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Bacterial Infections:

William R. Schwan, Xiao-Zhe Huang, Lan Hu, and Dennis J. Kopecko

Differential Bacterial Survival, Replication, and Apoptosis-Inducing Ability of Salmonella Serovars within Human and Murine Macrophages
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1005-1013. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Annika Nordstrand, W. Michael McShan, Joseph J. Ferretti, Stig E. Holm, and Mari Norgren

Allele Substitution of the Streptokinase Gene Reduces the Nephritogenic Capacity of Group A Streptococcal Strain NZ131
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1019-1025. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard S. Stephens, Farah S. Fawaz, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Kelly Koshiyama, Barbara Nichols, Christiaan van Ooij, and Joanne N. Engel

Eukaryotic Cell Uptake of Heparin-Coated Microspheres: a Model of Host Cell Invasion by Chlamydia trachomatis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1080-1085. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juan Anguita, Swapna Samanta, Beatriz Revilla, Kyoungho Suk, Subrata Das, Stephen W. Barthold, and Erol Fikrig

Borrelia burgdorferi Gene Expression In Vivo and Spirochete Pathogenicity
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1222-1230. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vincent Foulongne, Giséle Bourg, Chantal Cazevieille, Sylvie Michaux-Charachon, and David O'Callaghan

Identification of Brucella suis Genes Affecting Intracellular Survival in an In Vitro Human Macrophage Infection Model by Signature-Tagged Transposon Mutagenesis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1297-1303. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert M. Love, Malcolm D. McMillan, Yoonsuk Park, and Howard F. Jenkinson

Coinvasion of Dentinal Tubules by Porphyromonas gingivalis and Streptococcus gordonii Depends upon Binding Specificity of Streptococcal Antigen I/II Adhesin
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1359-1365. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael L. Levin and Durland Fish

Immunity Reduces Reservoir Host Competence of Peromyscus leucopus for Ehrlichia phagocytophila
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1514-1518. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

O. Cohavy, D. Bruckner, L. K. Gordon, R. Misra, B. Wei, M. E. Eggena, S. R. Targan, and J. Braun

Colonic Bacteria Express an Ulcerative Colitis pANCA-Related Protein Epitope
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1542-1548. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James R. Johnson, Adam L. Stell, Flemming Scheutz, Timothy T. O'Bryan, Thomas A. Russo, Ulrike B. Carlino, Claudine Fasching, Justine Kavle, Linda Van Dijk, and Wim Gaastra

Analysis of the F Antigen-Specific papA Alleles of Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Using a Novel Multiplex PCR-Based Assay
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1587-1599. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Colin G. Mackintosh, Tariq Qureshi, Ken Waldrup, Robert E. Labes, Ken G. Dodds, and J. Frank T. Griffin

Genetic Resistance to Experimental Infection with Mycobacterium bovis in Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1620-1625. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Timothy J. J. Inglis, Paul Rigby, Terry A. Robertson, Nichole S. Dutton, Mandy Henderson, and Barbara J. Chang

Interaction between Burkholderia pseudomallei and Acanthamoeba Species Results in Coiling Phagocytosis, Endamebic Bacterial Survival, and Escape
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1681-1686. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Radha Iyer, John M. Hardham, Gary P. Wormser, Ira Schwartz, and Steven J. Norris

Conservation and Heterogeneity of vlsE among Human and Tick Isolates of Borrelia burgdorferi
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1714-1718. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Host Response and Inflammation:

Fanny N. Lauw, Tessa ten Hove, Pascale E. P. Dekkers, Evert de Jonge, Sander J. H. van Deventer, and Tom van der Poll

Reduced Th1, but Not Th2, Cytokine Production by Lymphocytes after In Vivo Exposure of Healthy Subjects to Endotoxin
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1014-1018. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guolong Zhang, Hua Wu, Christopher R. Ross, J. Ernest Minton, and Frank Blecha

Cloning of Porcine NRAMP1 and Its Induction by Lipopolysaccharide, Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha, and Interleukin-1: Role of CD14 and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1086-1093. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hong-Hua Mu, Allen D. Sawitzke, and Barry C. Cole

