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Minireviews:

Teresa R. de Kievit and Barbara H. Iglewski

Bacterial Quorum Sensing in Pathogenic Relationships
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 4839-4849. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis:

Maite Muniesa, Jürgen Recktenwald, Martina Bielaszewska, Helge Karch, and Herbert Schmidt

Characterization of a Shiga Toxin 2e-Converting Bacteriophage from an Escherichia coli Strain of Human Origin
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 4850-4855. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Hosseinzadeh, I. A. Brewis, A. A. Pacey, H. D. M. Moore, and A. Eley

Coincubation of Human Spermatozoa with Chlamydia trachomatis In Vitro Causes Increased Tyrosine Phosphorylation of Sperm Proteins
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 4872-4876. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sigurd D. Süßmuth, Albrecht Muscholl-Silberhorn, Reinhard Wirth, Milorad Susa, Reinhard Marre, and Eva Rozdzinski

Aggregation Substance Promotes Adherence, Phagocytosis, and Intracellular Survival of Enterococcus faecalis within Human Macrophages and Suppresses Respiratory Burst
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 4900-4906. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Janice M. Spence and Virginia L. Clark

Role of Ribosomal Protein L12 in Gonococcal Invasion of Hec1B Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5002-5010. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John F. Bohnsack, Shinji Takahashi, Laura Hammitt, Dylan V. Miller, Adrienne A. Aly, and Elisabeth E. Adderson

Genetic Polymorphisms of Group B Streptococcus scpB Alter Functional Activity of a Cell-Associated Peptidase That Inactivates C5a
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5018-5025. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Junya Ninomiya, Yayoi Ito, and Iwao Takiuchi

Purification of Protease from a Mixture of Exfoliative Toxin and Newborn-Mouse Epidermis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5044-5049. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jill A. Hoffman, Julie L. Badger, Yan Zhang, Sheng-He Huang, and Kwang Sik Kim

Escherichia coli K1 aslA Contributes to Invasion of Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells In Vitro and In Vivo
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5062-5067. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Construction and Phenotypic Evaluation of a Vibrio vulnificus vvpE Mutant for Elastolytic Protease
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5096-5106. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Sepulveda, P. Liegeard, G. Wallukat, M. J. Levin, and M. Hontebeyrie

Modulation of Cardiocyte Functional Activity by Antibodies against Trypanosoma cruzi Ribosomal P2 Protein C Terminus
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5114-5119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel L. Clemens, Bai-Yu Lee, and Marcus A. Horwitz

Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Legionella pneumophila Phagosomes Exhibit Arrested Maturation despite Acquisition of Rab7
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5154-5166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robin A. Ross and Andrew B. Onderdonk

Production of Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1 by Staphylococcus aureus Requires Both Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5205-5209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sreedhar R. Nallapareddy, Kavindra V. Singh, Ruay-Wang Duh, George M. Weinstock, and Barbara E. Murray

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
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5210-5217. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sreedhar R. Nallapareddy, Xiang Qin, George M. Weinstock, Magnus Höök, and Barbara E. Murray

Enterococcus faecalis Adhesin, Ace, Mediates Attachment to Extracellular Matrix Proteins Collagen Type IV and Laminin as well as Collagen Type I
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5218-5224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tracey C. Householder, Elizabeth M. Fozo, Jean A. Cardinale, and Virginia L. Clark

Gonococcal Nitric Oxide Reductase Is Encoded by a Single Gene, norB, Which Is Required for Anaerobic Growth and Is Induced by Nitric Oxide
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5241-5246. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joseph V. Califano, Todd Kitten, Janina P. Lewis, Francis L. Macrina, Robert D. Fleischmann, Claire M. Fraser, Margaret J. Duncan, and Floyd E. Dewhirst

Characterization of Porphyromonas gingivalis Insertion Sequence-Like Element ISPg5
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5247-5253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anthony Zaleski, N. Karoline Scheffler, Peter Densen, Frank K. N. Lee, Anthony A. Campagnari, Bradford W. Gibson, and Michael A. Apicella

