Table of Contents

Articles

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

  Antibody-mediated shift in the profile of glycoprotein A phenotypes observed in a mouse model of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

  F Gigliotti, B A Garvy, A G Harmsen
• Journal Article

  Evaluation of purified UspA from Moraxella catarrhalis as a vaccine in a murine model after active immunization.

  D Chen, J C McMichael, K R VanDerMeid, D Hahn, T Mininni, J Cowell, J Eldridge
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Lipoteichoic acid preparations of gram-positive bacteria induce interleukin-12 through a CD14-dependent pathway.

  M G Cleveland, J D Gorham, T L Murphy, E Tuomanen, K M Murphy
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Substitution of cysteine 192 in a highly conserved Streptococcus pyogenes extracellular cysteine protease (interleukin 1beta convertase) alters proteolytic activity and ablates zymogen processing.

  J M Musser, K Stockbauer, V Kapur, G W Rudgers
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Pathogenicity of the diffusely adhering strain Escherichia coli C1845: F1845 adhesin-decay accelerating factor interaction, brush border microvillus injury, and actin disassembly in cultured human intestinal epithelial cells.

  M F Bernet-Camard, M H Coconnier, S Hudault, A L Servin
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  The ActA polypeptides of Listeria ivanovii and Listeria monocytogenes harbor related binding sites for host microfilament proteins.

  B Gerstel, L Gröbe, S Pistor, T Chakraborty, J Wehland
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  In vitro simulation of immunosuppression caused by Trypanosoma brucei: active involvement of gamma interferon and tumor necrosis factor in the pathway of suppression.

  A Darji, A Beschin, M Sileghem, H Heremans, L Brys, P De Baetselier
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Cytotoxic-T-lymphocyte-mediated cytolysis of L cells persistently infected with Chlamydia spp.

  S J Rasmussen, P Timms, P R Beatty, R S Stephens
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  The conserved 18,000-molecular-weight outer membrane protein of Haemophilus ducreyi has homology to PAL.

  S M Spinola, T J Hiltke, K Fortney, K L Shanks
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Iron starvation causes release from the group A streptococcus of the ADP-ribosylating protein called plasmin receptor or surface glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate-dehydrogenase.

  Z Eichenbaum, B D Green, J R Scott
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Interleukin-12 mediates resistance to Trypanosoma cruzi in mice and is produced by murine macrophages in response to live trypomastigotes.

  J C Aliberti, M A Cardoso, G A Martins, R T Gazzinelli, L Q Vieira, J S Silva
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Elevated levels of Legionella pneumophila stress protein Hsp60 early in infection of human monocytes and L929 cells correlate with virulence.

  R C Fernandez, S M Logan, S H Lee, P S Hoffman
• Journal Article

  The second capsule gene of cryptococcus neoformans, CAP64, is essential for virulence.

  Y C Chang, L A Penoyer, K J Kwon-Chung
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Proteolytic inactivation of the leukocyte C5a receptor by proteinases derived from Porphyromonas gingivalis.

  M A Jagels, J Travis, J Potempa, R Pike, T E Hugli
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Molecular cloning and characterization of the Coccidioides immitis complement fixation/chitinase antigen.

  C Yang, Y Zhu, D M Magee, R A Cox
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  CR3-dependent resistance to acute Toxoplasma gondii infection in mice.

  L L Johnson, G W Gibson, P C Sayles
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Hyper-immunoglobulin G2 production by B cells from patients with localized juvenile periodontitis and its regulation by monocytes.

  J B Zhang, S M Quinn, M Rausch, J C Gunsolley, H A Schenkein, J G Tew
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Biochemical characterization and protein kinase C dependency of monokine-inducing activities of Toxoplasma gondii.

  E Grunvald, M Chiaramonte, S Hieny, M Wysocka, G Trinchieri, S N Vogel, R T Gazzinelli, A Sher
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Identification of a domain in Rck, a product of the Salmonella typhimurium virulence plasmid, required for both serum resistance and cell invasion.

