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Contents: January 2005, Volume 73, Issue 1        Minireviews        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Molecular Pathogenesis        Host Response and Inflammation        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Bacterial Infections

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Minireviews:

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Adherence of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Strains to Epithelial Cells Alfredo G. Torres, Xin Zhou, and James B. Kaper Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 18-29; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Development of Allergic Airway Disease in Mice following Antibiotic Therapy and Fungal Microbiota Increase: Role of Host Genetics, Antigen, and Interleukin-13 Mairi C. Noverr, Nicole R. Falkowski, Rod A. McDonald, Andrew N. McKenzie, and Gary B. Huffnagle Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 30-38; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transient Neutralization of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Can Produce a Chronic Fungal Infection in an Immunocompetent Host: Potential Role of Immature Dendritic Cells Amy C. Herring, Nicole R. Falkowski, Gwo-Hsiao Chen, Rod A. McDonald, Galen B. Toews, and Gary B. Huffnagle Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 39-49; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Pathogenesis of Fatal Outcome in Murine Pulmonary Aspergillosis Depends on the Neutrophil Depletion Strategy Shane D. Stephens-Romero, Aron J. Mednick, and Marta Feldmesser Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 114-125; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Critical Proinflammatory and Anti-Inflammatory Functions of Different Subsets of CD1d-Restricted Natural Killer T Cells during Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Malcolm S. Duthie, Maria Kahn, Maria White, Raj P. Kapur, and Stuart J. Kahn Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 181-192; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The trans-Sialidase from Trypanosoma cruzi Induces Thrombocytopenia during Acute Chagas' Disease by Reducing the Platelet Sialic Acid Contents María Virginia Tribulatti, Juan Mucci, Nico Van Rooijen, María Susana Leguizamón, and Oscar Campetella Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 201-207; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fungal Metabolite Gliotoxin Targets Flavocytochrome b558 in the Activation of the Human Neutrophil NADPH Oxidase Satoshi Nishida, Lucia S. Yoshida, Takashi Shimoyama, Hiroyuki Nunoi, Toshihiro Kobayashi, and Shohko Tsunawaki Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 235-244; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Clinical-Grade 42-Kilodalton Fragment of Merozoite Surface Protein 1 of Plasmodium falciparum Strain FVO Expressed in Escherichia coli Protects Aotus nancymai against Challenge with Homologous Erythrocytic-Stage Parasites Christian A. Darko, Evelina Angov, William E. Collins, Elke S. Bergmann-Leitner, Autumn S. Girouard, Stacy L. Hitt, Jana S. McBride, Carter L. Diggs, Anthony A. Holder, Carole A. Long, John W. Barnwell, and Jeffrey A. Lyon Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 287-297; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chitinase and Fizz Family Members Are a Generalized Feature of Nematode Infection with Selective Upregulation of Ym1 and Fizz1 by Antigen-Presenting Cells Meera G. Nair, Iain J. Gallagher, Matthew D. Taylor, P'ng Loke, Patricia S. Coulson, R. A. Wilson, Rick M. Maizels, and Judith E. Allen Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 385-394; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Allele Specificity of Naturally Acquired Antibody Responses against Plasmodium falciparum Apical Membrane Antigen 1 Alfred Cortés, Mata Mellombo, Rosella Masciantonio, Vince J. Murphy, John C. Reeder, and Robin F. Anders Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 422-430; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Testosterone Suppresses Protective Responses of the Liver to Blood-Stage Malaria Jürgen Krücken, Mohamed A. Dkhil, Juliane V. Braun, Regina M. U. Schroetel, Manal El-Khadragy, Peter Carmeliet, Horst Mossmann, and Frank Wunderlich Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 436-443; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differences in Patterns of Infection and Inflammation for Corticosteroid Treatment and Chemotherapy in Experimental Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis Viviane Balloy, Michel Huerre, Jean-Paul Latgé, and Michel Chignard Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 494-503; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Opsonic Requirements for Dendritic Cell-Mediated Responses to Cryptococcus neoformans Ryan M. Kelly, Jianmin Chen, Lauren E. Yauch, and Stuart M. Levitz Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 592-598; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-17/Interleukin-17 Receptor-Mediated Signaling Is Important for Generation of an Optimal Polymorphonuclear Response against Toxoplasma gondii Infection Michelle N. Kelly, Jay K. Kolls, Kyle Happel, Joseph D. Schwartzman, Paul Schwarzenberger, Crescent Combe, Magali Moretto, and Imtiaz A. Khan Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 617-621; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1-Dependent Activation of Interleukin 8 Expression in