Lipooligosaccharide P^k (Gal1-4Gal1-4Glc) Epitope of Moraxella catarrhalis Is a Factor in Resistance to Bactericidal Activity Mediated by Normal Human Serum
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5261-5268. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Douglas J. Beecher, Timothy W. Olsen, Eileen B. Somers, and Amy C. L. Wong

Evidence for Contribution of Tripartite Hemolysin BL, Phosphatidylcholine-Preferring Phospholipase C, and Collagenase to Virulence of Bacillus cereus Endophthalmitis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5269-5276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Chronic Helicobacter pylori Infection Induces an Apoptosis-Resistant Phenotype Associated with Decreased Expression of p27^kip1
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5321-5328. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Farideh Tafazoli, Anna Holmström, Åke Forsberg, and Karl-Eric Magnusson

Apically Exposed, Tight Junction-Associated 1-Integrins Allow Binding and YopE-Mediated Perturbation of Epithelial Barriers by Wild-Type Yersinia Bacteria
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5335-5343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Monica A. Ogierman, Adrienne W. Paton, and James C. Paton

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
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5344-5353. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jennifer L. Edwards, Jian Q. Shao, Kevin A. Ault, and Michael A. Apicella

Neisseria gonorrhoeae Elicits Membrane Ruffling and Cytoskeletal Rearrangements upon Infection of Primary Human Endocervical and Ectocervical Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5354-5363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

W. Kespichayawattana, S. Rattanachetkul, T. Wanun, P. Utaisincharoen, and S. Sirisinha

Burkholderia pseudomallei Induces Cell Fusion and Actin-Associated Membrane Protrusion: a Possible Mechanism for Cell-to-Cell Spreading
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5377-5384. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barbara C. Kahl, Mark Goulian, Willem van Wamel, Mathias Herrmann, Sanford M. Simon, Gilla Kaplan, Georg Peters, and Ambrose L. Cheung

Staphylococcus aureus RN6390 Replicates and Induces Apoptosis in a Pulmonary Epithelial Cell Line
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5385-5392. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olivia Steele-Mortimer, Maryse St-Louis, Martin Olivier, and B. Brett Finlay

Vacuole Acidification Is Not Required for Survival of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium within Cultured Macrophages and Epithelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5401-5404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Akira Takahashi, Noriko Kenjyo, Kinichi Imura, Yoh Myonsun, and Takeshi Honda

Cl Secretion in Colonic Epithelial Cells Induced by the Vibrio parahaemolyticus Hemolytic Toxin Related to Thermostable Direct Hemolysin
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5435-5438. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neal J. Golden, Andrew Camilli, and David W. K. Acheson

Random Transposon Mutagenesis of Campylobacter jejuni
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5450-5453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Genomics:

Alexandra Unkmeir and Herbert Schmidt

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

Julie L. Badger, Carol A. Wass, Scott J. Weissman, and Kwang Sik Kim

Application of Signature-Tagged Mutagenesis for Identification of Escherichia coli K1 Genes That Contribute to Invasion of Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5056-5061. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacterial Infections:

Petra Pöhlmann-Dietze, Martina Ulrich, Kevin B. Kiser, Gerd Döring, Jean C. Lee, Jean-Michel Fournier, Konrad Botzenhart, and Christiane Wolz

Adherence of Staphylococcus aureus to Endothelial Cells: Influence of Capsular Polysaccharide, Global Regulator agr, and Bacterial Growth Phase
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 4865-4871. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Indira Padmalayam, Timothy Kelly, Barbara Baumstark, and Robert Massung

Molecular Cloning, Sequencing, Expression, and Characterization of an Immunogenic 43-Kilodalton Lipoprotein of Bartonella bacilliformis That Has Homology to NlpD/LppB
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 4972-4979. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephen F. Porcella, Cecily A. Fitzpatrick, and James L. Bono

Expression and Immunological Analysis of the Plasmid-Borne mlp Genes of Borrelia burgdorferi Strain B31
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 4992-5001. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rose Ann Murray and Catherine A. Lee

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
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5050-5055. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

A Novel Factor Isolated from Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Stimulates Mouse B Cells and Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5132-5138. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrizio Caturegli, Kristin M. Asanovich, Jennifer J. Walls, Johan S. Bakken, John E. Madigan, Vsevolod L. Popov, and J. Stephen Dumler

ankA: an Ehrlichia phagocytophila Group Gene Encoding a Cytoplasmic Protein Antigen with Ankyrin Repeats
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5277-5283. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carl Granert, Hana Abdalla, Lars Lindquist, Asim Diab, Moiz Bakhiet, Kevin J. Tracey, and Jan Andersson

Suppression of Macrophage Activation with CNI-1493 Increases Survival in Infant Rats with Systemic Haemophilus influenzae Infection
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5329-5334. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. G. Rhodes, N. Palmer, S. P. Graham, A. E. Bianco, R. G. Hewinson, and H. M. Vordermeier

Distinct Response Kinetics of Gamma Interferon and Interleukin-4 in Bovine Tuberculosis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5393-5400. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antonella Marangoni, Rita Aldini, Vittorio Sambri, Marco Montagnani, Giorgio Ballardini, Elisa Storni, and Roberto Cevenini

Uptake and Killing of Leptospira interrogans and Borrelia burgdorferi, Spirochetes Pathogenic to Humans, by Reticuloendothelial Cells in Perfused Rat Liver
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5408-5411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Angela Harper, Christopher I. Pogson, and John H. Pearce

Amino Acid Transport into Cultured McCoy Cells Infected with Chlamydia trachomatis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5439-5442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. M. Entenza, T. J. Foster, D. Ni Eidhin, P. Vaudaux, P. Francioli, and P. Moreillon

Contribution of Clumping Factor B to Pathogenesis of Experimental Endocarditis due to Staphylococcus aureus
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5443-5446. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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

Recombinant Mycobacterium bovis BCG Expressing Pertussis Toxin Subunit S1 Induces Protection against an Intracerebral Challenge with Live Bordetella pertussis in Mice
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 4877-4883. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hilary Koprowski, II, Myron M. Levine, Richard J. Anderson, Genevieve Losonsky, Mariagrazia Pizza, and Eileen M. Barry

Attenuated Shigella flexneri 2a Vaccine Strain CVD 1204 Expressing Colonization Factor Antigen I and Mutant Heat-Labile Enterotoxin of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 4884-4892. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wieslawa Olszewska, Charalambos D. Partidos, and Michael W. Steward

Antipeptide Antibody Responses following Intranasal Immunization: Effectiveness of Mucosal Adjuvants
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 4923-4929. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bachra Rokbi, Geneviève Renauld-Mongenie, Michèle Mignon, B. Danve, David Poncet, Christophe Chabanel, Dominique A. Caugant, and Marie-José Quentin-Millet

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
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 4938-4947. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wei-Gang Hu, Jing Chen, James F. Battey, and Xin-Xing Gu

Enhancement of Clearance of Bacteria from Murine Lungs by Immunization with Detoxified Lipooligosaccharide from Moraxella catarrhalis Conjugated to Proteins
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 4980-4985. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manuela Roggiani, Jennifer A. Stoehr, Stephen B. Olmsted, Yury V. Matsuka, Subramonia Pillai, Douglas H. Ohlendorf, and Patrick M. Schlievert

Toxoids of Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin A Are Protective in Rabbit Models of Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5011-5017. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zuzana Kossaczka, Joseph Shiloach, Virginia Johnson, David N. Taylor, Richard A. Finkelstein, John B. Robbins, and Shousun C. Szu

Vibrio cholerae O139 Conjugate Vaccines: Synthesis and Immunogenicity of V. cholerae O139 Capsular Polysaccharide Conjugates with Recombinant Diphtheria Toxin Mutant in Mice
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5037-5043. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuling Li, Elizabeth Frey, Andrew M. R. Mackenzie, and B. Brett Finlay

Human Response to Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infection: Antibodies to Secreted Virulence Factors
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5090-5095. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rebecca Blackstock, Norma McElwee, Eric Neller, and Jeremy Shaddix-White

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
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5146-5153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maureen D. McKisic and Stephen W. Barthold

T-Cell-Independent Responses to Borrelia burgdorferi Are Critical for Protective Immunity and Resolution of Lyme Disease
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5190-5197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roger G. Rank, Anne K. Bowlin, and Kathleen A. Kelly

Characterization of Lymphocyte Response in the Female Genital Tract during Ascending Chlamydial Genital Infection in the Guinea Pig Model
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5293-5298. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tanya Scharton-Kersten, Jian-mei Yu, Russell Vassell, Derek O'Hagan, Carl R. Alving, and Gregory M. Glenn

Transcutaneous Immunization with Bacterial ADP-Ribosylating Exotoxins, Subunits, and Unrelated Adjuvants
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5306-5313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mina J. Izadjoo, Yury Polotsky, Mark G. Mense, Apurba K. Bhattacharjee, Chrysanthi M. Paranavitana, Ted L. Hadfield, and David L. Hoover

Impaired Control of Brucella melitensis Infection in Rag1-Deficient Mice
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5314-5320. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Host Response and Inflammation:

Mei Chen, Fumie Aosai, Hye-Seong Mun, Kazumi Norose, Hidekazu Hata, and Akihiko Yano

Anti-HSP70 Autoantibody Formation by B-1 Cells in Toxoplasma gondii-Infected Mice
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 4893-4899. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vasu Punj, Olga Zaborina, Neelam Dhiman, Kim Falzari, M. Bagdasarian, and A. M. Chakrabarty

Phagocytic Cell Killing Mediated by Secreted Cytotoxic Factors of Vibrio cholerae
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 4930-4937. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carla J. C. de Haas, Miriam J. J. G. Poppelier, Kok P. M. van Kessel, and Jos A. G. van Strijp

Serum Amyloid P Component Prevents High-Density Lipoprotein-Mediated Neutralization of Lipopolysaccharide
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 4954-4960. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lon V. Kendall, Lela K. Riley, Reuel R. Hook, Jr., Cynthia L. Besch-Williford, and Craig L. Franklin

Antibody and Cytokine Responses to the Cilium-Associated Respiratory Bacillus in BALB/c and C57BL/6 Mice
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 4961-4967. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wim Van Molle, Tino Hochepied, Peter Brouckaert, and Claude Libert

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
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5026-5029. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. A. Manjarrez-Hernandez, S. Gavilanes-Parra, E. Chavez-Berrocal, A. Navarro-Ocaña, and A. Cravioto

Antigen Detection in Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Using Secretory Immunoglobulin A Antibodies Isolated from Human Breast Milk
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5030-5036. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenneth L. Bost, Jennifer L. Bento, John K. Ellington, Ian Marriott, and Michael C. Hudson

Induction of Colony-Stimulating Factor Expression following Staphylococcus or Salmonella Interaction with Mouse or Human Osteoblasts
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5075-5083. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mei G. Lei and David C. Morrison

Differential Expression of Caveolin-1 in Lipopolysaccharide-Activated Murine Macrophages
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5084-5089. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Helicobacter hepaticus Does Not Induce or Potentiate Colitis in Interleukin-10-Deficient Mice
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5107-5113. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ofer Levy, Richard B. Sisson, Jonathan Kenyon, Eric Eichenwald, Ann B. Macone, and Donald Goldmann

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
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5120-5125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gregory H. Foster, Cassandra S. Armstrong, Ramesh Sakiri, and Vernon L. Tesh

Shiga Toxin-Induced Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Expression: Requirement for Toxin Enzymatic Activity and Monocyte Protein Kinase C and Protein Tyrosine Kinases
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5183-5189. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Véronique Hofman, Vittorio Ricci, Antoine Galmiche, Patrick Brest, Patrick Auberger, Bernard Rossi, Patrice Boquet, and Paul Hofman

Effect of Helicobacter pylori on Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte Migration across Polarized T84 Epithelial Cell Monolayers: Role of Vacuolating Toxin VacA and cag Pathogenicity Island
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5225-5233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Catherine Newton, Shannon McHugh, Ray Widen, Noriya Nakachi, Thomas Klein, and Herman Friedman

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
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5234-5240. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roman Dziarski, Suganya Viriyakosol, Theo N. Kirkland, and Dipika Gupta

