Immune interferon induced by phytohemagglutinin in nude mouse spleen cells.

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：:A multigene family of 58- to 60-kDa proteins, which are designated rhoptry-associated protein 1 (RAP-1) and which come from the parasites Babesia bigemina and Babesia bovis, is a target for vaccine development. The presence of multiple gene copies and conserved sequences and epitopes of RAP-1 implies that these protei...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rodríguez SD,Palmer GH,McElwain TF,McGuire TC,Ruef BJ,Chitko-McKown MG,Brown WC

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse spleen cells which normally cannot support the in vivo replication of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) became susceptible to VSV infection after the intraperitoneal growth of certain syngeneic and allogeneic tumors. After 3 days' growth of P815 tumor cells in syngeneic DBA/2 mice, the viral-permissive state for ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hecht TT,Paul WE

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Active immunization of mice with high doses of heat-killed and autoclaved vaccine of unencapsulated strains of Staphylococcus aureus, which was grown in brain heart infusion media, protected against challenge with the Smith diffuse strain of Staphylococcus aureus. These organisms were capable of absorbing the protecti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yoshida K,Ichiman Y,Otomo T

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that a member of the 70-kDa heat shock protein (Hsp70) family is a major target of the humoral immune response during Leishmania donovani infection. A recombinant fusion protein was recognized by sera from 92% (35 of 38) of patients with visceral leishmaniasis, including representatives from each of the ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wallace GR,Ball AE,MacFarlane J,el Safi SH,Miles MA,Kelly JM

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelets aggregate in response to an adhesin and the platelet aggregation-associated protein (PAAP) expressed on the cell surfaces of certain strains of Streptococcus sanguis. We sought to identify the corresponding PAAP receptor and accessory adhesin binding sites on platelets. Since the adhesion(s) of S. sanguis fo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gong K,Wen DY,Ouyang T,Rao AT,Herzberg MC

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The attachment and invasion of chicken ovarian granulosa cells by Salmonella enteritidis was examined in vitro. The attachment was inhibited by preincubation of granulosa cells with anti-chicken fibronectin antibody (approximately 70% reduction in attachment) or preincubation with a 14-kDa fimbrial protein isolated fr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Thiagarajan D,Saeed M,Turek J,Asem E

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis can activate inflammatory responses through Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and may cause renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis characterized by the accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM). We have previously demonstrated that Leptospira santorosai serovar Shermani detergent extract stimulates ECM accumulation...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tian YC,Hung CC,Li YJ,Chen YC,Chang MY,Yen TH,Hsu HH,Wu MS,Phillips A,Yang CW

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of enhanced resistance of Mycobacterium bovis BCG-treated mice to ectromelia virus infection was investigated by determining the effect of splenectomy, antithymocyte serum, and antimacrophage serum on resistance. It was greatly reduced by these treatments, not only in normal mice, but also in mice treate...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sakuma T,Suenaga T,Yoshida I,Azuma M

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Female guinea pigs were immunized with viable or UV light-inactivated chlamydiae (agent of guinea pig inclusion conjunctivitis), belonging to the species Chlamydia psittaci, by intravenous, subcutaneous, oral, or ocular routes. All animals were then inoculated vaginally with viable chlamydiae to determine the extent o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rank RG,Batteiger BE,Soderberg LS

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma level of the chemokine CCL3 is elevated in patients with chronic severe schistosomiasis mansoni. We have previously shown that CCL3(-/-) mice with experimental infection showed diminished pathology and worm burden compared to those of wild-type (WT) mice. To elucidate further the role of CC chemokines durin...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Souza AL,Souza PR,Pereira CA,Fernandes A,Guabiraba R,Russo RC,Vieira LQ,Corrêa A Jr,Teixeira MM,Negrão-Corrêa D

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven antigens of Borrelia hermsii, B. parkeri, and B. turicatae with isoelectric points in the range of 4.4 to 5.0 and molecular masses of 40 to 43 kilodaltons played a role in the relapse phenomenon of relapsing fever. Based upon location of the antigens in the outer envelope, the molecular weight, and Western blot ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kehl KS,Farmer SG,Komorowski RA,Knox KK

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male ICR Swiss mice (2 to 3 months old) were fed Candida albicans in their drinking water for 3 days, followed by no treatment, antibiotics in their drinking water (daily), or immunosuppressants given by intraperitoneal injection (two to three times weekly) over a 3- to 4-week period. The organs of animals were proces...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ekenna O,Sherertz RJ

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat middle ear and lung clearance model has been used to show that the nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae 26-kDa outer membrane protein OMP26 is highly efficacious as a mucosal immunogen, inducing significantly enhanced clearance in immunized rats upon direct challenge of these two anatomic sites. Similarly, the c...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kyd JM,Cripps AW,Novotny LA,Bakaletz LO

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent data suggest that fibronectin may favor Staphylococcus aureus infection by promoting attachment to either injured tissues or implanted foreign bodies. We studied the quantitative adsorption of fibronectin onto polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cover slips by using a 125I-labeled preparation of the purified plasma g...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Vaudaux PE,Waldvogel FA,Morgenthaler JJ,Nydegger UE

