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Spotlight:

Articles of Significant Interest Selected from This Issue by the Editors
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 865. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minireviews:

Felipe F. Tuon, Valdir S. Amato, Hélio A. Bacha, Tariq AlMusawi, Maria I. Duarte, and Vicente Amato Neto

Toll-Like Receptors and Leishmaniasis
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 866-872. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bruno Douradinha, Maria M. Mota, Adrian J. F. Luty, and Robert W. Sauerwein

Cross-Species Immunity in Malaria Vaccine Development: Two, Three, or Even Four for the Price of One?
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 873-878. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

Silvia Haase, Ana Cabrera, Christine Langer, Moritz Treeck, Nicole Struck, Susann Herrmann, Pascal W. Jansen, Iris Bruchhaus, Anna Bachmann, Suzana Dias, Alan F. Cowman, Hendrik G. Stunnenberg, Tobias Spielmann, and Tim-Wolf Gilberger

Characterization of a Conserved Rhoptry-Associated Leucine Zipper-Like Protein in the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 879-887. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Christy L. Ventura, Roger Higdon, Eugene Kolker, Shawn J. Skerrett, and Craig E. Rubens

Host Airway Proteins Interact with Staphylococcus aureus during Early Pneumonia
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 888-898. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Matthew K. Stone, Glynis L. Kolling, Matthew H. Lindner, and Tom G. Obrig

p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Mediates Lipopolysaccharide and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Induction of Shiga Toxin 2 Sensitivity in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1115-1121. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Rosalyn Casey, Jane Newcombe, JohnJoe McFadden, and Katherine B. Bodman-Smith

The Acute-Phase Reactant C-Reactive Protein Binds to Phosphorylcholine-Expressing Neisseria meningitidis and Increases Uptake by Human Phagocytes
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1298-1304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacterial Infections:

Marjorie D. Sutherland, Peter Thorkildson, Samuel D. Parks, and Thomas R. Kozel

In Vivo Fate and Distribution of Poly--D-Glutamic Acid, the Capsular Antigen from Bacillus anthracis
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 899-906. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Melissa Barman, David Unold, Kathleen Shifley, Elad Amir, Kueichun Hung, Nicolaas Bos, and Nita Salzman

Enteric Salmonellosis Disrupts the Microbial Ecology of the Murine Gastrointestinal Tract
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 907-915. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrick Sanz, Louise D. Teel, Farhang Alem, Humberto M. Carvalho, Stephen C. Darnell, and Alison D. O'Brien

Detection of Bacillus anthracis Spore Germination In Vivo by Bioluminescence Imaging
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1036-1047. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

A. P. White, D. L. Gibson, G. A. Grassl, W. W. Kay, B. B. Finlay, B. A. Vallance, and M. G. Surette

Aggregation via the Red, Dry, and Rough Morphotype Is Not a Virulence Adaptation in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1048-1058. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lisa R. Quin, Quincy C. Moore, III, Justin A. Thornton, and Larry S. McDaniel

Peritoneal Challenge Modulates Expression of Pneumococcal Surface Protein C during Bacteremia in Mice
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1122-1127. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

A Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Succinate Dehydrogenase/Fumarate Reductase Double Mutant Is Avirulent and Immunogenic in BALB/c Mice
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1128-1134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert P. Fagan, Matthew A. Lambert, and Stephen G. J. Smith

The Hek Outer Membrane Protein of Escherichia coli Strain RS218 Binds to Proteoglycan and Utilizes a Single Extracellular Loop for Adherence, Invasion, and Autoaggregation
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1135-1142. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew J. Fabich, Shari A. Jones, Fatema Z. Chowdhury, Amanda Cernosek, April Anderson, Darren Smalley, J. Wesley McHargue, G. Aaron Hightower, Joel T. Smith, Steven M. Autieri, Mary P. Leatham, Jeremy J. Lins, Regina L. Allen, David C. Laux, Paul S. Cohen, and Tyrrell Conway

Comparison of Carbon Nutrition for Pathogenic and Commensal Escherichia coli Strains in the Mouse Intestine
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1143-1152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John J. Lazarus, Maria A. Kay, Akisha L. McCarter, and R. Mark Wooten

Viable Borrelia burgdorferi Enhances Interleukin-10 Production and Suppresses Activation of Murine Macrophages
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1153-1162. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kimberley D. Seed and Jonathan J. Dennis

Development of Galleria mellonella as an Alternative Infection Model for the Burkholderia cepacia Complex
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1267-1275. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Host Response and Inflammation:

Soumya D. Chakravarty, Guofeng Zhu, Ming C. Tsai, Vellore P. Mohan, Simeone Marino, Denise E. Kirschner, Luqi Huang, JoAnne Flynn, and John Chan

Tumor Necrosis Factor Blockade in Chronic Murine Tuberculosis Enhances Granulomatous Inflammation and Disorganizes Granulomas in the Lungs
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 916-926. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomomi Hashizume, Atsushi Togawa, Tomonori Nochi, Osamu Igarashi, Mi-Na Kweon, Hiroshi Kiyono, and Masafumi Yamamoto

