Complement resistance in microbes

Inflammation. Basic principles and clinical correlates

1989 • 2,424 citations

Current Knowledge of Type-Specific M Antigens of Group A Streptococci

1962 • 793 citations

The Immune-Adherence Phenomenon

1953 • 487 citations

Antiphagocytic activity of streptococcal M protein: selective binding of complement control protein factor H.

1988 • 458 citations

Regulation by membrane sialic acid of β1H-dependent decay-dissociation of amplification C3 convertase of the alternative complement pathway

1978 • 415 citations

Glycoprotein C of herpes simplex virus 1 acts as a receptor for the C3b complement component on infected cells

1984 • 384 citations

Membrane Complement Receptors Specific for Bound Fragments of C3

1985 • 311 citations

Complement Evasion by Bacteria and Parasites

1988 • 300 citations

Strong association between capsular type and virulence for mice among human isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae

1992 • 265 citations

Outer membrane protein A (OmpA) contributes to serum resistance and pathogenicity of Escherichia coli K-1

1991 • 256 citations

Complement and Bacteria: Chemistry and Biology in Host Defense

1984 • 226 citations

Biology of complement: the overture

1991 • 218 citations

Effect of protein A on staphylococcal opsonization

1977 • 215 citations

Mechanisms of Klebsiella pneumoniae resistance to complement-mediated killing

1992 • 202 citations

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

1988 • 202 citations

Cloned fragments of the plasmid ColV,I-K94 specifying virulence and serum resistance

1979 • 193 citations

Studies on the mechanism of bacterial resistance to complement-mediated killing. I. Terminal complement components are deposited and released from salmonella minnesota S218 without causing bacterial death

1982 • 192 citations

Sialic acid of group B Neisseria meningitidis regulates alternative complement pathway activation

1987 • 186 citations

Influence of encapsulation on staphylococcal opsonization and phagocytosis by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes

1978 • 181 citations

Capsular antibodies induce type-specific phagocytosis of capsulated Staphylococcus aureus by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes

1988 • 178 citations

Plasmid-determined resistance to serum bactericidal activity: a major outer membrane protein, the traT gene product, is responsible for plasmid-specified serum resistance in Escherichia coli

1980 • 172 citations

Pathogenesis of Campylobacter fetus infections. Failure of encapsulated Campylobacter fetus to bind C3b explains serum and phagocytosis resistance.

1988 • 164 citations

Effect of Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase and alkaline protease on serum complement and isolated components C1q and C3

1992 • 162 citations

Bacterial resistance to complement killing mediated by the Ail protein of Yersinia enterocolitica.

1992 • 162 citations

Antiopsonic activity of fibrinogen bound to M protein on the surface of group A streptococci.

1982 • 160 citations

Studies on the mechanism of bacterial resistance to complement-mediated killing. II. C8 and C9 release C5b67 from the surface of salmonella minnesota S218 because the terminal complex does not insert into the bacterial outer membrane

1982 • 153 citations

Complement evasion strategies of microorganisms

1991 • 151 citations

Complete nucleotide sequence of the streptococcal C5a peptidase gene of Streptococcus pyogenes.

1990 • 150 citations

A quantitative analysis of the interactions of antipneumococcal antibody and complement in experimental pneumococcal bacteremia.

1982 • 144 citations

Gonococcal lipooligosaccharide sialylation prevents complement-dependent killing by immune sera

1992 • 138 citations

Tropomyosin-like seven residue periodicity in three immunologically distinct streptococal M proteins and its implications for the antiphagocytic property of the molecule.

1980 • 136 citations

Protein A from Staphylococcus aureus. IX. Complement-fixing activity of protein A-IgG complexes.

1969 • 134 citations

Expression of specific binding sites on Candida with functional and antigenic characteristics of human complement receptors.

1986 • 134 citations

Neisseria gonorrhoeae acquire a new principal outer-membrane protein when transformed to resistance to serum bactericidal activity

1978 • 129 citations

Phagocytosis of leprosy bacilli is mediated by complement receptors CR1 and CR3 on human monocytes and complement component C3 in serum.

1990 • 125 citations

Human natural anti-Gal IgG regulates alternative complement pathway activation on bacterial surfaces.

1992 • 124 citations

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

1986 • 124 citations

Studies on the mechanism of bacterial resistance to complement-mediated killing. IV. C5b-9 forms high molecular weight complexes with bacterial outer membrane constituents on serum-resistant but not on serum-sensitive Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

1983 • 115 citations

Further characterization of complement resistance conferred on Escherichia coli by the plasmid genes traT of R100 and iss of ColV,I-K94

1982 • 113 citations

Mechanism of action of blocking immunoglobulin G for Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

1985 • 107 citations

Mechanism of resistance to complement-mediated killing of bacteria encoded by the Salmonella typhimurium virulence plasmid gene rck.

1992 • 107 citations

Mediation of Serum Resistance in Salmonella typhimurium by an 11-Kilodalton Polypeptide Encoded by the Cryptic Plasmid

1987 • 98 citations

Role of Lipopolysaccharide and Capsule in the Serum Resistance of Bacteremic Strains of Escherichia coli

1986 • 96 citations

Microbial determinants of virulence and host response.

1990 • 95 citations

Localization of the third component of complement on the cell wall of encapsulated Staphylococcus aureus M: implications for the mechanism of resistance to phagocytosis

1979 • 93 citations

Opsonization of encapsulated Staphylococcus aureus: the role of specific antibody and complement.

1982 • 89 citations

Biological Properties of the Encapsulated Staphylococcus aureus M

1974 • 89 citations

Surface Components of Escherichia coli That Mediate Resistance to the Bactericidal Activities of Serum and Phagocytes

1985 • 88 citations

The Function of Antibody and Complement in the Lysis of Bacteria

1987 • 88 citations

Complement activation via the alternative pathway by purified Salmonella lipopolysaccharide is affected by its structure but not its O-antigen length.

