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  Isolation of carbohydrate-reactive outer membrane proteins of Aeromonas hydrophila.

  D M Quinn, C Y Wong, H M Atkinson, R L Flower
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  Purification and characterization of murine lipopolysaccharide-binding protein.

  P Gallay, S Carrel, M P Glauser, C Barras, R J Ulevitch, P S Tobias, J D Baumgartner, D Heumann
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  Reduction in oral immunogenicity of cholera toxin B subunit by N-terminal peptide addition.

  M T Dertzbaugh, C O Elson
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  Immunity and responses of circulating leukocytes and lymphocytes in monkeys to aerosolized staphylococcal enterotoxin B.

  J Tseng, J L Komisar, J Y Chen, R E Hunt, A J Johnson, L Pitt, J Rivera, D L Ruble, R Trout, A Vega
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  Cell-mediated immunity to Bordetella pertussis: role of Th1 cells in bacterial clearance in a murine respiratory infection model.

  K H Mills, A Barnard, J Watkins, K Redhead
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  Cloning, heterologous expression, and characterization of the Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae DnaK protein.

  J Partridge, J King, J Krska, D Rockabrand, P Blum
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  Opposing effects of tumor necrosis factor alpha and leukemia inhibitory factor in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated myelopoiesis.

  R Kreisberg, M S Detrick, R N Moore
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  A monoclonal antibody to OspA inhibits association of Borrelia burgdorferi with human endothelial cells.

  L E Comstock, E Fikrig, R J Shoberg, R A Flavell, D D Thomas
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  Non-epitope-specific suppression of the antibody response to Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccines by preimmunization with vaccine components.

  T Barington, M Skettrup, L Juul, C Heilmann
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  Mycobacterial antigen complex A60-specific T-cell repertoire during the course of pulmonary tuberculosis.

  S Carlucci, A Beschin, L Tuosto, F Ameglio, G M Gandolfo, C Cocito, F Fiorucci, C Saltini, E Piccolella
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  Comparison of Helicobacter pylori and attaching-effacing Escherichia coli adhesion to eukaryotic cells.

  M Dytoc, B Gold, M Louie, M Huesca, L Fedorko, S Crowe, C Lingwood, J Brunton, P Sherman
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  Comparison of the alpha-toxin genes of Clostridium perfringens type A and C strains: evidence for extragenic regulation of transcription.

  S Katayama, O Matsushita, J Minami, S Mizobuchi, A Okabe
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  Effect of polysaccharide capsule and methods of preparation on human lymphocyte proliferation in response to Cryptococcus neoformans.

  C H Mody, R M Syme
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  Cloning and sequencing of Coxiella burnetii outer membrane protein gene com1.

  L R Hendrix, L P Mallavia, J E Samuel
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  Group B streptococci invade endothelial cells: type III capsular polysaccharide attenuates invasion.

  R L Gibson, M K Lee, C Soderland, E Y Chi, C E Rubens
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  Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis: two immunologically distinct species.

  N Khelef, B Danve, M J Quentin-Millet, N Guiso
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  Gamma interferon-induced nitric oxide production reduces Chlamydia trachomatis infectivity in McCoy cells.

  J Mayer, M L Woods, Z Vavrin, J B Hibbs
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  Effects of antibody isotype and host cell type on in vitro neutralization of Chlamydia trachomatis.

  E M Peterson, X Cheng, S Pal, L M de la Maza
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  The Salmonella typhimurium virulence plasmid increases the growth rate of salmonellae in mice.

  P A Gulig, T J Doyle
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  Antibiotics enhance binding by human lipid A-reactive monoclonal antibody HA-1A to smooth gram-negative bacteria.

  S A Siegel, M E Evans, M Pollack, A O Leone, C S Kinney, S H Tam, P E Daddona
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  Cysteine-dependent zinc binding by membrane proteins of Giardia lamblia.

