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Articles of Significant Interest Selected from This Issue by the Editors
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5541. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minireviews:

Jyl S. Matson, Jeffrey H. Withey, and Victor J. DiRita

Regulatory Networks Controlling Vibrio cholerae Virulence Gene Expression
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5542-5549. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Pathogenesis:

Alina Nakhamchik, Caroline Wilde, and Dean A. Rowe-Magnus

Identification of a Wzy Polymerase Required for Group IV Capsular Polysaccharide and Lipopolysaccharide Biosynthesis in Vibrio vulnificus
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5550-5558. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicole R. Luke, Joseph A. Jurcisek, Lauren O. Bakaletz, and Anthony A. Campagnari

Contribution of Moraxella catarrhalis Type IV Pili to Nasopharyngeal Colonization and Biofilm Formation
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5559-5564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bernd Kreikemeyer, Masanobu Nakata, Thomas Köller, Hendrikje Hildisch, Vassilios Kourakos, Kerstin Standar, Shigetada Kawabata, Michael O. Glocker, and Andreas Podbielski

The Streptococcus pyogenes Serotype M49 Nra-Ralp3 Transcriptional Regulatory Network and Its Control of Virulence Factor Expression from the Novel eno ralp3 epf sagA Pathogenicity Region
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5698-5710. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Ruth C. Massey, Thomas J. Scriba, Eric L. Brown, Rodney E. Phillips, and Andrew K. Sewell

Use of Peptide-Major Histocompatibility Complex Tetramer Technology To Study Interactions between Staphylococcus aureus Proteins and Human Cells
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5711-5715. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amichai Yavlovich, Hagai Rechnitzer, and Shlomo Rottem

-Enolase Resides on the Cell Surface of Mycoplasma fermentans and Binds Plasminogen
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5716-5719. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Serena Ammendola, Paolo Pasquali, Claudia Pistoia, Paola Petrucci, Patrizia Petrarca, Giuseppe Rotilio, and Andrea Battistoni

High-Affinity Zn²⁺ Uptake System ZnuABC Is Required for Bacterial Zinc Homeostasis in Intracellular Environments and Contributes to the Virulence of Salmonella enterica
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5867-5876. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jie Li, David T. Glover, Alexander J. Szalai, Susan K. Hollingshead, and David E. Briles

PspA and PspC Minimize Immune Adherence and Transfer of Pneumococci from Erythrocytes to Macrophages through Their Effects on Complement Activation
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5877-5885. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gary C. Port and Nancy E. Freitag

Identification of Novel Listeria monocytogenes Secreted Virulence Factors following Mutational Activation of the Central Virulence Regulator, PrfA
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5886-5897. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Nazia Kamal, Corinne Rouquette-Loughlin, and William M. Shafer

The TolC-Like Protein of Neisseria meningitidis Is Required for Extracellular Production of the Repeats-in-Toxin Toxin FrpC but Not for Resistance to Antimicrobials Recognized by the Mtr Efflux Pump System
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 6008-6012. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

Joanne E. McCoubrie, Susanne K. Miller, Tobias Sargeant, Robert T. Good, Anthony N. Hodder, Terence P. Speed, Tania F. de Koning-Ward, and Brendan S. Crabb

Evidence for a Common Role for the Serine-Type Plasmodium falciparum Serine Repeat Antigen Proteases: Implications for Vaccine and Drug Design
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5565-5574. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Hayley J. Newton, Fiona M. Sansom, Jenny Dao, Adrian D. McAlister, Joan Sloan, Nicholas P. Cianciotto, and Elizabeth L. Hartland

Sel1 Repeat Protein LpnE Is a Legionella pneumophila Virulence Determinant That Influences Vacuolar Trafficking
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5575-5585. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claudio Cortes, Kimberly A. Rzomp, Amy Tvinnereim, Marci A. Scidmore, and Benjamin Wizel