  D M Cirillo, E J Heffernan, L Wu, J Harwood, J Fierer, D G Guiney
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Expression of the CopB outer membrane protein by Moraxella catarrhalis is regulated by iron and affects iron acquisition from transferrin and lactoferrin.

  C Aebi, B Stone, M Beucher, L D Cope, I Maciver, S E Thomas, G H McCracken, P F Sparling, E J Hansen
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Potential role of molecular mimicry between Helicobacter pylori lipopolysaccharide and host Lewis blood group antigens in autoimmunity.

  B J Appelmelk, I Simoons-Smit, R Negrini, A P Moran, G O Aspinall, J G Forte, T De Vries, H Quan, T Verboom, J J Maaskant, P Ghiara, E J Kuipers, E Bloemena, T M Tadema, R R Townsend, K Tyagarajan, J M Crothers, M A Monteiro, A Savio, J De Graaff
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Inability of the Francisella tularensis lipopolysaccharide to mimic or to antagonize the induction of cell activation by endotoxins.

  P Ancuta, T Pedron, R Girard, G Sandström, R Chaby
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Nucleotide sequence and expression of the gene encoding the major 25-kilodalton outer membrane protein of Brucella ovis: Evidence for antigenic shift, compared with other Brucella species, due to a deletion in the gene.

  A Cloeckaert, J M Verger, M Grayon, M S Zygmunt, O Grépinet
• Journal Article

  Conservation of the sporozoite p67 vaccine antigen in cattle-derived Theileria parva stocks with different cross-immunity profiles.

  V Nene, A Musoke, E Gobright, S Morzaria
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

  An in vitro model for sequential study of shiftdown of Mycobacterium tuberculosis through two stages of nonreplicating persistence.

  L G Wayne, L G Hayes
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Prevalence of cytolethal distending toxin production in Campylobacter jejuni and relatedness of Campylobacter sp. cdtB gene.

  C L Pickett, E C Pesci, D L Cottle, G Russell, A N Erdem, H Zeytin
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  CD4+ T-helper lymphocyte responses against Babesia bigemina rhoptry-associated protein I.

  S D Rodríguez, G H Palmer, T F McElwain, T C McGuire, B J Ruef, M G Chitko-McKown, W C Brown
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Construction and characterization of a Yersinia enterocolitica O:8 high-temperature requirement (htrA) isogenic mutant.

  S R Li, N Dorrell, P H Everest, G Dougan, B W Wren
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Mixed infection with Porphyromonas gingivalis and Fusobacterium nucleatum in a murine lesion model: potential synergistic effects on virulence.

  F Feuille, J L Ebersole, L Kesavalu, M J Stepfen, S C Holt
• Journal Article

  Hypothermic response of mice to ornithine-containing lipids and to endotoxin.

  Y Kawai, N Takasuka, K Akagawa, S Naito
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Differential secretion of interleukin-8 by human epithelial cell lines upon entry of virulent or nonvirulent Yersinia enterocolitica.

  R Schulte, P Wattiau, E L Hartland, R M Robins-Browne, G R Cornelis
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  scbA from Streptococcus crista CC5A: an atypical member of the lraI gene family.

  F F Correia, J M DiRienzo, T L McKay, B Rosan
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

  Identification of a fibronectin-binding protein (GfbA) in pathogenic group G streptococci.

  J B Kline, S Xu, A L Bisno, C M Collins
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Cloning and characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa fliF, necessary for flagellar assembly and bacterial adherence to mucin.

  S K Arora, B W Ritchings, E C Almira, S Lory, R Ramphal
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Cholera toxin induces synthesis of phospholipase A2-activating protein.

