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Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis:

Xiao-Lian Zhang, Inez S. M. Tsui, Cecilia M. C. Yip, Ada W. Y. Fung, Danny K.-H. Wong, Xiaoyun Dai, Yanhua Yang, Jim Hackett, and Christina Morris

Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Uses Type IVB Pili To Enter Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3067-3073. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Debora Barnett Foster, Maan Abul-Milh, Mario Huesca, and Clifford A. Lingwood

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Induces Apoptosis Which Augments Bacterial Binding and Phosphatidylethanolamine Exposure on the Plasma Membrane Outer Leaflet
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3108-3115. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yiping W. Han, Wenyuan Shi, George T.-J. Huang, Susan Kinder Haake, No-Hee Park, Howard Kuramitsu, and Robert J. Genco

Interactions between Periodontal Bacteria and Human Oral Epithelial Cells: Fusobacterium nucleatum Adheres to and Invades Epithelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3140-3146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francesco Raimondi, Joseph P. Y. Kao, Carla Fiorentini, Alessia Fabbri, Gianfranco Donelli, Nicoletta Gasparini, Armido Rubino, and Alessio Fasano

Enterotoxicity and Cytotoxicity of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Thermostable Direct Hemolysin in In Vitro Systems
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3180-3185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shigeto Yoshida, Ayumi Fujisawa, Yoshinari Tsuzaki, and Shuji Saitoh

Identification and Expression of a Mycoplasma gallisepticum Surface Antigen Recognized by a Monoclonal Antibody Capable of Inhibiting Both Growth and Metabolism
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3186-3192. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark H. Forsyth and Timothy L. Cover

Intercellular Communication in Helicobacter pylori: luxS Is Essential for the Production of an Extracellular Signaling Molecule
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3193-3199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Velasco, J. A. Bengoechea, K. Brandenburg, B. Lindner, U. Seydel, D. González, U. Zähringer, E. Moreno, and I. Moriyón

Brucella abortus and Its Closest Phylogenetic Relative, Ochrobactrum spp., Differ in Outer Membrane Permeability and Cationic Peptide Resistance
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3210-3218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael S. Chaussee, Robert L. Cole, and Jos P. M. van Putten

Streptococcal Erythrogenic Toxin B Abrogates Fibronectin-Dependent Internalization of Streptococcus pyogenes by Cultured Mammalian Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3226-3232. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alberto Cascón, Javier Yugueros, Alejandro Temprano, María Sánchez, Carmen Hernanz, José María Luengo, and Germán Naharro

A Major Secreted Elastase Is Essential for Pathogenicity of Aeromonas hydrophila
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3233-3241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Iharilalao Dubail, Patrick Berche, The European Listeria Genome Consortium, and Alain Charbit

Listeriolysin O as a Reporter To Identify Constitutive and In Vivo-Inducible Promoters in the Pathogen Listeria monocytogenes
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3242-3250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christophe Gilbert, Karen Robinson, Richard W. F. Le Page, and Jeremy M. Wells

Heterologous Expression of an Immunogenic Pneumococcal Type 3 Capsular Polysaccharide in Lactococcus lactis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3251-3260. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Liwina T. Y. Pang, Winnie W. S. Kum, and Anthony W. Chow

Inhibition of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B-Induced Lymphocyte Proliferation and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Secretion by MAb5, an Anti-Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1 Monoclonal Antibody
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3261-3268. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lars Greiffenberg, Werner Goebel, Kwang Sik Kim, Justin Daniels, and Michael Kuhn

Interaction of Listeria monocytogenes with Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells: an Electron Microscopic Study
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3275-3279. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mariana Pichel, Norma Binsztein, and Gloria Viboud

CS22, a Novel Human Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Adhesin, Is Related to CS15
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3280-3285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juliette K. Tinker and Steven Clegg

Characterization of FimY as a Coactivator of Type 1 Fimbrial Expression in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3305-3313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Melanie J. Filiatrault, Bradford W. Gibson, Birgit Schilling, Shuhua Sun, Robert S. Munson, Jr., and Anthony A. Campagnari

Construction and Characterization of Haemophilus ducreyi Lipooligosaccharide (LOS) Mutants Defective in Expression of Heptosyltransferase III and 1,4-Glucosyltransferase: Identification of LOS Glycoforms Containing Lactosamine Repeats
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3352-3361. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin Kubiet, Reuben Ramphal, Allan Weber, and Arnold Smith

