Saccharomyces boulardii protease inhibits Clostridium difficile toxin A effects in the rat ileum.

abstract：:Infection of L cells with Chlamydia psittaci inhibited the burst of deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis that occurs when the host cells are released from a double thymidine block. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tribby II,Moulder JW

更新日期：1971-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific stimulation of T cells by phytohemagglutinin and Lens culinaris lectin was inhibited by a soluble factor(s) secreted by normal adherent cells stimulated with culture filtrate protein extract (CFPE) derived from bacterial cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra (avirulent) and H37Rv (virulent). The induct...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Parra C,Montaño LF,Huesca M,Rayón I,Willms K,Goodsaid F

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The salmonid macrophage-like cell line RTS-11 and purified trout pronephros phagocytes were used to analyze in vitro entry and survival of two Streptococcus iniae serotypes. Efficient invasion by S. iniae occurred in both cells, but only the type II strain persisted in pronephros phagocytes for at least 48 h. Ex vivo ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zlotkin A,Chilmonczyk S,Eyngor M,Hurvitz A,Ghittino C,Eldar A

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 70-kilobase pYV plasmid of Yersinia enterocolitica encodes a set of proteins called Yops that are produced during infection. To use Y. enterocolitica as a live carrier to present the cholera toxin B (CT-B) subunit to the immune system, we constructed an operon fusion between ctxB and the yop51 gene. This operon fu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sory MP,Hermand P,Vaerman JP,Cornelis GR

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabbits are not usually susceptible to intestinal Shigella infection without extensive pretreatment, including starvation and administration of antimicrobial, antimotility, and toxic agents (carbon tetrachloride). Most animals infected this way die rapidly and do not always develop colonic lesions and signs of dysente...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rabbani GH,Albert MJ,Rahman H,Islam M,Mahalanabis D,Kabir I,Alam K,Ansaruzzaman M

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli 536 (O6:K15:H31), which was isolated from a case of urinary tract infection, determines high nephropathogenicity in a rat pyelonephritis system as measured by renal bacterial counts 7 days after infection. The loss of S fimbrial adhesin formation (Sfa-) (mannose-resistant hemagglutination [Mrh-] and f...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Marre R,Hacker J,Henkel W,Goebel W

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured the microbicidal peptides MCP-1 and MCP-2 in rabbit alveolar macrophages (AM), comparing rabbits pretreated with complete Freund adjuvant with untreated control animals. Levels of MCP-1 increased from 4.7 +/- 0.6 microgram/10(7) resident AM to 13.2 +/- 0.1 microgram/10(7) complete Freund adjuvant-elicited ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lehrer RI,Szklarek D,Selsted ME,Fleischmann J

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased resistance to infection with Brucella abortus 2308 resulted when recombinant murine gamma interferon (rMuIFN-gamma) was given to mice both before and during infection but not when given only before infection. Mice given rMuIFN-gamma had enhanced peritoneal and splenic macrophage bactericidal activity against...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Stevens MG,Pugh GW Jr,Tabatabai LB

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) cause extraintestinal disease in avian species via respiratory tract infection. Virulence factors associated with APEC include type 1 and P fimbriae, curli, aerobactin, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), K1 capsular antigen, temperature-sensitive hemagglutinin (Tsh), and an uncharacteri...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mellata M,Dho-Moulin M,Dozois CM,Curtiss R 3rd,Lehoux B,Fairbrother JM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteroides spp. may contribute to the chronicity of mixed infections by affecting the normal functions of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN). This study evaluated the physiologic and biochemical responses of human peripheral blood PMN to a variety of strains of the oral periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas (Bacteroides...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Novak MJ,Cohen HJ

更新日期：1991-09-01 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：:Understanding the extent to which genetic factors influence the immune response is important in the development of subunit vaccines. Associations with HLA gene polymorphisms appear insufficient to explain the range of variation in immune responses to vaccines and to infections by major pathogens. In this study of Gamb...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Jepson A,Banya W,Sisay-Joof F,Hassan-King M,Nunes C,Bennett S,Whittle H

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is responsible for large numbers of postsurgical nosocomial infections across the United States and worldwide. Propofol anesthesia is widely used in surgery and in intensive care units, and recent evidence indicates that even brief exposure to propofol can substantial...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Visvabharathy L,Freitag NE

更新日期：2017-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive fungal infections represent an increasing problem associated with high mortality. The present study was undertaken to identify leukocyte subsets that are activated by hyphal fragments in a whole-human-blood model, as well as to examine the involvement of CD14 and Toll-like receptors (TLRs) in activation of mo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wang JE,Warris A,Ellingsen EA,Jørgensen PF,Flo TH,Espevik T,Solberg R,Verweij PE,Aasen AO

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An LT-B-ST (LT-B/ST) fusion peptide was constructed by genetically joining the 5' terminus of a synthetic gene coding for the heat-stable enterotoxin (ST) of Escherichia coli to the 3' terminus of the gene coding for the binding subunit of the heat-labile enterotoxin (LT-B) of E. coli. An eight-amino-acid, proline-con...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cárdenas L,Clements JD

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous bacterial pathogens use type III secretion systems (T3SSs) or T4SSs to inject or translocate virulence proteins into eukaryotic cells. Several different reporter systems have been developed to measure the translocation of these proteins. In this study, a peptide tag-based reporter system was developed and use...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Garcia JT,Ferracci F,Jackson MW,Joseph SS,Pattis I,Plano LR,Fischer W,Plano GV

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hybridoma cell lines which produced monoclonal antibodies against cholera toxin were isolated. These cell lines were detected with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay screening procedure with purified cholera toxin or subunit A of cholera toxin. Seven cell lines were characterized with respect to their reactivity wit...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Robb M,Nichols JC,Whoriskey SK,Murphy JR

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have reported that human vascular endothelial cells lack the membrane-bound lipopolysaccharide (LPS) receptor, CD14 (mCD14). By optimizing assay conditions, including the selection of anti-CD14 monoclonal antibody, we now demonstrate that human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) express CD14 on ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Jersmann HP,Hii CS,Hodge GL,Ferrante A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work in our laboratory has shown that corticosterone increases the susceptibility of macrophages from Bcgs mice to the growth of Mycobacterium avium. The innate antimycobacterial activity of macrophages from Bcgr mice was not affected by corticosterone. In contrast to the differential effect of corticosterone...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Brown DH,LaFuse W,Zwilling BS

更新日期：1995-08-01 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：:Recombinant major surface antigen (P30), which was produced as a glutathione S-transferase (EC 2.5.1.18) fusion protein of Toxoplasma gondii, was found to be able to activate macrophages to kill T. gondii in vitro. The macrophage activation was due to P30 in the fusion protein, not to glutathione S-transferase. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Makioka A,Kobayashi A

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hallmark of Bartonella henselae is persistent bacteremia in cats despite the presence of a vigorous host immune response. To understand better the long-term survival of B. henselae in cats, we examined the feline humoral immune response to B. henselae outer membrane (OM) proteins in naturally and experimentally infe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chenoweth MR,Greene CE,Krause DC,Gherardini FC

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyst cell wall β-glucans of Pneumocystis have been shown to stimulate immune responses in lung epithelial cells, dendritic cells, and alveolar macrophages. Little is known about how the trophic life forms, which do not have a fungal cell wall, interact with these innate immune cells. Here, we report differences in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Evans HM,Bryant GL 3rd,Garvy BA

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen 2 (Ag2), a major immunoreactive component of Coccidioides immitis mycelium- and spherule-phase cell walls, was recently cloned in our laboratory and was shown to elicit T-cell responses in Coccidioides-immune mice. In this investigation, we evaluated recombinant Ag2 (rAg2) and PCR-generated Ag2 truncations for...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhu Y,Tryon V,Magee DM,Cox RA

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic-resistant recombinants obtained from mating antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli with virulent, antibiotic-sensitive Salmonella typhimurium are generally avirulent. After 32 consecutive transfers, two of four avirulent recombinants regained their virulence without loss of episome-mediated resistance. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Thiele EH

更新日期：1970-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of CD4+ cells and gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) in the resolution of established Cryptosporidium parvum infection was investigated with a murine model of cryptosporidiosis in severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice. C. parvum-infected SCID mice were reconstituted with spleen cells from immunocompeten...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chen W,Harp JA,Harmsen AG

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation is induced in iron-restricted growth conditions in vitro. In this study, we showed that Emp and Eap play important roles in low-iron-induced biofilm formation of S. aureus Newman. Eap and Emp are secreted proteins which are non-covalently attached to the S. aureus cell surface a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Johnson M,Cockayne A,Morrissey JA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial heat shock proteins (HSP) are dominant antigens for the host immune response. Because of the high sequence homology between mammalian and microbial HSP, their value as component of a subunit vaccine has been the subject of controversy. Previous work from this laboratory, however, demonstrated for the first t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Noll A,AutenriethIB

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An anti-glucosyltransferase serum was prepared against a pure enzyme preparation from Streptococcus sanguis OMZ 9, which synthesized both soluble and insoluble dextran. Sera, crude gamma globulins, and antibody fractions obtained after gel filtration on a Bio-Gel P200 column were used to study enzyme-antibody interact...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Klein JP,Schöller M,Frank RM

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria meningitidis is a major cause of sepsis and meningitis but is also a common commensal, present in the nasopharynx of between 8 and 20% of healthy individuals. During carriage, the bacterium is found on the surface of the nasopharyngeal epithelium and in deeper tissues, while to develop disease the meningococ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sutherland TC,Quattroni P,Exley RM,Tang CM

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00