Modulation of Cytokine Profiles by the Mycoplasma Superantigen Mycoplasma arthritidis Mitogen Parallels Susceptibility to Arthritis Induced by M. arthritidis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1142-1149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

N. R. Jayagopala Reddy, Bruce N. Wilkie, Peter Borgs, and Bonnie A. Mallard

Cytokines in Mycoplasma hyorhinis-Induced Arthritis in Pigs Bred Selectively for High and Low Immune Responses
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1150-1155. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tod A. Flak, Linda N. Heiss, Jacquelyn T. Engle, and William E. Goldman

Synergistic Epithelial Responses to Endotoxin and a Naturally Occurring Muramyl Peptide
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1235-1242. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yi-Xue Zhao, Ginette Lajoie, Hongwei Zhang, Basil Chiu, Ursula Payne, and Robert D. Inman

Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor p55-Deficient Mice Respond to Acute Yersinia enterocolitica Infection with Less Apoptosis and More Effective Host Resistance
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1243-1251. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qinqqi Jiang, Alan S. Cross, Ishwar S. Singh, T. Timothy Chen, Rose M. Viscardi, and Jeffrey D. Hasday

Febrile Core Temperature Is Essential for Optimal Host Defense in Bacterial Peritonitis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1265-1270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joachim Hein, Volkhard A. J. Kempf, Joachim Diebold, Nicole Bücheler, Sonja Preger, Ivan Horak, Andreas Sing, Uwe Kramer, and Ingo B. Autenrieth

Interferon Consensus Sequence Binding Protein Confers Resistance against Yersinia enterocolitica
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1408-1417. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuichi Ishihara, Ji-Bo Zhang, Steve M. Quinn, Harvey A. Schenkein, Al M. Best, Suzanne E. Barbour, and John G. Tew

Regulation of Immunoglobulin G2 Production by Prostaglandin E₂ and Platelet-Activating Factor
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1563-1568. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takao Samukawa, Noboru Yamanaka, Susan Hollingshead, Karin Klingman, and Howard Faden

Immune Responses to Specific Antigens of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Moraxella catarrhalis in the Respiratory Tract
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1569-1573. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andreas Sing, Thomas Merlin, Hans-Peter Knopf, Peter J. Nielsen, Harald Loppnow, Chris Galanos, and Marina A. Freudenberg

Bacterial Induction of Beta Interferon in Mice Is a Function of the Lipopolysaccharide Component
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1600-1607. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. B. Brauer, C. Gegenfurtner, B. Neumann, M. Stadler, C. D. Heidecke, and B. Holzmann

Endotoxin-Induced Lung Inflammation Is Independent of the Complement Membrane Attack Complex
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1626-1632. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Akitaka Iwagaki, Massimo Porro, and Matthew Pollack

Influence of Synthetic Antiendotoxin Peptides on Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) Recognition and LPS-Induced Proinflammatory Cytokine Responses by Cells Expressing Membrane-Bound CD14
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1655-1663. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. J. Boelens, S. A. J. Zaat, J. L. Murk, J. J. Weening, T. van der Poll, and J. Dankert

Enhanced Susceptibility to Subcutaneous Abscess Formation and Persistent Infection around Catheters Is Associated with Sustained Interleukin-1 Levels
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1692-1695. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. L. Schultz, A. G. Buret, M. E. Olson, H. Ceri, R. R. Read, and D. W. Morck

Lipopolysaccharide Entry in the Damaged Cornea and Specific Uptake by Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1731-1734. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine L. Weingart and Alison A. Weiss

Bordetella pertussis Virulence Factors Affect Phagocytosis by Human Neutrophils
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1735-1739. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

Peter C. Sayles, George W. Gibson, and Lawrence L. Johnson

B Cells Are Essential for Vaccination-Induced Resistance to Virulent Toxoplasma gondii
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1026-1033. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Jalil, P. Moja, C. Lambert, M. Perol, L. Cotte, J. M. Livrozet, A. Boibieux, J. M. Vergnon, F. Lucht, R. Tran, C. Contini, and C. Genin

Decreased Production of Local Immunoglobulin A to Pneumocystis carinii in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid from Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Patients
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1054-1060. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alison S. Orozco, Xiang Zhou, and Scott G. Filler

