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

Mannose-Binding Lectin (MBL)-Associated Serine Protease (MASP)-1 Contributes to Activation of the Lectin Complement Pathway

(2014) Minoru Takahashi et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

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

(2011) Hany Ibrahim Kenawy et al.   IMMUNOBIOLOGY

The role of ficolins in the lectin pathway of innate immunity

(2011) Yuichi Endo et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY

The Role of Mannose-Binding Lectin-Associated Serine Protease-3 in Activation of the Alternative Complement Pathway

(2011) D. Iwaki et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Targeting of mannan-binding lectin-associated serine protease-2 confers protection from myocardial and gastrointestinal ischemia/reperfusion injury

(2011) W. J. Schwaeble et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Carbohydrate recognition and complement activation by rat ficolin-B

(2010) Umakhanth Venkatraman Girija et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

A Novel Mannose-binding Lectin/Ficolin-associated Protein Is Highly Expressed in Heart and Skeletal Muscle Tissues and Inhibits Complement Activation

(2010) Mikkel-Ole Skjoedt et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Selective Inhibition of the Lectin Pathway of Complement with Phage Display Selected Peptides against Mannose-Binding Lectin-Associated Serine Protease (MASP)-1 and -2: Significant Contribution of MASP-1 to Lectin Pathway Activation

(2010) A. Kocsis et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Collectin 11 (CL-11, CL-K1) Is a MASP-1/3-Associated Plasma Collectin with Microbial-Binding Activity

(2010) S. Hansen et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Changes in pneumococcal serotypes and antibiotypes carried by vaccinated and unvaccinated day-care centre attendees in Portugal, a country with widespread use of the seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

(2009) R. Sá-Leão et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

MAp44, a Human Protein Associated with Pattern Recognition Molecules of the Complement System and Regulating the Lectin Pathway of Complement Activation

(2009) S. E. Degn et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Clinical Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae Bind the Complement Inhibitor C4b-Binding Protein in a PspC Allele-Dependent Fashion

(2009) A. Dieudonne-Vatran et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Mannose-Binding Lectin Genotypes in Susceptibility to Community-Acquired Pneumonia

(2008) Henrik Endeman et al.   CHEST

Antibody to the Type 3 Capsule Facilitates Immune Adherence of Pneumococci to Erythrocytes and Augments Their Transfer to Macrophages

(2008) J. Li et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Impaired Opsonization with C3b and Phagocytosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Sera from Subjects with Defects in the Classical Complement Pathway

(2008) J. Yuste et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Mannose-binding lectin and mannose-binding lectin–associated serine protease 2 in susceptibility, severity, and outcome of pneumonia in adults

(2008) M. Isabel Garcia-Laorden et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY