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Contents: September 2006, Volume 74, Issue 9        Molecular Pathogenesis        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Bacterial Infections        Host Response and Inflammation        Molecular Genomics        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Errata

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Role of the -Helical Linker of the C-Terminal Translocator in the Biogenesis of the Serine Protease Subfamily of Autotransporters Maria Kostakioti and Christos Stathopoulos Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 4961-4969; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ligand-Signaled Upregulation of Enterococcus faecalis ace Transcription, a Mechanism for Modulating Host-E. faecalis Interaction Sreedhar R. Nallapareddy and Barbara E. Murray Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 4982-4989; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Intrachain Disulfides in the Activities of the CdtA and CdtC Subunits of the Cytolethal Distending Toxin of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Linsen Cao, Alla Volgina, Jonathan Korostoff, and Joseph M. DiRienzo Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 4990-5002; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bartonella quintana Variably Expressed Outer Membrane Proteins Mediate Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Secretion but Not Host Cell Adherence Berit Schulte, Dirk Linke, Sandra Klumpp, Martin Schaller, Tanja Riess, Ingo B. Autenrieth, and Volkhard A. J. Kempf Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5003-5013; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biochemical Activities of Three Pairs of Ehrlichia chaffeensis Two-Component Regulatory System Proteins Involved in Inhibition of Lysosomal Fusion Yumi Kumagai, Zhihui Cheng, Mingqun Lin, and Yasuko Rikihisa Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5014-5022; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Yersinia pestis YopJ Suppresses Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Induction and Contributes to Apoptosis of Immune Cells in the Lymph Node but Is Not Required for Virulence in a Rat Model of Bubonic Plague Nadine Lemaître, Florent Sebbane, Daniel Long, and B. Joseph Hinnebusch Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5126-5131; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Regulation of Iron- and Manganese-Specific MtsABC and Heme-Specific HtsABC Transporters by the Metalloregulator MtsR of Group A Streptococcus Tracey S. Hanks, Mengyao Liu, Michael J. McClure, Maki Fukumura, Angela Duffy, and Benfang Lei Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5132-5139; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Thioredoxin 1 Promotes Intracellular Replication and Virulence of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Eva Bjur, Sofia Eriksson-Ygberg, Fredrik Åslund, and Mikael Rhen Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5140-5151; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Legionella pneumophila Mip, a Surface-Exposed Peptidylproline cis-trans-Isomerase, Promotes the Presence of Phospholipase C-Like Activity in Culture Supernatants Sruti DebRoy, Virginia Aragon, Sherry Kurtz, and Nicholas P. Cianciotto Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5152-5160; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of In Vivo-Induced Bacterial Protein Antigens during Human Infection with Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Jason B. Harris, Andrea Baresch-Bernal, Sean M. Rollins, Ashfaqul Alam, Regina C. LaRocque, Margaret Bikowski, Amanda F. Peppercorn, Martin Handfield, Jeffery D. Hillman, Firdausi Qadri, Stephen B. Calderwood, Elizabeth Hohmann, Robert F. Breiman, W. Abdullah Brooks, and Edward T. Ryan Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5161-5168; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction of a Mutant and Characterization of the Role of the Vaccine Antigen P6 in Outer Membrane Integrity of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Timothy F. Murphy, Charmaine Kirkham, and Alan J. Lesse Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5169-5176; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Constitutive Expression of Outer Surface Protein C Diminishes the Ability of Borrelia burgdorferi To Evade Specific Humoral Immunity Qilong Xu, Sunita V. Seemanapalli, Kristy McShan, and Fang Ting Liang Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5177-5184; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Roles of Cellular Activation and Sulfated Glycans in Haemophilus somnus Adherence to Bovine Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells E. Behling-Kelly, H. Vonderheid, Kwang