Mechanisms of the Proinflammatory Response of Endothelial Cells to Candida albicans Infection
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1134-1141. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jun Matsumoto, Satoru Kawai, Keiji Terao, Masashi Kirinoki, Yasuhiro Yasutomi, Masamichi Aikawa, and Hajime Matsuda

Malaria Infection Induces Rapid Elevation of the Soluble Fas Ligand Level in Serum and Subsequent T Lymphocytopenia: Possible Factors Responsible for the Differences in Susceptibility of Two Species of Macaca Monkeys to Plasmodium coatneyi Infection
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1183-1188. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Mohamed Fakruddin, Sukla Biswas, and Yagya D. Sharma

Metalloprotease Activity in a Small Heat Shock Protein of the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium vivax
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1202-1206. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christophe Aucan, Yves Traoré, François Tall, Boubacar Nacro, Thérèse Traoré-Leroux, Francis Fumoux, and Pascal Rihet

High Immunoglobulin G2 (IgG2) and Low IgG4 Levels Are Associated with Human Resistance to Plasmodium falciparum Malaria
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1252-1258. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cheol H. Yun, Hyun S. Lillehoj, and Kang D. Choi

Eimeria tenella Infection Induces Local Gamma Interferon Production and Intestinal Lymphocyte Subpopulation Changes
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1282-1288. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gaby Reichmann, William Walker, Eric N. Villegas, Linden Craig, Guifang Cai, James Alexander, and Christopher A. Hunter

The CD40/CD40 Ligand Interaction Is Required for Resistance to Toxoplasmic Encephalitis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1312-1318. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toni Aebischer, Markus Wolfram, Silke I. Patzer, Thomas Ilg, Martin Wiese, and Peter Overath

Subunit Vaccination of Mice against New World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Comparison of Three Proteins Expressed in Amastigotes and Six Adjuvants
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1328-1336. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

George A. Orr, Craig Werner, Jun Xu, Marcia Bennett, Louis M. Weiss, Peter Takvorkan, Herbert B. Tanowitz, and Murray Wittner

Identification of Novel Serine/Threonine Protein Phosphatases in Trypanosoma cruzi: a Potential Role in Control of Cytokinesis and Morphology
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1350-1358. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nattiya Pimtanothai, Marcela Parra, Armead H. Johnson, Chella S. David, and Carolyn Katovich Hurley

Assessing the Binding of Four Plasmodium falciparum T Helper Cell Epitopes to HLA-DQ and Induction of T-Cell Responses in HLA-DQ Transgenic Mice
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1366-1373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michelle Nashleanas and Phillip Scott

Activated T Cells Induce Macrophages To Produce NO and Control Leishmania major in the Absence of Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor p55
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1428-1434. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Helena Helmby, Gun Jönsson, and Marita Troye-Blomberg

Cellular Changes and Apoptosis in the Spleens and Peripheral Blood of Mice Infected with Blood-Stage Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi AS
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1485-1490. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yongmoon Han, Marcia H. Riesselman, and Jim E. Cutler

Protection against Candidiasis by an Immunoglobulin G3 (IgG3) Monoclonal Antibody Specific for the Same Mannotriose as an IgM Protective Antibody
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1649-1654. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Declan F. McCole, Lars Eckmann, Fabrice Laurent, and Martin F. Kagnoff

Intestinal Epithelial Cell Apoptosis following Cryptosporidium parvum Infection
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1710-1713. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Taramelli, S. Brambilla, G. Sala, A. Bruccoleri, C. Tognazioli, L. Riviera-Uzielli, and J. R. Boelaert

Effects of Iron on Extracellular and Intracellular Growth of Penicillium marneffei
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1724-1726. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

Karen L. Kotloff, Fernando R. Noriega, Taraz Samandari, Marcelo B. Sztein, Genevieve A. Losonsky, James P. Nataro, William D. Picking, Eileen M. Barry, and Myron M. Levine

Shigella flexneri 2a Strain CVD 1207, with Specific Deletions in virG, sen, set, and guaBA, Is Highly Attenuated in Humans
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1034-1039. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philippe Lefèvre, Olivier Denis, Lucas De Wit, Audrey Tanghe, Paul Vandenbussche, Jean Content, and Kris Huygen

