tsutsugamushi was studied in over 30 inbred strains, inbred hybrids, and outbred stocks of mice. Inbred mice infected intraperitoneally with the Gilliam strain of R. tsutsugamushi showed three patterns of response: susceptible (A/HeJ, C3H/HeDub, C3H/HeJ, C3H/HeN, ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Groves MG,Osterman JV

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia trachomatis infections can lead to severe chronic complications, including trachoma, ectopic pregnancy, and infertility. The only effective approach to disease control is vaccination. The goal of this work was to identify new potential vaccine candidates through a proteomics approach. We constructed a protei...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cruz-Fisher MI,Cheng C,Sun G,Pal S,Teng A,Molina DM,Kayala MA,Vigil A,Baldi P,Felgner PL,Liang X,de la Maza LM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the unavailability of a suitable antigen, specific in vitro lymphocyte reactivity has not been investigated in persons who have had systemic blastomycosis. Twelve persons who had recovered from blastomycosis were evaluated, and all were found to exhibit strongly positive and apparently specific in vitro cel...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bradsher RW,Alford RH

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane fluidity of antigen-presenting cells (APCs) has a significant bearing on T-cell-stimulating ability and is dependent on the cholesterol content of the membrane. The relationship, if any, between membrane fluidity and defective cell-mediated immunity in visceral leishmaniasis has been investigated. Systemi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Banerjee S,Ghosh J,Sen S,Guha R,Dhar R,Ghosh M,Datta S,Raychaudhury B,Naskar K,Haldar AK,Lal CS,Pandey K,Das VN,Das P,Roy S

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controversy persists over the role that the capsular polysaccharide plays in the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus infections. To address this issue, we compared the mouse virulence of S. aureus Reynolds and capsule-defective mutant strains cultivated under conditions of high or low capsule expression. Strain Reyn...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Thakker M,Park JS,Carey V,Lee JC

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously identified mgrA (rat) as a regulator of autolysis in Staphylococcus aureus. Besides its effect on autolytic activity, we recently found alterations in the expression of regulator and target virulence genes in the mgrA mutant. Northern analysis and transcription fusion assays showed that inactivation...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ingavale S,van Wamel W,Luong TT,Lee CY,Cheung AL

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is an important pathogen of humans and other animals, causing bacteremia, abscesses, endocarditis, and other infectious syndromes. A signature-tagged mutagenesis (STM) system was adapted for use in studying the genes required for in vivo survival of S. aureus. An STM library was ultimately create...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schwan WR,Coulter SN,Ng EY,Langhorne MH,Ritchie HD,Brody LL,Westbrock-Wadman S,Bayer AS,Folger KR,Stover CK

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two phospholipase C fractions were detected in culture supernatants from Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 19660, PAO1, and D10C by preparative polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Both hemolytic fractions from strain ATCC 19660 were isolated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and were found to cause paralysis, death, der...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Berk RS,Brown D,Coutinho I,Meyers D

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood-stage development of malaria parasites is initiated by the invasion of merozoites into susceptible erythrocytes. Specific receptor-ligand interactions must occur for the merozoites to first attach to and then invade erythrocytes. Because the invasion process is essential for the parasite's survival and the m...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tsuboi T,Kappe SH,al-Yaman F,Prickett MD,Alpers M,Adams JH

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have suggested that the Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAK pilus adhesin moiety resides in an epithelial cell-binding domain located in the C-terminal region of the PAK pilin structural protein. Synthetic peptides Ac17red (a synthetic peptide with a sequence identical to that of PAK pilin residues 128 to 144,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Irvin RT,Doig P,Lee KK,Sastry PA,Paranchych W,Todd T,Hodges RS

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Active immunization with Porphyromonas gingivalis whole-cell preparations has been shown to prevent P. gingivalis infection and oral bone loss. Employing passive antibody transfer and opsonization, we demonstrate with this study that immunization-elicited P. gingivalis-specific immunoglobulin G facilitates clearance o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gibson FC 3rd,Gonzalez DA,Wong J,Genco CA

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice immunized intravenously 10 days earlier (but not those immunized 2 months earlier) with an attenuated Salmonella typhimurium SL3261 aroA live vaccine and tested for delayed-type hypersensitivity by injection of crude Salmonella extracts in the footpad can die within 24 to 48 h of an unexplained allergic reaction....

