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

Minireviews:

Antonio Cassone, Flavia De Bernardis, and Giorgio Santoni

Anticandidal Immunity and Vaginitis: Novel Opportunities for Immune Intervention
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4675-4686. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Pathogenesis:

Paula J. Fernandes, Qin Guo, and Michael S. Donnenberg

Functional Consequences of Sequence Variation in Bundlin, the Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Type IV Pilin Protein
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4687-4696. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roman G. Gerlach, Daniela Jäckel, Nina Geymeier, and Michael Hensel

Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 4-Mediated Adhesion Is Coregulated with Invasion Genes in Salmonella enterica
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4697-4709. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Attila Gácser, Frank Stehr, Cathrin Kröger, László Kredics, Wilhelm Schäfer, and Joshua D. Nosanchuk

Lipase 8 Affects the Pathogenesis of Candida albicans
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4710-4718. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dhammika N. Atapattu and Charles J. Czuprynski

Mannheimia haemolytica Leukotoxin Binds to Lipid Rafts in Bovine Lymphoblastoid Cells and Is Internalized in a Dynamin-2- and Clathrin-Dependent Manner
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4719-4727. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kristi L. Frank and Robin Patel

Poly-N-Acetylglucosamine Is Not a Major Component of the Extracellular Matrix in Biofilms Formed by icaADBC-Positive Staphylococcus lugdunensis Isolates
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4728-4742. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dustin L. Higashi, Shaun W. Lee, Aurelie Snyder, Nathan J. Weyand, Antony Bakke, and Magdalene So

Dynamics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Attachment: Microcolony Development, Cortical Plaque Formation, and Cytoprotection
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4743-4753. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

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

Human Pathogenic Borrelia spielmanii sp. nov. Resists Complement-Mediated Killing by Direct Binding of Immune Regulators Factor H and Factor H-Like Protein 1
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4817-4825. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. Dileepan, S. C. Kachlany, N. V. Balashova, J. Patel, and S. K. Maheswaran

Human CD18 Is the Functional Receptor for Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans Leukotoxin
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4851-4856. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey C. Mocny, John S. Olson, and Terry D. Connell

Passively Released Heme from Hemoglobin and Myoglobin Is a Potential Source of Nutrient Iron for Bordetella bronchiseptica
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4857-4866. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

BvrR/BvrS-Controlled Outer Membrane Proteins Omp3a and Omp3b Are Not Essential for Brucella abortus Virulence
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4867-4874. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Melissa M. Kendall, David A. Rasko, and Vanessa Sperandio

Global Effects of the Cell-to-Cell Signaling Molecules Autoinducer-2, Autoinducer-3, and Epinephrine in a luxS Mutant of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4875-4884. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeongjoon Choi, Dongwoo Shin, and Sangryeol Ryu

Implication of Quorum Sensing in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Virulence: the luxS Gene Is Necessary for Expression of Genes in Pathogenicity Island 1
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4885-4890. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wei Wang, Larry Reitzer, David A. Rasko, Melanie M. Pearson, Robert J. Blick, Cassie Laurence, and Eric J. Hansen

Metabolic Analysis of Moraxella catarrhalis and the Effect of Selected In Vitro Growth Conditions on Global Gene Expression
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4959-4971. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Daniel N. Wolfe, Elizabeth M. Goebel, Ottar N. Bjornstad, Olivier Restif, and Eric T. Harvill

The O Antigen Enables Bordetella parapertussis To Avoid Bordetella pertussis-Induced Immunity
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4972-4979. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stefan Fälker, Jennifer Schilling, M. Alexander Schmidt, and Gerhard Heusipp

Overproduction of DNA Adenine Methyltransferase Alters Motility, Invasion, and the Lipopolysaccharide O-Antigen Composition of Yersinia enterocolitica
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4990-4997. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rohana P. Dassanayake, Samuel K. Maheswaran, and Subramaniam Srikumaran

Monomeric Expression of Bovine ß₂-Integrin Subunits Reveals Their Role in Mannheimia haemolytica Leukotoxin-Induced Biological Effects
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5004-5010. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kowthar Y. Salim, Joyce C. de Azavedo, Darrin J. Bast, and Dennis G. Cvitkovitch

Role for sagA and siaA in Quorum Sensing and Iron Regulation in Streptococcus pyogenes
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5011-5017. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephen J. Juris, Roman A. Melnyk, Robert E. Bolcome, III, Joanne Chan, and R. John Collier

Cross-Linked Forms of the Isolated N-Terminal Domain of the Lethal Factor Are Potent Inhibitors of Anthrax Toxin
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5052-5058. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacterial Infections:

Ian J. Glomski, Jean-Philippe Corre, Michèle Mock, and Pierre L. Goossens

Noncapsulated Toxinogenic Bacillus anthracis Presents a Specific Growth and Dissemination Pattern in Naive and Protective Antigen-Immune Mice
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4754-4761. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

I/St Mice Hypersusceptible to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Are Resistant to M. avium
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4762-4768. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Respiration of Escherichia coli in the Mouse Intestine
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4891-4899. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elisabeth Billard, Jacques Dornand, and Antoine Gross

Brucella suis Prevents Human Dendritic Cell Maturation and Antigen Presentation through Regulation of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Secretion
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4980-4989. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Verena Olivier, G. Kenneth Haines, III, Yanping Tan, and Karla J. Fullner Satchell

