Contents: September 2000, Volume 68, Issue 9        Minireviews        Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis        Molecular Genomics        Bacterial Infections        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Host Response and Inflammation        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Errata        Author's Correction Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Bacterial Quorum Sensing in Pathogenic Relationships Teresa R. de Kievit and Barbara H. Iglewski Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 4839-4849; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis:

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Characterization of a Shiga Toxin 2e-Converting Bacteriophage from an Escherichia coli Strain of Human Origin Maite Muniesa, Jürgen Recktenwald, Martina Bielaszewska, Helge Karch, and Herbert Schmidt Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 4850-4855; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coincubation of Human Spermatozoa with Chlamydia trachomatis In Vitro Causes Increased Tyrosine Phosphorylation of Sperm Proteins S. Hosseinzadeh, I. A. Brewis, A. A. Pacey, H. D. M. Moore, and A. Eley Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 4872-4876; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Aggregation Substance Promotes Adherence, Phagocytosis, and Intracellular Survival of Enterococcus faecalis within Human Macrophages and Suppresses Respiratory Burst Sigurd D. Süßmuth, Albrecht Muscholl-Silberhorn, Reinhard Wirth, Milorad Susa, Reinhard Marre, and Eva Rozdzinski Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 4900-4906; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Ribosomal Protein L12 in Gonococcal Invasion of Hec1B Cells Janice M. Spence and Virginia L. Clark Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5002-5010; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Polymorphisms of Group B Streptococcus scpB Alter Functional Activity of a Cell-Associated Peptidase That Inactivates C5a John F. Bohnsack, Shinji Takahashi, Laura Hammitt, Dylan V. Miller, Adrienne A. Aly, and Elisabeth E. Adderson Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5018-5025; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification of Protease from a Mixture of Exfoliative Toxin and Newborn-Mouse Epidermis Junya Ninomiya, Yayoi Ito, and Iwao Takiuchi Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5044-5049; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Escherichia coli K1 aslA Contributes to Invasion of Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells In Vitro and In Vivo Jill A. Hoffman, Julie L. Badger, Yan Zhang, Sheng-He Huang, and Kwang Sik Kim Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5062-5067; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction and Phenotypic Evaluation of a Vibrio vulnificus vvpE Mutant for Elastolytic Protease Kwang Cheol Jeong, Hye Sook Jeong, Joon Haeng Rhee, Shee Eun Lee, Sun Sik Chung, Angela M. Starks, Gloria M. Escudero, Paul A. Gulig, and Sang Ho Choi Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5096-5106; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modulation of Cardiocyte Functional Activity by Antibodies against Trypanosoma cruzi Ribosomal P2 Protein C Terminus P. Sepulveda, P. Liegeard, G. Wallukat, M. J. Levin, and M. Hontebeyrie Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5114-5119; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Legionella pneumophila Phagosomes Exhibit Arrested Maturation despite Acquisition of Rab7 Daniel L. Clemens, Bai-Yu Lee, and Marcus A. Horwitz Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5154-5166; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1 by Staphylococcus aureus Requires Both Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Robin A. Ross and Andrew B. Onderdonk Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5205-5209; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity of ace, a Gene Encoding a Microbial Surface Component Recognizing Adhesive Matrix Molecules, from Different Strains of Enterococcus faecalis and Evidence for Production of Ace during Human Infections Sreedhar R. Nallapareddy, Kavindra V. Singh, Ruay-Wang Duh, George M. Weinstock, and Barbara E. Murray Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5210-5217; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enterococcus faecalis Adhesin, Ace, Mediates Attachment to Extracellular Matrix Proteins Collagen Type IV and Laminin as well as Collagen Type I Sreedhar R. Nallapareddy, Xiang Qin, George M. Weinstock, Magnus Höök, and Barbara E. Murray Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5218-5224; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gonococcal