The Yersinia enterocolitica GsrA stress protein, involved in intracellular survival, is induced by macrophage phagocytosis.

abstract：:Polyinosinate-polycytidylate [poly(I).poly(C)]-induced interferon production in cultures of human foreskin fibroblast strains was increased by ultraviolet irradiation of cells at the time of exposure to inducer or at 2 h after induction. Incubation of cells with interferon prior to induction (priming) and ultraviolet ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mozes LW,Havell EA,Gradoville ML,Vilcek J

更新日期：1974-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria gonorrhoeae is generally considered to be an obligate aerobe; it can, however, grow in the absence of oxygen by anaerobic respiration by using nitrite as a terminal electron acceptor. The outer membrane protein compositions of aerobically and anaerobically grown N. gonorrhoeae strains were compared by one- a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Clark VL,Campbell LA,Palermo DA,Evans TM,Klimpel KW

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells in the Brucella spp. are intracellular pathogens that survive and replicate within host monocytes. Brucella maintains persistent infections in animals despite the production of high levels of anti-Brucella-specific antibodies. To determine the effect of antibody opsonization on the ability of Brucella to establi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bellaire BH,Roop RM 2nd,Cardelli JA

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed an in vitro culture method to characterize the expression of bacterial genes under conditions mimicking the colonic environment. Our culture system (the intestinal simulator) comprised a continuous-flow anaerobic culture which was inoculated with fecal samples from healthy volunteers. As a test organism, ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ruiz-Perez F,Sheikh J,Davis S,Boedeker EC,Nataro JP

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of translocation of viable Escherichia coli C25 from the gastrointestinal tract to the mesenteric lymph nodes was compared in gnotobiotic mice colonized with only E. coli C25 and in gnotobiotic mice colonized with E. coli C25 plus the whole cecal flora from specific pathogen-free mice. The population lev...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Berg RD,Owens WE

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage recognition of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium leads to a cascade of signaling events, including the activation of Src family and Syk kinases and the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are critical for host innate defense during early stages of bacterial infection. ROS production dep...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Charles JF,Humphrey MB,Zhao X,Quarles E,Nakamura MC,Aderem A,Seaman WE,Smith KD

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Earlier work had shown that a collection of anaerobic bacteria, in conjunction with facultative anaerobes, may be implanted into germfree mice, thereby rendering the animals "normal" with respect to a variety of parameters tested. The present experiments indicate that a different collection of anaerobic bacteria, isol...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Freter R,Abrams GD

更新日期：1972-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydial inclusions were demonstrated by indirect immunofluorescence (IF) with antiserum to the chlamydial group antigen when McCoy cell monolayers infected with either Chlamydia trachomatis or Chlamydia psittaci were fixed in formaldehyde or paraformaldehyde, provided the monolayer was not allowed to dry. If these ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Richmond SJ,Stirling P

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Listeria monocytogenes colonized the gastrointestinal tract of adult germfree rats (10(10) to 10(11)/g, dry weight) within 24 h after oral exposure. Between 3 and 14 days after monoassociation, L. monocytogenes caused a self-limiting pseudomembranous colitis, bacteremia, and infection of the spleen and liver. Monoasso...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Czuprynski CJ,Balish E

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygenated fatty acids, or oxylipins, play an essential role in physiological signaling and developmental processes in animals, plants, and fungi. Previous characterization of three Aspergillus fumigatus dioxygenases (PpoA, PpoB, and PpoC), similar in sequence to mammalian cyclooxygenases, showed that PpoA is responsi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dagenais TR,Chung D,Giles SS,Hull CM,Andes D,Keller NP

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously demonstrated that plasmid-deficient Chlamydia muridarum retains the ability to infect the murine genital tract but does not elicit oviduct pathology because it fails to activate Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2). We derived a plasmid-cured derivative of the human genital isolate Chlamydia trachomatis D/UW-3/Cx...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： O'Connell CM,AbdelRahman YM,Green E,Darville HK,Saira K,Smith B,Darville T,Scurlock AM,Meyer CR,Belland RJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：:Streptococcus mutans Ingbritt was grown anaerobically in a chemostat, at a rate (mean generation time, 13 h) similar to that in dental plaque, in a complex medium with excess glucose and at pH values of 6.5, 6.0, and 5.5. The yield of cells was constant at pH 6.5 and 6.0 (2.00 mg/ml) but fell to 1.25 at pH 5.5; Y(gluc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hamilton IR,Ellwood DC

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study has demonstrated the extreme sensitivity of Chlamydia trachomatis growing in McCoy cells to small changes in external amino acid supply. In the absence of cycloheximide, a decrease in the amino acid concentration of medium to 75% of control values was sufficient to induce the growth of enlarged chlamydial f...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Harper A,Pogson CI,Jones ML,Pearce JH

