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List of works by Ben J Appelmelk

A fatal attraction: Mycobacterium tuberculosis and HIV-1 target DC-SIGN to escape immune surveillance

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A multiplexed and miniaturized serological tuberculosis assay identifies antigens that discriminate maximally between TB and non-TB sera

scientific article published on 01 June 2005

A murine monoclonal antibody to glycogen: characterization of epitope-fine specificity by saturation transfer difference (STD) NMR spectroscopy and its use in mycobacterial capsular α-glucan research.

scientific article published on 12 March 2015

A specific secretion system mediates PPE41 transport in pathogenic mycobacteria

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

A star with stripes: zebrafish as an infection model

scientific article published in October 2004

A truncated lipoglycan from mycobacteria with altered immunological properties

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Antigenic mimicry of the HIV envelope by AIDS-associated pathogens.

scientific article published in October 2008

Carbohydrate profiling reveals a distinctive role for the C-type lectin MGL in the recognition of helminth parasites and tumor antigens by dendritic cells

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Characterization of H+,K+-ATPase T cell epitopes in human autoimmune gastritis.

scientific article published in February 2003

Cutting edge: carbohydrate profiling identifies new pathogens that interact with dendritic cell-specific ICAM-3-grabbing nonintegrin on dendritic cells

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Cyanovirin-N inhibits mannose-dependent Mycobacterium-C-type lectin interactions but does not protect against murine tuberculosis

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Deciphering the molecular basis of mycobacteria and lipoglycan recognition by the C-type lectin Dectin-2

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Direct visualization by cryo-EM of the mycobacterial capsular layer: a labile structure containing ESX-1-secreted proteins

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ESX-5-deficient Mycobacterium marinum is hypervirulent in adult zebrafish

scientific article published on 15 February 2012

Gastric autoimmunity: the role of Helicobacter pylori and molecular mimicry

scientific article published in July 2004

Helicobacter Pylori Infection and Gastric Autoimmunity: Coincidence or Cause-Effect Relationship?

Helicobacter pylori and gastric autoimmunity.

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Helicobacter pylori modulates the T helper cell 1/T helper cell 2 balance through phase-variable interaction between lipopolysaccharide and DC-SIGN.

scientific article published on October 2004

Helicobacter pylori phase variation, immune modulation and gastric autoimmunity

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Human Milk Blocks DC-SIGN-Pathogen Interaction via MUC1.

scientific article published on 13 March 2015

Identification of mycobacterial alpha-glucan as a novel ligand for DC-SIGN: involvement of mycobacterial capsular polysaccharides in host immune modulation

scientific article published on 25 September 2009

Identification of the mycobacterial carbohydrate structure that binds the C-type lectins DC-SIGN, L-SIGN and SIGNR1.

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Influenza infection in suckling mice expands an NKT cell subset that protects against airway hyperreactivity

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Inorganic Phosphate Limitation Modulates Capsular Polysaccharide Composition in Mycobacteria

scientific article published on 4 April 2016

Intercellular transfer of carcinoembryonic antigen from tumor cells to NK cells

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Limited role of lipopolysaccharide Lewis antigens in adherence of Helicobacter pylori to the human gastric epithelium

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Lipoarabinomannan and related glycoconjugates: structure, biogenesis and role in Mycobacterium tuberculosis physiology and host-pathogen interaction

scientific article published on 31 May 2011

Lipoarabinomannan biosynthesis in Corynebacterineae: the interplay of two α(1→2)-mannopyranosyltransferases MptC and MptD in mannan branching

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Lipoarabinomannan mannose caps do not affect mycobacterial virulence or the induction of protective immunity in experimental animal models of infection and have minimal impact on in vitro inflammatory responses

scientific article published on 21 November 2012

Mannan core branching of lipo(arabino)mannan is required for mycobacterial virulence in the context of innate immunity

scientific article published on 22 August 2013

Metabolic Network for the Biosynthesis of Intra- and Extracellular α-Glucans Required for Virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Molecular mimicry between Helicobacter pylori antigens and H+, K+ --adenosine triphosphatase in human gastric autoimmunity

scientific article published in October 2003

Molecular specificity and functional properties of autoreactive T-cell response in human gastric autoimmunity

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Mycobacteria target DC-SIGN to suppress dendritic cell function

scientific journal article

Mycobacterium marinum MMAR_2380, a predicted transmembrane acyltransferase, is essential for the presence of the mannose cap on lipoarabinomannan

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PPE and PE_PGRS proteins ofMycobacterium marinumare transported via the type VII secretion system ESX-5

scientific article published on 07 July 2009

Phase Variation in Helicobacter pyloriLipopolysaccharide due to Changes in the Lengths of Poly(C) Tracts in α3-Fucosyltransferase Genes.

scientific article published in December 1999

Role of phosphatidylinositol mannosides in the interaction between mycobacteria and DC-SIGN.

scientific article published on 03 August 2009

Structure and function of RNase AS, a polyadenylate-specific exoribonuclease affecting mycobacterial virulence in vivo

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The dendritic cell-specific C-type lectin DC-SIGN is a receptor for Schistosoma mansoni egg antigens and recognizes the glycan antigen Lewis x.

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The story so far: Helicobacter pylori and gastric autoimmunity.

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Type VII secretion in mycobacteria: classification in line with cell envelope structure

scientific article published on 05 August 2009

Type VII secretion--mycobacteria show the way.

scientific article published in November 2007

Variations in Helicobacter pylori lipopolysaccharide to evade the innate immune component surfactant protein D.

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Zebrafish embryos as a model host for the real time analysis of Salmonella typhimurium infections

scientific article published on September 2003