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Spotlight:

Articles of Significant Interest Selected from This Issue by the Editors
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1801. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guest Commentary:

Ferric C. Fang

On Rejection
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1802-1803. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minireviews:

Bei Li and Ruifu Yang

Interaction between Yersinia pestis and the Host Immune System
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1804-1811. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Pathogenesis:

Jenny Miu, Nicholas H. Hunt, and Helen J. Ball

Predominance of Interferon-Related Responses in the Brain during Murine Malaria, as Identified by Microarray Analysis
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1812-1824. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Frank Galka, Sun Nyunt Wai, Harald Kusch, Susanne Engelmann, Michael Hecker, Bernd Schmeck, Stefan Hippenstiel, Bernt Eric Uhlin, and Michael Steinert

Proteomic Characterization of the Whole Secretome of Legionella pneumophila and Functional Analysis of Outer Membrane Vesicles
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1825-1836. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Mary Beth Brinkman, Melanie A. McGill, Jonas Pettersson, Arthur Rogers, Petra Matejková, David Smajs, George M. Weinstock, Steven J. Norris, and Timothy Palzkill

A Novel Treponema pallidum Antigen, TP0136, Is an Outer Membrane Protein That Binds Human Fibronectin
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1848-1857. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Theresa D. Ho, Brigid M. Davis, Jennifer M. Ritchie, and Matthew K. Waldor

Type 2 Secretion Promotes Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Adherence and Intestinal Colonization
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1858-1865. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jennifer M. Noto and Cynthia Nau Cornelissen

Identification of TbpA Residues Required for Transferrin-Iron Utilization by Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1960-1969. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philip E. Stewart, Aaron Bestor, Jonah N. Cullen, and Patricia A. Rosa

A Tightly Regulated Surface Protein of Borrelia burgdorferi Is Not Essential to the Mouse-Tick Infectious Cycle
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1970-1978. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel F. Aubert, Ronald S. Flannagan, and Miguel A. Valvano

A Novel Sensor Kinase-Response Regulator Hybrid Controls Biofilm Formation and Type VI Secretion System Activity in Burkholderia cenocepacia
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1979-1991. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kati Seidl, Christiane Goerke, Christiane Wolz, Dietrich Mack, Brigitte Berger-Bächi, and Markus Bischoff

Staphylococcus aureus CcpA Affects Biofilm Formation
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2044-2050. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Won-Bo Wang, I-Chun Chen, Sin-Sien Jiang, Hui-Ru Chen, Chia-Yu Hsu, Po-Ren Hsueh, Wei-Bin Hsu, and Shwu-Jen Liaw

Role of RppA in the Regulation of Polymyxin B Susceptibility, Swarming, and Virulence Factor Expression in Proteus mirabilis
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2051-2062. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David E. Hoke, Suhelen Egan, Paul A. Cullen, and Ben Adler

LipL32 Is an Extracellular Matrix-Interacting Protein of Leptospira spp. and Pseudoalteromonas tunicata
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2063-2069. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jenny Johansson Söderberg, Patrik Engström, and Ulrich von Pawel-Rammingen

The Intrinsic Immunoglobulin G Endopeptidase Activity of Streptococcal Mac-2 Proteins Implies a Unique Role for the Enzymatically Impaired Mac-2 Protein of M28 Serotype Strains
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2183-2188. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heather L. Briggs, Nicolein Pul, Rekha Seshadri, Mary J. Wilson, Claudia Tersteeg, Kasi E. Russell-Lodrigue, Masako Andoh, Andreas J. Bäumler, and James E. Samuel

Limited Role for Iron Regulation in Coxiella burnetii Pathogenesis
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2189-2201. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Debbie M. Hunt, José W. Saldanha, John F. Brennan, Pearline Benjamin, Molly Strom, Jeffrey A. Cole, Claire L. Spreadbury, and Roger S. Buxton

Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms That Cause Structural Changes in the Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein Transcriptional Regulator of the Tuberculosis Vaccine Strain Mycobacterium bovis BCG Alter Global Gene Expression without Attenuating Growth
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2227-2234. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

