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Articles of Significant Interest Selected from This Issue by the Editors
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 543-544. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minireviews:

Theodore S. Steiner

How Flagellin and Toll-Like Receptor 5 Contribute to Enteric Infection
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 545-552. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

Natalia V. Guseva, Sophie Dessus-Babus, Cheryl G. Moore, Judy D. Whittimore, and Priscilla B. Wyrick

Differences in Chlamydia trachomatis Serovar E Growth Rate in Polarized Endometrial and Endocervical Epithelial Cells Grown in Three-Dimensional Culture
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 553-564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Miyuki Hanajima-Ozawa, Takeshi Matsuzawa, Aya Fukui, Shigeki Kamitani, Hiroe Ohnishi, Akio Abe, Yasuhiko Horiguchi, and Masami Miyake

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, Shigella flexneri, and Listeria monocytogenes Recruit a Junctional Protein, Zonula Occludens-1, to Actin Tails and Pedestals
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 565-573. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Brian K. Coombes, Michael J. Lowden, Jennifer L. Bishop, Mark E. Wickham, Nat F. Brown, Nancy Duong, Suzanne Osborne, Ohad Gal-Mor, and B. Brett Finlay

SseL Is a Salmonella-Specific Translocated Effector Integrated into the SsrB-Controlled Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 2 Type III Secretion System
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 574-580. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nirmal Robinson, Martina Wolke, Karen Ernestus, and Georg Plum

A Mycobacterial Gene Involved in Synthesis of an Outer Cell Envelope Lipid Is a Key Factor in Prevention of Phagosome Maturation
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 581-591. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yancheng Liu and Zhao-Qing Luo

The Legionella pneumophila Effector SidJ Is Required for Efficient Recruitment of Endoplasmic Reticulum Proteins to the Bacterial Phagosome
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 592-603. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fei Cao, Antonio Castrillo, Peter Tontonoz, Fabio Re, and Gerald I. Byrne

Chlamydia pneumoniae-Induced Macrophage Foam Cell Formation Is Mediated by Toll-Like Receptor 2
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 753-759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. R. Moorhead, K. A. Rzomp, and M. A. Scidmore

The Rab6 Effector Bicaudal D1 Associates with Chlamydia trachomatis Inclusions in a Biovar-Specific Manner
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 781-791. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Johannes Huelsenbeck, Stefanie Dreger, Ralf Gerhard, Holger Barth, Ingo Just, and Harald Genth

Difference in the Cytotoxic Effects of Toxin B from Clostridium difficile Strain VPI 10463 and Toxin B from Variant Clostridium difficile Strain 1470
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 801-809. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fernanda R. Buzzola, Lucía P. Alvarez, Lorena P. N. Tuchscherr, María S. Barbagelata, Santiago M. Lattar, Luis Calvinho, and Daniel O. Sordelli

Differential Abilities of Capsulated and Noncapsulated Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Diverse agr Groups To Invade Mammary Epithelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 886-891. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mehmet A. Eskan, George Hajishengallis, and Denis F. Kinane

Differential Activation of Human Gingival Epithelial Cells and Monocytes by Porphyromonas gingivalis Fimbriae
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 892-898. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Egídio Torrado, Alexandra G. Fraga, António G. Castro, Pieter Stragier, Wayne M. Meyers, Françoise Portaels, Manuel T. Silva, and Jorge Pedrosa

Evidence for an Intramacrophage Growth Phase of Mycobacterium ulcerans
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 977-987. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rosanna Capparelli, Flora Alfano, Maria Grazia Amoroso, Giorgia Borriello, Domenico Fenizia, Antonio Bianco, Sante Roperto, Franco Roperto, and Domenico Iannelli

Protective Effect of the Nramp1 BB Genotype against Brucella abortus in the Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 988-996. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lisa E. Månsson, Peter Kjäll, Shahaireen Pellett, Gábor Nagy, Rodney A. Welch, Fredrik Bäckhed, Teresa Frisan, and Agneta Richter-Dahlfors

Role of the Lipopolysaccharide-CD14 Complex for the Activity of Hemolysin from Uropathogenic Escherichia coli
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 997-1004. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Pathogenesis:

Yoshitoshi Ogura, Tadasuke Ooka, Andrew Whale, Junkal Garmendia, Lothar Beutin, Sharon Tennant, Gladys Krause, Stefano Morabito, Isabel Chinen, Toru Tobe, Hiroyuki Abe, Rosangela Tozzoli, Alfredo Caprioli, Marta Rivas, Roy Robins-Browne, Tetsuya Hayashi, and Gad Frankel

