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The role of the Streptococcus pneumoniae capsule in interactions with complement and phagocytes [PDF]

, 2010
The Streptococcus pneumoniae capsule is an essential virulence factor and it is ideally situated to modulate interactions between the bacteria and host immune cells.
Hyams, C.J.
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Staphylococcal complement evasion by various convertase-blocking molecules.

, 2007
To combat the human immune response, bacteria should be able to divert the effectiveness of the complement system. We identify four potent complement inhibitors in Staphylococcus aureus that are part of a new immune evasion cluster. Two are homologues of
Maartje Ruyken, Suzan H.M. Rooijakkers, Jörg Köhl, Kok P.M. van Kessel, Ilse Jongerius, Jos A.G. van Strijp, Manoj K. Pandey   +6 more
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Canonical Antibodies Adopt Distinct Binding Modes to Recognize Viral Glycan Shields

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Canonical Y‐shaped antibodies recognize viral glycan shields through adaptive Fab assembly states shaped by glycan organization and somatic hypermutation. Structural analyses ofbroadly neutralizing antibodies VRC35 and VRC36 across glycoproteins of HIV‐1, influenza, SARS‐CoV‐2, and Lassa viruses reveal distinct Fab assembly states, spanning monovalent,
Jiaxuan Cheng, Evan M. Cale, Amirabbas Maghsoudi, Matthew S. Sutton, Nancy S. Longo, Rebecca A. Gillespie, Lingshu Wang, Ivan Kosik, Sue Chong, Atsuhiro Yasuhara, Tatsiana Bylund, Arne Schön, Prabhanshu Tripathi, Yaroslav Tsybovsky, Haotian Lei, Nicholas C. Morano, Allison B. Lupatkin, Abraham J. Morton, Zabrina C. Lang, Jordan E. Becker, Isabella R. Frascilla, Myungjin Lee, Ning Li, Cuiping Liu, Ryan S. Roark, Chen‐Hsiang Shen, I‐Ting Teng, David J. Van Wazer, Danyi Wang, Lingyuan Wu, Goran Ahlsen, Mike Castro, Haijuan Du, Michael J. Ernandes, Tiansheng Li, Bob C. Lin, Mark K. Louder, Krisha McKee, Jonah S. Merriam, Sijy O'Dell, Li Ou, Sergei Pletnev, David Prikryl, Qi Qiu, Sarah Rubin, Mallika Sastry, Stephen D. Schmidt, Asif Shajahan, Andrea R. Shiakolas, Sanjay Srivatsan, Baoshan Zhang, Qiong Zhou, Mark Connors, Jason G. Gall, Yicheng Guo, Rick K. Huang, Yaoxing Huang, Richard A. Koup, Q. Paula Lei, John R. Mascola, Reda Rawi, Leonid Serebryannyy, Lawrence Shapiro, Zizhang Sheng, David D. Ho, Patrick C. Wilson, Jonathan W. Yewdell, Theodore C. Pierson, Masaru Kanekiyo, Nicole A. Doria‐Rose, Peter D. Kwong, Tongqing Zhou   +71 more
wiley   +1 more source

Borrelia burgdorferi ErpB and ErpQ inhibit C1 complex of the classical pathway of complement through a novel mechanism

, 2023
The complement system is an organized proteolytic cascade of dozens of proteins that functions in the recognition, opsonization, and lysis of pathogenic and altered-host cells.
Garrigues, Ryan, NC DOCKS at East Carolina University   +1 more
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Single‐Dose TACE‐Like Injection of Sustained‐Release Panobinostat/IL‐12 Polymeric Microparticles is Effective in Preclinical Liver Cancer Models

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A novel PLGA/PBAE polymer microparticle platform revolutionizes intermediate‐stage liver cancer treatment by co‐delivering panobinostat and IL‐12 via a single TACE‐like injection. This sustained‐release system overcomes tumor immunosuppression, triggers robust innate and adaptive immune responses, and establishes tertiary lymphoid structures ...
Hongzhe Yu, Ling Li, Sachin S. Surwase, Xin Ming M. Zhou, Hongtao Qian, Joel C. Sunshine, Florin M. Selaru, Jordan J. Green   +7 more
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HylS’, a fragment of truncated hyaluronidase of Streptococcus suis, contributes to immune evasion by interaction with host complement factor C3b

Virulence
Pathogenic bacteria have evolved many strategies to evade surveillance and attack by complements. Streptococcus suis is an important zoonotic pathogen that infects humans and pigs. Hyaluronidase (HylA) has been reported to be a potential virulence factor
Jiajia Xu, Long Chen, Siqi Pang, Qiuhong Zhang, Simin Deng, Jiaqi Zhu, Xiabing Chen, Paul R Langford, Qi Huang, Rui Zhou, Lu Li   +10 more
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Uncoupling Type I Interferon Benefits From Inflammatory Toxicity: Transformer‐Prioritized Precision Agonists for Potent and Safer Cancer Immunotherapy

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A Transformer‐based AI framework, DLINP, screens millions of compounds to identify Co68, a cobalt‐pincer organometallic complex that biases TLR4‐MD2 signaling toward antitumor interferon activation while suppressing inflammatory toxicity through an early TLR4‐SYK‐STAT1 axis.
Xuefei Guo, Yang Zhao, Xianle Rong, Xingyu Chen, Xiao Wang, Tianyi Liu, Yunfei Xie, Yushu Zou, Pingsen Zhao, Qiang Liu, Fuping You   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Switching Spike Plasticity Shapes ACE2 Engagement Across SARS‐CoV‐2 Variants

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Conformational plasticity governs SARS‐CoV‐2 spike function and ACE2 recognition. Using high‐speed AFM and single‐molecule force spectroscopy, we analyzed the ancestral spike and nine variants, revealing progressive rigidification from Delta, variable plasticity in Omicron sublineages, and JN.1 compaction.
Sarah Stainer, Rong Zhu, Manuel Reithofer, Gerhard Stadlmayr, Katharina Stadlbauer, Panchika Prangkio, Christoph Rippel, Markus Hahn, Aniko Eva Kasztner, Stefanie Stohl, Petr Bednar, Daniel Ruzek, David Glück, Robert Tampé, Gordana Wozniak‐Knopp, Yoo Jin Oh, Miriam Klausberger, Peter Hinterdorfer   +17 more
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Tax Evasion in Interrelated Taxes [PDF]

In 1969, Shoup postulated that the presence of interrelated taxes in a tax system would reinforce the system of tax penalty ("self-reinforcing penalty system of taxes"). In this paper, we have tried to formally develop this idea.
Alejandro Esteller-More
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Targeting β2‐Adrenergic Receptor Stability With Lycorine Reveals a Host‐Directed Pathway for Antiviral Defense Against Poxviruses

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Chronic stress drives autophagy‐mediated β2‐AR degradation, impairing antiviral immunity and promoting poxvirus lethality. Lycorine directly stabilizes β2‐AR to restore host defense, suppress excessive inflammation and improve survival. ABSTRACT Psychological stress is a pervasive yet poorly understood modulator of infectious disease outcomes. Here, we
Xin Zhang, Shuqin Xu, Zixuan Zhang, Chenwen Wan, Xiaoqin Wang, Peihua Wang, Huini Yang, Tianxiao Huang, Yijia Yuan, Faiza Atique, Rui Yang, Yingli He, Zhijun Liu   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source