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  Molecular determinants of Listeria monocytogenes pathogenesis.

  D A Portnoy, T Chakraborty, W Goebel, P Cossart
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  Level of neutrophil chemotactic factor CINC/gro, a member of the interleukin-8 family, associated with lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation in rats.

  M Iida, K Watanabe, M Tsurufuji, K Takaishi, Y Iizuka, S Tsurufuji
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  Lymphoproliferative activity of Pseudomonas exotoxin A is dependent on intracellular processing and is associated with the carboxyl-terminal portion.

  P K Legaard, R D LeGrand, M L Misfeldt
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  Importance of endogenous tumor necrosis factor alpha and gamma interferon in host resistance against Pneumocystis carinii infection.

  W Chen, E A Havell, A G Harmsen
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  Susceptibility of porcine intestine to pilus-mediated adhesion by some isolates of piliated enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli increases with age.

  B Nagy, T A Casey, S C Whipp, H W Moon
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  Interleukin-6 response of epithelial cell lines to bacterial stimulation in vitro.

  S Hedges, M Svensson, C Svanborg
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  Cloning, expression, and DNA sequence analysis of genes encoding nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae high-molecular-weight surface-exposed proteins related to filamentous hemagglutinin of Bordetella pertussis.

  S J Barenkamp, E Leininger
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  A synthetic glycoconjugate representing the genus-specific epitope of chlamydial lipopolysaccharide exhibits the same specificity as its natural counterpart.

  Y Fu, M Baumann, P Kosma, L Brade, H Brade
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  Lipooligosaccharides (LOS) of some Haemophilus species mimic human glycosphingolipids, and some LOS are sialylated.

  R E Mandrell, R McLaughlin, Y Aba Kwaik, A Lesse, R Yamasaki, B Gibson, S M Spinola, M A Apicella
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  Role of energy metabolism in conversion of nonmucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa to the mucoid phenotype.

  J M Terry, S E Piña, S J Mattingly
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  Protein D, the immunoglobulin D-binding protein of Haemophilus influenzae, is a lipoprotein.

  H Janson, L O Hedén, A Forsgren
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  Purification and characterization of an enterotoxin from Bacteroides fragilis.

  R L Van Tassell, D M Lyerly, T D Wilkins
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  Stable, conserved outer membrane epitope of strains of Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius associated with Brazilian purpuric fever.

  A J Lesse, L L Gheesling, W E Bittner, S D Myers, G M Carlone
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  Phagocytic killing of encapsulated and microencapsulated Staphylococcus aureus by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

  S Xu, R D Arbeit, J C Lee
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  Role of the Staphylococcus epidermidis slime layer in experimental tunnel tract infections.

  C C Patrick, M R Plaunt, S V Hetherington, S M May
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  Isolation and characterization of recombinant antigens from Leishmania aethiopica that react with human antibodies.

  A Osland, D Beyene, S Ashenafi, A Beetsma
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  Differential myelopoietic responsiveness of BALB/c (Itys) and C.D2 (Ityr) mice to lipopolysaccharide administration and Salmonella typhimurium infection.

  V M Peterson, G S Madonna, S N Vogel
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  Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from Brucella abortus is less toxic than that from Escherichia coli, suggesting the possible use of B. abortus or LPS from B. abortus as a carrier in vaccines.

  J Goldstein, T Hoffman, C Frasch, E F Lizzio, P R Beining, D Hochstein, Y L Lee, R D Angus, B Golding
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  Protection of squirrel monkeys against virulent Plasmodium falciparum infections by use of attenuated parasites.

  T Fandeur, J Gysin, O Mercereau-Puijalon
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  Mouse model for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia that uses natural transmission to initiate infection.

  M A Powles, D C McFadden, L A Pittarelli, D M Schmatz
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  Use of restriction endonuclease analysis and ribotyping to study epidemiology of Pasteurella multocida in closed swine herds.

  G Zhao, C Pijoan, M P Murtaugh, T W Molitor
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  Use of recombinant interleukin-2 to enhance adoptive transfer of resistance to Listeria monocytogenes infection.

  M Haak-Frendscho, C J Czuprynski
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  Hemolysin-producing Listeria monocytogenes affects the immune response to T-cell-dependent and T-cell-independent antigens.

  C M Hage-Chahine, G Del Giudice, P H Lambert, J C Pechere
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  Roles of conserved and allelic regions of the major merozoite surface protein (gp195) in immunity against Plasmodium falciparum.

  G S Hui, A Hashimoto, S P Chang
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  Identification of the mucin-binding adhesin of Pseudomonas cepacia isolated from patients with cystic fibrosis.

  S U Sajjan, J F Forstner
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  Tumor necrosis factor production in patients with leprosy.

  P F Barnes, D Chatterjee, P J Brennan, T H Rea, R L Modlin
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  Influence of immunization on Porphyromonas gingivalis colonization and invasion in the mouse chamber model.

  C A Genco, D R Kapczynski, C W Cutler, R J Arko, R R Arnold
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  Porphyromonas gingivalis virulence in mice: induction of immunity to bacterial components.

  L Kesavalu, J L Ebersole, R L Machen, S C Holt
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  Effect of recombinant human macrophage colony-stimulating factor 1 on immunopathology of experimental brucellosis in mice.

  A G Doyle, W J Halliday, C J Barnett, T L Dunn, D A Hume
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  Plasmodium falciparum malaria: evidence for an isotype imbalance which may be responsible for delayed acquisition of protective immunity.

  H Bouharoun-Tayoun, P Druilhe
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  Mucosal immunization with filamentous hemagglutinin protects against Bordetella pertussis respiratory infection.

  R D Shahin, D F Amsbaugh, M F Leef
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  Effect of antigen-specific T helper cells or interleukin-2 on suppressive ability of macrophage subsets detected in spleens of Trypanosoma cruzi-infected mice as determined by limiting dilution-partition analysis.

  M C Cerrone, D M Ritter, R E Kuhn
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  Hydrophobic surface protein masking by the opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida albicans.

  K C Hazen, B W Hazen
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  Analysis of oocyst wall and sporozoite antigens from three Cryptosporidium species.

  J M Nina, V McDonald, D A Dyson, J Catchpole, S Uni, M Iseki, P L Chiodini, K P McAdam
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  Genetic evidence that bound coagulase of Staphylococcus aureus is not clumping factor.

  D McDevitt, P Vaudaux, T J Foster
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  Biochemical characterization of Porphyromonas (Bacteroides) gingivalis collagenase.

  D A Lawson, T F Meyer
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  Human tracheobronchial mucin: purification and binding to Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

  M S Reddy
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  Shiga toxin-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome: combined cytotoxic effects of shiga toxin and lipopolysaccharide (endotoxin) on human vascular endothelial cells in vitro.

  C B Louise, T G Obrig
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  Porphyromonas gingivalis fimbriae induce expression of the neutrophil chemotactic factor KC gene of mouse peritoneal macrophages: role of protein kinase C.

  S Hanazawa, Y Murakami, A Takeshita, H Kitami, K Ohta, S Amano, S Kitano
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  Identification of Candida albicans antigens reactive with immunoglobulin E antibody of human sera.

  A Ishiguro, M Homma, S Torii, K Tanaka
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  Effects of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae hemolysin on porcine neutrophil function.

  F A Udeze, S Kadis
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  Analysis of the N-terminal region of the 47-kilodalton integral membrane lipoprotein of Treponema pallidum.

  L M Weigel, M E Brandt, M V Norgard
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  Adherence to respiratory epithelia by recombinant Escherichia coli expressing Klebsiella pneumoniae type 3 fimbrial gene products.

  D B Hornick, B L Allen, M A Horn, S Clegg
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  Improved rat model of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia: induced laboratory infections in Pneumocystis-free animals.

  C J Boylan, W L Current
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  Murine monoclonal antibodies to type Ib polysaccharide of group B streptococci bind to human milk oligosaccharides.

  D G Pritchard, B M Gray, M L Egan
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  Biochemical characterization of rat colonic mucins secreted in response to Entamoeba histolytica.

  S K Tse, K Chadee
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  Adherence of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli strains to a human colonic epithelial cell line (T84).

  D K Winsor, S Ashkenazi, R Chiovetti, T G Cleary
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  Molecular analysis of a Streptococcus mutans strain exhibiting polymorphism in the tandem gtfB and gtfC genes.

  Y Yamashita, W H Bowen, H K Kuramitsu
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  Pathogenicity and immunogenicity of Listeria monocytogenes small-plaque mutants defective for intracellular growth and cell-to-cell spread.

  R A Barry, H G Bouwer, D A Portnoy, D J Hinrichs
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  Nucleotide sequence analysis reveals novel features of the phase-variable cytadherence accessory protein HMW3 of Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

  K F Ogle, K K Lee, D C Krause
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  Anti-infective effect of poly-beta 1-6-glucotriosyl-beta 1-3-glucopyranose glucan in vivo.

  A B Onderdonk, R L Cisneros, P Hinkson, G Ostroff
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  Experimental Cryptosporidium parvum infections in immunosuppressed adult mice.

  K R Rasmussen, M C Healey
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  Characterization of hybrid toxins produced in Escherichia coli by assembly of A and B polypeptides from type I and type II heat-labile enterotoxins.

  T D Connell, R K Holmes
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  Synthetic peptides analogous to the fimbrillin sequence inhibit adherence of Porphyromonas gingivalis.

  J Y Lee, H T Sojar, G S Bedi, R J Genco
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  Identification of a second hemolysin (HlyII) in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 1 and expression of the gene in Escherichia coli.

  J Frey, H van den Bosch, R Segers, J Nicolet
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  Population genetic analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi isolates by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis.

  P Boerlin, O Peter, A G Bretz, D Postic, G Baranton, J C Piffaretti
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  Stimulation of human monocytes by endotoxin-associated protein: inhibition of programmed cell death (apoptosis) and potential significance in adjuvanticity.

  D F Mangan, S M Wahl, B M Sultzer, S E Mergenhagen
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  Outer membrane protein patterns mark clones of Escherichia coli O2 and O78 strains that cause avian septicemia.

  V Kapur, D G White, R A Wilson, T S Whittam
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  Protection against lethal pneumococcal septicemia in pigs is associated with decreased levels of interleukin-6 in blood.

  H W Ziegler-Heitbrock, B Passlick, E Käfferlein, P G Coulie, J R Izbicki
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  Biochemical studies of Helicobacter mustelae fatty acid composition and flagella.

  S Suerbaum, G Geis, C Josenhans, W Opferkuch
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  Effect of Brucella abortus lipopolysaccharide on oxidative metabolism and lysozyme release by human neutrophils.

  O Rasool, E Freer, E Moreno, C Jarstrand
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  Neutralization-sensitive epitopes are conserved among geographically diverse isolates of Cryptosporidium parvum.

  E W Uhl, R M O'Connor, L E Perryman, M W Riggs
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  Presence of putative sphingomyelinase genes among members of the family Leptospiraceae.

  R P Segers, J A van Gestel, G J van Eys, B A van der Zeijst, W Gaastra
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  Modulation of a surface antigen of Entamoeba histolytica in response to bacteria.

  A Bhattacharya, R Ghildyal, J Prasad, S Bhattacharya, L S Diamond
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  Low biological activity of Helicobacter pylori lipopolysaccharide.

  A Muotiala, I M Helander, L Pyhälä, T U Kosunen, A P Moran
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  Heterogeneity of the repertoire of T cells of tuberculosis patients and healthy contacts to Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens separated by high-resolution techniques.

  B Schoel, H Gulle, S H Kaufmann
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  Degradation of native human hemoglobin following hemolysis by Prevotella loescheii.

  J Zwickel, E I Weiss, A Schejter
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  Age-dependent pulmonary clearance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a mouse model: diminished migration of polymorphonuclear leukocytes to N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine.

  D O Sordelli, M Djafari, V E García, P A Fontán, G Döring