Search Results - "Smedley, James"
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Structure of the Claudin-binding Domain of Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxin
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (04-01-2008)“…Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin is a common cause of food-borne and antibiotic-associated diarrhea. The toxin's receptors on intestinal epithelial cells…”
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Development of a platform-based approach for the clinical production of HIV gp120 envelope glycoprotein vaccine candidates
Published in Vaccine (29-06-2021)“…Preclinical development of vaccine candidates is an important link between the discovery and manufacture of vaccines for use in human clinical trials. Here, an…”
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Identification of a Claudin-4 Residue Important for Mediating the Host Cell Binding and Action of Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxin
Published in Infection and Immunity (01-01-2010)“…The 24-member claudin protein family plays a key role in maintaining the normal structure and function of epithelial tight junctions. Previous studies with…”
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Structure of the Food-Poisoning Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxin Reveals Similarity to the Aerolysin-Like Pore-Forming Toxins
Published in Journal of molecular biology (14-10-2011)“…Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin (CPE) is a major cause of food poisoning and antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Upon its release from C. perfringens spores,…”
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Identification of a Prepore Large-Complex Stage in the Mechanism of Action of Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxin
Published in Infection and Immunity (01-05-2007)“…Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin (CPE) is the etiological agent of the third most common food-borne illness in the United States. The enteropathogenic…”
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Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin as a novel-targeted therapeutic for brain metastasis
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (01-09-2007)“…Brain metastasis is the most commonly occurring intracranial tumor whose incidence seems to be increasing. With standard therapy, the average survival time of…”
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Noncytotoxic Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxin (CPE) Variants Localize CPE Intestinal Binding and Demonstrate a Relationship between CPE-Induced Cytotoxicity and Enterotoxicity
Published in Infection and Immunity (01-08-2008)“…Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin (CPE) causes the symptoms of a very common food poisoning. To assess whether CPE-induced cytotoxicity is necessary for…”
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Cysteine-Scanning Mutagenesis Supports the Importance of Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxin Amino Acids 80 to 106 for Membrane Insertion and Pore Formation
Published in Infection and Immunity (01-12-2012)“…Classifications Services IAI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Scheduled Intermittent Screening with Rapid Diagnostic Tests and Treatment with Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine versus Intermittent Preventive Therapy with Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine for Malaria in Pregnancy in Malawi: An Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial
Published in PLoS medicine (13-09-2016)“…In Africa, most plasmodium infections during pregnancy remain asymptomatic, yet are associated with maternal anemia and low birthweight. WHO recommends…”
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The Cooking and Pneumonia Study (CAPS) in Malawi: Implementation of Remote Source Data Verification
Published in PloS one (29-06-2016)“…Source data verification (SDV) is a data monitoring procedure which compares the original records with the Case Report Form (CRF). Traditionally, on-site SDV…”
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Compositional and stoichiometric analysis of Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin complexes in Caco-2 cells and claudin 4 fibroblast transfectants
Published in Cellular microbiology (01-11-2007)“…Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin (CPE) binds to host cell receptors, forming a small complex precursor for two large complexes reportedly having molecular…”
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Influence of Pilin Glycosylation on Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1244 Pilus Function
Published in Infection and Immunity (01-12-2005)“…The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a leading cause of nosocomial pneumonia. Among its virulence factors, the type IV pili of P. aeruginosa…”
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Effectiveness of antenatal clinics to deliver intermittent preventive treatment and insecticide treated nets for the control of malaria in pregnancy in Kenya
Published in PloS one (14-06-2013)“…Malaria in pregnancy can have devastating consequences for mother and baby. Coverage with the WHO prevention strategy for sub-Saharan Africa of…”
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Claudin-4 Overexpression in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Is Associated with Hypomethylation and Is a Potential Target for Modulation of Tight Junction Barrier Function Using a C-Terminal Fragment of Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxin
Published in Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.) (01-04-2007)“…BACKGROUND: Claudin-4, a tight junction (TJ) protein and receptor for the C-terminal fragment of Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin (C-CPE), is overexpressed…”
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Effectiveness of antenatal clinics to deliver intermittent preventive treatment and insecticide treated nets for the control of malaria in pregnancy in Mali: a household survey
Published in PloS one (20-03-2014)“…WHO recommends intermittent-preventive-treatment (IPTp) with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) and insecticide-treated-nets (ITNs) to prevent malaria in…”
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Probing the pH-Dependent Prepore to Pore Transition of Bacillus anthracis Protective Antigen with Differential Oxidative Protein Footprinting
Published in Biochemistry (Easton) (07-10-2008)“…The protective antigen (PA) component of the anthrax toxin (ATx) plays an essential role in the pathogenesis of the bioterrorism bacterium Bacillus anthracis…”
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Fine Mapping of the N-Terminal Cytotoxicity Region of Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxin by Site-Directed Mutagenesis
Published in Infection and Immunity (01-12-2004)“…Classifications Services IAI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of the Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin
Published in Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications (01-06-2010)“…Clostridium perfringens is a Gram‐positive anaerobic species of bacterium that is notable for its ability to produce a plethora of toxins, including…”
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Efficacy and safety of intermittent preventive treatment and intermittent screening and treatment versus single screening and treatment with dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine for the control of malaria in pregnancy in Indonesia: a cluster-randomised, open-label, superiority trial
Published in The Lancet infectious diseases (01-09-2019)“…Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax infections are important causes of adverse pregnancy outcomes in the Asia-Pacific region. We hypothesised that…”
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Effectiveness of Antenatal Clinics to Deliver Intermittent Preventive Treatment and Insecticide Treated Nets for the Control of Malaria in Pregnancy in Mali: A Household Survey: e92102
Published in PloS one (01-03-2014)“…Background WHO recommends intermittent-preventive-treatment (IPTp) with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) and insecticide-treated-nets (ITNs) to prevent malaria…”
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