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Contents: December 2006, Volume 74, Issue 12        Spotlight        Guest Commentary        Minireviews        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Molecular Pathogenesis        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Bacterial Infections        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Host Response and Inflammation        Molecular Genomics        Letter To The Editor        Errata

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Spotlight:

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Articles of Significant Interest Selected from This Issue by the Editors Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6513 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Guest Commentary:

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Role of Neutrophils in Invasive Aspergillosis Marta Feldmesser Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6514-6516; published ahead of print October 9, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.01551-06 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Minireviews:

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Ganglioside Molecular Mimicry and Its Pathological Roles in Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Related Diseases Robert K. Yu, Seigo Usuki, and Toshio Ariga Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6517-6527; published ahead of print September 11, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00967-06 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Early Neutrophil Recruitment and Aggregation in the Murine Lung Inhibit Germination of Aspergillus fumigatus Conidia Colin R. Bonnett, E. Jean Cornish, Allen G. Harmsen, and James B. Burritt Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6528-6539; published ahead of print August 18, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00909-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ascaris suum-Derived Products Suppress Mucosal Allergic Inflammation in an Interleukin-10-Independent Manner via Interference with Dendritic Cell Function Brittany W. McConchie, Hillary H. Norris, Virgilio G. Bundoc, Shweta Trivedi, Agnieszka Boesen, Joseph F. Urban, Jr., and Andrea M. Keane-Myers Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6632-6641; published ahead of print September 11, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00720-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

GliZ, a Transcriptional Regulator of Gliotoxin Biosynthesis, Contributes to Aspergillus fumigatus Virulence Jin Woo Bok, DaWoon Chung, S. Arunmozhi Balajee, Kieren A. Marr, David Andes, Kristian Fog Nielsen, Jens C. Frisvad, Katharine A. Kirby, and Nancy P. Keller Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6761-6768; published ahead of print October 9, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00780-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CXCL10/Gamma Interferon-Inducible Protein 10-Mediated Protection against Leishmania amazonensis Infection in Mice Rene E. Vasquez and Lynn Soong Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6769-6777; published ahead of print September 18, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.01073-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Limited Cross-Reactivity among Domains of the Plasmodium falciparum Clone 3D7 Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1 Family Louise Joergensen, Louise Turner, Pamela Magistrado, Madeleine A. Dahlbäck, Lasse S. Vestergaard, John P. Lusingu, Martha Lemnge, Ali Salanti, Thor G. Theander, and Anja T. R. Jensen Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6778-6784; published ahead of print October 2, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.01187-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Linear Peptide Containing Minimal T- and B-Cell Epitopes of Plasmodium falciparum Circumsporozoite Protein Elicits Protection against Transgenic Sporozoite Challenge J. Mauricio Calvo-Calle, Giane A. Oliveira, Carol Othoro Watta, Jonathan Soverow, Carlos Parra-Lopez, and Elizabeth H. Nardin Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6929-6939; published ahead of print October 9, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.01151-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Leishmania chagasi T-Cell Antigens Identified through a Double Library Screen Daniella R. A. Martins, Selma M. B. Jeronimo, John E. Donelson, and Mary E. Wilson Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6940-6948; published ahead of print September 25, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.02032-05 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Oral Immunization with Acanthamoeba castellanii Mannose-Binding Protein Ameliorates Amoebic Keratitis M. Garate, H. Alizadeh, S. Neelam, J. Y. Niederkorn, and N. Panjwani Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 7032-7034; published ahead of print September 18, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00828-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis PtpA Is an Endogenous Tyrosine Phosphatase Secreted during Infection Horacio Bach, Jim Sun, Zakaria Hmama, and Yossef Av-Gay Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6540-6546; published ahead of print September 18, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.01106-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

2,3-Butanediol Synthesis and the Emergence of the Vibrio cholerae El Tor Biotype Sang Sun Yoon and John J. Mekalanos Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6547-6556; published ahead of print October 2, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00695-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Toxin ExoS Effectively Induces Apoptosis in Host Cells Jinghua Jia, Yanping Wang, Lei Zhou, and Shouguang Jin Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6557-6570; published ahead of print September 11, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00591-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of MglA-Regulated Genes Reveals Novel Virulence Factors in Francisella tularensis Anna Brotcke, David S. Weiss, Charles C. Kim, Patrick Chain, Stephanie Malfatti, Emilio Garcia, and Denise M. Monack Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6642-6655; published ahead of print September 25, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.01250-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Listeria monocytogenes Flagella Are Used for Motility, Not as Adhesins, To Increase Host Cell Invasion Heather S. O'Neil and Hélène Marquis Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6675-6681; published ahead of print September 18, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00886-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Neutrophil Elastase, an Innate Immunity Effector Molecule, Represses Flagellin Transcription in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Avinash Sonawane, Jeevan Jyot, Russell During, and Reuben Ramphal Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6682-6689; published ahead of print September 18, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00922-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Potential Virulence Determinants by Himar1 Transposition of Infectious Borrelia burgdorferi B31 Douglas J. Botkin, April N. Abbott, Philip E. Stewart, Patricia A. Rosa, Hiroki Kawabata, Haruo Watanabe, and Steven J. Norris Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6690-6699; published ahead of print October 2, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00993-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Helicobacter pylori HP1512 Is a Nickel-Responsive NikR-Regulated Outer Membrane Protein Gregg S. Davis, Erika L. Flannery, and Harry L. T. Mobley Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6811-6820; published ahead of print October 9, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.01188-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

