Dennis Kasper, MD

William Ellery Channing Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Masquerading microbial pathogens: capsular polysaccharides mimic host-tissue molecules.
Authors: Authors: Cress BF, Englaender JA, He W, Kasper D, Linhardt RJ, Koffas MA.
FEMS Microbiol Rev
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Gut immune maturation depends on colonization with a host-specific microbiota.
Authors: Authors: Chung H, Pamp SJ, Hill JA, Surana NK, Edelman SM, Troy EB, Reading NC, Villablanca EJ, Wang S, Mora JR, Umesaki Y, Mathis D, Benoist C, Relman DA, Kasper DL.
Cell
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Characterization of the O-antigen polymerase (Wzy) of Francisella tularensis.
Authors: Authors: Kim TH, Sebastian S, Pinkham JT, Ross RA, Blalock LT, Kasper DL.
J Biol Chem
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Microbial carbohydrate depolymerization by antigen-presenting cells: deamination prior to presentation by the MHCII pathway.
Authors: Authors: Duan J, Avci FY, Kasper DL.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Role of lipoteichoic acid in the phagocyte response to group B streptococcus.
Authors: Authors: Henneke P, Morath S, Uematsu S, Weichert S, Pfitzenmaier M, Takeuchi O, Müller A, Poyart C, Akira S, Berner R, Teti G, Geyer A, Hartung T, Trieu-Cuot P, Kasper DL, Golenbock DT.
J Immunol
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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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Inactivation of the alpha C protein antigen gene, bca, by a novel shuttle/suicide vector results in attenuation of virulence and immunity in group B Streptococcus.
Authors: Authors: Li J, Kasper DL, Ausubel FM, Rosner B, Michel JL.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Designer vaccines to prevent infections due to group B Streptococcus.
Authors: Authors: Kasper DL.
Proc Assoc Am Physicians
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