Pilus-Mediated Adherence of Haemophilus influenzae to Human Respiratory Mucins
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3362-3367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joanna R. Klein, Thomas F. Fahlen, and Bradley D. Jones

Transcriptional Organization and Function of Invasion Genes within Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Pathogenicity Island 1, Including the prgH, prgI, prgJ, prgK, orgA, orgB, and orgC Genes
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3368-3376. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Petra C. F. Oyston, Nick Dorrell, Kerstin Williams, Shu-Rui Li, Michael Green, Richard W. Titball, and Brendan W. Wren

The Response Regulator PhoP Is Important for Survival under Conditions of Macrophage-Induced Stress and Virulence in Yersinia pestis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3419-3425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isabelle Peiffer, Anne-Béatrice Blanc-Potard, Marie-Françoise Bernet-Camard, Julie Guignot, Alain Barbat, and Alain L. Servin

Afa/Dr Diffusely Adhering Escherichia coli C1845 Infection Promotes Selective Injuries in the Junctional Domain of Polarized Human Intestinal Caco-2/TC7 Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3431-3442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gregory P. Jarosik and Carol Beth Land

Identification of a Human Lactoferrin-Binding Protein in Gardnerella vaginalis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3443-3447. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John D. Boyce and Ben Adler

The Capsule Is a Virulence Determinant in the Pathogenesis of Pasteurella multocida M1404 (B:2)
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3463-3468. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Mark Billson, Colin Harbour, Wojtek P. Michalski, Jan M. Tennent, John R. Egerton, and Jennifer L. Hodgson

Characterization of Hemolysin of Moraxella bovis Using a Hemolysis-Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibody
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3469-3474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bradley G. Stiles, Martha L. Hale, Jean-Christophe Marvaud, and Michel R. Popoff

Clostridium perfringens Iota Toxin: Binding Studies and Characterization of Cell Surface Receptor by Fluorescence-Activated Cytometry
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3475-3484. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ronggai Sun, Timothy J. Anderson, Alan K. Erickson, Eric A. Nelson, and David H. Francis

Inhibition of Adhesion of Escherichia coli K88ac Fimbria to Its Receptor, Intestinal Mucin-Type Glycoproteins, by a Monoclonal Antibody Directed against a Variable Domain of the Fimbria
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3509-3515. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yok-Ai Que, Jacques-Antoine Haefliger, Patrick Francioli, and Philippe Moreillon

Expression of Staphylococcus aureus Clumping Factor A in Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris Using a New Shuttle Vector
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3516-3522. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sonia Chatellier, Nahla Ihendyane, Rita G. Kansal, Farukh Khambaty, Hesham Basma, Anna Norrby-Teglund, Donald E. Low, Allison McGeer, and Malak Kotb

Genetic Relatedness and Superantigen Expression in Group A Streptococcus Serotype M1 Isolates from Patients with Severe and Nonsevere Invasive Diseases
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3523-3534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marja Rimpiläinen, Leena Lehtonen, Xiang Zhang, and Paavo Toivanen

Bacterial Cell Wall-Induced Arthritis: Chemical Composition and Tissue Distribution of Four Lactobacillus Strains
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3535-3540. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Salam Khan, Bernhard Kniep, Tobias A. Oelschlaeger, Irma Van Die, Timo Korhonen, and Jörg Hacker

Receptor Structure for F1C Fimbriae of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3541-3547. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arnold S. Bayer, Rajendra Prasad, Jyotsna Chandra, Anjni Koul, M. Smriti, Archana Varma, Ronald A. Skurray, Neville Firth, Melissa H. Brown, Su-Pin Koo, and Michael R. Yeaman

In Vitro Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to Thrombin-Induced Platelet Microbicidal Protein Is Associated with Alterations in Cytoplasmic Membrane Fluidity
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3548-3553. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julie Guignot, Isabelle Peiffer, Marie-Françoise Bernet-Camard, Douglas M. Lublin, Christophe Carnoy, Steve L. Moseley, and Alain L. Servin

Recruitment of CD55 and CD66e Brush Border-Associated Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored Proteins by Members of the Afa/Dr Diffusely Adhering Family of Escherichia coli That Infect the Human Polarized Intestinal Caco-2/TC7 Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3554-3563. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chung-Ping Shao and Lien-I Hor

