Annals ofInfectology

Volume: 3 - Number: 33 - December 15, 2003

Outstanding

Overproduction of Type 8 Capsular Polysaccharide Augments Staphylococcus aureus Virulence

Mycobacterium tuberculosis CDC1551 Is Resistant to Reactive Nitrogen and Oxygen Intermediates In Vitro

Inhibition of Leukocyte Rolling by Nitric Oxide during Sepsis Leads to Reduced Migration of Active Microbicidal Neutrophils

Regulation of Proinflammatory Cytokines in Human Lung Epithelial Cells Infected with Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Bacterial Infections

Borrelia burgdorferi Population Kinetics and Selected Gene Expression at the Host-Vector Interface

Overproduction of Type 8 Capsular Polysaccharide Augments Staphylococcus aureus Virulence

Neisseria lactamica Protects against Experimental Meningococcal Infection

Essential Role for Cyclic AMP and Its Receptor Protein in Yersinia enterocolitica Virulence

Progressive Bovine Paratuberculosis Is Associated with Local Loss of CD4+ T Cells, Increased Frequency of T Cells, and Related Changes in T-Cell Function

Increased Virulence of a Fibronectin-Binding Protein Mutant of Staphylococcus aureus in a Rat Model of Pneumonia

Streptococcus-Zebrafish Model of Bacterial Pathogenesis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis CDC1551 Is Resistant to Reactive Nitrogen and Oxygen Intermediates In Vitro

Treponema denticola Is Resistant to Human ß-Defensins

Cellular Microbiology: Pathogens and Host Interactions

Strain-Dependent Induction of Enterocyte Apoptosis by Giardia lamblia Disrupts Epithelial Barrier Function in a Caspase-3-Dependent Manner

Chlamydia trachomatis Induces Remodeling of the Actin Cytoskeleton during Attachment and Entry into HeLa Cells

Inhibition of Fusion of Chlamydia trachomatis Inclusions at 32°C Correlates with Restricted Export of IncA

Human Monocytes Kill Shigella flexneri but Then Die by Apoptosis Associated with Suppression of Proinflammatory Cytokine Production

Fibrinogen Binding to Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1: Implications for Plasmodium falciparum Adhesion

Activation of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type III Secretion System Requires an Intact Pyruvate Dehydrogenase aceAB Operon

Mycological and Parasitology Infections

Localization within a Proline-Rich Antigen (Ag2/PRA) of Protective Antigenicity against Infection with Coccidioides immitis in Mice

Modulation of C5aR Expression on Human Neutrophils by Encapsulated and Acapsular Cryptococcus neoformans

A Parasitic Phase-Specific Adhesin of Coccidioides immitis Contributes to the Virulence of This Respiratory Fungal Pathogen

Response in Host and Inflammation

Role of Toll-Like Receptors in Changes in Gene Expression and NF-B Activation in Mouse Hepatocytes Stimulated with Lipopolysaccharide

Clearance of Helicobacter pylori Infection and Resolution of Postimmunization Gastritis in a Kinetic Study of Prophylactically Immunized Mice

MD-2, a Novel Accessory Molecule, Is Involved in Species-Specific Actions of Salmonella Lipid A

Synergic Effects of Mycoplasmal Lipopeptides and Extracellular ATP on Activation of Macrophages

Inhibition of Leukocyte Rolling by Nitric Oxide during Sepsis Leads to Reduced Migration of Active Microbicidal Neutrophils

Regulation of Proinflammatory Cytokines in Human Lung Epithelial Cells Infected with Mycoplasma pneumoniae

In Vivo Effects of a Synthetic 2-Kilodalton Macrophage-Activating Lipopeptide of Mycoplasma fermentans after Pulmonary Application

Contribution of Interleukin-11 and Prostaglandin(s) in Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Bone Resorption In Vivo