Analysis of the complement sensitivity of oral treponemes and the potential influence of FH binding, FH cleavage and dentilisin activity on the pathogenesis of periodontal disease

Binding of Complement Inhibitor C4b-Binding Protein Contributes to Serum Resistance of Porphyromonas gingivalis

(2014) M. Potempa et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Sequence divergence in theTreponema denticolaFhbB protein and its impact on factor H binding

(2013) D.P. Miller et al.   Molecular Oral Microbiology

Borrelia valaisiana Resist Complement-Mediated Killing Independently of the Recruitment of Immune Regulators and Inactivation of Complement Components

(2013) Jasmin Schwab et al.   PLoS One

Structure of Factor H-binding Protein B (FhbB) of the Periopathogen,Treponema denticola

(2012) Daniel P. Miller et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Plasminogen Is a Complement Inhibitor

(2012) Diana Barthel et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Conservation and revised annotation of theTreponema denticolaprcB-prcA-prtPlocus encoding the dentilisin (CTLP) protease complex

(2012) M.P. Goetting-Minesky et al.   Molecular Oral Microbiology

Crystallization of the factor H-binding protein, FhbB, from the periopathogenTreponema denticola

(2011) Daniel P. Miller et al.   Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications

Enhanced Bacteremia in Human Factor H Transgenic Rats Infected by Neisseria meningitidis

(2011) David M. Vu et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

A Meningococcal Factor H Binding Protein Mutant That Eliminates Factor H Binding Enhances Protective Antibody Responses to Vaccination

(2011) P. T. Beernink et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Fast, scalable generation of high-quality protein multiple sequence alignments using Clustal Omega

(2011) F. Sievers et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

Roles of Oral Bacteria in Cardiovascular Diseases — From Molecular Mechanisms to Clinical Cases: Implication of Periodontal Diseases in Development of Systemic Diseases

(2010) Hiroaki Inaba et al.   JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Complement control protein factor H: The good, the bad, and the inadequate

(2010) Viviana P. Ferreira et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

Vitronectin in bacterial pathogenesis: a host protein used in complement escape and cellular invasion

(2010) Birendra Singh et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of the primary mechanism of complement evasion by the periodontal pathogen, Treponema denticola

(2010) J.V. McDowell et al.   Molecular Oral Microbiology

Complement: a key system for immune surveillance and homeostasis

(2010) Daniel Ricklin et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Periodontitis: a polymicrobial disruption of host homeostasis

(2010) Richard P. Darveau   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

ConSurf 2010: calculating evolutionary conservation in sequence and structure of proteins and nucleic acids

(2010) H. Ashkenazy et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Human Complement Regulators C4b-Binding Protein and C1 Esterase Inhibitor Interact with a Novel Outer Surface Protein of Borrelia recurrentis

(2010) Sonja Grosskinsky et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Monomeric CRP contributes to complement control in fluid phase and on cellular surfaces and increases phagocytosis by recruiting factor H

(2009) M Mihlan et al.   CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION

Analysis of a Unique Interaction between the Complement Regulatory Protein Factor H and the Periodontal Pathogen Treponema denticola

(2009) J. V. McDowell et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Periodontal disease and endometriosis: analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

(2008) Shahryar K. Kavoussi et al.   FERTILITY AND STERILITY

Identification of an Antiparallel Coiled-Coil/Loop Domain Required for Ligand Binding by the Borrelia hermsii FhbA Protein: Additional Evidence for the Role of FhbA in the Host-Pathogen Interaction

(2008) K. M. Hovis et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Immune Evasion of Leptospira Species by Acquisition of Human Complement Regulator C4BP

(2008) A. S. Barbosa et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Periodontal disease: associations with diabetes, glycemic control and complications

(2008) GW Taylor et al.   ORAL DISEASES