Metalloprotease Is Not Essential for Vibrio vulnificus Virulence in Mice
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3569-3573. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Petra Muenzner, Christoph Dehio, Taku Fujiwara, Mark Achtman, Thomas F. Meyer, and Scott D. Gray-Owen

Carcinoembryonic Antigen Family Receptor Specificity of Neisseria meningitidis Opa Variants Influences Adherence to and Invasion of Proinflammatory Cytokine-Activated Endothelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3601-3607. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carmen M. Fernandez-Prada, David L. Hoover, Ben D. Tall, Antoinette B. Hartman, June Kopelowitz, and Malabi M. Venkatesan

Shigella flexneri IpaH_7.8 Facilitates Escape of Virulent Bacteria from the Endocytic Vacuoles of Mouse and Human Macrophages
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3608-3619. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ernest Ofori-Darko, Yana Zavros, Gabriele Rieder, Susan A. Tarlé, Mary Van Antwerp, and Juanita L. Merchant

An OmpA-Like Protein from Acinetobacter spp. Stimulates Gastrin and Interleukin-8 Promoters
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3657-3666. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Naoko Hamasaki, Ko-Ichi Isowa, Kohachi Kamada, Yoshitake Terano, Takayuki Matsumoto, Tetsuo Arakawa, Kazuo Kobayashi, and Ikuya Yano

In Vivo Administration of Mycobacterial Cord Factor (Trehalose 6,6'-Dimycolate) Can Induce Lung and Liver Granulomas and Thymic Atrophy in Rabbits
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3704-3709. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ngoc Tran, Alexa Barnoski Serfis, John C. Osiecki, Wendy L. Picking, Lisette Coye, Rebecca Davis, and William D. Picking

Interaction of Shigella flexneri IpaC with Model Membranes Correlates with Effects on Cultured Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3710-3715. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Siddeswar Gubba, Vincent Cipriano, and James M. Musser

Replacement of Histidine 340 with Alanine Inactivates the Group A Streptococcus Extracellular Cysteine Protease Virulence Factor
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3716-3719. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stefan Ehlers and Elvira Richter

Gamma Interferon Is Essential for Clearing Mycobacterium genavense Infection
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3720-3723. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masaaki Iwaki, Kazunari Kamachi, and Toshifumi Konda

Stimulation of Bordetella pertussis Adenylate Cyclase Toxin Intoxication by Its Hemolysin Domain
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3727-3730. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patricia R. Watson, Anne V. Gautier, Sue M. Paulin, A. Patricia Bland, Philip W. Jones, and Timothy S. Wallis

Salmonella enterica Serovars Typhimurium and Dublin Can Lyse Macrophages by a Mechanism Distinct from Apoptosis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3744-3747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xuhuai Ji, Thomas Fernandez, Daniela Burroni, Cristina Pagliaccia, John C. Atherton, Jean-Marc Reyrat, Rino Rappuoli, and John L. Telford

Cell Specificity of Helicobacter pylori Cytotoxin Is Determined by a Short Region in the Polymorphic Midregion
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3754-3757. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John S. Gunn, Robert K. Ernst, Andrea J. McCoy, and Samuel I. Miller

Constitutive Mutations of the Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Transcriptional Virulence Regulator phoP
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3758-3762. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James H. Allen, Maryjane Utley, Han van den Bosch, Piet Nuijten, Maarten Witvliet, Beth A. McCormick, Karen A. Krogfelt, Tine Rask Licht, Derek Brown, Michael Mauel, Mary P. Leatham, David C. Laux, and Paul S. Cohen

A Functional cra Gene Is Required for Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Virulence in BALB/c Mice
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3772-3775. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marcus N. Rhem, Elizabeth M. Lech, Joseph M. Patti, Damien McDevitt, Magnus Höök, Dan B. Jones, and Kirk R. Wilhelmus

The Collagen-Binding Adhesin Is a Virulence Factor in Staphylococcus aureus Keratitis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3776-3779. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Harry Sakellaris, Nerissa K. Hannink, Kumar Rajakumar, Dieter Bulach, Meredith Hunt, Chihiro Sasakawa, and Ben Adler

Curli Loci of Shigella spp.
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3780-3783. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jérôme Dellacasagrande, Pierre A. Moulin, Catherine Guilianelli, Christian Capo, Didier Raoult, Georges E. Grau, and Jean-Louis Mege

