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Contents: October 2007, Volume 75, Issue 10        Spotlight        Minireviews        Molecular Pathogenesis        Bacterial Infections        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Host Response and Inflammation

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Spotlight:

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Articles of Significant Interest Selected from This Issue by the Editors Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4673-4674; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Minireviews:

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Anticandidal Immunity and Vaginitis: Novel Opportunities for Immune Intervention Antonio Cassone, Flavia De Bernardis, and Giorgio Santoni Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4675-4686; published ahead of print June 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00083-07 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Functional Consequences of Sequence Variation in Bundlin, the Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Type IV Pilin Protein Paula J. Fernandes, Qin Guo, and Michael S. Donnenberg Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4687-4696; published ahead of print July 16, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00009-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 4-Mediated Adhesion Is Coregulated with Invasion Genes in Salmonella enterica Roman G. Gerlach, Daniela Jäckel, Nina Geymeier, and Michael Hensel Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4697-4709; published ahead of print July 16, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00228-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lipase 8 Affects the Pathogenesis of Candida albicans Attila Gácser, Frank Stehr, Cathrin Kröger, László Kredics, Wilhelm Schäfer, and Joshua D. Nosanchuk Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4710-4718; published ahead of print July 23, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00372-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mannheimia haemolytica Leukotoxin Binds to Lipid Rafts in Bovine Lymphoblastoid Cells and Is Internalized in a Dynamin-2- and Clathrin-Dependent Manner Dhammika N. Atapattu and Charles J. Czuprynski Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4719-4727; published ahead of print August 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00534-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Poly-N-Acetylglucosamine Is Not a Major Component of the Extracellular Matrix in Biofilms Formed by icaADBC-Positive Staphylococcus lugdunensis Isolates Kristi L. Frank and Robin Patel Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4728-4742; published ahead of print July 16, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00640-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dynamics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Attachment: Microcolony Development, Cortical Plaque Formation, and Cytoprotection Dustin L. Higashi, Shaun W. Lee, Aurelie Snyder, Nathan J. Weyand, Antony Bakke, and Magdalene So Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4743-4753; published ahead of print August 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00687-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Pathogenic Borrelia spielmanii sp. nov. Resists Complement-Mediated Killing by Direct Binding of Immune Regulators Factor H and Factor H-Like Protein 1 Pia Herzberger, Corinna Siegel, Christine Skerka, Volker Fingerle, Ulrike Schulte-Spechtel, Alje van Dam, Bettina Wilske, Volker Brade, Peter F. Zipfel, Reinhard Wallich, and Peter Kraiczy Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4817-4825; published ahead of print July 16, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00532-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human CD18 Is the Functional Receptor for Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans Leukotoxin T. Dileepan, S. C. Kachlany, N. V. Balashova, J. Patel, and S. K. Maheswaran Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4851-4856; published ahead of print July 16, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00314-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Passively Released Heme from Hemoglobin and Myoglobin Is a Potential Source of Nutrient Iron for Bordetella bronchiseptica Jeffrey C. Mocny, John S. Olson, and Terry D. Connell Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4857-4866; published ahead of print July 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00407-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

BvrR/BvrS-Controlled Outer Membrane Proteins Omp3a and Omp3b Are Not Essential for Brucella abortus Virulence Lorea Manterola, Caterina Guzmán-Verri, Esteban Chaves-Olarte, Elías Barquero-Calvo, María-Jesús de Miguel, Ignacio Moriyón, María-Jesús Grilló, Ignacio López-Goñi, and Edgardo Moreno Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4867-4874; published ahead of print July 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00439-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Global Effects of the Cell-to-Cell Signaling Molecules Autoinducer-2, Autoinducer-3, and Epinephrine in a luxS Mutant of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Melissa M. Kendall, David A. Rasko, and Vanessa Sperandio Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4875-4884; published ahead of print July 16, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00550-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Implication of Quorum Sensing in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Virulence: the luxS Gene Is Necessary for Expression of Genes in Pathogenicity Island 1 Jeongjoon Choi, Dongwoo Shin, and Sangryeol Ryu Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4885-4890; published ahead of print July 9, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.01942-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metabolic Analysis of Moraxella catarrhalis and the Effect of Selected In Vitro Growth Conditions on Global Gene Expression Wei Wang, Larry Reitzer, David A. Rasko, Melanie M. Pearson, Robert J. Blick, Cassie Laurence, and Eric J. Hansen Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4959-4971; published ahead of print July 9, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00073-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The O Antigen Enables Bordetella parapertussis To Avoid Bordetella pertussis-Induced Immunity Daniel N. Wolfe, Elizabeth M. Goebel, Ottar N. Bjornstad, Olivier Restif, and Eric T. Harvill Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4972-4979; published ahead of print August 13, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00763-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Overproduction of DNA Adenine Methyltransferase Alters Motility, Invasion, and the Lipopolysaccharide O-Antigen Composition of Yersinia enterocolitica Stefan Fälker, Jennifer Schilling, M. Alexander Schmidt, and Gerhard Heusipp Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4990-4997; published ahead of print August 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00457-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Monomeric Expression of Bovine ß2-Integrin Subunits Reveals Their Role in Mannheimia haemolytica Leukotoxin-Induced Biological Effects Rohana P. Dassanayake, Samuel K. Maheswaran, and Subramaniam Srikumaran Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 5004-5010; published ahead of print August 13, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00808-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role for sagA and siaA in Quorum Sensing and Iron Regulation in Streptococcus pyogenes Kowthar Y. Salim, Joyce C. de Azavedo, Darrin J. Bast, and Dennis G. Cvitkovitch Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 5011-5017; published ahead of print July 16, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.01824-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cross-Linked Forms of the Isolated N-Terminal Domain of the Lethal Factor Are Potent Inhibitors of Anthrax Toxin Stephen J. Juris, Roman A. Melnyk, Robert E. Bolcome, III, Joanne Chan, and R. John Collier Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 5052-5058; published ahead of print July 16, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00490-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Noncapsulated Toxinogenic Bacillus anthracis Presents a Specific Growth and Dissemination Pattern in Naive and Protective Antigen-Immune Mice Ian J. Glomski, Jean-Philippe Corre, Michèle Mock, and Pierre L. Goossens Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4754-4761; published ahead of print July 16, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00575-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

