Protein Subunits

Molecular Pathogenesis
Role of Aromatic Amino Acids in Receptor Binding Activity and Subunit Assembly of the Cytolethal Distending Toxin of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
Linsen Cao, Georges Bandelac, Alla Volgina, Jonathan Korostoff, Joseph M. DiRienzo
Molecular Pathogenesis
The Serine 31 Residue of the B Subunit of Shiga Toxin 2 Is Essential for Secretion in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
Takeshi Shimizu, Satomi Kawakami, Toshio Sato, Terumi Sasaki, Masato Higashide, Takashi Hamabata, Toshiko Ohta, Masatoshi Noda
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Acquisition of Hemozoin by Monocytes Down-Regulates Interleukin-12 p40 (IL-12p40) Transcripts and Circulating IL-12p70 through an IL-10-Dependent Mechanism: In Vivo and In Vitro Findings in Severe Malarial Anemia
Christopher C. Keller, Ouma Yamo, Collins Ouma, John Michael Ong'echa, David Ounah, James B. Hittner, John M. Vulule, Douglas J. Perkins
Host Response and Inflammation
Bordetella pertussis Inhibition of Interleukin-12 (IL-12) p70 in Human Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells Blocks IL-12 p35 through Adenylate Cyclase Toxin-Dependent Cyclic AMP Induction
Fabiana Spensieri, Giorgio Fedele, Cecilia Fazio, Maria Nasso, Paola Stefanelli, Paola Mastrantonio, Clara Maria Ausiello
Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions
The B Subunit of Escherichia coli Heat-Labile Enterotoxin Induces Both Caspase-Dependent and -Independent Cell Death Pathways in CD8⁺ T Cells
Robert J. Salmond, Rachel Williams, Timothy R. Hirst, Neil A. Williams
Host Response and Inflammation
Murine Oviduct Epithelial Cell Cytokine Responses to Chlamydia muridarum Infection Include Interleukin-12-p70 Secretion
Raymond M. Johnson
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Fine Specificity of Serum Antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein, PfMSP-1₁₉, Predicts Protection from Malaria Infection and High-Density Parasitemia
Brenda A. Okech, Patrick H. Corran, James Todd, Amy Joynson-Hicks, Chairat Uthaipibull, Thomas G. Egwang, Anthony A. Holder, Eleanor M. Riley
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Interleukin-12 p40 Secretion by Cutaneous CD11c⁺ and F4/80⁺ Cells Is a Major Feature of the Innate Immune Response in Mice That Develop Th1-Mediated Protective Immunity to Schistosomamansoni
Karen G. Hogg, Supeecha Kumkate, Sonia Anderson, Adrian P. Mountford
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Interleukin-12 p40- and Fas Ligand-Dependent Apoptotic Pathways Involving STAT-1 Phosphorylation Are Triggered during Infection with a Virulent Strain of Toxoplasma gondii
L. Cristina Gavrilescu, Eric Y. Denkers