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minor salivary glands of the oral mucosa in healthy monkeys (Macaca fascicularis and Macaca mulatta) contain organized structural units suitable for recognizing and processing antigens. A previous study of M. fascicularis monkeys provided experimental evidence of retrograde access of oral antigens deep into the minor ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nair PN,Schroeder HE

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is a food-borne pathogen with a low infectious dose that colonizes the colon in humans and can cause severe clinical manifestations such as hemolytic-uremic syndrome. The urease enzyme, encoded in the STEC chromosome, has been demonstrated to act as a virulence factor in o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Steyert SR,Kaper JB

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of human monocytes, macrophages, and polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) on the fungal pathogen Blastomyces dermatitidis in vitro. Peripheral blood monocyte monolayers significantly inhibited the replication of a virulent strain (V) and an avirulent strain (AV) of...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Brummer E,Stevens DA

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast form of the dimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum survives within macrophages after phagocytosis. To do so, it must avoid, inhibit, or resist a variety of toxic oxygen metabolites. Using ferricytochrome c reduction to assay superoxide release, we examined the response of mouse macrophages to the yeast form...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Eissenberg LG,Goldman WE

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attenuated Yersinia pestis pgm strains, such as KIM5, lack the siderophore yersiniabactin. Strain KIM5 does not induce significant pneumonia when delivered intranasally. In this study, mice were found to develop pneumonia after intranasal challenge with strain KIM5 when they were injected intraperitoneally with iron d...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Galván EM,Nair MK,Chen H,Del Piero F,Schifferli DM

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four monoclonal antibodies against Escherichia coli J5 were studied. Each of these monoclonal antibodies reacted with purified lipopolysaccharides from E. coli J5, the deep rough mutant Salmonella minnesota Re595, Agrobacterium tumefaciens, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 as well as with the purified lipid A of P. aer...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mutharia LM,Crockford G,Bogard WC Jr,Hancock RE

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant resistance against influenza virus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections was induced when trehalose dimycolate from M. tuberculosis or M. bovis but not M. avium was combined with muramyl dipeptide. Trehalose dimycolate from M. tuberculosis, in contrast to that from M. avium, could confer resistance aga...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Masihi KN,Brehmer W,Lange W,Werner H,Ribi E

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages can undergo apoptosis after infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This macrophage response deprives the bacillus of its niche cell and supports the host response through better antigen presentation. The intracellular pathways of apoptosis that elaborate this macrophage response are not well understood...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： O'Sullivan MP,O'Leary S,Kelly DM,Keane J

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Chagas' disease parasite Trypanosoma cruzi commonly infects humans through skin abrasions or mucosa from reduviid bug excreta. Yet most studies on animal models start with subcutaneous or intraperitoneal injections, a distant approximation of the skin abrasion route. We show here that atraumatic placement of T. cr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Caradonna K,Pereiraperrin M

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：:Pneumolysin is a 471-amino-acid toxin produced by Streptococcus pneumoniae which has both cytolytic and complement activation properties. We have constructed a derivative of the type 2 S. pneumoniae strain D39 in which the portion of the pneumolysin gene encoding amino acids 55 to 437 has been deleted in-frame. The vi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Berry AM,Ogunniyi AD,Miller DC,Paton JC

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unique permissiveness of A/J mouse macrophages for replication of Legionella pneumophila is caused by a deficiency in the Nod-like receptor (NLR) protein and intracellular sensor for L. pneumophila flagellin (Naip5). The signaling pathways and proteins activated by Naip5 sensing in macrophages were investigated. T...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fortier A,Doiron K,Saleh M,Grinstein S,Gros P

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonopsonic invasion of mononuclear phagocytes by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is likely important in the establishment of a primary infection in the lung. M. tuberculosis binds to a variety of phagocyte receptors, of which the mannose receptor and complement receptor type 3 (CR3) may support nonopsonic binding. CR3, a b...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cywes C,Godenir NL,Hoppe HC,Scholle RR,Steyn LM,Kirsch RE,Ehlers MR

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attachment of Treponema denticola ATCC 35405 to laminin, a major basement membrane protein, and to other proteins was studied. Microdilution plates were coated with the proteins, and the attachment of T. denticola was measured by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technique. Compared with bovine serum albumin (BSA)...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Haapasalo M,Singh U,McBride BC,Uitto VJ

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibody WM-25 inhibited the in vitro growth of 13 F38 isolates from goats with contagious caprine pleuropneumonia but not 7 heterologous mycoplasma isolates representing four different species. In contrast to results with polyclonal antisera, growth inhibition by monoclonal antibody WM-25 was specific for ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rurangirwa FR,McGuire TC,Musoke AJ,Kibor A

更新日期：1987-12-01 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