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mastroeni P,Villarreal-Ramos B,Harrison JA,Demarco de Hormaeche R,Hormaeche CE

更新日期：1994-06-01 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 mechanisms for acquisition of iron by Haemophilus influenzae and their role in pathogenesis are not known. Heme and nonheme sources of iron were evaluated for their effect on growth of type b and nontypable strains of H. influenzae in an iron-restricted, defined medium. All 13 strains acquired iron from heme, hemo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pidcock KA,Wooten JA,Daley BA,Stull TL

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peru-15 is a live attenuated oral vaccine derived from a Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor Inaba strain by a series of deletions and modifications, including deletion of the entire CT genetic element. Peru-15 is also a stable, motility-defective strain and is unable to recombine with homologous DNA. We wished to determine whe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cohen MB,Giannella RA,Bean J,Taylor DN,Parker S,Hoeper A,Wowk S,Hawkins J,Kochi SK,Schiff G,Killeen KP

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella pertussis was grown in iron (Fe)-free defined medium to limit the growth of the organism. Doubling times of the Fe-starved organism increased by approximately 1 h, and a 40% reduction in the final extent of growth in Fe-depleted medium was observed. Under these conditions, a hydroxamate siderophore named bo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Agiato LA,Dyer DW

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anopheles gambiae is the major African vector of Plasmodium falciparum, the most deadly species of human malaria parasite and the most prevalent in Africa. Several strategies are being developed to limit the global impact of malaria via reducing transmission rates, among which are transmission-blocking vaccines (TBVs)...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lavazec C,Boudin C,Lacroix R,Bonnet S,Diop A,Thiberge S,Boisson B,Tahar R,Bourgouin C

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sendai virus hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) and fusion (F) glycoproteins, F and HN, were separated from Triton X-100- or Nonidet P-40-solubilized envelopes as unadsorbed and eluted fractions, respectively, by using glutaralde-hyde-treated chicken erythrocytes. These separated glycoproteins were biologically active. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hosaka Y

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular protease activity was measured in liquid cultures of representative strains from six serotypes of Legionella pneumophila. A variety of substrates were degraded, including denatured casein, skim milk, gelatin, and hide powder azure, but not elastin. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Thompson MR,Miller RD,Iglewski BH

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Production of interleukin-10 (IL-10) by C57BL/6 mice following infection with Borrelia burgdorferi has been proposed as a mechanism whereby resistance to the development of experimental Lyme arthritis is maintained. In the current study, we sought to determine the role of IL-10 during infection of arthritis- and cardi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Brown CR,Lai AY,Callen ST,Blaho VA,Hughes JM,Mitchell WJ

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of the actin filament capping protein CapG has no apparent effect on the phenotype of mice maintained under sterile conditions; however, bone marrow-derived macrophages from CapG(-/-) mice exhibited distinct motility defects. We examined the ability of CapG(-/-) mice to clear two intracellular bacteria, Listeria ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Parikh SS,Litherland SA,Clare-Salzler MJ,Li W,Gulig PA,Southwick FS

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral inoculation of calves and steers with 10(10) CFU of Escherichia coli O157:H7 induced prompt and sustained increases in serum antibodies to O157 lipopolysaccharide. Neutralizing antibodies to verotoxin 1 also increased rapidly in most steers but more gradually in calves. None of the animals developed neutralizing ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Johnson RP,Cray WC Jr,Johnson ST

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis patterns of proteins and externally exposed labeled surface constituents were analyzed in promastigotes of three etiological agents of kala azar (Leishmania donovani, HS70 strain from India; L. chagasi, Imperatriz strain from Brazil; L. infantum, ITMPA K263 str...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lemesre JL,Rizvi FS,Afchain D,Sadigursky M,Capron A,Santoro F

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver-stage antigen 1 (LSA-1) is a potential vaccine candidate against preerythrocytic stages of malaria. We report here the immunogenicity of linear synthetic constructs delineated as T(H)-cell determinants from the nonrepeat regions of Plasmodium falciparum LSA-1 in murine models and human subjects from areas where ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Joshi SK,Bharadwaj A,Chatterjee S,Chauhan VS

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The group R streptococcal group antigen has been shown to be a polysaccharide located at the surface of the cell wall of the organism. The antigen was extracted from cell walls in 0.05 n HCl or 5% trichloracetic acid at 100 C, from whole cells at room temperature in 0.85% NaCl or 0.1 m acetate (pH 5.0), and by sonic o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Soprey P,Slade HD

更新日期：1972-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonvertebrate model hosts represent valuable tools for the study of host-pathogen interactions because they facilitate the identification of bacterial virulence factors and allow the discovery of novel components involved in host innate immune responses. In this report, we determined that the greater wax moth caterpil...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Miyata S,Casey M,Frank DW,Ausubel FM,Drenkard E

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among a number of laboratory strains of Listeria monocytogenes used in experimental infection, strain LO28 is highly capable of inducing robust beta interferon (IFN-β) production in infected macrophages. In this study, we investigated the molecular mechanism of the IFN-β-inducing ability of LO28 by comparing it with t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yamamoto T,Hara H,Tsuchiya K,Sakai S,Fang R,Matsuura M,Nomura T,Sato F,Mitsuyama M,Kawamura I

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholera is an acute diarrheal disease that is caused by the gram-negative bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The low efficacy of currently available killed-whole-cell vaccines and the reactinogenicity coupled with potential reversion of live vaccines have thus far precluded widespread vaccination for the control of cholera. R...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wu JY,Wade WF,Taylor RK

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00