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Contents: December 2005, Volume 73, Issue 12        Minireviews        Molecular Pathogenesis        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Molecular Genomics        Bacterial Infections        Host Response and Inflammation        Errata

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Minireviews:

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Membrane Cholesterol: a Crucial Molecule Affecting Interactions of Microbial Pathogens with Mammalian Cells P. Goluszko and B. Nowicki Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 7791-7796; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Insight into a Conserved Lifestyle: Protein-Carbohydrate Adhesion Strategies of Vector-Borne Pathogens Rhoel R. Dinglasan and Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 7797-7807; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Haemophilus ducreyi Targets Src Family Protein Tyrosine Kinases To Inhibit Phagocytic Signaling Jason R. Mock, Merja Vakevainen, Kaiping Deng, Jo L. Latimer, Jennifer A. Young, Nicolai S. C. van Oers, Steven Greenberg, and Eric J. Hansen Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 7808-7816; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Host Restriction of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhi Is Not Caused by Functional Alteration of SipA, SopB, or SopD Manuela Raffatellu, Yao-Hui Sun, R. Paul Wilson, Quynh T. Tran, Daniela Chessa, Helene L. Andrews-Polymenis, Sara D. Lawhon, Josely F. Figueiredo, Renée M. Tsolis, L. Garry Adams, and Andreas J. Bäumler Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 7817-7826; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Syndecan 1 Shedding Contributes to Pseudomonas aeruginosa Sepsis Allan Haynes, III, Frank Ruda, Jeffrey Oliver, Abdul N. Hamood, John A. Griswold, Pyong Woo Park, and Kendra P. Rumbaugh Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 7914-7921; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Pilin Glycosylation on Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1244 Pilus Function James G. Smedley, III, Erica Jewell, Jennifer Roguskie, Joseph Horzempa, Andrew Syboldt, Donna Beer Stolz, and Peter Castric Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 7922-7931; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DltABCD- and MprF-Mediated Cell Envelope Modifications of Staphylococcus aureus Confer Resistance to Platelet Microbicidal Proteins and Contribute to Virulence in a Rabbit Endocarditis Model Christopher Weidenmaier, Andreas Peschel, Volkhard A. J. Kempf, Natalie Lucindo, Michael R. Yeaman, and Arnold S. Bayer Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8033-8038; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mouse Intestine Selects Nonmotile flhDC Mutants of Escherichia coli MG1655 with Increased Colonizing Ability and Better Utilization of Carbon Sources Mary P. Leatham, Sarah J. Stevenson, Eric J. Gauger, Karen A. Krogfelt, Jeremy J. Lins, Traci L. Haddock, Steven M. Autieri, Tyrrell Conway, and Paul S. Cohen Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8039-8049; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Global Virulence Regulation in Staphylococcus aureus: Pinpointing the Roles of ClpP and ClpX in the sar/agr Regulatory Network Dorte Frees, Karen Sørensen, and Hanne Ingmer Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8100-8108; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Iron and Fur Regulation in Vibrio cholerae and the Role of Fur in Virulence Alexandra R. Mey, Elizabeth E. Wyckoff, Vanamala Kanukurthy, Carolyn R. Fisher, and Shelley M. Payne Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8167-8178; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cold Shock Response of the UspA1 Outer Membrane Adhesin of Moraxella catarrhalis Nadja Heiniger, Rolf Troller, Patricia Stutzmann Meier, and Christoph Aebi Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8247-8255; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Direct Inhibition of T-Lymphocyte Activation by Anthrax Toxins In Vivo Jason E. Comer, Ashok K. Chopra, Johnny W. Peterson, and Rolf König Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8275-8281; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Acquires Biofilm-Like Properties within Airway Epithelial Cells Raquel Garcia-Medina, W. Michael Dunne, Pradeep K. Singh, and Steven L. Brody Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8298-8305; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Shiga Toxin 2 and Lipopolysaccharide Induce Human Microvascular Endothelial Cells To Release Chemokines and Factors That Stimulate Platelet Function Fadila Guessous, Marek Marcinkiewicz, Renata Polanowska-Grabowska, Sudawadee Kongkhum, Daniel Heatherly, Tom Obrig, and Adrian R. L. Gear Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8306-8316; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxin Damages the Human Intestine In Vitro M. E. Fernández Miyakawa, V. Pistone Creydt, F. A. Uzal, B. A. McClane, and C. Ibarra Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8407-8410; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Two Non-Locus of Enterocyte Effacement-Encoded Type III-Translocated Effectors, NleC and NleD, in Attaching and Effacing Pathogens Olivier Marchés, Siouxsie Wiles, Francis Dziva, Roberto M. La Ragione, Stephanie Schüller, Angus Best, Alan D. Phillips, Elizabeth L. Hartland, Martin J. Woodward, Mark P. Stevens, and Gad Frankel Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8411-8417; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Attenuation of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium by Altering Biological Functions of Murein Lipoprotein and Lipopolysaccharide A. A. Fadl, J. Sha, G. R. Klimpel, J. P. Olano, C. L. Galindo, and A. K. Chopra Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8433-8436; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Azurin of Pathogenic Neisseria spp. Is Involved in Defense against Hydrogen Peroxide and Survival within Cervical Epithelial Cells Hsing-Ju Wu, Kate L. Seib, Jennifer L. Edwards, Michael A. Apicella, Alastair G. McEwan, and Michael P. Jennings Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8444-8448; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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ß-Arrestin 1 Participates in Platelet-Activating Factor Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae Jana N. Radin, Carlos J. Orihuela, Gopal Murti, Christopher Guglielmo, Peter J. Murray, and Elaine I. Tuomanen Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 7827-7835; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental materials] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reduction of Astrogliosis by Early Treatment of Pneumococcal Meningitis Measured by Simultaneous Imaging, In Vivo, of the Pathogen and Host Response Jagath L. Kadurugamuwa, Kshitij Modi, Olivier Coquoz, Brad Rice, Steven Smith, Pamela R. Contag, and Tony Purchio Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 7836-7843; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Helicobacter pylori Activates Myosin Light-Chain Kinase To Disrupt Claudin-4 and Claudin-5 and Increase Epithelial Permeability Jason P. Fedwick, Tamia K. Lapointe, Jonathan B. Meddings, Philip M. Sherman, and Andre G. Buret Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 7844-7852; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Leucine-Rich Motif Targets Pseudomonas aeruginosa ExoS within Mammalian Cells Yue Zhang and Joseph T. Barbieri Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 7938-7945; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ectophosphorylation of CD36 Regulates Cytoadherence of Plasmodium falciparum to Microvascular Endothelium under Flow Conditions May Ho, Holly L. Hoang, Kristine M. Lee, Naili Liu, Tara MacRae, Laura Montes, Christine L. Flatt, Bryan G. Yipp, Bradley J. Berger, Sorrnchai Looareesuwan, and Stephen M. Robbins Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8179-8187; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Giardia lamblia-Induced Changes in Gene Expression in Differentiated Caco-2 Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells Katarina Roxström-Lindquist, Emma Ringqvist, Daniel Palm, and Staffan Svärd Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8204-8208; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Neutralization of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Suppresses Antigen-Specific Type 1 Cytokine Responses and Reverses the Inhibition of Mycobacterial Survival in Cocultures of Immune Guinea Pig T Lymphocytes and Infected Macrophages Hyosun Cho and David N. McMurray Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8437-8441; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Decreased In Situ Expression of Interleukin-10 Receptor Is Correlated with the Exacerbated Inflammatory and Cytotoxic Responses Observed in Mucosal Leishmaniasis Daniela R. Faria, Kenneth J. Gollob, José Barbosa, Jr, Albert Schriefer, Paulo R. L. Machado, Hélio Lessa, Lucas P. Carvalho, Marco Aurélio Romano-Silva, Amélia R. de Jesus, Edgar M. Carvalho, and Walderez O. Dutra Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 7853-7859; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structure, Cellular Distribution, Antigenicity, and Biological Functions of Fonsecaea pedrosoi Ceramide Monohexosides Leonardo Nimrichter, Mariana D. Cerqueira, Eduardo A. Leitão, Kildare Miranda, Ernesto S. Nakayasu, Sandro R. Almeida, Igor C. Almeida, Celuta S. Alviano, Eliana Barreto-Bergter, and Marcio L. Rodrigues Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 7860-7868; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Carbohydrate Moieties of Microsporidian Polar Tube Proteins Are Targeted by Immunoglobulin G in Immunocompetent Individuals Ron Peek, Frédéric Delbac, Dave Speijer, Valérie Polonais, Sophie Greve, Ellen Wentink-Bonnema, Jeffrey Ringrose, and Tom van Gool Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 