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Spotlight:

Articles of Significant Interest Selected from This Issue by the Editors
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3211. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minireviews:

John M. Greene, Frank Collins, Elliot J. Lefkowitz, David Roos, Richard H. Scheuermann, Bruno Sobral, Rick Stevens, Owen White, and Valentina Di Francesco

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Bioinformatics Resource Centers: New Assets for Pathogen Informatics
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3212-3219. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Pathogenesis:

Amanda J. DeRocco and Cynthia Nau Cornelissen

Identification of Transferrin-Binding Domains in TbpB Expressed by Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3220-3232. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Glen C. Ulett, Jaione Valle, Christophe Beloin, Orla Sherlock, Jean-Marc Ghigo, and Mark A. Schembri

Functional Analysis of Antigen 43 in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Reveals a Role in Long-Term Persistence in the Urinary Tract
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3233-3244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Moqing Liu, Alejandro F. Alice, Hiroaki Naka, and Jorge H. Crosa

The HlyU Protein Is a Positive Regulator of rtxA1, a Gene Responsible for Cytotoxicity and Virulence in the Human Pathogen Vibrio vulnificus
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3282-3289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Maëlle Molmeret, Marina Santic’, Rexford Asare, Reynold A. Carabeo, and Yousef Abu Kwaik

Rapid Escape of the dot/icm Mutants of Legionella pneumophila into the Cytosol of Mammalian and Protozoan Cells
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3290-3304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Nrusingh P. Mohapatra, Shilpa Soni, Brian L. Bell, Richard Warren, Robert K. Ernst, Artur Muszynski, Russell W. Carlson, and John S. Gunn

Identification of an Orphan Response Regulator Required for the Virulence of Francisella spp. and Transcription of Pathogenicity Island Genes
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3305-3314. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicola Holden, Makrina Totsika, Lynn Dixon, Kirsteen Catherwood, and David L. Gally

Regulation of P-Fimbrial Phase Variation Frequencies in Escherichia coli CFT073
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3325-3334. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Britta Blumenthal, Claudia Hoffmann, Klaus Aktories, Steffen Backert, and Gudula Schmidt

The Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factors from Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and from Escherichia coli Bind to Different Cellular Receptors but Take the Same Route to the Cytosol
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3344-3353. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicholas H. Bergman, Erica C. Anderson, Ellen E. Swenson, Brian K. Janes, Nathan Fisher, Matthew M. Niemeyer, Amy D. Miyoshi, and Philip C. Hanna

Transcriptional Profiling of Bacillus anthracis during Infection of Host Macrophages
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3434-3444. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Erin R. Murphy and Shelley M. Payne

RyhB, an Iron-Responsive Small RNA Molecule, Regulates Shigella dysenteriae Virulence
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3470-3477. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bart J. M. Vlaminckx, Frank H. J. Schuren, Roy C. Montijn, Martien P. M. Caspers, M. M. Beitsma, Wim J. B. Wannet, Leo M. Schouls, Jan Verhoef, and Wouter T. M. Jansen

Dynamics in Prophage Content of Invasive and Noninvasive M1 and M28 Streptococcus pyogenes Isolates in The Netherlands from 1959 to 1996
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3673-3679. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Host Response and Inflammation:

Masako Andoh, Guoquan Zhang, Kasi E. Russell-Lodrigue, Heather R. Shive, Brad R. Weeks, and James E. Samuel

T Cells Are Essential for Bacterial Clearance, and Gamma Interferon, Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha, and B Cells Are Crucial for Disease Development in Coxiella burnetii Infection in Mice
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3245-3255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rachel P. Wilkie, Margret C. M. Vissers, Mike Dragunow, and Mark B. Hampton

A Functional NADPH Oxidase Prevents Caspase Involvement in the Clearance of Phagocytic Neutrophils
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3256-3263. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexia A. Belperron, Catherine M. Dailey, Carmen J. Booth, and Linda K. Bockenstedt

Marginal Zone B-Cell Depletion Impairs Murine Host Defense against Borrelia burgdorferi Infection
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3354-3360. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sung K. Moon, Jeong-Im Woo, Haa-Yung Lee, Raekil Park, Jun Shimada, Huiqi Pan, Robert Gellibolian, and David J. Lim

