Table of Contents

January 1, 1999; Volume 67,Issue 1

Bacterial Infections

Bacterial Infections
Symbiosis of Aeromonas veronii Biovar sobria and Hirudo medicinalis, the Medicinal Leech: a Novel Model for Digestive Tract Associations
Joerg Graf
Bacterial Infections
Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin B Induces Apoptosis and Reduces Phagocytic Activity in U937 Cells
Chih-Feng Kuo, Jiunn-Jong Wu, Pei-Jane Tsai, Fu-Jen Kao, Huan-Yao Lei, Ming T. Lin, Yee-Shin Lin
Bacterial Infections
Infection-Derived Enterococcus faecalisStrains Are Enriched in esp, a Gene Encoding a Novel Surface Protein
Viswanathan Shankar, Arto S. Baghdayan, Mark M. Huycke, Gunnar Lindahl, Michael S. Gilmore
Bacterial Infections
An Extracellular Protease of Streptococcus gordonii Hydrolyzes Type IV Collagen and Collagen Analogues
Zaira E. Juarez, Murray W. Stinson

Molecular Genomics

Molecular Genomics
Nucleotide Sequences of Genes Coding for Fimbrial Proteins in a Cryptic Genospecies of Haemophilus spp. Isolated from Neonatal and Genital Tract Infections
Nathalie Gousset, Agnes Rosenau, Pierre-Yves Sizaret, Roland Quentin
Molecular Genomics
Type-Specific Contributions to Chromosome Size Differences in Escherichia coli
Christopher K. Rode, Lyla J. Melkerson-Watson, Amanda T. Johnson, Craig A. Bloch

Host Response and Inflammation

Host Response and Inflammation
Glucose Stimulates Phagocytosis of UnopsonizedPseudomonas aeruginosa by Cultivated Human Alveolar Macrophages
Simon Y. C. Wong, Lila M. Guerdoud, André Cantin, David P. Speert
Host Response and Inflammation
Lipopolysaccharide Stimulates Butyric Acid-Induced Apoptosis in Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells
Tomoko Kurita-Ochiai, Kazuo Fukushima, Kuniyasu Ochiai
Host Response and Inflammation
Induction of Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines by Borrelia burgdorferi Lipoproteins in Monocytes Is Mediated by CD14
Guillermo H. Giambartolomei, Vida A. Dennis, Barbara L. Lasater, Mario T. Philipp
Host Response and Inflammation
The Immunoglobulin (IgG) Antibody Response to OspA and OspB Correlates with Severe and Prolonged Lyme Arthritis and the IgG Response to P35 Correlates with Mild and Brief Arthritis
Evren Akin, Gail L. McHugh, Richard A. Flavell, Erol Fikrig, Allen C. Steere
Host Response and Inflammation
Interaction of NK Lysin, a Peptide Produced by Cytolytic Lymphocytes, with Endotoxin
M. Andersson, R. Girard, P.-A. Cazenave
Host Response and Inflammation
Gamma Interferon Augments Macrophage Activation by Lipopolysaccharide by Two Distinct Mechanisms, at the Signal Transduction Level and via an Autocrine Mechanism Involving Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha and Interleukin-1
Thomas K. Held, Xiao Weihua, Liang Yuan, Dhananjaya V. Kalvakolanu, Alan S. Cross
Host Response and Inflammation
Modulation of Endotoxin- and Enterotoxin-Induced Cytokine Release by In Vivo Treatment with β-(1,6)-Branched β-(1,3)-Glucan
Jindrich Soltys, Mark T. Quinn
Host Response and Inflammation
Existing Antilisterial Immunity Does Not Inhibit the Development of a Listeria monocytogenes-Specific Primary Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Response
H. G. Archie Bouwer, Hao Shen, Xin Fan, Jeff F. Miller, Ronald A. Barry, David J. Hinrichs
Host Response and Inflammation
Polarized Helper-T-Cell Responses againstLeishmania major in the Absence of B Cells
Daniel R. Brown, Steven L. Reiner
Host Response and Inflammation
Role of Gamma Interferon in Helicobacter pylori-Induced Gastric Inflammatory Responses in a Mouse Model
Naoki Sawai, Masakazu Kita, Tadashi Kodama, Toshihito Tanahashi, Yoshio Yamaoka, Yoh-ichi Tagawa, Yoichiro Iwakura, Jiro Imanishi
Host Response and Inflammation
Saccharomyces boulardii Protease Inhibits the Effects of Clostridium difficile Toxins A and B in Human Colonic Mucosa
Ignazio Castagliuolo, Martin F. Riegler, Leyla Valenick, J. Thomas LaMont, Charalabos Pothoulakis
Host Response and Inflammation
Influence of Acute-Phase Parasite Load on Pathology, Parasitism, and Activation of the Immune System at the Late Chronic Phase of Chagas’ Disease
Claudio R. F. Marinho, Maria Regina D’Império Lima, Marcos G. Grisotto, José M. Alvarez
Host Response and Inflammation
Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and IL-8 Are Induced in Human Oral Epithelial Cells in Response to Exposure to PeriodontopathicEikenella corrodens
Hiromichi Yumoto, Hideaki Nakae, Keiko Fujinaka, Shigeyuki Ebisu, Takashi Matsuo
Host Response and Inflammation
Generation of Multinucleated Giant Cells In Vitro by Culture of Human Monocytes with Mycobacterium bovis BCG in Combination with Cytokine-Containing Supernatants
Annette Gasser, Johannes Möst
Host Response and Inflammation
Increased Levels of Soluble CD14 in Sera of Periodontitis Patients
Joichiro Hayashi, Tamami Masaka, Isao Ishikawa
Host Response and Inflammation
Soluble Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Receptors in Sera from Leprosy Patients
Martin E. Munk, Peter Anding, Antonio P. M. SchettinI, Maria da Graça S. Cunha, Stefan H. E. Kaufmann
Host Response and Inflammation
Cathelicidin Gene Expression in Porcine Tissues: Roles in Ontogeny and Tissue Specificity
Hua Wu, Guolong Zhang, Christopher R. Ross, Frank Blecha

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Influence of Outer Surface Protein A Antibody onBorrelia burgdorferi within Feeding Ticks
Aravinda M. de Silva, Nordin S. Zeidner, Yan Zhang, Marc C. Dolan, Joseph Piesman, Erol Fikrig
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Specificity of Infection-Induced Immunity amongBorrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Species
Stephen W. Barthold
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Comparison of Surface Proteins of Anaplasma marginale Grown in Tick Cell Culture, Tick Salivary Glands, and Cattle
A. F. Barbet, R. Blentlinger, Jooyoung Yi, A. M. Lundgren, E. F. Blouin, K. M. Kocan
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Immunogenicity of Intranasally Administered Meningococcal Native Outer Membrane Vesicles in Mice
Nancy B. Saunders, David R. Shoemaker, Brenda L. Brandt, E. Ellen Moran, Thomas Larsen, Wendell D. Zollinger
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
The Polysaccharide Portion of Lipopolysaccharide Regulates Antigen-Specific T-Cell Activation via Effects on Macrophage-Mediated Antigen Processing
Nicole M. Zirk, Saira F. Hashmi, H. Kirk Ziegler
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Helicobacter pylori Infection in Immunized Mice Lacking Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I and Class II Functions
Jacques Pappo, Deirdre Torrey, Lillian Castriotta, Anneli Savinainen, Zita Kabok, Alexander Ibraghimov
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Mucin-Related Epitopes Distinguish M Cells and Enterocytes in Rabbit Appendix and Peyer’s Patches
Hugues Lelouard, Hubert Reggio, Paul Mangeat, Marian Neutra, Philippe Montcourrier
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Tonsillar Application of Formalin-Killed Cells ofStreptococcus sobrinus Reduces Experimental Dental Caries in Rabbits
Takaki Fukuizumi, Hiromasa Inoue, Toshiyuki Tsujisawa, Choji Uchiyama
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Killing of Borrelia burgdorferi by Antibody Elicited by OspA Vaccine Is Inefficient in the Absence of Complement
Jena M. Nowling, Mario T. Philipp

