Ben J Appelmelk

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1 Type VII secretion--mycobacteria show the way. Nat Rev Microbiol 2007 4.45
2 PPE and PE_PGRS proteins of Mycobacterium marinum are transported via the type VII secretion system ESX-5. Mol Microbiol 2009 2.68
3 Helicobacter pylori modulates the T helper cell 1/T helper cell 2 balance through phase-variable interaction between lipopolysaccharide and DC-SIGN. J Exp Med 2004 2.08
4 Zebrafish embryos as a model host for the real time analysis of Salmonella typhimurium infections. Cell Microbiol 2003 1.98
5 A specific secretion system mediates PPE41 transport in pathogenic mycobacteria. Mol Microbiol 2006 1.97
6 Lipoarabinomannan and related glycoconjugates: structure, biogenesis and role in Mycobacterium tuberculosis physiology and host-pathogen interaction. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2011 1.88
7 Direct visualization by cryo-EM of the mycobacterial capsular layer: a labile structure containing ESX-1-secreted proteins. PLoS Pathog 2010 1.76
8 A star with stripes: zebrafish as an infection model. Trends Microbiol 2004 1.76
9 Gastric autoimmunity: the role of Helicobacter pylori and molecular mimicry. Trends Mol Med 2004 1.17
10 Identification of mycobacterial alpha-glucan as a novel ligand for DC-SIGN: involvement of mycobacterial capsular polysaccharides in host immune modulation. J Immunol 2009 1.17
11 Molecular mimicry between Helicobacter pylori antigens and H+, K+ --adenosine triphosphatase in human gastric autoimmunity. J Exp Med 2003 1.14
12 Antigenic mimicry of the HIV envelope by AIDS-associated pathogens. AIDS 2008 1.08
13 Identification of the mycobacterial carbohydrate structure that binds the C-type lectins DC-SIGN, L-SIGN and SIGNR1. Immunobiology 2004 1.04
14 Variations in Helicobacter pylori lipopolysaccharide to evade the innate immune component surfactant protein D. Infect Immun 2005 0.98
15 A multiplexed and miniaturized serological tuberculosis assay identifies antigens that discriminate maximally between TB and non-TB sera. J Immunol Methods 2005 0.97
16 Role of phosphatidylinositol mannosides in the interaction between mycobacteria and DC-SIGN. Infect Immun 2009 0.93
17 A truncated lipoglycan from mycobacteria with altered immunological properties. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010 0.93
18 ESX-5-deficient Mycobacterium marinum is hypervirulent in adult zebrafish. Cell Microbiol 2012 0.91
19 Type VII secretion in mycobacteria: classification in line with cell envelope structure. Trends Microbiol 2009 0.88
20 The story so far: Helicobacter pylori and gastric autoimmunity. Int Rev Immunol 2005 0.88
21 Helicobacter pylori and gastric autoimmunity. Microbes Infect 2004 0.86
22 Limited role of lipopolysaccharide Lewis antigens in adherence of Helicobacter pylori to the human gastric epithelium. Infect Immun 2003 0.84
23 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. Chembiochem 2015 0.82
24 Molecular specificity and functional properties of autoreactive T-cell response in human gastric autoimmunity. Int Rev Immunol 2005 0.81
25 Mannan core branching of lipo(arabino)mannan is required for mycobacterial virulence in the context of innate immunity. Cell Microbiol 2013 0.81
26 Mycobacterium marinum MMAR_2380, a predicted transmembrane acyltransferase, is essential for the presence of the mannose cap on lipoarabinomannan. Microbiology 2010 0.80
27 Carbohydrate specificities of the murine DC-SIGN homologue mSIGNR1. Immunobiology 2005 0.79
28 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. Cell Microbiol 2012 0.79
29 Characterization of H+,K+-ATPase T cell epitopes in human autoimmune gastritis. Eur J Immunol 2003 0.77
30 Cyanovirin-N inhibits mannose-dependent Mycobacterium-C-type lectin interactions but does not protect against murine tuberculosis. J Immunol 2012 0.76