Reduced Transendothelial Migration of Monocytes Infected by Coxiella burnetii
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3784-3786. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

Zhang Dong-Ji, Xi Yang, Caixia Shen, Hong Lu, Andrew Murdin, and Robert C. Brunham

Priming with Chlamydia trachomatis Major Outer Membrane Protein (MOMP) DNA followed by MOMP ISCOM Boosting Enhances Protection and Is Associated with Increased Immunoglobulin A and Th1 Cellular Immune Responses
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3074-3078. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard Lo-Man, Jan P. M. Langeveld, Edith Dériaud, Muguette Jehanno, Marie Rojas, Jean-Marie Clément, Robert H. Meloen, Maurice Hofnung, and Claude Leclerc

Extending the CD4⁺ T-Cell Epitope Specificity of the Th1 Immune Response to an Antigen Using a Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Delivery Vehicle
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3079-3089. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ela Martin, Arun T. Kamath, James A. Triccas, and Warwick J. Britton

Protection against Virulent Mycobacterium avium Infection following DNA Vaccination with the 35-Kilodalton Antigen Is Accompanied by Induction of Gamma Interferon-Secreting CD4⁺ T Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3090-3096. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giovanni Delogu, Angela Howard, Frank M. Collins, and Sheldon L. Morris

DNA Vaccination against Tuberculosis: Expression of a Ubiquitin-Conjugated Tuberculosis Protein Enhances Antimycobacterial Immunity
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3097-3102. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James J. Kohler, Latha B. Pathangey, Sheila R. Gillespie, and Thomas A. Brown

Effect of Preexisting Immunity to Salmonella on the Immune Response to Recombinant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Expressing a Porphyromonas gingivalis Hemagglutinin
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3116-3120. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Huaiqing Chen and Dieter M. Schifferli

Mucosal and Systemic Immune Responses to Chimeric Fimbriae Expressed by Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Vaccine Strains
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3129-3139. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James P. Burnie, Ruth C. Matthews, Tracey Carter, Elaine Beaulieu, Michael Donohoe, Caroline Chapman, Peter Williamson, and Samantha J. Hodgetts

Identification of an Immunodominant ABC Transporter in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3200-3209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Celio L. Silva and Douglas B. Lowrie

Identification and Characterization of Murine Cytotoxic T Cells That Kill Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3269-3274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ramesh Vemulapalli, Yongqun He, Silvio Cravero, Nammalwar Sriranganathan, Stephen M. Boyle, and Gerhardt G. Schurig

Overexpression of Protective Antigen as a Novel Approach To Enhance Vaccine Efficacy of Brucella abortus Strain RB51
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3286-3289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ramesh Vemulapalli, Yongqun He, Stephen M. Boyle, Nammalwar Sriranganathan, and Gerhardt G. Schurig

Brucella abortus Strain RB51 as a Vector for Heterologous Protein Expression and Induction of Specific Th1 Type Immune Responses
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3290-3296. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sandra M. Arend, Annemieke Geluk, Krista E. van Meijgaarden, Jaap T. van Dissel, Michael Theisen, Peter Andersen, and Tom H. M. Ottenhoff

Antigenic Equivalence of Human T-Cell Responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Specific RD1-Encoded Protein Antigens ESAT-6 and Culture Filtrate Protein 10 and to Mixtures of Synthetic Peptides
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3314-3321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jacqueline Keenan, Jane Oliaro, Neil Domigan, Howard Potter, Geoff Aitken, Randall Allardyce, and Justin Roake

Immune Response to an 18-Kilodalton Outer Membrane Antigen Identifies Lipoprotein 20 as a Helicobacter pylori Vaccine Candidate
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3337-3343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephen J. McSorley and Marc K. Jenkins

Antibody Is Required for Protection against Virulent but Not Attenuated Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3344-3348. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Takako Osaki, Masanori Kai, Haruhiko Taguchi, and Shigeru Kamiya

Immune Response against a Cross-Reactive Epitope on the Heat Shock Protein 60 Homologue of Helicobacter pylori
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3448-3454. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oliver C. Turner, Alan D. Roberts, Anthony A. Frank, Susan W. Phalen, David M. McMurray, Jean Content, Olivier Denis, Sushila D'Souza, Audrey Tanghe, Kris Huygen, and Ian M. Orme