Min Mo, Hooi Chen Lee, Masayo Kotaka, Makhtar Niang, Xiaohong Gao, Jayasree Kaveri Iyer, Julien Lescar, and Peter Preiser

The C-Terminal Segment of the Cysteine-Rich Interdomain of Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1 Determines CD36 Binding and Elicits Antibodies That Inhibit Adhesion of Parasite-Infected Erythrocytes
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1837-1847. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Annette A. Angus, Amanda Ackerman Lee, Danielle K. Augustin, Ellen J. Lee, David J. Evans, and Suzanne M. J. Fleiszig

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Induces Membrane Blebs in Epithelial Cells, Which Are Utilized as a Niche for Intracellular Replication and Motility
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1992-2001. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Pei Zhang, Mikael Skurnik, Shu-Sheng Zhang, Olivier Schwartz, Ramaswamy Kalyanasundaram, Silvia Bulgheresi, Johnny J. He, John D. Klena, B. Joseph Hinnebusch, and Tie Chen

Human Dendritic Cell-Specific Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-Grabbing Nonintegrin (CD209) Is a Receptor for Yersinia pestis That Promotes Phagocytosis by Dendritic Cells
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2070-2079. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mehmet A. Eskan, Manjunatha R. Benakanakere, Beate G. Rose, Ping Zhang, Jiawei Zhao, Panagiota Stathopoulou, Daisuke Fujioka, and Denis F. Kinane

Interleukin-1β Modulates Proinflammatory Cytokine Production in Human Epithelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2080-2089. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Madhubanti Sarkar, Matthew J. Troese, Sarah A. Kearns, Tian Yang, Dexter V. Reneer, and Jason A. Carlyon

Anaplasma phagocytophilum MSP2(P44)-18 Predominates and Is Modified into Multiple Isoforms in Human Myeloid Cells
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2090-2098. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomaz Koprivnjak, Christopher Weidenmaier, Andreas Peschel, and Jerrold P. Weiss

Wall Teichoic Acid Deficiency in Staphylococcus aureus Confers Selective Resistance to Mammalian Group IIA Phospholipase A₂ and Human β-Defensin 3
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2169-2176. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Timothy Casselli, Tarah Lynch, Carolyn M. Southward, Bryan W. Jones, and Rebekah DeVinney

Vibrio parahaemolyticus Inhibition of Rho Family GTPase Activation Requires a Functional Chromosome I Type III Secretion System
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2202-2211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacterial Infections:

Alexis García, Melanie M. Ihrig, Rebecca C. Fry, Yan Feng, Sandy Xu, Samuel R. Boutin, Arlin B. Rogers, Suresh Muthupalani, Leona D. Samson, and James G. Fox

Genetic Susceptibility to Chronic Hepatitis Is Inherited Codominantly in Helicobacter hepaticus-Infected AB6F1 and B6AF1 Hybrid Male Mice, and Progression to Hepatocellular Carcinoma Is Linked to Hepatic Expression of Lipogenic Genes and Immune Function-Associated Networks
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1866-1876. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Erika I. Lutter, Monica M. P. Faria, Harvey R. Rabin, and Douglas G. Storey

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cystic Fibrosis Isolates from Individual Patients Demonstrate a Range of Levels of Lethality in Two Drosophila melanogaster Infection Models
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1877-1888. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Malene Bek-Thomsen, Hervé Tettelin, Ioana Hance, Karen E. Nelson, and Mogens Kilian

Population Diversity and Dynamics of Streptococcus mitis, Streptococcus oralis, and Streptococcus infantis in the Upper Respiratory Tracts of Adults, Determined by a Nonculture Strategy
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1889-1896. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Junichiro En, Masamichi Goto, Kazue Nakanaga, Michiyo Higashi, Norihisa Ishii, Hajime Saito, Suguru Yonezawa, Hirofumi Hamada, and Pamela L. C. Small

Mycolactone Is Responsible for the Painlessness of Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection (Buruli Ulcer) in a Murine Study
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2002-2007. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bing Pang, Dana Winn, Ryan Johnson, Wenzhou Hong, Shayla West-Barnette, Nancy Kock, and W. Edward Swords