Candida albicans-Infected Human Gingival Epithelial Cells Hiroshi Egusa, Hiroki Nikawa, Seicho Makihira, Anahid Jewett, Hirofumi Yatani, and Taizo Hamada Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 622-626; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Gliotoxin in Experimental and Human Aspergillosis Russell E. Lewis, Nathan P. Wiederhold, Jingduan Chi, Xiang Y. Han, Krishna V. Komanduri, Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis, and Randall A. Prince Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 635-637; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Babesia divergens and Plasmodium falciparum Use Common Receptors, Glycophorins A and B, To Invade the Human Red Blood Cell Cheryl-Ann Lobo Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 649-651; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Role of CD44 and Its v7 Isoform in Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B-Induced Toxic Shock: CD44 Deficiency on Hepatic Mononuclear Cells Leads to Reduced Activation-Induced Apoptosis That Results in Increased Liver Damage Robert J. McKallip, Michael Fisher, Ursula Gunthert, Andras K. Szakal, Prakash S. Nagarkatti, and Mitzi Nagarkatti Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 50-61; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

SipA, SopA, SopB, SopD, and SopE2 Contribute to Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium Invasion of Epithelial Cells Manuela Raffatellu, R. Paul Wilson, Daniela Chessa, Helene Andrews-Polymenis, Quynh T. Tran, Sara Lawhon, Sangeeta Khare, L. Garry Adams, and Andreas J. Bäumler Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 146-154; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

NF-B Activation during Rickettsia rickettsii Infection of Endothelial Cells Involves the Activation of Catalytic IB Kinases IKK and IKKß and Phosphorylation-Proteolysis of the Inhibitor Protein IB Dawn R. Clifton, Elena Rydkina, Robert S. Freeman, and Sanjeev K. Sahni Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 155-165; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Downregulation of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases by the Bordetella bronchiseptica Type III Secretion System Leads to Attenuated Nonclassical Macrophage Activation Annette Reissinger, Jason A. Skinner, and Ming H. Yuk Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 308-316; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Cytolethal Distending Toxin Induces Receptor Activator of NF-B Ligand Expression in Human Gingival Fibroblasts and Periodontal Ligament Cells G. N. Belibasakis, A. Johansson, Y. Wang, C. Chen, S. Kalfas, and U. H. Lerner Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 342-351; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dendritic Cells Activated with Products Released by Schistosome Larvae Drive Th2-Type Immune Responses, Which Can Be Inhibited by Manipulation of CD40 Costimulation Stephen John Jenkins and Adrian Paul Mountford Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 395-402; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CCL20/Macrophage Inflammatory Protein 3 and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Production by Primary Uterine Epithelial Cells in Response to Treatment with Lipopolysaccharide or Pam3Cys Mardi A. Crane-Godreau and Charles R. Wira Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 476-484; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytolethal Distending Toxin from Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157 Causes Irreversible G2/M Arrest, Inhibition of Proliferation, and Death of Human Endothelial Cells Martina Bielaszewska, Bhanu Sinha, Thorsten Kuczius, and Helge Karch Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 552-562; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of an ExoS Type III Translocation-Resistant Cell Line Elizabeth A. Rucks and Joan C. Olson Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 638-643; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Truncated Internalin A and Asymptomatic Listeria monocytogenes Carriage: In Vivo Investigation by Allelic Exchange Maïwenn Olier, Dominique Garmyn, Sandrine Rousseaux, Jean-Paul Lemaître, Pascal Piveteau, and Jean Guzzo Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 644-648; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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An Immunoreactive 38-Kilodalton Protein of Ehrlichia canis Shares Structural Homology and Iron-Binding Capacity with the Ferric Ion-Binding Protein Family C. Kuyler Doyle, Xiaofeng Zhang, Vsevolod L. Popov, and Jere W. McBride Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 62-69; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Osmolarity, a Key Environmental Signal Controlling Expression of Leptospiral Proteins LigA and LigB and the Extracellular Release of LigA James Matsunaga, Yolanda Sanchez, Xiaoyi Xu, and David A. Haake Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 70-78; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ehrlichia chaffeensis Expresses Macrophage- and Tick Cell-Specific 28-Kilodalton Outer Membrane Proteins Vijayakrishna Singu, Haijie Liu, Chuanmin Cheng, and Roman R. Ganta Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 79-87; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Adaptation of Shigella flexneri during Infection of Macrophages and Epithelial Cells: Insights into the Strategies of a Cytosolic Bacterial Pathogen Sacha Lucchini, Hong Liu, Qi Jin, Jay C. D. Hinton, and Jun Yu Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 88-102; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Aspects of Biogenesis of Escherichia coli Dr Fimbriae: Characterization of DraB-DraE Complexes Rafal Piatek, Beata Zalewska, Olga Kolaj, Michal Ferens, Bogdan Nowicki, and Józef Kur Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 135-145; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaplasma phagocytophilum Modulates gp91phox Gene Expression through Altered Interferon Regulatory Factor 1 and PU.1 Levels and Binding of CCAAT Displacement Protein Venetta Thomas, Swapna Samanta, Caiyun Wu, Nancy Berliner, and Erol Fikrig Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 208-218; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Trigger Factor in Streptococcus mutans Is Involved in Stress Tolerance, Competence Development, and Biofilm Formation Zezhang T. Wen, Prashanth Suntharaligham, Dennis G. Cvitkovitch, and Robert A. Burne Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 219-225; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enzymes Involved in Anaerobic Respiration Appear To Play a Role in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Virulence Ilse Jacobsen, Isabel Hennig-Pauka, Nina Baltes, Matthias Trost, and Gerald-F. Gerlach Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 226-234; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Association of a Major Protein Antigen of Mycoplasma arthritidis with Virulence A.-H. T. Tu, B. Clapper, T. R. Schoeb, A. Elgavish, J. Zhang, L. Liu, H. Yu, and K. Dybvig Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 245-249; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contribution of the Helicobacter pylori Thiol Peroxidase Bacterioferritin Comigratory Protein to Oxidative Stress Resistance and Host Colonization Ge Wang, Adriana A. Olczak, James P. Walton, and Robert J. Maier Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 378-384; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Inactivation of degS on Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium In Vitro and In Vivo Gary Rowley, Andrew Stevenson, Jan Kormanec, and Mark Roberts Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 459-463; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Analysis of the Roles of HtrA-Like Surface Proteases in Two Virulent Staphylococcus aureus Strains Candice Rigoulay, José M. Entenza, David Halpern, Eleonora Widmer, Philippe Moreillon, Isabelle Poquet, and Alexandra Gruss Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 563-572; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Regions of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cytotoxin ExoU Shira D. P. Rabin and Alan R. Hauser Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 573-582; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Mutation in the sap Operon Attenuates Survival of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae in a Chinchilla Model of Otitis Media Kevin M. Mason, Robert S. Munson, Jr., and Lauren O. Bakaletz Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 599-608; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Atypical cpb2 Genes, Encoding Beta2-Toxin in Clostridium perfringens Isolates of Nonporcine Origin B. Helen Jost, Stephen J. Billington, Hien T. Trinh, Dawn M. Bueschel, and J. Glenn Songer Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 652-656; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Role of EspA and Intimin in Expression of Proinflammatory Cytokines from Enterocytes and Lymphocytes by Rabbit Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli-Infected Rabbits Karina Ramirez, Rocio Huerta, Eric Oswald, Carlos Garcia-Tovar, Jose Manuel Hernandez, and Fernando Navarro-Garcia Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 103-113; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Host Matrix Metalloproteinases by Borrelia burgdorferi Differs in Human and Murine Lyme Arthritis Aruna K. Behera, Ethan Hildebrand, Joanna Scagliotti, Allen C. Steere, and Linden T. Hu Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 126-134; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Thioredoxin Peroxidase Secreted by Fasciola hepatica Induces the Alternative Activation of Macrophages Sheila Donnelly, Sandra M. O'Neill, Mary Sekiya, Grace Mulcahy, and John P. Dalton Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 166-173; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Acute-Phase Concentrations of Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-Binding Protein Inhibit Innate Immune Cell Activation by Different LPS Chemotypes via Different Mechanisms Lutz Hamann, Christian Alexander, Cordula Stamme, Ulrich Zähringer, and Ralf R. Schumann Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 193-200; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Upregulation of Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1 and Proinflammatory Cytokines by the Major Surface Proteins of Treponema maltophilum and Treponema lecithinolyticum, the Phylogenetic Group IV Oral Spirochetes Associated with Periodontitis and Endodontic Infections Sung-Hoon Lee, Kack-Kyun Kim, and Bong-Kyu Choi Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 268-276; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced Immunoglobulin A Response and Protection against Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium in the Absence of the Substance P Receptor Nancy