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List of works by Jeffrey K. Actor

11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases are regulated during the pulmonary granulomatous response to the mycobacterial glycolipid trehalose-6,6'-dimycolate.

scientific article published on 24 February 2009

A defect in the synthesis of Interferon-γ by the T cells of Complement-C5 deficient mice leads to enhanced susceptibility for tuberculosis.

scientific article published on 5 December 2011

A flash-type bioluminescent immunoassay that is more sensitive than radioimaging: quantitative detection of cytokine cDNA in activated and resting human cells

scientific article published in February 1998

A flexible bioluminescent-quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay for analysis of competitive PCR amplicons

scientific article published on 01 January 1999

A humanized mouse model of tuberculosis

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A mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv that lacks expression of antigen 85A is attenuated in mice but retains vaccinogenic potential

scientific article published on December 2004

A role for complement C5 in organism containment and granulomatous response during murine tuberculosis

scientific article published on 01 May 2001

A role for tumour necrosis factor-alpha, complement C5 and interleukin-6 in the initiation and development of the mycobacterial cord factor trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate induced granulomatous response

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A summary of the Texas Tuberculosis Research Symposium 2009: emerging directions in TB research and clinical affairs

scientific article published on 01 December 2009

Activated charcoal is more effective than equilibrium dialysis in removing Chinese medicines Chan Su and Dan Shen from serum and activated charcoal also prevents further absorption of these agents from G.I. tract in mice: monitoring the effect in cl

scientific article published on 01 October 2002

Apoptosis in mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in mice exhibiting varied immunopathology

scientific article published in February 2000

Autoantibodies to c-myc protein: elevated levels in patients with African Burkitt's lymphoma and normal Ghanians

scientific article published on January 1, 1992

Bidirectional (negative/positive) interference of oleandrin and oleander extract on a relatively new Loci digoxin assay using Vista 1500 analyzer.

scientific article published on 27 December 2013

CD3+ cells transfer the hypersensitive granulomatous response to mycobacterial glycolipid trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate in mice

scientific article published in December 2006

CHO expressed recombinant human lactoferrin as an adjuvant for BCG.

scientific article published on 27 August 2015

CRL-1072 enhances antimycobacterial activity of human macrophages through interleukin-8

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Comparing efficacy of BCG/lactoferrin primary vaccination versus booster regimen.

scientific article published on 15 November 2011

Complement factor C7 contributes to lung immunopathology caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

scientific article published on 30 July 2012

Cytokine message and protein expression during lung granuloma formation and resolution induced by the mycobacterial cord factor trehalose-6,6'-dimycolate

scientific article published on 01 September 2000

Cytokine production by non-adherent mouse splenocyte cultures to Echinacea extracts

scientific article published in May 2004

Differential effects of prophylactic, concurrent and therapeutic lactoferrin treatment on LPS-induced inflammatory responses in mice.

scientific article published in October 2002

Digitoxin-like immunoreactivity in sera of mice after feeding with chinese medicine Chan Su: study of protein binding of Chan Su in normal sera, uremic sera and sera from patients with liver disease

scientific article published on 01 March 2001

Dysregulated response to mycobacterial cord factor trehalose-6,6'-dimycolate in CD1D-/- mice

scientific article published on 01 December 2001

Effect of Asian and Siberian ginseng on serum digoxin measurement by five digoxin immunoassays. Significant variation in digoxin-like immunoreactivity among commercial ginsengs

scientific article published on 01 February 2003

Effect of Chinese medicines Chan Su and Lu-Shen-Wan on serum digoxin measurement by Digoxin III, a new digoxin immunoassay

scientific article published in February 2008

Effect of Chinese medicines Chan Su, Asian ginseng, Siberian ginseng, and American ginseng on a new digoxin immunoassay based on luminescent oxygen channeling technology

scientific article published on 01 October 2011

Effect of poloxamer CRL-1072 on drug uptake and nitric-oxide-mediated killing of Mycobacterium avium by macrophages

scientific article published on 01 July 2000

Effects of CHO-expressed recombinant lactoferrins on mouse dendritic cell presentation and function

scientific article published on 23 December 2014

Evaluation of electrochemiluminescence- and bioluminescence-based assays for quantitating specific DNA

scientific article published on 01 January 1996

Evidence for a unique species-specific hypersensitive epitope in Mycobacterium tuberculosis derived cord factor.

scientific article published in December 2013

Failure of CD1D-/- mice to elicit hypersensitive granulomas to mycobacterial cord factor trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate

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Hypersusceptibility of A/J mice to tuberculosis is in part due to a deficiency of the fifth complement component (C5)

scientific article published on 01 October 2000

IL-6 mediates 11βHSD type 2 to effect progression of the mycobacterial cord factor trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate-induced granulomatous response

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Identification of viable and non-viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis in mouse organs by directed RT-PCR for antigen 85B mRNA

scientific article published on 01 June 2000

Immune modulation of macrophage pro-inflammatory response by goldenseal and Astragalus extracts.

scientific article published on September 2008

Immunomodulatory effects of recombinant lactoferrin during MRSA infection.