NikR Mediates Nickel-Responsive Transcriptional Repression of the Helicobacter pylori Outer Membrane Proteins FecA3 (HP1400) and FrpB4 (HP1512) Florian D. Ernst, Jeroen Stoof, Wannie M. Horrevoets, Ernst J. Kuipers, Johannes G. Kusters, and Arnoud H. M. van Vliet Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6821-6828; published ahead of print October 2, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.01196-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toll-Like Receptors Differentially Regulate CC and CXC Chemokines in Skeletal Muscle via NF-B and Calcineurin John H. Boyd, Maziar Divangahi, Linda Yahiaoui, Dusanka Gvozdic, Salman Qureshi, and Basil J. Petrof Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6829-6838; published ahead of print September 18, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00286-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dual Roles of Helicobacter pylori NapA in Inducing and Combating Oxidative Stress Ge Wang, Yang Hong, Adriana Olczak, Susan E. Maier, and Robert J. Maier Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6839-6846; published ahead of print October 9, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00991-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutation of the Maturase Lipoprotein Attenuates the Virulence of Streptococcus equi to a Greater Extent than Does Loss of General Lipoprotein Lipidation Andrea Hamilton, Carl Robinson, Iain C. Sutcliffe, Josh Slater, Duncan J. Maskell, Nick Davis-Poynter, Ken Smith, Andrew Waller, and Dean J. Harrington Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6907-6919; published ahead of print October 2, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.01116-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of a Novel ABC Iron Transport System, fit, in Escherichia coli Zhiming Ouyang and Richard Isaacson Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6949-6956; published ahead of print September 18, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00866-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contribution of FliC to Epithelial Cell Invasion by Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O113:H21 Shelley N. Luck, Luminita Badea, Vicki Bennett-Wood, Roy Robins-Browne, and Elizabeth L. Hartland Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6999-7004; published ahead of print September 18, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00435-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in the Cytolethal Distending Toxin B Gene Confers Heterogeneity in the Cytotoxicity of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Shuichi Nishikubo, Masaru Ohara, Masae Ikura, Katsuo Katayanagi, Tamaki Fujiwara, Hitoshi Komatsuzawa, Hidemi Kurihara, and Motoyuki Sugai Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 7014-7020; published ahead of print September 18, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.02063-05 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pseudomonas aeruginosa LecB Is Involved in Pilus Biogenesis and Protease IV Activity but Not in Adhesion to Respiratory Mucins Avinash Sonawane, Jeevan Jyot, and Reuben Ramphal Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 7035-7039; published ahead of print October 2, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00551-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Clustering of Helicobacter pylori VacA in Lipid Rafts, Mediated by Its Receptor, Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase ß, Is Required for Intoxication in AZ-521 Cells Masaaki Nakayama, Jyunzo Hisatsune, Eiki Yamasaki, Yoshito Nishi, Akihiro Wada, Hisao Kurazono, Jan Sap, Kinnosuke Yahiro, Joel Moss, and Toshiya Hirayama Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6571-6580; published ahead of print October 9, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00356-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Disruption of Tight Junctions and Induction of Proinflammatory Cytokine Responses in Colonic Epithelial Cells by Campylobacter jejuni Ming L. Chen, Zhongming Ge, James G. Fox, and David B. Schauer Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6581-6589; published ahead of print October 2, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00958-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Helicobacter pylori VacA Toxin Promotes Bacterial Intracellular Survival in Gastric Epithelial Cells M. R. Terebiznik, C. L. Vazquez, K. Torbicki, D. Banks, T. Wang, W. Hong, S. R. Blanke, M. I. Colombo, and N. L. Jones Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6599-6614; published ahead of print September 25, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.01085-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Frequency of BDCA3-Positive Dendritic Cells Is Increased in the Peripheral Circulation of Kenyan Children with Severe Malaria Britta C. Urban, Damien Cordery, Mohammed J. Shafi, Peter C. Bull, Christopher I. Newbold, Thomas N. Williams, and Kevin Marsh Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6700-6706; published ahead of print September 25, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00861-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Signal Transduction and Nuclear Responses in Staphylococcus aureus- Induced Expression of Human ß-Defensin 3 in Skin Keratinocytes Barbara E. Menzies and Aimee Kenoyer Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6847-6854; published ahead of print September 5, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00389-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The SecA2 Secretion Factor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Promotes Growth in Macrophages and Inhibits the Host Immune Response Sherry Kurtz, Karen P. McKinnon, Marschall S. Runge, Jenny P.-Y. Ting, and Miriam Braunstein Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6855-6864; published ahead of print October 9, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.01022-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prebiotic Galactooligosaccharides Reduce Adherence of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli to Tissue Culture Cells Kari Shoaf, George L. Mulvey, Glen D. Armstrong, and Robert W. Hutkins Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6920-6928; published ahead of print September 18, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.01030-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibodies Enhance Interaction of Vibrio cholerae with Intestinal M-Like Cells Luz P. Blanco and Victor J. DiRita Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6957-6964; published ahead of print September 25, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00905-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Translocated Salmonella Effector Proteins SseF and SseG Interact and Are Required To