Carbohydrate Recognition Properties of Human Ficolins

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

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Structural Insights into the Recognition Properties of Human Ficolins

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Histidine-regulated activity of M-ficolin

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Directing an Appropriate Immune Response: The Role of Defense Collagens and other Soluble Pattern Recognition Molecules

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Recognition of acetylated oligosaccharides by human L-ficolin

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Crystal Structure of the CUB1-EGF-CUB2Domain of Human MASP-1/3 and Identification of Its Interaction Sites with Mannan-binding Lectin and Ficolins

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Purification and characterisation of H-ficolin

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Ficolin-1 binds to sialic acid on the surface of peripheral blood monocytes

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The innate pattern recognition molecule Ficolin-1 is secreted by monocytes/macrophages and is circulating in human plasma

(2008) Christian Honoré et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

9- O-acetylated sialic acids enhance entry of virulent Leishmania donovani promastigotes into macrophages

(2008) A. GHOSHAL et al.   PARASITOLOGY

The complement protein properdin binds apoptotic T cells and promotes complement activation and phagocytosis

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Sialic acids in human health and disease

(2008) Ajit Varki   TRENDS IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE