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

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A Metalloproteinase Karilysin Present in the Majority of Tannerella forsythia Isolates Inhibits All Pathways of the Complement System

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Identification and functional characterisation of Complement Regulator Acquiring Surface Protein-1 of serum resistant Borrelia garinii OspA serotype 4

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Inadequate Binding of Immune Regulator Factor H Is Associated with Sensitivity of Borrelia lusitaniae to Human Complement

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Complement Factor H-Related Proteins CFHR2 and CFHR5 Represent Novel Ligands for the Infection-Associated CRASP Proteins of Borrelia burgdorferi

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

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Factor H-related protein 1 (CFHR-1) inhibits complement C5 convertase activity and terminal complex formation

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CspA-Mediated Binding of Human Factor H Inhibits Complement Deposition and Confers Serum Resistance in Borrelia burgdorferi

(2009) M. R. Kenedy et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Functional Characterization of Borrelia spielmanii Outer Surface Proteins That Interact with Distinct Members of the Human Factor H Protein Family and with Plasminogen

(2009) A. Seling et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Complement evasion strategies of pathogens—Acquisition of inhibitors and beyond

(2009) Anna M. Blom et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

Binding of the complement inhibitor C4b-binding protein to Lyme disease borreliae

(2009) Johanna Pietikäinen et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

Borrelia recurrentis Employs a Novel Multifunctional Surface Protein with Anti-Complement, Anti-Opsonic and Invasive Potential to Escape Innate Immunity

(2009) Sonja Grosskinsky et al.   PLoS One

Identification and characterization of the factor H and FHL-1 binding complement regulator-acquiring surface protein 1 of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia spielmanii sp. nov.

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Deciphering the Ligand-binding Sites in theBorrelia burgdorferiComplement Regulator-acquiring Surface Protein 2 Required for Interactions with the Human Immune Regulators Factor H and Factor H-like Protein 1

(2008) Corinna Siegel et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Complement evasion by human pathogens

(2008) John D. Lambris et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Factor H family proteins and human diseases

(2008) Mihály Józsi et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

C1, MBL–MASPs and C1-inhibitor: novel approaches for targeting complement-mediated inflammation

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