Establish an Intracellular Replication Niche Jörg Deiwick, Suzana P. Salcedo, Emmanuel Boucrot, Sarah M. Gilliland, Thomas Henry, Nele Petermann, Scott R. Waterman, Jean-Pierre Gorvel, David W. Holden, and Stéphane Méresse Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6965-6972; published ahead of print October 2, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00648-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Surfactant Protein D Increases Fusion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis- Containing Phagosomes with Lysosomes in Human Macrophages J. Scott Ferguson, Jennifer L. Martin, Abul K. Azad, Travis R. McCarthy, Peter B. Kang, Dennis R. Voelker, Erika C. Crouch, and Larry S. Schlesinger Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 7005-7009; published ahead of print October 9, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.01402-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Mac-1+ Cells Are the Predominant Subset in the Early Hepatic Lesions of Mice Infected with Francisella tularensis John W. Rasmussen, Jeronimo Cello, Horacio Gil, Colin A. Forestal, Martha B. Furie, David G. Thanassi, and Jorge L. Benach Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6590-6598; published ahead of print September 25, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00868-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Onset of Ulcerative Typhlocolitis in B6.129P2-IL10tm1Cgn (IL-10–/–) Mice Infected with Helicobacter trogontum Is Associated with Decreased Colonization by Altered Schaedler's Flora M. T. Whary, S. J. Danon, Y. Feng, Z. Ge, N. Sundina, V. Ng, N. S. Taylor, A. B. Rogers, and J. G. Fox Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6615-6623; published ahead of print September 18, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.01091-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rat Strains Differ in Susceptibility to Ureaplasma parvum-Induced Urinary Tract Infection and Struvite Stone Formation Leticia Reyes, Mary Reinhard, L. J. O'Donell, Janet Stevens, and Mary B. Brown Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6656-6664; published ahead of print September 18, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00984-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Both Influenza-Induced Neutrophil Dysfunction and Neutrophil-Independent Mechanisms Contribute to Increased Susceptibility to a Secondary Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection Lynnelle A. McNamee and Allen G. Harmsen Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6707-6721; published ahead of print September 18, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00789-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chlamydial Protease-Like Activity Factor Induces Protective Immunity against Genital Chlamydial Infection in Transgenic Mice That Express the Human HLA-DR4 Allele Ashlesh K. Murthy, Yu Cong, Cathi Murphey, M. Neal Guentzel, Thomas G. Forsthuber, Guangming Zhong, and Bernard P. Arulanandam Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6722-6729; published ahead of print October 2, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.01119-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differences in the Growth of Paired Ugandan Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis within Human Mononuclear Phagocytes Correlate with Epidemiological Evidence of Strain Virulence Sue A. Theus, M. Donald Cave, Kathleen Eisenach, Jessica Walrath, Hung Lee, Wilma Mackay, Christopher Whalen, and Richard F. Silver Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6865-6876; published ahead of print September 18, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00561-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Susceptibility of Prostate Epithelial Cells to Chlamydia muridarum Infection and Their Role in Innate Immunity by Recruitment of Intracellular Toll-Like Receptors 4 and 2 and MyD88 to the Inclusion Juan Pablo Mackern-Oberti, Mariana Maccioni, Cecilia Cuffini, Gerardo Gatti, and Virginia E. Rivero Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6973-6981; published ahead of print September 5, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00593-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein 1 Does Not Contribute to Protective Immunity against Pneumococcal Pneumonia Mark C. Dessing, Alex F. de Vos, Sandrine Florquin, and Tom van der Poll Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 7021-7023; published ahead of print September 18, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00977-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Borrelia burgdorferi Complement Regulator-Acquiring Surface Protein 1 of the Lyme Disease Spirochetes Is Expressed in Humans and Induces Antibody Responses Restricted to Nondenatured Structural Determinants Evelyn Rossmann, Veronique Kitiratschky, Heidelore Hofmann, Peter Kraiczy, Markus M. Simon, and Reinhard Wallich Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 7024-7028; published ahead of print September 25, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.01028-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Immunogenicity of a Yersinia pestis Vaccine Antigen Monomerized by Circular Permutation David A. Chalton, Julie A. Musson, Helen Flick-Smith, Nicola Walker, Alistair McGregor, Heather K. Lamb, E. Diane Williamson, Julie Miller, John H. Robinson, and Jeremy H. Lakey Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6624-6631; published ahead of print September 18, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00437-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Recombinant Attenuated Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Vaccine Encoding Eimeria acervulina Antigen Offers Protection against E. acervulina Challenge Vjollca Konjufca, Soo-Young Wanda, Mark C. Jenkins, and Roy Curtiss, III Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6785-6796; published ahead of print September 18, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00851-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Different Forms of Adenylate Cyclase Toxin of Bordetella pertussis on Protection Afforded by an Acellular Pertussis Vaccine in a Murine Model Gordon Y. C. Cheung, Dorothy Xing, Sandra Prior, Michael J. Corbel, Roger Parton, and John G. Coote Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6797-6805; published ahead of print September 18, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.01104-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microneedle-Based Intradermal Delivery of the Anthrax Recombinant Protective Antigen Vaccine John A. Mikszta, John P. Dekker, III, Noel G. Harvey, Cheryl H. Dean, John M. Brittingham, Joanne Huang, Vincent J. Sullivan, Beverly Dyas, Chad J. Roy, and Robert G. Ulrich Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6806-6810; published