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  Adhesin presentation in bacteria requires molecular chaperones and ushers.

  C H Jones, F Jacob-Dubuisson, K Dodson, M Kuehn, L Slonim, R Striker, S J Hultgren
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  Mycobacterium leprae produces extracellular homologs of the antigen 85 complex.

  M C Pessolani, P J Brennan
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  Role of crl in avian pathogenic Escherichia coli: a knockout mutation of crl does not affect hemagglutination activity, fibronectin binding, or Curli production.

  D L Provence, R Curtiss
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  Some properties of purified Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin II.

  S Hitotsubashi, Y Fujii, H Yamanaka, K Okamoto
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  A novel neutrophil-activating factor released by Trichomonas vaginalis.

  M F Shaio, P R Lin, C S Lee, S C Hou, P Tang, K D Yang
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  Cytoadherence characteristics of rosette-forming Plasmodium falciparum.

  R Udomsangpetch, H K Webster, K Pattanapanyasat, S Pitchayangkul, S Thaithong
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  Identification of proteases from periodontopathogenic bacteria as activators of latent human neutrophil and fibroblast-type interstitial collagenases.

  T Sorsa, T Ingman, K Suomalainen, M Haapasalo, Y T Konttinen, O Lindy, H Saari, V J Uitto
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  Identification of 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid as a Brucella abortus siderophore.

  I López-Goñi, I Moriyón, J B Neilands
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  Effect of ingested pentoxifylline on neutrophil superoxide anion production.

  S P Crouch, J Fletcher
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  Antibodies to meningococcal class 1 outer membrane proteins in South African complement-deficient and complement-sufficient subjects.

  A Orren, R E Warren, P C Potter, A M Jones, P J Lachmann, J T Poolman
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  Identification and characterization of epitopes shared between the mycobacterial 65-kilodalton heat shock protein and the actively secreted antigen 85 complex: their in situ expression on the cell wall surface of Mycobacterium leprae.

  A Rambukkana, P K Das, J D Burggraaf, W R Faber, P Teeling, S Krieg, J E Thole, M Harboe
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  Immunochemical and biological characterization of outer membrane proteins of Porphyromonas endodontalis.

  T Ogawa, S Kuribayashi, H Shimauchi, T Toda, S Hamada
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  Protective murine monoclonal antibodies to Cryptococcus neoformans.

  J Mukherjee, M D Scharff, A Casadevall
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  Limited T-cell receptor beta-chain diversity of a T-helper cell type 1-like response to Mycobacterium leprae.

  K Uyemura, J D Ohmen, C L Grisso, P A Sieling, R Wyzykowski, D M Reisinger, T H Rea, R L Modlin
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  Poly(I.C)-induced interferons enhance susceptibility of SCID mice to systemic candidiasis.

  J Jensen, A Vazquez-Torres, E Balish
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  Influence of serotype of group B streptococci on C3 degradation.

  J R Campbell, C J Baker, M S Edwards
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  Proliferative responses and gamma interferon and tumor necrosis factor production by lymphocytes isolated from tracheobroncheal lymph nodes and spleen of mice aerosol infected with Bordetella pertussis.

  J W Petersen, P H Ibsen, K Hasløv, I Heron
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  Rapid generation of specific protective immunity to Francisella tularensis.

  K L Elkins, D A Leiby, R K Winegar, C A Nacy, A H Fortier
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  Uptake and intracellular survival of Bordetella pertussis in human macrophages.

  R L Friedman, K Nordensson, L Wilson, E T Akporiaye, D E Yocum
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  Molecular characterization of a genomic region associated with virulence in Dichelobacter nodosus.

  M E Katz, R A Strugnell, J I Rood
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  Colony-stimulating factors activate human macrophages to inhibit intracellular growth of Histoplasma capsulatum yeasts.

  S L Newman, L Gootee
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  Identification of Chlamydia trachomatis antigens by use of murine T-cell lines.

  P R Beatty, R S Stephens
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  Lactoferrin release and interleukin-1, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor production by human polymorphonuclear cells stimulated by various lipopolysaccharides: relationship to growth inhibition of Candida albicans.

  C Palma, A Cassone, D Serbousek, C A Pearson, J Y Djeu
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  Interaction of the fish pathogen Aeromonas salmonicida with rainbow trout macrophages.

  R A Garduño, W W Kay
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  Characterization of the Streptococcus mutans GS-5 fruA gene encoding exo-beta-D-fructosidase.

  R A Burne, J E Penders
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  Characterization of a toxin A-negative, toxin B-positive strain of Clostridium difficile.

