Contents: February 2001, Volume 69, Issue 2        Minireviews        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Molecular Pathogenesis        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Host Response and Inflammation        Bacterial Infections        Molecular Genomics Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Genetics of Surface Antigen Expression in Pneumocystis carinii James R. Stringer and Scott P. Keely Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 627-639; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Escherichia coli Strain RDEC-1 AF/R1 Endogenous Fimbrial Glycoconjugate Receptor Molecules in Rabbit Small Intestine Hyoik Ryu, Young S. Kim, Philippe A. Grange, and Frederick J. Cassels Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 640-649; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lack of Adherence of Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to Asialo-GM1 on Epithelial Cells Torsten H. Schroeder, Tanweer Zaidi, and Gerald B. Pier Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 719-729; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fate of Mycobacterium tuberculosis within Murine Dendritic Cells Kendra A. Bodnar, Natalya V. Serbina, and JoAnne L. Flynn Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 800-809; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pneumolysin Is the Main Inducer of Cytotoxicity to Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells Caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae Gregor Zysk, Barbara Katharina Schneider-Wald, Jae Hyuk Hwang, Levente Bejo, Kwang Sik Kim, Timothy J. Mitchell, Regine Hakenbeck, and Hans-Peter Heinz Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 845-852; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Infectivity of Chlamydia trachomatis Serovar LGV but Not E Is Dependent on Host Cell Heparan Sulfate Maria Taraktchoglou, Allan A. Pacey, Jeremy E. Turnbull, and Adrian Eley Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 968-976; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Expression of Major Histocompatibility Antigens by Bovine Macrophages Infected with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis or Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium Douglas J. Weiss, Oral A. Evanson, David J. McClenahan, Mitchell S. Abrahamsen, and Bruce K. Walcheck Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1002-1008; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Virulence Plasmid of Rhodococcus equi Contains Inducible Gene Family Encoding Secreted Proteins Barbara A. Byrne, John F. Prescott, Guy H. Palmer, Shinji Takai, Vivian M. Nicholson, Debra C. Alperin, and Stephen A. Hines Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 650-656; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Study of Staphylococcus aureus Pathogenic Genes by Transfer and Expression in the Less Virulent Organism Streptococcus gordonii P. Stutzmann Meier, J. M. Entenza, P. Vaudaux, P. Francioli, M. P. Glauser, and P. Moreillon Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 657-664; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning of a Beta-Hemolysin Gene of Brachyspira (Serpulina) hyodysenteriae and Its Expression in Escherichia coli Tsungda Hsu, David L. Hutto, F. Chris Minion, Richard L. Zuerner, and Michael J. Wannemuehler Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 706-711; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Staphylococcus caprae Strains Carry Determinants Known To Be Involved in Pathogenicity: a Gene Encoding an Autolysin-Binding Fibronectin and the ica Operon Involved in Biofilm Formation Jeanine Allignet, Sylvie Aubert, Keith G. H. Dyke, and Nevine El Solh Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 712-718; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 2-Encoded Proteins SseC and SseD Are Essential for Virulence and Are Substrates of the Type III Secretion System Joanna R. Klein and Bradley D. Jones Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 737-743; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Escherichia coli Strains Causing Bacteriuria during Pregnancy: Selection for Strains That Do Not Express Type 1 Fimbriae J. C. Graham, J. B. S. Leathart, S. J. Keegan, J. Pearson, A. Bint, and D. L. Gally Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 794-799; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Rgg-Regulated Exoproteins of Streptococcus pyogenes Michael S. Chaussee, Robert O. Watson, James C. Smoot, and James M. Musser Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 822-831; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of sarR, a Modulator of sar Expression in Staphylococcus aureus Adhar Manna and Ambrose L. Cheung Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 885-896; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Initial Characterization of the Hemolysin Stachylysin from Stachybotrys chartarum Stephen J. Vesper, Matthew L. Magnuson, Dorr G. Dearborn, Iwona Yike, and Richard A. Haugland Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 912-916; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Staphylococcus aureus Cap5O Has UDP-ManNAc Dehydrogenase Activity and Is Essential for Capsule Expression Marta Portolés, Kevin B. Kiser, Navneet Bhasin, Kenneth H. N. Chan, and Jean C. Lee Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 917-923; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

afa-8 Gene Cluster Is Carried by a Pathogenicity Island Inserted into the tRNAPhe of Human and Bovine Pathogenic Escherichia coli Isolates Lila Lalioui and Chantal Le Bouguénec Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 937-948; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Legionella pneumophila Genes Important for Infection of Amoebas by Signature-Tagged Mutagenesis Andrea H. Polesky, Julianna T. D. Ross, Stanley Falkow, and Lucy S. Tompkins Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 977-987; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Plasmid-Encoded Toxin of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli is Internalized by Epithelial Cells Fernando Navarro-García, Adrián Canizalez-Roman, José Luna, Cynthia Sears, and James P. Nataro Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1053-1060; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toxin Synthesis and Mucin Breakdown Are Related to Swarming Phenomenon in Clostridium septicum Sandra Macfarlane, Mark J. Hopkins, and George T. Macfarlane Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1120-1126; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prolonged Survival and Cytoplasmic pH Homeostasis of Helicobacter pylori at pH 1 Kerstin Stingl, Eva-Maria Uhlemann, Gabriele Deckers-Hebestreit, Roland Schmid, Evert P. Bakker, and Karlheinz Altendorf Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1178-1180; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Amino-Terminal Hydrophobic Region of Helicobacter pylori Vacuolating Cytotoxin (VacA) Mediates Transmembrane Protein Dimerization Mark S. McClain, Ping Cao, and Timothy L. Cover Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1181-1184; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Restoration of Mga Function to a Streptococcus pyogenes Strain (M Type 50) That Is Virulent in Mice Brandi Limbago, Kevin S. McIver, Vikram Penumalli, Brian Weinrick, and June R. Scott Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1215-1220; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Influence of Costimulatory Molecules on Immune Response to Leishmania major by Human Cells In Vitro Claudia I. Brodskyn, Gregory K. DeKrey, and Richard G. Titus Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 665-672; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pretreatment with Recombinant Flt3 Ligand Partially Protects against Progressive Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Susceptible BALB/c Mice Inger B. Kremer, Meetha P. Gould, Kevin D. Cooper, and Frederick P. Heinzel Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 673-680; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro Investigation of Host Resistance to Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Microglia of BALB/c and CBA/Ca Mice Yvonne R. Freund, Naunihal T. Zaveri, and Harold S. Javitz Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 765-772; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of the Hydrophobic Properties of Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis Kevin C. Hazen, Jean G. Wu, and James Masuoka Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 779-786; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Critical Role for Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription Factor 6 in Mediating Intestinal Muscle Hypercontractility and Worm Expulsion in Trichinella spiralis-Infected Mice W. I. Khan, B. A. Vallance, P. A. Blennerhassett, Y. Deng, E. F. Verdu, K. I. Matthaei, and S. M. Collins Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 838-844; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Migration-Inhibitory Factor Gene-Deficient Mice Are Susceptible to Cutaneous Leishmania major Infection Abhay R. Satoskar, Marcelo Bozza, Miriam Rodriguez Sosa, Guoshing Lin, and John R. David Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 906-911; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibody Responses to Infections with Strains of Plasmodium falciparum Expressing Diverse Forms of Merozoite Surface Protein 2 Simon Weisman, Lina Wang, Helen Billman-Jacobe, Doan Hanh Nhan, Thomas L. Richie, and Ross L. Coppel Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 959-967; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Familial Correlation of Immunoglobulin G Subclass Responses to Plasmodium falciparum Antigens in Burkina Faso Christophe Aucan, Yves Traoré, Francis Fumoux, and Pascal Rihet Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 996-1001; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microsporidian Invasion Apparatus: Identification of a Novel Polar Tube Protein and Evidence for Clustering of ptp1 and ptp2 Genes in Three Encephalitozoon Species Frédéric Delbac, Isabelle Peuvel, Guy Metenier, Eric Peyretaillade, and Christian P. Vivares Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1016-1024; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Counter-Protective Role for Interleukin-5 during Acute Toxoplasma gondii Infection M. B. Nickdel, F. Roberts, F. Brombacher, J. Alexander, and C. W. Roberts Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1044-1052; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Proteins from Plasmodium falciparum That Are Homologous to Reticulocyte Binding Proteins in Plasmodium vivax Tony Triglia, Jenny Thompson, Sonia R. Caruana, Mauro Delorenzi, Terry Speed, and Alan F. Cowman Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1084-1092; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Schistosome Infection Stimulates Host CD4+ T Helper Cell and B-Cell Responses against a Novel Egg Antigen, Thioredoxin Peroxidase David L. Williams, Hiroko Asahi, Douglas J. Botkin, and Miguel J. Stadecker Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1134-1141; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha and Interleukin 1 in Jejuna of Volunteers after Experimental Challenge with Cryptosporidium parvum Correlates with Exposure but Not with Symptoms Prema Robinson, Pablo C. Okhuysen, Cynthia L. Chappell, Dorothy E. Lewis, Imran Shahab, Andrzej Janecki, and A. Clinton White, Jr. Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1172-1174; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Capsular Reactions of Cryptococcus neoformans with Polyspecific and Oligospecific Polyclonal Anticapsular Antibodies Tracy C. MacGill, Randall S. MacGill, and Thomas R. Kozel Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1189-1191; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression, Extracellular Secretion, and Immunogenicity of the Plasmodium falciparum Sporozoite Surface Protein 2 in Salmonella Vaccine Strains Oscar G. Gómez-Duarte, Marcela F. Pasetti, Araceli Santiago, Marcelo B. Sztein, Stephen L. Hoffman, and Myron M. Levine Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1192-1198; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Immunization by Plasmodium falciparum Liver-Stage Antigen 3 Induces Protection against Plasmodium yoelii Sporozoite Challenge Jean-Pierre Sauzet, Blanca-Liliana Perlaza, Karima Brahimi, Pierre Daubersies, and Pierre Druilhe Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1202-1206; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Patterns of Human Immunoglobulin G Subclass Responses to Distinct Regions of a Single Protein, the Merozoite Surface Protein 1 of Plasmodium falciparum David R. Cavanagh, Carlota Dobaño, Ibrahim M. Elhassan, Kevin Marsh, Ahmed Elhassan, Lars Hviid, E. At Tahir G. Khalil, Thor G. Theander, David E. Arnot, and Jana S. McBride Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1207-1211; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

T Cells That React to the Immunodominant Leishmania major LACK Antigen Prevent Early Dissemination of the Parasite in Susceptible BALB/c Mice Sabrina Schilling and Nicolas Glaichenhaus Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1212-1214; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Susceptibilities of Cryptococcus neoformans Strains to Platelet Binding In Vivo and to the Fungicidal Activity of Thrombin-Induced Platelet Microbicidal Proteins In Vitro S. Nail, R. Robert, F. Dromer, A. Marot-Leblond, and J. M. Senet Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1221-1225; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Enhanced Immunogenicity of CD4+ T-Cell Responses and Protective Efficacy of a DNA-Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara Prime-Boost Vaccination Regimen for Murine Tuberculosis Helen McShane, Roger Brookes, Sarah C. Gilbert, and Adrian V. S. Hill Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 681-686; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibodies to Loop 6 of the P2 Porin Protein of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Are Bactericidal against Multiple Strains John M. Neary, Kyungcheol Yi, Richard J. Karalus, and Timothy F. Murphy Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 773-778; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Synthetic 6B Di-, Tri-, and Tetrasaccharide-Protein Conjugates Contain Pneumococcal Type 6A and 6B Common and 6B- Specific Epitopes That Elicit Protective Antibodies in Mice Wouter T. M. Jansen, Sietske Hogenboom, Mark J. L. Thijssen, Johannis P. Kamerling, Johannes F. G. Vliegenthart, Jan Verhoef, Harm Snippe, and André F. M. Verheul Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 787-793; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Combinatorial Library Cloning of Human Antibodies to Streptococcus pneumoniae Capsular Polysaccharides: Variable Region Primary Structures and Evidence for Somatic Mutation of Fab Fragments Specific for Capsular Serotypes 6B, 14, and 23F Alexander H. Lucas, Karen D. Moulton, Vanessa R. Tang, and Donald C. Reason Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 853-864; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Neutralizing Antibodies against Diphtheria Toxin by Priming with Recombinant Mycobacterium bovis BCG Expressing CRM197, a Mutant Diphtheria Toxin Eliane N. Miyaji, Rogerio P. Mazzantini, Waldely O. Dias, Ana L. T. O. Nascimento, Rugimar Marcovistz, Denise S. Matos, Isaias Raw, Nathalie Winter, Brigitte Gicquel, Rino Rappuoli, and Luciana C. C. Leite Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 869-874; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Systemic and Mucosal Immunizations with Fibronectin-Binding Protein FBP54 Induce Protective Immune Responses against Streptococcus pyogenes Challenge in Mice Shigetada Kawabata, Eiji Kunitomo, Yutaka Terao, Ichiro Nakagawa, Ken Kikuchi, Kyo-ichi Totsuka, and Shigeyuki Hamada Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 924-930; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of a Novel Family of Pneumococcal Proteins That Are Protective against Sepsis John E. Adamou, Jon H. Heinrichs, Alice L. Erwin, William Walsh, Tony Gayle, Melissa Dormitzer, Ron Dagan, Yambasu A. Brewah, Philip Barren, Raju Lathigra, Solomon Langermann, Scott Koenig, and Syd Johnson Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 949-958; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Safety and Immunogenicity of Increasing Doses of a Clostridium difficile Toxoid Vaccine Administered to Healthy Adults Karen L. Kotloff, Steven S. Wasserman, Genevieve A. Losonsky, William Thomas, Jr., Richard Nichols, Robert Edelman, Margaret Bridwell, and Thomas P. Monath Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 988-995; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro and In Vivo Neutralization of the Relapsing Fever Agent Borrelia hermsii with Serotype-Specific Immunoglobulin M Antibodies Alan G. Barbour and Virgilio Bundoc Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1009-1015; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunomodulatory Effects of Anti-CD4 Antibody in Host Resistance against Infections and Tumors in Human CD4 Transgenic Mice Danuta J. Herzyk, Elizabeth R. Gore, Rodd Polsky, Kimberly L. Nadwodny, Curtis C. Maier, Susan Liu, Timothy K. Hart, Allen G. Harmsen, and Peter J. Bugelski Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1032-1043; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Parameters Underlying Successful Protection with Live Attenuated Mutants in Experimental Shigellosis Maria Lina Bernardini, Josette Arondel, Irene Martini, Awa Aidara, and Philippe J. Sansonetti Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1072-1083; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Neural Route of Cerebral Listeria monocytogenes Murine Infection: Role of Immune Response Mechanisms in Controling Bacterial Neuroinvasion Yuxuan Jin, Lone Dons, Krister Kristensson, and Martín E. Rottenberg Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1093-1100; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Auxotrophic Mutants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Their Potential as Vaccine Candidates Debbie A. Smith, Tanya Parish, Neil G. Stoker, and Gregory J. Bancroft Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1142-1150; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Common Vaccine Adjuvant Aluminum Hydroxide Up-Regulates Accessory Properties of Human Monocytes via an Interleukin-4-Dependent Mechanism Marina Ulanova, Andrej Tarkowski, Mirjana Hahn-Zoric, and Lars Å. Hanson Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1151-1159; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Modulation of Cytokine Release in Ex Vivo-Stimulated Blood from Borreliosis Patients Isabel Diterich, Luc Härter, Dieter Hassler, Albrecht Wendel, and Thomas Hartung Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 687-694; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Serum Resistance in an Invasive, Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Strain Bryan J. Williams, Gregory Morlin, Nathan Valentine, and Arnold L. Smith Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 695-705; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-6 Deficiency Increases Inflammatory Bone Destruction Khaled Balto, Hajime Sasaki, and Philip Stashenko Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 744-750; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Commercial Preparations of Lipoteichoic Acid Contain Endotoxin That Contributes to Activation of Mouse Macrophages In Vitro Jian Jun Gao, Qiao Xue, Eleanor G. Zuvanich, Kevin R. Haghi, and David C. Morrison Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 751-757; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pulmonary Inflammation Disrupts Surfactant Function during Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia Terry W. Wright, Robert H. Notter, Zhengdong Wang, Allen G. Harmsen, and Francis Gigliotti Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 758-764; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Trehalose 6,6'-Dimycolate (Cord Factor) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Induces Foreign-Body- and Hypersensitivity-Type Granulomas in Mice Hirokazu Yamagami, Takayuki Matsumoto, Nagatoshi Fujiwara, Tetsuo Arakawa, Kenji Kaneda, Ikuya Yano, and Kazuo Kobayashi Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 810-815; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Gelatinase Granule Mobilization Primes Neutrophils for Activation by Galectin-3 and Formylmethionyl-Leu-Phe Jenny Almkvist, Jenny Fäldt, Claes Dahlgren, Hakon Leffler, and Anna Karlsson Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 832-837; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Bacterial Superantigens by Peptides and Antibodies Kumar Visvanathan, Alain Charles, Jason Bannan, Pavel Pugach, Khosrow Kashfi, and John B. Zabriskie Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 875-884; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Endothelial Cell Activation and Mediator Release in Response to Listeria monocytogenes Virulence Factors Frank Rose, Sven-Arne Zeller, Trinad Chakraborty, Eugen Domann, Thomas Machleidt, Martin Kronke, Werner Seeger, Friedrich Grimminger, and Ulf Sibelius Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 897-905; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Augments Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Cell Proliferation in CD14-Expressing Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells Dipshikha Chakravortty, Yutaka Kato, Tsuyoshi Sugiyama, Naoki Koide, Mya Mya Mu, Tomoaki Yoshida, and Takashi Yokochi Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 931-936; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Glycocalyx on Rabbit Intestinal M Cells Displays Carbohydrate Epitopes from Muc2 Hugues Lelouard, Hubert Reggio, Christian Roy, Alain Sahuquet, Paul Mangeat, and Philippe Montcourrier Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1061-1071; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Macrophage-Derived Cell Lines Do Not Express Proinflammatory Cytokines after Exposure to Bacillus anthracis Lethal Toxin James L. Erwin, Luis M. DaSilva, Sina Bavari, Stephen F. Little, Arthur M. Friedlander, and Tran C. Chanh Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1175-1177; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sera from Adult Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Contain Antibodies to Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type III Apparatus Joel Moss, Mary E. Ehrmantraut, Bruce D. Banwart, Dara W. Frank, and Joseph T. Barbieri Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1185-1188; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mechanisms Mediating Porphyromonas gingivalis Gingipain RgpA-Induced Oral Mucosa Inflammation In Vivo Israel Rubinstein, Jan Potempa, James Travis, and Xiao-Pei Gao Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1199-1201; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Vacuolating Cytotoxin of Helicobacter pylori Plays a Role during Colonization in a Mouse Model of Infection Nina R. Salama, Glen Otto, Lucy Tompkins, and Stanley Falkow Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 730-736; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ammonia as an Accelerator of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha-Induced Apoptosis of Gastric Epithelial Cells in Helicobacter pylori Infection Muneki Igarashi, Yukie Kitada, Hironori Yoshiyama, Atsushi Takagi, Takeshi Miwa, and Yasuhiro Koga Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 816-821; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cure of Helicobacter pylori Infection and Resolution of Gastritis by Adoptive Transfer of Splenocytes in Mice Kathryn A. Eaton and Megan E. Mefford Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1025-1031; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protective Effect of Lactobacillus casei Strain Shirota on Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infection in Infant Rabbits Michinaga Ogawa, Kensuke Shimizu, Koji Nomoto, Masatoshi Takahashi, Masaaki Watanuki, Ryuichiro Tanaka, Tetsuya Tanaka, Takashi Hamabata, Shinji Yamasaki, and Yoshifumi Takeda Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1101-1108; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid, Transient Phosphatidylserine Externalization Induced in Host Cells by Infection with Chlamydia spp. Samuel R. Goth and Richard S. Stephens Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1109-1119; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Murine Lung Dendritic Cells Infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mercedes Gonzalez-Juarrero and Ian M. Orme Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1127-1133; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mice Lacking Interleukin-2 (IL-2)/IL-15 Receptor Chain Are Susceptible to Infection with Avirulent Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Choleraesuis but Mice Lacking IL-2 Are Resistant Hitoshi Nishimura, Mitsuhiko Tagaya, Hironaka Tsunobuchi, Haruhiko Suzuki, Izumi Nakashima, and Yasunobu Yoshikai Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1226-1229; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Genomics:

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Gene Discovery through Genomic Sequencing of Brucella abortus Daniel O. Sánchez, Ruben O. Zandomeni, Silvio Cravero, Ramiro E. Verdún, Ester Pierrou, Paula Faccio, Gabriela Diaz, Silvia Lanzavecchia, Fernán Agüero, Alberto C. C. Frasch, Siv G. E. Andersson, Osvaldo L. Rossetti, Oscar Grau, and Rodolfo A. Ugalde Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 865-868; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Allelic Variation within Helicobacter pylori babA and babB David T. Pride, Richard J. Meinersmann, and Martin J. Blaser Infect. Immun. February 2001 69: 1160-1171; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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