Sik Kim, L. B. Corbeil, and C. J. Czuprynski Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5311-5318; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Contribution of PspC to Pneumococcal Virulence Varies between Strains and Is Accomplished by Both Complement Evasion and Complement-Independent Mechanisms Alison R. Kerr, Gavin K. Paterson, Jackie McCluskey, Francesco Iannelli, Marco R. Oggioni, Gianni Pozzi, and Tim J. Mitchell Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5319-5324; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression and Function of a Family of Transmembrane Kinases from the Protozoan Parasite Entamoeba histolytica Alka Mehra, Jesse Fredrick, William A. Petri, Jr., Sudha Bhattacharya, and Alok Bhattacharya Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5341-5351; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mechanisms of Resistance of Porphyromonas gingivalis to Killing by Serum Complement Jennifer M. Slaney, Alexandra Gallagher, Joseph Aduse-Opoku, Keith Pell, and Michael A. Curtis Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5352-5361; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Bacteroides fragilis Toxin Binds to a Specific Intestinal Epithelial Cell Receptor Shaoguang Wu, Jai Shin, Guangming Zhang, Mitchell Cohen, Augusto Franco, and Cynthia L. Sears Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5382-5390; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Type IVB Self-Association Pili Are Detached from the Bacterial Cell by the PilV Minor Pilus Proteins Connie K. P. Tam, Christina Morris, and Jim Hackett Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5414-5418; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Innate Immune Responses to Lung-Stage Helminth Infection Induce Alternatively Activated Alveolar Macrophages Joshua J. Reece, Mark C. Siracusa, and Alan L. Scott Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 4970-4981; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vaccinations with Recombinant Variants of Aspergillus fumigatus Allergen Asp f 3 Protect Mice against Invasive Aspergillosis James I. Ito, Joseph M. Lyons, Teresa B. Hong, Daniel Tamae, Yi-Kuang Liu, Sharon P. Wilczynski, and Markus Kalkum Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5075-5084; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lack of Eosinophil Peroxidase or Major Basic Protein Impairs Defense against Murine Filarial Infection Sabine Specht, Michael Saeftel, Manuela Arndt, Elmar Endl, Bettina Dubben, Nancy A. Lee, James J. Lee, and Achim Hoerauf Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5236-5243; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Different Consequences of ACE2 and SWI5 Gene Disruptions for Virulence of Pathogenic and Nonpathogenic Yeasts Donna M. MacCallum, Helen Findon, Claire C. Kenny, Geraldine Butler, Ken Haynes, and Frank C. Odds Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5244-5248; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Acquisition of Hemozoin by Monocytes Down-Regulates Interleukin-12 p40 (IL-12p40) Transcripts and Circulating IL-12p70 through an IL-10-Dependent Mechanism: In Vivo and In Vitro Findings in Severe Malarial Anemia Christopher C. Keller, Ouma Yamo, Collins Ouma, John Michael Ong'echa, David Ounah, James B. Hittner, John M. Vulule, and Douglas J. Perkins Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5249-5260; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Capsule and Interleukin-6 in Long-Term Immune Control of Cryptococcus neoformans Infection by Specifically Activated Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Asna A. Siddiqui, Robin J. Shattock, and Thomas S. Harrison Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5302-5310; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Porphyromonas gingivalis Vesicles Enhance Attachment, and the Leucine-Rich Repeat BspA Protein Is Required for Invasion of Epithelial Cells by "Tannerella forsythia" Satoru Inagaki, Shinsuke Onishi, Howard K. Kuramitsu, and Ashu Sharma Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5023-5028; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anthrax Lethal Toxin Impairs Innate Immune Functions of Alveolar Macrophages and Facilitates Bacillus anthracis Survival Wilson J. Ribot, Rekha G. Panchal, Katherine C. Brittingham, Gordon Ruthel, Tara A. Kenny, Douglas Lane, Bob Curry, Timothy A. Hoover, Arthur M. Friedlander, and Sina Bavari Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5029-5034; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Brucella melitensis Triggers Time-Dependent Modulation of Apoptosis and Down-Regulation of Mitochondrion-Associated Gene Expression in Mouse Macrophages Yongqun He, Sherry Reichow, Sheela