Contents: May 2003, Volume 71, Issue 5        Minireviews        Molecular Pathogenesis        Bacterial Infections        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Host Response and Inflammation        Molecular Genomics Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Molecular Genetic and Genomic Approaches to the Study of Medically Important Fungi P. T. Magee, Cheryl Gale, Judith Berman, and Dana Davis Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2299-2309; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Extracellular Adherence Protein from Staphylococcus aureus Enhances Internalization into Eukaryotic Cells Axana Haggar, Muzaffar Hussain, Helena Lönnies, Mathias Herrmann, Anna Norrby-Teglund, and Jan-Ingmar Flock Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2310-2317; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Failure of Surface Ring Mutant Strains of Helicobacter mustelae To Persistently Infect the Ferret Stomach M. M. Patterson, P. W. O'Toole, N. T. Forester, B. Noonan, T. J. Trust, S. Xu, N. S. Taylor, R. P. Marini, M. M. Ihrig, and J. G. Fox Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2350-2355; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Aae, an Autotransporter Involved in Adhesion of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans to Epithelial Cells John E. Rose, Diane H. Meyer, and Paula M. Fives-Taylor Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2384-2393; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

lvgA, a Novel Legionella pneumophila Virulence Factor Paul H. Edelstein, Baofeng Hu, Futoshi Higa, and Martha A. C. Edelstein Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2394-2403; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of the Galleria mellonella Caterpillar as a Model Host To Study the Role of the Type III Secretion System in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pathogenesis Sachiko Miyata, Monika Casey, Dara W. Frank, Frederick M. Ausubel, and Eliana Drenkard Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2404-2413; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

LipL21 Is a Novel Surface-Exposed Lipoprotein of Pathogenic Leptospira Species Paul A. Cullen, David A. Haake, Dieter M. Bulach, Richard L. Zuerner, and Ben Adler Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2414-2421; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differences in Gamma Interferon Production Induced by Listeriolysin O and Ivanolysin O Result in Different Levels of Protective Immunity in Mice Infected with Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria ivanovii Terumi Kimoto, Ikuo Kawamura, Chikara Kohda, Takamasa Nomura, Kohsuke Tsuchiya, Yutaka Ito, Isao Watanabe, Taijin Kaku, Endang Setianingrum, and Masao Mitsuyama Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2447-2454; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutations in the lspA1 and lspA2 Genes of Haemophilus ducreyi Affect the Virulence of This Pathogen in an Animal Model System Christine K. Ward, Jo L. Latimer, Joseph Nika, Merja Vakevainen, Jason R. Mock, Kaiping Deng, Robert J. Blick, and Eric J. Hansen Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2478-2486; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Treponema pallidum Laminin-Binding Protein Caroline E. Cameron Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2525-2533; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of an Interleukin-12-Deficient Mouse Model That Is Permissive for Colonization by a Motile KE26695 Strain of Helicobacter pylori Paul S. Hoffman, Neeraj Vats, Donna Hutchison, Jared Butler, Kenneth Chisholm, Gary Sisson, Ausra Raudonikiene, Jean S. Marshall, and Sander J. O. Veldhuyzen van Zanten Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2534-2541; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Temporal Expression of Type III Secretion Genes of Chlamydia pneumoniae Anatoly Slepenkin, Vladimir Motin, Luis M. de la Maza, and Ellena M. Peterson Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2555-2562; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cleavage of the Human Immunoglobulin A1 (IgA1) Hinge Region by IgA1 Proteases Requires Structures in the Fc region of IgA Koteswara R. Chintalacharuvu, Philip D. Chuang, Ashley Dragoman, Christine Z. Fernandez, Jiazhou Qiu, Andrew G. Plaut, K. Ryan Trinh, Françoise A. Gala, and Sherie L. Morrison Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2563-2570; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Constitutively Active Variant of the Quorum-Sensing Regulator LuxO Affects Protease Production and Biofilm Formation in Vibrio cholerae Russell E. Vance, Jun Zhu, and John