I/St Mice Hypersusceptible to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Are Resistant to M. avium E. V. Kondratieva, V. V. Evstifeev, T. K. Kondratieva, S. N. Petrovskaya, A. V. Pichugin, E. I. Rubakova, M. M. Averbakh, Jr., and A. S. Apt Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4762-4768; published ahead of print July 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00482-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Respiration of Escherichia coli in the Mouse Intestine Shari A. Jones, Fatema Z. Chowdhury, Andrew J. Fabich, April Anderson, Darrel M. Schreiner, Anetra L. House, Steven M. Autieri, Mary P. Leatham, Jeremy J. Lins, Mathias Jorgensen, Paul S. Cohen, and Tyrrell Conway Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4891-4899; published ahead of print August 13, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00484-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Brucella suis Prevents Human Dendritic Cell Maturation and Antigen Presentation through Regulation of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Secretion Elisabeth Billard, Jacques Dornand, and Antoine Gross Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4980-4989; published ahead of print July 16, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00637-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hemolysin and the Multifunctional Autoprocessing RTX Toxin Are Virulence Factors during Intestinal Infection of Mice with Vibrio cholerae El Tor O1 Strains Verena Olivier, G. Kenneth Haines, III, Yanping Tan, and Karla J. Fullner Satchell Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 5035-5042; published ahead of print August 13, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00506-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prolonged Colonization of Mice by Vibrio cholerae El Tor O1 Depends on Accessory Toxins Verena Olivier, Nita H. Salzman, and Karla J. Fullner Satchell Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 5043-5051; published ahead of print August 13, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00508-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Binding of Serum Mannan Binding Lectin to a Cell Integrity-Defective Cryptococcus neoformans ccr4 Mutant John C. Panepinto, Kazimierz W. Komperda, Moshe Hacham, Soowan Shin, Xiaoguang Liu, and Peter R. Williamson Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4769-4779; published ahead of print July 23, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00536-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Defensin -1 Causes Trypanosoma cruzi Membrane Pore Formation and Induces DNA Fragmentation, Which Leads to Trypanosome Destruction M. Nia Madison, Yuliya Y. Kleshchenko, Pius N. Nde, Kaneatra J. Simmons, Maria F. Lima, and Fernando Villalta Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4780-4791; published ahead of print July 16, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00557-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Depletion of Alveolar Macrophages Decreases the Dissemination of a Glucosylceramide-Deficient Mutant of Cryptococcus neoformans in Immunodeficient Mice Talar B. Kechichian, John Shea, and Maurizio Del Poeta Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4792-4798; published ahead of print July 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00587-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Elimination of Toxoplasma gondii by Gamma Interferon-Primed Mouse Macrophages Is Independent of CD40 Signaling Yanlin Zhao, Douglas Wilson, Suzanne Matthews, and George S. Yap Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4799-4803; published ahead of print August 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00738-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Six Genes Are Preferentially Transcribed by the Circulating and Sequestered Forms of Plasmodium falciparum Parasites That Infect Pregnant Women Susan E. Francis, Vladislav A. Malkov, Andrew V. Oleinikov, Eddie Rossnagle, Jason P. Wendler, Theonest K. Mutabingwa, Michal Fried, and Patrick E. Duffy Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4838-4850; published ahead of print August 13, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00635-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Host Immunity on Parasite Diversity in Theileria parva Frank Katzer, Daniel Ngugi, Christian Schnier, Alan R. Walker, and Declan J. McKeever Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4909-4916; published ahead of print July 16, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00710-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intranasal Immunization with Gal-Inhibitable Lectin plus an Adjuvant of CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides Protects against Entamoeba histolytica Challenge Catherine P. A. Ivory and Kris Chadee Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4917-4922; published ahead of print July 9, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00725-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modulation of the Pulmonary Type 2 T-Cell Response to Cryptococcus neoformans by Intratracheal Delivery of a Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha-Expressing Adenoviral Vector Jami E. Milam, Amy C. Herring-Palmer, Raj Pandrangi, Roderick A. McDonald, Gary B. Huffnagle, and Galen B. Toews Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4951-4958; published ahead of print July 23, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00176-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Interleukin-1ß in Activating the CD11chigh CD45RB– Dendritic Cell Subset and Priming Leishmania amazonensis- Specific CD4+ T Cells In Vitro and In Vivo Lijun Xin, Yongguo Li, and Lynn Soong Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 5018-5026; published ahead of print August 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00499-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Genetic Alteration of Mycobacterium smegmatis To Improve Mycobacterium-Mediated Transfer of Plasmid DNA into Mammalian Cells and DNA Immunization Yongkai Mo, Natalie M. Quanquin, William H. Vecino, Uma Devi Ranganathan, Lydia Tesfa, William Bourn, Keith M. Derbyshire, Norman L. Letvin, William R. Jacobs, Jr., and Glenn J. Fennelly Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4804-4816; published ahead of print July 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.01877-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Aerosol Infection of BALB/c Mice with Brucella melitensis and Brucella abortus and Protective Efficacy against Aerosol Challenge M. M. Kahl-McDonagh, A. M. Arenas-Gamboa, and T. A. Ficht Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4923-4932; published ahead of print July 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00451-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