Ramamoorthy, Xicheng Ding, Raju Lathigra, Johanna C. Craig, Bruno W. S. Sobral, Gerhardt G. Schurig, Nammalwar Sriranganathan, and Stephen M. Boyle Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5035-5046; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Induces Extrinsic and Intrinsic Cascades To Initiate Urothelial Apoptosis David J. Klumpp, Matthew T. Rycyk, Michael C. Chen, Praveen Thumbikat, Shomit Sengupta, and Anthony J. Schaeffer Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5106-5113; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Autocrine Role for Interleukin-8 in Bartonella henselae-Induced Angiogenesis Amy M. McCord, Sandra I. Resto-Ruiz, and Burt E. Anderson Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5185-5190; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Neisseria meningitidis Nonlipopolysaccharide Ligands for Class A Macrophage Scavenger Receptor by Using a Novel Assay Leanne Peiser, Katherine Makepeace, Annette Plüddemann, Silvana Savino, J. Claire Wright, Mariagrazia Pizza, Rino Rappuoli, E. Richard Moxon, and Siamon Gordon Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5191-5199; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The GTPase Rab4 Interacts with Chlamydia trachomatis Inclusion Membrane Protein CT229 K. A. Rzomp, A. R. Moorhead, and M. A. Scidmore Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5362-5373; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Temperature-Regulated Microcolony Formation by Burkholderia pseudomallei Requires pilA and Enhances Association with Cultured Human Cells Justin A. Boddey, Cameron P. Flegg, Chris J. Day, Ifor R. Beacham, and Ian R. Peak Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5374-5381; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

N-Acetyllactosamine Conjugated to Gold Nanoparticles Inhibits Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Colonization of the Epithelium in Human Intestinal Biopsy Specimens Romney M. Hyland, Paul Beck, George L. Mulvey, Pavel I. Kitov, and Glen D. Armstrong Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5419-5421; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Chronic Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium-Induced Colitis and Cholangitis in Streptomycin-Pretreated Nramp1+/+ Mice Bärbel Stecher, Günther Paesold, Manja Barthel, Marcus Kremer, Jonathan Jantsch, Thomas Stallmach, Mathias Heikenwalder, and Wolf-Dietrich Hardt Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5047-5057; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interplay of Pneumococcal Hydrogen Peroxide and Host-Derived Nitric Oxide Olaf Hoffmann, Janine Zweigner, Shannon H. Smith, Dorette Freyer, Cordula Mahrhofer, Emilie Dagand, Elaine I. Tuomanen, and Joerg R. Weber Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5058-5066; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Receptor-Ligand Pathways Important for Entry and Survival of Francisella tularensis in Human Macrophages Ashwin Balagopal, Amanda Shearer MacFarlane, Nrusingh Mohapatra, Shilpa Soni, John S. Gunn, and Larry S. Schlesinger Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5114-5125; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dissecting the Contributions of Clostridium perfringens Type C Toxins to Lethality in the Mouse Intravenous Injection Model Derek J. Fisher, Mariano E. Fernandez-Miyakawa, Sameera Sayeed, Rachael Poon, Victoria Adams, Julian I. Rood, Francisco A. Uzal, and Bruce A. McClane Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5200-5210; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Campylobacter jejuni Colonization of Mice with Limited Enteric Flora Christopher Chang and Jeff F. Miller Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5261-5271; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Bioluminescence Imaging of the Murine Pathogen Citrobacter rodentium Siouxsie Wiles, Karen M. Pickard, Katian Peng, Thomas T. MacDonald, and Gad Frankel Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5391-5396; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pulmonary Lymphatics Are Primary Sites of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Guinea Pigs Infected by Aerosol Randall J. Basaraba, Erin E. Smith, Crystal A. Shanley, and Ian M. Orme Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5397-5401; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Infection of Human Endothelial Cells with Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae Stimulates Cyclooxygenase 2 Expression and Release of Vasoactive Prostaglandins Elena Rydkina, Abha Sahni, Raymond B. Baggs, David J. Silverman, and Sanjeev K. Sahni Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5067-5074; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Outer