J. Mekalanos Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2571-2576; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Role of the Divalent Metal Ion-Dependent Transcriptional Repressor MntR in the Virulence of Staphylococcus aureus Masaru Ando, Yukari C. Manabe, Paul J. Converse, Eishi Miyazaki, Robert Harrison, John R. Murphy, and William R. Bishai Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2584-2590; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Unexpected Similarities between Bordetella avium and Other Pathogenic Bordetellae Patricia A. Spears, Louise M. Temple, David M. Miyamoto, Duncan J. Maskell, and Paul E. Orndorff Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2591-2597; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Increased Adherence to Caco-2 Cells Caused by Disruption of the yhiE and yhiF Genes in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 Ichiro Tatsuno, Keiji Nagano, Kazuki Taguchi, Li Rong, Hiroshi Mori, and Chihiro Sasakawa Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2598-2606; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

RegR, a Global LacI/GalR Family Regulator, Modulates Virulence and Competence in Streptococcus pneumoniae Sabine Chapuy-Regaud, A. David Ogunniyi, Nicole Diallo, Yvette Huet, Jean-François Desnottes, James C. Paton, Sonia Escaich, and Marie-Claude Trombe Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2615-2625; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

MtsABC Is Important for Manganese and Iron Transport, Oxidative Stress Resistance, and Virulence of Streptococcus pyogenes Robert Janulczyk, Susanna Ricci, and Lars Björck Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2656-2664; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Strain-Specific Association of Cytotoxic Activity and Virulence of Clinical Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Oleg Krut, Olaf Utermöhlen, Xenia Schlossherr, and Martin Krönke Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2716-2723; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Complete Genome Sequence and Comparative Genomics of Shigella flexneri Serotype 2a Strain 2457T J. Wei, M. B. Goldberg, V. Burland, M. M. Venkatesan, W. Deng, G. Fournier, G. F. Mayhew, G. Plunkett, III, D. J. Rose, A. Darling, B. Mau, N. T. Perna, S. M. Payne, L. J. Runyen-Janecky, S. Zhou, D. C. Schwartz, and F. R. Blattner Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2775-2786; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antigenic and Biological Characteristics of Mutant Strains of Cryptococcus neoformans Lacking Capsular O Acetylation or Xylosyl Side Chains Thomas R. Kozel, Stuart M. Levitz, Françoise Dromer, Marcellene A. Gates, Peter Thorkildson, and Guilhem Janbon Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2868-2875; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Histidine and Aspartic Acid Residues Important for Immunoglobulin G Endopeptidase Activity of the Group A Streptococcus Opsonophagocytosis-Inhibiting Mac Protein Benfang Lei, Mengyao Liu, Elishia G. Meyers, Heather M. Manning, Michael J. Nagiec, and James M. Musser Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2881-2884; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of a luxS Gene Is Not Required for Borrelia burgdorferi Infection of Mice via Needle Inoculation Anette Hübner, Andrew T. Revel, Dena M. Nolen, Kayla E. Hagman, and Michael V. Norgard Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2892-2896; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Expression of Genes That Harbor a Common Regulatory Element in Neisseria meningitidis upon Contact with Target Cells Ala-Eddine Deghmane, Mireille Larribe, Dario Giorgini, Dora Sabino, and Muhamed-Kheir Taha Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2897-2901; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Patchwork: Chromosomal Recombination between Two Helicobacter pylori Strains during Natural Colonization Leonard C. Smeets, Nicolaas L. A. Arents, Anton A. van Zwet, Christina M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls, Theo Verboom, Wilbert Bitter, and Johannes G. Kusters Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2907-2910; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

fhuA of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Encodes a Ferrichrome Receptor but Is Not Regulated by Iron Leonie G. Mikael, Ramakrishnan Srikumar, James W. Coulton, and Mario Jacques Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2911-2915; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Enterotoxin L Paul M. Orwin, J. Ross Fitzgerald, Donald Y. M. Leung, Juan A. Gutierrez, Gregory A. Bohach, and Patrick M. Schlievert Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2916-2919; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of the Siderophore 2,3-Dihydroxybenzoic Acid Is Required for Wild-Type Growth of Brucella abortus in the Presence of Erythritol under Low-Iron Conditions In Vitro Bryan H. Bellaire, Philip H. Elzer, Cynthia L. Baldwin, and R. Martin Roop II Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2927-2832; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunization with Genetic Toxoids of the Arcanobacterium pyogenes Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysin, Pyolysin, Protects Mice against Infection B. Helen Jost, Hien T. Trinh, J. Glenn Songer, and Stephen J. Billington Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2966-2969; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structural and Functional Cellular Changes Induced by Burkholderia pseudomallei Rhamnolipid S. Häußler, M. Rohde, N. von Neuhoff, M. Nimtz, and I. Steinmetz Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2970-2975; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Trojan Horse Effect: Phagocyte-Mediated Streptococcus iniae Infection of Fish Amir Zlotkin, Stefan Chilmonczyk, Marina Eyngor, Avshalom Hurvitz, Claudio Ghittino, and Avi Eldar Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2318-2325; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Activity of Antibodies against the Recombinant OpaJ Protein from Neisseria meningitidis M. I. de Jonge, G. Vidarsson, H. H. van Dijken, P. Hoogerhout, L. van Alphen, J. Dankert, and P. van der Ley Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2331-2340; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Persistence of Mucosal Mast Cells and Eosinophils in Shigella-Infected Children Rubhana Raqib, Pricila Khan Moly, Protim Sarker, Firdausi Qadri, Nurul Haque Alam, Minnie Mathan, and Jan Andersson Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2684-2692; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pretreatment of Mice with Streptomycin Provides a Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Colitis Model That Allows Analysis of Both Pathogen and Host Manja Barthel, Siegfried Hapfelmeier, Leticia Quintanilla-Martínez, Marcus Kremer, Manfred Rohde, Michael Hogardt, Klaus Pfeffer, Holger Rüssmann, and Wolf-Dietrich Hardt Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2839-2858; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Lewis Antigen Expression by Helicobacter pylori on Bacterial Internalization by Gastric Epithelial Cells Alain Lozniewski, Xavier Haristoy, David A. Rasko, Renée Hatier, François Plénat, Diane E. Taylor, and Karine Angioi-Duprez Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2902-2906; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Entner-Doudoroff Pathway Has Little Effect on Helicobacter pylori Colonization of Mice Amy E. Wanken, Tyrrell Conway, and Kathryn A. Eaton Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2920-2923; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Humoral Immunity Reflects Altered T Helper Cell Bias in Borrelia burgdorferi-Infected T-Cell-Deficient Mice Linda K. Bockenstedt, Marie-Claude Shanafelt, Alexia Belperron, Jialing Mao, and Stephen W. Barthold Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2938-2940; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Brucella abortus RB51 Induces Protection in Mice Orally Infected with the Virulent Strain B. abortus 2308 Paolo Pasquali, Adone Rosanna, Claudia Pistoia, Paola Petrucci, and Franco Ciuchini Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2326-2330; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Potential of Lipid Core Peptide Technology as a Novel Self-Adjuvanting Vaccine Delivery System for Multiple Different Synthetic Peptide Immunogens Colleen Olive, Michael Batzloff, Aniko Horváth, Timothy Clair, Penny Yarwood, Istvan Toth, and Michael F. Good Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2373-2383; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Innate Immune Factors in the Adjuvant Activity of Monophosphoryl Lipid A Michael Martin, Suzanne M. Michalek, and Jannet Katz Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2498-2507; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Spores as Vaccine Vehicles Le H. Duc, Huynh A. Hong, Neil Fairweather, Ezio Ricca, and Simon M. Cutting Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2810-2818; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immune Response Induced by Recombinant Mycobacterium bovis BCG Producing the Cholera Toxin B Subunit Franck Biet, Laurent Kremer, Isabelle Wolowczuk, Myriam Delacre, and Camille Locht Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2933-2937; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of HC Subunits from