7906-7913; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Deletions of Endocytic Components VPS28 and VPS32 Affect Growth at Alkaline pH and Virulence through both RIM101-Dependent and RIM101-Independent Pathways in Candida albicans Muriel Cornet, Frédérique Bidard, Patrick Schwarz, Grégory Da Costa, Sylvie Blanchin-Roland, Françoise Dromer, and Claude Gaillardin Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 7977-7987; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Neonatal and Maternal Immunological Responses to Conserved Epitopes within the DBL-3 Chondroitin Sulfate A-Binding Domain of Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1 Kim Brustoski, Martin Kramer, Ulrike Möller, Peter G. Kremsner, and Adrian J. F. Luty Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 7988-7995; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chronic Leishmania donovani Infection Promotes Bystander CD8+-T-Cell Expansion and Heterologous Immunity Rosalind Polley, Stephanie L. Sanos, Sara Prickett, Ashraful Haque, and Paul M. Kaye Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 7996-8001; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toxoplasma gondii-Specific Immunoglobulin M Limits Parasite Dissemination by Preventing Host Cell Invasion Kevin N. Couper, Craig W. Roberts, Frank Brombacher, James Alexander, and Lawrence L. Johnson Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8060-8068; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Virulence and Karyotype Analyses of rad52 Mutants of Candida albicans: Regeneration of a Truncated Chromosome of a Reintegrant Strain (rad52/RAD52) in the Host Neeraj Chauhan, Toni Ciudad, Ane Rodríguez-Alejandre, Germán Larriba, Richard Calderone, and Encarnación Andaluz Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8069-8078; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Epitope-Specific Regulation of Immunoglobulin Class Switching in Mice Immunized with Malarial Merozoite Surface Proteins Jon Eric Tongren, Patrick H. Corran, William Jarra, Jean Langhorne, and Eleanor M. Riley Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8119-8129; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cryptococcus neoformans Gene Involved in Mammalian Pathogenesis Identified by a Caenorhabditis elegans Progeny-Based Approach Robin J. Tang, Julia Breger, Alexander Idnurm, Kimberly J. Gerik, Jennifer K. Lodge, Joseph Heitman, Stephen B. Calderwood, and Eleftherios Mylonakis Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8219-8225; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protective Immunity to the Larval Stages of Onchocerca volvulus Is Dependent on Toll-Like Receptor 4 Laura A. Kerepesi, Ofra Leon, Sarah Lustigman, and David Abraham Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8291-8297; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Leishmania pifanoi Amastigotes Avoid Macrophage Production of Superoxide by Inducing Heme Degradation Nam-Kha Pham, Jennifer Mouriz, and Peter E. Kima Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8322-8333; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Impaired Protein Kinase C Signaling by Chemokines in Murine Macrophages during Visceral Leishmaniasis Ranadhir Dey, Arup Sarkar, Nivedita Majumder, Suchandra Bhattacharyya (Majumdar), Kaushik Roychoudhury, Sandip Bhattacharyya, Syamal Roy, and Subrata Majumdar Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8334-8344; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycobacterium-Induced Potentiation of Type 1 Immune Responses and Protection against Malaria Are Host Specific Kathleen R. Page, Anne E. Jedlicka, Benjamin Fakheri, Gregory S. Noland, Anup K. Kesavan, Alan L. Scott, Nirbhay Kumar, and Yukari C. Manabe Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8369-8380; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reduction of Cell Surface Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Conjugates in Entamoeba histolytica by Antisense Blocking of E. histolytica GlcNAc-Phosphatidylinositol Deacetylase Expression: Effect on Cell Proliferation, Endocytosis, and Adhesion to Target Cells Divya Vats, Ram A. Vishwakarma, Sudha Bhattacharya, and Alok Bhattacharya Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8381-8392; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Impaired Kupffer Cells in Highly Susceptible Mice Infected with Trypanosoma congolense Meiqing Shi, Guojian Wei, Wanling Pan, and Henry Tabel Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8393-8396; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intrapulmonary, Adenovirus-Mediated Overexpression of KARAP/DAP12 Enhances Fungal Clearance during Invasive Aspergillosis Kristin J. Carpenter, Karen F. Buckland, Zhou Xing, and Cory M. Hogaboam Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8402-8406; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Early Intestinal Mucosal Source of Gamma Interferon Is Associated with Resistance to and Control of Cryptosporidium parvum Infection in