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Estimation of interdomain flexibility of N-terminus of factor H using residual dipolar couplings [PDF]
, 2011 Characterization of segmental flexibility is needed to understand the biological mechanisms of the very large category of functionally diverse proteins, exemplified by the regulators of complement activation, that consist of numerous compact modules or ...
Maciejewski, Mateusz +5 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Plasma membranes contain dynamic nanoscale domains that organize lipids and receptors. Because viruses operate at similar scales, this architecture shapes early infection steps, including attachment, receptor engagement, and entry. Using influenza A virus and HIV‐1 as examples, we highlight how receptor nanoclusters, multivalent glycan interactions ...
Jan Schlegel, Christian Sieben
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Biophysical approaches for studying viral entry
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Viruses infect all living organisms and have been responsible for major epidemics and pandemics. Their ongoing evolutionary battle with host defenses creates a constant need for improved tools to study viral behavior. Advancing methods to probe viral attachment, fusion, and genome release deepen our understanding of how infections begin and support the
Inbar Yosibash, Raya Sorkin
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Systems Biology Modeling of the Complement System Under Immune Susceptible Pathogens
Frontiers in Physics, 2021 The complement system is assembled from a network of proteins that function to bring about the first line of defense of the body against invading pathogens.
Nehemiah T. Zewde +4 more
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On the three-finger protein domain fold and CD59-like proteins in Schistosoma mansoni. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013 It is believed that schistosomes evade complement-mediated killing by expressing regulatory proteins on their surface. Recently, six homologues of human CD59, an important inhibitor of the complement system membrane attack complex, were identified in the
Leonardo P Farias +11 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Septin 9 polybasic domains couple phosphoinositide‐rich membrane binding to centrosome positioning, Golgi organization, and microtubule acetylation to control epithelial polarity. Their loss disrupts this axis, causing centrosome mispositioning, Golgi fragmentation, reduced microtubule acetylation, and polarity inversion via upregulation of the ...
Ting ting Cai +4 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2016 The complement system plays an important role in the innate and acquired immune response against pathogens. It consists of more than 30 proteins found in soluble form or attached to cell membranes. Most complement proteins circulate in inactive forms and
Lourdes eIsaac, Ana Catarina Lunz Macedo
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.We present robust protocols for the preparation of supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) incorporating either Salmonella smooth LPS or outer membrane vesicles (OMVs). We use a combination of quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM‐D) and fluorescence microscopy to both characterize the SLBs of various compositions and to probe their interactions ...
Hudson P. Pace +6 more
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The effect of splenectomy on complement regulatory proteins in erythrocytes in β-thalassemia major
Archives of Medical Science, 2018 Introduction Hemolysis due to ineffective erythropoiesis is a serious problem β-thalassemia major (β-TM) patients. The role of complement system in the etiopathogenesis of hemolysis observed in β-TM were released.
Ayşegül Uğur Kurtoğllu +3 more
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Rat C‐reactive protein activates the autologous complement system
Immunology, 2003 SummaryActivation of complement is a biological function of human C‐reactive protein (hCRP), whereas rat CRP (rCRP) has been claimed to be unable to activate complement. As important biological functions of proteins are probably conserved among species, we re‐evaluated, using various ligands, the capability of rCRP to activate complement.
Niubel, Diaz Padilla +6 more
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