Chlamydia pneumoniae Inclusion Membrane Protein Cpn0585 Interacts with Multiple Rab GTPases
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5586-5596. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kena A. Swanson, Deborah D. Crane, and Harlan D. Caldwell

Chlamydia trachomatis Species-Specific Induction of Ezrin Tyrosine Phosphorylation Functions in Pathogen Entry
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5669-5677. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keith E. Banks, Tricia L. Humphreys, Wei Li, Barry P. Katz, David S. Wilkes, and Stanley M. Spinola

Haemophilus ducreyi Partially Activates Human Myeloid Dendritic Cells
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5678-5685. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Madhubanti Sarkar, Dexter V. Reneer, and Jason A. Carlyon

Sialyl-Lewis x-Independent Infection of Human Myeloid Cells by Anaplasma phagocytophilum Strains HZ and HGE1
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5720-5725. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacterial Infections:

Henk van Faassen, Rhonda KuoLee, Greg Harris, Xigeng Zhao, J. Wayne Conlan, and Wangxue Chen

Neutrophils Play an Important Role in Host Resistance to Respiratory Infection with Acinetobacter baumannii in Mice
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5597-5608. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria-Leticia Zarantonelli, Marek Szatanik, Dario Giorgini, Eva Hong, Michel Huerre, Florian Guillou, Jean-Michel Alonso, and Muhamed-Kheir Taha

Transgenic Mice Expressing Human Transferrin as a Model for Meningococcal Infection
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5609-5614. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew T. McKevitt, Katie M. Bryant, Salika M. Shakir, Jason L. Larabee, Steven R. Blanke, Julie Lovchik, C. Rick Lyons, and Jimmy D. Ballard

Effects of Endogenous D-Alanine Synthesis and Autoinhibition of Bacillus anthracis Germination on In Vitro and In Vivo Infections
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5726-5734. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Naveed Ahmed Khan and Graham John Goldsworthy

Novel Model To Study Virulence Determinants of Escherichia coli K1
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5735-5739. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven W. Kerrigan, Nicholas S. Jakubovics, Ciara Keane, Patricia Maguire, Kieran Wynne, Howard F. Jenkinson, and Dermot Cox

Role of Streptococcus gordonii Surface Proteins SspA/SspB and Hsa in Platelet Function
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5740-5747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John K. Crane, Tonniele M. Naeher, Irina Shulgina, Chengru Zhu, and Edgar C. Boedeker

Effect of Zinc in Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Infection
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5974-5984. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Host Response and Inflammation:

Henry Beekhuizen and Joke S. van de Gevel

Gamma Interferon Confers Resistance to Infection with Staphylococcus aureus in Human Vascular Endothelial Cells by Cooperative Proinflammatory and Enhanced Intrinsic Antibacterial Activities
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5615-5626. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Raphael Simon, Douglas M. Heithoff, Michael J. Mahan, and Charles E. Samuel

Comparison of Tissue-Selective Proinflammatory Gene Induction in Mice Infected with Wild-Type, DNA Adenine Methylase-Deficient, and Flagellin-Deficient Salmonella enterica
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5627-5639. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Sean Y. Kassim, Sina A. Gharib, Brigham H. Mecham, Timothy P. Birkland, William C. Parks, and John K. McGuire

Individual Matrix Metalloproteinases Control Distinct Transcriptional Responses in Airway Epithelial Cells Infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5640-5650. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Tricia L. Humphreys, Lang Li, Xiaoman Li, Diane M. Janowicz, Kate R. Fortney, Qianqian Zhao, Wei Li, Jeanette McClintick, Barry P. Katz, David S. Wilkes, Howard J. Edenberg, and Stanley M. Spinola

Dysregulated Immune Profiles for Skin and Dendritic Cells Are Associated with Increased Host Susceptibility to Haemophilus ducreyi Infection in Human Volunteers
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5686-5697. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Leen Moens, Axel Jeurissen, Greet Wuyts, Padraic G. Fallon, Boon Louis, Jan L. Ceuppens, and Xavier Bossuyt

Specific Intracellular Adhesion Molecule-Grabbing Nonintegrin R1 Is Not Involved in the Murine Antibody Response to Pneumococcal Polysaccharides
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5748-5752. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jason D. Price, Kim R. Simpfendorfer, Radhakrishnam R. Mantena, James Holden, William R. Heath, Nico van Rooijen, Richard A. Strugnell, and Odilia L. C. Wijburg

Gamma Interferon-Independent Effects of Interleukin-12 on Immunity to Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5753-5762. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John Ruby, Kunal Rehani, and Michael Martin

Treponema denticola Activates Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Signal Pathways through Toll-Like Receptor 2
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5763-5768. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin Rottman, Emilie Catherinot, Patrick Hochedez, Jean-François Emile, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Jean-Louis Gaillard, and Claire Soudais

Importance of T Cells, Gamma Interferon, and Tumor Necrosis Factor in Immune Control of the Rapid Grower Mycobacterium abscessus in C57BL/6 Mice
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5898-5907. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elisabeth Billard, Jacques Dornand, and Antoine Gross

Interaction of Brucella suis and Brucella abortus Rough Strains with Human Dendritic Cells
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5916-5923. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kerry R. Buchholz and Richard S. Stephens

The Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway Induces the Inflammatory Factor Interleukin-8 following Chlamydia trachomatis Infection
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5924-5929. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhe Zhang, William Reenstra, Daniel J. Weiner, Jean-Pierre Louboutin, and James M. Wilson

The p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Signaling Pathway Is Coupled to Toll-Like Receptor 5 To Mediate Gene Regulation in Response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection in Human Airway Epithelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5985-5992. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Angela Berndt, Anne Wilhelm, Christiane Jugert, Jana Pieper, Konrad Sachse, and Ulrich Methner

Chicken Cecum Immune Response to Salmonella enterica Serovars of Different Levels of Invasiveness
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5993-6007. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

Walter G. Jaoko, Edwin Michael, Dan W. Meyrowitsch, Benson B. A. Estambale, Mwele N. Malecela, and Paul E. Simonsen

Immunoepidemiology of Wuchereria bancrofti Infection: Parasite Transmission Intensity, Filaria-Specific Antibodies, and Host Immunity in Two East African Communities
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5651-5662. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tobias E. Rodriguez, Nicole R. Falkowski, Jack R. Harkema, and Gary B. Huffnagle

Role of Neutrophils in Preventing and Resolving Acute Fungal Sinusitis
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5663-5668. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Shawn J. Berens, Kelly A. Brayton, and Terry F. McElwain

Coinfection with Antigenically and Genetically Distinct Virulent Strains of Babesia bovis Is Maintained through All Phases of the Parasite Life Cycle
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5769-5776. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roger A. Herr, Chiung-Yu Hung, and Garry T. Cole

Evaluation of Two Homologous Proline-Rich Proteins of Coccidioides posadasii as Candidate Vaccines against Coccidioidomycosis
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5777-5787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chiang W. Lee, Woraporn Sukhumavasi, and Eric Y. Denkers

Phosphoinositide-3-Kinase-Dependent, MyD88-Independent Induction of CC-Type Chemokines Characterizes the Macrophage Response to Toxoplasma gondii Strains with High Virulence
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5788-5797. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kevin N. Couper, Daniel G. Blount, Julius C. R. Hafalla, Nico van Rooijen, J. Brian de Souza, and Eleanor M. Riley

Macrophage-Mediated but Gamma Interferon-Independent Innate Immune Responses Control the Primary Wave of Plasmodium yoelii Parasitemia
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5806-5818. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claire L. Hutchings, Ashley J. Birkett, Anne C. Moore, and Adrian V. S. Hill

Combination of Protein and Viral Vaccines Induces Potent Cellular and Humoral Immune Responses and Enhanced Protection from Murine Malaria Challenge
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5819-5826. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Illona Gillette-Ferguson, Katrin Daehnel, Amy G. Hise, Yan Sun, Eric Carlson, Eugenia Diaconu, Helen F. McGarry, Mark J. Taylor, and Eric Pearlman

Toll-Like Receptor 2 Regulates CXC Chemokine Production and Neutrophil Recruitment to the Cornea in Onchocerca volvulus/ Wolbachia-Induced Keratitis
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5908-5915. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rajatava Basu, Suniti Bhaumik, Arun Kumar Haldar, Kshudiram Naskar, Tripti De, Syamal Kumar Dana, Peter Walden, and Syamal Roy

Hybrid Cell Vaccination Resolves Leishmania donovani Infection by Eliciting a Strong CD8⁺ Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Response with Concomitant Suppression of Interleukin-10 (IL-10) but Not IL-4 or IL-13
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5956-5966. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

Andrea M. Hebert, Sarah Talarico, Dong Yang, Riza Durmaz, Carl F. Marrs, Lixin Zhang, Betsy Foxman, and Zhenhua Yang

DNA Polymorphisms in the pepA and PPE18 Genes among Clinical Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Implications for Vaccine Efficacy
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5798-5805. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kazutoyo Miura, Hong Zhou, Olga V. Muratova, Andrew C. Orcutt, Birgitte Giersing, Louis H. Miller, and Carole A. Long

In Immunization with Plasmodium falciparum Apical Membrane Antigen 1, the Specificity of Antibodies Depends on the Species Immunized
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5827-5836. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Mark P. Dagleish, J. Christopher Hodgson, Saeed Ataei, Anna Finucane, Jeanie Finlayson, Jill Sales, Roger Parton, and John G. Coote

Safety and Protective Efficacy of Intramuscular Vaccination with a Live aroA Derivative of Pasteurella multocida B:2 against Experimental Hemorrhagic Septicemia in Calves
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5837-5844. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Javier Ochoa-Repáraz, Jami Sentissi, Theresa Trunkle, Carol Riccardi, and David W. Pascual

Attenuated Coxiella burnetii Phase II Causes a Febrile Response in Gamma Interferon Knockout and Toll-Like Receptor 2 Knockout Mice and Protects against Reinfection
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5845-5858. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Darrieux, E. N. Miyaji, D. M. Ferreira, L. M. Lopes, A. P. Y. Lopes, B. Ren, D. E. Briles, S. K. Hollingshead, and L. C. C. Leite

Fusion Proteins Containing Family 1 and Family 2 PspA Fragments Elicit Protection against Streptococcus pneumoniae That Correlates with Antibody-Mediated Enhancement of Complement Deposition
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5930-5938. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Floris Fransen, Claire J. Boog, Jos P. van Putten, and Peter van der Ley

Agonists of Toll-Like Receptors 3, 4, 7, and 9 Are Candidates for Use as Adjuvants in an Outer Membrane Vaccine against Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup B
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5939-5946. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bart W. Faber, Edmond J. Remarque, William D. Morgan, Clemens H. M. Kocken, Anthony A. Holder, and Alan W. Thomas

Malaria Vaccine-Related Benefits of a Single Protein Comprising Plasmodium falciparum Apical Membrane Antigen 1 Domains I and II Fused to a Modified Form of the 19-Kilodalton C-Terminal Fragment of Merozoite Surface Protein 1
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5947-5955. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Darren R. Krause, Michelle L. Gatton, Sarah Frankland, Damon P. Eisen, Michael F. Good, Leann Tilley, and Qin Cheng

Characterization of the Antibody Response against Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1 in Human Volunteers
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5967-5973. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Molecular Genomics:

Michal Strouhal, David Smajs, Petra Matejková, Erica Sodergren, Anita G. Amin, Jerrilyn K. Howell, Steven J. Norris, and George M. Weinstock

Genome Differences between Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum Strain Nichols and T. paraluiscuniculi Strain Cuniculi A
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 5859-5866. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

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