Role of tumor necrosis factor alpha in pathogenesis of pneumococcal pneumonia in mice.

abstract：:Streptococcus suis capsular type 2 is an important etiological agent of swine meningitis, and it is also a zoonotic agent. Since one hypothesis of the pathogenesis of S. suis infection is that bacteria enter the bloodstream and invade the meninges and other tissues in close association with mononuclear phagocytes, the...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Segura M,Gottschalk M

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the role of bacterial mannose-resistant fimbriation of S fimbriae (Fim), mannose-resistant hemagglutination (S-Mrh), and hemolysin (Hly) production by an Escherichia coli parent and genetically cloned strains as regards their effect on histamine release from rat mast cells and generation of the chemilu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： König B,König W,Scheffer J,Hacker J,Goebel W

更新日期：1986-12-01 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：:Cutaneous lesions of the human sexually transmitted genital ulcer disease chancroid are characterized by the presence of intraepidermal pustules, keratinocyte cytopathology, and epidermal and dermal erosion. These lesions are replete with neutrophils, macrophages, and CD4(+) T cells and contain very low numbers of cel...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： San Mateo LR,Toffer KL,Orndorff PE,Kawula TH

更新日期：1999-09-01 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：:Staphylococcus aureus is an important opportunistic pathogen and is the etiological agent of many hospital- and community-acquired infections. The golden pigment, staphyloxanthin, of S. aureus colonies distinguishes it from other staphylococci and related Gram-positive cocci. Staphyloxanthin is the product of a series...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hall JW,Yang J,Guo H,Ji Y

更新日期：2017-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A recombinant 23-kDa protein (rBPI23) derived from human bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI) possesses potent endotoxin-neutralizing abilities in vitro and in vivo. Binding of rBPI23 to those endotoxins (lipopolysaccharides [LPSs]) encountered clinically would be a prerequisite for efficacy in decreasin...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Appelmelk BJ,An YQ,Thijs BG,MacLaren DM,de Graaff J

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabbit lymphoid cells from spleen, peripheral blood, and peritoneal cavity lacked killer (K)-cell activity against cell lines of rabbit and human origin, including virus-infected human tumor cells. This lack of activity was not affected by antibody concentration, source of antibodies, effector/target cell ratio, or le...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Karavodin LM,Sidell N,Woan MC,Tompkins WA

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular source of interleukin-6 (IL-6) during infection of mice with Listeria monocytogenes was investigated both in vitro and in vivo. Peritoneal cells taken at intervals from infected mice and cultured in vitro without added stimulus produced high titers of IL-6 peaking 2 days postinfection in a time course sim...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Liu Z,Cheers C

更新日期：1993-06-01 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：:The adherence of 58 nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae isolates obtained from patients with otitis media or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obtained from the throats of healthy individuals to Chang and NCI-H292 epithelial cells was compared. Otitis media isolates, but not COPD isolates, adhered signif...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： van Schilfgaarde M,van Ulsen P,Eijk P,Brand M,Stam M,Kouame J,van Alphen L,Dankert J

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus ducreyi previously has been shown to inhibit the phagocytosis of both secondary targets and itself by certain cells in vitro. Wild-type H. ducreyi strain 35000HP contains two genes, lspA1 and lspA2, whose encoded protein products are predicted to be 456 and 543 kDa, respectively. An isogenic mutant of H. d...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Vakevainen M,Greenberg S,Hansen EJ

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult murine models of Cryptosporidium infection involving Cryptosporidium muris and C. parvum were used to study immunity to cryptosporidiosis in the mammalian host. Immunocompetent BALB/c or C57BL/6 mice developed a highly patent infection with the RN 66 strain of C. muris but overcame the infection and were immune ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McDonald V,Deer R,Uni S,Iseki M,Bancroft GJ

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum from rabbits immunized with either heat-killed or live nonencapsulated Staphylococcus aureus failed further to enhance phagocytosis and intracellular killing of the homologous organism by either normal rabbit polymorphonuclear leukocytes or monocytes, when compared with normal rabbit serum. These immune sera did...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Shayegani M

更新日期：1970-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli strains expressing the K1 capsule are a major cause of sepsis and meningitis in human neonates. The development of these diseases is dependent on the expression of a range of virulence factors, many of which remain uncharacterized. Here, we show that all but 1 of 34 E. coli K1 neonatal isolates carrie...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McCarthy AJ,Martin P,Cloup E,Stabler RA,Oswald E,Taylor PW

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Entamoeba histolytica and its reptilian counterpart and encystation model Entamoeba invadens formed a polarized monopodial morphology when treated with pentoxifylline. This morphology was propelled by retrograde flow of the cell surface resulting from a cyclic sol-gel conversion of cytoplasm and a stable bleb at the l...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Krishnan D,Ghosh SK

更新日期：2020-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we demonstrate the capability of Chlamydia trachomatis to infect cultured human mesothelial cell (MC) monolayers and to induce the production of the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin 1beta (IL-1beta) and IL-8. Seventy-two hours after initial infection, both the procoagulant activity of MC and the act...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： van Westreenen M,Pronk A,Diepersloot RJ,de Groot PG,Leguit P

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interactions between Capnocytophaga ochracea ATCC 33596 and Streptococcus sanguis H1, Actinomyces naeslundii PK984, or Actinomyces israelii PK16 are dependent on specific recognitions between heat-sensitive adhesins on C. ochracea and heat-stable structures (probably carbohydrate-containing receptors) on the surfa...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Weiss EI,London J,Kolenbrander PE,Kagermeier AS,Andersen RN

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have suggested that the Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAK pilus adhesin moiety resides in an epithelial cell-binding domain located in the C-terminal region of the PAK pilin structural protein. Synthetic peptides Ac17red (a synthetic peptide with a sequence identical to that of PAK pilin residues 128 to 144,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Irvin RT,Doig P,Lee KK,Sastry PA,Paranchych W,Todd T,Hodges RS

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are currently studying the soluble egg antigens of Schistosoma japonicum in an attempt to determine which antigens are potent immunogens. Previously, we demonstrated by Ouchterlony immunodiffusion and inhibition of the circumoval precipitin test that the glycoprotein fraction of soluble egg antigens contains the an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Long GW,Lewert RM,Pelley RP

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have determined the nucleotide sequence of the 1.4-kilobase DNA fragment containing the plasminogen activator gene (pla) of Yersinia pestis, which determines both plasminogen activator and coagulase activities of the species. The sequence revealed the presence of a 936-base-pair open reading frame that constitutes ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sodeinde OA,Goguen JD

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The urease gene cluster from the virulent Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 1 strain CM5 was cloned and sequenced. The urease activity was associated with a 6.3-kbp region which contains eight long open reading frames (ORFs). The structural genes, ureABC, are separated from the accessory genes, ureEFGD, by a 61...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bossé JT,MacInnes JI

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysteine proteases, including Arg-gingipain of Porphyromonas gingivalis, have been implicated as important virulence factors in periodontal diseases. These enzymes are also involved in the hemagglutinating activity of the organisms. In order to determine the role of proteases in the colonization of the gingival margin...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tokuda M,Duncan M,Cho MI,Kuramitsu HK

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid and reproducible method of bacteriocin typing is described based on leakage of ultraviolet light-absorbing material (UVAM), detectable in supernatants of bacteriocin-sensitive cultures, by means of a spectrophotometer. The prerequisites for reproducible results, with nonsignificant fluctuations in standard err...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Farkas-Himsley H,Pagel A

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brazilian purpuric fever (BPF)-associated Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius strain F3031 contains two identical copies of a five gene cluster (hifA to hifE) encoding pili similar to well-characterized Hif fimbriae of H. influenzae type b. HifE, the putative pilus tip adhesin of F3031, shares only 40% amino aci...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Read TD,Satola SW,Opdyke JA,Farley MM

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NOD) protein 1 (NOD1) and NOD2 are pathogen recognition receptors that sense breakdown products of peptidoglycan (PGN) (muropeptides). It is shown that a number of these muropeptides can induce tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) gene expression without significant TNF-al...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wolfert MA,Roychowdhury A,Boons GJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile causes pseudomembranous colitis in humans. The enterotoxin (i.e., toxin A) from this organism is believed to be responsible for the initial intestinal pathology associated with this disease. Previous work shows that this toxin binds to carbohydrates that contain Gal alpha 1-3Gal beta 1-4GlcNAc. H...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tucker KD,Wilkins TD

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Naegleria fowleri produces fatal meningoencephalitis in humans and in experimentally infected laboratory animals. The course of the disease in mice is dependent upon the infecting dose of amoebae, route of inoculation, and prior exposure to Naegleria antigens. DUB/ICR mice were immunized by various routes and antigen ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： John DT,Weik RR,Adams AC

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In evolving to an obligate intracellular niche, Chlamydia has streamlined its genome by eliminating superfluous genes as it relies on the host cell for a variety of nutritional needs like amino acids. However, Chlamydia can experience amino acid starvation when the human host cell in which the bacteria reside is expos...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ouellette SP,Rueden KJ,Rucks EA

更新日期：2016-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown previously that serum from chronically infected patients with cystic fibrosis inhibits the phagocytosis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by both normal and cystic fibrosis alveolar macrophages. In the present study, the ability of peripheral monocytes and polymorphonuclear leukocytes from normal volunteers ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Thomassen MJ,Demko CA,Wood RE,Sherman JM

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00