Toll-Like Receptor 2-Dependent NF-B Activation Is Involved in Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae-Induced Monocyte Chemotactic Protein 1 Up-Regulation in the Spiral Ligament Fibrocytes of the Inner Ear
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3361-3372. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jung Mogg Kim, Joo Sung Kim, Jin Young Lee, Yeong-Jeon Kim, Ho-Joo Youn, In Young Kim, Young Joon Chee, Yu-Kyoung Oh, Nayoung Kim, Hyun Chae Jung, and In Sung Song

Vacuolating Cytotoxin in Helicobacter pylori Water-Soluble Proteins Upregulates Chemokine Expression in Human Eosinophils via Ca²⁺ Influx, Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Intermediates, and NF-B Activation
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3373-3381. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

May Young Lin, Annemieke Geluk, Steven G. Smith, Amanda L. Stewart, Annemieke H. Friggen, Kees L. M. C. Franken, Marleen J. C. Verduyn, Krista E. van Meijgaarden, Martin I. Voskuil, Hazel M. Dockrell, Kris Huygen, Tom H. M. Ottenhoff, and Michèl R. Klein

Lack of Immune Responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis DosR Regulon Proteins following Mycobacterium bovis BCG Vaccination
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3523-3530. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Connie M. Krawczyk, Hao Shen, and Edward J. Pearce

Memory CD4 T Cells Enhance Primary CD8 T-Cell Responses
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3556-3560. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Victoria Auerbuch and Ralph R. Isberg

Growth of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in Mice Occurs Independently of Toll-Like Receptor 2 Expression and Induction of Interleukin-10
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3561-3570. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kimberly Pouliot, Ning Pan, Shixia Wang, Shan Lu, Egil Lien, and Jon D. Goguen

Evaluation of the Role of LcrV-Toll-Like Receptor 2-Mediated Immunomodulation in the Virulence of Yersinia pestis
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3571-3580. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

Vanessa D. Atayde, Mauro Cortez, Renata Souza, José Franco da Silveira, and Nobuko Yoshida

Expression and Cellular Localization of Molecules of the gp82 Family in Trypanosoma cruzi Metacyclic Trypomastigotes
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3264-3270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kerry M. Empey, Melissa Hollifield, and Beth A. Garvy

Exogenous Heat-Killed Escherichia coli Improves Alveolar Macrophage Activity and Reduces Pneumocystis carinii Lung Burden in Infant Mice
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3382-3393. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Weihua Fan, Alexander Idnurm, Julia Breger, Eleftherios Mylonakis, and Joseph Heitman

Eca1, a Sarcoplasmic/Endoplasmic Reticulum Ca²⁺-ATPase, Is Involved in Stress Tolerance and Virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3394-3405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John R. Erb-Downward and Mairi C. Noverr

Characterization of Prostaglandin E₂ Production by Candida albicans
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3498-3505. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nisha Dogra, Corinna Warburton, and W. Robert McMaster

Leishmania major Abrogates Gamma Interferon-Induced Gene Expression in Human Macrophages from a Global Perspective
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3506-3515. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Cameron V. Jennings, Ambroise D. Ahouidi, Martine Zilversmit, Amy K. Bei, Julian Rayner, Ousmane Sarr, Omar Ndir, Dyann F. Wirth, Souleymane Mboup, and Manoj T. Duraisingh

Molecular Analysis of Erythrocyte Invasion in Plasmodium falciparum Isolates from Senegal
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3531-3538. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

James P. Hewitson, Paul A. Hamblin, and Adrian P. Mountford

In the Absence of CD154, Administration of Interleukin-12 Restores Th1 Responses but Not Protective Immunity to Schistosoma mansoni
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3539-3547. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xun-Jia Cheng, Hitoshi Hayasaka, Katsuomi Watanabe, Yan-Lin Tao, Jin-Ye Liu, Hideo Tsukamoto, Toshihiro Horii, Kazuyuki Tanabe, and Hiroshi Tachibana

