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Ficolins: Complement-Activating Lectins Involved in Innate Immunity [PDF]

, 2009
Misao Matsushita
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The role of human ficolin-2 during invasive pneumococcal disease [PDF]

, 2014
Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is a significant human pathogen that typically resides in the nasopharynx of humans. The major virulence factor of pneumococcus is its capsular polysaccharide, of which it can express over 90 unique serotypes ...
Brady, Allison Marie
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Residue Lys57 in the Collagen-Like Region of Human L-Ficolin and Its Counterpart Lys47 in H-Ficolin Play a Key Role in the Interaction with the Mannan-Binding Lectin-Associated Serine Proteases and the Collectin Receptor Calreticulin [PDF]

, 2009
Monique Lacroix, Chantal Dumestre‐Pérard, Guy Schoehn, Gunnar Houen, Jean-Yves Cesbron, Gérard J. Arlaud, Nicole M. Thielens   +6 more
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Functional Haplotypes That Produce Normal Ficolin‐2 Levels Protect against Clinical Leprosy [PDF]

, 2009
Iara Messias-Reason, Peter G. Kremsner, Jürgen F. J. Kun   +2 more
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A Novel L-ficolin/Mannose-binding Lectin Chimeric Molecule with Enhanced Activity against Ebola Virus [PDF]

, 2010
Ian C. Michelow, Mingdong Dong, Bruce A. Mungall, L. Michael Yantosca, Calli Lear, Xin Ji, Marshall Karpel, Christina L. Rootes, Matthew Brudner, Gunnar Houen, Damon P. Eisen, T. Bernard Kinane, Kazue Takahashi, Gregory L. Stahl, Gene G. Olinger, Gregory T. Spear, R. Alan B. Ezekowitz, Emmett V. Schmidt   +17 more
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Effect of Capsulation of Opportunistic Pathogenic Bacteria on Binding of the Pattern Recognition Molecules Mannan-Binding Lectin, L-Ficolin, and H-Ficolin

, 2005
Anders Krarup, Uffe B. Skov Sørensen, Misao Matsushita, Jens C. Jensenius, Steffen Thiel   +4 more
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L-Ficolin/Mannose-Binding Lectin-Associated Serine Protease Complexes Bind to Group B Streptococci Primarily throughN-Acetylneuraminic Acid of Capsular Polysaccharide and Activate the Complement Pathway

, 2007
Youko Aoyagi, Elisabeth E. Adderson, Craig E. Rubens, John F. Bohnsack, Jin G. Min, Misao Matsushita, Teizo Fujita, Yoshiyuki Okuwaki, Shinji Takahashi   +8 more
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A pattern-recognition molecule, Ficolin

, 2008
Yuichi Endo, Teizo Fujita
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New and Emerging Biomarkers in Chronic Kidney Disease. [PDF]

Biomedicines
Dopierała M, Nitz N, Król O, Wasicka-Przewoźna K, Schwermer K, Pawlaczyk K.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

L-Ficolin and Capsular Polysaccharide-Specific IgG in Cord Serum Contribute Synergistically to Opsonophagocytic Killing of Serotype III and V Group B Streptococci [PDF]

, 2012
Mioko Fujieda, Youko Aoyagi, Kousaku Matsubara, Yasuhito Takeuchi, Wakae Fujimaki, Misao Matsushita, John F. Bohnsack, Shinji Takahashi   +7 more
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