Lack of Protection in Mice and Necrotizing Bronchointerstitial Pneumonia with Bronchiolitis in Guinea Pigs Immunized with Vaccines Directed against the hsp60 Molecule of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3674-3679. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sally Z. Hausman and Drusilla L. Burns

Use of Pertussis Toxin Encoded by ptx Genes from Bordetella bronchiseptica To Model the Effects of Antigenic Drift of Pertussis Toxin on Antibody Neutralization
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3763-3767. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Host Response and Inflammation:

Pamela J. Baker, Lisa DuFour, Mark Dixon, and Derry C. Roopenian

Adhesion Molecule Deficiencies Increase Porphyromonas gingivalis-Induced Alveolar Bone Loss in Mice
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3103-3107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rodolfo C. Garcia, Elena Banfi, and Maria G. Pittis

Infection of Macrophage-Like THP-1 Cells with Mycobacterium avium Results in a Decrease in Their Ability to Phosphorylate Nucleolin
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3121-3128. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christian Østergaard, Runa Vavia Yieng-Kow, Thomas Benfield, Niels Frimodt-Møller, Frank Espersen, and Jens D. Lundgren

Inhibition of Leukocyte Entry into the Brain by the Selectin Blocker Fucoidin Decreases Interleukin-1 (IL-1) Levels but Increases IL-8 Levels in Cerebrospinal Fluid during Experimental Pneumococcal Meningitis in Rabbits
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3153-3157. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bernadette M. Saunders, Anthony A. Frank, Ian M. Orme, and Andrea M. Cooper

Interleukin-6 Induces Early Gamma Interferon Production in the Infected Lung but Is Not Required for Generation of Specific Immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3322-3326. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hyung-Yong Kim and Yasuko Rikihisa

Expression of Interleukin-1, Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha, and Interleukin-6 in Human Peripheral Blood Leukocytes Exposed to Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Agent or Recombinant Major Surface Protein P44
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3394-3402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. G.-E. Scott, M. R. Logan, G. M. Klammer, D. A. Teoh, and A. G. Buret

Jejunal Brush Border Microvillous Alterations in Giardia muris-Infected Mice: Role of T Lymphocytes and Interleukin-6
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3412-3418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sandra K. Halonen and Louis M. Weiss

Investigation into the Mechanism of Gamma Interferon-Mediated Inhibition of Toxoplasma gondii in Murine Astrocytes
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3426-3430. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Hochholzer, Grayson B. Lipford, Hermann Wagner, Klaus Pfeffer, and Klaus Heeg

Role of Interleukin-18 (IL-18) during Lethal Shock: Decreased Lipopolysaccharide Sensitivity but Normal Superantigen Reaction in IL-18-Deficient Mice
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3502-3508. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christina Hessle, Bengt Andersson, and Agnes E. Wold

Gram-Positive Bacteria Are Potent Inducers of Monocytic Interleukin-12 (IL-12) while Gram-Negative Bacteria Preferentially Stimulate IL-10 Production
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3581-3586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rubhana Raqib, S. M. Shahjahan Mia, Firdausi Qadri, Tanfis I. Alam, Nur H. Alam, Ashish K. Chowdhury, Minnie M. Mathan, and Jan Andersson

Innate Immune Responses in Children and Adults with Shigellosis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3620-3629. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrick M. Schlievert, Lynn M. Jablonski, Manuela Roggiani, Ingrid Sadler, Scott Callantine, David T. Mitchell, Douglas H. Ohlendorf, and Gregory A. Bohach

Pyrogenic Toxin Superantigen Site Specificity in Toxic Shock Syndrome and Food Poisoning in Animals
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3630-3634. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jürgen Rödel, Marcus Woytas, Annemarie Groh, Karl-Hermann Schmidt, Matthias Hartmann, Marc Lehmann, and Eberhard Straube

Production of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor and Interleukin 6 by Human Smooth Muscle Cells following Infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3635-3641. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Annette Kolb-Mäurer, Ivaylo Gentschev, Hans-Werner Fries, Franz Fiedler, Eva-Bettina Bröcker, Eckhart Kämpgen, and Werner Goebel

Listeria monocytogenes-Infected Human Dendritic Cells: Uptake and Host Cell Response
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3680-3688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kouich Tabeta, Kazuhisa Yamazaki, Sachiko Akashi, Kensuke Miyake, Hidefumi Kumada, Toshio Umemoto, and Hiromasa Yoshie