Membrane Protein 100 Triggers Innate Immunity and Production of ß-Defensin and the 18-Kilodalton Cationic Antimicrobial Protein through the Fibronectin-Integrin Pathway in Human Gingival Epithelial Cells Kazuhisa Ouhara, Hitoshi Komatsuzawa, Hideki Shiba, Yushi Uchida, Toshihisa Kawai, Koji Sayama, Koji Hashimoto, Martin A. Taubman, Hidemi Kurihara, and Motoyuki Sugai Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5211-5220; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Morphine Withdrawal Lowers Host Defense to Enteric Bacteria: Spontaneous Sepsis and Increased Sensitivity to Oral Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Infection Pu Feng, Allan L. Truant, Joseph J. Meissler, Jr., John P. Gaughan, Martin W. Adler, and Toby K. Eisenstein Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5221-5226; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mechanisms of Mortality in Early and Late Sepsis Hongyan Xiao, Javed Siddiqui, and Daniel G. Remick Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5227-5235; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte-Derived Serine Proteinases in Defense against Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Susanne F. de Haar, Pieter S. Hiemstra, Martijn T. J. M. van Steenbergen, Vincent Everts, and Wouter Beertsen Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5284-5291; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intestinal Intraepithelial Lymphocytes Sustain the Epithelial Barrier Function against Eimeria vermiformis Infection Kyoko Inagaki-Ohara, Fitriya Nurannisa Dewi, Hajime Hisaeda, Adrian L. Smith, Fumiko Jimi, Maki Miyahira, Ayman Samir Farid Abdel-Aleem, Yoichiro Horii, and Yukifumi Nawa Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5292-5301; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Staphylococcus aureus-Induced Corneal Inflammation Is Dependent on Toll-Like Receptor 2 and Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88 Yan Sun, Amy G. Hise, Carolyn M. Kalsow, and Eric Pearlman Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5325-5332; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Critical Role of Type 1 Cytokines in Controlling Initial Infection with Burkholderia mallei Caroline A. Rowland, Ganjana Lertmemongkolchai, Alison Bancroft, Ashraful Haque, M. Stephen Lever, Kate F. Griffin, Matthew C. Jackson, Michelle Nelson, Anne O'Garra, Richard Grencis, Gregory J. Bancroft, and Roman A. Lukaszewski Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5333-5340; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of the Host Responses to Wild-Type and cpsB Mutant Klebsiella pneumoniae Infections Matthew S. Lawlor, Scott A. Handley, and Virginia L. Miller Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5402-5407; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Genomics:

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Opacity-Associated Adhesin Repertoire in Hyperinvasive Neisseria meningitidis Martin J. Callaghan, Keith A. Jolley, and Martin C. J. Maiden Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5085-5094; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Extensive Genomic Plasticity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Revealed by Identification and Distribution Studies of Novel Genes among Clinical Isolates Kai Shen, Sameera Sayeed, Patricia Antalis, John Gladitz, Azad Ahmed, Bethany Dice, Benjamin Janto, Richard Dopico, Randy Keefe, Jay Hayes, Sandra Johnson, Sujun Yu, Nathan Ehrlich, Jennifer Jocz, Laura Kropp, Ray Wong, Robert M. Wadowsky, Malcolm Slifkin, Robert A. Preston, Geza Erdos, J. Christopher Post, Garth D. Ehrlich, and Fen Z. Hu Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5272-5283; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nucleotide Sequence Analysis of the Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Adherence Factor Plasmid pMAR7 Carl Brinkley, Valerie Burland, Rogéria Keller, Debra J. Rose, Adam T. Boutin, Sara A. Klink, Frederick R. Blattner, and James B. Kaper Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5408-5413; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Attenuated Francisella novicida Transposon Mutants Protect Mice against Wild-Type Challenge Rebecca Tempel, Xin-He Lai, Lidia Crosa, Briana Kozlowicz, and Fred Heffron Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5095-5105; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Exploitation of the Endocytic Pathway by Orientia tsutsugamushi in Nonprofessional Phagocytes Hyuk Chu, Jung-Hee Lee, Seung-Hoon Han, Se-Yoon Kim, Nam-Hyuk Cho, Ik-Sang Kim, and Myung-Sik Choi Infect. Immun. September 2006 74: 5422 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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