Mice Brett A. Leav, Masaru Yoshida, Kathleen Rogers, Seth Cohen, Nihal Godiwala, Richard S. Blumberg, and Honorine Ward Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8425-8428; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Receptor-Mediated Clearance of Cryptococcus neoformans Capsular Polysaccharide In Vivo Lauren E. Yauch, Michael K. Mansour, and Stuart M. Levitz Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8429-8432; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Eosinophils, but Not Eosinophil Peroxidase or Major Basic Protein, Are Important for Host Protection in Experimental Brugia pahangi Infection Thirumalai Ramalingam, Patricia Porte, James Lee, and T. V. Rajan Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8442-8443; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Demonstration of OspC Type Diversity in Invasive Human Lyme Disease Isolates and Identification of Previously Uncharacterized Epitopes That Define the Specificity of the OspC Murine Antibody Response Christopher G. Earnhart, Eric L. Buckles, John Stephen Dumler, and Richard T. Marconi Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 7869-7877; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Active and Passive Intranasal Immunizations with Streptococcal Surface Protein C5a Peptidase Prevent Infection of Murine Nasal Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue, a Functional Homologue of Human Tonsils Hae-Sun Park and P. Patrick Cleary Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 7878-7886; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conjugates of Group A and W135 Capsular Polysaccharides of Neisseria meningitidis Bound to Recombinant Staphylococcus aureus Enterotoxin C1: Preparation, Physicochemical Characterization, and Immunological Properties in Mice Zhigang Jin, Gregory A. Bohach, Joseph Shiloach, Scott E. Norris, Darón I. Freedberg, Claudia Deobald, Bruce Coxon, John B. Robbins, and Rachel Schneerson Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 7887-7893; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

H2-M3 Major Histocompatibility Complex Class Ib-Restricted CD8 T Cells Induced by Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Infection Recognize Proteins Released by Salmonella Serovar Typhimurium S. Ugrinovic, C. G. Brooks, J. Robson, B. A. Blacklaws, C. E. Hormaeche, and J. H. Robinson Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8002-8008; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Essential Role for Humoral Immunity during Ehrlichia Infection in Immunocompetent Mice Eric Yager, Constantine Bitsaktsis, Bisweswar Nandi, Jere W. McBride, and Gary Winslow Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8009-8016; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phase I Malaria Vaccine Trial with a Long Synthetic Peptide Derived from the Merozoite Surface Protein 3 Antigen Régine Audran, Michel Cachat, Floriana Lurati, Soe Soe, Odile Leroy, Giampietro Corradin, Pierre Druilhe, and François Spertini Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8017-8026; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Community-Based Safety, Immunogenicity, and Transmissibility Study of the Shigella sonnei WRSS1 Vaccine in Israeli Volunteers Nadav Orr, David E. Katz, Jacob Atsmon, Paull Radu, Miri Yavzori, Tamar Halperin, Tamar Sela, Raid Kayouf, Zivit Klein, Ruhama Ambar, Dani Cohen, Marcia K. Wolf, Malabi M. Venkatesan, and Thomas L. Hale Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8027-8032; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vaccination with the Recombinant Brucella Outer Membrane Protein 31 or a Derived 27-Amino-Acid Synthetic Peptide Elicits a CD4+ T Helper 1 Response That Protects against Brucella melitensis Infection Juliana Cassataro, Silvia M. Estein, Karina A. Pasquevich, Carlos A. Velikovsky, Silvia de la Barrera, Raúl Bowden, Carlos A. Fossati, and Guillermo H. Giambartolomei Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8079-8088; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Th2-Associated Local Reactions to the Acellular Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine in 4- to 6-Year-Old Children Julie Rowe, Stephanie T. Yerkovich, Peter Richmond, Devinda Suriyaarachchi, Elizabeth Fisher, Leonie Feddema, Richard Loh, Peter D. Sly, and Patrick G. Holt Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8130-8135; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vaccination with the Chlamydia trachomatis Major Outer Membrane Protein Can Elicit an Immune Response as Protective as That Resulting from Inoculation with Live Bacteria Sukumar Pal, Ellena M. Peterson, and Luis M. de la Maza Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8153-8160; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antigenic Specificity of the Mucosal Antibody Response to Moraxella catarrhalis in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Timothy F. Murphy, Aimee L. Brauer, Christoph Aebi, and Sanjay