  Y Y Zhang, S B Aley, S L Stanley, F D Gillin
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  Suppression of T-cell proliferation by CD8+ T cells induced in the presence of protoscolices of Echinococcus multilocularis in vitro.

  T Kizaki, M Ishige, S Kobayashi, W Bingyan, M Kumagai, N K Day, R A Good, K Onoé
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  Shiga-like toxin II-related cytotoxins in Citrobacter freundii strains from humans and beef samples.

  H Schmidt, M Montag, J Bockemühl, J Heesemann, H Karch
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  Cloning and characterization of the S fimbrial adhesin II complex of an Escherichia coli O18:K1 meningitis isolate.

  J Hacker, H Kestler, H Hoschützky, K Jann, F Lottspeich, T K Korhonen
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  Isolation and characterization of transposon mutants of Staphylococcus epidermidis deficient in capsular polysaccharide/adhesin and slime.

  E Muller, J Hübner, N Gutierrez, S Takeda, D A Goldmann, G B Pier
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  Suppression of lymphocyte and neutrophil functions by Pseudomonas aeruginosa mucoid exopolysaccharide (alginate): reversal by physicochemical, alginase, and specific monoclonal antibody treatments.

  G T Mai, W K Seow, G B Pier, J G McCormack, Y H Thong
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  Molecular characterization of a protective outer membrane lipoprotein (OmlA) from Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 1.

  G F Gerlach, C Anderson, S Klashinsky, A Rossi-Campos, A A Potter, P J Willson
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  Antibody responses in the serum and respiratory tract of mice following oral vaccination with liposomes coated with filamentous hemagglutinin and pertussis toxoid.

  C A Guzman, G Molinari, M W Fountain, M Rohde, K N Timmis, M J Walker
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  Sequencing of leucocidin R from Staphylococcus aureus P83 suggests that staphylococcal leucocidins and gamma-hemolysin are members of a single, two-component family of toxins.

  G Supersac, G Prevost, Y Piemont
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  Purification and characterization of fibroblast-activating factor isolated from Porphyromonas gingivalis W50.

  J Mihara, S C Holt
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  Modulation of growth and function of human gingival fibroblasts by fibroblast-activating factor derived from Porphyromonas gingivalis W50.

  J Mihara, Y Miyazawa, S C Holt
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  Selective cytokine production by epithelial cells following exposure to Escherichia coli.

  W Agace, S Hedges, U Andersson, J Andersson, M Ceska, C Svanborg
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  Oral immunization of mice and swine with an attenuated Salmonella choleraesuis [delta cya-12 delta(crp-cdt)19] mutant containing a recombinant plasmid.

  T J Stabel, J E Mayfield, D C Morfitt, M J Wannemuehler
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  Modulating effect of dietary carbohydrate supplementation on Candida albicans colonization and invasion in a neutropenic mouse model.

  S L Vargas, C C Patrick, G D Ayers, W T Hughes
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  Identification by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of a 58-kilodalton tumor necrosis factor-inducing protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

  R S Wallis, R Paranjape, M Phillips
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  Impact of experimental genital mycoplasmosis on pregnancy outcome in Sprague-Dawley rats.

  D A Steiner, M B Brown
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  Light emission from a Mudlux transcriptional fusion in Salmonella typhimurium is stimulated by hydrogen peroxide and by interaction with the mouse macrophage cell line J774.2.

  K P Francis, M P Gallagher
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  Role of lipooligosaccharide in virulence of the Brazilian purpuric fever clone of Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius for infant rats.

  L G Rubin, J W St Geme
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  Ability of Pseudomonas pseudomallei malleobactin to acquire transferrin-bound, lactoferrin-bound, and cell-derived iron.

  H Yang, C D Kooi, P A Sokol
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  Mycobacterium avium-M. intracellulare binds to the integrin receptor alpha v beta 3 on human monocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages.

  S P Rao, K Ogata, A Catanzaro
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  Effector mechanisms of intestinally induced immunity to Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the rat lung: role of neutrophils and leukotriene B4.

