abstract：:Salmonella species utilize type III secretion systems (T3SSs) to translocate effectors into the cytosol of mammalian host cells, subverting cell signaling and facilitating the onset of gastroenteritis. In this study, we compared a draft genome assembly of Salmonella enterica subsp. salamae strain 3588/07 against the g...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pollard DJ,Young JC,Covarelli V,Herrera-León S,Connor TR,Fookes M,Walker D,Echeita A,Thomson NR,Berger CN,Frankel G

更新日期：2016-11-18 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：:Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) initiates infection by colonizing the upper respiratory tract and is a common cause of localized respiratory tract disease. Previous work has established that the NTHi HMW1 and HMW2 proteins are potent adhesins that mediate efficient in vitro adherence to cultured human respir...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rempe KA,Porsch EA,Wilson JM,St Geme JW 3rd

更新日期：2016-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Free-living amoebae of the genus Acanthamoeba can cause severe and chronic infections in humans, mainly localized in immune privileged sites, such as the brain and the eye. Monocytes/macrophages are thought to be involved in Acanthamoeba infections, but little is known about how these facultative parasites influence t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mattana A,Sanna M,Cano A,Delogu G,Erre G,Roberts CW,Henriquez FL,Fiori PL,Cappuccinelli P

更新日期：2016-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor involved in controlling several aspects of immune responses, including the activation and differentiation of specific T cell subsets and antigen-presenting cells, thought to be relevant in the context of experimental Trypanosoma cruzi infec...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Barroso A,Gualdrón-López M,Esper L,Brant F,Araújo RR,Carneiro MB,Ávila TV,Souza DG,Vieira LQ,Rachid MA,Tanowitz HB,Teixeira MM,Machado FS

更新日期：2016-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal segmented filamentous bacteria (SFB) protect from ameba infection, and protection is transferable with bone marrow dendritic cells (BMDCs). SFB cause an increase in serum amyloid A (SAA), suggesting that SAA might mediate SFB's effects on BMDCs. Here we further explored the role of bone marrow in SFB-mediat...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Burgess SL,Saleh M,Cowardin CA,Buonomo E,Noor Z,Watanabe K,Abhyankar M,Lajoie S,Wills-Karp M,Petri WA Jr

更新日期：2016-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional dendritic cells (cDCs) are critical for protection against pulmonary infection with the opportunistic fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans; however, the role of plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) is unknown. We show for the first time that murine pDCs have direct activity against C. neoformans via rea...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hole CR,Leopold Wager CM,Mendiola AS,Wozniak KL,Campuzano A,Lin X,Wormley FL Jr

更新日期：2016-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori secretes a pore-forming VacA toxin that has structural features and activities substantially different from those of other known bacterial toxins. VacA can assemble into multiple types of water-soluble flower-shaped oligomeric structures, and most VacA activities are dependent on its capacity to ol...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： González-Rivera C,Campbell AM,Rutherford SA,Pyburn TM,Foegeding NJ,Barke TL,Spiller BW,McClain MS,Ohi MD,Lacy DB,Cover TL

更新日期：2016-08-19 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：:γ9δ2 T cells provide a natural bridge between innate and adaptive immunity, rapidly and potently respond to pathogen infection in mucosal tissues, and are prominently induced by both tuberculosis (TB) infection and bacillus Calmette Guérin (BCG) vaccination. Mycobacterium-expanded γ9δ2 T cells represent only a subset ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Xia M,Hesser DC,De P,Sakala IG,Spencer CT,Kirkwood JS,Abate G,Chatterjee D,Dobos KM,Hoft DF

更新日期：2016-08-19 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：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a leading cause of hospital-acquired pneumonia and chronic lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients. Iron is essential for bacterial growth, and P. aeruginosa expresses multiple iron uptake systems, whose role in lung infection deserves further investigation. P. aeruginosa Fe(3+) uptake sy...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Minandri F,Imperi F,Frangipani E,Bonchi C,Visaggio D,Facchini M,Pasquali P,Bragonzi A,Visca P

更新日期：2016-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of a vaccine is essential for the elimination of malaria. However, despite many years of effort, a successful vaccine has not been achieved. Most subunit vaccine candidates tested in clinical trials have provided limited efficacy, and thus attenuated whole-parasite vaccines are now receiving close scru...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Raja AI,Cai Y,Reiman JM,Groves P,Chakravarty S,McPhun V,Doolan DL,Cockburn I,Hoffman SL,Stanisic DI,Good MF

更新日期：2016-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus suis serotype 2 is an encapsulated bacterium and one of the most important bacterial pathogens in the porcine industry. Despite decades of research for an efficient vaccine, none is currently available. Based on the success achieved with other encapsulated pathogens, a glycoconjugate vaccine strategy was...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Goyette-Desjardins G,Calzas C,Shiao TC,Neubauer A,Kempker J,Roy R,Gottschalk M,Segura M

更新日期：2016-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular response is an essential aspect of an effective immune response to periodontal disease pathogens, as new blood vessel formation contributes to wound healing and inflammation. Gaining a greater understanding of the factors that affect vascular response may then contribute to future breakthroughs in dental medi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mendes RT,Nguyen D,Stephens D,Pamuk F,Fernandes D,Van Dyke TE,Kantarci A

更新日期：2016-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioluminescent reporter assays have been widely used to study the effect of Toxoplasma gondii on host gene expression. In the present study, we extend these studies by engineering novel reporter cell lines containing a gamma-activated sequence (GAS) element driving firefly luciferase (FLUC). In RAW264.7 macrophages, T...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Olias P,Sibley LD

更新日期：2016-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma cruzi species is categorized into six discrete typing units (TcI to TcVI) of which TcI is most abundantly noted in the sylvatic transmission cycle and considered the major cause of human disease. In our study, the TcI strains Colombiana (COL), SylvioX10/4 (SYL), and a cultured clone (TCC) exhibited differe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zago MP,Hosakote YM,Koo SJ,Dhiman M,Piñeyro MD,Parodi-Talice A,Basombrio MA,Robello C,Garg NJ

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogen attachment to host cells is a key process during infection, and inhibition of pathogen adhesion is a promising approach to the prevention of infectious disease. We have previously shown that multivalent adhesion molecules (MAMs) are abundant in both pathogenic and commensal bacterial species, mediate early at...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Al-Saedi F,Stones DH,Vaz DP,Krachler AM

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The Yersinia high-pathogenicity island (HPI) is common to multiple virulence strategies used by Escherichia coli strains associated with urinary tract infection (UTI). Among the genes in this island are ybtP and ybtQ, encoding distinctive ATP binding cassette (ABC) proteins associated with iron(III)-yersiniabactin imp...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Koh EI,Hung CS,Henderson JP

更新日期：2016-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:G protein-coupled receptor kinase 5 (GRK5) is a serine/threonine kinase previously shown to mediate polymicrobial sepsis-induced inflammation. The goal of the present study was to examine the role of GRK5 in monomicrobial pulmonary infection by using an intratracheal Escherichia coli infection model of pneumonia. We u...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Packiriswamy N,Steury M,McCabe IC,Fitzgerald SD,Parameswaran N

更新日期：2016-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously identified a cell wall-associated protein from Fusobacterium nucleatum, a Gram-negative bacterium of the oral cavity, that induces human beta defensin 2 (hBD-2) in primary human oral epithelial cells (HOECs) and designated it FAD-I (Fusobacterium-associated defensin inducer). Here, we report differential...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bhattacharyya S,Ghosh SK,Shokeen B,Eapan B,Lux R,Kiselar J,Nithianantham S,Young A,Pandiyan P,McCormick TS,Weinberg A

更新日期：2016-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with Giardia duodenalis is one of the most common causes of diarrheal disease in the world. While numerous studies have identified important contributions of adaptive immune responses to parasite control, much less work has examined innate immunity and its connections to the adaptive response during this inf...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Li E,Tako EA,Singer SM

更新日期：2016-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous work, we identified xanthine oxidase (XO) as an important enzyme in the interaction between the host and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli(EPEC) and Shiga-toxigenic E. coli(STEC). Many of the biological effects of XO were due to the hydrogen peroxide produced by the enzyme. We wondered, however, if uric ac...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Crane JK,Broome JE,Lis A

更新日期：2016-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious agents are often considered potential triggers of chronic inflammatory disease, including autoimmunity; however, direct evidence is usually lacking. Here we show that following control of acute infection of mice with the myotropic Colombiana strain of Trypanosoma cruzi, parasites persisted in tissue at low ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Roffê E,Marino APMP,Weaver J,Wan W,de Araújo FF,Hoffman V,Santiago HC,Murphy PM

更新日期：2016-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence obtained from gene knockout studies supports the role of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) in intestinal inflammation and microbiota recognition. Increased epithelial TLR4 expression is observed in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. However, little is known of the effect of increased TLR4 signaling on intest...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dheer R,Santaolalla R,Davies JM,Lang JK,Phillips MC,Pastorini C,Vazquez-Pertejo MT,Abreu MT

更新日期：2016-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The leading malaria vaccine candidate, RTS,S, based on the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein (CSP), will likely be the first publicly adopted malaria vaccine. However, this and other subunit vaccines, such as virus-vectored thrombospondin-related adhesive protein (TRAP), provide only intermediate to low l...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bauza K,Atcheson E,Malinauskas T,Blagborough AM,Reyes-Sandoval A

更新日期：2015-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a ubiquitous bacterium and an emerging nosocomial pathogen. This bacterium is resistant to many antibiotics, associated with a number of infections, and a significant health risk, especially for immunocompromised patients. Given that Caenorhabditis elegans shares many conserved genetic ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： White CV,Darby BJ,Breeden RJ,Herman MA