Walters, Theresa Trunkle, Michael Sura, and David W. Pascual Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 317-324; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 2-Mediated Overexpression of Chimeric SspH2 Proteins for Simultaneous Induction of Antigen-Specific CD4 and CD8 T Cells Klaus Panthel, Katrin M. Meinel, Victòria E. Sevil Domènech, Heike Retzbach, Emeka I. Igwe, Wolf-Dietrich Hardt, and Holger Rüssmann Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 334-341; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Roles of Toll-Like Receptors 2 and 4 in In Vitro Responses of Macrophages to Legionella pneumophila Morikazu Akamine, Futoshi Higa, Noriko Arakaki, Kazuyoshi Kawakami, Kiyoshi Takeda, Shizuo Akira, and Atsushi Saito Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 352-361; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chemokine Expression in the Monocytic Cell Line THP-1 in Response to Purified Shiga Toxin 1 and/or Lipopolysaccharides Lisa M. Harrison, Christel van den Hoogen, Wilhelmina C. E. van Haaften, and Vernon L. Tesh Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 403-412; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pasteurella multocida Toxin Activates Human Monocyte-Derived and Murine Bone Marrow-Derived Dendritic Cells In Vitro but Suppresses Antibody Production In Vivo Kenneth C. Bagley, Sayed F. Abdelwahab, Robert G. Tuskan, and George K. Lewis Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 413-421; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Abundant Secretion of Bioactive Interleukin-1ß by Human Macrophages Induced by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Leukotoxin P. Kelk, R. Claesson, L. Hänström, U. H. Lerner, S. Kalfas, and A. Johansson Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 453-458; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CXCR3 and Its Ligands Participate in the Host Response to Bordetella bronchiseptica Infection of the Mouse Respiratory Tract but Are Not Required for Clearance of Bacteria from the Lung Daniel P. Widney, Yan Hu, Amy K. Foreman-Wykert, Kim C. Bui, Tam T. Nguyen, Bao Lu, Craig Gerard, Jeff F. Miller, and Jeffrey B. Smith Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 485-493; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Virulent Shigella flexneri Causes Damage to Mitochondria and Triggers Necrosis in Infected Human Monocyte-Derived Macrophages James F. Koterski, Massoumeh Nahvi, Malabi M. Venkatesan, and Beatrice Haimovich Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 504-513; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Activation of the Transcription Factor Cyclic AMP Response Element Binding Protein (CREB) in Macrophages following Infection with Pathogenic and Nonpathogenic Mycobacteria and Role for CREB in Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Production Shannon K. Roach, Seong-Beom Lee, and Jeffrey S. Schorey Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 514-522; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mucosal FOXP3-Expressing CD4+ CD25high Regulatory T Cells in Helicobacter pylori-Infected Patients Anna Lundgren, Erika Strömberg, Åsa Sjöling, Catharina Lindholm, Karin Enarsson, Anders Edebo, Erik Johnsson, Elisabeth Suri-Payer, Pia Larsson, Anna Rudin, Ann-Mari Svennerholm, and B. Samuel Lundin Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 523-531; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Central Role of Toll-Like Receptor 4 Signaling and Host Defense in Experimental Pneumonia Caused by Gram-Negative Bacteria Jill R. Schurr, Erana Young, Pat Byrne, Chad Steele, Judd E. Shellito, and Jay K. Kolls Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 532-545; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli-Inoculated Neonatal Piglets Develop Kidney Lesions That Are Comparable to Those in Humans with Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome J. F. Pohlenz, K. R. Winter, and E. A. Dean-Nystrom Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 612-616; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chlamydia pneumoniae Enhances Cytokine-Stimulated Human Monocyte Matrix Metalloproteinases through a Prostaglandin E2-Dependent Mechanism Min P. Kim, Charlotte A. Gaydos, Billie Jo Wood, Justin P. Hardick, Yahong Zhang, and Larry M. Wahl Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 632-634; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Relative Contributions of Innate and Acquired Host Responses to Bacterial Control and Arthritis Development in Lyme Disease Xiaohui Wang, Ying Ma, John H. Weis, James F. Zachary, Carsten J. Kirschning, and Janis J. Weis Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 657-660; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase 1 Regulates Resistance to Infection Marie Mei Lee, Bong-June Yoon, Keith Osiewicz, Michael Preston, Brian Bundy, Anna M. van Heeckeren, Zena Werb, and Paul D. Soloway Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 661-665; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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A Mutant of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin C Devoid of Bacterial Superantigenic Activity Elicits a Th2 Immune Response for Protection against Staphylococcus aureus Infection Dong-Liang Hu, Jing-Chun Cui, Katsuhiko Omoe, Hiroshi Sashinami, Yuichi Yokomizo, Kunihiro Shinagawa, and Akio Nakane Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 174-180; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gamma