Production of High-Affinity Human Monoclonal Antibody Fab Fragments to the 19-Kilodalton C-Terminal Merozoite Surface Protein 1 of Plasmodium falciparum
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3614-3620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Salenna R. Elliott, Timothy P. Spurck, Joelle M. Dodin, Alexander G. Maier, Till S. Voss, Francisca Yosaatmadja, Paul D. Payne, Geoffrey I. McFadden, Alan F. Cowman, Stephen J. Rogerson, Louis Schofield, and Graham V. Brown

Inhibition of Dendritic Cell Maturation by Malaria Is Dose Dependent and Does Not Require Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3621-3632. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Naotoshi Tsuji, Badgar Battsetseg, Damdinsuren Boldbaatar, Takeharu Miyoshi, Xuenan Xuan, James H. Oliver, Jr., and Kozo Fujisaki

Babesial Vector Tick Defensin against Babesia sp. Parasites
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3633-3640. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Kenneth V. Hyland, Juan S. Leon, Melvin D. Daniels, Nick Giafis, LaKitta M. Woods, Thomas J. Bahk, Kegiang Wang, and David M. Engman

Modulation of Autoimmunity by Treatment of an Infectious Disease
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3641-3650. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sonia Brena, Miren J. Omaetxebarría, Natalia Elguezabal, Jonathan Cabezas, María D. Moragues, and José Pontón

Fungicidal Monoclonal Antibody C7 Binds to Candida albicans Als3
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3680-3682. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacterial Infections:

Diana Borenshtein, Prashant R. Nambiar, Elizabeth B. Groff, James G. Fox, and David B. Schauer

Development of Fatal Colitis in FVB Mice Infected with Citrobacter rodentium
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3271-3281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric J. Gauger, Mary P. Leatham, Regino Mercado-Lubo, David C. Laux, Tyrrell Conway, and Paul S. Cohen

Role of Motility and the flhDC Operon in Escherichia coli MG1655 Colonization of the Mouse Intestine
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3315-3324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julia S. Frick, Kerstin Fink, Frauke Kahl, Maria J. Niemiec, Matteo Quitadamo, Katrin Schenk, and Ingo B. Autenrieth

Identification of Commensal Bacterial Strains That Modulate Yersinia enterocolitica and Dextran Sodium Sulfate-Induced Inflammatory Responses: Implications for the Development of Probiotics
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3490-3497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Scott J. Weissman, Viktoriya Beskhlebnaya, Veronika Chesnokova, Sujay Chattopadhyay, Walter E. Stamm, Thomas M. Hooton, and Evgeni V. Sokurenko

Differential Stability and Trade-Off Effects of Pathoadaptive Mutations in the Escherichia coli FimH Adhesin
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3548-3555. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Koshiro Miura and Yasuko Rikihisa

Virulence Potential of Ehrlichia chaffeensis Strains of Distinct Genome Sequences
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3604-3613. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

Helen Miajlovic, Anthony Loughman, Marian Brennan, Dermot Cox, and Timothy J. Foster

Both Complement- and Fibrinogen-Dependent Mechanisms Contribute to Platelet Aggregation Mediated by Staphylococcus aureus Clumping Factor B
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3335-3343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adriana Reyes-Leon, John C. Atherton, Richard H. Argent, J. L. Puente, and J. Torres

Heterogeneity in the Activity of Mexican Helicobacter pylori Strains in Gastric Epithelial Cells and Its Association with Diversity in the cagA Gene
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3445-3454. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Anatoly Slepenkin, Per-Anders Enquist, Ulrik Hägglund, Luis M. de la Maza, Mikael Elofsson, and Ellena M. Peterson

Reversal of the Antichlamydial Activity of Putative Type III Secretion Inhibitors by Iron
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3478-3489. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bruno Pouvelle, Valéry Matarazzo, Christophe Jurzynski, Johannes Nemeth, Michael Ramharter, Geneviève Rougon, and Jürg Gysin

Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule, a New Cytoadhesion Receptor for Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes Capable of Aggregation
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3516-3522. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria Diakonova, Emmanuele Helfer, Stephanie Seveau, Joel A. Swanson, Christine Kocks, Liangyou Rui, Marie-France Carlier, and Christin Carter-Su

