Immunoglobulin E anti-Candida antibodies and candidiasis.

abstract：:Several pathogenic fungal organisms enter eukaryotic cells and manipulate the host cell environment to favor their own growth and survival. Aspergillus fumigatus is a saprophytic fungus that causes invasive lung disease in the immunocompromised host. To determine whether A. fumigatus could enter eukaryotic cells, we s...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wasylnka JA,Moore MM

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio parahaemolyticus is the leading cause of bacterial seafood-borne gastroenteritis worldwide, yet little is known about how this pathogen colonizes the human intestine. The alternative sigma factor RpoN/sigma-54 is a global regulator that controls flagellar synthesis, as well as a wide range of nonflagellar genes...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Whitaker WB,Richards GP,Boyd EF

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma brucei subsp. brucei and T. congolense incubated in homologous antibody at 0 degrees C for 30 min were lysed by subsequent addition of guinea pig complement. Trypanosomes incubated in antibody at 37 degrees C before complement treatment remained intact. Parasites bearing adsorbed antibody also remained int...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Balber AE,Bangs JD,Jones SM,Proia RL

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms that govern the initial interaction between Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, a primary dimorphic fungal pathogen, and cells of the innate immunity need to be clarified. Our previous studies showed that Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) and TLR4 regulate the initial interaction of fungal cells with macrophages a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Loures FV,Pina A,Felonato M,Feriotti C,de Araújo EF,Calich VL

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the hypothesis that the Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin gene cluster (egc) can generate new enterotoxin genes by recombination, we analyzed the egc locus in a broad panel of 666 clinical isolates of S. aureus. egc was present in 63% of isolates, confirming its high prevalence. The archetypal organization of ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Thomas DY,Jarraud S,Lemercier B,Cozon G,Echasserieau K,Etienne J,Gougeon ML,Lina G,Vandenesch F

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella infections continue to cause substantial morbidity and mortality throughout the world. However, recent discoveries and new paradigms promise to lead to novel strategies to diagnose, treat, and prevent Salmonella infections. This review provides an update of the Salmonella field based on oral presentations g...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Andrews-Polymenis HL,Bäumler AJ,McCormick BA,Fang FC

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria infection caused by Plasmodium parasites continues to cause enormous morbidity and mortality in areas where it is endemic, and there is no licensed vaccine capable of inducing sterile protection. Hyperimmunization with attenuated whole sporozoites can induce sterile protective immune responses targeting preery...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Billman ZP,Seilie AM,Murphy SC

更新日期：2016-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella pertussis was grown in iron (Fe)-free defined medium to limit the growth of the organism. Doubling times of the Fe-starved organism increased by approximately 1 h, and a 40% reduction in the final extent of growth in Fe-depleted medium was observed. Under these conditions, a hydroxamate siderophore named bo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Agiato LA,Dyer DW

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction of interleukin-8 (IL-8) in vitro has been suggested to correlate with the reactogenicity of Vibrio cholerae vaccine candidates. V. cholerae vaccine candidate 638, a hemagglutinin protease/hap-defective strain, was recently reported to be well tolerated in human volunteers, suggesting a role for Hap in re...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhou X,Gao DQ,Michalski J,Benitez JA,Kaper JB

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OKM5 antigen and thrombospondin are currently under investigation as potential receptors on the surface of human monocytes, endothelial cells, and melanomas responsible for the cytoadherence of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes. We have studies the binding capacity of six human melanoma cell lines and relate...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Panton LJ,Leech JH,Miller LH,Howard RJ

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have established the importance of neutrophils in innate resistance to Listeria monocytogenes infection in mice. The purpose of this study was to determine the importance of neutrophils in acquired resistance to L. monocytogenes infection. Previously immunized mice that were depleted of neutrophils by a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Czuprynski CJ,Brown JF,Wagner RD,Steinberg H

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Killing of Salmonella minnesota and Salmonella typhimurium S and R strains in serum of nonimmune humans and guinea pigs was drastically reduced in the selective absence of C1q, C1r, Ca2+, C4, or C2, the components of the classical complement pathway. Binding of C1 and C1q to the S form and six different core-deficient...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Clas F,Loos M

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus infections are an important public health concern due to their increasing incidence and high rates of mortality. The success of S. aureus as a pathogen is highly related to its enormous capacity to evade the host immune response. The critical role of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) in the ini...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Giai C,Gonzalez C,Ledo C,Garofalo A,Di Genaro MS,Sordelli DO,Gomez MI

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis remains a leading killer worldwide, and new approaches for its treatment and prevention are urgently needed. This effort will benefit greatly from a better understanding of gene regulation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, particularly with respect to this pathogen's response to its host environment. We exam...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Purkayastha A,McCue LA,McDonough KA

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a major component of the pattern recognition receptor repertoire that detect invading microorganisms and direct the vertebrate immune system to eliminate infection. In chickens, the differential biology of Salmonella serovars (systemic versus gut-restricted localization) correlates with ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Iqbal M,Philbin VJ,Withanage GS,Wigley P,Beal RK,Goodchild MJ,Barrow P,McConnell I,Maskell DJ,Young J,Bumstead N,Boyd Y,Smith AL