Interferon and Monophosphoryl Lipid A-Trehalose Dicorynomycolate Are Efficient Adjuvants for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Multivalent Acellular Vaccine Avi-Hai Hovav, Yolanta Fishman, and Herve Bercovier Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 250-257; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction and Characterization of Bivalent Shigella flexneri 2a Vaccine Strains SC608(pCFAI) and SC608(pCFAI/LTB) That Express Antigens from Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Ryan T. Ranallo, C. Piyumi Fonseka, Fred Cassels, Jay Srinivasan, and Malabi M. Venkatesan Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 258-267; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Depletion of Complement Has Distinct Effects on the Primary and Secondary Antibody Responses to a Conjugate of Pneumococcal Serotype 14 Capsular Polysaccharide and a T-Cell-Dependent Protein Carrier Samuel T. Test, Joyce K. Mitsuyoshi, and Yong Hu Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 277-286; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Both Innate Immunity and Type 1 Humoral Immunity to Streptococcus pneumoniae Are Mediated by MyD88 but Differ in Their Relative Levels of Dependence on Toll-Like Receptor 2 Abdul Q. Khan, Quanyi Chen, Zheng-Qi Wu, James C. Paton, and Clifford M. Snapper Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 298-307; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Peptide Mimotope of Type 8 Pneumococcal Capsular Polysaccharide Induces a Protective Immune Response in Mice Ulrike K. Buchwald, Andrew Lees, Michael Steinitz, and Liise-anne Pirofski Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 325-333; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Optimization of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi aroC ssaV Derivatives as Vehicles for Delivering Heterologous Antigens by Chromosomal Integration and In Vivo Inducible Promoters Richard Stratford, Nicola D. McKelvie, Nicky J. Hughes, Emma Aldred, Claire Wiseman, Johanna Curtis, Trevor Bellaby, Matt Bentley, Zoë Hindle, Frank R. Brennan, Steven N. Chatfield, Gordon Dougan, and Shahid A. Khan Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 362-368; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Kinetics and Avidity of Antibodies Evoked by Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines PncCRM and PncOMPC in the Finnish Otitis Media Vaccine Trial Nina Ekström, Heidi Åhman, Jouko Verho, Jukka Jokinen, Merja Väkeväinen, Terhi Kilpi, Helena Käyhty the Finnish Otitis Media Study Group Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 369-377; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interaction and Cellular Localization of the Human Host Defense Peptide LL-37 with Lung Epithelial Cells Y. Elaine Lau, Annett Rozek, Monisha G. Scott, Danika L. Goosney, Donald J. Davidson, and Robert E. W. Hancock Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 583-591; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vaccination with Purified Dr Fimbriae Reduces Mortality Associated with Chronic Urinary Tract Infection Due to Escherichia coli Bearing Dr Adhesin Pawel Goluszko, Elzbieta Goluszko, Bogdan Nowicki, Stella Nowicki, Vsevolod Popov, and Hui-Qun Wang Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 627-631; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reduced Local Growth and Spread but Preserved Pathogenicity of a purC Mycobacterium tuberculosis Auxotrophic Mutant in Gamma Interferon Receptor-Deficient Mice after Aerosol Infection Najmeeyah Brown, Muazzam Jacobs, Shreemanta K. Parida, Tania Botha, Aldina Santos, Lizette Fick, Brigitte Gicquel, Mary Jackson, Valerie Quesniaux, and Bernhard Ryffel Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 666-670; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Invasiveness of Serotypes and Clones of Streptococcus pneumoniae among Children in Finland William P. Hanage, Tarja H. Kaijalainen, Ritva K. Syrjänen, Kari Auranen, Maija Leinonen, P. Helena Mäkelä, and Brian G. Spratt Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 431-435; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Phage Display To Identify Potential Pseudomonas aeruginosa Gene Products Relevant to Early Cystic Fibrosis Airway Infections Christiane Beckmann, Mitchell Brittnacher, Robert Ernst, Nicole Mayer-Hamblett, Samuel I. Miller, and Jane L. Burns Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 444-452; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enterococcus faecalis Mammalian Virulence-Related Factors Exhibit Potent Pathogenicity in the Arabidopsis thaliana Plant Model Ajay K. Jha, Harsh P. Bais, and Jorge M. Vivanco Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 464-475; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Replication Dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Chronically Infected Mice Ernesto J. Muñoz-Elías, Juliano Timm, Tania Botha, Wai-Tsing Chan, James E. Gomez, and John D. McKinney Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 546-551; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a Chinchilla Model To Allow Direct, Continuous, Biophotonic Imaging of Bioluminescent Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae during Experimental Otitis Media Laura A. Novotny, Kevin M. Mason, and Lauren O. Bakaletz Infect. Immun. January 2005 73: 609-611; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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