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Charles Specht to Chitosan

This is a "connection" page, showing publications Charles Specht has written about Chitosan.
Connection Strength

2.925
  1. Specht CA, Wang R, Oliveira LVN, Hester MM, Gomez C, Mou Z, Carlson D, Lee CK, Hole CR, Lam WC, Upadhya R, Lodge JK, Levitz SM. Immunological correlates of protection mediated by a whole organism, Cryptococcus neoformans, vaccine deficient in chitosan. mBio. 2024 Aug 14; 15(8):e0174624.
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    Score: 0.874
  2. Specht CA, Lam WC, Hester MM, Lourenco D, Levitz SM, Lodge JK, Upadhya R. Chitosan-Deficient Cryptococcus as Whole-Cell Vaccines. Methods Mol Biol. 2024; 2775:393-410.
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    Score: 0.843
  3. Maybruck BT, Upadhya R, Lam WC, Specht CA, Lodge JK. Fluorescence and Biochemical Assessment of the Chitin and Chitosan Content of Cryptococcus. Methods Mol Biol. 2024; 2775:329-347.
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    Score: 0.211
  4. Maybruck BT, Lam WC, Specht CA, Ilagan MXG, Donlin MJ, Lodge JK. The Aminoalkylindole BML-190 Negatively Regulates Chitosan Synthesis via the Cyclic AMP/Protein Kinase A1 Pathway in Cryptococcus neoformans. mBio. 2019 12 17; 10(6).
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    Score: 0.159
  5. Lam WC, Upadhya R, Specht CA, Ragsdale AE, Hole CR, Levitz SM, Lodge JK. Chitosan Biosynthesis and Virulence in the Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus gattii. mSphere. 2019 10 09; 4(5).
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    Score: 0.157
  6. Upadhya R, Lam WC, Maybruck B, Specht CA, Levitz SM, Lodge JK. Induction of Protective Immunity to Cryptococcal Infection in Mice by a Heat-Killed, Chitosan-Deficient Strain of Cryptococcus neoformans. mBio. 2016 05 10; 7(3).
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    Score: 0.124
  7. Bueter CL, Lee CK, Wang JP, Ostroff GR, Specht CA, Levitz SM. Spectrum and mechanisms of inflammasome activation by chitosan. J Immunol. 2014 Jun 15; 192(12):5943-51.
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    Score: 0.108
  8. Bueter CL, Specht CA, Levitz SM. Innate sensing of chitin and chitosan. PLoS Pathog. 2013 Jan; 9(1):e1003080.
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    Score: 0.098
  9. Bueter CL, Lee CK, Rathinam VAK, Healy GJ, Taron CH, Specht CA, Levitz SM. Chitosan but not chitin activates the inflammasome by a mechanism dependent upon phagocytosis. J Biol Chem. 2011 Oct 14; 286(41):35447-35455.
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    Score: 0.089
  10. Baker LG, Specht CA, Lodge JK. Cell wall chitosan is necessary for virulence in the opportunistic pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. Eukaryot Cell. 2011 Sep; 10(9):1264-8.
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    Score: 0.089
  11. Baker LG, Specht CA, Donlin MJ, Lodge JK. Chitosan, the deacetylated form of chitin, is necessary for cell wall integrity in Cryptococcus neoformans. Eukaryot Cell. 2007 May; 6(5):855-67.
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    Score: 0.066
  12. Banks IR, Specht CA, Donlin MJ, Gerik KJ, Levitz SM, Lodge JK. A chitin synthase and its regulator protein are critical for chitosan production and growth of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. Eukaryot Cell. 2005 Nov; 4(11):1902-12.
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    Score: 0.060
  13. Heustis RJ, Ng HK, Brand KJ, Rogers MC, Le LT, Specht CA, Fuhrman JA. Pharyngeal polysaccharide deacetylases affect development in the nematode C. elegans and deacetylate chitin in vitro. PLoS One. 2012; 7(7):e40426.
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    Score: 0.024
  14. Gilbert NM, Baker LG, Specht CA, Lodge JK. A glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor is required for membrane localization but dispensable for cell wall association of chitin deacetylase 2 in Cryptococcus neoformans. mBio. 2012; 3(1).
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    Score: 0.023
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