更新日期：1984-09-01 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：:The unique permissiveness of A/J mouse macrophages for replication of Legionella pneumophila is caused by a deficiency in the Nod-like receptor (NLR) protein and intracellular sensor for L. pneumophila flagellin (Naip5). The signaling pathways and proteins activated by Naip5 sensing in macrophages were investigated. T...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fortier A,Doiron K,Saleh M,Grinstein S,Gros P

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are currently studying the soluble egg antigens of Schistosoma japonicum in an attempt to determine which antigens are potent immunogens. Previously, we demonstrated by Ouchterlony immunodiffusion and inhibition of the circumoval precipitin test that the glycoprotein fraction of soluble egg antigens contains the an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Long GW,Lewert RM,Pelley RP

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies induced in sera and saliva of rats and rabbits immunized with ribosomal preparations from Streptococcus mutans 6715 inhibited transport of glucose by the phosphotransferase system by greater than 60%, acid production from sucrose by greater than 95%, and growth of the homologous S. mutans by greater than 59...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gregory RL,Michalek SM,Shechmeister IL,McGhee JR

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recruitment of neutrophils to lung tissue and airspaces is a hallmark of inflammatory events following inhalation of endotoxins. We studied the role of different lymphocyte subsets in this inflammation, which is assumed to primarily involve the innate immune system. Inhalation of aerosolized Escherichia coli lipopolys...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Larsson R,Rocksén D,Lilliehöök B,Jonsson A,Bucht A

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from certain animal species contain a substance(s) which binds hepatitis B surface antigen. The hepatitis B binding substance found in animals is not antibody, but appears to be a glycoprotein which reacted with antigen-coated beads and produced a "false positive" test for antibody. This glycoprotein could be sel...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Millman I,McMichael JC

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus peptidoglycan displayed a marked dose-dependent mitogenic activity for mouse splenocytes and human peripheral blood lymphocytes in vitro, as measured by increased [3H]thymidine incorporation. Similarly it was mitogenic for athymic nude mouse spleen cells, whereas no blastogenic effect was observe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dziarski R,Dziarski A

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron acquisition from the host is an important step in the pathogenic process. While Yersinia pestis has multiple iron transporters, the yersiniabactin (Ybt) siderophore-dependent system plays a major role in iron acquisition in vitro and in vivo. In this study, we determined that the Ybt system is required for the us...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fetherston JD,Kirillina O,Bobrov AG,Paulley JT,Perry RD

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent work has demonstrated that the polyketide natural product Aurodox from Streptomyces goldiniensis is able to block the pathogenesis of the murine pathogen Citrobacter rodentium In this work, we aimed to gain a better understanding of the mechanism of action of the compound. We show that Aurodox downregulates the...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McHugh RE,O'Boyle N,Connolly JPR,Hoskisson PA,Roe AJ

更新日期：2019-01-24 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：:Staphylococcus aureus can produce a wide variety of exotoxins, including toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST-1), staphylococcal enterotoxins, and staphylococcal enterotoxin-like toxins. These toxins share superantigenic activity. To investigate the beta chain (Vbeta) specificities of each of these toxins, TSST-1 and al...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Thomas D,Dauwalder O,Brun V,Badiou C,Ferry T,Etienne J,Vandenesch F,Lina G

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine cerebral malaria (CM) induced by Plasmodium berghei ANKA kills susceptible mice within 24 to 48 h of onset of symptoms and is characterized by the production of inflammatory cytokines in the brain. C57BL/6J mice are sensitive to lethal CM, while A/J mice are resistant. These strains of mice were immunized with ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Jennings VM,Lal AA,Hunter RL

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The character of the antibody response in the rabbit to Salmonella typhimurium somatic (O) antigen was similar to the response to each of several serotypes of Shigella flexneri O antigens, namely a predominance of production of immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody. Lipopolysaccharide protein (LPSP) and lipopolysaccharide (...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fukazawa Y,Shinoda T,Yomoda T,Tsuchiya T

更新日期：1970-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is a leading diarrheagenic bacterial pathogen among travelers and children in resource-limited regions. Adherence to host intestinal cells mediated by ETEC fimbriae is believed to be a critical first step in ETEC pathogenesis. These fimbriae are categorized into related classes ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Liu Y,Shahabudin S,Farid S,Lee LH,McVeigh AL,Maciel M Jr.,,Poole ST,Broadman M,Prouty MG,Savarino SJ

更新日期：2020-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:During acute infection with bacteria, viruses or parasites, a fraction of macrophages engulf large numbers of red and white blood cells, a process called hemophagocytosis. Hemophagocytes persist into the chronic stage of infection and have an anti-inflammatory phenotype. Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium infecti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McDonald EM,Pilonieta MC,Nick HJ,Detweiler CS

更新日期：2015-10-12 00:00:00