abstract：:Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, relies on multiple virulence factors to subvert the host immune defense. Using Caenorhabditis elegans as an infection model, we screened approximately 5,000 transposon mutants of B. anthracis Sterne for decreased virulence. One of the attenuated mutants resulted in l...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Franks SE,Ebrahimi C,Hollands A,Okumura CY,Aroian RV,Nizet V,McGillivray SM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus pneumoniae are widely thought to rapidly die outside the human host, losing infectivity following desiccation in the environment. However, to date, all literature investigating the infectivity of desiccated streptococci has used broth-grown, planktonic populations. In this...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Marks LR,Reddinger RM,Hakansson AP

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：:Periodontitis is a disease of polymicrobial etiology characterized by inflammation, degradation of host tissue, and bone that irreversibly destroys the supporting apparatus of teeth. Porphyromonas gingivalis contains lipid A with structural heterogeneity that has been postulated to contribute to the initiation of dysb...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zenobia C,Hasturk H,Nguyen D,Van Dyke TE,Kantarci A,Darveau RP

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal animals are generally very susceptible to infection with bacterial pathogens. However, we recently reported that neonatal mice are highly resistant to orogastric infection with Yersinia enterocolitica. Here, we show that proinflammatory responses greatly exceeding those in adults arise very rapidly in the mes...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Siefker DT,Echeverry A,Brambilla R,Fukata M,Schesser K,Adkins B

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetanus neurotoxin (TeNT) and botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) are clostridial neurotoxins (CNTs) responsible for the paralytic diseases tetanus and botulism, respectively. CNTs are AB toxins with an N-terminal zinc-metalloprotease light chain that is linked by a disulfide bond to a C-terminal heavy chain that includes a t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Blum FC,Przedpelski A,Tepp WH,Johnson EA,Barbieri JT

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resurgence is a major concern after malaria elimination. After the initiation of the elimination program on Aneityum Island in 1991, microscopy showed that Plasmodium falciparum disappeared immediately, whereas P. vivax disappeared from 1996 onward, until P. vivax cases were reported in January 2002. By conducting mal...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kaneko A,Chaves LF,Taleo G,Kalkoa M,Isozumi R,Wickremasinghe R,Perlmann H,Takeo S,Tsuboi T,Tachibana S,Kimura M,Björkman A,Troye-Blomberg M,Tanabe K,Drakeley C

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein we report an important role for the ferric uptake regulator (Fur) in the resistance of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium to the reactive nitrogen species produced by inducible nitric oxide (NO) synthase in an NRAMP1(r) murine model of acute systemic infection. The expression of fur protected Salmonella gr...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Husain M,Jones-Carson J,Liu L,Song M,Saah JR,Troxell B,Mendoza M,Hassan H,Vázquez-Torres A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T cell-independent antibody responses develop rapidly, within 3 to 4 days, and are critical for preventing blood-borne pathogens from evolving into life-threatening infections. The interaction of BAFF, also known as BLyS, with its receptors BAFFR and TACI on B cells is critical for B cell homeostasis and function. Usi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dickinson GS,Sun G,Bram RJ,Alugupalli KR

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:The host immune response plays an important role in the onset and progression of cerebral malaria (CM). The complement system is an essential component of the innate immune response to malaria, and its activation generates the anaphylatoxin C5a. To test the hypothesis that C5a signaling contributes to the pathogenesis...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kim H,Erdman LK,Lu Z,Serghides L,Zhong K,Dhabangi A,Musoke C,Gerard C,Cserti-Gazdewich C,Liles WC,Kain KC

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both idiopathic and infectious forms of colitis disrupt normal intestinal epithelial cell (IEC) proliferation and differentiation, although the mechanisms involved remain unclear. Recently, we demonstrated that infection by the attaching and effacing murine pathogen Citrobacter rodentium leads to a significant reducti...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chan JM,Bhinder G,Sham HP,Ryz N,Huang T,Bergstrom KS,Vallance BA

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunization with Plasmodium sporozoites can elicit high levels of sterile immunity, and neutralizing antibodies from protected hosts are known to target the repeat region of the circumsporozoite (CS) protein on the parasite surface. CS-based subunit vaccines have been hampered by suboptimal immunogenicity and the req...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Carapau D,Mitchell R,Nacer A,Shaw A,Othoro C,Frevert U,Nardin E