Clostridium botulinum Types C and D and Their Evaluation as Candidate Vaccine Antigens in Mice L. A. Woodward, H. Arimitsu, R. Hirst, and K. Oguma Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2941-2944; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pneumococcal Serotype 19F Conjugate Vaccine Induces Cross-Protective Immunity to Serotype 19A in a Murine Pneumococcal Pneumonia Model Håvard Jakobsen, Viktor D. Sigurdsson, Sigurveig Sigurdardottir, Dominique Schulz, and Ingileif Jonsdottir Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2956-2959; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Effects of Nitric Oxide on Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection of Epithelial Cells from a Human Respiratory Cell Line Derived from a Patient with Cystic Fibrosis Katharine E. A. Darling and Thomas J. Evans Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2341-2349; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Invasion and Killing of Human Endothelial Cells by Viridans Group Streptococci Murray W. Stinson, Susan Alder, and Sarmishtha Kumar Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2365-2372; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Apoptosis Induced by Shiga Toxin in HeLa Cells Jun Fujii, Takashi Matsui, Daniel P. Heatherly, Kailo H. Schlegel, Peter I. Lobo, Takashi Yutsudo, Georgianne M. Ciraolo, Randal E. Morris, and Tom Obrig Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2724-2735; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inactivation of the srtA Gene Affects Localization of Surface Proteins and Decreases Adhesion of Streptococcus pneumoniae to Human Pharyngeal Cells In Vitro Arun S. Kharat and Alexander Tomasz Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2758-2765; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modulation of Myosin Light-Chain Phosphorylation by p21-Activated Kinase 1 in Escherichia coli Invasion of Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells Rajyalakshmi S. Rudrabhatla, Sunil K. Sukumaran, Gary M. Bokoch, and Nemani V. Prasadarao Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2787-2797; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Surface-Exposed Loops of Haemophilus influenzae Protein P2 in the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Cascade Stefania Galdiero, Domenica Capasso, Mariateresa Vitiello, Marina D'Isanto, Carlo Pedone, and Massimiliano Galdiero Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2798-2809; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Limited Role of Lipopolysaccharide Lewis Antigens in Adherence of Helicobacter pylori to the Human Gastric Epithelium Jafar Mahdavi, Thomas Borén, Christina Vandenbroucke-Grauls, and Ben J. Appelmelk Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2876-2880; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coordinate Regulation of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Invasion of Epithelial Cells by the Arp2/3 Complex and Rho GTPases Alison K. Criss and James E. Casanova Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2885-2891; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Glycoconjugate Binding of Gastric and Enterohepatic Helicobacter spp. Sean O. Hynes, Susann Teneberg, Niamh Roche, and Torkel Wadström Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2976-2980; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Oral Immunization with a Recombinant Malaria Protein Induces Conformational Antibodies and Protects Mice against Lethal Malaria Lina Wang, Lukasz Kedzierski, Steven L. Wesselingh, and Ross L. Coppel Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2356-2364; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Parasite-Specific Immunomodulatory Functions of Filarial Cystatin Peter Schierack, Richard Lucius, Bettina Sonnenburg, Klaus Schilling, and Susanne Hartmann Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2422-2429; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modulation of Intestinal Muscle Contraction by Interleukin-9 (IL-9) or IL-9 Neutralization: Correlation with Worm Expulsion in Murine Nematode Infections W. I. Khan, M. Richard, H. Akiho, P. A. Blennerhasset, N. E. Humphreys, R. K. Grencis, J. Van Snick, and S. M. Collins Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2430-2438; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunosuppression in Hamsters with Progressive Visceral Leishmaniasis Is Associated with an Impairment of Protein Kinase C Activity in Their Lymphocytes That Can Be Partially Reversed by Okadaic Acid or Anti-Transforming Growth Factor ß Antibody Ananda Mookerjee, Parimal C. Sen, and Asoke C. Ghose Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2439-2446; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan Expression and Binding of Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes in the Human Placenta during Pregnancy Sean T. Agbor-Enoh, Rajeshwara N. Achur, Manojkumar Valiyaveettil, Rose Leke, Diane W. Taylor, and D. Channe Gowda Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2455-2461; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mice Genetically Deficient in Immunoglobulin E Are More Permissive Hosts than Wild-Type Mice to a Primary, but Not Secondary, Infection with the Filarial Nematode Brugia malayi L. A. Spencer, P. Porte, C. Zetoff, and T. V. Rajan Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2462-2467; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Epitope-Specific Humoral Immunity to Plasmodium vivax Duffy Binding Protein Jia Xainli, Jennifer L. Cole-Tobian, Moses Baisor, Will Kastens, Moses Bockarie, Syed Shams Yazdani, Chetan E. Chitnis, John H. Adams, and Christopher L. King Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2508-2515; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of cDNAs Encoding Secreted and Transmembrane Proteins from Schistosoma mansoni by a Signal Sequence Trap Method Danielle Smyth, Donald P. McManus, Michael J. Smout, Thewarach Laha, Wenbao Zhang, and Alex Loukas Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2548-2554; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-12 p40- and Fas Ligand-Dependent Apoptotic Pathways Involving STAT-1 Phosphorylation Are Triggered during Infection with a Virulent Strain of Toxoplasma gondii L. Cristina Gavrilescu and Eric Y. Denkers Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2577-2583; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Changes in Pulmonary Function and Parasite Burden in Rats Infected with Strongyloides venezuelensis Concomitant with Induction of Allergic Airway Inflammation Deborah Negrão-Corrêa, Micheline R. Silveira, Cynthia M. Borges, Danielle G. Souza, and Mauro M. Teixeira Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2607-2614; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CC Chemokines Mediate Leukocyte Trafficking into the Central Nervous System during Murine Neurocysticercosis: Role of T Cells in Amplification of the Host Immune Response Astrid E. Cardona, Paula A. Gonzalez, and Judy M. Teale Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2634-2642; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Levels and Patterns of Cytokines Produced by CD4 T Lymphocytes of BALB/c Mice Infected with Leishmania major by Inoculation into the Ear Dermis Depend on the Infectiousness and Size of the Inoculum Thierry Lang, Nathalie Courret, Jean-Hervé Colle, Geneviève Milon, and Jean-Claude Antoine Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2674-2683; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Amastigote Load and Cell Surface Phenotype of Infected Cells from Lesions and Lymph Nodes of Susceptible and Resistant Mice Infected with Leishmania major Eric Muraille, Carl De Trez, Bernard Pajak, Fabiola Aguilar Torrentera, Patrick De Baetselier, Oberdan Leo, and Yves Carlier Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2704-2715; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunization with cDNA Expressed by Amastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi Elicits Protective Immune Response against Experimental Infection Silvia B. Boscardin, Sheila S. Kinoshita, Adriana E. Fujimura, and Mauricio M. Rodrigues Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2744-2757; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Deletion of the Aspergillus fumigatus Gene Encoding the Ras-Related Protein RhbA Reduces Virulence in a Model of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis John C. Panepinto, Brian G. Oliver, Jarrod R. Fortwendel, Darcey L. H. Smith, David S. Askew, and Judith C. Rhodes Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2819-2826; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activation of Transcription Factors AP-1 and NF-B in Murine Chagasic Myocarditis Huan Huang, Stefka B. Petkova, Alex W. Cohen, Boumediene Bouzahzah, John Chan, Jian-nian Zhou, Stephen M. Factor, Louis M. Weiss, Mohan Krishnamachary, Shankar Mukherjee, Murray Wittner, Richard N. Kitsis, Richard G. Pestell, Michael P. Lisanti, Chris Albanese, and Herbert B. Tanowitz Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2859-2867; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Th1 Cell Development Induced by Cysteine Proteinases A and B in Localized Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Due to Leishmania guyanensis Hervé Pascalis, Anne Lavergne, Eliane Bourreau, Ghislaine Prévot-Linguet, Amina Kariminia, Roger Pradinaud, Sima Rafati, and