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Guest Commentaries:

D. J. Roberts

Understanding Naturally Acquired Immunity to Plasmodium falciparum Malaria
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 589-590. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minireviews:

Paul B. Eckburg, Paul W. Lepp, and David A. Relman

Archaea and Their Potential Role in Human Disease
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 591-596. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

Rana Chattopadhyay, Amit Sharma, Vinod K. Srivastava, Sudhanshu S. Pati, S. K. Sharma, Bhabani S. Das, and Chetan E. Chitnis

Plasmodium falciparum Infection Elicits Both Variant-Specific and Cross-Reactive Antibodies against Variant Surface Antigens
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 597-604. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edgar Lobos, Thomas B. Nutman, John S. Hothersall, and Salvador Moncada

Elevated Immunoglobulin E against Recombinant Brugia malayi -Glutamyl Transpeptidase in Patients with Bancroftian Filariasis: Association with Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia or Putative Immunity
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 747-753. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Darcy Moncada, Kathy Keller, and Kris Chadee

Entamoeba histolytica Cysteine Proteinases Disrupt the Polymeric Structure of Colonic Mucin and Alter Its Protective Function
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 838-844. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

O. Ibrahim-Granet, B. Philippe, H. Boleti, E. Boisvieux-Ulrich, D. Grenet, M. Stern, and J. P. Latgé

Phagocytosis and Intracellular Fate of Aspergillus fumigatus Conidia in Alveolar Macrophages
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 891-903. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wu He, Arturo Casadevall, Sunhee C. Lee, and David L. Goldman

Phagocytic Activity and Monocyte Chemotactic Protein Expression by Pulmonary Macrophages in Persistent Pulmonary Cryptococcosis
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 930-936. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tammy A. Myers, Janet E. Leigh, Alfredo R. Arribas, Shannon Hager, Rebecca Clark, Elizabeth Lilly, and Paul L. Fidel, Jr.

Immunohistochemical Evaluation of T Cells in Oral Lesions from Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Persons with Oropharyngeal Candidiasis
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 956-963. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Host Response and Inflammation:

Violetta Borelli, Francesca Vita, Sandeep Shankar, Maria Rosa Soranzo, Elena Banfi, Giuditta Scialino, Cristiana Brochetta, and Giuliano Zabucchi

Human Eosinophil Peroxidase Induces Surface Alteration, Killing, and Lysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 605-613. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jun Yang, W. Craig Hooper, Donald J. Phillips, Maria L. Tondella, and Deborah F. Talkington

Induction of Proinflammatory Cytokines in Human Lung Epithelial Cells during Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 614-620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marcia L. Hart, Derek A. Mosier, and Stephen K. Chapes

Toll-Like Receptor 4-Positive Macrophages Protect Mice from Pasteurella pneumotropica-Induced Pneumonia
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 663-670. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charles J. Czuprynski, Nancy G. Faith, and Howard Steinberg

A/J Mice Are Susceptible and C57BL/6 Mice Are Resistant to Listeria monocytogenes Infection by Intragastric Inoculation
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 682-689. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Konstantin B. Majorov, Irina V. Lyadova, Tatiana K. Kondratieva, Eugeny B. Eruslanov, Elvira I. Rubakova, Marianna O. Orlova, Vladimir V. Mischenko, and Alexander S. Apt

Different Innate Ability of I/St and A/Sn Mice To Combat Virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Phenotypes Expressed in Lung and Extrapulmonary Macrophages
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 697-707. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yasuyuki Asai, Takayoshi Jinno, and Tomohiko Ogawa

Oral Treponemes and Their Outer Membrane Extracts Activate Human Gingival Epithelial Cells through Toll-Like Receptor 2
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 717-725. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephanie Dahan, Guillaume Dalmasso, Veronique Imbert, Jean-Francois Peyron, Patrick Rampal, and Dorota Czerucka

Saccharomyces boulardii Interferes with Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli-Induced Signaling Pathways in T84 Cells
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 766-773. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claudia Nonnenmacher, Alexander Dalpke, Stefan Zimmermann, Lavin Flores-de-Jacoby, Reinier Mutters, and Klaus Heeg

DNA from Periodontopathogenic Bacteria Is Immunostimulatory for Mouse and Human Immune Cells
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 850-856. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oliver C. Turner, Randall J. Basaraba, and Ian M. Orme

Immunopathogenesis of Pulmonary Granulomas in the Guinea Pig after Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 864-871. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jagath L. Kadurugamuwa, Lin Sin, Eddie Albert, Jun Yu, Kevin Francis, Monica DeBoer, Michael Rubin, Carole Bellinger-Kawahara, T. R. Parr, Jr., and Pamela R. Contag

Direct Continuous Method for Monitoring Biofilm Infection in a Mouse Model
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 882-890. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine A. Garhart, Frederick P. Heinzel, Steven J. Czinn, and John G. Nedrud

Vaccine-Induced Reduction of Helicobacter pylori Colonization in Mice Is Interleukin-12 Dependent but Gamma Interferon and Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Independent
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 910-921. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nobuo Okahashi, Atsuo Sakurai, Ichiro Nakagawa, Taku Fujiwara, Shigetada Kawabata, Atsuo Amano, and Shigeyuki Hamada

Infection by Streptococcus pyogenes Induces the Receptor Activator of NF-B Ligand Expression in Mouse Osteoblastic Cells
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 948-955. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacterial Infections:

Laurence A. Guilloteau, Jacques Dornand, Antoine Gross, Michel Olivier, Fabienne Cortade, Yves Le Vern, and Dominique Kerboeuf

Nramp1 Is Not a Major Determinant in the Control of Brucella melitensis Infection in Mice
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 621-628. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jacqueline W. Chung, Eleonora Altman, Terry J. Beveridge, and David P. Speert

Colonial Morphology of Burkholderia cepacia Complex Genomovar III: Implications in Exopolysaccharide Production, Pilus Expression, and Persistence in the Mouse
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 904-909. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lian-Yong Gao, Richard Groger, Jeffery S. Cox, Stephen M. Beverley, Elise H. Lawson, and Eric J. Brown

Transposon Mutagenesis of Mycobacterium marinum Identifies a Locus Linking Pigmentation and Intracellular Survival
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 922-929. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marcy A. Peteroy-Kelly, Vishwanath Venketaraman, Meliza Talaue, Anjali Seth, and Nancy D. Connell

Modulation of J774.1 Macrophage L-Arginine Metabolism by Intracellular Mycobacterium bovis BCG
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 1011-1015. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Pathogenesis:

Robert A. Kingsley, Andrea D. Humphries, Eric H. Weening, Marcel R. de Zoete, Sebastian Winter, Anastasia Papaconstantinopoulou, Gordon Dougan, and Andreas J. Bäumler

Molecular and Phenotypic Analysis of the CS54 Island of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium: Identification of Intestinal Colonization and Persistence Determinants
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 629-640. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tadahiro Karasawa, Xingmin Wang, Tsuneo Maegawa, Yoshio Michiwa, Hiroyuki Kita, Koichi Miwa, and Shinichi Nakamura

Clostridium sordellii Phospholipase C: Gene Cloning and Comparison of Enzymatic and Biological Activities with Those of Clostridium perfringens and Clostridium bifermentans Phospholipase C
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 641-646. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deborah M. B. Post, Margaret R. Ketterer, Nancy J. Phillips, Bradford W. Gibson, and Michael A. Apicella

The msbB Mutant of Neisseria meningitidis Strain NMB Has a Defect in Lipooligosaccharide Assembly and Transport to the Outer Membrane
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 647-655. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Song F. Lee and Thomas L. Boran

Roles of Sortase in Surface Expression of the Major Protein Adhesin P1, Saliva-Induced Aggregation and Adherence, and Cariogenicity of Streptococcus mutans
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 676-681. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Akiko Takaya, Masato Suzuki, Hidenori Matsui, Toshifumi Tomoyasu, Hiroshi Sashinami, Akio Nakane, and Tomoko Yamamoto