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of type 1 fimbriae in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is controlled, in part, by three proteins, FimZ, FimY, and FimW. Amino acid sequence analysis indicates that FimZ belongs to the family of bacterial response regulators of two-component systems. In these studies, we have demonstrated that int...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zeiner SA,Dwyer BE,Clegg S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B cell activating factor of the tumor necrosis factor family (BAFF) is an essential survival factor for B cells and has been shown to regulate T cell-independent (TI) IgM production. During Ehrlichia muris infection, TI IgM secretion in the spleen was BAFF dependent, and antibody-mediated BAFF neutralization led to an...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Jones DD,Jones M,DeIulio GA,Racine R,MacNamara KC,Winslow GM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gardnerella vaginalis, the bacterial species most frequently isolated from women with bacterial vaginosis (BV), produces a cholesterol-dependent cytolysin (CDC), vaginolysin (VLY). At sublytic concentrations, CDCs may initiate complex signaling cascades crucial to target cell survival. Using live-cell imaging, we obse...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Randis TM,Zaklama J,LaRocca TJ,Los FC,Lewis EL,Desai P,Rampersaud R,Amaral FE,Ratner AJ

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human defensins play a fundamental role in the initiation of innate immune responses to some microbial pathogens. Here we show that colonic epithelial model HCT116 cells respond to Trypanosoma cruzi infection by secreting defensin α-1, which reduces infection. We also report the early effects of defensin α-1 on invasi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Johnson CA,Rachakonda G,Kleshchenko YY,Nde PN,Madison MN,Pratap S,Cardenas TC,Taylor C,Lima MF,Villalta F

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：:Neutrophils are the first cells to infiltrate to the site of Leishmania promastigote infection, and these cells help to reduce parasite burden shortly after infection is initiated. Several clinical reports indicate that neutrophil recruitment is sustained over the course of leishmaniasis, and amastigote-laden neutroph...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Carlsen ED,Hay C,Henard CA,Popov V,Garg NJ,Soong L

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia enterocolitica is a human pathogen that is ubiquitous in livestock, especially pigs. The bacteria are able to colonize the intestinal tract of a variety of mammalian hosts, but the severity of induced gut-associated diseases (yersiniosis) differs significantly between hosts. To gain more information about the...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schaake J,Kronshage M,Uliczka F,Rohde M,Knuuti T,Strauch E,Fruth A,Wos-Oxley M,Dersch P

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucin glycoproteins are secreted in large amounts by the intestinal epithelium and constitute an efficient component of innate immune defenses to promote homeostasis and protect against enteric pathogens. In this study, our objective was to investigate how the bacterial enteropathogen Shigella flexneri, which causes b...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sperandio B,Fischer N,Joncquel Chevalier-Curt M,Rossez Y,Roux P,Robbe Masselot C,Sansonetti PJ

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian hosts often develop distinct immune response against the diverse parasitic helminths that have evolved for immune evasion. Interleukin-25 (IL-25), an IL-17 cytokine family member, plays a key role in initiating the protective immunity against several parasitic helminths; however, the involvement and underlyi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Angkasekwinai P,Srimanote P,Wang YH,Pootong A,Sakolvaree Y,Pattanapanyasat K,Chaicumpa W,Chaiyaroj S,Dong C

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some species of the genus Mycoplasma code for the arginine deiminase pathway (ADI), which enables these bacteria to produce ATP from arginine by the successive reaction of three enzymes: arginine deiminase (ArcA), ornithine carbamoyltransferase (ArcB), and carbamate kinase (ArcC). It so far appears that independently ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rechnitzer H,Rottem S,Herrmann R

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori maintains colonization in its human host using a limited set of taxis sensors. TlpD is a proposed energy taxis sensor of H. pylori and dominant under environmental conditions of low bacterial energy yield. We studied the impact of H. pylori TlpD on colonization in vivo using a gerbil infection mode...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Behrens W,Schweinitzer T,Bal J,Dorsch M,Bleich A,Kops F,Brenneke B,Didelot X,Suerbaum S,Josenhans C

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae causes infections and fatal disease in marine animals and in humans. Highly hemolytic strains produce damselysin (Dly) and plasmid-encoded HlyA (HlyA(pl)). These hemolysins are encoded by plasmid pPHDD1 and contribute to hemolysis and virulence for fish and mice. In this study, ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rivas AJ,Balado M,Lemos ML,Osorio CR

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural heterogeneity in the structure of the lipid A portion of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) produces differential effects on the innate immune response. Gram-negative bacterial species produce LPS structures that differ from the classic endotoxic LPS structures. These differences include hypoacylation and hypophosphoryl...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Chilton PM,Hadel DM,To TT,Mitchell TC,Darveau RP

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigating the innate immune response mediators released in milk has manifold implications, spanning from elucidation of the role played by mammary epithelial cells (MECs) in fighting microbial infections to the discovery of novel diagnostic markers for monitoring udder health in dairy animals. Here, we investigate...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Addis MF,Pisanu S,Marogna G,Cubeddu T,Pagnozzi D,Cacciotto C,Campesi F,Schianchi G,Rocca S,Uzzau S

