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The lipid A portion of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) molecule of gram-negative bacteria has the ability to turn on the production of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) in macrophage cells. The question addressed in this paper was whether the presence of the polysaccharide moiety on the LPS molecule had any
We isolated a rough variant of Mycobacterium abscessus CIP 104536T during experimental infection of mice. We show that this variant has lost the ability to produce glycopeptidolipids, is hyperlethal for C57BL/6 mice infected intravenously, and induces a strong tumor necrosis factor-alpha response by
Tannerella forsythia is a Gram-negative anaerobic organism that inhabits subgingival plaque biofilms and is covered with a so far unique surface layer composed of two glycoproteins. It belongs to the so-called "red complex" of bacteria comprising species that are associated with periodontal disease.
Brucella spp. are intracellular bacteria that cause an infectious disease called brucellosis in humans and many domestic and wildlife animals. B. suis primarily infects pigs and is pathogenic to humans. The macrophage-Brucella interaction is critical for the establishment of a chronic Brucella
To explore clinical effects of turning over rough surface of aponeurosis of gastrocnemius with fascia graft for Achilles tendon rerupture.From July 2013 to April 2017, 11 patients with Achilles tendon reruptures were repaired by turning over rough surface The biological activity of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) obtained from Proteus mirabilis smooth and rough strains was investigated. The tested endotoxins (differing in polysaccharide chain lenght) were isolated from wild S1959 strain as well as from its rough mutants Ra and Re. Induction of tumor
Previous studies suggest that smooth Brucella organisms inhibit macrophage apoptosis. In contrast, necrotic cell death of macrophages infected with rough Brucella organisms in vitro has been reported, which may in part explain the failure of some rough organisms to thrive. To characterize these
The ovine brucellosis caused by Brucella ovis has tropism for reproductive tissues but until now the mechanism of bacterial persistence is not understood. Cytokine expression profiles were studied for 8 months in rams after being experimentally infected with the rough virulent strain of B. ovis
An epizootic of severe Cryptosporidium sp.-associated enteritis occurred in a group of 15 wild-caught juvenile rough green snakes (Opheodrys aestivus) at the Baltimore Zoo quarantine facility. All of the animals died with no premonitory signs. Histopathologic examination of the small and proximal
Burkholderia cepacia is a bacterium with increasing importance as a pathogen in patients with cystic fibrosis. The deep-rough mutant Ko2b was generated from B. cepacia type strain ATCC 25416 by insertion of a kanamycin resistance cassette into the gene waaC encoding heptosyltransferase I. Mass
Although Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus) is becoming more prevalent in patients without overt immunodeficiency, little is known about the factors that contribute to disease susceptibility. This study was undertaken to investigate how Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) functionally contributes to the
We established a new preparative separation procedure, based on DOC/PAGE, to isolate intact lipopolysaccharide (LPS) fractions from natural LPS preparations of Escherichia coli. Analysis of the chemical integrity of LPS fractions by MS showed that no significant chemical modifications were
The intracellular, gram-negative pathogen Brucella abortus establishes chronic infections in host macrophages while downregulating cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha). When producing TNF-alpha, Brucella abortus rough lipopolysaccharide (LPS) activates the same mitogen-activated
On March 2, 2005 ~70 rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) mass stranded along mud flats and associated canals on the Atlantic Ocean side of Marathon Key, Florida. Forty-six were necropsied and placed into two groups for analysis: Group-1 animals (N = 34; 65%) that died prior to