更新日期：2015-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The coagulase-negative species Staphylococcus lugdunensis is an emerging cause of serious and potentially life-threatening infections, such as infective endocarditis. The pathogenesis of these infections is characterized by the ability of S. lugdunensis to form biofilms on either biotic or abiotic surfaces. To elucida...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rajendran NB,Eikmeier J,Becker K,Hussain M,Peters G,Heilmann C

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis is one of the most important infectious diseases worldwide. The susceptibility to this disease depends to a great extent on the innate immune response against mycobacteria. Host defense peptides (HDP) are one of the first barriers to counteract infection. Cathelicidin (LL-37) is an HDP that has many immun...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Torres-Juarez F,Cardenas-Vargas A,Montoya-Rosales A,González-Curiel I,Garcia-Hernandez MH,Enciso-Moreno JA,Hancock RE,Rivas-Santiago B

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi, a causative agent of Lyme borreliosis, is a zoonotic pathogen that survives in nutrient-limited environments within a tick, prior to transmission to its mammalian host. Survival under these prolonged nutrient-limited conditions is thought to be similar to survival during stationary phase, which i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fazzino L,Tilly K,Dulebohn DP,Rosa PA

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American Heart Association supports an association between periodontal diseases and atherosclerosis but not a causal association. This study explores the use of the integrin β6(-/-) mouse model to study the causality. We investigated the ability of a polymicrobial consortium of Porphyromonas gingivalis, Treponema ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Velsko IM,Chukkapalli SS,Rivera-Kweh MF,Zheng D,Aukhil I,Lucas AR,Larjava H,Kesavalu L

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between bacteria and fibronectin is believed to play an important role in the pathogenicity of clinically important Gram-positive cocci. In the present study, we identified a gene encoding a predicted fibronectin-binding protein of Enterococcus faecium (fnm), a homologue of Streptococcus pneumoniae pav...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Somarajan SR,La Rosa SL,Singh KV,Roh JH,Höök M,Murray BE

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria elimination efforts would benefit from vaccines that block transmission of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes from humans to mosquitoes. A clear understanding of gametocyte-specific antibody responses in exposed populations could help determine whether transmission-blocking vaccines (TBV) would be boosted by na...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Skinner J,Huang CY,Waisberg M,Felgner PL,Doumbo OK,Ongoiba A,Kayentao K,Traore B,Crompton PD,Williamson KC

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) from patients with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) fail to produce microbicidal concentrations of reactive oxygen species (ROS) due to mutations in NOX2. Patients with CGD suffer from severe, life-threatening infections and inflammatory complications. Granulibacter bethesdensis i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Greenberg DE,Sturdevant DE,Marshall-Batty KR,Chu J,Pettinato AM,Virtaneva K,Lane J,Geller BL,Porcella SF,Gallin JI,Holland SM,Zarember KA

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial fatty acids (AFAs) protect the human epidermis against invasion by pathogenic bacteria. In this study, we questioned whether human skin fatty acids (FAs) can be incorporated into the lipid moiety of lipoproteins and whether such incorporation would have an impact on innate immune stimulation in the model...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nguyen MT,Hanzelmann D,Härtner T,Peschel A,Götz F

更新日期：2015-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Intra-abdominal polymicrobial infections cause significant morbidity and mortality. An experimental mouse model of Candida albicans-Staphylococcus aureus intra-abdominal infection (IAI) results in 100% mortality by 48 to 72 h postinoculation, while monomicrobial infections are avirulent. Mortality is associated with r...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nash EE,Peters BM,Fidel PL,Noverr MC

更新日期：2015-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:During acute infection with bacteria, viruses or parasites, a fraction of macrophages engulf large numbers of red and white blood cells, a process called hemophagocytosis. Hemophagocytes persist into the chronic stage of infection and have an anti-inflammatory phenotype. Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium infecti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McDonald EM,Pilonieta MC,Nick HJ,Detweiler CS

更新日期：2015-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the cell wall-anchored fibronectin-binding proteins SpsD and SpsL from the canine commensal and pathogen Staphylococcus pseudintermedius for their role in promoting bacterial invasion of canine progenitor epidermal keratinocytes (CPEK). Invasion was examined by the gentamicin protection ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pietrocola G,Gianotti V,Richards A,Nobile G,Geoghegan JA,Rindi S,Monk IR,Bordt AS,Foster TJ,Fitzgerald JR,Speziale P

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intraerythrocytic apicomplexan Babesia microti, the primary causative agent of human babesiosis, is a major public health concern in the United States and elsewhere. Apicomplexans utilize a multiprotein complex that includes a type I membrane protein called apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA1) to invade host cells. We...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Moitra P,Zheng H,Anantharaman V,Banerjee R,Takeda K,Kozakai Y,Lepore T,Krause PJ,Aravind L,Kumar S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila is a bacterial pathogen that thrives in alveolar macrophages, causing a severe pneumonia. The virulence of L. pneumophila depends on its Dot/Icm type IV secretion system (T4SS), which delivers more than 300 effector proteins into the host, where they rewire cellular signaling to establish a repl...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schroeder GN,Aurass P,Oates CV,Tate EW,Hartland EL,Flieger A,Frankel G

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00