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Minireviews:

Wenyuan Shi and Hong Sun

Type IV Pilus-Dependent Motility and Its Possible Role in Bacterial Pathogenesis
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 1-4. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacterial Infections:

Ben R. Otto, Silvy J. M. van Dooren, Charles M. Dozois, Joen Luirink, and Bauke Oudega

Escherichia coli Hemoglobin Protease Autotransporter Contributes to Synergistic Abscess Formation and Heme-Dependent Growth of Bacteroides fragilis
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 5-10. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stuart I. Mannering and Christina Cheers

Interleukin-2 and Loss of Immunity in Experimental Mycobacterium avium Infection
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 27-35. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christiane V. Löhr, Fred R. Rurangirwa, Terry F. McElwain, David Stiller, and Guy H. Palmer

Specific Expression of Anaplasma marginale Major Surface Protein 2 Salivary Gland Variants Occurs in the Midgut and Is an Early Event during Tick Transmission
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 114-120. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Biswajit Biswas, Sankar Adhya, Paul Washart, Brian Paul, Andrei N. Trostel, Bradford Powell, Richard Carlton, and Carl R. Merril

Bacteriophage Therapy Rescues Mice Bacteremic from a Clinical Isolate of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 204-210. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roman Reddy Ganta, Melinda J. Wilkerson, Chuanmin Cheng, Aaron M. Rokey, and Stephen K. Chapes

Persistent Ehrlichia chaffeensis Infection Occurs in the Absence of Functional Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Genes
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 380-388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xin Li, Hui Zhao, C. Virginia Lockatell, Cinthia B. Drachenberg, David E. Johnson, and Harry L. T. Mobley

Visualization of Proteus mirabilis within the Matrix of Urease-Induced Bladder Stones during Experimental Urinary Tract Infection
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 389-394. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael A. Lutz, Francine Gervais, Alan Bernstein, Arthur L. Hattel, and Pamela H. Correll

STK Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Regulates Susceptibility to Infection with Listeria monocytogenes
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 416-418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

T. Dianne Langford, Michael P. Housley, Marianne Boes, Jianzhu Chen, Martin F. Kagnoff, Frances D. Gillin, and Lars Eckmann

Central Importance of Immunoglobulin A in Host Defense against Giardia spp.
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 11-18. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anna H. T. Gifford, Jodine R. Klippenstein, and Margo M. Moore

Serum Stimulates Growth of and Proteinase Secretion by Aspergillus fumigatus
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 19-26. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Malcolm S. Duthie, Monika Wleklinski-Lee, Sherilyn Smith, Toshinori Nakayama, Masaru Taniguchi, and Stuart J. Kahn

During Trypanosoma cruzi Infection CD1d-Restricted NK T Cells Limit Parasitemia and Augment the Antibody Response to a Glycophosphoinositol-Modified Surface Protein
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 36-48. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barbara Papadopoulou, Gaétan Roy, Marie Breton, Christoph Kündig, Carole Dumas, Isabelle Fillion, Ajay K. Singh, Martin Olivier, and Marc Ouellette

Reduced Infectivity of a Leishmania donovani Biopterin Transporter Genetic Mutant and Its Use as an Attenuated Strain for Vaccination
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 62-68. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rebecca C. Langer, Fengwu Li, and Joseph M. Vinetz

Identification of Novel Plasmodium gallinaceum Zygote- and Ookinete-Expressed Proteins as Targets for Blocking Malaria Transmission
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 102-106. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elisabeth A. Patton, Anne C. La Flamme, Joao A. Pedras-Vasoncelos, and Edward J. Pearce

Central Role for Interleukin-4 in Regulating Nitric Oxide-Mediated Inhibition of T-Cell Proliferation and Gamma Interferon Production in Schistosomiasis
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 177-184. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lawrence L. Johnson and Peter C. Sayles

Deficient Humoral Responses Underlie Susceptibility to Toxoplasma gondii in CD4-Deficient Mice
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 185-191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria Angeles Gomez Morales, Raffaella Mele, Massimo Sanchez, Daria Sacchini, Marzia De Giacomo, and Edoardo Pozio

