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  1. Lewis LA, Ram S. Complement interactions with the pathogenic Neisseriae: clinical features, deficiency states, and evasion mechanisms. FEBS Lett. 2020 08; 594(16):2670-2694.
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    Score: 0.729
  2. Lewis LA, Panicker S, DeOliveira RB, Parry GC, Ram S. Effect of a C1s Inhibitor on the Efficacy of Anti-Capsular Antibodies against Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus pneumoniae. Immunohorizons. 2019 11 05; 3(11):519-530.
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    Score: 0.713
  3. Lewis LA, Rice PA, Ram S. Role of Gonococcal Neisserial Surface Protein A (NspA) in Serum Resistance and Comparison of Its Factor H Binding Properties with Those of Its Meningococcal Counterpart. Infect Immun. 2019 02; 87(2).
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    Score: 0.676
  4. Lewis LA, Vu DM, Granoff DM, Ram S. Inhibition of the alternative pathway of nonhuman infant complement by porin B2 contributes to virulence of Neisseria meningitidis in the infant rat model. Infect Immun. 2014 Jun; 82(6):2574-84.
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    Score: 0.484
  5. Lewis LA, Vu DM, Vasudhev S, Shaughnessy J, Granoff DM, Ram S. Factor H-dependent alternative pathway inhibition mediated by porin B contributes to virulence of Neisseria meningitidis. mBio. 2013 Oct 15; 4(5):e00339-13.
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    Score: 0.469
  6. Lewis LA, Ram S. Meningococcal disease and the complement system. Virulence. 2014 Jan 01; 5(1):98-126.
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    Score: 0.468
  7. Lewis LA, Carter M, Ram S. The relative roles of factor H binding protein, neisserial surface protein A, and lipooligosaccharide sialylation in regulation of the alternative pathway of complement on meningococci. J Immunol. 2012 May 15; 188(10):5063-72.
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    Score: 0.422
  8. Lewis LA, Ngampasutadol J, Wallace R, Reid JE, Vogel U, Ram S. The meningococcal vaccine candidate neisserial surface protein A (NspA) binds to factor H and enhances meningococcal resistance to complement. PLoS Pathog. 2010 Jul 29; 6(7):e1001027.
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    Score: 0.375
  9. Gulati S, Mattsson AH, Schussek S, Zheng B, DeOliveira RB, Shaughnessy J, Lewis LA, Rice PA, Comstedt P, Ram S. Preclinical efficacy of a cell division protein candidate gonococcal vaccine identified by artificial intelligence. mBio. 2023 Dec 19; 14(6):e0250023.
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    Score: 0.235
  10. Shaughnessy J, Chabeda A, Lewis LA, Ram S. Alternative pathway amplification and infections. Immunol Rev. 2023 01; 313(1):162-180.
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    Score: 0.220
  11. Shaughnessy J, Chabeda A, Tran Y, Zheng B, Nowak N, Steffens C, DeOliveira RB, Gulati S, Lewis LA, Maclean J, Moss JA, Wycoff KL, Ram S. An optimized Factor H-Fc fusion protein against multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Front Immunol. 2022; 13:975676.
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    Score: 0.217
  12. Lewis LA, Gulati S, Zelek WM, Morgan BP, Song WC, Zheng B, Nowak N, DeOliveira RB, Sanchez B, DeSouza Silva L, Schuurman J, Beurskens F, Ram S, Rice PA. Efficacy of an Experimental Gonococcal Lipooligosaccharide Mimitope Vaccine Requires Terminal Complement. J Infect Dis. 2022 05 16; 225(10):1861-1864.
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    Score: 0.212
  13. Gulati S, Schoenhofen IC, Lindhout-Djukic T, Lewis LA, Moustafa IY, Saha S, Zheng B, Nowak N, Rice PA, Varki A, Ram S. Efficacy of Antigonococcal CMP-Nonulosonate Therapeutics Require Cathelicidins. J Infect Dis. 2020 10 13; 222(10):1641-1650.
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    Score: 0.190
  14. Gulati S, Schoenhofen IC, Lindhout-Djukic T, Schur MJ, Landig CS, Saha S, Deng L, Lewis LA, Zheng B, Varki A, Ram S. Therapeutic CMP-Nonulosonates against Multidrug-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae. J Immunol. 2020 06 15; 204(12):3283-3295.