Peyer's Patches Are Required for Intestinal Immunoglobulin A Responses to Salmonella spp.
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 927-934. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bruno Rivas-Santiago, Rogelio Hernandez-Pando, Claudia Carranza, Esmeralda Juarez, Juan Leon Contreras, Diana Aguilar-Leon, Martha Torres, and Eduardo Sada

Expression of Cathelicidin LL-37 during Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Human Alveolar Macrophages, Monocytes, Neutrophils, and Epithelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 935-941. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wen Cheng, Pooja Shivshankar, Youmin Zhong, Ding Chen, Zhongyu Li, and Guangming Zhong

Intracellular Interleukin-1 Mediates Interleukin-8 Production Induced by Chlamydia trachomatis Infection via a Mechanism Independent of Type I Interleukin-1 Receptor
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 942-951. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicole M. Iovine, Seema Pursnani, Alex Voldman, Gregory Wasserman, Martin J. Blaser, and Yvette Weinrauch

Reactive Nitrogen Species Contribute to Innate Host Defense against Campylobacter jejuni
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 986-993. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chih-Feng Kuo, Yee-Shin Lin, Woei-Jer Chuang, Jiunn-Jong Wu, and Nina Tsao

Degradation of Complement 3 by Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin B Inhibits Complement Activation and Neutrophil Opsonophagocytosis
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1163-1169. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chiou-Yueh Yeh, Chun-Nan Lin, Chuan-Fa Chang, Chun-Hung Lin, Huei-Ting Lien, Jen-Yang Chen, and Jean-San Chia

C-Terminal Repeats of Clostridium difficile Toxin A Induce Production of Chemokine and Adhesion Molecules in Endothelial Cells and Promote Migration of Leukocytes
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1170-1178. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matam Vijay-Kumar, Jesse D. Aitken, Amrita Kumar, Andrew S. Neish, Satoshi Uematsu, Shizuo Akira, and Andrew T. Gewirtz

Toll-Like Receptor 5-Deficient Mice Have Dysregulated Intestinal Gene Expression and Nonspecific Resistance to Salmonella-Induced Typhoid-Like Disease
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1276-1281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Sang Sun Yoon and John J. Mekalanos

Decreased Potency of the Vibrio cholerae Sheathed Flagellum To Trigger Host Innate Immunity
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1282-1288. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mai Ping Tan, John Pedersen, Yifan Zhan, Andrew M. Lew, Martin J. Pearse, Odilia L. C. Wijburg, and Richard A. Strugnell

CD8⁺ T Cells Are Associated with Severe Gastritis in Helicobacter pylori- Infected Mice in the Absence of CD4⁺ T Cells
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1289-1297. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

Camille Bretz, Geoff Gersuk, Sue Knoblaugh, Neelkamal Chaudhary, Julie Randolph-Habecker, Robert C. Hackman, Janet Staab, and Kieren A. Marr

MyD88 Signaling Contributes to Early Pulmonary Responses to Aspergillus fumigatus
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 952-958. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jose E. Teixeira and Christopher D. Huston

Participation of the Serine-Rich Entamoeba histolytica Protein in Amebic Phagocytosis of Apoptotic Host Cells
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 959-966. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adi Koneti, Michael J. Linke, Elmer Brummer, and David A. Stevens

Evasion of Innate Immune Responses: Evidence for Mannose Binding Lectin Inhibition of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Production by Macrophages in Response to Blastomyces dermatitidis
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 994-1002. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stacie Reckling, Senad Divanovic, Christopher L. Karp, Sara Wojciechowski, Yasmine Belkaid, and David Hildeman

Proapoptotic Bcl-2 Family Member Bim Promotes Persistent Infection and Limits Protective Immunity
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1179-1185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David J. Gregory, Robert Sladek, Martin Olivier, and Greg Matlashewski

Comparison of the Effects of Leishmania major or Leishmania donovani Infection on Macrophage Gene Expression
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1186-1192. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Lisa A. Purcell, Stephanie K. Yanow, Moses Lee, Terry W. Spithill, and Ana Rodriguez

Chemical Attenuation of Plasmodium berghei Sporozoites Induces Sterile Immunity in Mice
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1193-1199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Imtiaz A. Khan, Rubeena Hakak, Karen Eberle, Peter Sayles, Louis M. Weiss, and Joseph F. Urban, Jr.

Coinfection with Heligmosomoides polygyrus Fails To Establish CD8⁺ T-Cell Immunity against Toxoplasma gondii
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1305-1313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

Laura A. Novotny, Santiago Partida-Sánchez, Robert S. Munson, Jr., and Lauren O. Bakaletz

Differential Uptake and Processing of a Haemophilus influenzae P5-Derived Immunogen by Chinchilla Dendritic Cells
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 967-977. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Swati Bhowmick, Rajesh Ravindran, and Nahid Ali

gp63 in Stable Cationic Liposomes Confers Sustained Vaccine Immunity to Susceptible BALB/c Mice Infected with Leishmania donovani
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1003-1015. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giane A. Oliveira, Kota Arun Kumar, J. Mauricio Calvo-Calle, Caroline Othoro, David Altszuler, Victor Nussenzweig, and Elizabeth H. Nardin