Lipooligosaccharides Containing Phosphorylcholine Delay Pulmonary Clearance of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2037-2043. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Virginie Roupie, Valérie Rosseels, Virginie Piersoel, Denise K. Zinniel, Raúl G. Barletta, and Kris Huygen

Genetic Resistance of Mice to Mycobacterium paratuberculosis Is Influenced by Slc11a1 at the Early but Not at the Late Stage of Infection
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2099-2105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Koushik Roy, David Hamilton, Kenneth P. Allen, Mildred P. Randolph, and James M. Fleckenstein

The EtpA Exoprotein of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Promotes Intestinal Colonization and Is a Protective Antigen in an Experimental Model of Murine Infection
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2106-2112. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Host Response and Inflammation:

Alcina V. Carvalho Neta, Ana P. R. Stynen, Tatiane A. Paixão, Karina L. Miranda, Fabiana L. Silva, Christelle M. Roux, Renée M. Tsolis, Robin E. Everts, Harris A. Lewin, L. Garry Adams, Alex F. Carvalho, Andrey P. Lage, and Renato L. Santos

Modulation of the Bovine Trophoblastic Innate Immune Response by Brucella abortus
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1897-1907. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ivan Godinez, Takeshi Haneda, Manuela Raffatellu, Michael D. George, Tatiane A. Paixão, Hortensia G. Rolán, Renato L. Santos, Satya Dandekar, Renée M. Tsolis, and Andreas J. Bäumler

T Cells Help To Amplify Inflammatory Responses Induced by Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium in the Intestinal Mucosa
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2008-2017. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kelley M. Hovis, John C. Freedman, Hongming Zhang, Jonathan L. Forbes, and Richard T. Marconi

Identification of an Antiparallel Coiled-Coil/Loop Domain Required for Ligand Binding by the Borrelia hermsii FhbA Protein: Additional Evidence for the Role of FhbA in the Host-Pathogen Interaction
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2113-2122. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas J. Scriba, Sophie Sierro, Eric L. Brown, Rodney E. Phillips, Andrew K. Sewell, and Ruth C. Massey

The Staphyloccous aureus Eap Protein Activates Expression of Proinflammatory Cytokines
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2164-2168. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shona Wilson, Frances M. Jones, Joseph K. Mwatha, Gachuhi Kimani, Mark Booth, H. Curtis Kariuki, Birgitte J. Vennervald, John H. Ouma, Eric Muchiri, and David W. Dunne

Hepatosplenomegaly Is Associated with Low Regulatory and Th2 Responses to Schistosome Antigens in Childhood Schistosomiasis and Malaria Coinfection
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2212-2218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria Kaparakis, Anna K. Walduck, Jason D. Price, John S. Pedersen, Nico van Rooijen, Martin J. Pearse, Odilia L. C. Wijburg, and Richard A. Strugnell

Macrophages Are Mediators of Gastritis in Acute Helicobacter pylori Infection in C57BL/6 Mice
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2235-2239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Faith H. A. Osier, Gregory Fegan, Spencer D. Polley, Linda Murungi, Federica Verra, Kevin K. A. Tetteh, Brett Lowe, Tabitha Mwangi, Peter C. Bull, Alan W. Thomas, David R. Cavanagh, Jana S. McBride, David E. Lanar, Margaret J. Mackinnon, David J. Conway, and Kevin Marsh

Breadth and Magnitude of Antibody Responses to Multiple Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Antigens Are Associated with Protection from Clinical Malaria
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2240-2248. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Ying Wu, Joshua S. Woodworth, Daniel S. Shin, Sheldon Morris, and Samuel M. Behar

Vaccine-Elicited 10-Kilodalton Culture Filtrate Protein-Specific CD8⁺ T Cells Are Sufficient To Mediate Protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2249-2255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

Sebastian Rausch, Jochen Huehn, Dennis Kirchhoff, Justyna Rzepecka, Corinna Schnoeller, Smitha Pillai, Christoph Loddenkemper, Alexander Scheffold, Alf Hamann, Richard Lucius, and Susanne Hartmann

Functional Analysis of Effector and Regulatory T Cells in a Parasitic Nematode Infection
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1908-1919. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Godfree Mlambo, Jorge Maciel, and Nirbhay Kumar

Murine Model for Assessment of Plasmodium falciparum Transmission-Blocking Vaccine Using Transgenic Plasmodium berghei Parasites Expressing the Target Antigen Pfs25
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2018-2024. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zaida G. Ramirez-Ortiz, Charles A. Specht, Jennifer P. Wang, Chrono K. Lee, Daniella C. Bartholomeu, Ricardo T. Gazzinelli, and Stuart M. Levitz

Toll-Like Receptor 9-Dependent Immune Activation by Unmethylated CpG Motifs in Aspergillus fumigatus DNA
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2123-2129. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Sanbao Ruan, Laura McKinley, Mingquan Zheng, Xiaowen Rudner, Alain D'Souza, Jay K. Kolls, and Judd E. Shellito

Interleukin-12 and Host Defense against Murine Pneumocystis Pneumonia
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2130-2137. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Asha Jayakumar, Michael J. Donovan, Vinita Tripathi, Marcelo Ramalho-Ortigao, and Mary Ann McDowell

Leishmania major Infection Activates NF-B and Interferon Regulatory Factors 1 and 8 in Human Dendritic Cells
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2138-2148. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shanta M. Whitaker, Maria Colmenares, Karen Goldsmith Pestana, and Diane McMahon-Pratt

Leishmania pifanoi Proteoglycolipid Complex P8 Induces Macrophage Cytokine Production through Toll-Like Receptor 4
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2149-2156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

Nagaraja R. Thirumalapura, Heather L. Stevenson, David H. Walker, and Nahed Ismail

Protective Heterologous Immunity against Fatal Ehrlichiosis and Lack of Protection following Homologous Challenge
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1920-1930. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Greice Krautz-Peterson, Susan Chapman-Bonofiglio, Karen Boisvert, Hanping Feng, Ira M. Herman, Saul Tzipori, and Abhineet S. Sheoran

Intracellular Neutralization of Shiga Toxin 2 by an A Subunit-Specific Human Monoclonal Antibody
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1931-1939. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Hakim Echchannaoui, Matteo Bianchi, David Baud, Martine Bobst, Jean-Christophe Stehle, and Denise Nardelli-Haefliger

Intravaginal Immunization of Mice with Recombinant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Expressing Human Papillomavirus Type 16 Antigens as a Potential Route of Vaccination against Cervical Cancer
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1940-1951. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yong Sung Park, Jin Hyup Lee, Chien-Fu Hung, T.-C. Wu, and Tae Woo Kim

Enhancement of Antibody Responses to Bacillus anthracis Protective Antigen Domain IV by Use of Calreticulin as a Chimeric Molecular Adjuvant
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 1952-1959. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lauriane E. Quenee, Claire A. Cornelius, Nancy A. Ciletti, Derek Elli, and Olaf Schneewind

Yersinia pestis caf1 Variants and the Limits of Plague Vaccine Protection
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2025-2036. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhanqin Zhao, Yun Xue, Bin Wu, Xibiao Tang, Ruiming Hu, Yindi Xu, Aizhen Guo, and Huanchun Chen

Subcutaneous Vaccination with Attenuated Salmonella enterica Serovar Choleraesuis C500 Expressing Recombinant Filamentous Hemagglutinin and Pertactin Antigens Protects Mice against Fatal Infections with both S. enterica Serovar Choleraesuis and Bordetella bronchiseptica
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2157-2163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric T. Harvill, Manuel Osorio, Crystal L. Loving, Gloria M. Lee, Vanessa K. Kelly, and Tod J. Merkel

Anamnestic Protective Immunity to Bacillus anthracis Is Antibody Mediated but Independent of Complement and Fc Receptors
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2177-2182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susan M. Noh, Kelly A. Brayton, Wendy C. Brown, Junzo Norimine, Gerhard R. Munske, Christine M. Davitt, and Guy H. Palmer

Composition of the Surface Proteome of Anaplasma marginale and Its Role in Protective Immunity Induced by Outer Membrane Immunization
Infect. Immun. 2008 76: 2219-2226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

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: 2256. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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