  A Buret, M Dunkley, R L Clancy, A W Cripps
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  Immune response of rabbits to lipid A: influence of immunogen preparation and distribution of various lipid A specificities.

  H M Kuhn
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  Neutralization of gamma interferon and tumor necrosis factor alpha blocks in vivo synthesis of nitrogen oxides from L-arginine and protection against Francisella tularensis infection in Mycobacterium bovis BCG-treated mice.

  S J Green, C A Nacy, R D Schreiber, D L Granger, R M Crawford, M S Meltzer, A H Fortier
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  An antagonist of platelet-activating factor suppresses endotoxin-induced tumor necrosis factor and mortality in mice pretreated with carrageenan.

  M Ogata, T Matsumoto, K Koga, I Takenaka, M Kamochi, T Sata, S Yoshida, A Shigematsu
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  Stress induction of the virulence proteins (SpvA, -B, and -C) from native plasmid pSDL2 of Salmonella dublin.

  S E Valone, G K Chikami, V L Miller
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  Transfer of protective immunity in murine histoplasmosis by a CD4+ T-cell clone.

  R Allendoerfer, D M Magee, G S Deepe, J R Graybill
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  Antibacterial activity of lactoferrin and a pepsin-derived lactoferrin peptide fragment.

  K Yamauchi, M Tomita, T J Giehl, R T Ellison
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  Secondary Vibrio cholerae-specific cellular antibody responses following wild-type homologous challenge in people vaccinated with CVD 103-HgR live oral cholera vaccine: changes with time and lack of correlation with protection.

  G A Losonsky, C O Tacket, S S Wasserman, J B Kaper, M M Levine
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  Cellular and humoral immune responses induced in cattle by vaccination with Babesia divergens culture-derived exoantigens correlate with protection.

  A Valentin, E Precigout, M L'Hostis, B Carcy, A Gorenflot, J Schrevel
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  Identification of a Mycobacterium bovis BCG 45/47-kilodalton antigen complex, an immunodominant target for antibody response after immunization with living bacteria.

  F Romain, A Laqueyrerie, P Militzer, P Pescher, P Chavarot, M Lagranderie, G Auregan, M Gheorghiu, G Marchal
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  Localization of the meningococcal receptors for human transferrin.

  D A Ala'Aldeen, N B Powell, R A Wall, S P Borriello
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  Calcium-calmodulin dependence of actin accretion and lethality in cultured HEp-2 cells infected with enteropathogenic Escherichia coli.

  T J Baldwin, M B Lee-Delaunay, S Knutton, P H Williams
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  Assessment of enterotoxin production by Yersinia enterocolitica and identification of a novel heat-stable enterotoxin produced by a noninvasive Y. enterocolitica strain isolated from clinical material.

  R M Robins-Browne, T Takeda, A Fasano, A M Bordun, S Dohi, H Kasuga, G Fang, V Prado, R L Guerrant, G Fong
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  The gamma-hemolysin locus of Staphylococcus aureus comprises three linked genes, two of which are identical to the genes for the F and S components of leukocidin.

  J Cooney, Z Kienle, T J Foster, P W O'Toole
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  Analysis of the immune response in mice following intrauterine infection with the Chlamydia trachomatis mouse pneumonitis biovar.

  S Pal, T J Fielder, E M Peterson, L M de la Maza
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  Production of mucoid exopolysaccharide during development of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms.

  B D Hoyle, L J Williams, J W Costerton
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  Opsonization of Treponema pallidum is mediated by immunoglobulin G antibodies induced only by pathogenic treponemes.

  J M Shaffer, S A Baker-Zander, S A Lukehart
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  Role of antigen-presenting cells in activation of human T cells by the streptococcal M protein superantigen: requirement for secreted and membrane-associated costimulatory factors.

  G Majumdar, H Ohnishi, M A Tomai, A M Geller, B Wang, M E Dockter, M Kotb