Metacyclogenesis in Leishmania promastigotes

Biology of the Kinetoplastida

1978 • 691 citations

Identification of an Infective Stage of Leishmania Promastigotes

1984 • 498 citations

Receptors for C3b and C3bi promote phagocytosis but not the release of toxic oxygen from human phagocytes.

1983 • 495 citations

Identification of cell surface carbohydrate and antigenic changes between noninfective and infective developmental stages of Leishmania major promastigotes.

1985 • 338 citations

Macrophage complement and lectin-like receptors bind Leishmania in the absence of serum.

1985 • 306 citations

CR1, the C3b receptor, mediates binding of infective Leishmania major metacyclic promastigotes to human macrophages.

1989 • 258 citations

Metacyclogenesis is a major determinant of Leishmania promastigote virulence and attenuation

1987 • 233 citations

Complement binding by two developmental stages of Leishmania major promastigotes varying in expression of a surface lipophosphoglycan.

1988 • 202 citations

The third component of complement (C3) is responsible for the intracellular survival of Leishmania major

1987 • 198 citations

Development of Infective Stage Leishmania Promastigotes within Phlebotomine Sand Flies

1985 • 176 citations

The generation of infective stage Leishmania major promastigotes is associated with the cell-surface expression and release of a developmentally regulated glycolipid.

1987 • 141 citations

C3 binds preferentially to long-chain lipopolysaccharide during alternative pathway activation by Salmonella montevideo.

1986 • 124 citations

Growth cycle-dependent generation of complement-resistant Leishmania promastigotes.

1985 • 122 citations

Leishmania donovani metacyclic promastigotes: Transformation in vitro, lectin agglutination, complement resistance, and infectivity

1987 • 90 citations

The lipophosphoglycan of Leishmania

1988 • 87 citations

Infectivity of Leishmania braziliensis promastigotes is dependent on the increasing expression of a 65,000-dalton surface antigen.

1987 • 84 citations

Effects of Promastigote Growth Phase, Frequency of Subculture, and Host Age on Promastigote‐initiated Infections with Leishmania donovani in the Golden Hamster*^†

1974 • 83 citations

Increased infectivity of stationary-phase promastigotes of Leishmania donovani: correlation with enhanced C3 binding capacity and CR3-mediated attachment to host macrophages.

1987 • 54 citations

The Transmission of Leishmania tropica by the Bite of Phlebotomus papatasii.

1941 • 50 citations

Cell surface nanoanatomy of Leishmania major as revealed by fracture-flip. A surface meshwork of 44 nm fusiform filaments identifies infective developmental stage promastigotes.

1989 • 42 citations

Infectivity of Leishmania donovani Amastigotes and Promastigotes for Golden Hamsters*

1976 • 41 citations

Transmission of Leishmania tropica by the Bite of Phlebotomus papatasii

1941 • 20 citations

Infectivity of Leishmania promastigotes is associated with surface antigenic expression

1985 • 18 citations