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The type III secretion system (T3SS) of pathogenic bordetellae employs a self-associating tip complex protein Bsp22. This protein is immunogenic during infections by Bordetella bronchiseptica and could be used as a protective antigen to immunize mice against B. bronchiseptica challenge. Since low-passage clinical isol...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Villarino Romero R,Bibova I,Cerny O,Vecerek B,Wald T,Benada O,Zavadilova J,Osicka R,Sebo P

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma genitalium is a sexually transmitted pathogen associated with several acute and chronic reproductive tract disease syndromes in men and women. To evaluate the suitability of a pig-tailed macaque model of M. genitalium infection, we inoculated a pilot animal with M. genitalium strain G37 in the uterine cervi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wood GE,Iverson-Cabral SL,Patton DL,Cummings PK,Cosgrove Sweeney YT,Totten PA

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterococcus faecalis is a highly stress resistant opportunistic pathogen. The intrinsic ruggedness of this bacterium is supposed to be the basis of its capacity to colonize the hostile environments of hospitals and to cause several kinds of infections. We show in this work that general resistance to very different en...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rana NF,Sauvageot N,Laplace JM,Bao Y,Nes I,Rincé A,Posteraro B,Sanguinetti M,Hartke A

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is a spore-forming bacterium that can reside in animals and humans. C. difficile infection causes a variety of clinical symptoms, ranging from diarrhea to fulminant colitis. Disease is mediated by TcdA and TcdB, two large enterotoxins released by C. difficile during colonization of the gut. In th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Leuzzi R,Spencer J,Buckley A,Brettoni C,Martinelli M,Tulli L,Marchi S,Luzzi E,Irvine J,Candlish D,Veggi D,Pansegrau W,Fiaschi L,Savino S,Swennen E,Cakici O,Oviedo-Orta E,Giraldi M,Baudner B,D'Urzo N,Maione D,Sor

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, has a unique segmented genome consisting of numerous linear and circular plasmids and a linear chromosome. Many of these genetic elements have been found to encode factors critical for B. burgdorferi to complete the infectious cycle. However, several plasmi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Dulebohn DP,Bestor A,Rosa PA

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), such as β-defensins and cathelicidins, are essential components of innate and adaptive immunity owing to their extensive multifunctional activities. However, their role in fungal infection in vivo remains elusive. In this study, we investigated the protective effect of murine β-defensin ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kolar SS,Baidouri H,Hanlon S,McDermott AM

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella pathogenicity island 12 (SPI-12) of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is a 15-kb region that encompasses genes STM2230 to STM2245 and encodes a remnant phage known to contribute to bacterial virulence. In mouse infection experiments and replication assays in macrophages, we demonstrated a role for fou...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Tomljenovic-Berube AM,Henriksbo B,Porwollik S,Cooper CA,Tuinema BR,McClelland M,Coombes BK

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii infects both hematopoietic and nonhematopoietic cells and can cause cerebral and ocular toxoplasmosis, as a result of either congenital or postnatally acquired infections. Host protection likely acts at both cellular levels to control the parasite. CD40 is a key factor for protection against cerebral...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Van Grol J,Muniz-Feliciano L,Portillo JA,Bonilha VL,Subauste CS

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal epithelial activation of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) exerts both detrimental and beneficial functions in response to various luminal insults, including ones associated with mucosa-associated pathogens. Gastrointestinal infection with enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) causes severe injuries in epit...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Choi HJ,Kim J,Do KH,Park SH,Moon Y

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunomodulatory agents potentially represent a new class of broad-spectrum antimicrobials. Here, we demonstrate that prophylaxis with immunomodulatory cytosine-phosphate-guanidine (CpG) oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN), a toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) agonist, confers protection against Yersinia pestis, the etiologic agent o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hickey AJ,Lin JS,Kummer LW,Szaba FM,Duso DK,Tighe M,Parent MA,Smiley ST

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, exists in a zoonotic cycle involving an arthropod tick and mammalian host. Dissemination of the organism within and between these hosts depends upon the spirochete's ability to traverse through complex tissues. Additionally, the spirochete outruns the host immune cell...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sultan SZ,Manne A,Stewart PE,Bestor A,Rosa PA,Charon NW,Motaleb MA

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaplasma marginale subsp. centrale was the first vaccine used to protect against a rickettsial disease and is still in widespread use a century later. As its use preceded development of either cryopreservation or cell culture, the vaccine strain was maintained for decades by sequential passage among donor animals, ex...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Herndon DR,Ueti MW,Reif KE,Noh SM,Brayton KA,Agnes JT,Palmer GH

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial infection with group B Streptococcus (GBS) represents a prominent threat to neonates and fetuses in the Western world, causing severe organ damage and even death. To improve current therapeutic strategies and to investigate new approaches, an appropriate in vivo model to study the immune response of a human ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ernst W,Zimara N,Hanses F,Männel DN,Seelbach-Göbel B,Wege AK

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00