Identification of defensin binding to C1 complement

Defensins. Natural peptide antibiotics of human neutrophils.

1985 • 1,411 citations

Defensins: Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Peptides of Mammalian Cells

1993 • 986 citations

Implications of the three-dimensional structure of .alpha.1-antitrypsin for structure and function of serpins

1989 • 898 citations

Tachyplesin, a class of antimicrobial peptide from the hemocytes of the horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus). Isolation and chemical structure.

1988 • 526 citations

The Classical Complement Pathway: Activation and Regulation of the First Complement Component

1985 • 514 citations

Protegrins: leukocyte antimicrobial peptides that combine features of corticostatic defensins and tachyplesins

1993 • 497 citations

Extracellular release of antimicrobial defensins by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes

1987 • 238 citations

Plasma defensin concentrations are elevated in patients with septicemia or bacterial meningitis.

1993 • 209 citations

Identification of a serpin-enzyme complex receptor on human hepatoma cells and human monocytes.

1990 • 190 citations

Activation of the First Component of Complement

1987 • 160 citations

Active Disassembly of the First Complement Component, C1̄, by C1̄ Inactivator

1979 • 159 citations

α2-Macroglobulin and Related Thiol Ester Plasma Proteins

1987 • 118 citations

Activated α₂-Macroglobulin Is a Principal Defensin-binding Protein

1991 • 105 citations

Correlation of binding of rabbit granulocyte peptides to Candida albicans with candidacidal activity

1985 • 97 citations

A monoclonal antibody to a neo-antigen on alpha 2-macroglobulin complexes inhibits receptor-mediated endocytosis.

1981 • 83 citations

A C1-inhibitor-complex assay (INCA): a method to detect C1 activation in vitro and in vivo.

1981 • 73 citations

Amino-terminal calcium-binding domain of human complement C1.hivin.s mediates the interaction of C1.hivin.r with C1q

1990 • 61 citations

[5] Preparation and properties of human inhibitor

1981 • 58 citations

Functional Inactivation and Structural Disruption of Human α2-Macroglobulin by Neutrophils and Eosinophils

1989 • 49 citations

C1 dissociation. Spontaneous generation in human serum of a trimer complex containing C1 inactivator, activated C1r, and zymogen C1s.

1987 • 17 citations

Isolation of human complement subcomponents C1r and C1s in their unactivated, proenzyme forms

1991 • 14 citations

Proteolytic Cleavage of an Activated Subcomponent of the First Component of Rabbit Complement, C1¯s

1980 • 8 citations