Lon, a Stress-Induced ATP-Dependent Protease, Is Critically Important for Systemic Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Infection of Mice
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 690-696. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laurence Abrami, Marc Fivaz, Pierre-Etienne Glauser, Nakaba Sugimoto, Chiara Zurzolo, and F. Gisou van der Goot

Sensitivity of Polarized Epithelial Cells to the Pore-Forming Toxin Aerolysin
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 739-746. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Armand Mve-Obiang, Richard E. Lee, Françoise Portaels, and P. L. C. Small

Heterogeneity of Mycolactones Produced by Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium ulcerans: Implications for Virulence
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 774-783. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jukka Hytönen, Sauli Haataja, and Jukka Finne

Streptococcus pyogenes Glycoprotein-Binding Strepadhesin Activity Is Mediated by a Surface-Associated Carbohydrate-Degrading Enzyme, Pullulanase
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 784-793. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael F. Minnick, Kate N. Sappington, Laura S. Smitherman, Siv G. E. Andersson, Olof Karlberg, and James A. Carroll

Five-Member Gene Family of Bartonella quintana
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 814-821. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. G. Obrig, R. M. Seaner, M. Bentz, C. A. Lingwood, B. Boyd, A. Smith, and W. Narrow

Induction by Sphingomyelinase of Shiga Toxin Receptor and Shiga Toxin 2 Sensitivity in Human Microvascular Endothelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 845-849. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Farideh Tafazoli, Karl-Eric Magnusson, and Limin Zheng

Disruption of Epithelial Barrier Integrity by Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Requires Geranylgeranylated Proteins
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 872-881. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elzbieta Skrzypek, Tanya Myers-Morales, Sidney W. Whiteheart, and Susan C. Straley

Application of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae Model To Study Requirements for Trafficking of Yersinia pestis YopM in Eucaryotic Cells
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 937-947. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher D. Huston, Douglas R. Boettner, Vanessa Miller-Sims, and William A. Petri, Jr.

Apoptotic Killing and Phagocytosis of Host Cells by the Parasite Entamoeba histolytica
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 964-972. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yasuyuki Imai, Takashi Fukui, Kohta Kurohane, Daisei Miyamoto, Yasuo Suzuki, Tomoyuki Ishikawa, Yousuke Ono, and Masaki Miyake

Restricted Expression of Shiga Toxin Binding Sites on Mucosal Epithelium of Mouse Distal Colon
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 985-990. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven I. Durbach, Burkhard Springer, Edith E. Machowski, Robert J. North, K. G. Papavinasasundaram, M. Jo Colston, Erik C. Böttger, and Valerie Mizrahi

DNA Alkylation Damage as a Sensor of Nitrosative Stress in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 997-1000. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carla Cugini, Melisa Medrano, Tom G. Schwan, and Jenifer Coburn

Regulation of Expression of the Borrelia burgdorferi ß₃-Chain Integrin Ligand, P66, in Ticks and in Culture
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 1001-1007. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shah M. Faruque, M. Kamruzzaman, Ismail M. Meraj, Nityananda Chowdhury, G. Balakrish Nair, R. Bradley Sack, Rita R. Colwell, and David A. Sack

Pathogenic Potential of Environmental Vibrio cholerae Strains Carrying Genetic Variants of the Toxin-Coregulated Pilus Pathogenicity Island
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 1020-1025. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jonathan D. Dattelbaum, C. Virginia Lockatell, David E. Johnson, and Harry L. T. Mobley

UreR, the Transcriptional Activator of the Proteus mirabilis Urease Gene Cluster, Is Required for Urease Activity and Virulence in Experimental Urinary Tract Infections
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 1026-1030. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

K. M. Cunnion, H.-M. Zhang, and M. M. Frank

Availability of Complement Bound to Staphylococcus aureus To Interact with Membrane Complement Receptors Influences Efficiency of Phagocytosis
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 656-662. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey M. Chen, David C. Alexander, Marcel A. Behr, and Jun Liu