TccP2 of O157:H7 and Non-O157 Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC): Challenging the Dogma of EHEC-Induced Actin Polymerization
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 604-612. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Purnima Bandyopadhyay, Shuqing Liu, Carolina B. Gabbai, Zeah Venitelli, and Howard M. Steinman

Environmental Mimics and the Lvh Type IVA Secretion System Contribute to Virulence-Related Phenotypes of Legionella pneumophila
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 723-735. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marina Harvie, Thomas William Jordan, and Anne Camille La Flamme

Differential Liver Protein Expression during Schistosomiasis
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 736-744. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Clara Belzer, Bart A. M. van Schendel, Ernst J. Kuipers, Johannes G. Kusters, and Arnoud H. M. van Vliet

Iron-Responsive Repression of Urease Expression in Helicobacter hepaticus Is Mediated by the Transcriptional Regulator Fur
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 745-752. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael J. Flagler, Jane E. Strasser, Claudia L. Chalk, and Alison A. Weiss

Comparative Analysis of the Abilities of Shiga Toxins 1 and 2 To Bind to and Influence Neutrophil Apoptosis
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 760-765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jarlath E. Nally, Julian P. Whitelegge, Sara Bassilian, David R. Blanco, and Michael A. Lovett

Characterization of the Outer Membrane Proteome of Leptospira interrogans Expressed during Acute Lethal Infection
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 766-773. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Félix J. Sangari, Asunción Seoane, María Cruz Rodríguez, Jesús Agüero, and Juan M. García Lobo

Characterization of the Urease Operon of Brucella abortus and Assessment of Its Role in Virulence of the Bacterium
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 774-780. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Willem J. B. Van Wamel, Antoni P. A. Hendrickx, Marc J. M. Bonten, Janetta Top, George Posthuma, and Rob J. L. Willems

Growth Condition-Dependent Esp Expression by Enterococcus faecium Affects Initial Adherence and Biofilm Formation
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 924-931. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alban Le Monnier, Nicolas Autret, Olivier F. Join-Lambert, Francis Jaubert, Alain Charbit, Patrick Berche, and Samer Kayal

ActA Is Required for Crossing of the Fetoplacental Barrier by Listeria monocytogenes
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 950-957. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wenzhou Hong, Kevin Mason, Joseph Jurcisek, Laura Novotny, Lauren O. Bakaletz, and W. Edward Swords

Phosphorylcholine Decreases Early Inflammation and Promotes the Establishment of Stable Biofilm Communities of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Strain 86-028NP in a Chinchilla Model of Otitis Media
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 958-965. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Viktoria Hancock and Per Klemm

Global Gene Expression Profiling of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Escherichia coli during Biofilm Growth in Human Urine
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 966-976. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher J. Kuckleburg, Shaadi F. Elswaifi, Thomas J. Inzana, and Charles J. Czuprynski

Expression of Phosphorylcholine by Histophilus somni Induces Bovine Platelet Aggregation
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 1045-1049. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John V. McDowell, Jesse Frederick, Lola Stamm, and Richard T. Marconi

Identification of the Gene Encoding the FhbB Protein of Treponema denticola, a Highly Unique Factor H-Like Protein 1 Binding Protein
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 1050-1054. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Host Response and Inflammation:

Ruth R. Montgomery, Carmen J. Booth, Xiaomei Wang, Victoria A. Blaho, Stephen E. Malawista, and Charles R. Brown

Recruitment of Macrophages and Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes in Lyme Carditis
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 613-620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hesham F. Nawar, Sergio Arce, Michael W. Russell, and Terry D. Connell

Mutants of Type II Heat-Labile Enterotoxin LT-IIa with Altered Ganglioside-Binding Activities and Diminished Toxicity Are Potent Mucosal Adjuvants
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 621-633. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sarah S. Bubeck, Angelene M. Cantwell, and Peter H. Dube

Delayed Inflammatory Response to Primary Pneumonic Plague Occurs in Both Outbred and Inbred Mice
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 697-705. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Margreet A. Wolfert, Abhijit Roychowdhury, and Geert-Jan Boons

Modification of the Structure of Peptidoglycan Is a Strategy To Avoid Detection by Nucleotide-Binding Oligomerization Domain Protein 1
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 706-713. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Mitchell, Conrad Germain, Pier Luigi Fiori, Wafa Khamri, Graham R. Foster, Subrata Ghosh, Robert I. Lechler, Kathleen B. Bamford, and Giovanna Lombardi

