H-ficolin bindsAspergillus fumigatusleading to activation of the lectin complement pathway and modulation of lung epithelial immune responses

The Serum Opsonin L-ficolin Is Detected in Lungs of Human Transplant Recipients Following Fungal Infections and Modulates Inflammation and Killing ofAspergillus fumigatus

(2015) Stefan Bidula et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Mouse mannose-binding lectin-A and ficolin-A inhibit lipopolysaccharide-mediated pro-inflammatory responses on mast cells

(2013) Ying Jie Ma et al.   BMB Reports

Role of Ficolin-A and Lectin Complement Pathway in the Innate Defense against Pathogenic Aspergillus Species

(2013) Stefan Bidula et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Ficolin-1-PTX3 Complex Formation Promotes Clearance of Altered Self-Cells and Modulates IL-8 Production

(2013) Y. J. Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Ficolin-2 Defends against Virulent Mycobacteria Tuberculosis Infection In Vivo, and Its Insufficiency Is Associated with Infection in Humans

(2013) Fengling Luo et al.   PLoS One

Opsonizing properties of rat ficolin-A in the defence against Cryptococcus neoformans

(2012) Silke Schelenz et al.   IMMUNOBIOLOGY

Studies of the Pattern Recognition Molecule H-ficolin

(2012) Rikke M. Zacho et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Detection of Galactomannan in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Samples of Patients at Risk for Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis: Analytical and Clinical Validity

(2012) J. D'Haese et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Clinical epidemiology of 960 patients with invasive aspergillosis from the PATH Alliance registry

(2012) William J. Steinbach et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION

Species-Specific Recognition of Aspergillus fumigatus by Toll-like Receptor 1 and Toll-like Receptor 6

(2012) Ivana Rubino et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The Interaction Pattern of Murine Serum Ficolin-A with Microorganisms

(2012) Tina Hummelshøj et al.   PLoS One

The Lectin Pathway of Complement Activation Is a Critical Component of the Innate Immune Response to Pneumococcal Infection

(2012) Youssif M. Ali et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Absence of the lectin activation pathway of complement does not increase susceptibility to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections

(2011) Hany Ibrahim Kenawy et al.   IMMUNOBIOLOGY

Synergy between Ficolin-2 and Pentraxin 3 Boosts Innate Immune Recognition and Complement Deposition

(2009) Ying Jie Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Requisite Role for the Dectin-1  -Glucan Receptor in Pulmonary Defense against Aspergillus fumigatus

(2009) J. L. Werner et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Immunodeficiency Associated withFCN3Mutation and Ficolin-3 Deficiency

(2009) Lea Munthe-Fog et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Development of an Immunochromatographic Lateral-Flow Device for Rapid Serodiagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis

(2008) C. R. Thornton   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Revised Definitions of Invasive Fungal Disease from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Invasive Fungal Infections Cooperative Group and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group (EORTC/MSG) Consensus Group

(2008) Ben De Pauw et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Aspergillus fumigatus-induced Interleukin-8 Synthesis by Respiratory Epithelial Cells Is Controlled by the Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase, p38 MAPK, and ERK1/2 Pathways and Not by the Toll-like Receptor-MyD88 Pathway

(2008) Viviane Balloy et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY