Importance of (antibody-dependent) complement-mediated serum killing in protection againstBordetella pertussis

Do we need a new vaccine to control the re-emergence of pertussis?

(2015) Kingston H.G. Mills et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

TheBordetella pertussis Bps polysaccharide enhances lung colonization by conferring protection from complement-mediated killing

(2014) Tridib Ganguly et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A Fine-Tuned Interaction between Trimeric Autotransporter Haemophilus Surface Fibrils and Vitronectin Leads to Serum Resistance and Adherence to Respiratory Epithelial Cells

(2014) B. Singh et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Characterization of BCAM0224, a Multifunctional Trimeric Autotransporter from the Human Pathogen Burkholderia cenocepacia

(2014) D. Mil-Homens et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Bicomponent Pore-Forming Leucocidins of Staphylococcus aureus

(2014) Francis Alonzo et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Pertactin-Deficient Bordetella pertussis in the United States

(2013) L. C. Pawloski et al.   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Resident Microbiota Affect Bordetella pertussis Infectious Dose and Host Specificity

(2013) L. S. Weyrich et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Human complement control and complement evasion by pathogenic microbes – Tipping the balance

(2013) Peter F. Zipfel et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

Pertactin-Negative Variants of Bordetella pertussis in the United States

(2013) Anne Marie Queenan et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

The BtaF Trimeric Autotransporter of Brucella suis Is Involved in Attachment to Various Surfaces, Resistance to Serum and Virulence

(2013) Verónica Ruiz-Ranwez et al.   PLoS One

Acellular pertussis vaccines protect against disease but fail to prevent infection and transmission in a nonhuman primate model

(2013) J. M. Warfel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Neisseria meningitidis NalP cleaves human complement C3, facilitating degradation of C3b and survival in human serum

(2013) E. Del Tordello et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bordetella pertussis iron regulated proteins as potential vaccine components

(2013) Jimena Alvarez Hayes et al.   VACCINE

Microbes Bind Complement Inhibitor Factor H via a Common Site

(2013) T. Meri et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Increased risk of pertussis in adult patients with mannose-binding lectin deficiency

(2012) Kirsi Gröndahl-Yli-Hannuksela et al.   APMIS

Severe progressive obstructive cardiomyopathy and renal tubular dysfunction in Donohue syndrome with decreased insulin receptor autophosphorylation due to a novel INSR mutation

(2012) Tinka Hovnik et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

Why Do Pertussis Vaccines Fail?

(2012) J. D. Cherry   PEDIATRICS

Immunization of Teenagers with a Fifth Dose of Reduced DTaP-IPV Induces High Levels of Pertussis Antibodies with a Significant Increase in Opsonophagocytic Activity

(2011) Audun Aase et al.   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Structures and functions of autotransporter proteins in microbial pathogens

(2011) Inga Benz et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

BapC autotransporter protein is a virulence determinant of Bordetella pertussis

(2011) Mojtaba Noofeli et al.   MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS

Bordetella pertussis Autotransporter Vag8 Binds Human C1 Esterase Inhibitor and Confers Serum Resistance

(2011) Nico Marr et al.   PLoS One

Oligosaccharide conjugates of Bordetella pertussis and bronchiseptica induce bactericidal antibodies, an addition to pertussis vaccine

(2011) J. Kubler-Kielb et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Identification of a new protective antigen of Bordetella pertussis

(2011) Jimena Alvarez Hayes et al.   VACCINE

Correlates of Protection Induced by Vaccination

(2010) S. A. Plotkin   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Pertussis toxin and adenylate cyclase toxin: key virulence factors ofBordetella pertussisand cell biology tools

(2010) Nicholas H Carbonetti   Future Microbiology

Antigenic Variation amongBordetella

(2010) Evgeny Vinogradov et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Variability in the Lipooligosaccharide Structure and Endotoxicity amongBordetella pertussisStrains

(2010) Nico Marr et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2008: a systematic analysis

(2010) Robert E Black et al.   LANCET

Interactions between Bordetella pertussis and the complement inhibitor factor H

(2010) Hanne Amdahl et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

The Bps polysaccharide of Bordetella pertussis promotes colonization and biofilm formation in the nose by functioning as an adhesin

(2010) Matt S. Conover et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Hemolytic uremic syndrome caused by Bordetella pertussis infection

(2010) Swasti Chaturvedi et al.   PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY

Dysregulated Humoral Immunity to Nontyphoidal Salmonella in HIV-Infected African Adults

(2010) C. A. MacLennan et al.   SCIENCE

C1 inhibitor, a multi-functional serine protease inhibitor

(2010) Fengxin Lu et al.   THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS

Haemophilus influenzae and the complement system

(2010) Teresia Hallström et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Evidence for Horizontal Gene Transfer of Two Antigenically Distinct O Antigens in Bordetella bronchiseptica

(2009) A. M. Buboltz et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Evidence for an intact polysaccharide capsule in Bordetella pertussis

(2009) YiLin Neo et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

Complement evasion strategies of pathogens—Acquisition of inhibitors and beyond

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

O Antigen Protects Bordetella parapertussis from Complement

(2008) E. M. Goebel et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Complement evasion by human pathogens

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

Protective activity of the Bordetella pertussis BrkA autotransporter in the murine lung colonization model

(2008) Nico Marr et al.   VACCINE

Mechanisms in Neisseria meningitidis for resistance against complement-mediated killing

(2008) Elisabeth Kugelberg et al.   VACCINE