  D M Lyerly, L A Barroso, T D Wilkins, C Depitre, G Corthier
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  Identification of T- and B-cell epitopes of the S2 and S3 subunits of pertussis toxin by use of synthetic peptides.

  P Chong, G Zobrist, C Sia, S Loosmore, M Klein
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  Visualizations of binding and internalization of two nonlinked protein components of botulinum C2 toxin in tissue culture cells.

  I Ohishi, A Yanagimoto
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  Transfer of a dense granule protein of Plasmodium falciparum to the membrane of ring stages and isolation of dense granules.

  W Trager, C Rozario, H Shio, J Williams, M E Perkins
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  Low-passage-associated proteins of Borrelia burgdorferi B31: characterization and molecular cloning of OspD, a surface-exposed, plasmid-encoded lipoprotein.

  S J Norris, C J Carter, J K Howell, A G Barbour
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  Polymorphism of the 35- and 50-kilodalton surface glycoconjugates of Trypanosoma cruzi metacyclic trypomastigotes.

  R A Mortara, S da Silva, M F Araguth, S A Blanco, N Yoshida
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  Protection of mice against Salmonella typhimurium with an O-specific polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccine.

  D C Watson, J B Robbins, S C Szu
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  Population transcript accumulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A and elastase in sputa from patients with cystic fibrosis.

  D G Storey, E E Ujack, H R Rabin
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  Isolation and nucleotide sequence of the gene (aniA) encoding the major anaerobically induced outer membrane protein of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

  G T Hoehn, V L Clark
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  The major anaerobically induced outer membrane protein of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Pan 1, is a lipoprotein.

  G T Hoehn, V L Clark
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  Functional heterogeneity of type 1 fimbriae of Escherichia coli.

  E V Sokurenko, H S Courtney, S N Abraham, P Klemm, D L Hasty
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  Activity of defensins from human neutrophilic granulocytes against Mycobacterium avium-Mycobacterium intracellulare.

  K Ogata, B A Linzer, R I Zuberi, T Ganz, R I Lehrer, A Catanzaro
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  Characterization of an amylase-binding component of Streptococcus gordonii G9B.

  F A Scannapieco, G G Haraszthy, M I Cho, M J Levine
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  Characterization of a fucoside-binding adhesin of Candida albicans.

  F D Tosh, L J Douglas
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  Ability of Proteus mirabilis to invade human urothelial cells is coupled to motility and swarming differentiation.

  C Allison, N Coleman, P L Jones, C Hughes
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  Dissemination of enteric Mycobacterium avium infections in mice rendered immunodeficient by thymectomy and CD4 depletion or by prior infection with murine AIDS retroviruses.

  I M Orme, S K Furney, A D Roberts
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  High-affinity binding of the bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein and a recombinant amino-terminal fragment to the lipid A region of lipopolysaccharide.

  H Gazzano-Santoro, J B Parent, L Grinna, A Horwitz, T Parsons, G Theofan, P Elsbach, J Weiss, P J Conlon
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  Growth characteristics of recent sputum isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in guinea pigs infected by the respiratory route.

  V Balasubramanian, E H Wiegeshaus, D W Smith
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  A murine model of chronic mucosal colonization by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

  G B Pier, G Meluleni, E Neuger
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  Purification and characterization of a peptide essential for formation of streptolysin S by Streptococcus pyogenes.

  T Akao, T Takahashi, K Kobashi
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  Immunization with extracellular proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis induces cell-mediated immune responses and substantial protective immunity in a guinea pig model of pulmonary tuberculosis.

  P G Pal, M A Horwitz
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  Pathogen and host differences in bacterial adherence to human buccal epithelial cells in a northeast Brazilian community.

  B L Walser, R D Newman, A A Lima, R L Guerrant
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  Opsonization of Streptococcus agalactiae of bovine origin by complement and antibodies against group B polysaccharide.

  P Rainard, C Boulard
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  The platelet interactivity phenotype of Streptococcus sanguis influences the course of experimental endocarditis.

  M C Herzberg, G D MacFarlane, K Gong, N N Armstrong, A R Witt, P R Erickson, M W Meyer
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  Opsonic antibody activity against Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans in patients with rapidly progressive periodontitis.

  K Sjöström, R Darveau, R Page, C Whitney, D Engel
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  Monoclonal antibodies against the native urease of Helicobacter pylori: synergistic inhibition of urease activity by monoclonal antibody combinations.

  K Nagata, T Mizuta, Y Tonokatu, Y Fukuda, H Okamura, T Hayashi, T Shimoyama, T Tamura
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  Feedback suppression of staphylococcal enterotoxin-stimulated T-lymphocyte proliferation by macrophages through inductive nitric oxide synthesis.

  K Isobe, I Nakashima
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  Complement activation by polyclonal immunoglobulin G1 and G2 antibodies against Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophilus influenzae type b, and tetanus toxoid.

  R G Bredius, P C Driedijk, M F Schouten, R S Weening, T A Out
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  Major outer membrane proteins of Vibrio cholerae and their role in induction of protective immunity through inhibition of intestinal colonization.

  D K Sengupta, T K Sengupta, A C Ghose
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  Evaluation of genetic divergence among Borrelia burgdorferi isolates by use of OspA, fla, HSP60, and HSP70 gene probes.

  R Wallich, C Helmes, U E Schaible, Y Lobet, S E Moter, M D Kramer, M M Simon
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  Phagocytosis and killing of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae by alveolar macrophages and polymorphonuclear leukocytes isolated from pigs.

  T L Cruijsen, L A Van Leengoed, T C Dekker-Nooren, E J Schoevers, J H Verheijden
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  Electrophoretic karyotypes of clinical isolates of Coccidioides immitis.

  S Pan, G T Cole
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  Characterization and protective properties of attenuated mutants of Salmonella choleraesuis.

  S M Kelly, B A Bosecker, R Curtiss
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  Roles of peripheral leukocytes and tissue macrophages in antibacterial resistance induced by free or liposome-encapsulated muramyl tripeptide phosphatidylethanolamide.

  P M Melissen, W van Vianen, I A Bakker-Woudenberg
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  Characterization of cell wall proteins from yeast and mycelial cells of Candida albicans by labelling with biotin: comparison with other techniques.

  M Casanova, J L Lopez-Ribot, J P Martinez, R Sentandreu
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  Gastrointestinal colonization and systemic dissemination by Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis in intact and immunocompromised mice.

  L de Repentigny, M Phaneuf, L G Mathieu
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  Fusion proteins containing the A2 domain of cholera toxin assemble with B polypeptides of cholera toxin to form immunoreactive and functional holotoxin-like chimeras.

  M G Jobling, R K Holmes
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  Laminin on Toxoplasma gondii mediates parasite binding to the beta 1 integrin receptor alpha 6 beta 1 on human foreskin fibroblasts and Chinese hamster ovary cells.

  G C Furtado, Y Cao, K A Joiner
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  Lipopolysaccharides of Bacteroides intermedius (Prevotella intermedia) and Bacteroides (Porphyromonas) gingivalis induce interleukin-8 gene expression in human gingival fibroblast cultures.

  M Tamura, M Tokuda, S Nagaoka, H Takada
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  Human immune response to Campylobacter jejuni proteins expressed in vivo.

  P Panigrahi, G Losonsky, L J DeTolla, J G Morris
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  Altered synthetic response of Campylobacter jejuni to cocultivation with human epithelial cells is associated with enhanced internalization.

  M E Konkel, W Cieplak
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  Gamma interferon modifies CD4+ subset expression in murine candidiasis.

  L Romani, E Cenci, A Mencacci, R Spaccapelo, U Grohmann, P Puccetti, F Bistoni
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  Novel adjuvant action of lipopolysaccharides that possess mannose homopolysaccharides as O-specific polysaccharides on immune responses to nonimmunogenic autoantigens in mice.

  T Yokochi, M Fukada, M Kawai, Y H Zhang, G Z Jiang, K Takahashi
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  Role of the adhesion molecule lymphocyte function associated antigen 1 in toxic shock syndrome toxin 1-induced tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-1 beta secretion by human monocytes.

  R H See, A W Chow
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  Protection against Vibrio cholerae El Tor infection by specific antibodies against mannose-binding hemagglutinin pili.

  J Osek, A M Svennerholm, J Holmgren
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  Characterization of a Borrelia burgdorferi dnaJ homolog.

  J Anzola, B J Luft, G Gorgone, G Peltz
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  Effect of immunization with Freund's adjuvant and pneumolysin on histologic features of pneumococcal infection in the rat lung in vivo.

  P Roberts, P K Jeffery, T J Mitchell, P W Andrew, G J Boulnois, C Feldman, P J Cole, R Wilson
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  Human neutrophil azurocidin synergizes with leukocyte elastase and cathepsin G in the killing of Capnocytophaga sputigena.

  K T Miyasaki, A L Bodeau