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    Score: 0.185
  15. Shaughnessy J, Lewis LA, Zheng B, Carr C, Bass I, Gulati S, DeOliveira RB, Gose S, Reed GW, Botto M, Rice PA, Ram S. Human Factor H Domains 6 and 7 Fused to IgG1 Fc Are Immunotherapeutic against Neisseria gonorrhoeae. J Immunol. 2018 11 01; 201(9):2700-2709.
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    Score: 0.165
  16. Ram S, Gulati S, Lewis LA, Chakraborti S, Zheng B, DeOliveira RB, Reed GW, Cox AD, Li J, St Michael F, Stupak J, Su XH, Saha S, Landig CS, Varki A, Rice PA. A Novel Sialylation Site on Neisseria gonorrhoeae Lipooligosaccharide Links Heptose II Lactose Expression with Pathogenicity. Infect Immun. 2018 08; 86(8).
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    Score: 0.163
  17. Ram S, Shaughnessy J, de Oliveira RB, Lewis LA, Gulati S, Rice PA. Gonococcal lipooligosaccharide sialylation: virulence factor and target for novel immunotherapeutics. Pathog Dis. 2017 06 01; 75(4).
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    Score: 0.151
  18. Ram S, Shaughnessy J, DeOliveira RB, Lewis LA, Gulati S, Rice PA. Utilizing complement evasion strategies to design complement-based antibacterial immunotherapeutics: Lessons from the pathogenic Neisseriae. Immunobiology. 2016 10; 221(10):1110-23.
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    Score: 0.141
  19. Chakraborti S, Lewis LA, Cox AD, St Michael F, Li J, Rice PA, Ram S. Phase-Variable Heptose I Glycan Extensions Modulate Efficacy of 2C7 Vaccine Antibody Directed against Neisseria gonorrhoeae Lipooligosaccharide. J Immunol. 2016 06 01; 196(11):4576-86.
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    Score: 0.140
  20. Shaughnessy J, Gulati S, Agarwal S, Unemo M, Ohnishi M, Su XH, Monks BG, Visintin A, Madico G, Lewis LA, Golenbock DT, Reed GW, Rice PA, Ram S. A Novel Factor H-Fc Chimeric Immunotherapeutic Molecule against Neisseria gonorrhoeae. J Immunol. 2016 Feb 15; 196(4):1732-40.
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    Score: 0.137
  21. Gulati S, Schoenhofen IC, Whitfield DM, Cox AD, Li J, St Michael F, Vinogradov EV, Stupak J, Zheng B, Ohnishi M, Unemo M, Lewis LA, Taylor RE, Landig CS, Diaz S, Reed GW, Varki A, Rice PA, Ram S. Utilizing CMP-Sialic Acid Analogs to Unravel Neisseria gonorrhoeae Lipooligosaccharide-Mediated Complement Resistance and Design Novel Therapeutics. PLoS Pathog. 2015 Dec; 11(12):e1005290.
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    Score: 0.136
  22. Lewis LA, Gulati S, Burrowes E, Zheng B, Ram S, Rice PA. a-2,3-sialyltransferase expression level impacts the kinetics of lipooligosaccharide sialylation, complement resistance, and the ability of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to colonize the murine genital tract. mBio. 2015 Feb 03; 6(1).
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    Score: 0.128
  23. Lewis LA, Shafer WM, Dutta Ray T, Ram S, Rice PA. Phosphoethanolamine residues on the lipid A moiety of Neisseria gonorrhoeae lipooligosaccharide modulate binding of complement inhibitors and resistance to complement killing. Infect Immun. 2013 Jan; 81(1):33-42.
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    Score: 0.109
  24. Ray TD, Lewis LA, Gulati S, Rice PA, Ram S. Novel blocking human IgG directed against the pentapeptide repeat motifs of Neisseria meningitidis Lip/H.8 and Laz lipoproteins. J Immunol. 2011 Apr 15; 186(8):4881-94.
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    Score: 0.098
  25. Ram S, Lewis LA, Agarwal S. Meningococcal group W-135 and Y capsular polysaccharides paradoxically enhance activation of the alternative pathway of complement. J Biol Chem. 2011 Mar 11; 286(10):8297-8307.
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    Score: 0.097
  26. Ram S, Lewis LA, Rice PA. Infections of people with complement deficiencies and patients who have undergone splenectomy. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2010 Oct; 23(4):740-80.
