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Articles

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

  Expression and identification of a laminin-binding protein in Aspergillus fumigatus conidia.

  G Tronchin, K Esnault, G Renier, R Filmon, D Chabasse, J P Bouchara
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Molecular cloning, purification, and serological characterization of MPT63, a novel antigen secreted by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

  C Manca, K Lyashchenko, H G Wiker, D Usai, R Colangeli, M L Gennaro
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Release of lipopolysaccharide from intracellular compartments containing Salmonella typhimurium to vesicles of the host epithelial cell.

  F Garcia-del Portillo, M A Stein, B B Finlay
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Butyric acid-induced apoptosis of murine thymocytes, splenic T cells, and human Jurkat T cells.

  T Kurita-Ochiai, K Fukushima, K Ochiai
• Journal Article

  Recruitment of lymphocytes to the lung through vaccination enhances the immunity of mice exposed to irradiated schistosomes.

  P S Coulson, R A Wilson
• Journal Article

  Successful cultivation of a potentially pathogenic coccoid organism with trophism for gastric mucin.

  S G Lee, C Kim, Y C Ha
• Journal Article

  Evaluation of recombinant transferrin-binding protein B variants from Neisseria meningitidis for their ability to induce cross-reactive and bactericidal antibodies against a genetically diverse collection of serogroup B strains.

  B Rokbi, M Mignon, G Maitre-Wilmotte, L Lissolo, B Danve, D A Caugant, M J Quentin-Millet
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Relative contributions of hyaluronic acid capsule and M protein to virulence in a mucoid strain of the group A Streptococcus.

  A E Moses, M R Wessels, K Zalcman, S Albertí, S Natanson-Yaron, T Menes, E Hanski
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Requirement of the initial production of gamma interferon in the generation of protective immunity of mice against Listeria monocytogenes.

  J Yang, I Kawamura, M Mitsuyama
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Host cell heparan sulfate proteoglycans mediate attachment and entry of Listeria monocytogenes, and the listerial surface protein ActA is involved in heparan sulfate receptor recognition.

  C Alvarez-Domínguez, J A Vázquez-Boland, E Carrasco-Marín, P López-Mato, F Leyva-Cobián
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Induction of tumor necrosis factor production from monocytes stimulated with mannuronic acid polymers and involvement of lipopolysaccharide-binding protein, CD14, and bactericidal/permeability-increasing factor.

  T G Jahr, L Ryan, A Sundan, H S Lichenstein, G Skjåk-Braek, T Espevik
• Comparative Study | Journal Article

  Synergistic hemolytic activity of Staphylococcus lugdunensis is mediated by three peptides encoded by a non-agr genetic locus.

  B Donvito, J Etienne, L Denoroy, T Greenland, Y Benito, F Vandenesch
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Identification and characterization of a novel PrfA-regulated gene in Listeria monocytogenes whose product, IrpA, is highly homologous to internalin proteins, which contain leucine-rich repeats.

  E Domann, S Zechel, A Lingnau, T Hain, A Darji, T Nichterlein, J Wehland, T Chakraborty
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Shigella flexneri is trapped in polymorphonuclear leukocyte vacuoles and efficiently killed.

  I Mandic-Mulec, J Weiss, A Zychlinsky
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Immunoglobulin E, a pathogenic factor in Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

  P Perlmann, H Perlmann, B W Flyg, M Hagstedt, G Elghazali, S Worku, V Fernandez, A S Rutta, M Troye-Blomberg
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Marked reduction of mouse peritoneal CD5+ B cells by intraperitoneal administration of lipopolysaccharide.

  N Paeng, N Kido, Y Kato, T Sugiyama, N Koide, M Naruse, G Z Jiang, T Lwin, T Yoshida, T Yokochi
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Perforin, a cytotoxic molecule which mediates cell necrosis, is not required for the early control of mycobacterial infection in mice.

  P Laochumroonvorapong, J Wang, C C Liu, W Ye, A L Moreira, K B Elkon, V H Freedman, G Kaplan
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  An iron- and fur-repressed Legionella pneumophila gene that promotes intracellular infection and encodes a protein with similarity to the Escherichia coli aerobactin synthetases.

  E K Hickey, N P Cianciotto
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Evidence of the proinflammatory role of Enterococcus faecalis in polymicrobial peritonitis in rats.

  P Montravers, J Mohler, L Saint Julien, C Carbon
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Importance of an immunodominant surface-exposed loop on outer membrane protein P2 of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae.

  K Yi, T F Murphy
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

  Anaplasma marginale major surface protein 3 is encoded by a polymorphic, multigene family.

  A R Alleman, G H Palmer, T C McGuire, T F McElwain, L E Perryman, A F Barbet
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  The novel cuticular collagen Ovcol-1 of Onchocerca volvulus is preferentially recognized by immunoglobulin G3 from putatively immune individuals.

  G R Stewart, Y Zhu, W Parredes, T I Tree, R Guderian, J E Bradley
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Vaccine efficacy of Salmonella strains expressing glycoprotein 63 with different promoters.

  S J McSorley, D Xu, F Y Liew
• 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.

  Expression of an antisense hla fragment in Staphylococcus aureus reduces alpha-toxin production in vitro and attenuates lethal activity in a murine model.

  D S Kernodle, R K Voladri, B E Menzies, C C Hager, K M Edwards
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

  Activation of intestinal intraepithelial T lymphocytes in calves infected with Cryptosporidium parvum.

  C R Wyatt, E J Brackett, L E Perryman, A C Rice-Ficht, W C Brown, K I O'Rourke
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Cloning of the glutamine synthetase gene from group B streptococci.

  A N Suvorov, A E Flores, P Ferrieri
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Vitamin E-deficient diets enriched with fish oil suppress lethal Plasmodium yoelii infections in athymic and scid/bg mice.

  D W Taylor, O A Levander, V R Krishna, C B Evans, V C Morris, J R Barta
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  An altered rpoS allele contributes to the avirulence of Salmonella typhimurium LT2.

  M R Wilmes-Riesenberg, J W Foster, R Curtiss
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Purification and partial characterization of the OmpA family of proteins of Pasteurella haemolytica.

  P J Mahasreshti, G L Murphy, J H Wyckoff, S Farmer, R E Hancock, A W Confer
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

  Developmental differences determine larval susceptibility to nitric oxide-mediated killing in a murine model of vaccination against Schistosoma mansoni.

  S F Ahmed, I P Oswald, P Caspar, S Hieny, L Keefer, A Sher, S L James
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Development of antibody-secreting cells and antigen-specific T cells in cervical lymph nodes after intranasal immunization.

  H Y Wu, E B Nikolova, K W Beagley, J H Eldridge, M W Russell
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Analysis of T-cell responses in cattle immunized against heartwater by vaccination with killed elementary bodies of Cowdria ruminantium.

  P Totté, D McKeever, D Martinez, A Bensaid
• Clinical Trial | Comparative Study | Journal Article | Randomized Controlled Trial | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Comparison of pneumococcal polysaccharide and CRM197-conjugated pneumococcal oligosaccharide vaccines in young and elderly adults.

  M A Shelly, H Jacoby, G J Riley, B T Graves, M Pichichero, J J Treanor
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Effects of differential expression of the 49-kilodalton exoenzyme S by Pseudomonas aeruginosa on cultured eukaryotic cells.

  J C Olson, E M McGuffie, D W Frank
• Journal Article

  Role of tumor necrosis factor alpha in pathogenesis of pneumococcal pneumonia in mice.

  K Takashima, K Tateda, T Matsumoto, Y Iizawa, M Nakao, K Yamaguchi
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Human Fab fragments specific for the Haemophilus influenzae b polysaccharide isolated from a bacteriophage combinatorial library use variable region gene combinations and express an idiotype that mirrors in vivo expression.

  D C Reason, T C Wagner, A H Lucas
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

  Delayed-type hypersensitivity activity of the Brucella L7/L12 ribosomal protein depends on posttranslational modification.

  G Bachrach, M Banai, Y Fishman, H Bercovier
• Journal Article

  Cryptococcus neoformans and cryptococcal glucuronoxylomannan, galactoxylomannan, and mannoprotein induce different levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells.

  W Chaka, A F Verheul, V V Vaishnav, R Cherniak, J Scharringa, J Verhoef, H Snippe, I M Hoepelman
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Development of an in vitro macrophage system to assess Penicillium marneffei growth and susceptibility to nitric oxide.

  M Cogliati, A Roverselli, J R Boelaert, D Taramelli, L Lombardi, M A Viviani
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Arthritis severity and spirochete burden are determined by serotype in the Borrelia turicatae-mouse model of Lyme disease.

  P M Pennington, C D Allred, C S West, R Alvarez, A G Barbour
• Comparative Study | Journal Article

  Identification of CD14 residues involved in specific lipopolysaccharide recognition.

  R A Shapiro, M D Cunningham, K Ratcliffe, C Seachord, J Blake, J Bajorath, A Aruffo, R P Darveau
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis promotes human alveolar macrophage apoptosis.

  J Keane, M K Balcewicz-Sablinska, H G Remold, G L Chupp, B B Meek, M J Fenton, H Kornfeld
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Sequestration of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in tight vacuoles in vivo in lung macrophages of mice infected by the respiratory route.

  A L Moreira, J Wang, L Tsenova-Berkova, W Hellmann, V H Freedman, G Kaplan
• Comparative Study | Journal Article

  Interaction of Salmonella typhi strains with cultured human monocyte-derived macrophages.

  D R Sizemore, E A Elsinghorst, L C Eck, A A Branstrom, D L Hoover, R L Warren, F A Rubin
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Role of fimbriae in Porphyromonas gingivalis invasion of gingival epithelial cells.

  A Weinberg, C M Belton, Y Park, R J Lamont
• Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Chlamydia trachomatis major outer membrane protein variants escape neutralization by both monoclonal antibodies and human immune sera.

  M F Lampe, K G Wong, L M Kuehl, W E Stamm
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

  Identification of a family of intimins common to Escherichia coli causing attaching-effacing lesions in rabbits, humans, and swine.

  T S Agin, M K Wolf
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Reevaluation of the virulence phenotype of the inv yadA double mutants of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.

  Y W Han, V L Miller
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Protease susceptibility and toxicity of heat-labile enterotoxins with a mutation in the active site or in the protease-sensitive loop.

  V Giannelli, M R Fontana, M M Giuliani, D Guangcai, R Rappuoli, M Pizza
• Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Infestation with pathogen-free nymphs of the tick Ixodes scapularis induces host resistance to transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi by ticks.

  S K Wikel, R N Ramachandra, D K Bergman, T R Burkot, J Piesman
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

  Identification, purification, and characterization of the type 4 fimbriae of Pasteurella multocida.

  C G Ruffolo, J M Tennent, W P Michalski, B Adler
• Comparative Study | Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

  Identification and molecular cloning of a 67-kilodalton protein in Schistosoma japonicum homologous to a family of actin-binding proteins.

  J D Kurtis, B L Ramirez, P M Wiest, K L Dong, A El-Meanawy, M M Petzke, J H Johnson, J Edmison, R A Maier, G R Olds