Increased CD8⁺-T-Cell Expression and a Type 2 Cytokine Pattern during the Muscular Phase of Trichinella Infection in Humans
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 233-239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mairi C. Noverr, Galen B. Toews, and Gary B. Huffnagle

Production of Prostaglandins and Leukotrienes by Pathogenic Fungi
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 400-402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomasz Kordula, Agnieszka Banbula, Jeremy Macomson, and James Travis

Isolation and Properties of Stachyrase A, a Chymotrypsin-Like Serine Proteinase from Stachybotrys chartarum
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 419-421. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Host Response and Inflammation:

Kenneth J. Goodrum and Jane Poulson-Dunlap

Cytokine Responses to Group B Streptococci Induce Nitric Oxide Production in Respiratory Epithelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 49-54. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tracey L. Mynott, Ben Crossett, and S. Radhika Prathalingam

Proteolytic Inhibition of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium-Induced Activation of the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases ERK and JNK in Cultured Human Intestinal Cells
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 86-95. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicole P. Juffermans, Jaklien C. Leemans, Sandrine Florquin, Annelies Verbon, Arend H. Kolk, Peter Speelman, Sander J. H. van Deventer, and Tom van der Poll

CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides Enhance Host Defense during Murine Tuberculosis
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 147-152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lucas Liaudet, Kanneganti G. K. Murthy, Jon G. Mabley, Pál Pacher, Francisco G. Soriano, Andrew L. Salzman, and Csaba Szabó

Comparison of Inflammation, Organ Damage, and Oxidant Stress Induced by Salmonella enterica Serovar Muenchen Flagellin and Serovar Enteritidis Lipopolysaccharide
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 192-198. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lakshmyya Kesavalu, Clinton W. Falk, Kenneth J. Davis, Michelle J. Steffen, Xiaoping Xu, Stanley C. Holt, and Jeffrey L. Ebersole

Biological Characterization of Lipopolysaccharide from Treponema pectinovorum
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 211-217. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Atsutoshi Yoshimura, Takashi Kaneko, Yoshifumi Kato, Douglas T. Golenbock, and Yoshitaka Hara

Lipopolysaccharides from Periodontopathic Bacteria Porphyromonas gingivalis and Capnocytophaga ochracea Are Antagonists for Human Toll-Like Receptor 4
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 218-225. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

Jean-Luc Perfettini, John C. Reed, Nicole Israël, Jean-Claude Martinou, Alice Dautry-Varsat, and David M. Ojcius

Role of Bcl-2 Family Members in Caspase-Independent Apoptosis during Chlamydia Infection
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 55-61. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hisashi Baba, Ikuo Kawamura, Chikara Kohda, Takamasa Nomura, Yutaka Ito, Terumi Kimoto, Isao Watanabe, Satoshi Ichiyama, and Masao Mitsuyama

Induction of Gamma Interferon and Nitric Oxide by Truncated Pneumolysin That Lacks Pore-Forming Activity
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 107-113. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Geoffrey Heyer, Shahryar Saba, Robert Adamo, William Rush, Grace Soong, Ambrose Cheung, and Alice Prince

Staphylococcus aureus agr and sarA Functions Are Required for Invasive Infection but Not Inflammatory Responses in the Lung
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 127-133. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Luiz E. Bermudez, Felix J. Sangari, Peter Kolonoski, Mary Petrofsky, and Joseph Goodman

The Efficiency of the Translocation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis across a Bilayer of Epithelial and Endothelial Cells as a Model of the Alveolar Wall Is a Consequence of Transport within Mononuclear Phagocytes and Invasion of Alveolar Epithelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 140-146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. C. Petersen, S. Assev, H. C. van der Mei, H. J. Busscher, and A. A. Scheie

Functional Variation of the Antigen I/II Surface Protein in Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus intermedius
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 249-256. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mary Khlgatian, Hamdy Nassar, Hsin-Hua Chou, Frank C. Gibson, III, and Caroline Attardo Genco

