abstract：:Neisseria meningitidis is the causative agent of meningococcal disease. Onset of meningococcal disease can be extremely rapid and can kill within a matter of hours. However, although a much-feared pathogen, Neisseria meningitidis is frequently found in the nasopharyngeal mucosae of healthy carriers. The bacterial fact...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ren X,MacKichan JK

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is a by-product of glycerol metabolism in mycoplasmas and has been shown to cause cytotoxicity for cocultured eukaryotic cells. There appears to be selective pressure for mycoplasmas to retain the genes needed for glycerol metabolism. This has generated interest and speculation as to their fun...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Szczepanek SM,Boccaccio M,Pflaum K,Liao X,Geary SJ

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae is a fermentative microorganism and causes serious diseases in humans, including otitis media, bacteremia, meningitis, and pneumonia. However, the mechanisms enabling pneumococcal survival in the host and causing disease in different tissues are incompletely understood. The available evidence ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gaspar P,Al-Bayati FA,Andrew PW,Neves AR,Yesilkaya H

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis) is a major etiologic agent of nontyphoid salmonellosis in the United States. S. Enteritidis persistently and silently colonizes the intestinal and reproductive tract of laying hens, resulting in contaminated poultry products. The consumption of contaminated poul...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McKelvey JA,Yang M,Jiang Y,Zhang S

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strain superinfection occurs when a second pathogen strain infects a host already infected with a primary strain. The selective pressures that drive strain divergence, which underlies superinfection, and allow penetration of a new strain into a host population are critical knowledge gaps relevant to shifts in infectio...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Vallejo Esquerra E,Herndon DR,Alpirez Mendoza F,Mosqueda J,Palmer GH

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrosalpinx induction in mice by Chlamydia muridarum infection, a model that has been used to study C. trachomatis pathogenesis in women, is known to depend on the cryptic plasmid that encodes eight genes designated pgp1 to pgp8. To identify the plasmid-encoded pathogenic determinants, we evaluated C. muridarum trans...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Liu Y,Huang Y,Yang Z,Sun Y,Gong S,Hou S,Chen C,Li Z,Liu Q,Wu Y,Baseman J,Zhong G

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio vulnificus causes rapidly progressing septicemia with an extremely high mortality rate (≥50%), even with aggressive antibiotic treatment. The bacteria secrete multifunctional autoprocessing repeats-in-toxin (MARTX) toxins, which are involved in the pathogenesis of Gram-negative Vibrio species. Recently, we repo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lee TH,Cha SS,Lee CS,Rhee JH,Chung KM

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In nature, mixed Borrelia burgdorferi infections are common and possibly can be acquired by either superinfection or coinfection. Superinfection by heterologous B. burgdorferi strains has been established experimentally, although the ability of homologous B. burgdorferi clones to superinfect a host has not been studie...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rogovskyy AS,Bankhead T

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enteric pathogens enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and enterohemorrhagic E. coli employ a type 3 secretion system (T3SS) to manipulate the host inflammatory response during infection. Previously, it has been reported that EPEC, in a T3SS-dependent manner, induces an early proinflammatory response through a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pallett MA,Berger CN,Pearson JS,Hartland EL,Frankel G

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work we immunized mice with DNA encoding full-length Tc52 or its amino- or carboxy-terminal (N- and C-term, respectively) domain carried by attenuated Salmonella as a DNA delivery system. As expected, Salmonella-mediated DNA delivery resulted in low antibody titers and a predominantly Th1 response, as shown by...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Matos MN,Cazorla SI,Bivona AE,Morales C,Guzmán CA,Malchiodi EL

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diverse pathogens have evolved to survive and replicate in the endosomes or phagosomes of the host cells and establish persistent infection. Ehrlichiae are Gram-negative, intracellular bacteria that are transmitted by ticks. Ehrlichiae reside in the endosomes of the host phagocytic or endothelial cells and establish p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Singh AK,Thirumalapura NR

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The obligate intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii critically relies on host cell invasion during infection. Proteins secreted from the apical micronemes are central components for host cell recognition, invasion, egress, and virulence. Although previous work established that the sporozoite protein with an altered ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Huynh MH,Boulanger MJ,Carruthers VB

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The virulence of Candida albicans in a mouse model of invasive candidiasis is dependent on the phospholipids phosphatidylserine (PS) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE). Disruption of the PS synthase gene CHO1 (i.e., cho1Δ/Δ) eliminates PS and blocks the de novo pathway for PE biosynthesis. In addition, the cho1Δ/Δ muta...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Davis SE,Hopke A,Minkin SC Jr,Montedonico AE,Wheeler RT,Reynolds TB

