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Articles of Significant Interest Selected from This Issue by the Editors
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1321. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minireviews:

Hany Sahly, Yona Keisari, Erika Crouch, Nathan Sharon, and Itzhak Ofek

Recognition of Bacterial Surface Polysaccharides by Lectins of the Innate Immune System and Its Contribution to Defense against Infection: the Case of Pulmonary Pathogens
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1322-1332. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Pathogenesis:

Johannes Zander, Silke Besier, Stephan H. Saum, Faramarz Dehghani, Stefan Loitsch, Volker Brade, and Thomas A. Wichelhaus

Influence of dTMP on the Phenotypic Appearance and Intracellular Persistence of Staphylococcus aureus
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1333-1339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jessica M. Boyd, Andrew Dacanay, Leah C. Knickle, Ahmed Touhami, Laura L. Brown, Manfred H. Jericho, Stewart C. Johnson, and Michael Reith

Contribution of Type IV Pili to the Virulence of Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.)
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1445-1455. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Estela M. Galván, Melissa A. S. Lasaro, and Dieter M. Schifferli

Capsular Antigen Fraction 1 and Pla Modulate the Susceptibility of Yersinia pestis to Pulmonary Antimicrobial Peptides Such as Cathelicidin
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1456-1464. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dawn M. MacRitchie, Jordan D. Ward, Anna Z. Nevesinjac, and Tracy L. Raivio

Activation of the Cpx Envelope Stress Response Down-Regulates Expression of Several Locus of Enterocyte Effacement-Encoded Genes in Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1465-1475. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne A. Wolf, Michael G. Jobling, David E. Saslowsky, Eli Kern, Kimberly R. Drake, Anne K. Kenworthy, Randall K. Holmes, and Wayne I. Lencer

Attenuated Endocytosis and Toxicity of a Mutant Cholera Toxin with Decreased Ability To Cluster Ganglioside GM₁ Molecules
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1476-1484. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brenda L. Grau, Margaret C. Henk, Katherine L. Garrison, Brett J. Olivier, Randall M. Schulz, Kathy L. O'Reilly, and Gregg S. Pettis

Further Characterization of Vibrio vulnificus Rugose Variants and Identification of a Capsular and Rugose Exopolysaccharide Gene Cluster
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1485-1497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charles V. Rosadini, Sandy M. S. Wong, and Brian J. Akerley

The Periplasmic Disulfide Oxidoreductase DsbA Contributes to Haemophilus influenzae Pathogenesis
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1498-1508. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Byung Cheol Lee, Jeong Hyun Lee, Myung Won Kim, Byoung Sik Kim, Man Hwan Oh, Kun-Soo Kim, Tae Sung Kim, and Sang Ho Choi

Vibrio vulnificus rtxE Is Important for Virulence, and Its Expression Is Induced by Exposure to Host Cells
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1509-1517. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Simon R. Clarke and Simon J. Foster

IsdA Protects Staphylococcus aureus against the Bactericidal Protease Activity of Apolactoferrin
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1518-1526. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isabelle Leduc, C. Dinitra White, Igor Nepluev, Robert E. Throm, Stanley M. Spinola, and Christopher Elkins

Outer Membrane Protein DsrA Is the Major Fibronectin-Binding Determinant of Haemophilus ducreyi
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1608-1616. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rita Tamayo, Stefan Schild, Jason T. Pratt, and Andrew Camilli

Role of Cyclic Di-GMP during El Tor Biotype Vibrio cholerae Infection: Characterization of the In Vivo-Induced Cyclic Di-GMP Phosphodiesterase CdpA
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1617-1627. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Esmeralda Valiente, Natalia Jiménez, Susana Merino, Juan M. Tomás, and Carmen Amaro

Vibrio vulnificus Biotype 2 Serovar E gne but Not galE Is Essential for Lipopolysaccharide Biosynthesis and Virulence
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1628-1638. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oxana Musatovova, T. R. Kannan, and Joel B. Baseman

Genomic Analysis Reveals Mycoplasma pneumoniae Repetitive Element 1-Mediated Recombination in a Clinical Isolate
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1639-1648. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Miranda Johnson, Alan Cockayne, and Julie A. Morrissey