Nitric Oxide Reductase Is Encoded by a Single Gene, norB, Which Is Required for Anaerobic Growth and Is Induced by Nitric Oxide Tracey C. Householder, Elizabeth M. Fozo, Jean A. Cardinale, and Virginia L. Clark Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5241-5246; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Porphyromonas gingivalis Insertion Sequence-Like Element ISPg5 Joseph V. Califano, Todd Kitten, Janina P. Lewis, Francis L. Macrina, Robert D. Fleischmann, Claire M. Fraser, Margaret J. Duncan, and Floyd E. Dewhirst Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5247-5253; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lipooligosaccharide Pk (Gal1-4Gal1-4Glc) Epitope of Moraxella catarrhalis Is a Factor in Resistance to Bactericidal Activity Mediated by Normal Human Serum Anthony Zaleski, N. Karoline Scheffler, Peter Densen, Frank K. N. Lee, Anthony A. Campagnari, Bradford W. Gibson, and Michael A. Apicella Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5261-5268; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence for Contribution of Tripartite Hemolysin BL, Phosphatidylcholine-Preferring Phospholipase C, and Collagenase to Virulence of Bacillus cereus Endophthalmitis Douglas J. Beecher, Timothy W. Olsen, Eileen B. Somers, and Amy C. L. Wong Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5269-5276; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chronic Helicobacter pylori Infection Induces an Apoptosis-Resistant Phenotype Associated with Decreased Expression of p27kip1 Haim Shirin, Emilia Mia Sordillo, Tatiana K. Kolevska, Hanina Hibshoosh, Yuichi Kawabata, Sung H. Oh, Joachim F. Kuebler, Thomas Delohery, Christopher M. Weghorst, I. Bernard Weinstein, and Steven F. Moss Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5321-5328; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Apically Exposed, Tight Junction-Associated 1-Integrins Allow Binding and YopE-Mediated Perturbation of Epithelial Barriers by Wild-Type Yersinia Bacteria Farideh Tafazoli, Anna Holmström, Åke Forsberg, and Karl-Eric Magnusson Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5335-5343; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Up-Regulation of Both Intimin and eae-Independent Adherence of Shiga Toxigenic Escherichia coli O157 by ler and Phenotypic Impact of a Naturally Occurring ler Mutation Monica A. Ogierman, Adrienne W. Paton, and James C. Paton Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5344-5353; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Neisseria gonorrhoeae Elicits Membrane Ruffling and Cytoskeletal Rearrangements upon Infection of Primary Human Endocervical and Ectocervical Cells Jennifer L. Edwards, Jian Q. Shao, Kevin A. Ault, and Michael A. Apicella Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5354-5363; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Burkholderia pseudomallei Induces Cell Fusion and Actin-Associated Membrane Protrusion: a Possible Mechanism for Cell-to-Cell Spreading W. Kespichayawattana, S. Rattanachetkul, T. Wanun, P. Utaisincharoen, and S. Sirisinha Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5377-5384; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Staphylococcus aureus RN6390 Replicates and Induces Apoptosis in a Pulmonary Epithelial Cell Line Barbara C. Kahl, Mark Goulian, Willem van Wamel, Mathias Herrmann, Sanford M. Simon, Gilla Kaplan, Georg Peters, and Ambrose L. Cheung Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5385-5392; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vacuole Acidification Is Not Required for Survival of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium within Cultured Macrophages and Epithelial Cells Olivia Steele-Mortimer, Maryse St-Louis, Martin Olivier, and B. Brett Finlay Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5401-5404; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cl Secretion in Colonic Epithelial Cells Induced by the Vibrio parahaemolyticus Hemolytic Toxin Related to Thermostable Direct Hemolysin Akira Takahashi, Noriko Kenjyo, Kinichi Imura, Yoh Myonsun, and Takeshi Honda Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5435-5438; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Random Transposon Mutagenesis of Campylobacter jejuni Neal J. Golden, Andrew Camilli, and David W. K. Acheson Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5450-5453; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Genomics:

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Structural Analysis of Phage-Borne stx Genes and Their Flanking Sequences in Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli and Shigella dysenteriae Type 1 Strains Alexandra Unkmeir and Herbert Schmidt Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 4856-4864; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Application of Signature-Tagged Mutagenesis for Identification of Escherichia coli K1 Genes That Contribute to Invasion of Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells Julie L. Badger, Carol A. Wass, Scott J. Weissman, and Kwang Sik Kim Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5056-5061; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Adherence of Staphylococcus aureus to Endothelial Cells: Influence of Capsular Polysaccharide, Global Regulator agr, and Bacterial Growth Phase Petra Pöhlmann-Dietze, Martina Ulrich, Kevin B. Kiser, Gerd Döring, Jean C. Lee, Jean-Michel Fournier, Konrad Botzenhart, and Christiane Wolz Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 4865-4871; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Cloning, Sequencing, Expression, and Characterization of an Immunogenic 43-Kilodalton Lipoprotein of Bartonella bacilliformis That Has Homology to NlpD/LppB Indira Padmalayam, Timothy Kelly, Barbara Baumstark, and Robert Massung Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 4972-4979; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression and Immunological Analysis of the Plasmid-Borne mlp Genes of Borrelia burgdorferi Strain B31 Stephen F. Porcella, Cecily A. Fitzpatrick, and James L. Bono Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 4992-5001; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Invasion Genes Are Not Required for Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium To Breach the Intestinal Epithelium: Evidence That Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 1 Has Alternative Functions during Infection Rose Ann Murray and Catherine A. Lee Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5050-5055; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel Factor Isolated from Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Stimulates Mouse B Cells and Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Soo-Jin Jeong, Sung-Tae Yee, Wol-Soon Jo, Seong-Ho Yu, Sang-Hwa Lee, Young-Jin Lim, Young-Hyun Yoo, Jung-Man Kim, Jae-Dong Lee, and Min-Ho Jeong Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5132-5138; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ankA: an Ehrlichia phagocytophila Group Gene Encoding a Cytoplasmic Protein Antigen with Ankyrin Repeats Patrizio Caturegli, Kristin M. Asanovich, Jennifer J. Walls, Johan S. Bakken, John E. Madigan, Vsevolod L. Popov, and J. Stephen Dumler Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5277-5283; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Suppression of Macrophage Activation with CNI-1493 Increases Survival in Infant Rats with Systemic Haemophilus influenzae Infection Carl Granert, Hana Abdalla, Lars Lindquist, Asim Diab, Moiz Bakhiet, Kevin J. Tracey, and Jan Andersson Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5329-5334; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distinct Response Kinetics of Gamma Interferon and Interleukin-4 in Bovine Tuberculosis S. G. Rhodes, N. Palmer, S. P. Graham, A. E. Bianco, R. G. Hewinson, and H. M. Vordermeier Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5393-5400; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Uptake and Killing of Leptospira interrogans and Borrelia burgdorferi, Spirochetes Pathogenic to Humans, by Reticuloendothelial Cells in Perfused Rat Liver Antonella Marangoni, Rita Aldini, Vittorio Sambri, Marco Montagnani, Giorgio Ballardini, Elisa Storni, and Roberto Cevenini Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5408-5411; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Amino Acid Transport into Cultured McCoy Cells Infected with Chlamydia trachomatis Angela Harper, Christopher I. Pogson, and John H. Pearce Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5439-5442; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contribution of Clumping Factor B to Pathogenesis of Experimental Endocarditis due to Staphylococcus aureus J. M. Entenza, T. J. Foster, D. Ni Eidhin, P. Vaudaux, P. Francioli, and P. Moreillon Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5443-5446; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Recombinant Mycobacterium bovis BCG Expressing Pertussis Toxin Subunit S1 Induces Protection against an Intracerebral Challenge with Live Bordetella pertussis in Mice Ivan P. Nascimento, Waldely O. Dias, Rogerio P. Mazzantini, Eliane N. Miyaji, Marcia Gamberini, Wagner Quintilio, Vera C. Gebara, Diva F. Cardoso, Paulo L. Ho, Isaias Raw, Nathalie Winter, Brigitte Gicquel, Rino Rappuoli, and Luciana C. C. Leite Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 4877-4883; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Attenuated Shigella flexneri 2a Vaccine Strain CVD 1204 Expressing Colonization Factor Antigen I and Mutant Heat-Labile Enterotoxin of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Hilary Koprowski, II, Myron M. Levine, Richard J. Anderson, Genevieve Losonsky, Mariagrazia Pizza, and Eileen M. Barry Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 4884-4892; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antipeptide Antibody Responses following Intranasal Immunization: Effectiveness of Mucosal Adjuvants Wieslawa Olszewska, Charalambos D. Partidos, and Michael W. Steward Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 4923-4929; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Allelic Diversity of the Two Transferrin Binding Protein B Gene Isotypes among a Collection of Neisseria meningitidis Strains Representative of Serogroup B Disease: Implication for the Composition of a Recombinant TbpB-Based Vaccine Bachra Rokbi, Geneviève Renauld-Mongenie, Michèle Mignon, B. Danve, David Poncet, Christophe Chabanel, Dominique A. Caugant, and Marie-José Quentin-Millet Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 4938-4947; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhancement of Clearance of Bacteria from Murine Lungs by Immunization with Detoxified Lipooligosaccharide from Moraxella catarrhalis Conjugated to Proteins Wei-Gang Hu, Jing Chen, James F. Battey, and Xin-Xing Gu Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 4980-4985; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toxoids of Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin A Are Protective in Rabbit Models of Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome Manuela Roggiani, Jennifer A. Stoehr, Stephen B. Olmsted, Yury V. Matsuka, Subramonia Pillai, Douglas H. Ohlendorf, and Patrick M. Schlievert Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5011-5017; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vibrio cholerae O139 Conjugate Vaccines: Synthesis and Immunogenicity of V. cholerae O139 Capsular Polysaccharide Conjugates with Recombinant Diphtheria Toxin Mutant in Mice Zuzana Kossaczka, Joseph Shiloach, Virginia Johnson, David N. Taylor, Richard A. Finkelstein, John B. Robbins, and Shousun C. Szu Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5037-5043; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Response to Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infection: Antibodies to Secreted Virulence Factors Yuling Li, Elizabeth Frey, Andrew M. R. Mackenzie, and B. Brett Finlay Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5090-5095; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Cytokine Expression in Mice Immunized with Cryptococcal Polysaccharide, a Glucuronoxylomannan (GXM), Associated with Peritoneal Antigen-Presenting Cells (APC): Requirements for GXM, APC Activation, and Interleukin-12 Rebecca Blackstock, Norma McElwee, Eric Neller, and Jeremy Shaddix-White Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5146-5153; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

T-Cell-Independent Responses to Borrelia burgdorferi Are Critical for Protective Immunity and Resolution of Lyme Disease Maureen D. McKisic and Stephen W. Barthold Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5190-5197; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Lymphocyte Response in the Female Genital Tract during Ascending Chlamydial Genital Infection in the Guinea Pig Model Roger G. Rank, Anne K. Bowlin, and Kathleen A. Kelly Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5293-5298; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcutaneous Immunization with Bacterial ADP-Ribosylating Exotoxins, Subunits, and Unrelated Adjuvants Tanya Scharton-Kersten, Jian-mei Yu, Russell Vassell, Derek O'Hagan, Carl R. Alving, and Gregory M. Glenn Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5306-5313; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Impaired Control of Brucella melitensis Infection in Rag1-Deficient Mice Mina J. Izadjoo, Yury Polotsky, Mark G. Mense, Apurba K. Bhattacharjee, Chrysanthi M. Paranavitana, Ted L. Hadfield, and David L. Hoover Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5314-5320; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Anti-HSP70 Autoantibody Formation by B-1 Cells in Toxoplasma gondii-Infected Mice Mei Chen, Fumie Aosai, Hye-Seong Mun, Kazumi Norose, Hidekazu Hata, and Akihiko Yano Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 4893-4899; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phagocytic Cell Killing Mediated by Secreted Cytotoxic Factors of Vibrio cholerae Vasu Punj, Olga Zaborina, Neelam Dhiman, Kim Falzari, M. Bagdasarian, and A. M. Chakrabarty Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 4930-4937; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Serum Amyloid P Component Prevents High-Density Lipoprotein-Mediated Neutralization of Lipopolysaccharide Carla J. C. de Haas, Miriam J. J. G. Poppelier, Kok P. M. van Kessel, and Jos A. G. van Strijp Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 4954-4960; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibody and Cytokine Responses to the Cilium-Associated Respiratory Bacillus in BALB/c and C57BL/6 Mice Lon V. Kendall, Lela K. Riley, Reuel R. Hook, Jr., Cynthia L. Besch-Williford, and Craig L. Franklin Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 4961-4967; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Major Acute-Phase Protein, Serum Amyloid P Component, in Mice Is Not Involved in Endogenous Resistance against Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha-Induced Lethal Hepatitis, Shock, and Skin Necrosis Wim Van Molle, Tino Hochepied, Peter Brouckaert, and Claude Libert Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5026-5029; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antigen Detection in Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Using Secretory Immunoglobulin A Antibodies Isolated from Human Breast Milk H. A. Manjarrez-Hernandez, S. Gavilanes-Parra, E. Chavez-Berrocal, A. Navarro-Ocaña, and A. Cravioto Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5030-5036; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Colony-Stimulating Factor Expression following Staphylococcus or Salmonella Interaction with Mouse or Human Osteoblasts Kenneth L. Bost, Jennifer L. Bento, John K. Ellington, Ian Marriott, and Michael C. Hudson Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5075-5083; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Expression of Caveolin-1 in Lipopolysaccharide-Activated Murine Macrophages Mei G. Lei and David C. Morrison Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5084-5089; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Helicobacter hepaticus Does Not Induce or Potentiate Colitis in Interleukin-10-Deficient Mice Levinus A. Dieleman, Annemarie Arends, Susan L. Tonkonogy, Marije S. Goerres, David W. Craft, Wetonia Grenther, Rance K. Sellon, Ed Balish, and R. Balfour Sartor Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5107-5113; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhancement of Neonatal Innate Defense: Effects of Adding an N-Terminal Recombinant Fragment of Bactericidal/Permeability-Increasing Protein on Growth and Tumor Necrosis Factor-Inducing Activity of Gram-Negative Bacteria Tested in Neonatal Cord Blood Ex Vivo Ofer Levy, Richard B. Sisson, Jonathan Kenyon, Eric Eichenwald, Ann B. Macone, and Donald Goldmann Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5120-5125; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Shiga Toxin-Induced Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Expression: Requirement for Toxin Enzymatic Activity and Monocyte Protein Kinase C and Protein Tyrosine Kinases Gregory H. Foster, Cassandra S. Armstrong, Ramesh Sakiri, and Vernon L. Tesh Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5183-5189; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Helicobacter pylori on Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte Migration across Polarized T84 Epithelial Cell Monolayers: Role of Vacuolating Toxin VacA and cag Pathogenicity Island Véronique Hofman, Vittorio Ricci, Antoine Galmiche, Patrick Brest, Patrick Auberger, Bernard Rossi, Patrice Boquet, and Paul Hofman Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5225-5233; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Interleukin-4 (IL-4) by Legionella pneumophila Infection in BALB/c Mice and Regulation of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha, IL-6, and IL-1 Catherine Newton, Shannon McHugh, Ray Widen, Noriya Nakachi, Thomas Klein, and Herman Friedman Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5234-5240; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Soluble CD14 Enhances Membrane CD14-Mediated Responses to Peptidoglycan: Structural Requirements Differ from Those for Responses to Lipopolysaccharide Roman Dziarski, Suganya Viriyakosol, Theo N. Kirkland, and Dipika Gupta Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5254-5260; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytokine Responses to Treponema pectinovorum and Treponema denticola in Human Gingival Fibroblasts Connie S. Nixon, Michelle J. Steffen, and Jeffrey L. Ebersole Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5284-5292; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Does Inhibition of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Affect Chlamydial Genital Tract Infection