Mycobacterium bovis BCG Vaccines Exhibit Defects in Alanine and Serine Catabolism
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 708-716. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kingston H. G. Mills, Catherine Cosgrove, Edel A. McNeela, Amy Sexton, Rafaela Giemza, Inderjit Jabbal-Gill, Anne Church, Wu Lin, Lisbeth Illum, Audino Podda, Rino Rappuoli, Mariagrazia Pizza, George E. Griffin, and David J. M. Lewis

Protective Levels of Diphtheria-Neutralizing Antibody Induced in Healthy Volunteers by Unilateral Priming-Boosting Intranasal Immunization Associated with Restricted Ipsilateral Mucosal Secretory Immunoglobulin A
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 726-732. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mineo Watanabe and Masaaki Nagai

Role of Systemic and Mucosal Immune Responses in Reciprocal Protection against Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis in a Murine Model of Respiratory Infection
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 733-738. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Craig J. van Dolleweerd, Daniel Chargelegue, and Julian K.-C. Ma

Characterization of the Conformational Epitope of Guy's 13, a Monoclonal Antibody That Prevents Streptococcus mutans Colonization in Humans
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 754-765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Klaus Panthel, Gerhard Faller, and Rainer Haas

Colonization of C57BL/6J and BALB/c Wild-Type and Knockout Mice with Helicobacter pylori: Effect of Vaccination and Implications for Innate and Acquired Immunity
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 794-800. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

O. Gat, I. Inbar, R. Aloni-Grinstein, E. Zahavy, C. Kronman, I. Mendelson, S. Cohen, B. Velan, and A. Shafferman

Use of a Promoter Trap System in Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus subtilis for the Development of Recombinant Protective Antigen-Based Vaccines
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 801-813. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sivaprakash Rathinavelu, Anne Broadwater, and Aravinda M. de Silva

Does Host Complement Kill Borrelia burgdorferi within Ticks?
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 822-829. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susantha Gomis, Lorne Babiuk, Dale L. Godson, Brenda Allan, Tannis Thrush, Hugh Townsend, Philip Willson, Edwin Waters, Rolf Hecker, and Andrew Potter

Protection of Chickens against Escherichia coli Infections by DNA Containing CpG Motifs
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 857-863. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

Leigh R. Washburn, Daniel W. Bird, and Kevin Dybvig

Restoration of Cytoadherence to an Adherence-Deficient Mutant of Mycoplasma arthritidis by Genetic Complementation
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 671-675. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Il Ju Choi, Joo Sung Kim, Jung Mogg Kim, Hyun Chae Jung, and In Sung Song

Effect of Inhibition of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 1 and 2 Pathway on Apoptosis and bcl-2 Expression in Helicobacter pylori-Infected AGS Cells
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 830-837. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marci A. Scidmore, Elizabeth R. Fischer, and Ted Hackstadt

Restricted Fusion of Chlamydia trachomatis Vesicles with Endocytic Compartments during the Initial Stages of Infection
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 973-984. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Agnani, S. Tricot-Doleux, S. Houalet, and M. Bonnaure-Mallet

Epithelial Cell Surface Sites Involved in the Polyvalent Adherence of Porphyromonas gingivalis: a Convincing Role for Neuraminic Acid and Glucuronic Acid
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 991-996. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bradford S. McGwire, Kwang-Poo Chang, and David M. Engman

Migration through the Extracellular Matrix by the Parasitic Protozoan Leishmania Is Enhanced by Surface Metalloprotease gp63
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 1008-1010. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Terri S. Hamrick, Adam H. Diaz, Edward A. Havell, John R. Horton, and Paul E. Orndorff

Influence of Extracellular Bactericidal Agents on Bacteria within Macrophages
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 1016-1019. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

Jariyanart Gaywee, Suzana Radulovic, James A. Higgins, and Abdu F. Azad

Transcriptional Analysis of Rickettsia prowazekii Invasion Gene Homolog (invA) during Host Cell Infection
Infect. Immun. 2003 71: 1031. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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