Chronic Exposure to Helicobacter pylori Impairs Dendritic Cell Function and Inhibits Th1 Development
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 810-819. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edhyana Sahiratmadja, Bachti Alisjahbana, Tjitske de Boer, Iskandar Adnan, Anugrah Maya, Halim Danusantoso, Ronald H. H. Nelwan, Sangkot Marzuki, Jos W. M. van der Meer, Reinout van Crevel, Esther van de Vosse, and Tom H. M. Ottenhoff

Dynamic Changes in Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokine Profiles and Gamma Interferon Receptor Signaling Integrity Correlate with Tuberculosis Disease Activity and Response to Curative Treatment
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 820-829. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ronan Kapetanovic, Marie-Anne Nahori, Viviane Balloy, Catherine Fitting, Dana J. Philpott, Jean-Marc Cavaillon, and Minou Adib-Conquy

Contribution of Phagocytosis and Intracellular Sensing for Cytokine Production by Staphylococcus aureus-Activated Macrophages
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 830-837. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexandra Schubert-Unkmeir, Olga Sokolova, Ursula Panzner, Martin Eigenthaler, and Matthias Frosch

Gene Expression Pattern in Human Brain Endothelial Cells in Response to Neisseria meningitidis
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 899-914. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Virginie Roupie, Marta Romano, Lei Zhang, Hannelie Korf, May Young Lin, Kees L. M. C. Franken, Tom H. M. Ottenhoff, Michèl R. Klein, and Kris Huygen

Immunogenicity of Eight Dormancy Regulon-Encoded Proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in DNA-Vaccinated and Tuberculosis-Infected Mice
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 941-949. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

A. E. Fouts and J. C. Boothroyd

Infection with Toxoplasma gondii Bradyzoites Has a Diminished Impact on Host Transcript Levels Relative to Tachyzoite Infection
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 634-642. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Carlota Dobaño, Stephen J. Rogerson, Terrie E. Taylor, Jana S. McBride, and Malcolm E. Molyneux

Expression of Merozoite Surface Protein Markers by Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes in Peripheral Blood and Tissues of Children with Fatal Malaria
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 643-652. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sean M. Conrad, Dalit Strauss-Ayali, Ann E. Field, Matthias Mack, and David M. Mosser

Leishmania-Derived Murine Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein 1 Enhances the Recruitment of a Restrictive Population of CC Chemokine Receptor 2-Positive Macrophages
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 653-665. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven P. O'Hara, Aaron J. Small, Jeremy B. Nelson, Andrew D. Badley, Xian-Ming Chen, Gregory J. Gores, and Nicholas F. LaRusso

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Tat Protein Enhances Cryptosporidium parvum-Induced Apoptosis in Cholangiocytes via a Fas Ligand-Dependent Mechanism
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 684-696. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Scott R. Waterman, Moshe Hacham, John Panepinto, Guowu Hu, Soowan Shin, and Peter R. Williamson

Cell Wall Targeting of Laccase of Cryptococcus neoformans during Infection of Mice
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 714-722. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clara Brando, Lisa A. Ware, Helen Freyberger, April Kathcart, Arnoldo Barbosa, Sylvie Cayphas, Marie-Ange Demoitie, Pascal Mettens, D. Gray Heppner, and David E. Lanar

Murine Immune Responses to Liver-Stage Antigen 1 Protein FMP011, a Malaria Vaccine Candidate, Delivered with Adjuvant AS01B or AS02A
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 838-845. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yasuyuki Goto, Rhea N. Coler, and Steven G. Reed

Bioinformatic Identification of Tandem Repeat Antigens of the Leishmania donovani Complex
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 846-851. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carmel B. Stober, Uta G. Lange, Mark T. M. Roberts, Antonio Alcami, and Jenefer M. Blackwell

Heterologous Priming-Boosting with DNA and Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara Expressing Tryparedoxin Peroxidase Promotes Long-Term Memory against Leishmania major in Susceptible BALB/c Mice
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 852-860. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joshua Kotner and Rick Tarleton

Endogenous CD4⁺ CD25⁺ Regulatory T Cells Have a Limited Role in the Control of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Mice
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 861-869. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Haeok K. Chang, Colin Thalhofer, Breck A. Duerkop, Joanna S. Mehling, Shilpi Verma, Kenneth J. Gollob, Roque Almeida, and Mary E. Wilson

Oxidant Generation by Single Infected Monocytes after Short-Term Fluorescence Labeling of a Protozoan Parasite
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 1017-1024. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

Ashlesh K. Murthy, James P. Chambers, Patricia A. Meier, Guangming Zhong, and Bernard P. Arulanandam

Intranasal Vaccination with a Secreted Chlamydial Protein Enhances Resolution of Genital Chlamydia muridarum Infection, Protects against Oviduct Pathology, and Is Highly Dependent upon Endogenous Gamma Interferon Production
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 666-676. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carolin Biesenkamp-Uhe, Yihang Li, Hans-Robert Hehnen, Konrad Sachse, and Bernhard Kaltenboeck

Therapeutic Chlamydophila abortus and C. pecorum Vaccination Transiently Reduces Bovine Mastitis Associated with Chlamydophila Infection
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 870-877. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexander V. Philipovskiy and Stephen T. Smiley

Vaccination with Live Yersinia pestis Primes CD4 and CD8 T Cells That Synergistically Protect against Lethal Pulmonary Y. pestis Infection
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 878-885. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Culshaw, K. LaRosa, H. Tolani, X. Han, J. W. Eastcott, D. J. Smith, and M. A. Taubman

Immunogenic and Protective Potential of Mutans Streptococcal Glucosyltransferase Peptide Constructs Selected by Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Allele Binding
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 915-923. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michele M. Estabrook, Gary A. Jarvis, and J. McLeod Griffiss

Affinity-Purified Human Immunoglobulin G That Binds a Lacto-N-Neotetraose-Dependent Lipooligosaccharide Structure Is Bactericidal for Serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 1025-1033. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claudia Gianfaldoni, Stefano Censini, Markus Hilleringmann, Monica Moschioni, Claudia Facciotti, Werner Pansegrau, Vega Masignani, Antonello Covacci, Rino Rappuoli, Michèle Anne Barocchi, and Paolo Ruggiero

Streptococcus pneumoniae Pilus Subunits Protect Mice against Lethal Challenge
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 1059-1062. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Genomics:

Pascale Bourhy, Laurence Salaün, Aurélie Lajus, Claudine Médigue, Caroline Boursaux-Eude, and Mathieu Picardeau

A Genomic Island of the Pathogen Leptospira interrogans Serovar Lai Can Excise from Its Chromosome
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 677-683. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Bacterial Infections:

Steve A. Carlson, Vijay K. Sharma, Zoe P. McCuddin, Mark A. Rasmussen, and Sharon K. Franklin

Involvement of a Salmonella Genomic Island 1 Gene in the Rumen Protozoan-Mediated Enhancement of Invasion for Multiple-Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 792-800. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Forough L. Nowrouzian, Vanda Friman, Ingegerd Adlerberth, and Agnes E. Wold

Reduced Phase Switch Capacity and Functional Adhesin Expression of Type 1-Fimbriated Escherichia coli from Immunoglobulin A-Deficient Individuals
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 932-940. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David N. Baldwin, Benjamin Shepherd, Petra Kraemer, Michael K. Hall, Laura K. Sycuro, Delia M. Pinto-Santini, and Nina R. Salama

Identification of Helicobacter pylori Genes That Contribute to Stomach Colonization
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 1005-1016. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Joshua D. Hall, Robin R. Craven, James R. Fuller, Raymond J. Pickles, and Thomas H. Kawula

Francisella tularensis Replicates within Alveolar Type II Epithelial Cells In Vitro and In Vivo following Inhalation
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 1034-1039. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juliane Bubeck Wardenburg, Ravi J. Patel, and Olaf Schneewind

Surface Proteins and Exotoxins Are Required for the Pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus Pneumonia
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 1040-1044. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Catherinot, J. Clarissou, G. Etienne, F. Ripoll, J.-F. Emile, M. Daffé, C. Perronne, C. Soudais, J.-L. Gaillard, and M. Rottman

Hypervirulence of a Rough Variant of the Mycobacterium abscessus Type Strain
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 1055-1058. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Author's Correction:

Armelle Bigot, Hélène Pagniez, Eléonore Botton, Claude Fréhel, Iharilalao Dubail, Christine Jacquet, Alain Charbit, and Catherine Raynaud

Role of FliF and FliI of Listeria monocytogenes in Flagellar Assembly and Pathogenicity
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 1063-1064. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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