Infection and Immunity: 78 (4)

April 2010; Volume 78,Issue 4

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Bacterial Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors SopE-Like and WxxxE Effectors
Richard Bulgin, Benoit Raymond, James A. Garnett, Gad Frankel, Valerie F. Crepin, Cedric N. Berger, Ana Arbeloa

Fungal and Parasitic Infections

Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Candida albicans β-Glucan Exposure Is Controlled by the Fungal CEK1-Mediated Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway That Modulates Immune Responses Triggered through Dectin-1
Marta Galán-Díez, David M. Arana, Diego Serrano-Gómez, Leonor Kremer, José M. Casasnovas, Mara Ortega, Álvaro Cuesta-Domínguez, Angel L. Corbí, Jesús Pla, Elena Fernández-Ruiz
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Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Molecular Cloning, Biochemical Characterization, and Partial Protective Immunity of the Heme-Binding Glutathione S-Transferases from the Human Hookworm Necator americanus
Bin Zhan, Samirah Perally, Peter M. Brophy, Jian Xue, Gaddam Goud, Sen Liu, Vehid Deumic, Luciana M. de Oliveira, Jeffrey Bethony, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Desheng Jiang, Portia Gillespie, Shu-hua Xiao, Richi Gupta, Alex Loukas, Najju Ranjit, Sara Lustigman, Yelena Oksov, Peter Hotez
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Extracellular Vesicles from Cryptococcus neoformans Modulate Macrophage Functions
Débora L. Oliveira, Célio G. Freire-de-Lima, Joshua D. Nosanchuk, Arturo Casadevall, Marcio L. Rodrigues, Leonardo Nimrichter
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Contribution of Candida albicans Cell Wall Components to Recognition by and Escape from Murine Macrophages
C. G. J. McKenzie, U. Koser, L. E. Lewis, J. M. Bain, H. M. Mora-Montes, R. N. Barker, N. A. R. Gow, L. P. Erwig

Molecular Pathogenesis

Molecular Pathogenesis
Pathogenicity Islands PAPI-1 and PAPI-2 Contribute Individually and Synergistically to the Virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain PA14
Ewan M. Harrison, Melissa E. K. Carter, Shelley Luck, Hong-Yu Ou, Xinyi He, Zixin Deng, Chris O'Callaghan, Aras Kadioglu, Kumar Rajakumar
Molecular Pathogenesis
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cytotoxin ExoU Is Injected into Phagocytic Cells during Acute Pneumonia
Maureen H. Diaz, Alan R. Hauser
Molecular Pathogenesis
Virulence Plasmid Harbored by Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Functions in Acute Stages of Pathogenesis
Corinne K. Cusumano, Chia S. Hung, Swaine L. Chen, Scott J. Hultgren
Molecular Pathogenesis
Functional Characterization of an Extended Binding Component of the Actin-ADP-Ribosylating C2 Toxin Detected in Clostridium botulinum Strain (C) 2300
Charlott Sterthoff, Alexander E. Lang, Carsten Schwan, Andreas Tauch, Klaus Aktories
Molecular Pathogenesis
Vibrio cholerae Phosphoenolpyruvate Phosphotransferase System Control of Carbohydrate Transport, Biofilm Formation, and Colonization of the Germfree Mouse Intestine
Laetitia Houot, Sarah Chang, Cedric Absalon, Paula I. Watnick
Molecular Pathogenesis
UpaH Is a Newly Identified Autotransporter Protein That Contributes to Biofilm Formation and Bladder Colonization by Uropathogenic Escherichia coli CFT073
Luke P. Allsopp, Makrina Totsika, Jai J. Tree, Glen C. Ulett, Amanda N. Mabbett, Timothy J. Wells, Bostjan Kobe, Scott A. Beatson, Mark A. Schembri
Molecular Pathogenesis
The Extreme C Terminus of Shigella flexneri IpaB Is Required for Regulation of Type III Secretion, Needle Tip Composition, and Binding
A. Dorothea Roehrich, Isabel Martinez-Argudo, Steven Johnson, Ariel J. Blocker, Andreas K. J. Veenendaal
Molecular Pathogenesis
Examination of Type IV Pilus Expression and Pilus-Associated Phenotypes in Kingella kingae Clinical Isolates
Thomas E. Kehl-Fie, Eric A. Porsch, Pablo Yagupsky, Elizabeth A. Grass, Caroline Obert, Daniel K. Benjamin, Joseph W. St. Geme
Molecular Pathogenesis
Clumping Factor A Interaction with Complement Factor I Increases C3b Cleavage on the Bacterial Surface of Staphylococcus aureus and Decreases Complement-Mediated Phagocytosis
Pamela S. Hair, Charlene G. Echague, Amber M. Sholl, Justin A. Watkins, Joan A. Geoghegan, Timothy J. Foster, Kenji M. Cunnion
Molecular Pathogenesis
Transmission of Diverse Oral Bacteria to Murine Placenta: Evidence for the Oral Microbiome as a Potential Source of Intrauterine Infection
Yann Fardini, Peter Chung, Rochelle Dumm, Nishiant Joshi, Yiping W. Han

Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions

Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions
The NF-κB p50 Subunit Is Protective during Intestinal Entamoeba histolytica Infection of 129 and C57BL/6 Mice
Kyou-Nam Cho, Stephen M. Becker, Eric R. Houpt
Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions
Burkholderia cenocepacia Creates an Intramacrophage Replication Niche in Zebrafish Embryos, Followed by Bacterial Dissemination and Establishment of Systemic Infection
Annette C. Vergunst, Annemarie H. Meijer, Stephen A. Renshaw, David O'Callaghan

Bacterial Infections

Bacterial Infections
Stressor Exposure Disrupts Commensal Microbial Populations in the Intestines and Leads to Increased Colonization by Citrobacter rodentium
Michael T. Bailey, Scot E. Dowd, Nicola M. A. Parry, Jeffrey D. Galley, David B. Schauer, Mark Lyte
Bacterial Infections
Both Hemolytic Anemia and Malaria Parasite-Specific Factors Increase Susceptibility to Nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Infection in Mice
Christelle M. Roux, Brian P. Butler, Jennifer Y. Chau, Tatiane A. Paixao, Kong Wai Cheung, Renato L. Santos, Shirley Luckhart, Renée M. Tsolis
Bacterial Infections
Characterization of the Contribution to Virulence of Three Large Plasmids of Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli χ7122 (O78:K80:H9)
Melha Mellata, Keith Ameiss, Hua Mo, Roy Curtiss
Bacterial Infections
Critical Role of Dispensable Genes in Mycoplasma agalactiae Interaction with Mammalian Cells
Eric Baranowski, Sébastien Guiral, Eveline Sagné, Agnès Skapski, Christine Citti
Bacterial Infections
Expression of the BabA Adhesin during Experimental Infection with Helicobacter pylori
Cathy M. Styer, Lori M. Hansen, Cara L. Cooke, Amy M. Gundersen, Sung Sook Choi, Douglas E. Berg, Mohammed Benghezal, Barry J. Marshall, Richard M. Peek, Thomas Borén, Jay V. Solnick
Bacterial Infections
Opacity Proteins Increase Neisseria gonorrhoeae Fitness in the Female Genital Tract Due to a Factor under Ovarian Control
Jessica G. Cole, Nanette B. Fulcher, Ann E. Jerse
Bacterial Infections
Natural Variability of In Vitro Adherence to Fibrinogen and Fibronectin Does Not Correlate with In Vivo Infectivity of Staphylococcus aureus
Mathilde Ythier, Jose M. Entenza, Jacques Bille, François Vandenesch, Michèle Bes, Philippe Moreillon, Olga Sakwinska
Bacterial Infections
Contribution of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Virulence Factors to Cytotoxicity, Enterotoxicity, and Lethality in Mice
Hirotaka Hiyoshi, Toshio Kodama, Tetsuya Iida, Takeshi Honda

Host Response and Inflammation

Host Response and Inflammation
Inflammatory Monocytes but Not Neutrophils Are Necessary To Control Infection with Toxoplasma gondii in Mice
Ildiko R. Dunay, Anja Fuchs, L. David Sibley
Host Response and Inflammation
Acute Immune Response to Mycobacterium massiliense in C57BL/6 and BALB/c Mice
Eduardo Martins de Sousa, Fernando Bonfim de Bortoli, Eduardo Pinheiro Amaral, Aline Carvalho Batista, Thereza Liberman Kipnis, Alessandra Marques Cardoso, André Kipnis, Ana Paula Junqueira-Kipnis
Host Response and Inflammation
Characterization and Modulation of the Immunosuppressive Phase of Sepsis
Jared T. Muenzer, Christopher G. Davis, Kathy Chang, Robert E. Schmidt, W. Michael Dunne, Craig M. Coopersmith, Richard S. Hotchkiss
Host Response and Inflammation
Loss of Ability To Self-Heal Malaria upon Taurine Transporter Deletion
Denis Delić, Ulrich Warskulat, Elena Borsch, Saad Al-Qahtani, Saleh Al-Quraishi, Dieter Häussinger, Frank Wunderlich
Host Response and Inflammation
Local Host Response to Chlamydial Urethral Infection in Male Guinea Pigs
Yin Wang, Uma Nagarajan, Leah Hennings, Anne K. Bowlin, Roger G. Rank
Host Response and Inflammation
Toll-Like Receptor 3 Agonist Protection against Experimental Francisella tularensis Respiratory Tract Infection
Richard B. Pyles, G. Eric Jezek, Tonyia D. Eaves-Pyles
Host Response and Inflammation
Contribution of Each of Four Superantigens to Streptococcus equi-Induced Mitogenicity, Gamma Interferon Synthesis, and Immunity
Romain Paillot, Carl Robinson, Karen Steward, Nicola Wright, Thibaud Jourdan, Nicola Butcher, Zoe Heather, Andrew S. Waller
Host Response and Inflammation
Testing the Efficacy and Toxicity of Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors against Enteric Pathogens Using In Vitro and In Vivo Models of Infection
Scott T. Moen, Carla A. Blumentritt, Terry M. Slater, Shilpa D. Patel, Christopher B. Tutt, Maria E. Estrella-Jimenez, Jennifer Pawlik, Laurie Sower, Vsevolod L. Popov, Catherine H. Schein, Scott R. Gilbertson, Johnny W. Peterson, Alfredo G. Torres
Host Response and Inflammation
Broad-Spectrum Activity against Bacterial Mastitis Pathogens and Activation of Mammary Epithelial Cells Support a Protective Role of Neutrophil Cathelicidins in Bovine Mastitis
Linda Tomasinsig, Gennyfer De Conti, Barbara Skerlavaj, Renata Piccinini, Maria Mazzilli, Francesca D'Este, Alessandro Tossi, Margherita Zanetti
Host Response and Inflammation
GroEL and Lipopolysaccharide from Francisella tularensis Live Vaccine Strain Synergistically Activate Human Macrophages
Courtney E. Noah, Meenakshi Malik, DeAnna C. Bublitz, Devin Camenares, Timothy J. Sellati, Jorge L. Benach, Martha B. Furie

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
CD1d-Dependent B-Cell Help by NK-Like T Cells Leads to Enhanced and Sustained Production of Bacillus anthracis Lethal Toxin-Neutralizing Antibodies
T. Scott Devera, Lindsay M. Aye, Gillian A. Lang, Sunil K. Joshi, Jimmy D. Ballard, Mark L. Lang
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Assessment of the Duration of Protection in Campylobacter jejuni Experimental Infection in Humans
David R. Tribble, Shahida Baqar, Daniel A. Scott, Michael L. Oplinger, Fernando Trespalacios, David Rollins, Richard I. Walker, John D. Clements, Steven Walz, Paul Gibbs, Edward F. Burg, Anthony P. Moran, Lisa Applebee, A. Louis Bourgeois

Molecular Genomics

Molecular Genomics
Staphylococcus aureus Fur Regulates the Expression of Virulence Factors That Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Pneumonia
Victor J. Torres, Ahmed S. Attia, William J. Mason, M. Indriati Hood, Brian D. Corbin, Federico C. Beasley, Kelsi L. Anderson, Devin L. Stauff, W. Hayes McDonald, Lisa J. Zimmerman, David B. Friedman, David E. Heinrichs, Paul M. Dunman, Eric P. Skaar
Molecular Genomics
Comparative Genomic Analyses of Attenuated Strains of Mycoplasma gallisepticum
S. M. Szczepanek, E. R. Tulman, T. S. Gorton, X. Liao, Z. Lu, J. Zinski, F. Aziz, S. Frasca, G. F. Kutish, S. J. Geary

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections

Molecular Pathogenesis

Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions

Bacterial Infections

Host Response and Inflammation

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines

Molecular Genomics

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