ahead of print October 9, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.01210-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Potential Source of Francisella tularensis Live Vaccine Strain Attenuation Determined by Genome Comparison Laurence Rohmer, Mitchell Brittnacher, Kerstin Svensson, Danielle Buckley, Eric Haugen, Yang Zhou, Jean Chang, Ruth Levy, Hillary Hayden, Mats Forsman, Maynard Olson, Anders Johansson, Rajinder Kaul, and Samuel I. Miller Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6895-6906; published ahead of print September 25, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.01006-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The 13C4 Monoclonal Antibody That Neutralizes Shiga Toxin Type 1 (Stx1) Recognizes Three Regions on the Stx1 B Subunit and Prevents Stx1 from Binding to Its Eukaryotic Receptor Globotriaosylceramide Michael J. Smith, Humberto M. Carvalho, Angela R. Melton-Celsa, and Alison D. O'Brien Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6992-6998; published ahead of print October 9, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.01247-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Caveolin-1-Deficient Mice Show Defects in Innate Immunity and Inflammatory Immune Response during Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Infection Freddy A. Medina, Cecilia J. de Almeida, Elliott Dew, Jiangwei Li, Gloria Bonuccelli, Terence M. Williams, Alex W. Cohen, Richard G. Pestell, Philippe G. Frank, Herbert B. Tanowitz, and Michael P. Lisanti Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6665-6674; published ahead of print September 18, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00949-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lack of In Vitro and In Vivo Recognition of Francisella tularensis Subspecies Lipopolysaccharide by Toll-Like Receptors Adeline M. Hajjar, Megan D. Harvey, Scott A. Shaffer, David R. Goodlett, Anders Sjöstedt, Helen Edebro, Mats Forsman, Mona Byström, Mark Pelletier, Christopher B. Wilson, Samuel I. Miller, Shawn J. Skerrett, and Robert K. Ernst Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6730-6738; published ahead of print September 18, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00934-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Role of CbpA and PspA in Modulation of In Vitro CXC Chemokine Responses of Respiratory Epithelial Cells to Infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae Rikki M. A. Graham and James C. Paton Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6739-6749; published ahead of print September 25, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00954-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dual Role of MyD88 in Rapid Clearance of Relapsing Fever Borrelia spp. Devin D. Bolz, Rhianna S. Sundsbak, Ying Ma, Shizuo Akira, John H. Weis, Tom G. Schwan, and Janis J. Weis Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6750-6760; published ahead of print October 9, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.01160-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Up-Regulation of Gamma Interferon Receptor Expression Due to Chlamydia-Toll-Like Receptor Interaction Does Not Enhance Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 1 Signaling Kari Ann Shirey, Joo-Yong Jung, and Joseph M. Carlin Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6877-6884; published ahead of print October 9, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00505-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CXCL16 Regulates Cell-Mediated Immunity to Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis via Promotion of Gamma Interferon Production Olivier L. Fahy, Scott L. Townley, and Shaun R. McColl Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6885-6894; published ahead of print September 18, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.01065-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of the Antimicrobial Peptide CRAMP in the Blood-Brain Barrier and Meninges after Meningococcal Infection Peter Bergman, Linda Johansson, Hong Wan, Allison Jones, Richard L. Gallo, Gudmundur H. Gudmundsson, Tomas Hökfelt, Ann-Beth Jonsson, and Birgitta Agerberth Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 6982-6991; published ahead of print October 9, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.01043-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Proinflammatory and Antimicrobial Nitric Oxide in Gingival Fluid of Diabetic Patients with Periodontal Disease Uros Skaleric, Boris Gaspirc, Nancy McCartney-Francis, Andrej Masera, and Sharon M. Wahl Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 7010-7013; published ahead of print October 2, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00071-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mouse and Human Cell Activation by N-Dodecanoyl-DL-Homoserine Lactone, a Chromobacterium violaceum Autoinducer Kazunori Gomi, Toshiaki Kikuchi, Yutaka Tokue, Shigeru Fujimura, Akiko Uehara, Haruhiko Takada, Akira Watanabe, and Toshihiro Nukiwa Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 7029-7031; published ahead of print September 18, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.00038-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Genomics:

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Alleles 308A and 238A in the Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Gene Promoter Do Not Increase the Risk of Severe Malaria in Children with Plasmodium falciparum Infection in Mali Sandrine Cabantous, Ogobara Doumbo, Stéphane Ranque, Belco Poudiougou, Abdoulaye Traore, Xunya Hou, Marouf M. Keita, Mahamadou B. Cisse, Alain J. Dessein, and Sandrine Marquet Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 7040-7042; published ahead of print September 18, 2006, doi:10.1128/IAI.01581-05 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Letter To The Editor:

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Airway Epithelial (Nasal) Cell Monolayers Used To Study Pseudomonas aeruginosa Invasion Are Hyperpolarized and Not Representative of the Human Airway Epithelium Gerald B. Pier and L. Zulianello Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 7043-7044; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Fusobacterium nucleatum Transports Noninvasive Streptococcus cristatus into Human Epithelial Cells Andrew M. Edwards, Tracy J. Grossman, and Joel D. Rudney Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 7045 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunization with Polyamine Transport Protein PotD Protects Mice against Systemic Infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae P. Shah and E. Swiatlo Infect. Immun. December 2006 74: 7046 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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