Activation of the human complement alternative pathway by Listeria monocytogenes: evidence for direct binding and proteolysis of the C3 component on bacteria.

abstract：:We previously demonstrated that plasmid-deficient Chlamydia muridarum retains the ability to infect the murine genital tract but does not elicit oviduct pathology because it fails to activate Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2). We derived a plasmid-cured derivative of the human genital isolate Chlamydia trachomatis D/UW-3/Cx...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： O'Connell CM,AbdelRahman YM,Green E,Darville HK,Saira K,Smith B,Darville T,Scurlock AM,Meyer CR,Belland RJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with the intracellular protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii causes serious public health problems and is of great economic importance worldwide. The micronemal protein MIC3, which is a potent adhesin of T. gondii, could be a significant candidate vaccine against toxoplasmosis. In this study, all CBA/J mice i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ismael AB,Sekkai D,Collin C,Bout D,Mévélec MN

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fibronectin-binding protein (FnBP) adhesin of Staphylococcus aureus possesses three 37- or 38-amino-acid motifs (D1, D2, and D3) that can each bind fibronectin (Fn) with low affinity and that in tandem comprise D1-3, a high-affinity Fn-binding domain. To identify epitopes for the generation of adhesion-blocking anti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sun Q,Smith GM,Zahradka C,McGavin MJ

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine sera for tissue culture use were shown to contain heterophil antigen of the Paul-Bunnell-Davidsohn type by immune adherence hemagglutination tests with sera from patients with infectious mononucleosis. The antibody titers observed were comparable to those determined by two other methods; i.e., the immune adhere...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lennette ET,Henle G,Henle W,Horwitz CA

更新日期：1978-03-01 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：: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：:We demonstrate that a mucoid, alginate-producing strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from the lungs of a cystic fibrosis (CF) patient secretes multiple enzymes with nucleoside diphosphate kinase (Ndk), ATPase, adenylate kinase, 5'-nucleotidase, and ATP-modifying enzymatic activities. The secretion is triggered a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zaborina O,Misra N,Kostal J,Kamath S,Kapatral V,El-Idrissi ME,Prabhakar BS,Chakrabarty AM

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oophorectomized, estrogen-treated rats were immunized by the intravaginal or intranasal route with a mannoprotein extract (MP) or secreted aspartyl proteinases (Sap) of Candida albicans, with or without cholera toxin as a mucosal adjuvant. Both routes of immunization were equally effective in (i) inducing anti-MP and ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： De Bernardis F,Boccanera M,Adriani D,Girolamo A,Cassone A

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania amastigotes are intracellular protozoan parasites of mononuclear phagocytes which reside within parasitophorous vacuoles of phagolysosomal origin. The pH of these compartments was studied with the aim of elucidating strategies used by these microorganisms to evade the microbicidal mechanisms of their host c...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Antoine JC,Prina E,Jouanne C,Bongrand P

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is currently accepted that malaria-parasitized red blood cells (pRBC) are eliminated, like senescent erythrocytes, phagocytically by macrophages in the red pulp of the spleen. Here, however, we show that self-healing Plasmodium chabaudi malaria activates spleen closure in C57BL/6 mice. Confocal laser scanning micro...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Krücken J,Mehnert LI,Dkhil MA,El-Khadragy M,Benten WP,Mossmann H,Wunderlich F

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological activity of C-ASWS, an alkali-soluble, water-soluble cell wall antigen isolated from mycelial-phase cells of Coccidioides immitis, was compared with that of a commercial coccidioidin (CDN; Cutter Laboratories); CDN-TS, a toluene-induced lysate of mycelial-phase cells; and spherulin, a spherule-derived e...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cox RA,Brummer E,Lecara G

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effect of an extract from a helminth (Ascaris suum) in zymosan-induced arthritis (ZYA) or collagen-induced arthritis (CIA). Rats and mice, respectively, received 1 mg and 0.1 mg zymosan intra-articularly (i.a.). Test groups received an A. suum extract either per os (p.o.) or intraperitoneally (i.p....

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rocha FA,Leite AK,Pompeu MM,Cunha TM,Verri WA Jr,Soares FM,Castro RR,Cunha FQ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) has been shown to be a central immunomodulator used by leishmaniae to escape effective mechanisms of protection in human and murine infections with these parasites. However, all the information is derived from studies of established infection, while little is known about TGF-...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kariminia A,Bourreau E,Pascalis H,Couppié P,Sainte-Marie D,Tacchini-Cottier F,Launois P

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from adult periodontitis patients were analyzed for antibody activity against surface antigens of Bacteroides gingivalis by immunoblotting analysis. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Naito Y,Okuda K,Takazoe I

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feline leukemia-sarcoma group-specific antigens were located in human embryo cells infected with feline leukemia and feline sarcoma viruses. This was done by using the fluorescent-antibody and enzyme-labeled antibody techniques at both light and electron microscopic levels. The antigens were found to be exclusively in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ubertini TR

