Table of Contents

Articles

• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Expression of recombinant exoenzyme S of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

  S M Kulich, D W Frank, J T Barbieri
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  The group A streptococcal virR49 gene controls expression of four structural vir regulon genes.

  A Podbielski, A Flosdorff, J Weber-Heynemann
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Biologic activities of antibodies to the neutral-polysaccharide component of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa lipopolysaccharide are blocked by O side chains and mucoid exopolysaccharide (alginate).

  K Hatano, J B Goldberg, G B Pier
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Knockout mutants of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 1 that are devoid of RTX toxins do not activate or kill porcine neutrophils.

  R Jansen, J Briaire, H E Smith, P Dom, F Haesebrouck, E M Kamp, A L Gielkens, M A Smits
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Epitope mapping of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa major outer membrane porin protein OprF.

  E G Rawling, N L Martin, R E Hancock
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Lipophosphoglycan blocks attachment of Leishmania major amastigotes to macrophages.

  M Kelleher, S F Moody, P Mirabile, A H Osborn, A Bacic, E Handman
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

  CD14 and tissue factor expression by bacterial lipopolysaccharide-stimulated bovine alveolar macrophages in vitro.

  Z Yang, C D Carter, M S Miller, P N Bochsler
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Molecular and structural requirements of a lipoteichoic acid from Enterococcus hirae ATCC 9790 for cytokine-inducing, antitumor, and antigenic activities.

  H Takada, Y Kawabata, R Arakaki, S Kusumoto, K Fukase, Y Suda, T Yoshimura, S Kokeguchi, K Kato, T Komuro
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Fetal outcome in murine Lyme disease.

  R M Silver, L Yang, R A Daynes, D W Branch, C M Salafia, J J Weis
• Journal Article

  Human immunoglobulin G (IgG) Fc receptor IIA (CD32) polymorphism and IgG2-mediated bacterial phagocytosis by neutrophils.

  L A Sanders, R G Feldman, M M Voorhorst-Ogink, M de Haas, G T Rijkers, P J Capel, B J Zegers, J G van de Winkel
• Journal Article

  Proteolytic activation of bacterial toxins by eukaryotic cells is performed by furin and by additional cellular proteases.

  V M Gordon, K R Klimpel, N Arora, M A Henderson, S H Leppla
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Fibronectin-binding antigen 85 and the 10-kilodalton GroES-related heat shock protein are the predominant TH-1 response inducers in leprosy contacts.

  P Launois, M N N'Diaye, J L Cartel, I Mane, A Drowart, J P Van Vooren, J L Sarthou, K Huygen
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Analysis of expression of CagA and VacA virulence factors in 43 strains of Helicobacter pylori reveals that clinical isolates can be divided into two major types and that CagA is not necessary for expression of the vacuolating cytotoxin.

  Z Xiang, S Censini, P F Bayeli, J L Telford, N Figura, R Rappuoli, A Covacci
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Analysis of immunization route-related variation in the immune response to heat-killed Salmonella typhimurium in mice.

  J Thatte, S Rath, V Bal
• Journal Article

  Cytokines and progenitor cells of granulocytopoiesis in peripheral blood of patients with bacterial infections.

  C Selig, W Nothdurft
• Journal Article

  Selective modulation of lipopolysaccharide-induced death and cytokine production by various muramyl peptides.

  M A Parant, P Pouillart, C Le Contel, F J Parant, L A Chedid, G M Bahr
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Adaptive mutation and cocolonization during Helicobacter pylori infection of gnotobiotic piglets.

  N S Akopyants, K A Eaton, D E Berg
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Pure paraflagellar rod protein protects mice against Trypanosoma cruzi infection.

  R A Wrightsman, M J Miller, J L Saborio, J E Manning
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Immunomodulatory spectrum of lipids associated with Mycobacterium avium serovar 8.

  W W Barrow, T L Davis, E L Wright, V Labrousse, M Bachelet, N Rastogi
• Journal Article

  Monoclonal antibodies that inhibit mitogenic activity of Mycoplasma pulmonis.

  Z Lapidot, R Siman-Tov, Y Naot
• Comparative Study | Journal Article

  Isolation of extracytoplasmic proteins from Serpulina hyodysenteriae B204 and molecular cloning of the flaB1 gene encoding a 38-kilodalton flagellar protein.

  J D Gabe, R J Chang, R Slomiany, W H Andrews, M T McCaman
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Location of the complement factor H binding site on streptococcal M6 protein.

  V A Fischetti, R D Horstmann, V Pancholi
• Journal Article

  Heat stress alters the virulence of a rifampin-resistant mutant of Francisella tularensis LVS.

  N B Bhatnagar, K L Elkins, A H Fortier
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Neisserial porins inhibit human neutrophil actin polymerization, degranulation, opsonin receptor expression, and phagocytosis but prime the neutrophils to increase their oxidative burst.

  R Bjerknes, H K Guttormsen, C O Solberg, L M Wetzler
• Comparative Study | Journal Article

  Monophosphoryl lipid A behaves as a T-cell-independent type 1 carrier for hapten-specific antibody responses in mice.

  K R Myers, P Beining, M Betts, H Snippe, J Inman, B Golding
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  The enterotoxin of Bacteroides fragilis is a metalloprotease.

  J S Moncrief, R Obiso, L A Barroso, J J Kling, R L Wright, R L Van Tassell, D M Lyerly, T D Wilkins
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Inhibition of Listeria locomotion by mosquito oostatic factor, a natural oligoproline peptide uncoupler of profilin action.