Soluble CD14 Enhances Membrane CD14-Mediated Responses to Peptidoglycan: Structural Requirements Differ from Those for Responses to Lipopolysaccharide
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5254-5260. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Connie S. Nixon, Michelle J. Steffen, and Jeffrey L. Ebersole

Cytokine Responses to Treponema pectinovorum and Treponema denticola in Human Gingival Fibroblasts
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5284-5292. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toni Darville, C. W. Andrews, Jr., and R. G. Rank

Does Inhibition of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Affect Chlamydial Genital Tract Infection in Mice and Guinea Pigs?
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5299-5305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deborah A. O'Neil, Sheri P. Cole, Edith Martin-Porter, Michael P. Housley, Lide Liu, Tomas Ganz, and Martin F. Kagnoff

Regulation of Human -Defensins by Gastric Epithelial Cells in Response to Infection with Helicobacter pylori or Stimulation with Interleukin-1
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5412-5415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Harvey A. Schenkein, Suzanne E. Barbour, C. R. Berry, Barbara Kipps, and John G. Tew

Invasion of Human Vascular Endothelial Cells by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans via the Receptor for Platelet-Activating Factor
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5416-5419. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K.-P. Leung and Barbara A. Torres

Prevotella intermedia Stimulates Expansion of V-Specific CD4⁺ T Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5420-5424. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tong Li, Per Bratt, Andreas P. Jonsson, Mats Ryberg, Ingegerd Johansson, William J. Griffiths, Tomas Bergman, and Nicklas Strömberg

Possible Release of an ArgGlyArgProGln Pentapeptide with Innate Immunity Properties from Acidic Proline-Rich Proteins by Proteolytic Activity in Commensal Streptococcus and Actinomyces Species
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5425-5429. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Johan Vekemans, Carine Truyens, Faustino Torrico, Marco Solano, Mary-Cruz Torrico, Patricia Rodriguez, Cristina Alonso-Vega, and Yves Carlier

Maternal Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Upregulates Capacity of Uninfected Neonate Cells To Produce Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5430-5434. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Irina A. Udalova, Vincent Vidal, Ian G. Scragg, and Dominic Kwiatkowski

Direct Evidence for Involvement of NF-B in Transcriptional Activation of Tumor Necrosis Factor by a Spirochetal Lipoprotein
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5447-5449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Linda B. Adams, Charles K. Job, and James L. Krahenbuhl

Role of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in Resistance to Mycobacterium leprae in Mice
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5462-5465. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

M. Remedios Mendoza-López, Cecilia Becerril-Garcia, Loriz V. Fattel-Facenda, Leticia Avila-Gonzalez, Martha E. Ruíz-Tachiquín, Jaime Ortega-Lopez, and Rossana Arroyo

CP30, a Cysteine Proteinase Involved in Trichomonas vaginalis Cytoadherence
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 4907-4912. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Humphrey N. Ehigiator, Andrew W. Stadnyk, and Timothy D. G. Lee

Extract of Nippostrongylus brasiliensis Stimulates Polyclonal Type-2 Immunoglobulin Response by Inducing De Novo Class Switch
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 4913-4922. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michèle Haumont, Louis Delhaye, Lida Garcia, Margarita Jurado, Pasqualina Mazzu, Véronique Daminet, Vincent Verlant, Alex Bollen, Ralph Biemans, and Alain Jacquet

Protective Immunity against Congenital Toxoplasmosis with Recombinant SAG1 Protein in a Guinea Pig Model
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 4948-4953. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Denis N. Onah, Fukumi Uchiyama, Yuuko Nagakui, Masao Ono, Toshiyuki Takai, and Yukifumi Nawa

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
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 4968-4971. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pilar Sepulveda, Mireille Hontebeyrie, Pascal Liegeard, Alexia Mascilli, and Karen A. Norris

DNA-Based Immunization with Trypanosoma cruzi Complement Regulatory Protein Elicits Complement Lytic Antibodies and Confers Protection against Trypanosoma cruzi Infection
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 4986-4991. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sara M. Dann, Pablo C. Okhuysen, Bassam M. Salameh, Herbert L. DuPont, and Cynthia L. Chappell