Toll-Like Receptors Confer Responsiveness to Lipopolysaccharide from Porphyromonas gingivalis in Human Gingival Fibroblasts
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3731-3735. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacterial Infections:

Cheryl A. Nickerson, C. Mark Ott, Sarah J. Mister, Brian J. Morrow, Lisa Burns-Keliher, and Duane L. Pierson

Microgravity as a Novel Environmental Signal Affecting Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Virulence
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3147-3152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Renée M. Tsolis, L. Garry Adams, Michael J. Hantman, Christina A. Scherer, Tyler Kimbrough, Robert A. Kingsley, Thomas A. Ficht, Samuel I. Miller, and Andreas J. Bäumler

SspA Is Required for Lethal Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Infections in Calves but Is Not Essential for Diarrhea
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3158-3163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Konrad Wicher, Victoria Wicher, Frank Abbruscato, and Robert E. Baughn

Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue Displays Pathogenic Properties Different from Those of T. pallidum subsp. pallidum
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3219-3225. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James R. Johnson, Timothy T. O'Bryan, David A. Low, Gerald Ling, Parissa Delavari, Claudine Fasching, Thomas A. Russo, Ulrike Carlino, and Adam L. Stell

Evidence of Commonality between Canine and Human Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Strains That Express papG Allele III
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3327-3336. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nathan A. Busch, Emily M. Zanzot, Paul M. Loiselle, Edward A. Carter, Jennifer E. Allaire, Martin L. Yarmush, and H. Shaw Warren

A Model of Infected Burn Wounds Using Escherichia coli O18:K1:H7 for the Study of Gram-Negative Bacteremia and Sepsis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3349-3351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patricia A. Darrah, Mary K. Hondalus, Quiping Chen, Harry Ischiropoulos, and David M. Mosser

Cooperation between Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Intermediates in Killing of Rhodococcus equi by Activated Macrophages
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3587-3593. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kevin P. Francis, Danny Joh, Carolyn Bellinger-Kawahara, Matthew J. Hawkinson, Tony F. Purchio, and Pamela R. Contag

Monitoring Bioluminescent Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Living Mice Using a Novel luxABCDE Construct
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3594-3600. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carol O. Tacket, Marcelo B. Sztein, Genevieve Losonsky, Akio Abe, B. Brett Finlay, Barry P. McNamara, George T. Fantry, Stephen P. James, James P. Nataro, Myron M. Levine, and Michael S. Donnenberg

Role of EspB in Experimental Human Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Infection
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3689-3695. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patricia R. Watson, Annette Benmore, Shahid A. Khan, Philip W. Jones, Duncan J. Maskell, and Timothy S. Wallis

Mutation of waaN Reduces Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium-Induced Enteritis and Net Secretion of Type III Secretion System 1-Dependent Proteins
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3768-3771. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

Pascal Michon, Tresa Fraser, and John H. Adams

Naturally Acquired and Vaccine-Elicited Antibodies Block Erythrocyte Cytoadherence of the Plasmodium vivax Duffy Binding Protein
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3164-3171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Louis de Repentigny, Francine Aumont, Karine Bernard, and Pierre Belhumeur

Characterization of Binding of Candida albicans to Small Intestinal Mucin and Its Role in Adherence to Mucosal Epithelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3172-3179. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Flavia de Bernardis, Giorgio Santoni, Maria Boccanera, Elisabetta Spreghini, Daniela Adriani, Luisella Morelli, and Antonio Cassone

Local Anticandidal Immune Responses in a Rat Model of Vaginal Infection by and Protection against Candida albicans
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3297-3304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julie A. Wasylnka and Margo M. Moore

Adhesion of Aspergillus Species to Extracellular Matrix Proteins: Evidence for Involvement of Negatively Charged Carbohydrates on the Conidial Surface
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3377-3384. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroko Asahi, Ahmed Osman, Rosemary M. Cook, Philip T. LoVerde, and Miguel J. Stadecker

Schistosoma mansoni Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase, a Novel Egg Antigen: Immunological Properties of the Recombinant Protein and Identification of a T-Cell Epitope
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3385-3393. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eileen D. Franke, Alessandro Sette, John Sacci, Jr., Scott Southwood, Giampietro Corradin, and Stephen L. Hoffman

A Subdominant CD8⁺ Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte (CTL) Epitope from the Plasmodium yoelii Circumsporozoite Protein Induces CTLs That Eliminate Infected Hepatocytes from Culture
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3403-3411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicola J. Rogers, Belinda S. Hall, Jacktone Obiero, Geoffrey A. T. Targett, and Colin J. Sutherland

A Model for Sequestration of the Transmission Stages of Plasmodium falciparum: Adhesion of Gametocyte-Infected Erythrocytes to Human Bone Marrow Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3455-3462. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Quynh T. Phan, Paul H. Belanger, and Scott G. Filler

Role of Hyphal Formation in Interactions of Candida albicans with Endothelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3485-3490. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hong Liang, David L. Narum, Steven R. Fuhrmann, Tin Luu, and B. Kim Lee Sim

A Recombinant Baculovirus-Expressed Plasmodium falciparum Receptor-Binding Domain of Erythrocyte Binding Protein EBA-175 Biologically Mimics Native Protein
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3564-3568. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amanda E. Millar and Stuart J. Kahn

The SA85-1.1 Protein of the Trypanosoma cruzi trans-Sialidase Superfamily Is a Dominant T-Cell Antigen
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3574-3580. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marta Feldmesser, Johanna Rivera, Yvonne Kress, Thomas R. Kozel, and Arturo Casadevall

Antibody Interactions with the Capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3642-3650. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Coralie Martin, Laëtitia Le Goff, Marie-Noelle Ungeheuer, Phat N. Vuong, and Odile Bain

Drastic Reduction of a Filarial Infection in Eosinophilic Interleukin-5 Transgenic Mice
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3651-3656. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Soren Gantt, Cathrine Persson, Keith Rose, Ashley J. Birkett, Ruben Abagyan, and Victor Nussenzweig

Antibodies against Thrombospondin-Related Anonymous Protein Do Not Inhibit Plasmodium Sporozoite Infectivity In Vivo
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3667-3673. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rafael Romero-Martinez, Michael Wheeler, Antonieta Guerrero-Plata, Guadalupe Rico, and Haydée Torres-Guerrero

Biosynthesis and Functions of Melanin in Sporothrix schenckii
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3696-3703. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Segolene Neuville, Olivier Lortholary, and Francoise Dromer

Do Kinetics of the Humoral Response to Cryptococcus neoformans Proteins during Murine Cryptococcosis Reflect Outcome?
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3724-3726. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bernhard Jahn, Fatima Boukhallouk, Johannes Lotz, Kim Langfelder, Gerhard Wanner, and Axel A. Brakhage

Interaction of Human Phagocytes with Pigmentless Aspergillus Conidia
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3736-3739. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Naïma Rayhane, Catherine Fitting, Olivier Lortholary, Francoise Dromer, and Jean-Marc Cavaillon

Administration of Endotoxin Associated with Lipopolysaccharide Tolerance Protects Mice against Fungal Infection
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3748-3753. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sridevi Sridhar, Mala Ahluwalia, Elmer Brummer, and David A. Stevens

Characterization of an Anticryptococcal Protein Isolated from Human Serum
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3787-3791. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Genomics:

Michelle Lizotte-Waniewski, Wilson Tawe, David B. Guiliano, Wenhong Lu, Jing Liu, Steven A. Williams, and Sara Lustigman

Identification of Potential Vaccine and Drug Target Candidates by Expressed Sequence Tag Analysis and Immunoscreening of Onchocerca volvulus Larval cDNA Libraries
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3491-3501. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gregor Zysk, Roger J. M. Bongaerts, Elke ten Thoren, Gesina Bethe, Regine Hakenbeck, and Hans-Peter Heinz

Detection of 23 Immunogenic Pneumococcal Proteins Using Convalescent-Phase Serum
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3740-3743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

Daniel W. Martin and Christian D. Mohr

Invasion and Intracellular Survival of Burkholderia cepacia
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3792. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Afsar Ali, Judith A. Johnson, Augusto A. Franco, Daniel J. Metzger, Terry D. Connell, J. Glenn Morris, Jr., and Shanmuga Sozhamannan

Mutations in the Extracellular Protein Secretion Pathway Genes (eps) Interfere with Rugose Polysaccharide Production in and Motility of Vibrio cholerae
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 3792. [Full Text]  

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