Species-, serogroup-, and serovar-specific epitopes are juxtaposed in variable sequence region 4 of the major outer membrane proteins of some Chlamydia trachomatis serovars.

abstract：:Brucella spp. are intracellular bacteria that cause the most frequent zoonosis in the world. Although recent work has advanced the field of Brucella vaccine development, there remains no safe human vaccine. In order to produce a safe and effective human vaccine, the immune response to Brucella spp. requires greater un...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Durward MA,Harms J,Magnani DM,Eskra L,Splitter GA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hookworm glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are critical for parasite blood feeding and survival and represent potential targets for vaccination. Three cDNAs, each encoding a full-length GST protein from the human hookworm Necator americanus (and designated Na-GST-1, Na-GST-2, and Na-GST-3, respectively) were isolated ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhan B,Perally S,Brophy PM,Xue J,Goud G,Liu S,Deumic V,de Oliveira LM,Bethony J,Bottazzi ME,Jiang D,Gillespie P,Xiao SH,Gupta R,Loukas A,Ranjit N,Lustigman S,Oksov Y,Hotez P

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells of the laboratory strain 3153A of Candida albicans can be stimulated to undergo high-frequency phenotypic switching by a low dose of UV. We have compared the adhesive properties of cells exhibiting the basic original smooth (o-smooth) phenotype and three switch phenotypes (star, irregular wrinkle, and revertant ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Vargas K,Wertz PW,Drake D,Morrow B,Soll DR

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae responds to environmental changes by altering the protein composition of its outer membrane. In rich medium, V. cholerae expresses almost exclusively the outer membrane porin OmpU, whereas in minimal medium, OmpT is the dominant porin. The supplementation of a minimal medium with a mixture of asparagin...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mey AR,Craig SA,Payne SM

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endothelium is a specific target for Bartonella henselae, and endothelial cell infection represents an important step in the pathogenesis of cat scratch disease and bacillary angiomatosis. Mechanisms of Bartonella-endothelial cell interaction as well as signaling pathways involved in target cell activation were an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fuhrmann O,Arvand M,Göhler A,Schmid M,Krüll M,Hippenstiel S,Seybold J,Dehio C,Suttorp N

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia pseudomallei is a CDC tier 1 select agent that causes melioidosis, a severe disease in humans and animals. Persistent infections are common, and there is currently no vaccine available. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a potential vaccine candidate. B. pseudomallei expresses three serologically distinct LPS ty...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wikraiphat C,Saiprom N,Tandhavanant S,Heiss C,Azadi P,Wongsuvan G,Tuanyok A,Holden MT,Burtnick MN,Brett PJ,Peacock SJ,Chantratita N

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated a potential requirement of two-component signal transduction systems for acid resistance in Helicobacter pylori. In comparison to a wild-type strain, isogenic strains with null mutations in either HP0165 or HP1364 histidine kinases were impaired in their ability to grow at pH 5.0. The gr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Loh JT,Cover TL

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumonic tularemia is a life-threatening disease caused by inhalation of the highly infectious intracellular bacterium Francisella tularensis. The most serious form of the disease associated with the type A strains can be prevented in experimental animals through vaccination with the attenuated live vaccine strain (L...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mara-Koosham G,Hutt JA,Lyons CR,Wu TH

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared infection and transformation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBM) of Boran cattle and African buffalo in vitro to determine whether differences occurred which could account for the greater susceptibility of Boran cattle to infection with Theileria parva subsp. parva and T. parva subsp. lawre...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Baldwin CL,Malu MN,Kinuthia SW,Conrad PA,Grootenhuis JG

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukosis viruses of seven subgroups were tested for oncogenicity in chickens susceptible to virus infection and to development of lymphoid leukosis (LL) tumors. All subgroup A viruses and the subgroup B virus tested produced a high incidence of LL and other related neoplasms. Viruses of subgroup C and RAV-61 of subgro...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Purchase HG,Okazaki W,Vogt PK,Hanafusa H,Burmester BR,Crittenden LB

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for stimulating sensitized lymphocytes by inactivated herpes simplex virus was established by using cultures of washed whole blood cells. The development of the immune response of herpes simplex virus-infected guinea pigs was examined at different times in the 4-month period after infection. Humoral and cellu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Scriba M

更新日期：1974-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four mouse monoclonal antibodies have been developed which react with Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen 5. Each of these monoclonal antibodies has been used to prepare immunoabsorbents, and antigen has been isolated from unheated M. tuberculosis H37Ra culture filtrate by affinity chromatography with these absorbents....

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Daniel TM,Gonchoroff NJ,Katzmann JA,Olds GR

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have performed microarray hybridization studies on 40 clinical isolates from 12 common serovars within Salmonella enterica subspecies I to identify the conserved chromosomal gene pool. We were able to separate the core invariant portion of the genome by a novel mathematical approach using a decision tree based on g...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Anjum MF,Marooney C,Fookes M,Baker S,Dougan G,Ivens A,Woodward MJ

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficient utilization of heme as an iron (Fe) source by Bordetella avium requires bhuR, an Fe-regulated gene which encodes an outer membrane heme receptor. Upstream of bhuR is a 507-bp open reading frame, hereby designated rhuI (for regulator of heme uptake), which codes for a 19-kDa polypeptide. Whereas the 19-kDa po...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kirby AE,Metzger DJ,Murphy ER,Connell TD

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage is a risk factor for infection in humans, particularly in the hospital environment. Attenuation of carriage has proven effective in reducing the prevalence of infection in some high-risk groups. To study staphylococcal factors that influence nasal colonization, a mouse model of S. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kiser KB,Cantey-Kiser JM,Lee JC

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) in resistance to Toxoplasma gondii infection was examined by means of experiments in which mice were treated with anti-TNF antibodies prior to infection with ME49, a low-virulence Toxoplasma strain. In (BALB/cBy x C57BL/6J)F1 (CB6F1) mice, which are highly resistant to in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Johnson LL

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxin preparations were obtained by growing Clostridium difficile VPI strain 10463 in 2-liter brain heart infusion dialysis flasks at 37 degrees C for 3 days. The initial step of the purification scheme involved ultrafiltration through an XM-100 membrane filter. Two toxic activities, designated toxins A and B, were se...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sullivan NM,Pellett S,Wilkins TD

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffusely adhering Escherichia coli (DAEC) strains expressing F1845 fimbrial adhesin or Dr hemagglutinin belonging to the Afa/Dr family of adhesins infect cultured polarized human intestinal cells through recognition of the brush border-associated decay-accelerating factor (DAF; CD55) as a receptor. The wild-type Afa/...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Peiffer I,Guignot J,Barbat A,Carnoy C,Moseley SL,Nowicki BJ,Servin AL,Bernet-Camard MF

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urogenital Chlamydia serovars replicating in reproductive epithelium pose a unique challenge to host immunity and vaccine development. Previous studies have shown that CD4 T cells are necessary and sufficient to clear primary Chlamydia muridarum genital tract infections in the mouse model, making a protective CD4 T ce...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Johnson RM,Yu H,Kerr MS,Slaven JE,Karunakaran KP,Brunham RC

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis grows within the phagocytic vacuoles of macrophages, where it encounters a moderately acidic and possibly nutrient-restricted environment. Other mycobacterial species encounter acidic conditions in soil and aquatic environments. We have evaluated the influence of pH and divalent cation level...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Piddington DL,Kashkouli A,Buchmeier NA

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combining sites of type 1 fimbrial lectins of various species of enterobacteria were studied by measuring the inhibitory activity of linear and branched oligosaccharides and several glycosides of D-mannose on the agglutination of yeast cells by the organisms. The results showed that all five strains of Escherichia...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Firon N,Ofek I,Sharon N

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Localized juvenile periodontosis is associated with a defect of neutrophil chemotaxis that is characterized by selective depletion of a surface protein with a molecular mass of 110 kDa (GP110). Data on partial characterization of GP110 suggest that it is a glycoprotein which is enriched in Lys, Glu, His, Leu, and Ala ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tripathi SC,Van Dyke TE

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously demonstrated the suppression of cell-mediated immunity to Listeria monocytogenes by Pseudomonas aeruginosa-induced, macrophage-like cells. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the mechanism for this suppression. P. aeruginosa supernatant was shown to activate macrophages by the criteria of increa...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Petit JC,Richard G,Burghoffer B,Daguet GL

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes that do not cause arthritis or carditis were developed and used to investigate Lyme disease pathogenesis. A clonal isolate of B. burgdorferi N40 (cN40), which induces disease in C3H/HeN (C3H) mice, was repeatedly passaged in vitro to generate nonpathogenic spirochetes. The passage 75 i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Anguita J,Samanta S,Revilla B,Suk K,Das S,Barthold SW,Fikrig E

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：:Type IV pili (Tfp) of gram-negative species share many characteristics, including a common architecture and conserved biogenesis pathway. Much less is known about the regulation of Tfp expression in response to changing environmental conditions. We investigated the diversity of Tfp regulatory systems by searching for ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Boekema BK,Van Putten JP,Stockhofe-Zurwieden N,Smith HE

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphology and pathology of cultured mouse glomeruli were examined at the cellular and subcellular levels after infection with a physiological isotonic L-form of Streptococcus pyogenes type 12 or exposure to streptococcal lipoteichoic acid. These changes, as viewed by light microscopy, were identical regardless of...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tomlinson K,Leon O,Panos C

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Passive protection, the administration of antibodies to prevent infection, has garnered significant interest in recent years as a potential prophylactic countermeasure to decrease the prevalence of hospital-acquired infections. Pili, polymerized protein structures covalently anchored to the peptidoglycan wall of many ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pinkston KL,Singh KV,Gao P,Wilganowski N,Robinson H,Ghosh S,Azhdarinia A,Sevick-Muraca EM,Murray BE,Harvey BR

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the heavy (H)- and light (L)-chain variable (V) region nucleotide and translated amino acid sequences of the human immunoglobulin M(kappa) monoclonal antibody (MAb) 5E1, which is specific for the polysaccharide capsule of Escherichia coli K1 and Neisseria meningitidis group B (poly[alpha(2-->8)-N-acetyln...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Azmi FH,Lucas AH,Raff HV,Granoff DM

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ehrlichia chaffeensis is a recently isolated minute gram-negative obligatory intracellular bacterium of monocytes/macrophages and is the etiologic agent of human monocytic ehrlichiosis. It is not known how macrophages respond when they encounter ehrlichiae in terms of cytokine production. In this study, we examined cy...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lee EH,Rikihisa Y

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00