Iron-Regulated Biofilm Formation in Staphylococcus aureus Newman Requires ica and the Secreted Protein Emp
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1756-1765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth M. Goebel, Daniel N. Wolfe, Kelly Elder, Scott Stibitz, and Eric T. Harvill

O Antigen Protects Bordetella parapertussis from Complement
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1774-1780. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

K. C. Johnson-Henry, K. A. Donato, G. Shen-Tu, M. Gordanpour, and P. M. Sherman

Lactobacillus rhamnosus Strain GG Prevents Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7-Induced Changes in Epithelial Barrier Function
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1340-1348. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wan-Hua Tsai, Chia-Wen Chang, Yee-Shin Lin, Woei-Jer Chuang, Jiunn-Jong Wu, Ching-Chuan Liu, Pei-Jane Tsai, and Ming T. Lin

Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin B-Induced Apoptosis in A549 Cells Is Mediated through _vβ₃ Integrin and Fas
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1349-1357. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. L. Moyer, R. T. Ramadan, J. Thurman, A. Burroughs, and M. C. Callegan

Bacillus cereus Induces Permeability of an In Vitro Blood-Retina Barrier
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1358-1367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heather Zwaferink, Silvia Stockinger, Siegfried Reipert, and Thomas Decker

Stimulation of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression by Beta Interferon Increases Necrotic Death of Macrophages upon Listeria monocytogenes Infection
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1649-1656. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacterial Infections:

Christophe Sabet, Alejandro Toledo-Arana, Nicolas Personnic, Marc Lecuit, Sarah Dubrac, Olivier Poupel, Edith Gouin, Marie-Anne Nahori, Pascale Cossart, and Hélène Bierne

The Listeria monocytogenes Virulence Factor InlJ Is Specifically Expressed In Vivo and Behaves as an Adhesin
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1368-1378. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jian Sha, Stacy L. Agar, Wallace B. Baze, Juan P. Olano, Amin A. Fadl, Tatiana E. Erova, Shaofei Wang, Sheri M. Foltz, Giovanni Suarez, Vladimir L. Motin, Sadhana Chauhan, Gary R. Klimpel, Johnny W. Peterson, and Ashok K. Chopra

Braun Lipoprotein (Lpp) Contributes to Virulence of Yersiniae: Potential Role of Lpp in Inducing Bubonic and Pneumonic Plague
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1390-1409. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gregory G. Anderson, Sophie Moreau-Marquis, Bruce A. Stanton, and George A. O'Toole

In Vitro Analysis of Tobramycin-Treated Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms on Cystic Fibrosis-Derived Airway Epithelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1423-1433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Anne Woods, Pauline Soulas-Sprauel, Benoit Jaulhac, Bérénice Arditi, Anne-Marie Knapp, Jean-Louis Pasquali, Anne-Sophie Korganow, and Thierry Martin

MyD88 Negatively Controls Hypergammaglobulinemia with Autoantibody Production during Bacterial Infection
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1657-1667. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Host Response and Inflammation:

Sirosh M. Bokhari, Kee-Jun Kim, David M. Pinson, Joyce Slusser, Hung-Wen Yeh, and Michael J. Parmely

NK Cells and Gamma Interferon Coordinate the Formation and Function of Hepatic Granulomas in Mice Infected with the Francisella tularensis Live Vaccine Strain
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1379-1389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mohammed A. Khan, Saeid Bouzari, Caixia Ma, Carrie M. Rosenberger, Kirk S. B. Bergstrom, Deanna L. Gibson, Theodore S. Steiner, and Bruce A. Vallance

Flagellin-Dependent and -Independent Inflammatory Responses following Infection by Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Citrobacter rodentium
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1410-1422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. L. Stevenson, E. C. Crossley, N. Thirumalapura, D. H. Walker, and N. Ismail

Regulatory Roles of CD1d-Restricted NKT Cells in the Induction of Toxic Shock-Like Syndrome in an Animal Model of Fatal Ehrlichiosis
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1434-1444. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edward R. Kabyemela, Michal Fried, Jonathan D. Kurtis, Theonest K. Mutabingwa, and Patrick E. Duffy

