Staphylococcus aureus proteins Sbi and Efb recruit human plasmin to degrade complement C3 and C3b [PDF]
, 2012 Upon host infection, the human pathogenic microbe Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) immediately faces innate immune reactions such as the activated complement system. Here, a novel innate immune evasion strategy of S. aureus is described.
Peter F. Zipfel +25 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Transient oligomers formed by intrinsically disordered proteins may be ‘invisible’ to direct detection yet remain accessible to solution NMR through equilibrium‐exchange measurements and pressure‐jump experiments. Complementary methods report on mass, stoichiometry, selected distance distributions, morphology, and internal packing.
Martin D. Gelenter, Ad Bax
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Complement regulation in ovine lymph nodes during early pregnancy. [PDF]
Exp Ther Med, 2022 Zhang L, Cao L, Feng P, Han X, Yang L.
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DNA ligase LigE increases bacterial transformation with damaged extracellular DNA
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.The DNA ligase LigE from the naturally competent Gram‐negative bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoaea increases transformation with cut extracellular DNA. This process is ATP‐dependent and relies on the catalytic activity of LigE; it also requires that LigE contains an intact periplasmic localisation sequence, indicating that ligE functions in the periplasm ...
Jolyn Pan +4 more
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The role of complement in synaptic degeneration
, 2012 Synapse loss is an early event of many neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer?s disease and Parkinson?s disease. The causes and mechanisms that underpin synapse dysfunction and degeneration are poorly understood.
Malfa, Katya
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Complement system part I - molecular mechanisms of activation and regulation
Frontiers in Immunology, 2015 Complement is a complex innate immune surveillance system, playing a key role in defense against pathogens and in host homeostasis. The complement system is initiated by conformational changes in recognition molecular complexes upon sensing danger ...
Nicolas eMerle +3 more
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Complement Regulation in Human Tenocytes under the Influence of Anaphylatoxin C5a. [PDF]
Int J Mol Sci, 2021 Silawal S +3 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Vacuolar H+‐ATPase (V‐ATPase) is a multisubunit rotary proton pump that acidifies intracellular compartments. Using elastic network models, we identified conserved hinge residues that govern its large‐scale functional motions. We show that intrinsically encoded ‘soft modes’ drive critical functional transitions, including rotary catalysis and ...
Diksha Parwana +3 more
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Complement Regulation in Immortalized Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes and Primary Human Endothelial Cells in Response to SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein and Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine TNFα. [PDF]
Life (Basel), 2022 Franke V +6 more
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Public and Private Regulation: Mapping the Labyrinth. CEPS Working Document No. 370, October 2012 [PDF]
, 2012 Private governance is currently being evoked as a viable solution to many public policy goals. However, in some circumstances it has shown to produce more harm than good, and even disastrous consequences as in the case of the financial crisis that is ...
Renda, Andrea, Cafaggi, Fabrizio
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