Contents: March 2006, Volume 13, Issue 3        Cellular Immunology, Antibodies, and Mediators Of Immunity        Microbial Immunology        Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology        Vaccine Research        Veterinary Immunology        Letters to the Editor Other Issues

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Cellular Immunology, Antibodies, and Mediators Of Immunity:

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Endotoxin Contamination in Commercially Available Pokeweed Mitogen Contributes to the Activation of Murine Macrophages and Human Dendritic Cell Maturation Jae Seung Yang, Hye Jin Kim, Young Hee Ryu, Cheol-Heui Yun, Dae Kyun Chung, and Seung Hyun Han Clin. Vaccine Immunol. March 2006 13: 309-313; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Flavonoid Quercetin Inhibits Proinflammatory Cytokine (Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha) Gene Expression in Normal Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells via Modulation of the NF-ß System Madhavan P. Nair, Supriya Mahajan, Jessica L. Reynolds, Ravikumar Aalinkeel, Harikrishnan Nair, Stanley A. Schwartz, and Chithan Kandaswami Clin. Vaccine Immunol. March 2006 13: 319-328; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of Vircell Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and Indirect Immunofluorescence Assay for Detection of Antibodies against Legionella pneumophila Bram M. W. Diederen, Jan A. J. W. Kluytmans, and Marcel F. Peeters Clin. Vaccine Immunol. March 2006 13: 361-364; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

FoxA2 Involvement in Suppression of Protein C, an Outcome Predictor in Experimental Sepsis David T. Berg, Bruce Gerlitz, Ganesh R. Sharma, Mark A. Richardson, Eddie J. Stephens, Renee L. Grubbs, Kimberly C. Holmes, Kelly Fynboe, Dominick Montani, Martin S. Cramer, Steven D. Engle, Joseph A. Jakubowski, Josef G. Heuer, and Brian W. Grinnell Clin. Vaccine Immunol. March 2006 13: 426-432; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunology:

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Geographic Factors Contributing to a High Seroprevalence of West Nile Virus-Specific Antibodies in Humans following an Epidemic Beth K. Schweitzer, Wayne L. Kramer, Anthony R. Sambol, Jane L. Meza, Steven H. Hinrichs, and Peter C. Iwen Clin. Vaccine Immunol. March 2006 13: 314-318; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ML0405 and ML2331 Are Antigens of Mycobacterium leprae with Potential for Diagnosis of Leprosy Stephen T. Reece, Greg Ireton, Raodoh Mohamath, Jeffrey Guderian, Wakako Goto, Robert Gelber, Nathan Groathouse, John Spencer, Patrick Brennan, and Steven G. Reed Clin. Vaccine Immunol. March 2006 13: 333-340; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Serological Responses to Pertussis Mineo Watanabe, Beverly Connelly, and Alison A. Weiss Clin. Vaccine Immunol. March 2006 13: 341-348; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Endogenous and Exogenous Glucocorticoids in Experimental Enterococcal Infection Christopher J. Papasian, Nilofer Qureshi, and David C. Morrison Clin. Vaccine Immunol. March 2006 13: 349-355; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lactic Acid Bacteria Inducing a Weak Interleukin-12 and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Response in Human Dendritic Cells Inhibit Strongly Stimulating Lactic Acid Bacteria but Act Synergistically with Gram-Negative Bacteria Louise Hjerrild Zeuthen, Hanne Risager Christensen, and Hanne Frøkiær Clin. Vaccine Immunol. March 2006 13: 365-375; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Peripheral Blood Lymphocyte Subsets in Patients with Acute Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax Malaria Infections at Wonji Sugar Estate, Ethiopia Desta Kassa, Beyene Petros, Tsehaynesh Mesele, Ermias Hailu, and Dawit Wolday Clin. Vaccine Immunol. March 2006 13: 376-379; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Humoral Immune Response to Primary Rubella Virus Infection Kim M. Wilson, Carlie Di Camillo, Larissa Doughty, and Elizabeth M. Dax Clin. Vaccine Immunol. March 2006 13: 380-386; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

False-Positive Results in a Recombinant Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Associated Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) Nucleocapsid-Based Western Blot Assay Were Rectified by the Use of Two Subunits (S1 and S2) of Spike for Detection of Antibody to SARS-CoV Mimoun Maache, Florence Komurian-Pradel, Alain Rajoharison, Magali Perret, Jean-Luc Berland, Stéphane Pouzol, Audrey Bagnaud, Blandine Duverger, Jianguo Xu, Antonio Osuna, and Glaucia Paranhos-Baccalà Clin. Vaccine Immunol. March 2006 13: 409-414; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Hepatitis B Virus-Specific Cytotoxic-T-Lymphocyte-Induced Liver Injury Kiminori Kimura, Masahito Nagaki, Jun Nishihira, Shinichi Satake, Kazuo Kuwata, and Hisataka Moriwaki Clin. Vaccine Immunol. March 2006 13: 415-419; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nucleotide Oligomerization Domain 2 (Nod2) Is Not Involved in the Pattern Recognition of Candida albicans Chantal A. A. van der Graaf, Mihai G. Netea, Barbara Franke, Stephen E. Girardin, Jos W. M. van der Meer, and Bart Jan Kullberg Clin. Vaccine Immunol. March 2006 13: 423-425; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology:

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Recognizing Primary Immune Deficiency in Clinical Practice Hale Yarmohammadi, Lissette Estrella, John Doucette, and Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles Clin. Vaccine Immunol. March 2006 13: 329-332; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Flow Cytometry Method for Quantitation of LFA-1-Adhesive T Cells Brian Crucian, Mayra Nelman-Gonzalez, and Clarence Sams Clin. Vaccine Immunol. March 2006 13: 403-408; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Unreliable Measurement of Basophil Maximum Leukotriene Release with the Bühlmann CAST 2000 Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Kit S. E. Burastero, C. Paolucci, D. Breda, G. Monasterolo, R. E. Rossi, and L. Vangelista Clin. Vaccine Immunol. March 2006 13: 420-422; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Vaccine Research:

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Critical Differences between Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays with and without 22F Inhibition at Low Antibody Concentrations in Pediatric Sera Isabelle Henckaerts, David Goldblatt, Lindsey Ashton, and Jan Poolman Clin. Vaccine Immunol. March 2006 13: 356-360; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development and Application of Reference Antisera against 15 Hemagglutinin Subtypes of Influenza Virus by DNA Vaccination of Chickens Chang-Won Lee, Dennis A. Senne, and David L. Suarez Clin. Vaccine Immunol. March 2006 13: 395-402; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Veterinary Immunology:

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Effects of Different Tuberculin Skin-Testing Regimens on Gamma Interferon and Antibody Responses in Cattle Experimentally Infected with Mycobacterium bovis M. V. Palmer, W. R. Waters, T. C. Thacker, R. Greenwald, J. Esfandiari, and K. P. Lyashchenko Clin. Vaccine Immunol. March 2006 13: 387-394; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Letters to the Editor:

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Increasing Importance of Stem Cell Gene Therapy in Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency? Öner Özdemir, Elke Lainka, Tim Niehues, and Michael Hershfield Clin. Vaccine Immunol. March 2006 13: 433-435; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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