Cloning of the Gene Encoding a 22-Kilodalton Cell Surface Antigen of Mycobacterium bovis BCG and Analysis of Its Potential for DNA Vaccination against Tuberculosis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1040-1047. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark Sydenham, Gillian Douce, Frances Bowe, Saddif Ahmed, Steve Chatfield, and Gordon Dougan

Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium surA Mutants Are Attenuated and Effective Live Oral Vaccines
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1109-1115. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manohar John, Thomas I. Crean, Stephen B. Calderwood, and Edward T. Ryan

In Vitro and In Vivo Analyses of Constitutive and In Vivo-Induced Promoters in Attenuated Vaccine and Vector Strains of Vibrio cholerae
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1171-1175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carol O. Tacket, Marcelo B. Sztein, Steven S. Wasserman, Genevieve Losonsky, Karen L. Kotloff, Timothy L. Wyant, James P. Nataro, Robert Edelman, Judith Perry, Philip Bedford, David Brown, Stephen Chatfield, Gordon Dougan, and Myron M. Levine

Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Attenuated Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Oral Live Vector Vaccine CVD 908-htrA in U.S. Volunteers
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1196-1201. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrea M. Cooper, Brahm H. Segal, Anthony A. Frank, Steven M. Holland, and Ian M. Orme

Transient Loss of Resistance to Pulmonary Tuberculosis in p47^phox/ Mice
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1231-1234. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter McGuirk and Kingston H. G. Mills

A Regulatory Role for Interleukin 4 in Differential Inflammatory Responses in the Lung following Infection of Mice Primed with Th1- or Th2-Inducing Pertussis Vaccines
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1383-1390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrea F. Egan, Michael J. Blackman, and David C. Kaslow

Vaccine Efficacy of Recombinant Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein 1 in Malaria-Naive, -Exposed, and/or -Rechallenged Aotus vociferans Monkeys
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1418-1427. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Zielen, I. Bühring, N. Strnad, J. Reichenbach, and D. Hofmann

Immunogenicity and Tolerance of a 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Nonresponders to the 23-Valent Pneumococcal Vaccine
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1435-1440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rose S. Chu, Tera McCool, Neil S. Greenspan, John R. Schreiber, and Clifford V. Harding

CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides Act as Adjuvants for Pneumococcal Polysaccharide-Protein Conjugate Vaccines and Enhance Antipolysaccharide Immunoglobulin G2a (IgG2a) and IgG3 Antibodies
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1450-1456. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lenka Hernychová and Marián Hajdúch

Influence of the Bcg Locus on Natural Resistance to Primary Infection with the Facultative Intracellular Bacterium Francisella tularensis in Mice
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1480-1484. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neirouz Soussi, Geneviève Milon, Jean-Hervé Colle, Evelyne Mougneau, Nicolas Glaichenhaus, and Pierre L. Goossens

Listeria monocytogenes as a Short-Lived Delivery System for the Induction of Type 1 Cell-Mediated Immunity against the p36/LACK Antigen of Leishmania major
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1498-1506. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kathleen A. Kelly, Jennifer C. Walker, Shimul H. Jameel, Heather L. Gray, and Roger G. Rank

Differential Regulation of CD4 Lymphocyte Recruitment between the Upper and Lower Regions of the Genital Tract during Chlamydia trachomatis Infection
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1519-1528. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edward Y. Konadu, Feng-Ying C. Lin, Vô Anh Hó, Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy, Phan Van Bay, Tran Cong Thanh, Ha Ba Khiem, Dang Duc Trach, Arthur B. Karpas, Jianping Li, Dolores A. Bryla, John B. Robbins, and Shousun C. Szu

Phase 1 and Phase 2 Studies of Salmonella enterica Serovar Paratyphi A O-Specific Polysaccharide-Tetanus Toxoid Conjugates in Adults, Teenagers, and 2- to 4-Year-Old Children in Vietnam
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1529-1534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yan Huang, George Hajishengallis, and Suzanne M. Michalek