1984 • 87 citations

Role of Escherichia coli K capsular antigens during complement activation, C3 fixation, and opsonization

1979 • 78 citations

Restricted Complement Activation by Escherichia Coli with the K-1 Capsular Serotype: A Possible Role in Pathogenicity

1978 • 72 citations

Activation of C3 via the alternative complement pathway results in fixation of C3b to the pneumococcal cell wall.

1980 • 72 citations

Generation by Bacterial Proteinases of Leukotactic Factors from Human Serum, and Human C3 and C5

1973 • 71 citations

Inhibition of Complement by Culture Supernatants of Aspergillus fumigatus

1986 • 66 citations

The interaction of C3b bound to pneumococci with factor H (beta 1H globulin), factor I (C3b/C4b inactivator), and properdin factor B of the human complement system.

1983 • 64 citations

Lipopolysaccharide phase variation determines the complement-mediated serum susceptibility of Coxiella burnetii

1988 • 63 citations

Protein a from Staphylococcus Aureus

1969 • 63 citations

Complement-mediated killing of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. Role of antibody in formation of an effective membrane attack complex.

1991 • 62 citations

Antibody-independent C1 activation by E. coli.

1984 • 62 citations

Inactivation of chemotactic activity of C5a by the serratial 56-kilodalton protease

1990 • 56 citations

Amastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi escape destruction by the terminal complement components.

1989 • 54 citations

A quantitative analysis of C3 binding to O-antigen capsule, lipopolysaccharide, and outer membrane protein of E. coli 0111B4.

1984 • 54 citations

Toxoplasma gondii: mechanism of resistance to complement-mediated killing.

1989 • 53 citations

Quantitative relationship between capsular content and killing of K1-encapsulated Escherichia coli

1988 • 51 citations

Determinants that increase the serum resistance of Escherichia coli

1980 • 50 citations

Genetics of Serum Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae : The sac-1 Genetic Locus

1981 • 50 citations

Resistance to phagocytosis by group A streptococci: failure of deposited complement opsonins to interact with cellular receptors.

1985 • 48 citations

Identification of C3b-binding regions on herpes simplex virus type 2 glycoprotein C

1990 • 45 citations

C3b generation is affected by the structure of the O-antigen polysaccharide in lipopolysaccharide from salmonellae.

1987 • 42 citations

Inactivation of various proteinase inhibitors and the complement system in human plasma by the 56-kilodalton proteinase from Serratia marcescens

1989 • 41 citations

TnphoA-mediated disruption of K54 capsular polysaccharide genes in Escherichia coli confers serum sensitivity

1993 • 40 citations

Differences in cryptococcus neoformans capsular polysaccharide structure influence assembly of alternative complement pathway C3 convertase on fungal surfaces

1991 • 40 citations

Complement regulation on the surface of cultured schistosomula and adult worms of Schistosoma mansoni

1990 • 39 citations

Bacterial capsules and interactions with complement and phagocytes

1989 • 39 citations

Relative Contribution of ColV Plasmid and K1 Antigen to the Pathogenicity of Escherichia coli

1983 • 37 citations

Studies on the mechanism of bacterial resistance to complement-mediated killing. VI. IgG increases the bactericidal efficiency of C5b-9 for E. coli 0111B4 by acting at a step before C5 cleavage.

1983 • 37 citations

C3b binding, but not its breakdown, is affected by the structure of the O-antigen polysaccharide in lipopolysaccharide from Salmonellae.

1986 • 35 citations

Plasmid-associated resistance of Salmonella typhimurium to complement activated by the classical pathway

1987 • 34 citations

Resistance of highly pathogenic Naegleria fowleri amoebae to complement-mediated lysis

1989 • 32 citations

Complement activation and C3 binding by serum-sensitive and serum-resistant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1989 • 32 citations

The mechanism by which microorganisms avoid complement attack

1992 • 31 citations

Immunochemical investigations on lipopolysaccharides and acidic polysaccharides from serum-sensitive and serum-resistant strains of Escherichia coli isolated from urinary-tract infections

1976 • 30 citations

Antibody-independent killing of gram-negative bacteria via the classical pathway of complement

1987 • 30 citations

The mechanism by which microorganisms avoid complement attack

1992 • 30 citations

Inhibition of the alternative C3 convertase and classical C5 convertase of complement by group A streptococcal M protein

1990 • 28 citations

Alterations in protein expression and complement resistance of pathogenic Naegleria amoebae

1992 • 27 citations

K-1 Antigen of Escherichia coli : Epidemiology and Serum Sensitivity of Pathogenic Strains

1978 • 23 citations

A generally applicable technique for the extraction of restrictable DNA from methanogenic bacteria

1991 • 22 citations

Activation of the classical and alternative pathways of complement by Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum and Treponema vincentii

1987 • 17 citations

Complement-Mediated Opsonization of Group a Streptococci Inhibited by the Binding of Fibrinogen to Surface M Protein Fibrillae

1988 • 11 citations

Complement binding on serum-sensitive and serumresistant transformants of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: effect of presensitization with a non-bactericidal monoclonal antibody

1989 • 11 citations

Complement-mediated inhibition of function in complement-resistant Escherichia coli.

1989 • 10 citations

Evasion of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype 03 from complement-mediated killing.

1991 • 6 citations

Studies on Serum Resistance in E scherichia coli

1988 • 6 citations

Ability to Activate the Alternative Complement Pathway as a Virulence Determinant in Salmonellae

1988 • 4 citations

Serum-mediated killing of Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli mutants which share a different content of major proteins.

1991 • 3 citations