Andrew G Plaut
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Choudary S, Qiu J, Plaut A, Kritzer J
Chembiochem
. 2013 Sep;
14(15):2007-12.
PMID: 24038810
Bacterial meningitis is a severe infectious disease with high mortality. Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria that cause meningitis secrete immunoglobulin A1 (IgA1) proteases to assist in mucosal colonization, invasion, and immune...
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Selker H, Leslie L, Wasser J, Plaut A, Wilson I, Griffith J
Clin Transl Sci
. 2010 May;
3(2):56-8.
PMID: 20443959
No abstract available.
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Neisseria meningitidis GNA2132, a heparin-binding protein that induces protective immunity in humans
Serruto D, Spadafina T, Ciucchi L, Lewis L, Ram S, Tontini M, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2010 Feb;
107(8):3770-5.
PMID: 20133713
GNA2132 is a Neisseria meningitidis antigen of unknown function, discovered by reverse vaccinology, which has been shown to induce bactericidal antibodies in animal models. Here we show that this antigen...
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Johnson T, Qiu J, Plaut A, Holyoak T
J Mol Biol
. 2009 Apr;
389(3):559-74.
PMID: 19393662
We report here the first structure of a member of the immunoglobulin A protease (IgAP) family at 1.75-A resolution. This protease is a founding member of the type V (autotransporter)...
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Saravanan C, Cao Z, Kumar J, Qiu J, Plaut A, Newburg D, et al.
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci
. 2008 Mar;
49(3):1010-5.
PMID: 18326724
Purpose: Acanthamoebae provoke a vision-threatening corneal infection known as Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK). It is thought that Acanthamoeba-specific IgA antibodies present in mucosal secretions such as human tears, milk, and saliva...
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Lamm M, Emancipator S, Robinson J, Yamashita M, Fujioka H, Qiu J, et al.
Am J Pathol
. 2008 Jan;
172(1):31-6.
PMID: 18165266
The hallmark of IgA nephropathy (IgAN), the most common form of glomerulonephritis, is the presence of mesangial deposits containing IgA, specifically the IgA1 subclass, as the most prominent component. The...
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Fasching C, Grossman T, Corthesy B, Plaut A, Weiser J, Janoff E
Infect Immun
. 2007 Jan;
75(4):1801-10.
PMID: 17261616
Antibodies of the immunoglobulin A (IgA) class react with capsular polysaccharides of Streptococcus pneumoniae and support complement-dependent opsonophagocytosis (OPC) of the organism by phagocytes. We characterized the biologic impact of...
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Wanyiri J, OConnor R, Allison G, Kim K, Kane A, Qiu J, et al.
Infect Immun
. 2006 Oct;
75(1):184-92.
PMID: 17043102
The apicomplexan parasite Cryptosporidium causes diarrheal disease worldwide. Proteolytic processing of proteins plays a significant role in host cell invasion by apicomplexan parasites. In previous studies, we described gp40/15, a...
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Vernacchio L, Vezina R, Mitchell A, Lesko S, Plaut A, Acheson D
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr
. 2006 Jul;
43(1):52-8.
PMID: 16819377
Objective: The objective of the study was to define the characteristics and microbiology of persistent diarrhea (PD) in US children. Methods: Six-month prospective cohort study of a convenience sample of...
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Webster P, Wu S, Gomez G, Apicella M, Plaut A, St Geme 3rd J
J Histochem Cytochem
. 2006 Mar;
54(7):829-42.
PMID: 16549506
The ability to preserve the fragile ultrastructural organization of bacterial biofilms using cryo-preparation methods for electron microscopy has enabled us to probe sections through non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) biofilms and...