Construction and Characterization of a Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Clone Expressing a Salivary Adhesin of Streptococcus mutans under Control of the Anaerobically Inducible nirB Promoter
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1549-1556. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joanne Turner, Elizabeth R. Rhoades, Marc Keen, John T. Belisle, Anthony A. Frank, and Ian M. Orme

Effective Preexposure Tuberculosis Vaccines Fail To Protect When They Are Given in an Immunotherapeutic Mode
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1706-1709. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Linette Ortiz, Mark Angevine, Seon-Kyeong Kim, David Watkins, and Robert DeMars

T-Cell Epitopes in Variable Segments of Chlamydia trachomatis Major Outer Membrane Protein Elicit Serovar-Specific Immune Responses in Infected Humans
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1719-1723. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roberto Montes de Oca, Antonio J. Buendía, Laura Del Río, Joaquín Sánchez, Jesús Salinas, and Jose A. Navarro

Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils Are Necessary for the Recruitment of CD8⁺ T Cells in the Liver in a Pregnant Mouse Model of Chlamydophila abortus (Chlamydia psittaci Serotype 1) Infection
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1746-1751. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis:

Cuong Vuong, Friedrich Götz, and Michael Otto

Construction and Characterization of an agr Deletion Mutant of Staphylococcus epidermidis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1048-1053. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aldwin J. M. Vriesema, Jacob Dankert, and Sebastian A. J. Zaat

A Shift from Oral to Blood pH Is a Stimulus for Adaptive Gene Expression of Streptococcus gordonii CH1 and Induces Protection against Oxidative Stress and Enhanced Bacterial Growth by Expression of msrA
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1061-1068. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

V. K. Viswanathan, Paul H. Edelstein, C. Dumais Pope, and Nicholas P. Cianciotto

The Legionella pneumophila iraAB Locus Is Required for Iron Assimilation, Intracellular Infection, and Virulence
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1069-1079. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Harald Genth, Jörg Selzer, Christian Busch, Jürgen Dumbach, Fred Hofmann, Klaus Aktories, and Ingo Just

New Method To Generate Enzymatically Deficient Clostridium difficile Toxin B as an Antigen for Immunization
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1094-1101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Songlin Zhang and Carol W. Maddox

Cytotoxic Activity of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci in Bovine Mastitis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1102-1108. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karen Amor, David E. Heinrichs, Emilisa Frirdich, Kim Ziebell, Roger P. Johnson, and Chris Whitfield

Distribution of Core Oligosaccharide Types in Lipopolysaccharides from Escherichia coli
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1116-1124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kiyotaka Yoshiie, Hyung-Yong Kim, Jason Mott, and Yasuko Rikihisa

Intracellular Infection by the Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Agent Inhibits Human Neutrophil Apoptosis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1125-1133. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mario Huesca, Qing Sun, Robert Peralta, Gulnar M. Shivji, Daniel N. Sauder, and Martin J. McGavin

Synthetic Peptide Immunogens Elicit Polyclonal and Monoclonal Antibodies Specific for Linear Epitopes in the D Motifs of Staphylococcus aureus Fibronectin-Binding Protein, Which Are Composed of Amino Acids That Are Essential for Fibronectin Binding
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1156-1163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Walaiporn Tonpitak, Svenja Thiede, Winfried Oswald, Nina Baltes, and Gerald-F. Gerlach

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Iron Transport: a Set of exbBD Genes Is Transcriptionally Linked to the tbpB Gene and Required for Utilization of Transferrin-Bound Iron
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1164-1170. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Agnieszka Banbula, Marcin Bugno, Jason Goldstein, Jane Yen, Daniel Nelson, James Travis, and Jan Potempa

Emerging Family of Proline-Specific Peptidases of Porphyromonas gingivalis: Purification and Characterization of Serine Dipeptidyl Peptidase, a Structural and Functional Homologue of Mammalian Prolyl Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1176-1182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

JeanMarie Houghton, Lisa S. Macera-Bloch, Lawrence Harrison, Kyung H. Kim, and Reju M. Korah

Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha and Interleukin 1 Up-Regulate Gastric Mucosal Fas Antigen Expression in Helicobacter pylori Infection
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1189-1195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eiji Kita, Yoshihisa Yunou, Takaaki Kurioka, Hiroko Harada, Shinji Yoshikawa, Keiichi Mikasa, and Nobutaka Higashi

Pathogenic Mechanism of Mouse Brain Damage Caused by Oral Infection with Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157:H7
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1207-1214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gary L. Darmstadt, Laurel Mentele, Andreas Podbielski, and Craig E. Rubens

Role of Group A Streptococcal Virulence Factors in Adherence to Keratinocytes
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1215-1221. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amy K. Foreman-Wykert, Jerrold Weiss, and Peter Elsbach

Phospholipid Synthesis by Staphylococcus aureus during (Sub)Lethal Attack by Mammalian 14-Kilodalton Group IIA Phospholipase A2
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1259-1264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bradley E. Britigan, George T. Rasmussen, Oyebode Olakanmi, and Charles D. Cox

Iron Acquisition from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Siderophores by Human Phagocytes: an Additional Mechanism of Host Defense through Iron Sequestration?
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1271-1275. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kathleen A. Craig-Mylius, Trevor H. Stenson, and Alison A. Weiss

Mutations in the S1 Subunit of Pertussis Toxin That Affect Secretion
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1276-1281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mathias François, Véronique Le Cabec, Marie-Ange Dupont, Philippe J. Sansonetti, and Isabelle Maridonneau-Parini

Induction of Necrosis in Human Neutrophils by Shigella flexneri Requires Type III Secretion, IpaB and IpaC Invasins, and Actin Polymerization
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1289-1296. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shian Ying Sung, John V. McDowell, Jason A. Carlyon, and Richard T. Marconi

Mutation and Recombination in the Upstream Homology Box-Flanked ospE-Related Genes of the Lyme Disease Spirochetes Result in the Development of New Antigenic Variants during Infection
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1319-1327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Li Zhang, Martha M. Howe, and Thomas P. Hatch

Characterization of In Vitro DNA Binding Sites of the EUO Protein of Chlamydia psittaci
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1337-1349. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. Selvarangan, P. Goluszko, V. Popov, J. Singhal, T. Pham, D. M. Lublin, S. Nowicki, and B. Nowicki

Role of Decay-Accelerating Factor Domains and Anchorage in Internalization of Dr-Fimbriated Escherichia coli
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1391-1399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Phillip I. Tarr, Sima S. Bilge, James C. Vary, Jr., Srdjan Jelacic, Rebecca L. Habeeb, Teresa R. Ward, Michael R. Baylor, and Thomas E. Besser

Iha: a Novel Escherichia coli O157:H7 Adherence-Conferring Molecule Encoded on a Recently Acquired Chromosomal Island of Conserved Structure
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1400-1407. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jannet Katz, Vijaya Sambandam, John H. Wu, Suzanne M. Michalek, and Daniel F. Balkovetz

Characterization of Porphyromonas gingivalis-Induced Degradation of Epithelial Cell Junctional Complexes
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1441-1449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Angela Harper, Christopher I. Pogson, Meirion L. Jones, and John H. Pearce

Chlamydial Development Is Adversely Affected by Minor Changes in Amino Acid Supply, Blood Plasma Amino Acid Levels, and Glucose Deprivation
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1457-1464. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Beinan Wang, Ellen Kraig, and David Kolodrubetz

Use of Defined Mutants To Assess the Role of the Campylobacter rectus S-Layer in Bacterium-Epithelial Cell Interactions
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1465-1473. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shiwani K. Arora, Nandini Dasgupta, Stephen Lory, and Reuben Ramphal

Identification of Two Distinct Types of Flagellar Cap Proteins, FliD, in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1474-1479. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniele Provenzano, Darren A. Schuhmacher, Justin L. Barker, and Karl E. Klose

The Virulence Regulatory Protein ToxR Mediates Enhanced Bile Resistance in Vibrio cholerae and Other Pathogenic Vibrio Species
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1491-1497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. A. Ginns, M. L. Benham, L. M. Adams, K. G. Whithear, K. A. Bettelheim, B. S. Crabb, and G. F. Browning