T-Cell-Independent Humoral Immunity Is Sufficient for Protection against Fatal Intracellular Ehrlichia Infection Constantine Bitsaktsis, Bisweswar Nandi, Rachael Racine, Katherine C. MacNamara, and Gary Winslow Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4933-4941; published ahead of print July 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00705-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Shigella flexneri Phagosomal Escape Is Independent of Invasion Susanne Paetzold, Sebastian Lourido, Bärbel Raupach, and Arturo Zychlinsky Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4826-4830; published ahead of print July 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00454-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Bartonella quintana Lipopolysaccharide Is a Natural Antagonist of Toll-Like Receptor 4 Calin Popa, Shahla Abdollahi-Roodsaz, Leo A. B. Joosten, Nozomi Takahashi, Tom Sprong, Giovanni Matera, Maria Carla Liberto, Alfredo Foca, Marcel van Deuren, Bart Jan Kullberg, Wim B. van den Berg, Jos W. M. van der Meer, and Mihai G. Netea Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4831-4837; published ahead of print July 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00237-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ehrlichia canis gp200 Contains Dominant Species-Specific Antibody Epitopes in Terminal Acidic Domains Kimberly A. Nethery, C. Kuyler Doyle, Xiaofeng Zhang, and Jere W. McBride Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4900-4908; published ahead of print August 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00041-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cyclic Di-GMP Stimulates Protective Innate Immunity in Bacterial Pneumonia David K. R. Karaolis, Michael W. Newstead, Xianying Zeng, Mamoru Hyodo, Yoshihiro Hayakawa, Urvhashi Bhan, Hallie Liang, and Theodore J. Standiford Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4942-4950; published ahead of print July 23, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.01762-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lipopolysaccharide from Salmonella enterica Activates NF-B through both Classical and Alternative Pathways in Primary B Lymphocytes Vongthip Souvannavong, Nabila Saidji, and Richard Chaby Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 4998-5003; published ahead of print August 13, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00545-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase 1 Is Required for Toll-Like Receptor 1 Gene Expression in Macrophages Hooman Izadi, Amirreza T. Motameni, Tonya C. Bates, Elias R. Olivera, Vega Villar-Suarez, Ila Joshi, Renu Garg, Barbara A. Osborne, Roger J. Davis, Mercedes Rincón, and Juan Anguita Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 5027-5034; published ahead of print July 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00492-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Slc11a1, Formerly Nramp1, Is Expressed in Dendritic Cells and Influences Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Expression and Antigen-Presenting Cell Function Carmel B. Stober, Sven Brode, Jacqueline K. White, Jean-François Popoff, and Jenefer M. Blackwell Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 5059-5067; published ahead of print July 9, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00153-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin 18 Participates in the Early Inflammatory Response and Bacterial Clearance during Pneumonia Caused by Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Catharina W. Wieland, Sandrine Florquin, and Tom van der Poll Infect. Immun. October 2007 75: 5068-5072; published ahead of print July 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00287-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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