Sethi Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8161-8166; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Attenuated Salmonella enterica Serovar Choleraesuis Strains as Live Vaccine Candidates Generated by Signature-Tagged Mutagenesis Yu-We Ku, Sean P. McDonough, Raghavan U. M. Palaniappan, Chao-Fu Chang, and Yung-Fu Chang Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8194-8203; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interferon-Inducible Protein 10, but Not Monokine Induced by Gamma Interferon, Promotes Protective Type 1 Immunity in Murine Klebsiella pneumoniae Pneumonia Xianying Zeng, Thomas A. Moore, Michael W. Newstead, Jane C. Deng, Steven L. Kunkel, Andrew D. Luster, and Theodore J. Standiford Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8226-8236; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Protective Serum Meningococcal Bactericidal and Diphtheria-Neutralizing Antibodies and Mucosal Immunoglobulin A in Volunteers by Nasal Insufflations of the Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C Polysaccharide-CRM197 Conjugate Vaccine Mixed with Chitosan Zhiming Huo, Ruchi Sinha, Edel A. McNeela, Ray Borrow, Rafaela Giemza, Catherine Cosgrove, Paul T. Heath, Kingston H. G. Mills, Rino Rappuoli, George E. Griffin, and David J. M. Lewis Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8256-8265; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Plant-Based Vaccine: Mice Immunized with Chloroplast-Derived Anthrax Protective Antigen Survive Anthrax Lethal Toxin Challenge Vijay Koya, Mahtab Moayeri, Stephen H. Leppla, and Henry Daniell Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8266-8274; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Mutant of Francisella tularensis Strain SCHU S4 Lacking the Ability To Express a 58-Kilodalton Protein Is Attenuated for Virulence and Is an Effective Live Vaccine Susan Twine, Mona Byström, Wangxue Chen, Mats Forsman, Igor Golovliov, Anders Johansson, John Kelly, Helena Lindgren, Kerstin Svensson, Carl Zingmark, Wayne Conlan, and Anders Sjöstedt Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8345-8352; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Passive Protection against Anthrax by Using a High-Affinity Antitoxin Antibody Fragment Lacking an Fc Region Robert Mabry, Mridula Rani, Robert Geiger, Gene B. Hubbard, Ricardo Carrion, Jr, Kathleen Brasky, Jean L. Patterson, George Georgiou, and B. L. Iverson Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8362-8368; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Genomics:

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Identification of Core and Variable Components of the Salmonella enterica Subspecies I Genome by Microarray Muna F. Anjum, Chris Marooney, Maria Fookes, Stephen Baker, Gordon Dougan, Al Ivens, and Martin J. Woodward Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 7894-7905; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Early Transcriptional Response of Human Neutrophils to Anaplasma phagocytophilum Infection Bindu Sukumaran, Jason A. Carlyon, Ji-Lian Cai, Nancy Berliner, and Erol Fikrig Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8089-8099; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Whole-Genome Analyses of Speciation Events in Pathogenic Brucellae Patrick S. G. Chain, Diego J. Comerci, Marcelo E. Tolmasky, Frank W. Larimer, Stephanie A. Malfatti, Lisa M. Vergez, Fernan Aguero, Miriam L. Land, Rodolfo A. Ugalde, and Emilio Garcia Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8353-8361; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Capsule-Negative Staphylococcus aureus Induces Chronic Experimental Mastitis in Mice Lorena P. N. Tuchscherr, Fernanda R. Buzzola, Lucía P. Alvarez, Roberto L. Caccuri, Jean C. Lee, and Daniel O. Sordelli Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 7932-7937; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Novel Antigenic Proteins in a Complex Anaplasma marginale Outer Membrane Immunogen by Mass Spectrometry and Genomic Mapping Job E. Lopez, William F. Siems, Guy H. Palmer, Kelly A. Brayton, Travis C. McGuire, Junzo Norimine, and Wendy C. Brown Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8109-8118; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaplasma phagocytophilum Delay of Neutrophil Apoptosis through the p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Signal Pathway Kyoung-Seong Choi, Joon Tae Park, and J. Stephen Dumler Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8209-8218; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Noncapsulated Klebsiella pneumoniae Bearing Mannose-Containing O Antigens Is Rapidly Eradicated from Mouse Lung and Triggers Cytokine Production by Macrophages following Opsonization with Surfactant Protein D Elena Kostina, Itzhak Ofek, Erika Crouch, Rotem Friedman, Lea Sirota, Gil Klinger, Hany Sahly, and Yona Keisari Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8282-8290; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Specific-Pathogen-Free Pigs as an Animal Model for Studying Chlamydia trachomatis Genital Infection Daisy Vanrompay, Thi Q. T. Hoang, Liselotte De Vos, Kristel Verminnen, Taher Harkinezhad, Koen Chiers, Servaas A. Morré, and Eric Cox Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8317-8321; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

