Bacterial Capsules

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Protection by Natural Human Immunoglobulin M Antibody to Meningococcal Serogroup B Capsular Polysaccharide in the Infant Rat Protection Assay Is Independent of Complement-Mediated Bacterial Lysis
Maija Toropainen, Leena Saarinen, Elisabeth Wedege, Karin Bolstad, Terje E. Michaelsen, Audun Aase, Helena Käyhty
Molecular Pathogenesis
Staphylococcus aureus Strains That Express Serotype 5 or Serotype 8 Capsular Polysaccharides Differ in Virulence
Andrew Watts, Danbing Ke, Qun Wang, Anil Pillay, Anne Nicholson-Weller, Jean C. Lee
Bacterial Infections
The Vi Capsular Antigen of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhi Reduces Toll-Like Receptor-Dependent Interleukin-8 Expression in the Intestinal Mucosa
Manuela Raffatellu, Daniela Chessa, R. Paul Wilson, Richard Dusold, Salvatore Rubino, Andreas J. Bäumler
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Structural and Genetic Diversity of Group B Streptococcus Capsular Polysaccharides
Michael J. Cieslewicz, Donald Chaffin, Gustavo Glusman, Dennis Kasper, Anup Madan, Stephani Rodrigues, Jessica Fahey, Michael R. Wessels, Craig E. Rubens
Molecular Pathogenesis
Translocation and Surface Expression of Lipidated Serogroup B Capsular Polysaccharide in Neisseria meningitidis
Yih-Ling Tzeng, Anup K. Datta, Cristy A. Strole, Michael A. Lobritz, Russell W. Carlson, David S. Stephens
Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions
Staphylococcus aureus Capsular Polysaccharide Types 5 and 8 Reduce Killing by Bovine Neutrophils In Vitro
Annette H. Kampen, Tore Tollersrud, Arve Lund
Molecular Pathogenesis
Down-Regulation of the kps Region 1 Capsular Assembly Operon following Attachment of Escherichia coli Type 1 Fimbriae to d-Mannose Receptors
William R. Schwan, Michael T. Beck, Scott J. Hultgren, Jerry Pinkner, Nathan L. Woolever, Thomas Larson
Host Response and Inflammation
Effect of Capsulation of Opportunistic Pathogenic Bacteria on Binding of the Pattern Recognition Molecules Mannan-Binding Lectin, L-Ficolin, and H-Ficolin
Anders Krarup, Uffe B. Skov Sørensen, Misao Matsushita, Jens C. Jensenius, Steffen Thiel
Molecular Pathogenesis
The Capsular Polysaccharide of Burkholderia pseudomallei Contributes to Survival in Serum by Reducing Complement Factor C3b Deposition
Shauna L. Reckseidler-Zenteno, Rebekah DeVinney, Donald E. Woods
Bacterial Infections
Large-Scale Screen Highlights the Importance of Capsule for Virulence in the Zoonotic Pathogen Streptococcus iniae
Jesse D. Miller, Melody N. Neely

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