Pascal Launois Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2924-2926; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Gamma Interferon Production by Hepatic NK T Cells during Escherichia coli Infection Is Resistant to the Inhibitory Effects of Oxidative Stress Guochi Zhang, Robert Dru Nichols, Masaru Taniguchi, Toshinori Nakayama, and Michael J. Parmely Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2468-2477; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Response to Alpha Interferon by Mycobacterium tuberculosis Savita Prabhakar, Yaming Qiao, Yoshihiko Hoshino, Michael Weiden, Antony Canova, Elena Giacomini, Eliana Coccia, and Richard Pine Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2487-2497; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Kinetics of Antibody Response to Ehrlichia canis Immunoreactive Proteins Jere W. McBride, Richard E. Corstvet, Steven D. Gaunt, Charles Boudreaux, Thaya Guedry, and David H. Walker Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2516-2524; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B-Induced Acute Inflammation Is Inhibited by Dexamethasone: Important Role of CXC Chemokines KC and Macrophage Inflammatory Protein 2 Rene Schramm and Henrik Thorlacius Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2542-2547; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Proinflammatory Responses in the Human Monocytic Cell Line THP-1 by Campylobacter jejuni Michael A. Jones, Sabine Tötemeyer, Duncan J. Maskell, Clare E. Bryant, and Paul A. Barrow Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2626-2633; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Apoptotic Response of Chang Cells to Infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains PAK and PAO-I: Molecular Ordering of the Apoptosis Signaling Cascade and Role of Type IV Pili Verena Jendrossek, Sophie Fillon, Claus Belka, Ilka Müller, Beatrice Puttkammer, and Florian Lang Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2665-2673; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative Evaluation of Inflammatory and Immune Responses in the Early Stages of Chronic Helicobacter pylori Infection Reinhard K. Straubinger, Andrea Greiter, Sean P. McDonough, Alexander Gerold, Eugenio Scanziani, Sabina Soldati, Daiva Dailidiene, Giedrius Dailide, Douglas E. Berg, and Kenneth W. Simpson Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2693-2703; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Gamma Interferon Decreases Bacterial Load in Peritonitis by Accelerating Peritoneal Fibrin Deposition and Tissue Repair Gang Qiu, Elizabeth Gribbin, Kathryn Harrison, Neil Sinha, and Kingsley Yin Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2766-2774; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

V9V2 T-Cell Anergy and Complementarity-Determining Region 3-Specific Depletion during Paroxysm of Nonendemic Malaria Infection Federico Martini, Maria Grazia Paglia, Carla Montesano, Patrick J. Enders, Marco Gentile, C. David Pauza, Cristiana Gioia, Vittorio Colizzi, Pasquale Narciso, Leopoldo Paolo Pucillo, and Fabrizio Poccia Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2945-2949; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coordinated Expression of Tracheal Antimicrobial Peptide and Inflammatory-Response Elements in the Lungs of Neonatal Calves with Acute Bacterial Pneumonia Jessica M. Caverly, Gill Diamond, Jack M. Gallup, Kim A. Brogden, Richard A. Dixon, and Mark R. Ackermann Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2950-2955; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Binding of Intimin from Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli to Lymphocytes and Its Functional Consequences Nathalie S. Gonçalves, Christine Hale, Gordon Dougan, Gad Frankel, and Thomas T. MacDonald Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2960-2965; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Expression Profiling of Helicobacter pylori Reveals a Growth-Phase-Dependent Switch in Virulence Gene Expression Lucinda J. Thompson, D. Scott Merrell, Brett A. Neilan, Hazel Mitchell, Adrian Lee, and Stanley Falkow Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2643-2655; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genome Diversification in Staphylococcus aureus: Molecular Evolution of a Highly Variable Chromosomal Region Encoding the Staphylococcal Exotoxin-Like Family of Proteins J. Ross Fitzgerald, Sean D. Reid, Eeva Ruotsalainen, Timothy J. Tripp, MengYao Liu, Robert Cole, Pentti Kuusela, Patrick M. Schlievert, Asko Järvinen, and James M. Musser Infect. Immun. May 2003 71: 2827-2838; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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