Intracellular growth and cytotoxicity of Mycobacterium haemophilum in a human epithelial cell line (Hec-1-B).

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：:Legionella pneumophila is the predominant cause of Legionnaires' disease in the United States and Europe, while Legionella longbeachae is the common cause of the disease in Western Australia. Although clinical manifestations by both intracellular pathogens are very similar, recent studies have shown that phagosome bio...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Asare R,Santic M,Gobin I,Doric M,Suttles J,Graham JE,Price CD,Abu Kwaik Y

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the second most common infection in humans, making it a global health priority. Nearly half of all women will experience a symptomatic UTI, with uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) being the major causative agent of the infection. Although there has been extensive research on UPEC vi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sintsova A,Smith S,Subashchandrabose S,Mobley HL

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the structural components of the Streptococcus pyogenes membrane between exponential and early stationary phases of growth are reported. The overall protein composition ranged from 70 to 73% of the dry weight of the membranes, irrespective of the phase of growth from which they were isolated. Amino acid ana...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： van de Rijn I,Kessler RE

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) from patients with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) fail to produce microbicidal concentrations of reactive oxygen species (ROS) due to mutations in NOX2. Patients with CGD suffer from severe, life-threatening infections and inflammatory complications. Granulibacter bethesdensis i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Greenberg DE,Sturdevant DE,Marshall-Batty KR,Chu J,Pettinato AM,Virtaneva K,Lane J,Geller BL,Porcella SF,Gallin JI,Holland SM,Zarember KA

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is the etiologic agent of localized aggressive periodontitis, a rapidly progressing oral disease that occurs in adolescents. A. actinomycetemcomitans can also cause systemic disease, including infective endocarditis. In early work on A. actinomycetemcomitans workers concluded that ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Balashova NV,Crosby JA,Al Ghofaily L,Kachlany SC

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endotoxin-treated mice exhibit a rapid rise in the level of the serum amyloid A (SAA) protein, but this effect is not observed in endotoxin-resistant C3H/HeJ mice. To evaluate the role of lymphoid cells in the production of SAA protein, C3H/HeJ mice were adoptively transfused with endotoxin-sensitive (C3H/HeN) bone ma...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rosenstreich DL,McAdam KP

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relapsing fever (RF) is a spirochetal infection characterized by periods of sickness with fever at time of high bacteremia that alternate with afebrile periods of relative well being during low bacteremia. Patients with epidemic RF who are doing relatively well have extraordinarily high levels of interleukin-10 (IL-10...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Londoño D,Marques A,Hornung RL,Cadavid D

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a leading cause of seafood-borne gastroenteritis; however, its virulence mechanisms are not well understood. The identification of type III secreted proteins has provided candidate virulence factors whose functions are still being elucidated. Genotypic strain variability contributes a level ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Casselli T,Lynch T,Southward CM,Jones BW,DeVinney R

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pools of rat antiserum to Plasmodium berghei had different levels of protective activity as assessed by a passive transfer test. Preincubation of parasite inocula with an effective pool before injection did not significantly enhance protective activity. Removal of the antiserum from preincubated parasite inocula aboli...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Brown IN,Phillips RS

更新日期：1974-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Western blot (immunoblot) analysis of sera from cattle vaccinated with Brucella abortus S19 exhibit an elevated serologic response to Hsp62, the GroEL homolog (BaGroEL). Serologic screening of individual cows vaccinated with B. abortus S19 revealed no correlation between the immune response to BaGroEL and protection a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lin J,Adams LG,Ficht TA

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clone expressing a 35.5-kDa recombinant treponemal protein was isolated from a genomic DNA library constructed from Treponema pallidum street strain 14. Polyclonal antiserum raised against the recombinant protein reacted with a corresponding native protein of comparable size in T. pallidum that is specific to the pa...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hubbard CL,Gherardini FC,Bassford PJ Jr,Stamm LV

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of a monoclonal antibody which binds the Cryptococcus neoformans capsule to suspensions of human monocytes, T lymphocytes, and cryptococcal cells (i) enhances interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), tumor necrosis factor alpha, and IL-2 production; (ii) reduces IL-10 secretion; and (iii) promotes T-cell proliferation. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Vecchiarelli A,Retini C,Monari C,Casadevall A

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five mutagens were used to induce mutants of Candida albicans. Ultraviolet light, N-nitroso-N'-methyl-N-nitrosoguanidine, and N-nitroso-N-methylurethane were effective mutagens which induced stable auxotrophs. N-nitroso-N-methylurethane produced the largest number and variety of mutants. Nitrous acid and hydroxylamine...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Savage N,Balish E

更新日期：1971-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glaesserella (Haemophilus) parasuis is a commensal bacterium of the upper respiratory tract in pigs and also the causative agent of Glässer's disease, which causes significant morbidity and mortality in pigs worldwide. Isolates are characterized into 15 serovars by their capsular polysaccharide, which has shown a corr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Eberle KC,Hau SJ,Luan SL,Weinert LA,Stasko JA,Wang J,Peters SE,Langford PR,Rycroft AN,Wren BW,Maskell DJ,Tucker AW,Brockmeier SL