Fimbria-Dependent Activation of Cell Adhesion Molecule Expression in Porphyromonas gingivalis-Infected Endothelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 257-267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hamdy Nassar, Hsin-Hua Chou, Mary Khlgatian, Frank C. Gibson, III, T. E. Van Dyke, and Caroline Attardo Genco

Role for Fimbriae and Lysine-Specific Cysteine Proteinase Gingipain K in Expression of Interleukin-8 and Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein in Porphyromonas gingivalis-Infected Endothelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 268-276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ichiro Nakagawa, Atsuo Amano, Masae Kuboniwa, Takayuki Nakamura, Shigetada Kawabata, and Shigeyuki Hamada

Functional Differences among FimA Variants of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Their Effects on Adhesion to and Invasion of Human Epithelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 277-285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peiyi Fan, Feng Dong, Yanqing Huang, and Guangming Zhong

Chlamydia pneumoniae Secretion of a Protease-Like Activity Factor for Degrading Host Cell Transcription Factors Is Required for Major Histocompatibility Complex Antigen Expression
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 345-349. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rebecca Krall, Jianjun Sun, Kristin J. Pederson, and Joseph T. Barbieri

In Vivo Rho GTPase-Activating Protein Activity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cytotoxin ExoS
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 360-367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Pathogenesis:

Maelle Molmeret, O. A. Terry Alli, Steven Zink, Antje Flieger, Nicholas P. Cianciotto, and Yousef Abu Kwaik

icmT Is Essential for Pore Formation-Mediated Egress of Legionella pneumophila from Mammalian and Protozoan Cells
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 69-78. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hakimuddin T. Sojar, Ashu Sharma, and Robert J. Genco

Porphyromonas gingivalis Fimbriae Bind to Cytokeratin of Epithelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 96-101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jamie A. Wibbenmeyer, Daniele Provenzano, Candice F. Landry, Karl E. Klose, and Anne H. Delcour

Vibrio cholerae OmpU and OmpT Porins Are Differentially Affected by Bile
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 121-126. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shah M. Faruque, Asadulghani, M. Kamruzzaman, Ranjan K. Nandi, A. N. Ghosh, G. Balakrish Nair, John J. Mekalanos, and David A. Sack

RS1 Element of Vibrio cholerae Can Propagate Horizontally as a Filamentous Phage Exploiting the Morphogenesis Genes of CTX
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 163-170. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christian Fritz, Silvia Maass, Andreas Kreft, and Franz-Christoph Bange

Dependence of Mycobacterium bovis BCG on Anaerobic Nitrate Reductase for Persistence Is Tissue Specific
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 286-291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seoung Hoon Lee, Sangduk Kim, Seung Chul Park, and Min Ja Kim

Cytotoxic Activities of Leptospira interrogans Hemolysin SphH as a Pore-Forming Protein on Mammalian Cells
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 315-322. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James Matsunaga, Tracy A. Young, Jeanne K. Barnett, Dean Barnett, Carole A. Bolin, and David A. Haake

Novel 45-Kilodalton Leptospiral Protein That Is Processed to a 31-Kilodalton Growth-Phase-Regulated Peripheral Membrane Protein
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 323-334. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric DeMaster, Norbert Schnitzler, Qi Cheng, and Patrick Cleary

M⁺ Group A Streptococci Are Phagocytized and Killed in Whole Blood by C5a-Activated Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 350-359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gaylen A. Uhlich, James E. Keen, and Robert O. Elder

Variations in the csgD Promoter of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Associated with Increased Virulence in Mice and Increased Invasion of HEp-2 Cells
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 395-399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael G. Barnes and Alison A. Weiss

Growth Phase Influences Complement Resistance of Bordetella pertussis
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 403-406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chao-Ming Tsai, George Kao, and Peixuan Zhu

Influence of the Length of the Lipooligosaccharide Chain on Its Sialylation in Neisseria meningitidis
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 407-411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edwin Swiatlo, Franklin R. Champlin, Steven C. Holman, W. William Wilson, and James M. Watt

Contribution of Choline-Binding Proteins to Cell Surface Properties of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 412-415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