  J W Peterson, S S Saini, W D Dickey, G R Klimpel, J S Bomalaski, M A Clark, X J Xu, A K Chopra
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Synthesis of hybrid molecules between heat-labile enterotoxin and cholera toxin B subunits: potential for use in a broad-spectrum vaccine.

  M Lebens, V Shahabi, M Bäckström, T Houze, N Lindblad, J Holmgren
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Inhibition of Giardia lamblia excystation by antibodies against cyst walls and by wheat germ agglutinin.

  T C Meng, M L Hetsko, F D Gillin
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Intranasal immunization with SAG1 protein of Toxoplasma gondii in association with cholera toxin dramatically reduces development of cerebral cysts after oral infection.

  N Debard, D Buzoni-Gatel, D Bout
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  In vivo cytokine response to Escherichia coli alpha-hemolysin determined with genetically engineered hemolytic and nonhemolytic E. coli variants.

  A K May, R G Sawyer, T Gleason, A Whitworth, T L Pruett
• Journal Article

  Antibodies to a conserved-motif peptide sequence of the Plasmodium falciparum thrombospondin-related anonymous protein and circumsporozoite protein recognize a 78-kilodalton protein in the asexual blood stages of the parasite and inhibit merozoite invasion in vitro.

  P Sharma, A Bharadwaj, V K Bhasin, V N Sailaja, V S Chauhan
• Journal Article

  Fraction 1 capsular antigen (F1) purification from Yersinia pestis CO92 and from an Escherichia coli recombinant strain and efficacy against lethal plague challenge.

  G P Andrews, D G Heath, G W Anderson, S L Welkos, A M Friedlander
• Journal Article

  Deletion of purE attenuates Brucella melitensis infection in mice.

  R M Crawford, L Van De Verg, L Yuan, T L Hadfield, R L Warren, E S Drazek, H H Houng, C Hammack, K Sasala, T Polsinelli, J Thompson, D L Hoover
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  DNA sequencing and gene expression of the emm gene cluster in an M50 group A streptococcus strain virulent for mice.

  D L Yung, S K Hollingshead
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Passive transfer of poly-(1-6)-beta-glucotriosyl-(1-3)-beta-glucopyranose glucan protection against lethal infection in an animal model of intra-abdominal sepsis.

  R L Cisneros, F C Gibson, A O Tzianabos
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Leishmania major-human macrophage interactions: cooperation between Mac-1 (CD11b/CD18) and complement receptor type 1 (CD35) in promastigote adhesion.

  L A Rosenthal, F S Sutterwala, M E Kehrli, D M Mosser
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Role of manganese superoxide dismutase in a mucoid isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: adaptation to oxidative stress.

  B Polack, D Dacheux, I Delic-Attree, B Toussaint, P M Vignais
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

  Preclinical immunoprophylactic and immunotherapeutic efficacy of antisera to capsular polysaccharide-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccines of Vibrio vulnificus.

  S J Devi, U Hayat, J L Powell, J G Morris
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Truncated enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 intimin (EaeA) fusion proteins promote adherence of EHEC strains to HEp-2 cells.

  M L McKee, A D O'Brien
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Outer surface protein C (OspC), but not P39, is a protective immunogen against a tick-transmitted Borrelia burgdorferi challenge: evidence for a conformational protective epitope in OspC.

  R D Gilmore, K J Kappel, M C Dolan, T R Burkot, B J Johnson
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Relationship between phase variation in colony morphology, intrastrain variation in cell wall physiology, and nasopharyngeal colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae.

  J N Weiser, Z Markiewicz, E I Tuomanen, J H Wani
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Alterations in Vibrio cholerae motility phenotypes correlate with changes in virulence factor expression.

  C L Gardel, J J Mekalanos
• Journal Article

  Molecular characterization of the tia invasion locus from enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.

  J M Fleckenstein, D J Kopecko, R L Warren, E A Elsinghorst
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  A new fimbrial antigen harbored by CAZ-5/SHV-4-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains involved in nosocomial infections.

