Complement Activation

Bacterial Infections | Spotlight
Serotype-Related Variation in Susceptibility to Complement Deposition and Opsonophagocytosis among Clinical Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Merit Melin, Krzysztof Trzciński, Martin Antonio, Seppo Meri, Richard Adegbola, Tarja Kaijalainen, Helena Käyhty, Merja Väkeväinen
Bacterial Infections
The Capsular Serotype of Streptococcus pneumoniae Is More Important than the Genetic Background for Resistance to Complement
Merit Melin, Krzysztof Trzciński, Seppo Meri, Helena Käyhty, Merja Väkeväinen
Molecular Pathogenesis
Inadequate Binding of Immune Regulator Factor H Is Associated with Sensitivity of Borrelia lusitaniae to Human Complement
Roswitha Dieterich, Claudia Hammerschmidt, Dania Richter, Christine Skerka, Reinhard Wallich, Franz-Rainer Matuschka, Peter F. Zipfel, Peter Kraiczy
Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions
EspP, a Serine Protease of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli, Impairs Complement Activation by Cleaving Complement Factors C3/C3b and C5
Dorothea Orth, Silvia Ehrlenbach, Jens Brockmeyer, Abdul Basit Khan, Georg Huber, Helge Karch, Bettina Sarg, Herbert Lindner, Reinhard Würzner
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Influence of Mannan and Glucan on Complement Activation and C3 Binding by Candida albicans
Gayle M. Boxx, Thomas R. Kozel, Casey T. Nishiya, Mason X. Zhang
Molecular Pathogenesis
The Streptococcuspneumoniae Capsule Inhibits Complement Activity and Neutrophil Phagocytosis by Multiple Mechanisms
Catherine Hyams, Emilie Camberlein, Jonathan M. Cohen, Katie Bax, Jeremy S. Brown
Molecular Pathogenesis
Streptococcus pneumoniae Resistance to Complement-Mediated Immunity Is Dependent on the Capsular Serotype
Catherine Hyams, Jose Yuste, Katie Bax, Emilie Camberlein, Jeffrey N. Weiser, Jeremy S. Brown
Host Response and Inflammation
The Effects of PspC on Complement-Mediated Immunity to Streptococcus pneumoniae Vary with Strain Background and Capsular Serotype
Jose Yuste, Suneeta Khandavilli, Naadir Ansari, Kairya Muttardi, Laura Ismail, C. Hyams, Jeffrey Weiser, Timothy Mitchell, Jeremy S. Brown
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Binding of Complement Factor H (fH) to Neisseria meningitidis Is Specific for Human fH and Inhibits Complement Activation by Rat and Rabbit Sera
Dan M. Granoff, Jo Anne Welsch, Sanjay Ram
Host Response and Inflammation
Degradation of Complement 3 by Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin B Inhibits Complement Activation and Neutrophil Opsonophagocytosis
Chih-Feng Kuo, Yee-Shin Lin, Woei-Jer Chuang, Jiunn-Jong Wu, Nina Tsao

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