Annals ofImmunoinfectology

Volume: 4 - Number: 28 - September 15, 2004

Outstanding

Nonpathogenic Escherichia coli Can Contribute to the Production of Shiga Toxin

Systemic Inflammatory Responses in Children with Acute Otitis Media Due to Streptococcus pneumoniae and the Impact of Treatment with Clarithromycin

pH-Regulated Gene Expression of the Gastric Pathogen Helicobacter pylori

T-Cell Responses to CD1-Presented Lipid Antigens in Humans with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection

Antibodies and Mediators of the Immunity

Systemic Inflammatory Responses in Children with Acute Otitis Media Due to Streptococcus pneumoniae and the Impact of Treatment with Clarithromycin

T-Cell Immune Response Assessment as a Complement to Serology and Intranasal Protection Assays in Determining the Protective Immunity Induced by Acellular Pertussis Vaccines in Mice

Bacterial Infections

Natural History of Helicobacter hepaticus Infection in Conventional A/J Mice, with Special Reference to Liver Involvement

Nonpathogenic Escherichia coli Can Contribute to the Production of Shiga Toxin

Plasmid Stability during In Vitro Propagation of Borrelia burgdorferi Assessed at a Clonal Level

The FimH A27V Mutation Is Pathoadaptive for Urovirulence in Escherichia coli B2 Phylogenetic Group Isolates

Inflammation and Host Response

Stimulation of Hematopoiesis by the Fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3 Ligand Restores Bacterial Induction of Th1 Cytokines in Thermally Injured Mice

The Stereochemistry of the Amino Acid Side Chain Influences the Inflammatory Potential of Muramyl Dipeptide in Experimental Meningitis

Microbial immunity and vaccines

Protection against Shiga Toxin 1 Challenge by Immunization of Mice with Purified Mutant Shiga Toxin

Stx2-Specific Human Monoclonal Antibodies Protect Mice against Lethal Infection with Escherichia coli Expressing Stx2 Variants

T-Cell Responses to CD1-Presented Lipid Antigens in Humans with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis Recombinant 27-Kilodalton Lipoprotein Induces a Strong Th1-Type Immune Response Deleterious to Protection

Vaccine-Induced Protection against Helicobacter pylori in Mice Lacking Both Antibodies and Interleukin-4

Microbial Immunology

Production and Characterization of a Human Recombinant Monoclonal Fab Fragment Specific for Influenza A Viruses

Recombinant Single-Chain Variable Fragment Antibodies Directed against Clostridium difficile Toxin B Produced by Use of an Optimized Phage Display System

Use of Mouse Models To Evaluate the Persistence, Safety, and Immune Modulation Capacities of Lactic Acid Bacteria

Molecular Genomic

pH-Regulated Gene Expression of the Gastric Pathogen Helicobacter pylori

Physical Map and Genome Sequencing Survey of Mycoplasma haemofelis (Haemobartonella felis)

Molecular Pathogenesis

Listeriolysin O-Mediated Calcium Influx Potentiates Entry of Listeria monocytogenes into the Human Hep-2 Epithelial Cell Line

Modulation of Virulence by Two Acidified Nitrite-Responsive Loci of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium

Mutation of luxS of Streptococcus pneumoniae Affects Virulence in a Mouse Model

Mutational Analysis of the Enzymatic Domain of Clostridium difficile Toxin B Reveals Novel Inhibitors of the Wild-Type Toxin

Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Gene Expression Induced In Vivo in a Chinchilla Model of Otitis Media

Purification and Characterization of Enterotoxigenic El Tor-Like Hemolysin Produced by Vibrio fluvialis

Relationship of plcR-Regulated Factors to BacillusEndophthalmitis Virulence

Role of Phosphoglucomutase of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in Lipopolysaccharide Biosynthesis, Virulence, and Antibiotic Resistance

Secretin of the Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Type III Secretion System Requires Components of the Type III Apparatus for Assembly and Localization

Structural and Functional Consequences of Cleavage of Human Secretory and Human Serum Immunoglobulin A1 by Proteinases from Proteus mirabilis and Neisseria meningitidis

Study of Capsular Polysaccharide from Vibrio parahaemolyticus

The Immunoglobulin D-Binding Protein MID from Moraxella catarrhalis Is Also an Adhesin

The rovA Mutant of Yersinia enterocolitica Displays Differential Degrees of Virulence Depending on the Route of Infection

Visualization of Proteus mirabilis Morphotypes in the Urinary Tract: the Elongated Swarmer Cell Is Rarely Observed in Ascending Urinary Tract Infection

Mycological and Parasitology Infections

Mammalian Transforming Growth Factor ß1 Activated after Ingestion by Anopheles stephensi Modulates Mosquito Immunity

Neospora caninum-Infected Cattle Develop Parasite-Specific CD4+ Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes

Optimal Tumor Necrosis Factor Induction by Plasmodium falciparum Requires the Highly Localized Release of Parasite Products

Perforin and Gamma Interferon Are Critical CD8+ T-Cell-Mediated Responses in Vaccine-Induced Immunity against Leishmania amazonensis Infection

Prior Exposure to Live Mycobacterium bovis BCG Decreases Cryptococcus neoformans-Induced Lung Eosinophilia in a Gamma Interferon-Dependent Manner

T Cells Are Required for Host Protection against Brugia malayi but Need Not Produce or Respond to Interleukin-4

The Secreted Aspartyl Proteinases Sap1 and Sap2 Cause Tissue Damage in an In Vitro Model of Vaginal Candidiasis Based on Reconstituted Human Vaginal Epithelium

Review

Lipoprotein Autoantibodies: Measurement and Significance