2000
Osteopontin Expression Correlates with Clinical Outcome in Patients with Mycobacterial Infection
Nau G, Chupp G, Emile J, Jouanguy E, Berman J, Casanova J, Young R. Osteopontin Expression Correlates with Clinical Outcome in Patients with Mycobacterial Infection. American Journal Of Pathology 2000, 157: 37-42. PMID: 10880373, PMCID: PMC1850209, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)64514-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfected lymph nodesMycobacterial infectionOsteopontin expression correlatesLymph nodesClinical outcomesDisseminated infectionExpression correlatesBacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccineMycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccineCalmette-Guérin vaccineBetter clinical outcomesChronic inflammatory diseaseSevere mycobacterial infectionsInterferon gamma receptor 1OPN protein expressionRegional adenitisImmune defectsInflammatory diseasesDisease progressionInflammatory responsePatientsReceptor 1InfectionOPN expressionProtein expression
1999
Attenuated Host Resistance againstMycobacterium bovis BCG Infection in Mice Lacking Osteopontin
Nau G, Liaw L, Chupp G, Berman J, Hogan B, Young R. Attenuated Host Resistance againstMycobacterium bovis BCG Infection in Mice Lacking Osteopontin. Infection And Immunity 1999, 67: 4223-4230. PMID: 10417195, PMCID: PMC96728, DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.8.4223-4230.1999.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOPN-null miceMycobacterial infectionAntigen-specific T-cell immunityMycobacterium bovis BCG infectionBacterial loadClearance of mycobacteriaT cell immunityGamma interferon productionWild-type miceNitric oxide productionMediators of resistanceAbility of osteopontinElevated bacterial loadHeavy bacterial loadMycobacterium bovis BCGBCG infectionSevere infectionsHost protectionMouse modelMacrophage defectHost responseInterferon productionCytokine osteopontinOxide productionInfection