Class II-Restricted Protective Immunity Induced by Malaria Sporozoites
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1200-1206. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dietmar M. W. Zaiss, Natascha de Graaf, and Alice J. A. M. Sijts

The Proteasome Immunosubunit Multicatalytic Endopeptidase Complex-Like 1 Is a T-Cell-Intrinsic Factor Influencing Homeostatic Expansion
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1207-1213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine A. Shaw and Michael N. Starnbach

Antigen Delivered by Anthrax Lethal Toxin Induces the Development of Memory CD8⁺ T Cells That Can Be Rapidly Boosted and Display Effector Functions
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1214-1222. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Henriette Macmillan, Junzo Norimine, Kelly A. Brayton, Guy H. Palmer, and Wendy C. Brown

Physical Linkage of Naturally Complexed Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins Enhances Immunogenicity
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1223-1229. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Subunit Vaccine against the Seven Serotypes of Botulism
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1314-1318. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Pathogenesis:

Paul Sumby, Shizhen Zhang, Adeline R. Whitney, Fabiana Falugi, Guido Grandi, Edward A. Graviss, Frank R. DeLeo, and James M. Musser

A Chemokine-Degrading Extracellular Protease Made by Group A Streptococcus Alters Pathogenesis by Enhancing Evasion of the Innate Immune Response
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 978-985. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Kara L. Main-Hester, Katherine M. Colpitts, Gracie A. Thomas, Ferric C. Fang, and Stephen J. Libby

Coordinate Regulation of Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 1 (SPI1) and SPI4 in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1024-1035. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Soledad Saldías, Julie Lamothe, Robert Wu, and Miguel A. Valvano

Burkholderia cenocepacia Requires the RpoN Sigma Factor for Biofilm Formation and Intracellular Trafficking within Macrophages
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1059-1067. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dongmei Li and Ambrose Cheung

Repression of hla by rot Is Dependent on sae in Staphylococcus aureus
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1068-1075. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshio Fujii, Ken Tsurumi, Masaaki Sato, Eizo Takahashi, and Keinosuke Okamoto

Fluid Secretion Caused by Aerolysin-Like Hemolysin of Aeromonas sobria in the Intestines Is Due to Stimulation of Production of Prostaglandin E₂ via Cyclooxygenase 2 by Intestinal Cells
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1076-1082. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laura Runyen-Janecky, Aaron Daugherty, Benjamin Lloyd, Christopher Wellington, Haig Eskandarian, and Matthew Sagransky

Role and Regulation of Iron-Sulfur Cluster Biosynthesis Genes in Shigella flexneri Virulence
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1083-1092. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lisa M. Mullen, Sean P. Nair, John M. Ward, Andrew N. Rycroft, Rachel J. Williams, Giles Robertson, Nicky J. Mordan, and Brian Henderson

Novel Adhesin from Pasteurella multocida That Binds to the Integrin-Binding Fibronectin FnIII_9-10 Repeats
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1093-1104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lacey K. Bingham-Ramos and David R. Hendrixson

Characterization of Two Putative Cytochrome c Peroxidases of Campylobacter jejuni Involved in Promoting Commensal Colonization of Poultry
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1105-1114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wouter T. Hendriksen, Tomas G. Kloosterman, Hester J. Bootsma, Silvia Estevão, Ronald de Groot, Oscar P. Kuipers, and Peter W. M. Hermans

Site-Specific Contributions of Glutamine-Dependent Regulator GlnR and GlnR-Regulated Genes to Virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1230-1238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yanlin Shi, Qilong Xu, Kristy McShan, and Fang Ting Liang

Both Decorin-Binding Proteins A and B Are Critical for the Overall Virulence of Borrelia burgdorferi
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1239-1246. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Naoko Imuta, Junichiro Nishi, Koichi Tokuda, Rika Fujiyama, Kunihiro Manago, Mayumi Iwashita, Jav Sarantuya, and Yoshifumi Kawano

The Escherichia coli Efflux Pump TolC Promotes Aggregation of Enteroaggregative E. coli 042
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1247-1256. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neil K. Fennelly, Federico Sisti, Sarah C. Higgins, Pádraig J. Ross, Han van der Heide, Frits R. Mooi, Aoife Boyd, and Kingston H. G. Mills

Bordetella pertussis Expresses a Functional Type III Secretion System That Subverts Protective Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1257-1266. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Genomics:

Kaori Izutsu, Ken Kurokawa, Kosuke Tashiro, Satoru Kuhara, Tetsuya Hayashi, Takeshi Honda, and Tetsuya Iida

Comparative Genomic Analysis Using Microarray Demonstrates a Strong Correlation between the Presence of the 80-Kilobase Pathogenicity Island and Pathogenicity in Kanagawa Phenomenon-Positive Vibrio parahaemolyticus Strains
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1016-1023. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Author's Correction:

Melissa M. Kendall, David A. Rasko, and Vanessa Sperandio

Global Effects of the Cell-to-Cell Signaling Molecules Autoinducer-2, Autoinducer-3, and Epinephrine in a luxS Mutant of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1319. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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