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NOD-Like Receptors in Infection, Immunity, and Diseases by Kim, Young Keun, Shin, Jeon Soo, Nahm, Moon H

“…Nucleotide-binding and oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptors (NLRs) are pattern-recognition receptors similar to toll-like receptors (TLRs). While TLRs…”
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Discovery of Novel Pneumococcal Serotype 35D, a Natural WciG-Deficient Variant of Serotype 35B by Geno, K Aaron, Saad, Jamil S, Nahm, Moon H

“…Pneumococcus ( ) remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, especially among those at the extremes of age. Its capsular polysaccharide is…”
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A New Pneumococcal Serotype, 11E, Has a Variably Inactivated wcjE Gene by Calix, Juan J., Nahm, Moon H.

“…Recently, 2 serologically and biochemically distinct subtypes—11Aα and 11Aβ—were discovered among serotype 11A isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Sequence…”
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Older Adults Have a Low Capacity To Opsonize Pneumococci Due to Low IgM Antibody Response to Pneumococcal Vaccinations by Park, Saeyoung, Nahm, Moon H

“…Since the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23) is less effective for older adults than for young adults, it is important to investigate the…”
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Potentiating pneumococcal glycoconjugate vaccine PCV13 with saponin adjuvant VSA-1 by Kim, Hyunjung, Yu, Jigui, Bai, Di, Nahm, Moon H, Wang, Pengfei

“…VSA-1 is a semisynthetic saponin adjuvant prepared from naturally occurring saponin and capable of stimulating antigen-specific humoral and cellular immune…”
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Clinical implications of pneumococcal serotypes: invasive disease potential, clinical presentations, and antibiotic resistance by Song, Joon Young, Nahm, Moon H, Moseley, M Allen

“…Streptococcus pneumoniae can asymptomatically colonize the nasopharynx and cause a diverse range of illnesses. This clinical spectrum from colonization to…”
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Pneumococcal vaccine and opsonic pneumococcal antibody by Song, Joon Young, Moseley, M. Allen, Burton, Robert L, Nahm, Moon H

“…Abstract Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major human pathogen responsible for the majority of bacterial pneumonia cases as well as invasive pneumococcal diseases…”
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Discovery of a New Capsular Serotype (6C) within Serogroup 6 of Streptococcus pneumoniae by IN HO PARK, PRITCHARD, David G, CARTEE, Rob, BRANDAO, Angela, BRANDILEONE, Maria Cristina C, NAHM, Moon H

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Development of a Fourfold Multiplexed Opsonophagocytosis Assay for Pneumococcal Antibodies against Additional Serotypes and Discovery of Serological Subtypes in Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 20 by Burton, Robert L, Nahm, Moon H

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Ficolin-2 Lectin Complement Pathway Mediates Capsule-Specific Innate Immunity Against Invasive Pneumococcal Disease by Nahm, Moon H, Yu, Jigui, Calix, Juan J, Ganaie, Feroze

“…Reports conflict regarding which lectin-microbial ligand interactions elicit a protective response from the lectin pathway (LP) of complement. Using…”
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Pneumococci Can Become Virulent by Acquiring a New Capsule From Oral Streptococci by Nahm, Moon H, Brissac, Terry, Kilian, Mogens, Vlach, Jiri, Orihuela, Carlos J, Saad, Jamil S, Ganaie, Feroze

“…Abstract Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines have been successful, but their use has increased infections by nonvaccine serotypes. Oral streptococci often harbor…”
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Development and Validation of a Fourfold Multiplexed Opsonization Assay (MOPA4) for Pneumococcal Antibodies by Burton, Robert L, Nahm, Moon H

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Ficolin-2 binds to serotype 35B pneumococcus as it does to serotypes 11A and 31, and these serotypes cause more infections in older adults than in children by Geno, K Aaron, Spencer, Brady L, Bae, Sejong, Nahm, Moon H

“…Among 98 serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae, only a small subset regularly causes invasive pneumococcal diseases (IPD). We previously demonstrated that…”
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Investigation on the virulence of non-encapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae using liquid agar pneumonia model by Sakatani, Hideki, Kono, Masamitsu, Sugita, Gen, Nanushaj, Denisa, Hijiya, Masayoshi, Iyo, Takuro, Shiga, Tatsuya, Murakami, Daichi, Kaku, Norihito, Yanagihara, Katsunori, Nahm, Moon H., Hotomi, Muneki

“…Since the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, there have been warnings of an increase in infections caused by non-vaccine type of Streptococcus…”
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Diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia: current pitfalls and the way forward by Song, Joon Young, Eun, Byung Wook, Nahm, Moon H

“…Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common cause of community-acquired pneumonia. However, it can also asymptomatically colonize the upper respiratory tract…”
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Capsule Promotes Intracellular Survival and Vascular Endothelial Cell Translocation during Invasive Pneumococcal Disease by Brissac, Terry, Martínez, Eriel, Kruckow, Katherine L, Riegler, Ashleigh N, Ganaie, Feroze, Im, Hansol, Bakshi, Sayan, Arroyo-Diaz, Nicole M, Spencer, Brady L, Saad, Jamil S, Nahm, Moon H, Orihuela, Carlos J

“…The polysaccharide capsule that surrounds Streptococcus pneumoniae ( ) is one of its most important virulence determinants, serving to protect against…”
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Effect of prior vaccination on carriage rates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in older adults: A longitudinal surveillance study by Branche, Angela R., Yang, Hongmei, Java, James, Holden-Wiltse, Jeanne, Topham, David J., Peasley, Michael, Frost, Michael R., Nahm, Moon H., Falsey, Ann R.

“…Pneumococcus is a commensal of the upper respiratory tract and colonization is common in young children. Carriage studies have provided insights on vaccine…”
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Whole microbe arrays accurately predict interactions and overall antimicrobial activity of galectin-8 toward distinct strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae by Wu, Shang-Chuen, Jan, Hau-Ming, Vallecillo-Zúniga, Mary L., Rathgeber, Matthew F., Stowell, Caleb S., Murdock, Kaleb L., Patel, Kashyap R., Nakahara, Hirotomo, Stowell, Carter J., Nahm, Moon H., Arthur, Connie M., Cummings, Richard D., Stowell, Sean R.

“…Microbial glycan microarrays (MGMs) populated with purified microbial glycans have been used to define the specificity of host immune factors toward microbes…”
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Genetic Basis for the New Pneumococcal Serotype, 6C by Park, In Ho, Park, Saeyoung, Hollingshead, Susan K, Nahm, Moon H

“…We have recently reported a new pneumococcal serotype (6C), which is closely related to serotype 6A (I. H. Park et al., J. Clin. Microbiol. 45:1225-1233,…”
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L-rhamnose is often an important part of immunodominant epitope for pneumococcal serotype 23F polysaccharide antibodies in human sera immunized with PPV23 by Park, Saeyoung, Nahm, Moon H

“…Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major human pathogen which expresses more than 90 serologically distinct capsular polysaccharides (PS) on the surface. Since…”
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