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Kwang-Poo Chang

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1 Genetic rescue of Leishmania deficiency in porphyrin biosynthesis creates mutants suitable for analysis of cellular events in uroporphyria and for photodynamic therapy. J Biol Chem 2002 1.39
2 Extracellular release of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-linked Leishmania surface metalloprotease, gp63, is independent of GPI phospholipolysis: implications for parasite virulence. J Biol Chem 2002 1.21
3 Cloning, expression, and purification of a novel recombinant antigen from Leishmania donovani. Protein Expr Purif 2005 1.19
4 Transmembrane molecules for phylogenetic analyses of pathogenic protists: Leishmania-specific informative sites in hydrophilic loops of trans- endoplasmic reticulum N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate transferase. Eukaryot Cell 2006 1.19
5 Photodynamic sensitization of Leishmania amazonensis in both extracellular and intracellular stages with aluminum phthalocyanine chloride for photolysis in vitro. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2005 1.17
6 Migration through the extracellular matrix by the parasitic protozoan Leishmania is enhanced by surface metalloprotease gp63. Infect Immun 2003 1.13
7 Sand fly specificity of saliva-mediated protective immunity in Leishmania amazonensis-BALB/c mouse model. Microbes Infect 2005 1.11
8 A microplate assay for Leishmania amazonensis promastigotes expressing multimeric green fluorescent protein. Parasitol Res 2002 1.10
9 Differential microbicidal effects of human histone proteins H2A and H2B on Leishmania promastigotes and amastigotes. Infect Immun 2010 1.07
10 Real-time in vivo green fluorescent protein imaging of a murine leishmaniasis model as a new tool for Leishmania vaccine and drug discovery. Clin Vaccine Immunol 2008 1.07
11 Leishmania spp.: delta-aminolevulinate-inducible neogenesis of porphyria by genetic complementation of incomplete heme biosynthesis pathway. Exp Parasitol 2007 1.02
12 Leishmania-released nucleoside diphosphate kinase prevents ATP-mediated cytolysis of macrophages. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2007 0.93
13 Comparison of conventional and polymerase chain reaction diagnostic techniques for leishmaniasis in the endemic region of Adana, Turkey. Int J Dermatol 2006 0.92
14 Transgenic Leishmania model for delta-aminolevulinate-inducible monospecific uroporphyria: cytolytic phototoxicity initiated by singlet oxygen-mediated inactivation of proteins and its ablation by endosomal mobilization of cytosolic uroporphyrin. Eukaryot Cell 2008 0.90
15 Diagnostic value of rK39 dipstick in zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis in Turkey. J Parasitol 2004 0.89
16 Down-regulation of gp63 level in Leishmania amazonensis promastigotes reduces their infectivity in BALB/c mice. Microbes Infect 2006 0.88
17 Consistence of miniexon polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism and single-copy gene sequence analyses in discriminating Leishmania genotypes. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2006 0.83
18 Delta-aminolevulinate-induced host-parasite porphyric disparity for selective photolysis of transgenic Leishmania in the phagolysosomes of mononuclear phagocytes: a potential novel platform for vaccine delivery. Eukaryot Cell 2012 0.82
19 The role of surface glycoconjugates in Leishmania midgut attachment examined by competitive binding assays and experimental development in sand flies. Parasitology 2013 0.81
20 Down-regulation of gp63 in Leishmania amazonensis reduces its early development in Lutzomyia longipalpis. Microbes Infect 2004 0.81
21 Flow cytometric screening for anti-leishmanials in a human macrophage cell line. Exp Parasitol 2010 0.78
22 A member of the Ras oncogene family, RAP1A, mediates antileishmanial activity of monastrol. J Antimicrob Chemother 2013 0.77
23 The expression system of biologically active canine interleukin-8 in Leishmania promastigotes. Parasitol Int 2002 0.75