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Contents: January 2008, Volume 76, Issue 1        Instructions To Authors        Spotlight        Minireviews        Molecular Pathogenesis        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Host Response and Inflammation        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Bacterial Infections

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Instructions To Authors:

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

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Spotlight:

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

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Minireviews:

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Intestinal Immune Response to Human Cryptosporidium sp. Infection Birte Pantenburg, Sara M. Dann, Heuy-Ching Wang, Prema Robinson, Alejandro Castellanos-Gonzalez, Dorothy E. Lewis, and A. Clinton White, Jr. Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 23-29; published ahead of print October 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00960-07 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Cytotoxicity in Macrophages Infected with Rough Brucella Mutants Is Type IV Secretion System Dependent Jianwu Pei, Qingmin Wu, Melissa Kahl-McDonagh, and Thomas A. Ficht Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 30-37; published ahead of print October 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00379-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A LysR-Type Transcriptional Regulator in Burkholderia cenocepacia Influences Colony Morphology and Virulence Steve P. Bernier, David T. Nguyen, and Pamela A. Sokol Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 38-47; published ahead of print October 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00874-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 James E. Bookwalter, Joseph A. Jurcisek, Scott D. Gray-Owen, Soledad Fernandez, Glen McGillivary, and Lauren O. Bakaletz Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 48-55; published ahead of print October 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00980-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Outer Membrane Protein Sequence Variation in Lambs Experimentally Infected with Anaplasma phagocytophilum Erik G. Granquist, Snorre Stuen, Anna M. Lundgren, Margrethe Bråten, and Anthony F. Barbet Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 120-126; published ahead of print October 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.01206-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Role of the PE Domain and Immunogenicity of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Triacylglycerol Hydrolase LipY 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 Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 127-140; published ahead of print October 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00410-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Staphylococcus epidermidis saeR Is an Effector of Anaerobic Growth and a Mediator of Acute Inflammation 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 Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 141-152; published ahead of print October 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00556-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Critical Role of RecN in Recombinational DNA Repair and Survival of Helicobacter pylori Ge Wang and Robert J. Maier Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 153-160; published ahead of print October 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00791-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Global Transcriptome Analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi during Association with Human Neuroglial Cells Jill A. Livengood, Virginia L. Schmit, and Robert D. Gilmore, Jr. Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 298-307; published ahead of print November 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00866-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Defining Targets for Complement Components C4b and C3b on the Pathogenic Neisseriae Lisa A. Lewis, Sanjay Ram, Alpana Prasad, Sunita Gulati, Silke Getzlaff, Anna M. Blom, Ulrich Vogel, and Peter A. Rice Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 339-350; published ahead of print November 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00613-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O125:H6 Triggers Attaching and Effacing Lesions on Human Intestinal Biopsy Specimens Independently of Nck and TccP/TccP2 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 Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 361-368; published ahead of print November 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.01199-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The NleE/OspZ Family of Effector Proteins Is Required for Polymorphonuclear Transepithelial Migration, a Characteristic Shared by Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Shigella flexneri Infections Daniel V. Zurawski, Karen L. Mumy, Luminita Badea, Julia A. Prentice, Elizabeth L. Hartland, Beth A. McCormick, and Anthony T. Maurelli Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 369-379; published ahead of print November 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00684-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Phagocytosis of Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Potentiates Innate Immune Activation and Induces Apoptosis in Human Monocytes Adriana R. Cruz, Meagan W. Moore, Carson J. La Vake, Christian H. Eggers, Juan C. Salazar, and Justin D. Radolf Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 56-70; published ahead of print October 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.01039-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycoplasma gallisepticum Invades Chicken Erythrocytes during Infection Gunther Vogl, Astrid Plaickner, Susan