Fecal Antibodies to Cryptosporidium parvum in Healthy Volunteers
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5068-5074. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antonella Mencacci, Angela Bacci, Elio Cenci, Claudia Montagnoli, Sabrina Fiorucci, Andrea Casagrande, Richard A. Flavell, Francesco Bistoni, and Luigina Romani

Interleukin 18 Restores Defective Th1 Immunity to Candida albicans in Caspase 1-Deficient Mice
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5126-5131. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lisl K. M. Shoda, Guy H. Palmer, Jorge Florin-Christensen, Monica Florin-Christensen, Dale L. Godson, and Wendy C. Brown

Babesia bovis-Stimulated Macrophages Express Interleukin-1, Interleukin-12, Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha, and Nitric Oxide and Inhibit Parasite Replication In Vitro
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5139-5145. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Mediation of Cryptosporidium parvum Infection In Vitro by Mucin-Like Glycoproteins Defined by a Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibody
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5167-5175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rosalia Lira, Mark Doherty, Govind Modi, and David Sacks

Evolution of Lesion Formation, Parasitic Load, Immune Response, and Reservoir Potential in C57BL/6 Mice following High- and Low-Dose Challenge with Leishmania major
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5176-5182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. C. John, P. O. Sumba, J. H. Ouma, B. L. Nahlen, C. L. King, and J. W. Kazura

Cytokine Responses to Plasmodium falciparum Liver-Stage Antigen 1 Vary in Rainy and Dry Seasons in Highland Kenya
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5198-5204. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jocelyn Hearn, Neil Rayment, David N. Landon, David R. Katz, and J. Brian de Souza

Immunopathology of Cerebral Malaria: Morphological Evidence of Parasite Sequestration in Murine Brain Microvasculature
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5364-5376. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prema Robinson, Pablo C. Okhuysen, Cynthia L. Chappell, Dorothy E. Lewis, Imran Shahab, Sandeep Lahoti, and A. Clinton White, Jr.

Transforming Growth Factor 1 Is Expressed in the Jejunum after Experimental Cryptosporidium parvum Infection in Humans
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5405-5407. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Judith E. Allen, Jennifer Daub, David Guiliano, Amanda McDonnell, Michelle Lizotte-Waniewski, David W. Taylor, and Mark Blaxter

Analysis of Genes Expressed at the Infective Larval Stage Validates Utility of Litomosoides sigmodontis as a Murine Model for Filarial Vaccine Development
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5454-5458. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laurie R. Hall, Jussuf T. Kaifi, Eugenia Diaconu, and Eric Pearlman

CD4⁺ Depletion Selectively Inhibits Eosinophil Recruitment to the Cornea and Abrogates Onchocerca volvulus Keratitis (River Blindness)
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5459-5461. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katrina M. Houston, Emma H. Wilson, Linda Eyres, Frank Brombacher, Margaret M. Harnett, James Alexander, and William Harnett

Presence of Phosphorylcholine on a Filarial Nematode Protein Influences Immunoglobulin G Subclass Response to the Molecule by an Interleukin-10-Dependent Mechanism
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5466-5468. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

Gary M. Winslow, Eric Yager, Konstantin Shilo, Erin Volk, Andrew Reilly, and Frederick K. Chu

Antibody-Mediated Elimination of the Obligate Intracellular Bacterial Pathogen Ehrlichia chaffeensis during Active Infection
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5469. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Koichi Sawada, Susumu Kokeguchi, hiroshi Hongyo, Satoko Sawada, Manabu Miyamoto, Hiroshi Maeda, Fusanori Nishimura, Shogo Takashiba, and Yoji Murayama

Identification by Subtractive Hybridization of a Novel Insertion Sequence Specific for Virulent Strains of Porphyromonas gingivalis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5469. [Full Text]  

Author's Correction:

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

Genetic Characterization of a Tn5-Disrupted Glycosyltransferase Gene Homolog in Brucella abortus and Its Effect on Lipopolysaccharide Composition and Virulence
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 5471. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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