Fetal Responses during Placental Malaria Modify the Risk of Low Birth Weight
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1527-1534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yanmin Hu, Brian Henderson, Peter A. Lund, Peter Tormay, M. Tabish Ahmed, Sudagar S. Gurcha, Gurdyal S. Besra, and Anthony R. M. Coates

A Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mutant Lacking the groEL Homologue cpn60.1 Is Viable but Fails To Induce an Inflammatory Response in Animal Models of Infection
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1535-1546. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shereen Shoma, Kohsuke Tsuchiya, Ikuo Kawamura, Takamasa Nomura, Hideki Hara, Ryosuke Uchiyama, Sylvia Daim, and Masao Mitsuyama

Critical Involvement of Pneumolysin in Production of Interleukin-1 and Caspase-1-Dependent Cytokines in Infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae In Vitro: a Novel Function of Pneumolysin in Caspase-1 Activation
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1547-1557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shinn-Jong Jiang, Cho-Chou Kuo, Mark W. Berry, Amy W. Lee, and Lee Ann Campbell

Identification and Characterization of Chlamydia pneumoniae-Specific Proteins That Activate Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Production in RAW 264.7 Murine Macrophages
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1558-1564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Taiki Aoshi, Toshi Nagata, Mina Suzuki, Masato Uchijima, Dai Hashimoto, Alireza Rafiei, Takafumi Suda, Kingo Chida, and Yukio Koide

Identification of an HLA-A*0201-Restricted T-Cell Epitope on the MPT51 Protein, a Major Secreted Protein Derived from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, by MPT51 Overlapping Peptide Screening
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1565-1571. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tian Luo, Xiaofeng Zhang, Abdul Wakeel, Vsevolod L. Popov, and Jere W. McBride

A Variable-Length PCR Target Protein of Ehrlichia chaffeensis Contains Major Species-Specific Antibody Epitopes in Acidic Serine-Rich Tandem Repeats
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1572-1580. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marc P. Hübner, Bastian Pasche, Svetoslav Kalaydjiev, Peter T. Soboslay, Andreas Lengeling, Hartwig Schulz-Key, Edward Mitre, and Wolfgang H. Hoffmann

Microfilariae of the Filarial Nematode Litomosoides sigmodontis Exacerbate the Course of Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Sepsis in Mice
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1668-1677. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Semih Esin, Giovanna Batoni, Claudio Counoupas, Annarita Stringaro, Franca Lisa Brancatisano, Marisa Colone, Giuseppantonio Maisetta, Walter Florio, Giuseppe Arancia, and Mario Campa

Direct Binding of Human NK Cell Natural Cytotoxicity Receptor NKp44 to the Surfaces of Mycobacteria and Other Bacteria
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1719-1727. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Atsuhiro Masuda, Masaru Yoshida, Hideyuki Shiomi, Satoshi Ikezawa, Tetsuya Takagawa, Hiroshi Tanaka, Ryo Chinzei, Tsukasa Ishida, Yoshinori Morita, Hiromu Kutsumi, Hideto Inokuchi, Shuo Wang, Kanna Kobayashi, Shigeto Mizuno, Akira Nakamura, Toshiyuki Takai, Richard S. Blumberg, and Takeshi Azuma

Fc Receptor Regulation of Citrobacter rodentium Infection
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1728-1737. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Emily A. Whiston, Norito Sugi, Merideth C. Kamradt, Coralynn Sack, Susan R. Heimer, Michael Engelbert, Eric F. Wawrousek, Michael S. Gilmore, Bruce R. Ksander, and Meredith S. Gregory

B-Crystallin Protects Retinal Tissue during Staphylococcus aureus- Induced Endophthalmitis
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1781-1790. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

P. Lupo, Y. C. Chang, B. L. Kelsall, J. M. Farber, D. Pietrella, A. Vecchiarelli, F. Leon, and K. J. Kwon-Chung

The Presence of Capsule in Cryptococcus neoformans Influences the Gene Expression Profile in Dendritic Cells during Interaction with the Fungus
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1581-1589. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Caroline Othoro, Julie M. Moore, Kathleen A. Wannemuehler, Sichangi Moses, Altaf Lal, Juliana Otieno, Bernard Nahlen, Laurence Slutsker, and Ya Ping Shi