Hemolysin and the Multifunctional Autoprocessing RTX Toxin Are Virulence Factors during Intestinal Infection of Mice with Vibrio cholerae El Tor O1 Strains
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5035-5042. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Verena Olivier, Nita H. Salzman, and Karla J. Fullner Satchell

Prolonged Colonization of Mice by Vibrio cholerae El Tor O1 Depends on Accessory Toxins
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5043-5051. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

John C. Panepinto, Kazimierz W. Komperda, Moshe Hacham, Soowan Shin, Xiaoguang Liu, and Peter R. Williamson

Binding of Serum Mannan Binding Lectin to a Cell Integrity-Defective Cryptococcus neoformans ccr4 Mutant
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4769-4779. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Nia Madison, Yuliya Y. Kleshchenko, Pius N. Nde, Kaneatra J. Simmons, Maria F. Lima, and Fernando Villalta

Human Defensin -1 Causes Trypanosoma cruzi Membrane Pore Formation and Induces DNA Fragmentation, Which Leads to Trypanosome Destruction
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4780-4791. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Talar B. Kechichian, John Shea, and Maurizio Del Poeta

Depletion of Alveolar Macrophages Decreases the Dissemination of a Glucosylceramide-Deficient Mutant of Cryptococcus neoformans in Immunodeficient Mice
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4792-4798. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Yanlin Zhao, Douglas Wilson, Suzanne Matthews, and George S. Yap

Rapid Elimination of Toxoplasma gondii by Gamma Interferon-Primed Mouse Macrophages Is Independent of CD40 Signaling
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4799-4803. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susan E. Francis, Vladislav A. Malkov, Andrew V. Oleinikov, Eddie Rossnagle, Jason P. Wendler, Theonest K. Mutabingwa, Michal Fried, and Patrick E. Duffy

Six Genes Are Preferentially Transcribed by the Circulating and Sequestered Forms of Plasmodium falciparum Parasites That Infect Pregnant Women
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4838-4850. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Frank Katzer, Daniel Ngugi, Christian Schnier, Alan R. Walker, and Declan J. McKeever

Influence of Host Immunity on Parasite Diversity in Theileria parva
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4909-4916. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Catherine P. A. Ivory and Kris Chadee

Intranasal Immunization with Gal-Inhibitable Lectin plus an Adjuvant of CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides Protects against Entamoeba histolytica Challenge
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4917-4922. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jami E. Milam, Amy C. Herring-Palmer, Raj Pandrangi, Roderick A. McDonald, Gary B. Huffnagle, and Galen B. Toews

Modulation of the Pulmonary Type 2 T-Cell Response to Cryptococcus neoformans by Intratracheal Delivery of a Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha-Expressing Adenoviral Vector
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4951-4958. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Lijun Xin, Yongguo Li, and Lynn Soong

Role of Interleukin-1ß in Activating the CD11c^high CD45RB^– Dendritic Cell Subset and Priming Leishmania amazonensis- Specific CD4⁺ T Cells In Vitro and In Vivo
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5018-5026. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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

Genetic Alteration of Mycobacterium smegmatis To Improve Mycobacterium-Mediated Transfer of Plasmid DNA into Mammalian Cells and DNA Immunization
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4804-4816. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. M. Kahl-McDonagh, A. M. Arenas-Gamboa, and T. A. Ficht

Aerosol Infection of BALB/c Mice with Brucella melitensis and Brucella abortus and Protective Efficacy against Aerosol Challenge
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4923-4932. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Constantine Bitsaktsis, Bisweswar Nandi, Rachael Racine, Katherine C. MacNamara, and Gary Winslow

T-Cell-Independent Humoral Immunity Is Sufficient for Protection against Fatal Intracellular Ehrlichia Infection
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4933-4941. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

Susanne Paetzold, Sebastian Lourido, Bärbel Raupach, and Arturo Zychlinsky

Shigella flexneri Phagosomal Escape Is Independent of Invasion
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4826-4830. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Host Response and Inflammation:

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

Bartonella quintana Lipopolysaccharide Is a Natural Antagonist of Toll-Like Receptor 4
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4831-4837. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kimberly A. Nethery, C. Kuyler Doyle, Xiaofeng Zhang, and Jere W. McBride

Ehrlichia canis gp200 Contains Dominant Species-Specific Antibody Epitopes in Terminal Acidic Domains
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4900-4908. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David K. R. Karaolis, Michael W. Newstead, Xianying Zeng, Mamoru Hyodo, Yoshihiro Hayakawa, Urvhashi Bhan, Hallie Liang, and Theodore J. Standiford

Cyclic Di-GMP Stimulates Protective Innate Immunity in Bacterial Pneumonia
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4942-4950. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vongthip Souvannavong, Nabila Saidji, and Richard Chaby

Lipopolysaccharide from Salmonella enterica Activates NF-B through both Classical and Alternative Pathways in Primary B Lymphocytes
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 4998-5003. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase 1 Is Required for Toll-Like Receptor 1 Gene Expression in Macrophages
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5027-5034. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carmel B. Stober, Sven Brode, Jacqueline K. White, Jean-François Popoff, and Jenefer M. Blackwell

Slc11a1, Formerly Nramp1, Is Expressed in Dendritic Cells and Influences Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Expression and Antigen-Presenting Cell Function
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5059-5067. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Catharina W. Wieland, Sandrine Florquin, and Tom van der Poll

Interleukin 18 Participates in the Early Inflammatory Response and Bacterial Clearance during Pneumonia Caused by Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5068-5072. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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