Lars Eckmann

Publication List Details

Period

1991 - 2004

Number

45

Co-Authors

Clearance of Citrobacter rodentium requires B cells but not secretory immunoglobulin A (IgA) or IgM antibodies. (2004)

Maaser, Christian, Housley, Michael P., Iimura, Mitsutoshi, Smith, Jennifer R., Vallance, Bruce A., Finlay, B. Brett, ...

Citrobacter rodentium, a murine model pathogen for human enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, predominantly colonizes the lumen and mucosal surface of the colon and cecum and causes crypt hyperplasia...

d-myo-Inositol 1,4,5,6-tetrakisphosphate produced in human intestinal epithelial cells in response to Salmonella invasion inhibits phosphoinositide 3-kinase signaling pathways

Eckmann, Lars, Rudolf, Marco T., Ptasznik, Andrzej, Schultz, Carsten, Jiang, Tao, Wolfson, Nora, ...

Several inositol-containing compounds play key roles in receptor-mediated cell signaling events. Here, we describe a function for a specific inositol polyphosphate, d-myo-inositol...

Characterization of Candidate Live Oral Salmonella typhi Vaccine Strains Harboring Defined Mutations in aroA, aroC, and htrA

Lowe, David C., Savidge, Tor C., Pickard, Derek, Eckmann, Lars, Kagnoff, Martin F., Dougan, Gordon, ...

The properties of two candidate Salmonella typhi-based live oral typhoid vaccine strains, BRD691 (S. typhi Ty2 harboring mutations in aroA and aroC) and BRD1116 (S. typhi Ty2 harboring mutations in...

Chemokine Secretion of Human Cells in Response to Toxoplasma gondii Infection

Denney, Carolyn F., Eckmann, Lars, Reed, Sharon L.

The ubiquitous protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in neonates and immunocompromised hosts. Both acute invasion and reactivation of latent infection...

Intestinal Epithelial Cell Apoptosis following Cryptosporidium parvum Infection

McCole, Declan F., Eckmann, Lars, Laurent, Fabrice, Kagnoff, Martin F.

Cryptosporidium parvum induces moderate levels of apoptosis of cultured human intestinal epithelial cells, which are maximal at 24 h after infection. Apoptosis is further increased in C....

Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells Respond to Cryptosporidium parvum Infection with Increased Prostaglandin H Synthase 2 Expression and Prostaglandin E2 and F2α Production

Laurent, Fabrice, Kagnoff, Martin F., Savidge, Tor C., Naciri, Muriel, Eckmann, Lars

Cryptosporidium parvum is an important cause of diarrhea in humans and several animal species. Prostaglandins play a central role in regulating intestinal fluid secretion in animal models of...

Importance of Interleukin-10 in Genetic Susceptibility of Mice to Coccidioides immitis

Fierer, Joshua, Walls, Lorraine, Eckmann, Lars, Yamamoto, Tomoko, Kirkland, Theo N.

Inbred strains of mice vary in their susceptibility to Coccidioides immitis. We infected resistant DBA/2 (D2) mice and three susceptible strains of mice (C57BL/6 [B6], BALB/c, and CAST/Ei) by...

Central Importance of Immunoglobulin A in Host Defense against Giardia spp.

Langford, T. Dianne, Housley, Michael P., Boes, Marianne, Chen, Jianzhu, Kagnoff, Martin F., Gillin, Frances D., ...

The protozoan pathogen Giardia is an important cause of parasitic diarrheal disease worldwide. It colonizes the lumen of the small intestine, suggesting that effective host defenses must act...

Cell Differentiation Is a Key Determinant of Cathelicidin LL-37/Human Cationic Antimicrobial Protein 18 Expression by Human Colon Epithelium

Hase, Koji, Eckmann, Lars, Leopard, John D., Varki, Nissi, Kagnoff, Martin F.

Antimicrobial peptides are highly conserved evolutionarily and are thought to play an important role in innate immunity at intestinal mucosal surfaces. To better understand the role of the...

A Surface Amebic Cysteine Proteinase Inactivates Interleukin-18

Que, Xuchu, Kim, Soo-Hyun, Sajid, Mohammed, Eckmann, Lars, Dinarello, Charles A., McKerrow, James H., ...

Amebiasis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Invasion by Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites causes secretion of proinflammatory cytokines from host epithelial cells, leading to a...

Salmonella Infection Induces a Hypersecretory Phenotype in Human Intestinal Xenografts by Inducing Cyclooxygenase 2

Bertelsen, Lone S., Paesold, Guenther, Eckmann, Lars, Barrett, Kim E.

Enteric Salmonella infection is accompanied by inflammation and diarrhea, and yet little is known about its effects on intestinal epithelial physiology. Since species differences limit the utility of...

Inhibition of apoptosis in normal and transformed intestinal epithelial cells by cAMP through induction of inhibitor of apoptosis protein (IAP)-2

Nishihara, Hiroshi, Kizaka-Kondoh, Shinae, Insel, Paul A., Eckmann, Lars

Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2, a rate-limiting enzyme of prostaglandin (PG) production, is overexpressed in colorectal adenomas and adenocarcinomas, and its inhibition by nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs...

IκB-kinaseβ-dependent NF-κB activation provides radioprotection to the intestinal epithelium

Egan, Laurence J., Eckmann, Lars, Greten, Florian R., Chae, Sungwon, Li, Zhi-Wei, Myhre, Gennett M., ...

Acute injury to the intestinal mucosa is a major dose-limiting complication of abdominal radiation therapy. We studied the role of the transcription factor NF-κB in protection against...

Clearance of Citrobacter rodentium Requires B Cells but Not Secretory Immunoglobulin A (IgA) or IgM Antibodies

Maaser, Christian, Housley, Michael P., Iimura, Mitsutoshi, Smith, Jennifer R., Vallance, Bruce A., Finlay, B. Brett, ...

Citrobacter rodentium, a murine model pathogen for human enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, predominantly colonizes the lumen and mucosal surface of the colon and cecum and causes crypt hyperplasia...

Toll-like receptor 9–induced type I IFN protects mice from experimental colitis

Katakura, Kyoko, Lee, Jongdae, Rachmilewitz, Daniel, Li, Gloria, Eckmann, Lars, Raz, Eyal

Experimental colitis is mediated by inflammatory or dysregulated immune responses to microbial factors of the gastrointestinal tract. In this study we observed that administration of Toll-like...

Tumor promotion by caspase-resistant retinoblastoma protein

Borges, Helena L., Bird, Jeff, Wasson, Katherine, Cardiff, Robert D., Varki, Nissi, Eckmann, Lars, ...

The retinoblastoma (RB) protein regulates cell proliferation and cell death. RB is cleaved by caspase during apoptosis. A mutation of the caspase-cleavage site in the RB C terminus has been made in...

Adaptive Immunity-Dependent Intestinal Hypermotility Contributes to Host Defense against Giardia spp.

Andersen, Yolanda S., Gillin, Frances D., Eckmann, Lars

Humans infected with Giardia exhibit intestinal hypermotility, but the underlying mechanisms and functional significance are uncertain. Here we show in murine models of giardiasis that...

d-myo-Inositol 1,4,5,6-tetrakisphosphate produced in human intestinal epithelial cells in response to Salmonella invasion inhibits phosphoinositide 3-kinase signaling pathways

Eckmann, Lars, Rudolf, Marco T., Ptasznik, Andrzej, Schultz, Carsten, Jiang, Tao, Wolfson, Nora, ...

Several inositol-containing compounds play key roles in receptor-mediated cell signaling events. Here, we describe a function for a specific inositol polyphosphate, d-myo-inositol...

Characterization of Candidate Live Oral Salmonella typhi Vaccine Strains Harboring Defined Mutations in aroA, aroC, and htrA

Lowe, David C., Savidge, Tor C., Pickard, Derek, Eckmann, Lars, Kagnoff, Martin F., Dougan, Gordon, ...

The properties of two candidate Salmonella typhi-based live oral typhoid vaccine strains, BRD691 (S. typhi Ty2 harboring mutations in aroA and aroC) and BRD1116 (S. typhi Ty2 harboring mutations in...

Chemokine Secretion of Human Cells in Response to Toxoplasma gondii Infection

Denney, Carolyn F., Eckmann, Lars, Reed, Sharon L.

The ubiquitous protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in neonates and immunocompromised hosts. Both acute invasion and reactivation of latent infection...

Intestinal Epithelial Cell Apoptosis following Cryptosporidium parvum Infection

McCole, Declan F., Eckmann, Lars, Laurent, Fabrice, Kagnoff, Martin F.

Cryptosporidium parvum induces moderate levels of apoptosis of cultured human intestinal epithelial cells, which are maximal at 24 h after infection. Apoptosis is further increased in C....

Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells Respond to Cryptosporidium parvum Infection with Increased Prostaglandin H Synthase 2 Expression and Prostaglandin E2 and F2α Production

Laurent, Fabrice, Kagnoff, Martin F., Savidge, Tor C., Naciri, Muriel, Eckmann, Lars

Cryptosporidium parvum is an important cause of diarrhea in humans and several animal species. Prostaglandins play a central role in regulating intestinal fluid secretion in animal models of...

Importance of Interleukin-10 in Genetic Susceptibility of Mice to Coccidioides immitis

Fierer, Joshua, Walls, Lorraine, Eckmann, Lars, Yamamoto, Tomoko, Kirkland, Theo N.

Inbred strains of mice vary in their susceptibility to Coccidioides immitis. We infected resistant DBA/2 (D2) mice and three susceptible strains of mice (C57BL/6 [B6], BALB/c, and CAST/Ei) by...

Central Importance of Immunoglobulin A in Host Defense against Giardia spp.

Langford, T. Dianne, Housley, Michael P., Boes, Marianne, Chen, Jianzhu, Kagnoff, Martin F., Gillin, Frances D., ...

The protozoan pathogen Giardia is an important cause of parasitic diarrheal disease worldwide. It colonizes the lumen of the small intestine, suggesting that effective host defenses must act...

Cell Differentiation Is a Key Determinant of Cathelicidin LL-37/Human Cationic Antimicrobial Protein 18 Expression by Human Colon Epithelium

Hase, Koji, Eckmann, Lars, Leopard, John D., Varki, Nissi, Kagnoff, Martin F.

Antimicrobial peptides are highly conserved evolutionarily and are thought to play an important role in innate immunity at intestinal mucosal surfaces. To better understand the role of the...

A Surface Amebic Cysteine Proteinase Inactivates Interleukin-18

Que, Xuchu, Kim, Soo-Hyun, Sajid, Mohammed, Eckmann, Lars, Dinarello, Charles A., McKerrow, James H., ...

Amebiasis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Invasion by Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites causes secretion of proinflammatory cytokines from host epithelial cells, leading to a...

Salmonella Infection Induces a Hypersecretory Phenotype in Human Intestinal Xenografts by Inducing Cyclooxygenase 2

Bertelsen, Lone S., Paesold, Guenther, Eckmann, Lars, Barrett, Kim E.

Enteric Salmonella infection is accompanied by inflammation and diarrhea, and yet little is known about its effects on intestinal epithelial physiology. Since species differences limit the utility of...

Inhibition of apoptosis in normal and transformed intestinal epithelial cells by cAMP through induction of inhibitor of apoptosis protein (IAP)-2

Nishihara, Hiroshi, Kizaka-Kondoh, Shinae, Insel, Paul A., Eckmann, Lars

Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2, a rate-limiting enzyme of prostaglandin (PG) production, is overexpressed in colorectal adenomas and adenocarcinomas, and its inhibition by nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs...

IκB-kinaseβ-dependent NF-κB activation provides radioprotection to the intestinal epithelium

Egan, Laurence J., Eckmann, Lars, Greten, Florian R., Chae, Sungwon, Li, Zhi-Wei, Myhre, Gennett M., ...