Fungal and Parasitic Infections

Fungal and Parasitic Infections
High-Level Expression of Plasmodium vivax Apical Membrane Antigen 1 (AMA-1) in Pichia pastoris: Strong Immunogenicity in Macaca mulatta Immunized with P. vivax AMA-1 and Adjuvant SBAS2
Clemens H. M. Kocken, Martin A. Dubbeld, Annemarie Van Der Wel, Jack T. Pronk, Andrew P. Waters, Jan A. M. Langermans, Alan W. Thomas
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Murine γδ T Lymphocytes Elicited duringPlasmodium yoelii Infection Respond to PlasmodiumHeat Shock Proteins
Jeffrey Kopacz, Nirbhay Kumar
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Novel Target Antigens of the Variant-Specific Immune Response to Plasmodium falciparum Identified by Differential Screening of an Expression Library
Cécile Le Scanf, Thierry Fandeur, Serge Bonnefoy, Micheline Guillotte, Odile Mercereau-Puijalon
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Effect of Melanin and Carotenoids ofExophiala (Wangiella) dermatitidis on Phagocytosis, Oxidative Burst, and Killing by Human Neutrophils
Norbert Schnitzler, Heidrun Peltroche-Llacsahuanga, Nicole Bestier, Josef Zündorf, Rudolf Lütticken, Gerhard Haase
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Catecholamine Oxidative Products, but Not Melanin, Are Produced by Cryptococcus neoformans during Neuropathogenesis in Mice
Lide Liu, Kazumasa Wakamatsu, Shosuke Ito, Peter R. Williamson
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Bovine CD4⁺ T-Lymphocyte Clones Specific for Rhoptry-Associated Protein 1 of Babesia bigemina Stimulate Enhanced Immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) and IgG2 Synthesis
Wendy C. Brown, Terry F. McElwain, Guy H. Palmer, Sue Ellen Chantler, D. Mark Estes
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Mechanisms for Induction of L-Selectin Loss from T Lymphocytes by a Cryptococcal Polysaccharide, Glucuronoxylomannan
Zhao Ming Dong, Lydgia Jackson, Juneann W. Murphy
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Compensation for Decreased Expression of B7 Molecules on Leishmania infantum-Infected Canine Macrophages Results in Restoration of Parasite-Specific T-Cell Proliferation and Gamma Interferon Production
Elena Pinelli, Victor P. M. G. Rutten, Martijn Bruysters, Peter F. Moore, E. Joost Ruitenberg
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Partial Protection against Plasmodium vivaxBlood-Stage Infection in Saimiri Monkeys by Immunization with a Recombinant C-Terminal Fragment of Merozoite Surface Protein 1 in Block Copolymer Adjuvant
Chunfu Yang, William E. Collins, JoAnn S. Sullivan, David C. Kaslow, Lihua Xiao, Altaf A. Lal
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Recombinant Expression and Localization ofSchistosoma mansoni Cathepsin L1 Support Its Role in the Degradation of Host Hemoglobin
Ciaran P. Brady, Andrew J. Dowd, Paul J. Brindley, Thecla Ryan, Sharon R. Day, John P. Dalton
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Detection of Live Trypanosoma cruzi in Tissues of Infected Mice by Using Histochemical Stain for β-Galactosidase
Frederick S. Buckner, Aaron J. Wilson, Wesley C. Van Voorhis
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Differential Susceptibilities of Anopheles albimanus and Anopheles pseudopunctipennis to Infections with Coindigenous Plasmodium vivaxVariants VK210 and VK247 in Southern Mexico
Lilia Gonzalez-Ceron, Mario H. Rodriguez, Jose C. Nettel, Cuauhtemoc Villarreal, Kevin C. Kain, Juan E. Hernandez
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
γδ T-Cell Function in Pathogenesis of Cerebral Malaria in Mice Infected with Plasmodium bergheiANKA
D. M. Yañez, J. Batchelder, H. C. van der Heyde, D. D. Manning, W. P. Weidanz

Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis

MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Characterization of emb, a Gene Encoding the Major Adhesin of Streptococcus defectivus
Riccardo Manganelli, Ivo van de Rijn
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Catalase and Peroxidase Activities and Resistance to Oxidative Killing in Human Monocytes In Vitro
Claudia Manca, Simon Paul, Clifton E. Barry, Victoria H. Freedman, Gilla Kaplan
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Localization of the Intracellular Activity Domain of Pasteurella multocida Toxin to the N Terminus
Brenda A. Wilson, Virgilio G. Ponferrada, Jefferson E. Vallance, Mengfei Ho
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Campylobacter jejuni-Stimulated Secretion of Interleukin-8 by INT407 Cells
Thomas E. Hickey, Shihida Baqar, A. Louis Bourgeois, Cheryl P. Ewing, Patricia Guerry
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Expression of the EspB Protein of EnteropathogenicEscherichia coli within HeLa Cells Affects Stress Fibers and Cellular Morphology
Kathleen A. Taylor, Paul W. Luther, Michael S. Donnenberg
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Expression of Listeriolysin O and ActA by Intracellular and Extracellular Listeria monocytogenes
Marlena A. Moors, Brian Levitt, Philip Youngman, Daniel A. Portnoy
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Resurgent Vibrio cholerae O139: Rearrangement of Cholera Toxin Genetic Elements and Amplification ofrrn Operon
Gopal Khetawat, Rupak K. Bhadra, Suvobroto Nandi, Jyotirmoy Das
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Identification of an Intestinal Neutral Glycosphingolipid as a Phenotype-Specific Receptor for the K88ad Fimbrial Adhesin of Escherichia coli
Philippe A. Grange, Alan K. Erickson, Steven B. Levery, David H. Francis
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Mutagenesis of Active-Site Histidines ofListeria monocytogenes Phosphatidylinositol-Specific Phospholipase C: Effects on Enzyme Activity and Biological Function
Trudi Bannam, Howard Goldfine
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Fimbria-Mediated Enhanced Attachment of NontypeableHaemophilus influenzae to Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Infected Respiratory Epithelial Cells
Zili Jiang, Nobuo Nagata, Edgar Molina, Lauren O. Bakaletz, Hal Hawkins, Janak A. Patel
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Influence of the Salmonella typhimuriumPathogenicity Island 2 Type III Secretion System on Bacterial Growth in the Mouse
Jacqueline E. Shea, Carmen R. Beuzon, Colin Gleeson, Rosanna Mundy, David W. Holden
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Effects of Site-Directed Mutagenesis ofEscherichia coli Heat-Labile Enterotoxin on ADP-Ribosyltransferase Activity and Interaction with ADP-Ribosylation Factors
Linda A. Stevens, Joel Moss, Martha Vaughan, Mariagrazia Pizza, Rino Rappuoli
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Cloning and Characterization of a Novel Membrane-Associated Antigenic Protein of Helicobacter pylori
Masaru Yoshida, Yoshio Wakatsuki, Yoshinao Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Itoh, Kazuhisa Murakami, Akira Mizoguchi, Takashi Usui, Tsutomu Chiba, Toru Kita
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Vibrio anguillarum Resistance to Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Serum: Role of O-Antigen Structure of Lipopolysaccharide
Henriette T. Boesen, Karl Pedersen, Jens L. Larsen, Claus Koch, Anthony E. Ellis
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Identification of Fur, Aconitase, and Other Proteins Expressed by Mycobacterium tuberculosis under Conditions of Low and High Concentrations of Iron by Combined Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis and Mass Spectrometry
Diane K. Wong, Bai-Yu Lee, Marcus A. Horwitz, Bradford W. Gibson
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Establishment of Unipolar Localization of IcsA in Shigella flexneri 2a Is Not Dependent on Virulence Plasmid Determinants
Robin C. Sandlin, Anthony T. Maurelli
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Identification of Two Novel Genes Encoding 97- to 99-Kilodalton Outer Membrane Proteins of Chlamydia pneumoniae
Katrine Knudsen, Anna Sofie Madsen, Per Mygind, Gunna Christiansen, Svend Birkelund
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Five Homologous Repeats of the Protein G-Related Protein MIG Cooperate in Binding to Goat Immunoglobulin G
József Vasi, Jan Svensson, Inga-Maria Frick, Hans-Peter Müller
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Antisense Inhibition of Expression of Cysteine Proteinases Affects Entamoeba histolytica-Induced Formation of Liver Abscess in Hamsters
Serge Ankri, Tamara Stolarsky, Rivka Bracha, Felipe Padilla-Vaca, David Mirelman
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Virulence Properties of Escherichia coli83972, a Prototype Strain Associated with Asymptomatic Bacteriuria
Richard A. Hull, Delbert C. Rudy, William H. Donovan, Inge E. Wieser, Colleen Stewart, Rabih O. Darouiche
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Nonrestricted Differential Intoxication of Cells by Pertussis Toxin
Ali el Bayâ, Kerstin Brückener, M. Alexander Schmidt
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Is Required forSalmonella typhimurium Virulence and Resistance to Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Intermediates
Brita E. Lundberg, Richard E. Wolf, Mary C. Dinauer, Yisheng Xu, Ferric C. Fang
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Adhesin Expression in Matched Nasopharyngeal and Middle Ear Isolates of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzaefrom Children with Acute Otitis Media
Graham P. Krasan, David Cutter, Stan L. Block, Joseph W. St. Geme
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Identification and Functional Characterization of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae lbpB Gene Product
Gour D. Biswas, James E. Anderson, Ching-Ju Chen, Cynthia Nau Cornelissen, P. Frederick Sparling
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PATHOGENESIS
Response to Reactive Nitrogen Intermediates inMycobacterium tuberculosis: Induction of the 16-Kilodalton α-Crystallin Homolog by Exposure to Nitric Oxide Donors
T. R. Garbe, N. S. Hibler, V. Deretic

Letters

Letters to the Editor
The Cytotoxic Enterotoxin of Aeromonas hydrophila Is Aerolysin
J. Thomas Buckley, S. Peter Howard

Errata

Erratum
Clostridium difficile Toxin B Induces Apoptosis in Intestinal Cultured Cells
Carla Fiorentini, Alessia Fabbri, Loredana Falzano, Andrea Fattorossi, Paola Matarrese, Roberto Rivabene, Gianfranco Donelli
Erratum
Oral Vaccination against Tetanus: Comparison of the Immunogenicities of Salmonella Strains Expressing Fragment C from the nirB and htrA Promoters
Mark Roberts, Jingli Li, Andrew Bacon, Steven Chatfield
Erratum
Kinetics and In Vivo Induction of Genetic Variation ofvlsE in Borrelia burgdorferi
Jing-Ren Zhang, Steven J. Norris