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the innate immune response against microbial infections in Drosophila melanogaster involve mutant strains and their reference strains that act as experimental controls. We used five standard D. melanogaster laboratory reference strains (Oregon R, w1118, Canton-S, Cinnabar Brown, and Yellow White [YW]) and i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Eleftherianos I,More K,Spivack S,Paulin E,Khojandi A,Shukla S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A heterogeneous subset of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) strains, referred to as uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC), causes most uncomplicated urinary tract infections. However, no core set of virulence factors exists among UPEC strains. Instead, the focus of the analysis of urovirulence has shifted to ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Engstrom MD,Alteri CJ,Mobley HL

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal epithelial cells (IECs), including secretory goblet cells, form essential physiochemical barriers that separate luminal bacteria from underlying immune cells in the intestinal mucosa. IECs are common targets for enteric bacterial pathogens, with hosts responding to these microbes through innate toll-like re...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bhinder G,Stahl M,Sham HP,Crowley SM,Morampudi V,Dalwadi U,Ma C,Jacobson K,Vallance BA

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) frequently occurs in patients with respiratory disease and is particularly prevalent in patients with cystic fibrosis. GER is a condition in which the duodenogastric contents of the stomach leak into the esophagus, in many cases resulting in aspiration into the respiratory tract. As such,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Legendre C,Reen FJ,Woods DF,Mooij MJ,Adams C,O'Gara F

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both interleukin-17A (IL-17A) and IL-17F are proinflammatory cytokines that have an important role in intestinal homeostasis via receptor signaling. These cytokines have been characterized in chickens, but very little is known about their receptors and their functional activity. We provide here the first description o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kim WH,Jeong J,Park AR,Yim D,Kim S,Chang HH,Yang SH,Kim DH,Lillehoj HS,Min W

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in periodontal status are associated with shifts in the composition of the bacterial community in the periodontal pocket. The relative abundances of several newly recognized microbial species, including Filifactor alocis, as-yet-unculturable organisms, and other fastidious organisms have raised questions on th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Aruni AW,Zhang K,Dou Y,Fletcher H

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protozoan parasite Giardia duodenalis (Giardia lamblia) is one of the most commonly found intestinal pathogens in mammals, including humans. In the current study, a Giardia muris-mouse model was used to analyze cytokine transcription patterns and histological changes in intestinal tissue at different time points d...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dreesen L,De Bosscher K,Grit G,Staels B,Lubberts E,Bauge E,Geldhof P

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:YopE is a virulence factor that is secreted into host cells infected by Yersinia species. The YopE C-terminal domain has GTPase-activating protein (GAP) activity. The YopE N-terminal domain contains an epitope that is an immunodominant CD8(+) T cell antigen during primary infection of C57BL/6 mice with Yersinia pseudo...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhang Y,Mena P,Romanov G,Bliska JB

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lower genital tract infection with Chlamydia trachomatis and C. muridarum can induce long-lasting hydrosalpinx in the upper genital tract of women and female mice, respectively. However, A/J mice were highly resistant to induction of long-lasting hydrosalpinx by C. muridarum. We further compared host inflammatory resp...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhang H,Zhou Z,Chen J,Wu G,Yang Z,Zhou Z,Baseman J,Zhang J,Reddick RL,Zhong G

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The route of pathogen inoculation by needle has been shown to influence the outcome of infection. Employing needle inoculation of the obligately intracellular parasite Leishmania major, which is transmitted in nature following intradermal (i.d.) deposition of parasites by the bite of an infected sand fly, we identifie...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ribeiro-Gomes FL,Roma EH,Carneiro MB,Doria NA,Sacks DL,Peters NC

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we have investigated the evolution and impact on virulence of a 350-kb genomic duplication present in the most recently evolved members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis East Asian lineage. In a mouse model of infection, comparing HN878 subclones HN878-27 (no duplication) and HN878-45 (with the 3...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Domenech P,Rog A,Moolji JU,Radomski N,Fallow A,Leon-Solis L,Bowes J,Behr MA,Reed MB

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi elicits a potent cytokine response through activation of multiple signaling receptors on innate immune cells. Spirochetal lipoproteins initiate expression of NF-κB-dependent cytokines primarily via TLR2, whereas type I interferon (IFN) production is induced through the endosomal receptors TLR7 and...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Love AC,Schwartz I,Petzke MM

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virulent Streptococcus suis serotype 2 strains are invasive extracellular bacteria causing septicemia and meningitis in piglets and humans. One objective of this study was to elucidate the function of complement in innate immune defense against S. suis. Experimental infection of wild-type (WT) and C3(-/-) mice demonst...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Seitz M,Beineke A,Singpiel A,Willenborg J,Dutow P,Goethe R,Valentin-Weigand P,Klos A,Baums CG

