The Biologic Significance of Bacterial Encapsulation

The Properdin System and Immunity: I. Demonstration and Isolation of a New Serum Protein, Properdin, and Its Role in Immune Phenomena

1954 • 940 citations

Isolation of a human erythrocyte membrane glycoprotein with decay-accelerating activity for C3 convertases of the complement system.

1982 • 603 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

THE PROPERDIN SYSTEM AND IMMUNITY

1956 • 363 citations

The Structure of the Capsular Polysaccharide (K5 Antigenn) of Urinary-Tract-Infective Escherichia coli 010:K5:H4. A Polymer Similar to Desulfo-Heparin

1981 • 266 citations

Influence of the Escherichia coli capsule on complement fixation and on phagocytosis and killing by human phagocytes.

1980 • 264 citations

The Relative Role of Bacterial Cell Wall and Capsule in the Induction of Inflammation in Pneumococcal Meningitis

1985 • 239 citations

Complement and Bacteria: Chemistry and Biology in Host Defense

1984 • 226 citations

SpecialEscherichia coli serotypes among enterotoxigenic strains from diarrhoea in adults and children

1976 • 226 citations

Capsular sialic acid prevents activation of the alternative complement pathway by type III, group B streptococci.

1982 • 210 citations

A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE NORMAL BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY OF HUMAN SERUM TO BACTERIAL INFECTION*

1960 • 209 citations

Pretreatment with recombinant murine tumor necrosis factor alpha/cachectin and murine interleukin 1 alpha protects mice from lethal bacterial infection.

1989 • 196 citations

THE PROPERDIN SYSTEM AND IMMUNITY

1956 • 173 citations

Role of the capsule and the O antigen in resistance of O18:K1 Escherichia coli to complement-mediated killing

1983 • 173 citations

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

1988 • 164 citations

Activation of the Alternative Complement Pathway by Pneumococcal Cell Wall Teichoic Acid

1978 • 157 citations

The virulence for mice of strains of Escherichia coli related to the effects of K antigens on their resistance to phagocytosis and killing by complement.

1971 • 148 citations

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

1986 • 134 citations

The Importance of the K1 Capsule in Invasive Infections Caused by Escherichia coli

1984 • 132 citations

The sensitivity to complement of strains of Escherichia coli related to their K antigens.

1970 • 131 citations

Pneumococcal type-associated variability in alternate complement pathway activation

1975 • 129 citations

Bacterial Capsule -- Old Dogmas and New Tricks

1986 • 99 citations

Hyaluronic acid is an endogenous inducer of interleukin-1 production by human monocytes and rabbit macrophages

1986 • 97 citations

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

1986 • 96 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

Induction of Inflammation by Escherichia Coli at a Muscosal Site: Requirement for Adherence and Endotoxin

1988 • 81 citations

THE PATHOGENICITY OF KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE FOR MICE: THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE QUANTITY AND RATE OF PRODUCTION OF TYPE-SPECIFIC CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE

1956 • 77 citations

Cryptic peptidoglycan and the antiphagocytic effect of the Staphylococcus aureus capsule: model for the antiphagocytic effect of bacterial cell surface polymers

1979 • 76 citations

The Role of the Capsular Polysaccharide in the Activation of the Alternative Pathway by the Pneumococcus

1976 • 74 citations

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

1978 • 72 citations

K1 antigen-associated resistance to the bactericidal activity of serum

1980 • 71 citations

Alterations in the Antibody Response to Bovine Serum Albumin by Capsular Polysaccharide of Klebsiella Pneumoniae

1971 • 71 citations

The virulence of strains of Bacterium coli for mice.

1954 • 70 citations

Safety and immunogenicity of a polyvalentKlebsiella capsular polysaccharide vaccine in humans

1986 • 58 citations

Bactericidal Activity of Normal Serum Against Bacterial Cultures. II. Activity Against Escherichia coli Strains

1960 • 57 citations

Host modification of Sindbis virus sialic acid content influences alternative complement pathway activation and virus clearance.

1981 • 56 citations

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

1988 • 51 citations

K antigen and serum sensitivity of rough Escherichia coli

1982 • 51 citations

Determinants that increase the serum resistance of Escherichia coli

1980 • 50 citations

The Role of the Capsular Polysaccharide in the Activation of the Alternative Pathway by the Pneumococcus

1976 • 44 citations

Immunologic Paralysis Produced in Mice by Klebsiella Pneumoniae Type 2 Polysaccharide

1963 • 39 citations

Evasion of the alternative complement pathway by metacyclic trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi: dependence on the developmentally regulated synthesis of surface protein and N-linked carbohydrate.

1986 • 35 citations

Lipopolysaccharide-induced non-specific resistance to systemic Escherichia coli infection in mice

1988 • 29 citations

Opsonization of various capsular (K) E. coli by the alternative complement pathway.

1983 • 27 citations

The role of capsular antigens in serum resistance and in vivo virulence ofEscherichia coli

1986 • 25 citations

GASTRIC GLANDULAR TUMOURS PROVIDED WITH EXCRETORY DUCTS, AND CRITICISM OF THE THEORY OF THE TUMOURS ARISING IN HETEROTOPIC PANCREAS

1964 • 24 citations

PRIMARY MENINGEAL MELANOSIS

1965 • 22 citations

Further Observations on the Properties of the Vi Antigen of B. typhosus and its Corresponding Antibody

1935 • 19 citations

Interleukin-1-like activity in capsular material from Haemophilus actinomycetemcomitans.

1987 • 17 citations

Bacteria, Complement and the Phagocytic Cell

1988 • 16 citations

The Relative Role of Lipopolysaccharide and Capsule in the Virulence of E. Coli

1988 • 12 citations