Nucleotide sequence encoding the mannose-fucose-resistant hemagglutinin of Vibrio cholerae O1 and construction of a mutant.

abstract：:The gastric spirillum Helicobacter felis, originally isolated from the cat stomach, colonizes the stomachs of germfree rats. Studies were designed to examine the pathological and serological responses of germfree rats inoculated orally with H. felis. At 2 weeks postinoculation, the gastric mucosa of germfree rats had ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fox JG,Lee A,Otto G,Taylor NS,Murphy JC

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One rabbit pathogenic Escherichia coli strain, belonging to serogroup O103, harbors a self-transferable 117-kb plasmid (pREC-1) encoding resistance to several antibiotics. The role of this R plasmid in the colonization of the digestive tract in specific-pathogen-free (E. coli O103-free) rabbits was studied. Five-week-...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Reynaud A,Federighi M,Licois D,Guillot JF,Joly B

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The comparative immunogenicity of the two cross-reacting group 6 pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides, type 6A(6) and type 6B(26), was studied with hyperimmune rabbit typing antisera and with sera from adult volunteers injected with polyvalent pneumococcal vaccines containing either 50 mug of type 6A (U.S. designatio...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Robbins JB,Lee CJ,Rastogi SC,Schiffman G,Henrichsen J

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus [GBS]) is the leading cause of neonatal pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis. An in silico genome analysis indicated that GBS strain NEM316 encodes 35 proteins containing an LPXTG motif which are thought to be covalently linked to the peptidoglycan by an enzyme called sorta...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lalioui L,Pellegrini E,Dramsi S,Baptista M,Bourgeois N,Doucet-Populaire F,Rusniok C,Zouine M,Glaser P,Kunst F,Poyart C,Trieu-Cuot P

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To produce chronic infection, microbial pathogens must escape host immune defenses. Infection with the human pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is typically chronic. To understand the mechanism by which C. neoformans survives in tissue after the infection of immunocompetent hosts, we systematically studied the ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Feldmesser M,Kress Y,Novikoff P,Casadevall A

更新日期：2000-07-01 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：:Coagulation and inflammation are interconnected, suggesting that coagulation plays a key role in the inflammatory response to pathogens. A phenome-wide association study (PheWAS) was used to identify clinical phenotypes of patients with a polymorphism in coagulation factor X. Patients with this single nucleotide polym...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Choby JE,Monteith AJ,Himmel LE,Margaritis P,Shirey-Rice JK,Pruijssers A,Jerome RN,Pulley J,Skaar EP

更新日期：2019-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated a possible cause-and-effect relationship between sensitization against Actinomyces viscosus Nyl and destructive periodontal disease in RIC-Sprague-Dawley rats. Germfree rats (66) were either immunized with A. viscosus Nyl (day 20) or orally infected with A. viscosus Nyl (days 38 and 39) or both. We mea...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Burckhardt JJ,Gaegauf-Zollinger R,Schmid R,Guggenheim B

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis is associated with high levels of morbidity, decreased production, and early culling in dairy cattle. Clinical symptoms of Johne's disease include persistent diarrhea, inappetence, and resultant weight loss due to chronic inflammation of the small intestine. A...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Aho AD,McNulty AM,Coussens PM

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gram-negative bacterial cells exposed to a complement source may carry membrane attack complexes containing variable numbers of C9 molecules per C5b-8 site. In order to investigate the assembly of this complex, the ability of C9 molecules to bind to C5b-8 complexes was compared with the binding characteristics of C9 f...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： MacKay SL,Dankert JR

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxicity of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (endotoxin) is, to a large extent, mediated by the activation of monocytes/macrophages and subsequent release of monokines, such as interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha). It is known that LPS binds readily to serum lipoproteins and that LPS-lipoprotein co...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Flegel WA,Wölpl A,Männel DN,Northoff H

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria is an asymmetric lipid bilayer that consists of inner leaflet phospholipids and outer leaflet lipopolysaccharides (LPS). The asymmetric character and unique biochemistry of LPS molecules contribute to the OM's ability to function as a molecular permeability barrier tha...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Giordano NP,Cian MB,Dalebroux ZD

更新日期：2020-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common infectious diseases of humans, with Escherichia coli responsible for >80% of all cases. One extreme of UTI is asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU), which occurs as an asymptomatic carrier state that resembles commensalism. To understand the evolution and molecular me...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Beatson SA,Ben Zakour NL,Totsika M,Forde BM,Watts RE,Mabbett AN,Szubert JM,Sarkar S,Phan MD,Peters KM,Petty NK,Alikhan NF,Sullivan MJ,Gawthorne JA,Stanton-Cook M,Nhu NT,Chong TM,Yin WF,Chan KG,Hancock V,Ussery DW

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human peripheral blood monocytes become apoptotic following phagocytosis of Staphylococcus aureus. In this study, we investigated the mechanisms involved in this phenomenon. Cells exposed to bacteria were examined for the surface expression of Fas and Fas ligand (FasL). The level of soluble form of FasL was also measu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Baran J,Weglarczyk K,Mysiak M,Guzik K,Ernst M,Flad HD,Pryjma J