Colonization of the Respiratory Tract by a Virulent Strain of Avian Escherichia coli Requires Carriage of a Conjugative Plasmid
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1535-1541. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert A. Hirst, Kulvinder S. Sikand, Andrew Rutman, Timothy J. Mitchell, Peter W. Andrew, and Christopher O'Callaghan

Relative Roles of Pneumolysin and Hydrogen Peroxide from Streptococcus pneumoniae in Inhibition of Ependymal Ciliary Beat Frequency
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1557-1562. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher Elkins, K. John Morrow, Jr., and Bonnie Olsen

Serum Resistance in Haemophilus ducreyi Requires Outer Membrane Protein DsrA
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1608-1619. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elena S. Lysenko, Jane Gould, Robert Bals, James M. Wilson, and Jeffrey N. Weiser

Bacterial Phosphorylcholine Decreases Susceptibility to the Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37/hCAP18 Expressed in the Upper Respiratory Tract
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1664-1671. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Satomi Kikkawa, Misako Matsumoto, Tsuguo Sasaki, Miyuki Nishiguchi, Kazuhiko Tanaka, Kumao Toyoshima, and Tsukasa Seya

Complement Activation in Mycoplasma fermentans-Induced Mycoplasma Clearance from Infected Cells: Probing of the Organism with Monoclonal Antibodies against M161Ag
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1672-1680. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. Grogono-Thomas, J. Dworkin, M. J. Blaser, and D. G. Newell

Roles of the Surface Layer Proteins of Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus in Ovine Abortion
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1687-1691. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael K. Zenni, Peter C. Giardina, Hillery A. Harvey, Jianqiang Shao, Margaret R. Ketterer, David M. Lubaroff, Richard D. Williams, and Michael A. Apicella

Macropinocytosis as a Mechanism of Entry into Primary Human Urethral Epithelial Cells by Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1696-1699. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ana Coelho, João R. C. Andrade, Ana Carolina P. Vicente, and Victor J. Dirita

Cytotoxic Cell Vacuolating Activity from Vibrio cholerae Hemolysin
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1700-1705. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wolfram R. Zückert and Alan G. Barbour

Stability of Borrelia burgdorferi bdr Loci In Vitro and In Vivo
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1727-1730. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Luis López-Urrutia, Andrés Alonso, Maria Luisa Nieto, Yolanda Bayón, Antonio Orduña, and Mariano Sánchez Crespo

Lipopolysaccharides of Brucella abortus and Brucella melitensis Induce Nitric Oxide Synthesis in Rat Peritoneal Macrophages
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1740-1745. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Genomics:

Christiane Goerke, Silvia Campana, Manfred G. Bayer, Gerd Döring, Konrad Botzenhart, and Christiane Wolz

Direct Quantitative Transcript Analysis of the agr Regulon of Staphylococcus aureus during Human Infection in Comparison to the Expression Profile In Vitro
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1304-1311. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adrian M. Whatmore, Androulla Efstratiou, A. Paul Pickerill, Karen Broughton, Geoffrey Woodard, Daniel Sturgeon, Robert George, and Christopher G. Dowson

Genetic Relationships between Clinical Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus oralis, and Streptococcus mitis: Characterization of "Atypical" Pneumococci and Organisms Allied to S. mitis Harboring S. pneumoniae Virulence Factor-Encoding Genes
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1374-1382. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Fidelma Boyd, Kathryn E. Moyer, Lei Shi, and Matthew K. Waldor

Infectious CTX and the Vibrio Pathogenicity Island Prophage in Vibrio mimicus: Evidence for Recent Horizontal Transfer between V. mimicus and V. cholerae
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1507-1513. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Melissa J. Caimano, Xiaofeng Yang, Taissia G. Popova, Michael L. Clawson, Darrin R. Akins, Michael V. Norgard, and Justin D. Radolf

Molecular and Evolutionary Characterization of the cp32/18 Family of Supercoiled Plasmids in Borrelia burgdorferi 297
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1574-1586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Subramanian, Eugene V. Koonin, and L. Aravind

Comparative Genome Analysis of the Pathogenic Spirochetes Borrelia burgdorferi and Treponema pallidum
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1633-1648. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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