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Immunopathology of postprimary tuberculosis: increased T-regulatory cells and DEC-205-positive foamy macrophages in cavitary lesions

scientific article published on 21 December 2010

In vivo digoxin-like immunoreactivity in mice and interference of Chinese medicine Danshen in serum digoxin measurement: elimination of interference by using a chemiluminescent assay

scientific article published in March 2002

Increased susceptibility of mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni to recombinant vaccinia virus: association of viral persistence with egg granuloma formation

scientific article published in December 1994

Influence of bovine lactoferrin on expression of presentation molecules on BCG-infected bone marrow derived macrophages

scientific article published on 27 April 2008

Influence of oral lactoferrin on Mycobacterium tuberculosis induced immunopathology.

scientific article published on 3 December 2011

Interaction of white and pink grapefruit juice with acetaminophen (paracetamol) in vivo in mice

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Interleukin-15 activates human natural killer cells to clear the intestinal protozoan cryptosporidium.

scientific article published on 23 August 2005

Lactoferrin as a natural immune modulator

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Lactoferrin augments BCG vaccine efficacy to generate T helper response and subsequent protection against challenge with virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

scientific article published on March 2005

Lactoferrin enhanced efficacy of the BCG vaccine to generate host protective responses against challenge with virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Lactoferrin enhances efficacy of the BCG vaccine: comparison between two inbred mice strains (C57BL/6 and BALB/c)

scientific article published on 01 December 2009

Lactoferrin immunomodulation of DTH response in mice.

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Lactoferrin moderates LPS-induced hypotensive response and gut injury in rats

scientific article published on 23 December 2012

Lactoferrin modulation of BCG-infected dendritic cell functions.

scientific article published on 19 August 2009

Lactoferrin modulation of IL-12 and IL-10 response from activated murine leukocytes.

scientific article published on 22 March 2007

Lactoferrin modulation of mycobacterial cord factor trehalose 6-6'-dimycolate induced granulomatous response.

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Mycobacterial glycolipid cord factor trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate causes a decrease in serum cortisol during the granulomatous response

scientific article published on January 2002

New enzyme-linked chemiluminescent immunosorbent digoxin assay is free from interference of Chinese medicine DanShen

scientific article published on 01 December 2006

Novel recombinant human lactoferrin: differential activation of oxidative stress related gene expression

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Novel spot tests for detecting the presence of zinc sulfate in urine, a newly introduced urinary adulterant to invalidate drugs of abuse testing

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Post-Spaceflight (STS-135) Mouse Splenocytes Demonstrate Altered Activation Properties and Surface Molecule Expression

scientific article published on 13 May 2015

Proinflammatory cytokines in granulomas associated with murine cysticercosis are not the cause of seizures

scientific article published in August 2006

Rapid detection of oleander poisoning by Dimension Vista digoxin assay (Flex Reagent Cartridge)

scientific article published on 01 January 2011

Rapid detection of the active cardiac glycoside convallatoxin of lily of the valley using LOCI digoxin assay.

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Recombinant human lactoferrin expressed in glycoengineered Pichia pastoris: effect of terminal N-acetylneuraminic acid on in vitro secondary humoral immune response.

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Relationship of survival, organism containment, and granuloma formation in acute murine tuberculosis

scientific article published on 01 October 1999

Requisite role for complement C5 and the C5a receptor in granulomatous response to mycobacterial glycolipid trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate

scientific article published in August 2005

Substance P Expression Correlates with Severity of Diarrhea in Cryptosporidiosis

scientific article published on 09 July 2003

TB research at UT-Houston--a review of cord factor: new approaches to drugs, vaccines and the pathogenesis of tuberculosis.

scientific article published on December 2009

Terrestrial stress analogs for spaceflight associated immune system dysregulation

scientific article published on 24 January 2014

Texas Tuberculosis Research Symposium 2011: collaborative efforts within the State of Texas toward elimination of TB

scientific article published on 20 December 2011

The Fab fragment of anti-digoxin antibody (digibind) binds digitoxin-like immunoreactive components of Chinese medicine Chan Su: monitoring the effect by measuring free digitoxin

scientific article published on 01 July 2001

Trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate and lipid in the pathogenesis of caseating granulomas of tuberculosis in mice.

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Trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate--a coat to regulate tuberculosis immunopathogenesis

scientific article published in December 2013