Elevated Gamma Interferon-Producing NK Cells, CD45RO Memory-Like T Cells, and CD4 T Cells Are Associated with Protection against Malaria Infection in Pregnancy
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1678-1685. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mykola M. Maidan, Larissa De Rop, Miguel Relloso, Rosalia Diez-Orejas, Johan M. Thevelein, and Patrick Van Dijck

Combined Inactivation of the Candida albicans GPR1 and TPS2 Genes Results in Avirulence in a Mouse Model for Systemic Infection
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1686-1694. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yan Ma, Jianjun Qiao, Wei Liu, Zhe Wan, Xiaohong Wang, Richard Calderone, and Ruoyu Li

The Sho1 Sensor Regulates Growth, Morphology, and Oxidant Adaptation in Aspergillus fumigatus but Is Not Essential for Development of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1695-1701. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takafumi Tsuboi, Satoru Takeo, Hideyuki Iriko, Ling Jin, Masateru Tsuchimochi, Shusaku Matsuda, Eun-Taek Han, Hitoshi Otsuki, Osamu Kaneko, Jetsumon Sattabongkot, Rachanee Udomsangpetch, Tatsuya Sawasaki, Motomi Torii, and Yaeta Endo

Wheat Germ Cell-Free System-Based Production of Malaria Proteins for Discovery of Novel Vaccine Candidates
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1702-1708. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Ariane Rodríguez, Jaap Goudsmit, Arjen Companjen, Ratna Mintardjo, Gert Gillissen, Dennis Tax, Jeroen Sijtsma, Gerrit Jan Weverling, Lennart Holterman, David E. Lanar, Menzo J. E. Havenga, and Katarina Radosevic

Impact of Recombinant Adenovirus Serotype 35 Priming versus Boosting of a Plasmodium falciparum Protein: Characterization of T- and B-Cell Responses to Liver-Stage Antigen 1
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1709-1718. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manjusha M. Kulkarni, Eric A. Jones, W. Robert McMaster, and Bradford S. McGwire

Fibronectin Binding and Proteolytic Degradation by Leishmania and Effects on Macrophage Activation
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1738-1747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Onome J. Akpogheneta, Nancy O. Duah, Kevin K. A. Tetteh, Samuel Dunyo, David E. Lanar, Margaret Pinder, and David J. Conway

Duration of Naturally Acquired Antibody Responses to Blood-Stage Plasmodium falciparum Is Age Dependent and Antigen Specific
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1748-1755. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

Jesús Aranda, Maria Elena Garrido, Pilar Cortés, Montserrat Llagostera, and Jordi Barbé

Analysis of the Protective Capacity of Three Streptococcus suis Proteins Induced under Divalent-Cation-Limited Conditions
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1590-1598. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth A. Ruckdeschel, Charmaine Kirkham, Alan J. Lesse, Zihua Hu, and Timothy F. Murphy

Mining the Moraxella catarrhalis Genome: Identification of Potential Vaccine Antigens Expressed during Human Infection
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1599-1607. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul Stickings, Marisa Peyre, Laura Coombes, Sylviane Muller, Rino Rappuoli, Giuseppe Del Giudice, Charalambos D. Partidos, and Dorothea Sesardic

Transcutaneous Immunization with Cross-Reacting Material CRM₁₉₇ of Diphtheria Toxin Boosts Functional Antibody Levels in Mice Primed Parenterally with Adsorbed Diphtheria Toxoid Vaccine
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1766-1773. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marion Avril, Bridget R. Kulasekara, Severin O. Gose, Chris Rowe, Madeleine Dahlbäck, Patrick E. Duffy, Michal Fried, Ali Salanti, Lynda Misher, David L. Narum, and Joseph D. Smith

Evidence for Globally Shared, Cross-Reacting Polymorphic Epitopes in the Pregnancy-Associated Malaria Vaccine Candidate VAR2CSA
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1791-1800. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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