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae, a Gram-positive bacterial pathogen, causes pneumonia, meningitis, and septicemia. Innate immune responses are critical for the control and pathology of pneumococcal infections. It has been demonstrated that S. pneumoniae induces the production of type I interferons (IFNs) by host cells and th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fang R,Hara H,Sakai S,Hernandez-Cuellar E,Mitsuyama M,Kawamura I,Tsuchiya K

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia pseudomallei is a Gram-negative rod and the causative agent of melioidosis, an emerging infectious disease of tropical and subtropical areas worldwide. B. pseudomallei harbors a remarkable number of virulence factors, including six type VI secretion systems (T6SS). Using our previously described plaque as...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hopf V,Göhler A,Eske-Pogodda K,Bast A,Steinmetz I,Breitbach K

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the cytokine/chemokine secretions and alteration of protein expression from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) cocultured with adult liver flukes (Opisthorchis viverrini) for 6 to 24 h. PBMC-derived proteins were identified by two-dimensional electrophoresis and mass spectrometry, and the cytok...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hongsrichan N,Intuyod K,Pinlaor P,Khoontawad J,Yongvanit P,Wongkham C,Roytrakul S,Pinlaor S

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cronobacter sakazakii is an opportunistic pathogen that causes neonatal meningitis and necrotizing enterocolitis. Its interaction with intestinal epithelium is important in the pathogenesis of enteric infections. In this study, we investigated the involvement of the inv gene in the virulence of C. sakazakii ATCC 29544...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chandrapala D,Kim K,Choi Y,Senevirathne A,Kang DH,Ryu S,Kim KP

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protective immunity to Plasmodium falciparum malaria acquired after natural exposure is largely antibody mediated. IgG-specific P. falciparum EMP1 (PfEMP1) proteins on the infected erythrocyte surface are particularly important. The transient antibody responses and the slowly acquired protective immunity probably refl...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ampomah P,Stevenson L,Ofori MF,Barfod L,Hviid L

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli O157:H7, a major Shiga toxin-producing pathogen, has a low infectious dose and causes serious illness in humans. The gastrointestinal tract of cattle is the primary reservoir of E. coli O157:H7, and thus, it is critical to eliminate or reduce E. coli O157:H7 gut colonization. Given that E. coli O157:H...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Xue Y,Zhang H,Wang H,Hu J,Du M,Zhu MJ

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella bronchiseptica is a Gram-negative bacterium that infects and causes disease in a wide variety of animals. B. bronchiseptica also infects humans, thereby demonstrating zoonotic transmission. An extensive characterization of human B. bronchiseptica isolates is needed to better understand the distinct genetic ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sukumar N,Nicholson TL,Conover MS,Ganguly T,Deora R

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：: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：:Human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME) is caused by a tick-borne obligate intracellular pathogen of the order Rickettsiales. HME disease can range from mild to a fatal, toxic shock-like syndrome, yet the mechanisms regulating pathogenesis are not well understood. We define a central role for type I interferons (alpha inte...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhang Y,Thai V,McCabe A,Jones M,MacNamara KC

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) is defined as the triad of anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute kidney injury. Enterohemorrhagic Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (EHEC), which causes a prodromal hemorrhagic enteritis, remains the most common etiology of the typical or epidemic form of HUS. Because no licens...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mejias MP,Cabrera G,Fernández-Brando RJ,Baschkier A,Ghersi G,Abrey-Recalde MJ,Miliwebsky E,Meiss R,Goldbaum F,Zylberman V,Rivas M,Palermo MS

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria meningitidis is a human-specific pathogen and leading cause of meningitis and septicemia. Factor H binding protein (fHbp), a virulence factor which protects N. meningitidis from innate immunity by binding the human complement regulator factor H (fH) with high affinity, is also a key antigen in vaccines being...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： van der Veen S,Johnson S,Jongerius I,Malik T,Genovese A,Santini L,Staunton D,Ufret-Vincenty RL,Pickering MC,Lea SM,Tang CM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC [thrush]) is an opportunistic infection caused by the commensal fungus Candida albicans. OPC is common in individuals with HIV/AIDS, infants, patients on chemotherapy, and individuals with congenital immune defects. Immunity to OPC is strongly dependent on the interleukin-23 (IL-23)/IL-1...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bishu S,Hernández-Santos N,Simpson-Abelson MR,Huppler AR,Conti HR,Ghilardi N,Mamo AJ,Gaffen SL

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The virulence and fitness in vivo of the major human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus are associated with a cell-to-cell signaling mechanism known as quorum sensing (QS). QS coordinates the production of virulence factors via the production and sensing of autoinducing peptide (AIP) signal molecules by the agr locus. Her...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pollitt EJ,West SA,Crusz SA,Burton-Chellew MN,Diggle SP

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00