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ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2018

The Major Surface Glycoprotein of Pneumocystis murina Does Not Activate Dendritic Cells.

Monica Sassi, Geetha Kutty, Gabriela A Ferreyra, Lisa R Bishop, Yueqin Liu, Ju Qiu, Da Wei Huang, Joseph A Kovacs

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Article in The Journal of infectious diseases, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Monica SassiCritical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, Bethesda.
Geetha KuttyCritical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, Bethesda.
Gabriela A FerreyraCritical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, Bethesda.
Lisa R BishopCritical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, Bethesda.
Yueqin LiuCritical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, Bethesda.
Ju QiuLaboratory of Human Retrovirology and Immunoinformatics, Leidos Biomedical Research, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland.
Da Wei HuangLymphoid Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda.
Joseph A KovacsCritical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, Bethesda.
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center · USCenter for Cancer Research · USLeidos (United States) · US

Funding

Characterization Of Immune Responses During Pneumocystis PneumoniaZIACL000146 · CLC · CLINICAL CENTER · PI KOVACS, JOSEPH A · 2009 to 2025
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CCR NIH HHS HHSN261200800001CNCI NIH HHS HHSN261200800001E
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The major surface glycoprotein (Msg) is the most abundant surface protein among Pneumocystis species. Given that Msg is present on both the cyst and trophic forms of Pneumocystis and that dendritic cells play a critical role in initiating host immune responses, we undertook studies to examine activation of bone marrow-derived myeloid dendritic cells by Msg purified from Pneumocystis murina. Incubation of dendritic cells with Msg did not lead to increased expression of CD40, CD80, CD86, or major histocompatibility complex class II or to increased secretion of any of 10 cytokines. Microarray analysis identified very few differentially expressed genes. In contrast, lipopolysaccharide-activated dendritic cells had positive results of all of these assays. However, Msg did bind to mouse mannose macrophage receptor and human DC-SIGN, 2 C-type lectins expressed by dendritic cells that are important in recognition of pathogen-associated high-mannose glycoproteins. Deglycosylation of Msg demonstrated that this binding was dependent on glycosylation. These studies suggest that Pneumocystis has developed a mechanism to avoid activation of dendritic cells, potentially by the previously identified loss of genes that are responsible for the high level of protein mannosylation found in other fungi.

Indexed as

AnimalsCells, CulturedCytokinesDendritic CellsFungal ProteinsHumansMembrane GlycoproteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPneumocystisCytokinesFungal ProteinsMembrane Glycoproteins

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PMID29868908
PMCPMC6173571
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