  F S Southwick, D L Purich
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Effect of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli on adherent properties of Chinese hamster ovary cells.

  R P Vanmaele, M C Finlayson, G D Armstrong
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Reactivation of persistent Chlamydia trachomatis infection in cell culture.

  W L Beatty, R P Morrison, G I Byrne
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Molecular and biochemical characterization of a protective 40-kilodalton antigen from Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis.

  M J Wilson, M R Brandon, J Walker
• Journal Article

  A 135-kilodalton surface antigen of Mycoplasma hominis PG21 contains multiple directly repeated sequences.

  S A Ladefoged, S Birkelund, S Hauge, B Brock, L T Jensen, G Christiansen
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Induction of transforming growth factor beta 1 by purified protein derivative of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

  Z Toossi, T G Young, L E Averill, B D Hamilton, H Shiratsuchi, J J Ellner
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Avirulence of rough mutants of Shigella flexneri: requirement of O antigen for correct unipolar localization of IcsA in the bacterial outer membrane.

  R C Sandlin, K A Lampel, S P Keasler, M B Goldberg, A L Stolzer, A T Maurelli
• Comment | Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Revised sequence of the Porphyromonas gingivalis prtT cysteine protease/hemagglutinin gene: homology with streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin B/streptococcal proteinase.

  T E Madden, V L Clark, H K Kuramitsu
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Diminished priming of neonatal polymorphonuclear leukocytes by lipopolysaccharide is associated with reduced CD14 expression.

  G Qing, K Rajaraman, R Bortolussi
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Reconstituted high-density lipoprotein neutralizes gram-negative bacterial lipopolysaccharides in human whole blood.

  T S Parker, D M Levine, J C Chang, J Laxer, C C Coffin, A L Rubin
• Journal Article

  Promotion of cytotoxic T-cell generation in mixed leukocyte culture by phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C from Bacillus thuringiensis.

  S M Rahman, M Y Pu, H Yi, K Ohkusu, M Kato, K Isobe, R Taguchi, H Ikezawa, I Nakashima
• Comparative Study | Journal Article

  Comparison of immune responses and resistance to brucellosis in mice vaccinated with Brucella abortus 19 or RB51.

  M G Stevens, S C Olsen, G W Pugh, D Brees
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Group B streptococci (GBS) injure lung endothelium in vitro: GBS invasion and GBS-induced eicosanoid production is greater with microvascular than with pulmonary artery cells.

  R L Gibson, C Soderland, W R Henderson, E Y Chi, C E Rubens
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

  Noninhibitory binding of human interleukin-2-activated natural killer cells to the germ tube forms of Candida albicans.

  G Arancia, A Molinari, P Crateri, A Stringaro, C Ramoni, M L Dupuis, M J Gomez, A Torosantucci, A Cassone
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Persistence of local cytokine production in shigellosis in acute and convalescent stages.

  R Raqib, A A Lindberg, B Wretlind, P K Bardhan, U Andersson, J Andersson
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-dependent shedding of the p55 TNF receptor in a baboon model of bacteremia.

  H Redl, G Schlag, G R Adolf, B Natmessnig, J Davies
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Expression and purification of Shiga-like toxin II B subunits.

  D W Acheson, S A De Breucker, M Jacewicz, L L Lincicome, A Donohue-Rolfe, A V Kane, G T Keusch
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Nonlethal adherence to human neutrophils mediated by Dr antigen-specific adhesins of Escherichia coli.

  J R Johnson, K M Skubitz, B J Nowicki, K Jacques-Palaz, R M Rakita
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  The capsule and O antigen in Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal are associated with a genetic region not present in Vibrio cholerae O1.

  L E Comstock, D Maneval, P Panigrahi, A Joseph, M M Levine, J B Kaper, J G Morris, J A Johnson
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Cytoskeletal requirements in Chlamydia trachomatis infection of host cells.

  N Schramm, P B Wyrick
• Journal Article

  Role of endotoxin in acute inflammation induced by gram-negative bacteria: specific inhibition of lipopolysaccharide-mediated responses with an amino-terminal fragment of bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein.

  F R Kohn, A H Kung
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  The primary structure of Clostridium septicum alpha-toxin exhibits similarity with that of Aeromonas hydrophila aerolysin.

  J Ballard, J Crabtree, B A Roe, R K Tweten
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Expression of the Arp protein, a member of the M protein family, is not sufficient to inhibit phagocytosis of Streptococcus pyogenes.

  L K Husmann, J R Scott, G Lindahl, L Stenberg
• Clinical Trial | Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

  Immunization of cattle with recombinant Babesia bovis merozoite surface antigen-1.

  S A Hines, G H Palmer, D P Jasmer, W L Goff, T F McElwain
• In Vitro | Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection of the cornea and asialo GM1.

  Z Zhao, N Panjwani
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Rapid disruption of epithelial barrier function by Salmonella typhimurium is associated with structural modification of intercellular junctions.

  M A Jepson, C B Collares-Buzato, M A Clark, B H Hirst, N L Simmons
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Comparison of Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium wrairi by reactivity with monoclonal antibodies and ability to infect severe combined immunodeficient mice.

  C E Chrisp, P Mason, L E Perryman
• Comparative Study | Journal Article

  Immunoreactivity and bioactivity of lipopolysaccharide-binding protein in normal and heat-inactivated sera.

  K Mészáros, S Aberle, M White, J B Parent
• Journal Article

  Rickettsia conorii entry into Vero cells.

  N Teysseire, J A Boudier, D Raoult