Maddalena Panigada, Tiziana Sturniolo, Giorgio Besozzi, Maria Giovanna Boccieri, Francesco Sinigaglia, Giuliana Gialdroni Grassi, and Fabio Grassi

Identification of a Promiscuous T-Cell Epitope in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mce Proteins
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 79-85. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amy R. Tvinnereim, Sara E. Hamilton, and John T. Harty

CD8⁺-T-Cell Response to Secreted and Nonsecreted Antigens Delivered by Recombinant Listeria monocytogenes during Secondary Infection
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 153-162. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antonella Santona, Franco Carta, Peppinetta Fraghí, and Franco Turrini

Mapping Antigenic Sites of an Immunodominant Surface Lipoprotein of Mycoplasma agalactiae, AvgC, with the Use of Synthetic Peptides
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 171-176. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hans-Willi Mittrücker, Anne Köhler, and Stefan H. E. Kaufmann

Characterization of the Murine T-Lymphocyte Response to Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Infection
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 199-203. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshihiro Shimoji, Eiji Oishi, Takashi Kitajima, Yoshihiro Muneta, Shinya Shimizu, and Yasuyuki Mori

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae YS-1 as a Live Vaccine Vehicle for Heterologous Protein Expression and Intranasal Immunization of Pigs
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 226-232. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Javier Cote-Sierra, Amin Bredan, Carmen M. Toldos, Benoit Stijlemans, Lea Brys, Pierre Cornelis, Manuel Segovia, Patrick de Baetselier, and Hilde Revets

Bacterial Lipoprotein-Based Vaccines Induce Tumor Necrosis Factor-Dependent Type 1 Protective Immunity against Leishmania major
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 240-248. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giovanni Delogu, Amy Li, Charlene Repique, Frank Collins, and Sheldon L. Morris

DNA Vaccine Combinations Expressing Either Tissue Plasminogen Activator Signal Sequence Fusion Proteins or Ubiquitin-Conjugated Antigens Induce Sustained Protective Immunity in a Mouse Model of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 292-302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

I. Méderlé, I. Bourguin, D. Ensergueix, E. Badell, J. Moniz-Peireira, B. Gicquel, and N. Winter

Plasmidic versus Insertional Cloning of Heterologous Genes in Mycobacterium bovis BCG: Impact on In Vivo Antigen Persistence and Immune Responses
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 303-314. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anastasios Tsirpouchtsidis, Robert Hurwitz, Volker Brinkmann, Thomas F. Meyer, and Gaby Haas

Neisserial Immunoglobulin A1 Protease Induces Specific T-Cell Responses in Humans
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 335-344. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Todd Kitten, Cindy L. Munro, Aijuan Wang, and Francis L. Macrina

Vaccination with FimA from Streptococcus parasanguis Protects Rats from Endocarditis Caused by Other Viridans Streptococci
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 422-425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Genomics:

John F. Bohnsack, April A. Whiting, Russell D. Bradford, Brenna K. Van Frank, Shinji Takahashi, and Elisabeth E. Adderson

Long-Range Mapping of the Streptococcus agalactiae Phylogenetic Lineage Restriction Digest Pattern Type III-3 Reveals Clustering of Virulence Genes
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 134-139. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Silvia Montigiani, Fabiana Falugi, Maria Scarselli, Oretta Finco, Roberto Petracca, Giuliano Galli, Massimo Mariani, Roberto Manetti, Mauro Agnusdei, Roberto Cevenini, Manuela Donati, Renzo Nogarotto, Nathalie Norais, Ignazio Garaguso, Sandra Nuti, Giulietta Saletti, Domenico Rosa, Giulio Ratti, and Guido Grandi

Genomic Approach for Analysis of Surface Proteins in Chlamydia pneumoniae
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 368-379. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

L. C. Paoletti, M. A. Rench, D. L. Kasper, D. Molrine, D. Ambrosino, and C. J. Baker

Effects of Alum Adjuvant or a Booster Dose on Immunogenicityduring Clinical Trials of Group B Streptococcal Type III Conjugate Vaccines
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 426. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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