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    Score: 0.095
  27. Shaughnessy J, Lewis LA, Jarva H, Ram S. Functional comparison of the binding of factor H short consensus repeat 6 (SCR 6) to factor H binding protein from Neisseria meningitidis and the binding of factor H SCR 18 to 20 to Neisseria gonorrhoeae porin. Infect Immun. 2009 May; 77(5):2094-103.
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    Score: 0.085
  28. Lewis LA, Choudhury B, Balthazar JT, Martin LE, Ram S, Rice PA, Stephens DS, Carlson R, Shafer WM. Phosphoethanolamine substitution of lipid A and resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to cationic antimicrobial peptides and complement-mediated killing by normal human serum. Infect Immun. 2009 Mar; 77(3):1112-20.
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    Score: 0.084
  29. Lewis LA, Ram S, Prasad A, Gulati S, Getzlaff S, Blom AM, Vogel U, Rice PA. Defining targets for complement components C4b and C3b on the pathogenic neisseriae. Infect Immun. 2008 Jan; 76(1):339-50.
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    Score: 0.078
  30. Ram S, Ngampasutadol J, Cox AD, Blom AM, Lewis LA, St Michael F, Stupak J, Gulati S, Rice PA. Heptose I glycan substitutions on Neisseria gonorrhoeae lipooligosaccharide influence C4b-binding protein binding and serum resistance. Infect Immun. 2007 Aug; 75(8):4071-81.
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    Score: 0.075
  31. Madico G, Welsch JA, Lewis LA, McNaughton A, Perlman DH, Costello CE, Ngampasutadol J, Vogel U, Granoff DM, Ram S. The meningococcal vaccine candidate GNA1870 binds the complement regulatory protein factor H and enhances serum resistance. J Immunol. 2006 Jul 01; 177(1):501-10.
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    Score: 0.071
  32. Su X, Le W, Zhu X, Li S, Wang B, Madico G, Yang Z, Chaisson CE, McLaughlin RE, Gandra S, Yoon J, Zheng B, Lewis LA, Gulati S, Reed GW, Ram S, Rice PA. Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection in Women Increases With Rising Gonococcal Burdens in Partners: Chlamydia Coinfection in Women Increases Gonococcal Burden. J Infect Dis. 2022 12 13; 226(12):2192-2203.
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    Score: 0.055
  33. Beernink PT, Ispasanie E, Lewis LA, Ram S, Moe GR, Granoff DM. A Meningococcal Native Outer Membrane Vesicle Vaccine With Attenuated Endotoxin and Overexpressed Factor H Binding Protein Elicits Gonococcal Bactericidal Antibodies. J Infect Dis. 2019 03 15; 219(7):1130-1137.
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    Score: 0.043
  34. Gulati S, Zheng B, Reed GW, Su X, Cox AD, St Michael F, Stupak J, Lewis LA, Ram S, Rice PA. Immunization against a saccharide epitope accelerates clearance of experimental gonococcal infection. PLoS Pathog. 2013; 9(8):e1003559.
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    Score: 0.029
  35. Vu DM, Shaughnessy J, Lewis LA, Ram S, Rice PA, Granoff DM. Enhanced bacteremia in human factor H transgenic rats infected by Neisseria meningitidis. Infect Immun. 2012 Feb; 80(2):643-50.
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    Score: 0.026
  36. Serruto D, Spadafina T, Ciucchi L, Lewis LA, Ram S, Tontini M, Santini L, Biolchi A, Seib KL, Giuliani MM, Donnelly JJ, Berti F, Savino S, Scarselli M, Costantino P, Kroll JS, O'Dwyer C, Qiu J, Plaut AG, Moxon R, Rappuoli R, Pizza M, Aric? B. Neisseria meningitidis GNA2132, a heparin-binding protein that induces protective immunity in humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Feb 23; 107(8):3770-5.
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    Score: 0.023
  37. Gulati S, Cox A, Lewis LA, Michael FS, Li J, Boden R, Ram S, Rice PA. Enhanced factor H binding to sialylated Gonococci is restricted to the sialylated lacto-N-neotetraose lipooligosaccharide species: implications for serum resistance and evidence for a bifunctional lipooligosaccharide sialyltransferase in Gonococci. Infect Immun. 2005 Nov; 73(11):7390-7.
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    Score: 0.017
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