Szathmary, László Stipkovits, Renate Rosengarten, and Michael P. Szostak Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 71-77; published ahead of print October 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00871-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of CXCL10 on Dendritic Cell and CD4+ T-Cell Functions during Leishmania amazonensis Infection René E. Vasquez, Lijun Xin, and Lynn Soong Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 161-169; published ahead of print November 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00825-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis MAP3464 Gene Encodes an Oxidoreductase Involved in Invasion of Bovine Epithelial Cells through the Activation of Host Cell Cdc42 Marta Alonso-Hearn, Dilip Patel, Lia Danelishvili, Lisbeth Meunier-Goddik, and Luiz E. Bermudez Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 170-178; published ahead of print October 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.01913-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Temporal Regulation of Interleukin-12p70 (IL-12p70) and IL-12-Related Cytokines in Splenic Dendritic Cell Subsets during Leishmania donovani Infection Asher Maroof and Paul M. Kaye Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 239-249; published ahead of print November 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00643-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytotoxicity of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides Small Colony Type to Bovine Epithelial Cells Daniela F. Bischof, Carole Janis, Edy M. Vilei, Giuseppe Bertoni, and Joachim Frey Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 263-269; published ahead of print November 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00938-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bystander Macrophage Apoptosis after Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra Infection Deirdre M. Kelly, Annemieke M. C. ten Bokum, Seonadh M. O'Leary, Mary P. O'Sullivan, and Joseph Keane Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 351-360; published ahead of print October 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00614-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Fibrotic Response as a Distinguishing Feature of Resistance and Susceptibility to Pulmonary Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Mice Jean-François Marquis, André Nantel, Ronald LaCourse, Lynn Ryan, Robert J. North, and Philippe Gros Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 78-88; published ahead of print October 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00369-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Flagellin Suppresses the Inflammatory Response and Enhances Bacterial Clearance in a Murine Model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Keratitis Ashok Kumar, Linda D. Hazlett, and Fu-Shin X. Yu Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 89-96; published ahead of print October 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.01232-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 Youko Aoyagi, Elisabeth E. Adderson, Craig E. Rubens, John F. Bohnsack, Jin G. Min, Misao Matsushita, Teizo Fujita, Yoshiyuki Okuwaki, and Shinji Takahashi Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 179-188; published ahead of print October 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00837-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mechanisms of Dexamethasone-Mediated Inhibition of Toll-Like Receptor Signaling Induced by Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus pneumoniae Trine H. Mogensen, Randi S. Berg, Søren R. Paludan, and Lars Østergaard Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 189-197; published ahead of print October 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00856-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toll-Like Receptor 2-Mediated Interleukin-8 Expression in Gingival Epithelial Cells by the Tannerella forsythia Leucine-Rich Repeat Protein BspA Shinsuke Onishi, Kiyonobu Honma, Shuang Liang, Panagiota Stathopoulou, Denis Kinane, George Hajishengallis, and Ashu Sharma Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 198-205; published ahead of print October 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.01139-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lipoteichoic Acid Is Important in Innate Immune Responses to Gram-Positive Bacteria Ho Seong Seo, Suzanne M. Michalek, and Moon H. Nahm Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 206-213; published ahead of print October 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.01140-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nonpathogenic Escherichia coli Strain Nissle 1917 Inhibits Signal Transduction in Intestinal Epithelial Cells Nobuhiko Kamada, Kenichi Maeda, Nagamu Inoue, Tadakazu Hisamatsu, Susumu Okamoto, Kyong Su Hong, Takaya Yamada, Noriaki Watanabe, Kanji Tsuchimoto, Haruhiko Ogata, and Toshifumi Hibi Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 214-220; published ahead of print October 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.01193-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Brucella abortus Inhibits Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Expression and Antigen Processing through Interleukin-6 Secretion via Toll-Like Receptor 2 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 Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 250-262; published ahead of print November 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00949-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycoplasma pneumoniae-Derived Lipopeptides Induce Acute Inflammatory Responses in the Lungs of Mice Takashi Shimizu, Yutaka Kida, and Koichi Kuwano Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 270-277; published ahead of print October 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00955-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

