Mucosal fluid glycoprotein DMBT1 suppresses twitching motility and virulence of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Human Tear Fluid Reduces Culturability of Contact Lens-Associated Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms but Induces Expression of the Virulence-Associated Type III Secretion System

(2017) Yvonne T. Wu et al.   Ocular Surface

Antimicrobial Resistance in the Intensive Care Unit

(2016) Shawn H. MacVane   JOURNAL OF INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Biogenesis ofPseudomonas aeruginosatype IV pili and regulation of their function

(2015) Tiffany L. Leighton et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Group B Streptococcus pili mediate adherence to salivary glycoproteins

(2015) Jane L. Brittan et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

Evolution of the rapidly mutating human salivary agglutinin gene (DMBT1) and population subsistence strategy

(2015) Shamik Polley et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Type IV pili mechanochemically regulate virulence factors inPseudomonas aeruginosa

(2015) Alexandre Persat et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Salivary Scavenger and Agglutinin in Early Life: Diverse Roles in Amniotic Fluid and in the Infant Intestine

(2014) Martin Parnov Reichhardt et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Why Does the Healthy Cornea Resist Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection?

(2013) David J. Evans et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

Antimicrobial compounds in tears

(2013) Alison M. McDermott   EXPERIMENTAL EYE RESEARCH

Staphylococcus aureus SasA Is Responsible for Binding to the Salivary Agglutinin gp340, Derived from Human Saliva

(2013) Kenji Kukita et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

MicroRNA-762 Is Upregulated in Human Corneal Epithelial Cells in Response to Tear Fluid and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Antigens and Negatively Regulates the Expression of Host Defense Genes Encoding RNase7 and ST2

(2013) James Mun et al.   PLoS One

Pseudomonas aeruginosaTwitching Motility: Type IV Pili in Action

(2012) Lori L. Burrows   Annual Review of Microbiology

Trends in Contact Lens–Related Corneal Ulcers at a Tertiary Referral Center

(2012) Elvin H. Yildiz et al.   CORNEA

Microbial Keratitis

(2012) David J. Evans et al.   Eye & Contact Lens-Science and Clinical Practice

In-depth analysis of the human tear proteome

(2012) Lei Zhou et al.   Journal of Proteomics

The bacteria binding glycoprotein salivary agglutinin (SAG/gp340) activates complement via the lectin pathway

(2011) Jelani T.D. Leito et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

3D Quantitative Imaging of Unprocessed Live Tissue Reveals Epithelial Defense against Bacterial Adhesion and Subsequent Traversal Requires MyD88

(2011) Connie Tam et al.   PLoS One

Modulation of epithelial immunity by mucosal fluid

(2011) James J. Mun et al.   Scientific Reports

Review: Gp-340/DMBT1 in mucosal innate immunity

(2010) Jens Madsen et al.   Innate Immunity

Deleted in Malignant Brain Tumors-1 Protein (DMBT1): A Pattern Recognition Receptor with Multiple Binding Sites

(2010) Antoon J. M. Ligtenberg et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

The Pseudomonas aeruginosa Chp chemosensory system regulates intracellular cAMP levels by modulating adenylate cyclase activity

(2010) Nanette B. Fulcher et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Clearance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from a Healthy Ocular Surface Involves Surfactant Protein D and Is Compromised by Bacterial Elastase in a Murine Null-Infection Model

(2009) J. J. Mun et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Role of the Corneal Epithelial Basement Membrane in Ocular Defense against Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2009) I. Alarcon et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Genetic Analysis of the Regulation of Type IV Pilus Function by the Chp Chemosensory System of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2009) J. J. Bertrand et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Leucine-rich Repeats of Bacterial Surface Proteins Serve as Common Pattern Recognition Motifs of Human Scavenger Receptor gp340

(2009) Vuokko Loimaranta et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Functional role of conserved residues in the characteristic secretion NTPase motifs of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pilus motor proteins PilB, PilT and PilU

(2008) P. Chiang et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM