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Instructions To Authors:

INFECTION AND IMMUNITY: 2008 INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1-20. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Spotlight:

Articles of Significant Interest Selected from This Issue by the Editors
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 21-22. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minireviews:

Birte Pantenburg, Sara M. Dann, Heuy-Ching Wang, Prema Robinson, Alejandro Castellanos-Gonzalez, Dorothy E. Lewis, and A. Clinton White, Jr.

Intestinal Immune Response to Human Cryptosporidium sp. Infection
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 23-29. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Pathogenesis:

Jianwu Pei, Qingmin Wu, Melissa Kahl-McDonagh, and Thomas A. Ficht

Cytotoxicity in Macrophages Infected with Rough Brucella Mutants Is Type IV Secretion System Dependent
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 30-37. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steve P. Bernier, David T. Nguyen, and Pamela A. Sokol

A LysR-Type Transcriptional Regulator in Burkholderia cenocepacia Influences Colony Morphology and Virulence
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 38-47. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James E. Bookwalter, Joseph A. Jurcisek, Scott D. Gray-Owen, Soledad Fernandez, Glen McGillivary, and Lauren O. Bakaletz

A Carcinoembryonic Antigen-Related Cell Adhesion Molecule 1 Homologue Plays a Pivotal Role in Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Colonization of the Chinchilla Nasopharynx via the Outer Membrane Protein P5-Homologous Adhesin
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 48-55. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erik G. Granquist, Snorre Stuen, Anna M. Lundgren, Margrethe Bråten, and Anthony F. Barbet

Outer Membrane Protein Sequence Variation in Lambs Experimentally Infected with Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 120-126. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kanhu C. Mishra, Chantal de Chastellier, Yeddula Narayana, Pablo Bifani, Alistair K. Brown, Gurdyal S. Besra, Vishwa M. Katoch, Beenu Joshi, Kithiganahalli N. Balaji, and Laurent Kremer

Functional Role of the PE Domain and Immunogenicity of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Triacylglycerol Hydrolase LipY
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 127-140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L. D. Handke, K. L. Rogers, M. E. Olson, G. A. Somerville, T. J. Jerrells, M. E. Rupp, P. M. Dunman, and P. D. Fey

Staphylococcus epidermidis saeR Is an Effector of Anaerobic Growth and a Mediator of Acute Inflammation
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 141-152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ge Wang and Robert J. Maier

Critical Role of RecN in Recombinational DNA Repair and Survival of Helicobacter pylori
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 153-160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jill A. Livengood, Virginia L. Schmit, and Robert D. Gilmore, Jr.

Global Transcriptome Analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi during Association with Human Neuroglial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 298-307. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Lisa A. Lewis, Sanjay Ram, Alpana Prasad, Sunita Gulati, Silke Getzlaff, Anna M. Blom, Ulrich Vogel, and Peter A. Rice

Defining Targets for Complement Components C4b and C3b on the Pathogenic Neisseriae
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 339-350. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Li Bai, Stephanie Schüller, Andrew Whale, Aurelie Mousnier, Olivier Marches, Lei Wang, Tadasuke Ooka, Robert Heuschkel, Franco Torrente, James B. Kaper, Tânia A. T. Gomes, Jianguo Xu, Alan D. Phillips, and Gad Frankel

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O125:H6 Triggers Attaching and Effacing Lesions on Human Intestinal Biopsy Specimens Independently of Nck and TccP/TccP2
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 361-368. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel V. Zurawski, Karen L. Mumy, Luminita Badea, Julia A. Prentice, Elizabeth L. Hartland, Beth A. McCormick, and Anthony T. Maurelli

The NleE/OspZ Family of Effector Proteins Is Required for Polymorphonuclear Transepithelial Migration, a Characteristic Shared by Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Shigella flexneri Infections
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 369-379. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

Adriana R. Cruz, Meagan W. Moore, Carson J. La Vake, Christian H. Eggers, Juan C. Salazar, and Justin D. Radolf

Phagocytosis of Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Potentiates Innate Immune Activation and Induces Apoptosis in Human Monocytes
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 56-70. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gunther Vogl, Astrid Plaickner, Susan Szathmary, László Stipkovits, Renate Rosengarten, and Michael P. Szostak

Mycoplasma gallisepticum Invades Chicken Erythrocytes during Infection
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 71-77. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

René E. Vasquez, Lijun Xin, and Lynn Soong

Effects of CXCL10 on Dendritic Cell and CD4⁺ T-Cell Functions during Leishmania amazonensis Infection
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 161-169. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marta Alonso-Hearn, Dilip Patel, Lia Danelishvili, Lisbeth Meunier-Goddik, and Luiz E. Bermudez

The Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis MAP3464 Gene Encodes an Oxidoreductase Involved in Invasion of Bovine Epithelial Cells through the Activation of Host Cell Cdc42
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 170-178. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Asher Maroof and Paul M. Kaye

Temporal Regulation of Interleukin-12p70 (IL-12p70) and IL-12-Related Cytokines in Splenic Dendritic Cell Subsets during Leishmania donovani Infection
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 239-249. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniela F. Bischof, Carole Janis, Edy M. Vilei, Giuseppe Bertoni, and Joachim Frey

Cytotoxicity of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides Small Colony Type to Bovine Epithelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 263-269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deirdre M. Kelly, Annemieke M. C. ten Bokum, Seonadh M. O'Leary, Mary P. O'Sullivan, and Joseph Keane

Bystander Macrophage Apoptosis after Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra Infection
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 351-360. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Host Response and Inflammation:

Jean-François Marquis, André Nantel, Ronald LaCourse, Lynn Ryan, Robert J. North, and Philippe Gros

Fibrotic Response as a Distinguishing Feature of Resistance and Susceptibility to Pulmonary Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Mice
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 78-88. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Ashok Kumar, Linda D. Hazlett, and Fu-Shin X. Yu

Flagellin Suppresses the Inflammatory Response and Enhances Bacterial Clearance in a Murine Model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Keratitis
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 89-96. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Youko Aoyagi, Elisabeth E. Adderson, Craig E. Rubens, John F. Bohnsack, Jin G. Min, Misao Matsushita, Teizo Fujita, Yoshiyuki Okuwaki, and Shinji Takahashi

L-Ficolin/Mannose-Binding Lectin-Associated Serine Protease Complexes Bind to Group B Streptococci Primarily through N-Acetylneuraminic Acid of Capsular Polysaccharide and Activate the Complement Pathway
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 179-188. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Trine H. Mogensen, Randi S. Berg, Søren R. Paludan, and Lars Østergaard

Mechanisms of Dexamethasone-Mediated Inhibition of Toll-Like Receptor Signaling Induced by Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus pneumoniae
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 189-197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shinsuke Onishi, Kiyonobu Honma, Shuang Liang, Panagiota Stathopoulou, Denis Kinane, George Hajishengallis, and Ashu Sharma

Toll-Like Receptor 2-Mediated Interleukin-8 Expression in Gingival Epithelial Cells by the Tannerella forsythia Leucine-Rich Repeat Protein BspA
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 198-205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ho Seong Seo, Suzanne M. Michalek, and Moon H. Nahm

Lipoteichoic Acid Is Important in Innate Immune Responses to Gram-Positive Bacteria
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 206-213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nobuhiko Kamada, Kenichi Maeda, Nagamu Inoue, Tadakazu Hisamatsu, Susumu Okamoto, Kyong Su Hong, Takaya Yamada, Noriaki Watanabe, Kanji Tsuchimoto, Haruhiko Ogata, and Toshifumi Hibi

Nonpathogenic Escherichia coli Strain Nissle 1917 Inhibits Signal Transduction in Intestinal Epithelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 214-220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paula Barrionuevo, Juliana Cassataro, M. Victoria Delpino, Astrid Zwerdling, Karina A. Pasquevich, Clara García Samartino, Jorge C. Wallach, Carlos A. Fossati, and Guillermo H. Giambartolomei

Brucella abortus Inhibits Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Expression and Antigen Processing through Interleukin-6 Secretion via Toll-Like Receptor 2
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 250-262. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takashi Shimizu, Yutaka Kida, and Koichi Kuwano

Mycoplasma pneumoniae-Derived Lipopeptides Induce Acute Inflammatory Responses in the Lungs of Mice
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 270-277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joao H. F. Pedra, Jochen Mattner, Jian Tao, Steven M. Kerfoot, Roger J. Davis, Richard A. Flavell, Philip W. Askenase, Zhinan Yin, and Erol Fikrig

c-Jun NH₂-Terminal Kinase 2 Inhibits Gamma Interferon Production during Anaplasma phagocytophilum Infection
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 308-316. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Irundika H. K. Dias, Lindsay Marshall, Peter A. Lambert, Iain L. C. Chapple, John B. Matthews, and Helen R. Griffiths

Gingipains from Porphyromonas gingivalis Increase the Chemotactic and Respiratory Burst-Priming Properties of the 77-Amino-Acid Interleukin-8 Variant
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 317-323. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dan Huang, Yun Shen, Liyou Qiu, Crystal Y. Chen, Ling Shen, Jim Estep, Robert Hunt, Daphne Vasconcelos, George Du, Pyone Aye, Andrew A. Lackner, Michelle H. Larsen, William R. Jacobs, Jr., Barton F. Haynes, Norman L. Letvin, and Zheng W. Chen

