Infection and Immunity: 76 (1)

January 2008; Volume 76,Issue 1

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Intestinal Immune Response to Human Cryptosporidium sp. Infection
Birte Pantenburg, Sara M. Dann, Heuy-Ching Wang, Prema Robinson, Alejandro Castellanos-Gonzalez, Dorothy E. Lewis, A. Clinton White

Molecular Pathogenesis

Molecular Pathogenesis
Cytotoxicity in Macrophages Infected with Rough Brucella Mutants Is Type IV Secretion System Dependent
Jianwu Pei, Qingmin Wu, Melissa Kahl-McDonagh, Thomas A. Ficht
Molecular Pathogenesis
A LysR-Type Transcriptional Regulator in Burkholderia cenocepacia Influences Colony Morphology and Virulence
Steve P. Bernier, David T. Nguyen, Pamela A. Sokol
Molecular Pathogenesis
A Carcinoembryonic Antigen-Related Cell Adhesion Molecule 1 Homologue Plays a Pivotal Role in Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Colonization of the Chinchilla Nasopharynx via the Outer Membrane Protein P5-Homologous Adhesin
James E. Bookwalter, Joseph A. Jurcisek, Scott D. Gray-Owen, Soledad Fernandez, Glen McGillivary, Lauren O. Bakaletz
Molecular Pathogenesis
Outer Membrane Protein Sequence Variation in Lambs Experimentally Infected with Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Erik G. Granquist, Snorre Stuen, Anna M. Lundgren, Margrethe Bråten, Anthony F. Barbet
Molecular Pathogenesis
Functional Role of the PE Domain and Immunogenicity of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Triacylglycerol Hydrolase LipY
Kanhu C. Mishra, Chantal de Chastellier, Yeddula Narayana, Pablo Bifani, Alistair K. Brown, Gurdyal S. Besra, Vishwa M. Katoch, Beenu Joshi, Kithiganahalli N. Balaji, Laurent Kremer
Molecular Pathogenesis
Staphylococcus epidermidis saeR Is an Effector of Anaerobic Growth and a Mediator of Acute Inflammation
L. D. Handke, K. L. Rogers, M. E. Olson, G. A. Somerville, T. J. Jerrells, M. E. Rupp, P. M. Dunman, P. D. Fey
Molecular Pathogenesis
Critical Role of RecN in Recombinational DNA Repair and Survival of Helicobacter pylori
Ge Wang, Robert J. Maier
Molecular Pathogenesis
Global Transcriptome Analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi during Association with Human Neuroglial Cells
Jill A. Livengood, Virginia L. Schmit, Robert D. Gilmore
Molecular Pathogenesis
Defining Targets for Complement Components C4b and C3b on the Pathogenic Neisseriae
Lisa A. Lewis, Sanjay Ram, Alpana Prasad, Sunita Gulati, Silke Getzlaff, Anna M. Blom, Ulrich Vogel, Peter A. Rice
Molecular Pathogenesis
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O125:H6 Triggers Attaching and Effacing Lesions on Human Intestinal Biopsy Specimens Independently of Nck and TccP/TccP2
Li Bai, Stephanie Schüller, Andrew Whale, Aurelie Mousnier, Olivier Marches, Lei Wang, Tadasuke Ooka, Robert Heuschkel, Franco Torrente, James B. Kaper, Tânia A. T. Gomes, Jianguo Xu, Alan D. Phillips, Gad Frankel
Molecular Pathogenesis
The NleE/OspZ Family of Effector Proteins Is Required for Polymorphonuclear Transepithelial Migration, a Characteristic Shared by Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Shigella flexneri Infections
Daniel V. Zurawski, Karen L. Mumy, Luminita Badea, Julia A. Prentice, Elizabeth L. Hartland, Beth A. McCormick, Anthony T. Maurelli

Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions

Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions
Phagocytosis of Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Potentiates Innate Immune Activation and Induces Apoptosis in Human Monocytes
Adriana R. Cruz, Meagan W. Moore, Carson J. La Vake, Christian H. Eggers, Juan C. Salazar, Justin D. Radolf
Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions
Mycoplasma gallisepticum Invades Chicken Erythrocytes during Infection
Gunther Vogl, Astrid Plaickner, Susan Szathmary, László Stipkovits, Renate Rosengarten, Michael P. Szostak
Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions
Effects of CXCL10 on Dendritic Cell and CD4⁺ T-Cell Functions during Leishmania amazonensis Infection
René E. Vasquez, Lijun Xin, Lynn Soong
Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions
The Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis MAP3464 Gene Encodes an Oxidoreductase Involved in Invasion of Bovine Epithelial Cells through the Activation of Host Cell Cdc42
Marta Alonso-Hearn, Dilip Patel, Lia Danelishvili, Lisbeth Meunier-Goddik, Luiz E. Bermudez
Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions
Temporal Regulation of Interleukin-12p70 (IL-12p70) and IL-12-Related Cytokines in Splenic Dendritic Cell Subsets during Leishmania donovani Infection
Asher Maroof, Paul M. Kaye
Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions
Cytotoxicity of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides Small Colony Type to Bovine Epithelial Cells
Daniela F. Bischof, Carole Janis, Edy M. Vilei, Giuseppe Bertoni, Joachim Frey
Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions
Bystander Macrophage Apoptosis after Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra Infection
Deirdre M. Kelly, Annemieke M. C. ten Bokum, Seonadh M. O'Leary, Mary P. O'Sullivan, Joseph Keane

Host Response and Inflammation

Host Response and Inflammation
Fibrotic Response as a Distinguishing Feature of Resistance and Susceptibility to Pulmonary Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Mice
Jean-François Marquis, André Nantel, Ronald LaCourse, Lynn Ryan, Robert J. North, Philippe Gros
Host Response and Inflammation
Flagellin Suppresses the Inflammatory Response and Enhances Bacterial Clearance in a Murine Model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Keratitis
Ashok Kumar, Linda D. Hazlett, Fu-Shin X. Yu
Host Response and Inflammation
L-Ficolin/Mannose-Binding Lectin-Associated Serine Protease Complexes Bind to Group B Streptococci Primarily through N-Acetylneuraminic Acid of Capsular Polysaccharide and Activate the Complement Pathway
Youko Aoyagi, Elisabeth E. Adderson, Craig E. Rubens, John F. Bohnsack, Jin G. Min, Misao Matsushita, Teizo Fujita, Yoshiyuki Okuwaki, Shinji Takahashi
Host Response and Inflammation
Mechanisms of Dexamethasone-Mediated Inhibition of Toll-Like Receptor Signaling Induced by Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus pneumoniae
Trine H. Mogensen, Randi S. Berg, Søren R. Paludan, Lars Østergaard
Host Response and Inflammation
Toll-Like Receptor 2-Mediated Interleukin-8 Expression in Gingival Epithelial Cells by the Tannerella forsythia Leucine-Rich Repeat Protein BspA
Shinsuke Onishi, Kiyonobu Honma, Shuang Liang, Panagiota Stathopoulou, Denis Kinane, George Hajishengallis, Ashu Sharma
Host Response and Inflammation
Lipoteichoic Acid Is Important in Innate Immune Responses to Gram-Positive Bacteria
Ho Seong Seo, Suzanne M. Michalek, Moon H. Nahm
Host Response and Inflammation
Nonpathogenic Escherichia coli Strain Nissle 1917 Inhibits Signal Transduction in Intestinal Epithelial Cells
Nobuhiko Kamada, Kenichi Maeda, Nagamu Inoue, Tadakazu Hisamatsu, Susumu Okamoto, Kyong Su Hong, Takaya Yamada, Noriaki Watanabe, Kanji Tsuchimoto, Haruhiko Ogata, Toshifumi Hibi
Host Response and Inflammation
Brucella abortus Inhibits Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Expression and Antigen Processing through Interleukin-6 Secretion via Toll-Like Receptor 2
Paula Barrionuevo, Juliana Cassataro, M. Victoria Delpino, Astrid Zwerdling, Karina A. Pasquevich, Clara García Samartino, Jorge C. Wallach, Carlos A. Fossati, Guillermo H. Giambartolomei
Host Response and Inflammation
Mycoplasma pneumoniae-Derived Lipopeptides Induce Acute Inflammatory Responses in the Lungs of Mice
Takashi Shimizu, Yutaka Kida, Koichi Kuwano
Host Response and Inflammation
c-Jun NH₂-Terminal Kinase 2 Inhibits Gamma Interferon Production during Anaplasma phagocytophilum Infection
Joao H. F. Pedra, Jochen Mattner, Jian Tao, Steven M. Kerfoot, Roger J. Davis, Richard A. Flavell, Philip W. Askenase, Zhinan Yin, Erol Fikrig
Host Response and Inflammation
Gingipains from Porphyromonas gingivalis Increase the Chemotactic and Respiratory Burst-Priming Properties of the 77-Amino-Acid Interleukin-8 Variant
Irundika H. K. Dias, Lindsay Marshall, Peter A. Lambert, Iain L. C. Chapple, John B. Matthews, Helen R. Griffiths
Host Response and Inflammation
Immune Distribution and Localization of Phosphoantigen-Specific Vγ2Vδ2 T Cells in Lymphoid and Nonlymphoid Tissues in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
Dan Huang, Yun Shen, Liyou Qiu, Crystal Y. Chen, Ling Shen, Jim Estep, Robert Hunt, Daphne Vasconcelos, George Du, Pyone Aye, Andrew A. Lackner, Michelle H. Larsen, William R. Jacobs, Barton F. Haynes, Norman L. Letvin, Zheng W. Chen

Fungal and Parasitic Infections

Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Use of a Genetically Engineered Strain To Evaluate the Pathogenic Potential of Yeast Cell and Filamentous Forms during Candida albicans Systemic Infection in Immunodeficient Mice
Stephen P. Saville, Anna L. Lazzell, Ashok K. Chaturvedi, Carlos Monteagudo, Jose L. Lopez-Ribot
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Highly Polymorphic Family of Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored Surface Antigens with Evidence of Developmental Regulation in Toxoplasma gondii
Angela M. Pollard, Krystal N. Onatolu, Luisa Hiller, Kasturi Haldar, Laura J. Knoll
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Essential Role of Chitinase in the Development of the Filarial Nematode Acanthocheilonema viteae
Babila Tachu, Smitha Pillai, Richard Lucius, Thomas Pogonka
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Preclinical Evaluation of the Safety and Immunogenicity of a Vaccine Consisting of Plasmodium falciparum Liver-Stage Antigen 1 with Adjuvant AS01B Administered Alone or Concurrently with the RTS,S/AS01B Vaccine in Rhesus Primates
S. Pichyangkul, U. Kum-Arb, K. Yongvanitchit, A. Limsalakpetch, M. Gettayacamin, D. E. Lanar, L. A. Ware, V. A. Stewart, D. G. Heppner, P. Mettens, J. D. Cohen, W. R. Ballou, M. M. Fukuda
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Autophagy during Proliferation and Encystation in the Protozoan Parasite Entamoeba invadens
Karina Picazarri, Kumiko Nakada-Tsukui, Tomoyoshi Nozaki
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Toll-Like Receptor 9-Dependent Macrophage Activation by Entamoeba histolytica DNA
Catherine P. A. Ivory, Michael Prystajecky, Christian Jobin, Kris Chadee
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Oral Vaccination with Salmonella enterica as a Cruzipain-DNA Delivery System Confers Protective Immunity against Trypanosoma cruzi
Silvia I. Cazorla, Pablo D. Becker, Fernanda M. Frank, Thomas Ebensen, María J. Sartori, Ricardo S. Corral, Emilio L. Malchiodi, Carlos A. Guzmán
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Pneumocystis carinii Exhibits a Conserved Meiotic Control Pathway
Joshua W. Burgess, Theodore J. Kottom, Andrew H. Limper
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Impairment of Infectivity and Immunoprotective Effect of a LYT1 Null Mutant of Trypanosoma cruzi
M. Paola Zago, Alejandra B. Barrio, Rubén M. Cardozo, Tomás Duffy, Alejandro G. Schijman, Miguel A. Basombrío

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Highly Attenuated Bordetella pertussis Strain BPZE1 as a Potential Live Vehicle for Delivery of Heterologous Vaccine Candidates
Si Ying Ho, Shi Qian Chua, Damian G. W. Foo, Camille Locht, Vincent T. Chow, Chit Laa Poh, Sylvie Alonso
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
A DNA Fusion Vaccine Induces Bactericidal Antibodies to a Peptide Epitope from the PorA Porin of Neisseria meningitidis
Delin Zhu, Jeannette N. Williams, Jason Rice, Freda K. Stevenson, John E. Heckels, Myron Christodoulides
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Recombinant Holotoxoid Vaccine against Botulism
Christina L. Pier, William H. Tepp, Marite Bradshaw, Eric A. Johnson, Joseph T. Barbieri, Michael R. Baldwin

Bacterial Infections

Bacterial Infections
Surfactant-Associated Protein A Provides Critical Immunoprotection in Neonatal Mice
Caroline L. S. George, Kelli L. Goss, David K. Meyerholz, Fred S. Lamb, Jeanne M. Snyder
Bacterial Infections
Role of the BBA64 Locus of Borrelia burgdorferi in Early Stages of Infectivity in a Murine Model of Lyme Disease
Mahulena Maruskova, M. Dolores Esteve-Gassent, Valerie L. Sexton, J. Seshu
Bacterial Infections
Host Transmission of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Is Controlled by Virulence Factors and Indigenous Intestinal Microbiota
Trevor D. Lawley, Donna M. Bouley, Yana E. Hoy, Christine Gerke, David A. Relman, Denise M. Monack

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