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Human lectins and their roles in viral infections by Mason, Christopher P, Tarr, Alexander W

“…Innate recognition of virus proteins is an important component of the immune response to viral pathogens. A component of this immune recognition is the family…”
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Novel functional hepatitis C virus glycoprotein isolates identified using an optimized viral pseudotype entry assay by Urbanowicz, Richard A, McClure, C Patrick, King, Barnabas, Mason, Christopher P, Ball, Jonathan K, Tarr, Alexander W

“…Retrovirus pseudotypes are a highly tractable model used to study the entry pathways of enveloped viruses. This model has been extensively applied to the study…”
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Elevated serum activity of MBL and ficolin-2 as biomarkers for progression to hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic HCV infection by Jalal, Paywast J., King, Barnabas J., Saeed, Amanj, Adedeji, Yemisi, Mason, Christopher P., Ball, Jonathan K., Irving, William L., McClure, C. Patrick, Tarr, Alexander W.

“…Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is an uncommon but significant outcome of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. A serum biomarker for predicting…”
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Expression of human ficolin-2 in hepatocytes confers resistance to infection by diverse hepatotropic viruses by Jalal, Paywast J, Urbanowicz, Richard A, Horncastle, Emma, Pathak, Monika, Goddard, Chun, Saeed, Amanj, Mason, Christopher P, Ball, Jonathan K, Irving, William L, McClure, C Patrick, King, Barnabas J, Tarr, Alexander W

“…The liver-expressed pattern recognition receptors mannose-binding lectin (MBL), ficolin-2 and ficolin-3 contribute to the innate immune response by activating…”
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Recombinant Human L-Ficolin Directly Neutralizes Hepatitis C Virus Entry by Hamed, Mohamed R., Brown, Richard J.P., Zothner, Carsten, Urbanowicz, Richard A., Mason, Christopher P., Krarup, Anders, McClure, C. Patrick, Irving, William L., Ball, Jonathan K., Harris, Mark, Hickling, Timothy P., Tarr, Alexander W.

“…L-ficolin is a soluble pattern recognition molecule expressed by the liver that contributes to innate immune defense against microorganisms. It is well…”
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