in Mice and Guinea Pigs? Toni Darville, C. W. Andrews, Jr., and R. G. Rank Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5299-5305; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Human -Defensins by Gastric Epithelial Cells in Response to Infection with Helicobacter pylori or Stimulation with Interleukin-1 Deborah A. O'Neil, Sheri P. Cole, Edith Martin-Porter, Michael P. Housley, Lide Liu, Tomas Ganz, and Martin F. Kagnoff Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5412-5415; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Invasion of Human Vascular Endothelial Cells by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans via the Receptor for Platelet-Activating Factor Harvey A. Schenkein, Suzanne E. Barbour, C. R. Berry, Barbara Kipps, and John G. Tew Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5416-5419; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevotella intermedia Stimulates Expansion of V-Specific CD4+ T Cells K.-P. Leung and Barbara A. Torres Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5420-5424; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Possible Release of an ArgGlyArgProGln Pentapeptide with Innate Immunity Properties from Acidic Proline-Rich Proteins by Proteolytic Activity in Commensal Streptococcus and Actinomyces Species Tong Li, Per Bratt, Andreas P. Jonsson, Mats Ryberg, Ingegerd Johansson, William J. Griffiths, Tomas Bergman, and Nicklas Strömberg Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5425-5429; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Maternal Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Upregulates Capacity of Uninfected Neonate Cells To Produce Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines Johan Vekemans, Carine Truyens, Faustino Torrico, Marco Solano, Mary-Cruz Torrico, Patricia Rodriguez, Cristina Alonso-Vega, and Yves Carlier Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5430-5434; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Direct Evidence for Involvement of NF-B in Transcriptional Activation of Tumor Necrosis Factor by a Spirochetal Lipoprotein Irina A. Udalova, Vincent Vidal, Ian G. Scragg, and Dominic Kwiatkowski Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5447-5449; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in Resistance to Mycobacterium leprae in Mice Linda B. Adams, Charles K. Job, and James L. Krahenbuhl Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5462-5465; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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CP30, a Cysteine Proteinase Involved in Trichomonas vaginalis Cytoadherence M. Remedios Mendoza-López, Cecilia Becerril-Garcia, Loriz V. Fattel-Facenda, Leticia Avila-Gonzalez, Martha E. Ruíz-Tachiquín, Jaime Ortega-Lopez, and Rossana Arroyo Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 4907-4912; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Extract of Nippostrongylus brasiliensis Stimulates Polyclonal Type-2 Immunoglobulin Response by Inducing De Novo Class Switch Humphrey N. Ehigiator, Andrew W. Stadnyk, and Timothy D. G. Lee Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 4913-4922; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protective Immunity against Congenital Toxoplasmosis with Recombinant SAG1 Protein in a Guinea Pig Model Michèle Haumont, Louis Delhaye, Lida Garcia, Margarita Jurado, Pasqualina Mazzu, Véronique Daminet, Vincent Verlant, Alex Bollen, Ralph Biemans, and Alain Jacquet Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 4948-4953; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mucosal Defense against Gastrointestinal Nematodes: Responses of Mucosal Mast Cells and Mouse Mast Cell Protease 1 during Primary Strongyloides venezuelensis Infection in FcR-Knockout Mice Denis N. Onah, Fukumi Uchiyama, Yuuko Nagakui, Masao Ono, Toshiyuki Takai, and Yukifumi Nawa Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 4968-4971; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA-Based Immunization with Trypanosoma cruzi Complement Regulatory Protein Elicits Complement Lytic Antibodies and Confers Protection against Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Pilar Sepulveda, Mireille Hontebeyrie, Pascal Liegeard, Alexia Mascilli, and Karen A. Norris Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 4986-4991; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fecal Antibodies to Cryptosporidium parvum in Healthy Volunteers Sara M. Dann, Pablo C. Okhuysen, Bassam M. Salameh, Herbert L. DuPont, and Cynthia L. Chappell Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5068-5074; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin 18 Restores Defective Th1 Immunity to Candida albicans in Caspase 1-Deficient Mice Antonella Mencacci, Angela Bacci, Elio Cenci, Claudia Montagnoli, Sabrina Fiorucci, Andrea Casagrande, Richard A. Flavell, Francesco Bistoni, and Luigina Romani Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5126-5131; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Babesia bovis-Stimulated Macrophages Express Interleukin-1, Interleukin-12, Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha, and Nitric Oxide and Inhibit Parasite Replication In Vitro Lisl K. M. Shoda, Guy H. Palmer, Jorge Florin-Christensen, Monica Florin-Christensen, Dale L. Godson, and Wendy C. Brown Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5139-5145; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mediation of Cryptosporidium parvum Infection In Vitro by Mucin-Like Glycoproteins Defined by a Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibody Ana María Cevallos, Najma Bhat, Renaud Verdon, Davidson H. Hamer, Barry Stein, Saul Tzipori, Miercio E. A. Pereira, Gerald T. Keusch, and Honorine D. Ward Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5167-5175; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evolution of Lesion Formation, Parasitic Load, Immune Response, and Reservoir Potential in C57BL/6 Mice following High- and Low-Dose Challenge with Leishmania major Rosalia Lira, Mark Doherty, Govind Modi, and David Sacks Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5176-5182; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytokine Responses to Plasmodium falciparum Liver-Stage Antigen 1 Vary in Rainy and Dry Seasons in Highland Kenya C. C. John, P. O. Sumba, J. H. Ouma, B. L. Nahlen, C. L. King, and J. W. Kazura Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5198-5204; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunopathology of Cerebral Malaria: Morphological Evidence of Parasite Sequestration in Murine Brain Microvasculature Jocelyn Hearn, Neil Rayment, David N. Landon, David R. Katz, and J. Brian de Souza Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5364-5376; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transforming Growth Factor 1 Is Expressed in the Jejunum after Experimental Cryptosporidium parvum Infection in Humans Prema Robinson, Pablo C. Okhuysen, Cynthia L. Chappell, Dorothy E. Lewis, Imran Shahab, Sandeep Lahoti, and A. Clinton White, Jr. Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5405-5407; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Genes Expressed at the Infective Larval Stage Validates Utility of Litomosoides sigmodontis as a Murine Model for Filarial Vaccine Development Judith E. Allen, Jennifer Daub, David Guiliano, Amanda McDonnell, Michelle Lizotte-Waniewski, David W. Taylor, and Mark Blaxter Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5454-5458; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CD4+ Depletion Selectively Inhibits Eosinophil Recruitment to the Cornea and Abrogates Onchocerca volvulus Keratitis (River Blindness) Laurie R. Hall, Jussuf T. Kaifi, Eugenia Diaconu, and Eric Pearlman Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5459-5461; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Presence of Phosphorylcholine on a Filarial Nematode Protein Influences Immunoglobulin G Subclass Response to the Molecule by an Interleukin-10-Dependent Mechanism Katrina M. Houston, Emma H. Wilson, Linda Eyres, Frank Brombacher, Margaret M. Harnett, James Alexander, and William Harnett Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5466-5468; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Antibody-Mediated Elimination of the Obligate Intracellular Bacterial Pathogen Ehrlichia chaffeensis during Active Infection Gary M. Winslow, Eric Yager, Konstantin Shilo, Erin Volk, Andrew Reilly, and Frederick K. Chu Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5469 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification by Subtractive Hybridization of a Novel Insertion Sequence Specific for Virulent Strains of Porphyromonas gingivalis Koichi Sawada, Susumu Kokeguchi, hiroshi Hongyo, Satoko Sawada, Manabu Miyamoto, Hiroshi Maeda, Fusanori Nishimura, Shogo Takashiba, and Yoji Murayama Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5469 [Full Text] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetic Characterization of a Tn5-Disrupted Glycosyltransferase Gene Homolog in Brucella abortus and Its Effect on Lipopolysaccharide Composition and Virulence J. R. McQuiston, R. Vemulapalli, T. J. Inzana, G. G. Schurig, N. Sriranganathan, D. Fritzinger, T. L. Hadfield, R. A. Warren, Luther E. Lindler, N. Snellings, D. Hoover, S. M. Halling, and S. M. Boyle Infect. Immun. September 2000 68: 5471 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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