Dennis Kasper, MD

William Ellery Channing Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Zwitterionic polysaccharides stimulate T cells by MHC class II-dependent interactions.
Authors: Authors: Kalka-Moll WM, Tzianabos AO, Bryant PW, Niemeyer M, Ploegh HL, Kasper DL.
J Immunol
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Functional analysis in type Ia group B Streptococcus of a cluster of genes involved in extracellular polysaccharide production by diverse species of streptococci.
Authors: Authors: Cieslewicz MJ, Kasper DL, Wang Y, Wessels MR.
J Biol Chem
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Analysis of a capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis locus of Bacteroides fragilis.
Authors: Authors: Comstock LE, Coyne MJ, Tzianabos AO, Pantosti A, Onderdonk AB, Kasper DL.
Infect Immun
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Therapeutic potential of human antisera to group B streptococcal glycoconjugate vaccines in neonatal mice.
Authors: Authors: Paoletti LC, Pinel J, Rodewald AK, Kasper DL.
J Infect Dis
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Structure and function of Bacteroides fragilis capsular polysaccharides: relationship to induction and prevention of abscesses.
Authors: Authors: Tzianabos AO, Kasper DL, Onderdonk AB.
Clin Infect Dis
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Prevention of C3 deposition by capsular polysaccharide is a virulence mechanism of type III group B streptococci.
Authors: Authors: Marques MB, Kasper DL, Pangburn MK, Wessels MR.
Infect Immun
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An oligosaccharide-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine against type III group B Streptococcus.
Authors: Authors: Paoletti LC, Kasper DL, Michon F, DiFabio J, Holme K, Jennings HJ, Wessels MR.
J Biol Chem
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A model of high-affinity antibody binding to type III group B Streptococcus capsular polysaccharide.
Authors: Authors: Wessels MR, Muñoz A, Kasper DL.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Molecular size affects antigenicity of type III, group B Streptococcus capsular polysaccharide.
Authors: Authors: Wessels MR, Kasper DL.
Trans Assoc Am Physicians
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Structural determination of the capsular polysaccharide antigen of type II group B Streptococcus.
Authors: Authors: Jennings HJ, Rosell KG, Katzenellenbogen E, Kasper DL.
J Biol Chem
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