High Susceptibility of Human Dendritic Cells to Invasion by the Intracellular Pathogens Brucella suis, B. abortus, and B. melitensis Elisabeth Billard, Chantal Cazevieille, Jacques Dornand, and Antoine Gross Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8418-8424; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Different Helicobacter hepaticus Strains with Variable Genomic Content Induce Various Degrees of Hepatitis Samuel R. Boutin, Zeli Shen, Arlin B. Rogers, Yan Feng, Zhongming Ge, Sandy Xu, Torsten Sterzenbach, Christine Josenhans, David B. Schauer, Sebastian Suerbaum, and James G. Fox Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8449-8452; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Yersinia enterocolitica Invasin-Dependent and Invasin-Independent Mechanisms of Systemic Dissemination Scott A. Handley, Rodney D. Newberry, and Virginia L. Miller Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8453-8455; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Tissue Destruction Induced by Porphyromonas gingivalis Infection in a Mouse Chamber Model Is Associated with Host Tumor Necrosis Factor Generation Yuh-Yih Lin, Jan-Hung Huang, Yo-Yin Lai, Han-Ching Huang, and Suh-Woan Hu Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 7946-7952; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Increased Sensitivity to Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Infection in Mice Undergoing Withdrawal from Morphine Is Associated with Suppression of Interleukin-12 Pu Feng, Qiana M. Wilson, Joseph J. Meissler, Jr, Martin W. Adler, and Toby K. Eisenstein Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 7953-7959; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Type 1 Chemokine Receptor Expression in Chagas' Disease Correlates with Morbidity in Cardiac Patients Juliana A. S. Gomes, Lilian M. G. Bahia-Oliveira, Manoel Otávio C. Rocha, Solange C. U. Busek, Mauro M. Teixeira, João Santana Silva, and Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 7960-7966; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Synergistic Effect of Nod1 and Nod2 Agonists with Toll-Like Receptor Agonists on Human Dendritic Cells To Generate Interleukin-12 and T Helper Type 1 Cells Hiroyuki Tada, Setsuya Aiba, Ken-Ichiro Shibata, Toshiaki Ohteki, and Haruhiko Takada Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 7967-7976; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sensitization of Human Aortic Endothelial Cells to Lipopolysaccharide via Regulation of Toll-Like Receptor 4 by Bacterial Fimbria-Dependent Invasion Hiromichi Yumoto, Hsin-Hua Chou, Yusuke Takahashi, Michael Davey, Frank C. Gibson, III, and Caroline A. Genco Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8050-8059; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Cellular Caveolin-1 Protein Expression in Murine Macrophages by Microbial Products Mei G. Lei, Xiaoyu Tan, Nilofer Qureshi, and David C. Morrison Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8136-8143; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Toll-Like Receptor 4-Mediated Innate Host Defense to Bordetella Infection Paul B. Mann, Daniel Wolfe, Eicke Latz, Douglas Golenbock, Andrew Preston, and Eric T. Harvill Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8144-8152; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Relative Roles of Complement Factor 3 and Mannose-Binding Lectin in Host Defense against Infection Kazue Takahashi, Lei Shi, Lakshmi D. Gowda, and R. Alan B. Ezekowitz Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8188-8193; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Roles of Specific Amino Acids in the N Terminus of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Flagellin and of Flagellin Glycosylation in the Innate Immune Response Amrisha Verma, Shiwani K. Arora, Sudha K. Kuravi, and Reuben Ramphal Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8237-8246; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toll-Like Receptor 2 Deficiency Delays Pneumococcal Phagocytosis and Impairs Oxidative Killing by Granulocytes Maryse Letiembre, Hakim Echchannaoui, Philipp Bachmann, Fabrizia Ferracin, Concepción Nieto, Manuel Espinosa, and Regine Landmann Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8397-8401; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Peripheral Blood and Pleural Fluid Mononuclear Cell Responses to Low-Molecular-Mass Secretory Polypeptides of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Human Models of Immunity to Tuberculosis Suraj B. Sable, Rajnish Kumar, Mamta Kalra, Indu Verma, G. K. Khuller, Karen Dobos, and John T. Belisle Infect. Immun. December 2005 73: 8456 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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