Adapter Protein SH2-Bß Stimulates Actin-Based Motility of Listeria monocytogenes in a Vasodilator-Stimulated Phosphoprotein (VASP)-Dependent Fashion
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3581-3593. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria Rita Spinosa, Cinzia Progida, Adelfia Talà, Laura Cogli, Pietro Alifano, and Cecilia Bucci

The Neisseria meningitidis Capsule Is Important for Intracellular Survival in Human Cells
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3594-3603. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

Nuno Cerca, Kimberly K. Jefferson, Tomas Maira-Litrán, Danielle B. Pier, Casie Kelly-Quintos, Donald A. Goldmann, Joana Azeredo, and Gerald B. Pier

Molecular Basis for Preferential Protective Efficacy of Antibodies Directed to the Poorly Acetylated Form of Staphylococcal Poly-N-Acetyl-ß-(1-6)-Glucosamine
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3406-3413. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Johnny W. Peterson, Jason E. Comer, Wallace B. Baze, David M. Noffsinger, Autumn Wenglikowski, Kristin G. Walberg, Jason Hardcastle, Jennifer Pawlik, Kathryn Bush, Joanna Taormina, Scott Moen, John Thomas, Bagram M. Chatuev, Laurie Sower, Ashok K. Chopra, Lawrence R. Stanberry, Ritsuko Sawada, Wolfgang W. Scholz, and Jagadish Sircar

Human Monoclonal Antibody AVP-21D9 to Protective Antigen Reduces Dissemination of the Bacillus anthracis Ames Strain from the Lungs in a Rabbit Model
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3414-3424. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hsiao-Hui Yang, Lawrence C. Madoff, Hilde-Kari Guttormsen, Yong-Dong Liu, and Lawrence C. Paoletti

Recombinant Group B Streptococcus Beta C Protein and a Variant with the Deletion of Its Immunoglobulin A-Binding Site Are Protective Mouse Maternal Vaccines and Effective Carriers in Conjugate Vaccines
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3455-3461. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jennifer M. Taylor, Melanie E. Ziman, Julie Fong, Jay V. Solnick, and Michael Vajdy

Possible Correlates of Long-Term Protection against Helicobacter pylori following Systemic or Combinations of Mucosal and Systemic Immunizations
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3462-3469. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mengyao Liu, Hui Zhu, Jinlian Zhang, and Benfang Lei

Active and Passive Immunizations with the Streptococcal Esterase Sse Protect Mice against Subcutaneous Infection with Group A Streptococci
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3651-3657. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bo Wu, Chunhong Huang, Lourdes Garcia, Alfredo Ponce de Leon, Jose Sifuentes Osornio, Miriam Bobadilla-del-Valle, Leticia Ferreira, Sergio Canizales, Peter Small, Midori Kato-Maeda, Alan M. Krensky, and Carol Clayberger

Unique Gene Expression Profiles in Infants Vaccinated with Different Strains of Mycobacterium bovis Bacille Calmette-Guérin
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3658-3664. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul Mann, Elizabeth Goebel, James Barbarich, Mylisa Pilione, Mary Kennett, and Eric Harvill

Use of a Genetically Defined Double Mutant Strain of Bordetella bronchiseptica Lacking Adenylate Cyclase and Type III Secretion as a Live Vaccine
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3665-3672. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ivano de Filippis, Claudia Ferreira de Andrade, Luciete Silva, D. Rebecca Prevots, and Ana Carolina P. Vicente

PorA Variable Antigenic Regions VR1, VR2, and VR3 of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroups B and C Isolated in Brazil from 1999 to 2004
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3683-3685. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Genomics:

Frédéric Poly, Timothy Read, David R. Tribble, Shahida Baqar, Maria Lorenzo, and Patricia Guerry

Genome Sequence of a Clinical Isolate of Campylobacter jejuni from Thailand
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3425-3433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Errata:

Rosanna Mundy, Liljana Petrovska, Katherine Smollett, Nandi Simpson, Rebecca K. Wilson, Jun Yu, Xuanlin Tu, Ilan Rosenshine, Simon Clare, Gordon Dougan, and Gad Frankel

Identification of a Novel Citrobacter rodentium Type III Secreted Protein, EspI, and Roles of This and Other Secreted Proteins in Infection
Infect. Immun. 2007 75: 3686. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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