  P Di Martino, V Livrelli, D Sirot, B Joly, A Darfeuille-Michaud
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Immunogenicity and protection studies with recombinant mycobacteria and vaccinia vectors coexpressing the 18-kilodalton protein of Mycobacterium leprae.

  K W Baumgart, K R McKenzie, A J Radford, I Ramshaw, W J Britton
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Hemin-induced modifications of the antigenicity and hemin-binding capacity of Porphyromonas gingivalis lipopolysaccharide.

  C W Cutler, P I Eke, C A Genco, T E Van Dyke, R R Arnold
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Relationship between cytotoxicity and corneal epithelial cell invasion by clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

  S M Fleiszig, T S Zaidi, M J Preston, M Grout, D J Evans, G B Pier
• Journal Article

  Infection of cesarean-derived colostrum-deprived 1-day-old piglets with Arcobacter butzleri, Arcobacter cryaerophilus, and Arcobacter skirrowii.

  I V Wesley, A L Baetz, D J Larson
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  A model of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection using human xenografts in severe combined immunodeficiency mice.

  A Essig, A Rudolphi, M Heinemann, H Rosenthal, R Kaufmann, J Reimann, R Marre
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Contribution of YopB to virulence of Yersinia enterocolitica.

  E L Hartland, A M Bordun, R M Robins-Browne
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Experimental genital mycoplasmosis: time of infection influences pregnancy outcome.

  M B Brown, D A Steiner
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of the gene encoding LipL41, a surface-exposed lipoprotein of pathogenic Leptospira species.

  E S Shang, T A Summers, D A Haake
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Changes in Helicobacter pylori ultrastructure and antigens during conversion from the bacillary to the coccoid form.

  M Benaissa, P Babin, N Quellard, L Pezennec, Y Cenatiempo, J L Fauchère
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Influence of opsonization conditions on C3 deposition and phagocyte binding of large- and small-capsule Cryptococcus neoformans cells.

  T R Kozel, A Tabuni, B J Young, S M Levitz
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Binding of hemoglobin to the envelope of Porphyromonas gingivalis and isolation of the hemoglobin-binding protein.

  S Fujimura, Y Shibata, K Hirai, T Nakamura
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  The O4 specific antigen moiety of lipopolysaccharide but not the K54 group 2 capsule is important for urovirulence of an extraintestinal isolate of Escherichia coli.

  T Russo, J J Brown, S T Jodush, J R Johnson
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Haemophilus ducreyi hemolysin acts as a contact cytotoxin and damages human foreskin fibroblasts in cell culture.

  M J Alfa, P DeGagne, P A Totten
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Comparison of haemophilus influenzae type b interaction with respiratory mucosa organ cultures maintained with an air interface or immersed in medium.

  A D Jackson, P J Cole, R Wilson
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Neutralizing monoclonal antibodies against listeriolysin: mapping of epitopes involved in pore formation.

  A Darji, K Niebuhr, M Hense, J Wehland, T Chakraborty, S Weiss
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Listeriolysin O activates mitogen-activated protein kinase in eucaryotic cells.

  P Tang, I Rosenshine, P Cossart, B B Finlay
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  New evidence for an inflammatory component in diarrhea caused by selected new, live attenuated cholera vaccines and by El Tor and Q139 Vibrio cholerae.

  T M Silva, M A Schleupner, C O Tacket, T S Steiner, J B Kaper, R Edelman, R Guerrant
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  The predicted amino acid sequence of the Salmonella typhimurium virulence gene mviAA(+) strongly indicates that MviA is a regulator protein of a previously unknown S. typhimurium response regulator family.

  W H Benjamin, X Wu, W E Swords
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Phosphorylation of myosin light chain at distinct sites and its association with the cytoskeleton during enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infection.

  H A Manjarrez-Hernandez, T J Baldwin, P H Williams, R Haigh, S Knutton, A Aitken