Deciphering the Ligand-binding Sites in the Borrelia burgdorferi Complement Regulator-acquiring Surface Protein 2 Required for Interactions with the Human Immune Regulators Factor H and Factor H-like Protein 1 [PDF]
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2008 Borrelia burgdorferi, the etiologic agent of Lyme disease, employs sophisticated means to evade killing by its mammalian hosts. One important immune escape mechanism is the inhibition of complement activation mediated by interactions of the host-derived immune regulators factor H (CFH) and factor H-like protein 1 (CFHL1) with borrelial complement ...
Siegel, Corinna +9 more
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Role of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 in 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin-d 3 -induced breast cancer cell apoptosis. [PDF]
, 2013 Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) is implicated in breast cancer development and 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1, 25-D3) has been shown to attenuate prosurvival effects of IGF-I on breast cancer cells.
Brosseau, C +5 more
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Journal of Tissue Engineering, 2019 Angiogenesis in adipose tissue is promoted by insulin-like growth factor 1 signaling. We analyzed whether this regulatory mechanism also improves the angiogenic activity of adipose tissue–derived microvascular fragments.
Matthias W Laschke +5 more
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Interaction between Complement Regulators and Streptococcus pyogenes: Binding of C4b-Binding Protein and Factor H/Factor H-Like Protein 1 to M18 Strains Involves Two Different Cell Surface Molecules [PDF]
The Journal of Immunology, 2004 Abstract Streptococcus pyogenes, or group A Streptococcus, is one of the most frequent causes of pharyngitis and skin infections in humans. Many virulence mechanisms have been suggested to be involved in the infectious process. Among them is the binding to the bacterial cell surface of the complement regulatory proteins factor H, factor ...
David, Pérez-Caballero +5 more
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Properdin and factor H: Opposing players on the alternative complement pathway "see-saw" [PDF]
, 2013 This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.Properdin and factor H are two key regulatory proteins having opposite functions in the alternative complement pathway.
Kouser, L +17 more
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Phosphorylation of mitotic kinesin-like protein 2 by polo-like kinase 1 is required for cytokinesis [PDF]
, 2003 We have investigated the function of mitotic kinesin-like protein (MKlp) 2, a kinesin localized to the central spindle, and demonstrate that its depletion results in a failure of cleavage furrow ingression and cytokinesis, and disrupts localization of ...
Mayer, Thomas U. +20 more
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Evolution of ancient functions in the vertebrate insulin-like growth factor system uncovered by study of duplicated salmonid fish genomes [PDF]
, 2013 This work was supported by the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland pooling initiative, funded by the Scottish Funding Council (grant number HR09011) and contributing institutions.Whole genome duplication (WGD) was experienced twice by
Macqueen, Daniel J +6 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2018 The alternative pathway is a continuously active surveillance arm of the complement system, and it can also enhance complement activation initiated by the classical and the lectin pathways.
Pilar Sánchez-Corral +5 more
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Ophthalmology, 2019 To characterize the molecular mechanism underpinning early-onset macular drusen (EOMD), a phenotypically severe subtype of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), in a subgroup of patients.Multicenter case series, in vitro experimentation, and retrospective analysis of previously reported variants.Seven families with apparently autosomal dominant EOMD ...
Rachel L. Taylor +36 more
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, 2022 Biomarker identification is imperative for invasive breast carcinoma, which is more aggressive and associated with higher mortality and worse prognosis in younger patients (<45 years) than in older patients (>50 years).
Lam, AK +9 more
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