Acute injury to the intestinal mucosa is a major dose-limiting complication of abdominal radiation therapy. We studied the role of the transcription factor NF-κB in protection against...

Clearance of Citrobacter rodentium Requires B Cells but Not Secretory Immunoglobulin A (IgA) or IgM Antibodies

Maaser, Christian, Housley, Michael P., Iimura, Mitsutoshi, Smith, Jennifer R., Vallance, Bruce A., Finlay, B. Brett, ...

Citrobacter rodentium, a murine model pathogen for human enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, predominantly colonizes the lumen and mucosal surface of the colon and cecum and causes crypt hyperplasia...

Toll-like receptor 9–induced type I IFN protects mice from experimental colitis

Katakura, Kyoko, Lee, Jongdae, Rachmilewitz, Daniel, Li, Gloria, Eckmann, Lars, Raz, Eyal

Experimental colitis is mediated by inflammatory or dysregulated immune responses to microbial factors of the gastrointestinal tract. In this study we observed that administration of Toll-like...

Tumor promotion by caspase-resistant retinoblastoma protein

Borges, Helena L., Bird, Jeff, Wasson, Katherine, Cardiff, Robert D., Varki, Nissi, Eckmann, Lars, ...

The retinoblastoma (RB) protein regulates cell proliferation and cell death. RB is cleaved by caspase during apoptosis. A mutation of the caspase-cleavage site in the RB C terminus has been made in...

Adaptive Immunity-Dependent Intestinal Hypermotility Contributes to Host Defense against Giardia spp.

Andersen, Yolanda S., Gillin, Frances D., Eckmann, Lars

Humans infected with Giardia exhibit intestinal hypermotility, but the underlying mechanisms and functional significance are uncertain. Here we show in murine models of giardiasis that...

Expression of Epstein–Barr virus-induced gene 3 and other interleukin-12-related molecules by human intestinal epithelium

Maaser, Christian, Egan, Laurence J, Birkenbach, Mark P, Eckmann, Lars, Kagnoff, Martin F

Antigen-presenting cells, including dendritic cells, monocytes and macrophages, produce members of the interleukin-12 (IL-12) family that are important in initiating and maintaining cell-mediated...

Use of Recombinant Entamoeba histolytica Cysteine Proteinase 1 To Identify a Potent Inhibitor of Amebic Invasion in a Human Colonic Model▿

Meléndez-López, Samuel G., Herdman, Scott, Hirata, Ken, Choi, Min-Ho, Choe, Youngchool, Craik, Charles, ...

Cysteine proteinases are key virulence factors of the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. We have shown that cysteine proteinases play a central role in tissue invasion and disruption of host...

Conventional dendritic cells regulate the outcome of colonic inflammation independently of T cells

Abe, Kazumichi, Nguyen, Kim Phung, Fine, Sean D., Mo, Ji-Hun, Shen, Carol, Shenouda, Steve, ...

We explored the physiological role of conventional dendritic cells (cDCs) in acute colitis induced by a single cycle of dextran sodium sulfate administration. Depending on their mode of activation...

Nod2 Mediates Susceptibility to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in Mice

Meinzer, Ulrich, Esmiol-Welterlin, Sophie, Barreau, Frederick, Berrebi, Dominique, Dussaillant, Monique, Bonacorsi, Stephane, ...

Nucleotide oligomerisation domain 2 (NOD2) is a component of the innate immunity known to be involved in the homeostasis of Peyer patches (PPs) in mice. However, little is known about its role during...

A NOD2–NALP1 complex mediates caspase-1-dependent IL-1β secretion in response to Bacillus anthracis infection and muramyl dipeptide

Hsu, Li-Chung, Ali, Syed R., McGillivray, Shauna, Tseng, Ping-Hui, Mariathasan, Sanjeev, Humke, Eric W., ...

NOD2, a NOD-like receptor (NLR), is an intracellular sensor of bacterial muramyl dipeptide (MDP) that was suggested to promote secretion of the proinflammatory cytokine IL-1β. Yet, the molecular...