更新日期：1972-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella pathogenicity island 12 (SPI-12) of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is a 15-kb region that encompasses genes STM2230 to STM2245 and encodes a remnant phage known to contribute to bacterial virulence. In mouse infection experiments and replication assays in macrophages, we demonstrated a role for fou...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tomljenovic-Berube AM,Henriksbo B,Porwollik S,Cooper CA,Tuinema BR,McClelland M,Coombes BK

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fliA gene of Legionella pneumophila encoding the alternative sigma(28) factor was inactivated by introducing a kanamycin resistance cassette. Electron microscopy and Western blot analysis revealed that the fliA mutant strain is aflagellate and expresses no flagellin. Reporter gene assays indicated that the flaA pr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Heuner K,Dietrich C,Skriwan C,Steinert M,Hacker J

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae strains are lysogens of CTXPhi, a filamentous phage which encodes cholera toxin. The receptor for CTXPhi for invading V. cholerae cells is the toxin-coregulated pilus (TCP), the genes for which reside in a larger genetic element, the TCP pathogenicity island. We analyzed 146 CTX-negative stra...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Faruque SM,Asadulghani,Saha MN,Alim AR,Albert MJ,Islam KM,Mekalanos JJ

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When tested for their activity in suppressing the acquisition of immunity during acute Besnoitia infection of hamsters, antilymphocyte serum (ALS), aminopterin, cyclophosphamide, cortisol, and whole-body irradiation were the most active agents and effectively blocked the development of immunity during 4 to 12 days of ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wilson HR,Frenkel JK

更新日期：1971-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We undertook a morphological and immunochemical comparison of purified outer membrane antigens from oral and nonoral isolates of Bacteroides asaccharolyticus. Electron micrographs of thin sections of whole bacteria revealed a compact, electron-dense capsule external to the outer membrane of oral strains. A loose, web-...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mansheim BJ,Coleman SE

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus), a leading cause of bacterial disease, is most commonly carried in the human nasopharynx. Colonization induces inflammation that promotes the organism's growth and transmission. This inflammatory response is dependent on intracellular sensing of bacterial components that acc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lemon JK,Miller MR,Weiser JN

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the causative agent of the sexually transmitted infection (STI) gonorrhea, is a growing public health threat for which a vaccine is urgently needed. We characterized the functional role of the gonococcal MetQ protein, which is the methionine binding component of an ABC transporter system, and as...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Semchenko EA,Day CJ,Seib KL

更新日期：2017-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Most Escherichia coli isolates can express type 1 fimbriae with mannose-specific adhesins. These adhesins bind to the oligosaccharide chains of secretory immunoglobulin A (IgA). Thus, in addition to specific antibody activity, secretory IgA possesses a broad reactivity with bacteria expressing type 1 fimbriae. The abs...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Friman V,Adlerberth I,Connell H,Svanborg C,Hanson LA,Wold AE

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surface antigen makeup of metacyclic trypomastigote forms of strain G of Trypanosoma cruzi, which produce a subpatent infection in mice, differed from those of the virulent strains Y and CL. A 100,000-molecular-weight protein, barely detectable on the Y or CL cell surface, appeared as the main surface antigen of t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yoshida N

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously identified two K88ac adhesion receptors (210 and 240 kDa) which are present in membrane preparations from adhesive but not nonadhesive porcine intestinal brush border cells; these adhesin receptors are postulated to be important determinants of the susceptibility of pigs to K88ac+ enterotoxigenic Es...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Erickson AK,Baker DR,Bosworth BT,Casey TA,Benfield DA,Francis DH

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quantity of membrane-bound and extracellular exotoxin A in four strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa was investigated. In strain PA-103, which is the prototype strain used for toxin production, all of the toxin was released into the growth medium and little toxin remained with the cell envelope. In a virulent strain ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fernandes PB,Cundy KR

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of a vaccine is essential for the elimination of malaria. However, despite many years of effort, a successful vaccine has not been achieved. Most subunit vaccine candidates tested in clinical trials have provided limited efficacy, and thus attenuated whole-parasite vaccines are now receiving close scru...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Raja AI,Cai Y,Reiman JM,Groves P,Chakravarty S,McPhun V,Doolan DL,Cockburn I,Hoffman SL,Stanisic DI,Good MF

更新日期：2016-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:An experimental model of "chronic" diphtheria intoxication in the guinea pig was developed. Adult guinea pigs, subjected to a regimen of multiple sublethal doses of purified diphtheria toxin (total of 1.4 minimum lethal doses divided equally in four daily doses), developed a toxemia which terminated in death between 6...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bonventre PF

更新日期：1973-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine monoclonal antibodies were generated against streptolysin O. One out of 10 tested immunoglobulin clones exhibited strong neutralizing activity; in solution, the presence of approximately two to four antibody molecules per toxin monomer effected 50% neutralization of hemolytic toxin activity. An enzyme-linked im...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hugo F,Reichwein J,Arvand M,Krämer S,Bhakdi S

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have determined the amounts of specific anti-class 1 outer membrane protein antibodies in sera from 25 patients during the course of systemic meningococcal disease, using purified class 1 protein as the sensitizing antigen in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The class 1 protein was obtained from a variant of s...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Guttormsen HK,Wetzler LM,Solberg CO

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00