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytolethal distending toxin (Cdt) of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is an atypical A-B-type toxin consisting of a heterotrimer composed of the cdtA, cdtB, and cdtC gene products. The CdtA and CdtC subunits form two heterogeneous ricin-like lectin domains which bind the holotoxin to the target cell. Point mut...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cao L,Volgina A,Korostoff J,DiRienzo JM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The within-host dynamics of an infection with the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum are the result of a complex interplay between the host immune system and parasite. Continual variation of the P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein (PfEMP1) antigens displayed on the surface of infected red blood cells enable...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Klein EY,Graham AL,Llinás M,Levin S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium ookinetes secrete chitinases to penetrate the acellular, chitin-containing peritrophic matrix of the mosquito midgut en route to invasion of the epithelium. Chitinases are potentially targets that can be used to block malaria transmission. We demonstrate here that chitinases of Plasmodium falciparum and P. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Langer RC,Hayward RE,Tsuboi T,Tachibana M,Torii M,Vinetz JM

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrosis is a significant complication of intestinal disorders associated with microbial dysbiosis and pathobiont expansion, notably Crohn's disease (CD). Mechanisms that favor fibrosis are not well understood, and therapeutic strategies are limited. Here we demonstrate that colitis-susceptible Il10-deficient mice dev...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ellermann M,Gharaibeh RZ,Fulbright L,Dogan B,Moore LN,Broberg CA,Lopez LR,Rothemich AM,Herzog JW,Rogala A,Gordon IO,Rieder F,Brouwer CR,Simpson KW,Jobin C,Sartor RB,Arthur JC

更新日期：2019-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have reported that asialo-GM(1), gangliotetraosylceramide, or moieties serve as epithelial cell receptors for Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Usually this interaction is confirmed with antibodies to asialo-GM(1). However, few, if any, of these reports have evaluated the binding of fresh clinical isolates of P...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schroeder TH,Zaidi T,Pier GB

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the way the major outer membrane protein OmpA of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is recognized by the mouse immune system, by raising a panel of 12 monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against this protein. Interaction between OmpA and these MAbs is competitively inhibited with several-hundredfold dilution...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Singh SP,Williams YU,Miller S,Nikaido H

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several strains of group B Streptococcus agalactiae were found to be lethal for young adult rats. When bacteria were heat killed and then injected intraperitoneally into rats, rapid death (14 to 18 h) of the rats occurred, characterized by labored breathing, hemolyzed serum, hemoglobinuria, and subungual hemorrhages. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Warejcka DJ,Goodrum KJ,Spitznagel JK

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonimmune binding of immunoglobulin to whole bacteria was quantitated for North American isolates of Haemophilus somnus recovered from cattle with pneumonia, reproductive failure (abortion), or thromboembolic meningoencephalitis or from the vagina or prepuce of carrier cattle. Quantitative binding activity covered a w...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Widders PR,Dorrance LA,Yarnall M,Corbeil LB

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomallei group Burkholderia species are facultative intracellular parasites that spread efficiently from cell to cell by a mechanism involving the fusion of adjacent cell membranes. Intercellular fusion requires the function of the cluster 5 type VI secretion system (T6SS-5) and its associated valine-glycine repea...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Toesca IJ,French CT,Miller JF

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly-N-acetyl-glucosamine (PNAG) is a staphylococcal surface polysaccharide influencing biofilm formation that is also under investigation for its vaccine potential. Antibodies that bind to PNAG with either low (<15%) or high (>90%) levels of acetate are superior at opsonic and protective activity compared with antibo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cerca N,Jefferson KK,Maira-Litrán T,Pier DB,Kelly-Quintos C,Goldmann DA,Azeredo J,Pier GB

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthrax lethal toxin (LeTx), consisting of protective antigen (PA) and lethal factor (LF), rapidly kills primary mouse macrophages and macrophage-like cell lines such as RAW 264.7. LF is translocated by PA into the cytosol of target cells, where it acts as a metalloprotease to cleave mitogen-activated protein kinase k...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tang G,Leppla SH

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunoprophylactic effect of chemically inactivated Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A in experimental pseudomonas infections was studied. Exotoxin A toxoids were prepared by Formalin (f-TXD) or glutaraldehyde (g-TXD) treatment. Immunization of mice with three or four doses (10 micrograms each) of f-TXD and the syn...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pavlovskis OR,Edman DC,Leppla SH,Wretlind B,Lewis LR,Martin KE

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to define the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) sensitivity of aged mice in terms of lethality and cytokine production and to determine down-regulating responses of corticosterone and interleukin 10 (IL-10). The 50% lethal doses of LPS in young (6- to 7-week-old) and aged (98- to 102-week-old) mice were...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tateda K,Matsumoto T,Miyazaki S,Yamaguchi K

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous experimentation has highlighted a number of difficulties in the development of carrier-based bivalent vaccines (J.-F. Viret and D. Favre, Biologicals 22:361-372, 1994) In an attempt to obviate these carrier strains. Toward this aim, a series of defined rfbInaba deletion (delta rfbInaba) mutants of the cholera...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Favre D,Cryz SJ Jr,Viret JF

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Piliated Burkholderia (formerly Pseudomonas) cepacia from sputa of cys tic fibrosis patients in Toronto, Canada, were shown earlier to bind to purified mucins and to a protein receptor on epithelial cells via a 22-kDa adhesin located on unique cable pili. However, a second receptor, thought to be lipid in nature, was ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sylvester FA,Sajjan US,Forstner JF

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00