c-Jun NH2-Terminal Kinase 2 Inhibits Gamma Interferon Production during Anaplasma phagocytophilum Infection 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 Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 308-316; published ahead of print November 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00599-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gingipains from Porphyromonas gingivalis Increase the Chemotactic and Respiratory Burst-Priming Properties of the 77-Amino-Acid Interleukin-8 Variant Irundika H. K. Dias, Lindsay Marshall, Peter A. Lambert, Iain L. C. Chapple, John B. Matthews, and Helen R. Griffiths Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 317-323; published ahead of print November 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00618-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immune Distribution and Localization of Phosphoantigen-Specific V2V2 T Cells in Lymphoid and Nonlymphoid Tissues in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection 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 Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 426-436; published ahead of print October 8, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.01008-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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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 Stephen P. Saville, Anna L. Lazzell, Ashok K. Chaturvedi, Carlos Monteagudo, and Jose L. Lopez-Ribot Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 97-102; published ahead of print October 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00982-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Highly Polymorphic Family of Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored Surface Antigens with Evidence of Developmental Regulation in Toxoplasma gondii Angela M. Pollard, Krystal N. Onatolu, Luisa Hiller, Kasturi Haldar, and Laura J. Knoll Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 103-110; published ahead of print October 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.01170-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Essential Role of Chitinase in the Development of the Filarial Nematode Acanthocheilonema viteae Babila Tachu, Smitha Pillai, Richard Lucius, and Thomas Pogonka Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 221-228; published ahead of print October 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00701-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 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 Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 229-238; published ahead of print October 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00977-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Autophagy during Proliferation and Encystation in the Protozoan Parasite Entamoeba invadens Karina Picazarri, Kumiko Nakada-Tsukui, and Tomoyoshi Nozaki Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 278-288; published ahead of print October 8, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00636-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toll-Like Receptor 9-Dependent Macrophage Activation by Entamoeba histolytica DNA Catherine P. A. Ivory, Michael Prystajecky, Christian Jobin, and Kris Chadee Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 289-297; published ahead of print November 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.01217-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Oral Vaccination with Salmonella enterica as a Cruzipain-DNA Delivery System Confers Protective Immunity against Trypanosoma cruzi Silvia I. Cazorla, Pablo D. Becker, Fernanda M. Frank, Thomas Ebensen, María J. Sartori, Ricardo S. Corral, Emilio L. Malchiodi, and Carlos A. Guzmán Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 324-333; published ahead of print October 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.01163-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pneumocystis carinii Exhibits a Conserved Meiotic Control Pathway Joshua W. Burgess, Theodore J. Kottom, and Andrew H. Limper Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 417-425; published ahead of print November 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00986-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Impairment of Infectivity and Immunoprotective Effect of a LYT1 Null Mutant of Trypanosoma cruzi M. Paola Zago, Alejandra B. Barrio, Rubén M. Cardozo, Tomás Duffy, Alejandro G. Schijman, and Miguel A. Basombrío Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 443-451; published ahead of print October 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00400-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Highly Attenuated Bordetella pertussis Strain BPZE1 as a Potential Live Vehicle for Delivery of Heterologous Vaccine Candidates Si Ying Ho, Shi Qian Chua, Damian G. W. Foo, Camille Locht, Vincent T. Chow, Chit Laa Poh, and Sylvie Alonso Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 111-119; published ahead of print October 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00795-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A DNA Fusion Vaccine Induces Bactericidal Antibodies to a Peptide Epitope from the PorA Porin of Neisseria meningitidis Delin Zhu, Jeannette N. Williams, Jason Rice, Freda K. Stevenson, John E. Heckels, and Myron Christodoulides Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 334-338; published ahead of print October 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00943-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recombinant Holotoxoid Vaccine against Botulism Christina L. Pier, William H. Tepp, Marite Bradshaw, Eric A. Johnson, Joseph T. Barbieri, and Michael R. Baldwin Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 437-442; published ahead of print October 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00843-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Surfactant-Associated Protein A Provides Critical Immunoprotection in Neonatal Mice Caroline L. S. George, Kelli L. Goss, David K. Meyerholz, Fred S. Lamb, and Jeanne M. Snyder Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 380-390; published ahead of print October 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.01043-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of the BBA64 Locus of Borrelia burgdorferi in Early Stages of Infectivity in a Murine Model of Lyme Disease Mahulena Maruskova, M. Dolores Esteve-Gassent, Valerie L. Sexton, and J. Seshu Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 391-402; published ahead of print November 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.01118-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Host Transmission of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Is Controlled by Virulence Factors and Indigenous Intestinal Microbiota Trevor D. Lawley, Donna M. Bouley, Yana E. Hoy, Christine Gerke, David A. Relman, and Denise M. Monack Infect. Immun. January 2008 76: 403-416; published ahead of print October 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.01189-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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