更新日期：2020-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Three strains of anaerobic, dextranase-producing, gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria were isolated from human dental plaque associated with root carious lesions. The isolates produced a molar ratio of acetate to lactate from glucose fermentation ranging from 1.1 to 1.9. Each strain also produced fructose-6-phosphate p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kaster AG,Brown LR

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli is the most common cause of urinary tract infection. Elevated blood and urine interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels have been shown in inflammatory urinary tract diseases. The role of IL-6 in mediating the urodynamic dysfunction in response to E. coli-induced urinary tract infection has not yet been fully eluci...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Weng TI,Wu HY,Lin PY,Liu SH

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the antigenicity of a wild-type flagellate and motile (F+M+) Campylobacter jejuni strain (81116) and two daughter mutants, one flagellate and immotile (F+M-) and one aflagellate and immotile (F-M-). By sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of acid-extracted surface proteins, a 63-kilodal...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Blaser MJ,Hopkins JA,Perez-Perez GI,Cody HJ,Newell DG

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors which control the levels of catalase within yeast cells of Histoplasma capsulatum were studied. Only a small fraction of the total catalase activity could be detected in whole cells. The bulk of the activity was revealed in cell-free extracts or in cells permeabilized with acetone. The formation of the enzyme ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Howard DH

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus somnus causes pneumonia, reproductive failure, infectious myocarditis, thrombotic meningoencephalitis, and other diseases in cattle. Although vasculitis is commonly seen as a result of systemic H. somnus infections, the pathogenesis of vascular damage is poorly characterized. In this study, we demonstrated...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sylte MJ,Corbeil LB,Inzana TJ,Czuprynski CJ

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME) is caused by a tick-borne obligate intracellular pathogen of the order Rickettsiales. HME disease can range from mild to a fatal, toxic shock-like syndrome, yet the mechanisms regulating pathogenesis are not well understood. We define a central role for type I interferons (alpha inte...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhang Y,Thai V,McCabe A,Jones M,MacNamara KC

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to Escherichia coli O and K antigens were raised in rabbits by repeated immunizations with whole, Formalin-killed and, later, liver bacteria. The serum antibody levels were determined with the ammonium sulfate precipitation technique after radioiodinating the antigens. The K antigens had to be conjugated to...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kaijser B,Ahlstedt S

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Initiation of a gonococcal infection involves attachment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to the plasma membrane of an epithelial cell in the mucosal epithelium and its internalization, transepithelial trafficking, and exocytosis from the basal membrane. Piliation and expression of certain Opa proteins and the immunoglobulin ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hopper S,Wilbur JS,Vasquez BL,Larson J,Clary S,Mehr IJ,Seifert HS,So M

更新日期：2000-02-01 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：:Eikenella corrodens normally inhabits the human respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts but is frequently the cause of abscesses at various sites. Using the N-terminal portion of the Moraxella nonliquefaciens pilin gene as a hybridization probe, we cloned two tandemly located pilin genes of E. corrodens 31745, ecpC an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tønjum T,Weir S,Bøvre K,Progulske-Fox A,Marrs CF

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic strains of Yersinia spp. inject a set of Yop effector proteins into eukaryotic cells by using a plasmid-encoded type III secretion system. In this study, we analyzed the inflammatory response of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) after infection with different Yersinia enterocolitica strains. W...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Denecker G,Tötemeyer S,Mota LJ,Troisfontaines P,Lambermont I,Youta C,Stainier I,Ackermann M,Cornelis GR

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A plaque assay system for pathogenic rickettsiae, which utilizes primary chick embryo tissue cultures, is described. It proved to be a highly reproducible measure of infectiousness for Rickettsia rickettsi and R. typhi, which were employed in most studies; as well as for R. canada, R. prowazeki, R. sibirica, R. akari,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wike DA,Tallent G,Peacock MG,Ormsbee RA

更新日期：1972-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the cloning and expression of Ac-GST-1, a novel glutathione S-transferase from the adult hookworm Ancylostoma caninum, and its possible role in parasite blood feeding and as a vaccine target. The predicted Ac-GST-1 open reading frame contains 207 amino acids (mass, 24 kDa) and exhibited up to 65% amino acid ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhan B,Liu S,Perally S,Xue J,Fujiwara R,Brophy P,Xiao S,Liu Y,Feng J,Williamson A,Wang Y,Bueno LL,Mendez S,Goud G,Bethony JM,Hawdon JM,Loukas A,Jones K,Hotez PJ

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coxiella burnetii is the causative agent of Q fever, a zoonotic disease that threatens both human and animal health. Due to the paucity of experimental animal models, little is known about how host factors interface with bacterial components and affect pathogenesis. Here, we used Drosophila melanogaster, in conjunctio...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bastos RG,Howard ZP,Hiroyasu A,Goodman AG

更新日期：2017-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A panel of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) specific for the heat-stable enterotoxin (STh) of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli was produced. All four MAbs (8G7, 53-4, 11C, and SH1) bound to native STh in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to various degrees, with clone SH1 showing the best affinity. The MAbs were screen...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Takeda T,Nair GB,Suzuki K,Zhe HX,Yokoo Y,De Mol P,Hemelhof W,Butzler JP,Takeda Y,Shimonishi Y

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00