Publications

Total found: 87 records
Tsujimoto H., Kotsyfakis M., Francischetti I., Eum J., Strand M., Champagne D. (2012) Simukunin from the salivary glands of the black fly Simulium vittatum inhibits enzymes that regulate clotting and inflammatory responses. PLoS ONE 7: e29964.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029964
Calvo E., Mizurini D., Sá-Nunes A., Ribeiro J., Andersen J., Mans B., Monteiro R., Kotsyfakis M., Francischetti I. (2011) Alboserpin, a factor Xa inhibitor from the mosquito vector of yellow fever, binds heparin and membrane phospholipids and exhibits antithrombotic activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry 286: 27998–28010.
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.247924
Chmelař J., Oliveira C., Řezáčová P., Francischetti I., Kovářová Z., Pejler G., Kopáček P., Ribeiro J., Mareš M., Kopecký J., Kotsyfakis M. (2011) A tick salivary protein targets cathepsin G and chymase and inhibits host inflammation and platelet aggregation. Blood 117: 736–744.
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2010-06-293241
Sojka D., Francischetti I., Calvo E., Kotsyfakis M. (2011) Cysteine proteases from bloodfeeding arthropod ectoparasites. Advances in experimental medicine and biology 712: 177–191.
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8414-2_11
Francischetti I., Kotsyfakis M., Andersen J., Lukszo J. (2010) Cyr61/CCN1 Displays High-Affinity Binding to the Somatomedin B (1-44) Domain of Vitronectin. PLoS ONE 5: e9356.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009356
Kotsyfakis M., Horká , Salát J., Andersen J. (2010) The crystal structures of two salivary cystatins from the tick Ixodes scapularis and the effect of these inhibitors on the establishment of Borrelia burgdorferi infection in a murine model. Molecular Microbiology 77: 456–470.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07220.x
Salát J., Paesen G., Řezáčová P., Kotsyfakis M., Kovářová Z., Šanda M., Majtán J., Grunclová L., Horká , Andersen J., Brynda J., Horn M., Nunn M., Kopáček P., Kopecký J., Mareš M. (2010) Crystal structure and functional characterization of an immunomodulatory salivary cystatin from the soft tick Ornithodoros moubata. Biochemical Journal 429: 103–112.
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20100280

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