Lyme disease pathogenesis

J Coburn, B Garcia, LT Hu, MW Jewett… - Current issues in …, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Lyme disease Borrelia are obligately parasitic, tick-transmitted, invasive, persistent bacterial
pathogens that cause disease in humans and non-reservoir vertebrates primarily through …

Complement control protein factor H: the good, the bad, and the inadequate

VP Ferreira, MK Pangburn, C Cortés - Molecular immunology, 2010‏ - Elsevier
The complement system is an essential component of the innate immune system that
participates in elimination of pathogens and altered host cells and comprises an essential …

Host association of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato–the key role of host complement

K Kurtenbach, S De Michelis, S Etti, SM Schäfer… - Trends in …, 2002‏ - cell.com
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (sl), the tick-borne agent of Lyme borreliosis, is a bacterial
species complex comprising 11 genospecies. Here, we discuss whether the delineation of …

Intravascular immunity: the host–pathogen encounter in blood vessels

MJ Hickey, P Kubes - Nature reviews immunology, 2009‏ - nature.com
The immune system provides an essential defence against invading pathogens. However,
bacteria have evolved numerous strategies to overcome this defence, many of which …

Hijacking factor H for complement immune evasion

SR Moore, SS Menon, C Cortes… - Frontiers in …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
The complement system is an essential player in innate and adaptive immunity. It consists of
three pathways (alternative, classical, and lectin) that initiate either spontaneously …

Ecology of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Europe: transmission dynamics in multi-host systems, influence of molecular processes and effects of climate change

A Mannelli, L Bertolotti, L Gern… - FEMS microbiology …, 2012‏ - academic.oup.com
The analysis of different multi-host systems suggests that even hosts that are not capable of
transmitting Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (sl.) to the tick vector, Ixodes ricinus, or that are …

Plasminogen is a complement inhibitor

D Barthel, S Schindler, PF Zipfel - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2012‏ - jbc.org
Plasminogen is a 92-kDa single chain glycoprotein that circulates in plasma as a zymogen
and when converted to proteolytically active plasmin dissolves preformed fibrin clots and …

Immune evasion of the human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa: elongation factor Tuf is a factor H and plasminogen binding protein

A Kunert, J Losse, C Gruszin, M Huhn… - The Journal of …, 2007‏ - journals.aai.org
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic human pathogen that can cause a wide range
of clinical symptoms and infections that are frequent in immunocompromised patients. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of regulators: Role of the complement factor H-related proteins

M Cserhalmi, A Papp, B Brandus, B Uzonyi… - Seminars in …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The complement system, while being an essential and very efficient effector component of
innate immunity, may cause damage to the host and result in various inflammatory …

Outer membrane proteins of pathogenic spirochetes

PA Cullen, DA Haake, B Adler - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2004‏ - academic.oup.com
Pathogenic spirochetes are the causative agents of several important diseases including
syphilis, Lyme disease, leptospirosis, swine dysentery, periodontal disease and some forms …