Immune Distribution and Localization of Phosphoantigen-Specific V2V2 T Cells in Lymphoid and Nonlymphoid Tissues in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 426-436. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

Stephen P. Saville, Anna L. Lazzell, Ashok K. Chaturvedi, Carlos Monteagudo, and Jose L. Lopez-Ribot

Use of a Genetically Engineered Strain To Evaluate the Pathogenic Potential of Yeast Cell and Filamentous Forms during Candida albicans Systemic Infection in Immunodeficient Mice
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 97-102. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Angela M. Pollard, Krystal N. Onatolu, Luisa Hiller, Kasturi Haldar, and Laura J. Knoll

Highly Polymorphic Family of Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored Surface Antigens with Evidence of Developmental Regulation in Toxoplasma gondii
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 103-110. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Babila Tachu, Smitha Pillai, Richard Lucius, and Thomas Pogonka

Essential Role of Chitinase in the Development of the Filarial Nematode Acanthocheilonema viteae
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 221-228. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Pichyangkul, U. Kum-Arb, K. Yongvanitchit, A. Limsalakpetch, M. Gettayacamin, D. E. Lanar, L. A. Ware, V. A. Stewart, D. G. Heppner, P. Mettens, J. D. Cohen, W. R. Ballou, and M. M. Fukuda

Preclinical Evaluation of the Safety and Immunogenicity of a Vaccine Consisting of Plasmodium falciparum Liver-Stage Antigen 1 with Adjuvant AS01B Administered Alone or Concurrently with the RTS,S/AS01B Vaccine in Rhesus Primates
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 229-238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karina Picazarri, Kumiko Nakada-Tsukui, and Tomoyoshi Nozaki

Autophagy during Proliferation and Encystation in the Protozoan Parasite Entamoeba invadens
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 278-288. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Catherine P. A. Ivory, Michael Prystajecky, Christian Jobin, and Kris Chadee

Toll-Like Receptor 9-Dependent Macrophage Activation by Entamoeba histolytica DNA
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 289-297. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Silvia I. Cazorla, Pablo D. Becker, Fernanda M. Frank, Thomas Ebensen, María J. Sartori, Ricardo S. Corral, Emilio L. Malchiodi, and Carlos A. Guzmán

Oral Vaccination with Salmonella enterica as a Cruzipain-DNA Delivery System Confers Protective Immunity against Trypanosoma cruzi
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 324-333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joshua W. Burgess, Theodore J. Kottom, and Andrew H. Limper

Pneumocystis carinii Exhibits a Conserved Meiotic Control Pathway
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 417-425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Paola Zago, Alejandra B. Barrio, Rubén M. Cardozo, Tomás Duffy, Alejandro G. Schijman, and Miguel A. Basombrío

Impairment of Infectivity and Immunoprotective Effect of a LYT1 Null Mutant of Trypanosoma cruzi
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 443-451. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

Si Ying Ho, Shi Qian Chua, Damian G. W. Foo, Camille Locht, Vincent T. Chow, Chit Laa Poh, and Sylvie Alonso

Highly Attenuated Bordetella pertussis Strain BPZE1 as a Potential Live Vehicle for Delivery of Heterologous Vaccine Candidates
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 111-119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Delin Zhu, Jeannette N. Williams, Jason Rice, Freda K. Stevenson, John E. Heckels, and Myron Christodoulides

A DNA Fusion Vaccine Induces Bactericidal Antibodies to a Peptide Epitope from the PorA Porin of Neisseria meningitidis
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 334-338. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christina L. Pier, William H. Tepp, Marite Bradshaw, Eric A. Johnson, Joseph T. Barbieri, and Michael R. Baldwin

Recombinant Holotoxoid Vaccine against Botulism
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 437-442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacterial Infections:

Caroline L. S. George, Kelli L. Goss, David K. Meyerholz, Fred S. Lamb, and Jeanne M. Snyder

Surfactant-Associated Protein A Provides Critical Immunoprotection in Neonatal Mice
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 380-390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mahulena Maruskova, M. Dolores Esteve-Gassent, Valerie L. Sexton, and J. Seshu

Role of the BBA64 Locus of Borrelia burgdorferi in Early Stages of Infectivity in a Murine Model of Lyme Disease
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 391-402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Trevor D. Lawley, Donna M. Bouley, Yana E. Hoy, Christine Gerke, David A. Relman, and Denise M. Monack

Host Transmission of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Is Controlled by Virulence Factors and Indigenous Intestinal Microbiota
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 403-416. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

To see an article, click its [Full Text] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.