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia cenocepacia, a member of the B. cepacia complex, is an opportunistic pathogen that causes serious infections in patients with cystic fibrosis. We identified a six-gene cluster in chromosome 1 encoding a two-component regulatory system (BCAL2831 and BCAL2830) and an HtrA protease (BCAL2829) hypothesized to...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Flannagan RS,Aubert D,Kooi C,Sokol PA,Valvano MA

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surface coat of Trypanosoma brucei, formed by about 10(7) molecules of the membrane-form variant surface glycoprotein (mfVSG) per cell, is generally considered to constitute a barrier against the access of antibodies directed to invariant surface proteins. The recent characterization of two invariant surface glyco...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ziegelbauer K,Overath P

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto is the major causative agent of Lyme disease in the United States, while B. garinii and B. afzelii are more prevalent in Europe. The highly complex genome of B. burgdorferi is comprised of a linear chromosome and a large number of variably sized linear and circular plasmids. Many pla...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chan K,Casjens S,Parveen N

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) or mixtures of RSV and its specific antibody on the oxidative metabolic activity of human polymorphonuclear leukocytes was studied by the technique of luminol-dependent chemiluminescence. Peripheral blood neutrophils obtained from normal healthy donors were used. RSV alo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kaul TN,Faden H,Ogra PL

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the ability of two overlapping fragments of staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB), which encompass the whole toxin, to induce protection and also examined if passive transfer of chicken anti-SEB antibodies raised against the holotoxin could protect rhesus monkeys against aerosolized SEB. Although both fra...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： LeClaire RD,Hunt RE,Bavari S

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:l-Arginine (1 M) eluted measles virus adsorbed on monkey erythrocytes without affecting the infectious and hemagglutinating activities of the virus. This phenomenon was also observed for encephalomyocarditis virus and Newcastle disease virus. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lebon P,Protat A,Moline P

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptosporidial infections in severe combined immune deficient (SCID) mice produce a chronic disease state which in the later stages leads to extraintestinal involvement and hepatic dysfunction. To further characterize the infection dynamics in this model and monitor the changes in the hepatic system, a dose titration...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mead JR,Ilksoy N,You X,Belenkaya Y,Arrowood MJ,Fallon MT,Schinazi RF

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans is a major opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised patients. Production of proinflammatory cytokines by host cells in response to C. albicans plays a critical role in the activation of immune cells and final clearance of the organism. Invasion of host cells and tissues is considered one of the vir...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Villar CC,Kashleva H,Mitchell AP,Dongari-Bagtzoglou A

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactoferrin (LF) is a multifunctional immunoregulatory protein that has been associated with host defense at mucosal surfaces through its antibacterial properties. The antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties of LF were further explored with an animal model of experimental urinary tract infection. Bovine LF (bLF...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Håversen LA,Engberg I,Baltzer L,Dolphin G,Hanson LA,Mattsby-Baltzer I

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) strains have been associated with sporadic cases and outbreaks of hemorrhagic colitis and with the hemolytic uremic syndrome in humans. Since adherence of enteric pathogens to epithelial surfaces is often a prerequisite for the subsequent delivery of bacterial enterotox...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sherman P,Soni R,Karmali M

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the role of complement in pneumococcal and staphylococcal pneumonia, we decomplemented rats with cobra venom factor and inoculated them intratracheally with Staphylococcus aureus or type 25 pneumococci. S. aureus produced a patchy bronchopneumonia in normal Sprague-Dawley or Lewis rats, and decomplementati...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Coonrod JD,Yoneda K

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is common after renal transplantation, and cytomegaloviruria occurs in about two-thirds of the recipients. These observations suggest that the allografts may be a site of latent infection with CMV and its reactivation may be the source of viruria. To investigate this possibility, 130 ki...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Naraqi S,Jackson GG,Jonasson O,Rubenis M

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protective efficacy of Mycobacterium bovis BCG can be markedly augmented by stable integration of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genomic region RD1. BCG complemented with RD1 (BCG::RD1) encodes nine additional proteins. Among them, 10-kDa culture filtrate protein (CFP-10) and ESAT-6 (6-kDa early secreted antigenic tar...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Demangel C,Brodin P,Cockle PJ,Brosch R,Majlessi L,Leclerc C,Cole ST

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fasciola hepatica is a prevalent helminth parasite of livestock. Infection results in polarization of the host's immune response and generation of type 2 helper (Th2) immune responses, which are known to be inhibitory to Th1 responses. Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) is a bacterial disease of economic and zoonotic importanc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Flynn RJ,Mannion C,Golden O,Hacariz O,Mulcahy G

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lungs of conventional rats with chronic pneumonia contained Streptobacillus moniliformis and Mycoplasma pulmonis. These organisms singly and in combination failed to produce lung disease when inoculated into specific pathogen-free rats. On the other hand, diseased lung homogenate not containing cultivable organism...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gay FW,Maguire ME,Baskerville A

更新日期：1972-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular survival of Chlamydia psittaci is in part dependent on the ability of the organism to thwart phagolysosome formation. Circumvention of phagolysosome fusion could be either localized to chlamydia-laden vacuoles or generalized to all phagosomes in the host cell. To determine which of these modes is in oper...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Eissenberg LG,Wyrick PB

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00