The Phosphocholine-binding Pocket on C-reactive Protein Is Necessary for Initial Protection of Mice against Pneumococcal Infection

Binding of the Long Pentraxin PTX3 to Factor H: Interacting Domains and Function in the Regulation of Complement Activation

(2014) L. Deban et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Serotype-independent pneumococcal experimental vaccines that induce cellular as well as humoral immunity

(2012) R. Malley et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Collagen-induced arthritis is exacerbated in C-reactive protein-deficient mice

(2011) Nicholas R. Jones et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Pathophysiological condition changes the conformation of a flexible FBG-related protein, switching it from pathogen-recognition to host-interaction

(2011) Jing Zhang et al.   BIOCHIMIE

A redox switch in C-reactive protein modulates activation of endothelial cells

(2011) Ming-Yu Wang et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Mucosal Immunization with an Unadjuvanted Vaccine That Targets Streptococcus pneumoniae PspA to Human Fcγ Receptor Type I Protects against Pneumococcal Infection through Complement- and Lactoferrin-Mediated Bactericidal Activity

(2011) Constantine Bitsaktsis et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Exposing a Hidden Functional Site of C-reactive Protein by Site-directed Mutagenesis

(2011) Sanjay K. Singh et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Structural basis of ligand specificity in the human pentraxins, C-reactive protein and serum amyloid P component

(2011) Halina Mikolajek et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR RECOGNITION

Requirement for complement in antibody responses is not explained by the classic pathway activator IgM

(2011) C. Rutemark et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

No Reduction of Atherosclerosis in C-reactive Protein (CRP)-deficient Mice

(2010) Daniel Teupser et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Identification of Acidic pH-dependent Ligands of Pentameric C-reactive Protein

(2010) David J. Hammond et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

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

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

Complement Factor H Binds at Two Independent Sites to C-reactive Protein in Acute Phase Concentrations

(2009) Azubuike I. Okemefuna et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention of pneumococcal pneumonia

(2009) Tom van der Poll et al.   LANCET

Complement Factor H Binds to Denatured Rather than to Native Pentameric C-reactive Protein

(2008) Svetlana Hakobyan et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The complement fitness Factor H: Role in human diseases and for immune escape of pathogens, like pneumococci

(2008) Peter F. Zipfel et al.   VACCINE

The Protective Function of Human C-reactive Protein in Mouse Models of Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection

(2008) Alok Agrawal et al.   Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders-Drug Targets