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Helen Wang; Aditi Banerjee; Wei Huang; Jared Orwenyo; Gerardo Vasta; Lai-Xi Wang
Design and synthesis of glycoprotein-based multivalent glyco-ligands for influenza hemagglutinin and human galectin-3.
Prasun Guha; Sabina Kaczanowska; Dhan V Kalvakolanu; Engin Kaptan; Stuart S Martin; Keyata Thompson; Gerardo Vasta; Gargi Bandyopadhyaya; Eduardo Davila; Hafiz Ahmed
Cod glycopeptide with picomolar affinity to galectin-3 suppresses T-cell apoptosis and prostate cancer metastasis.
Gerardo Vasta; Hafiz Ahmed; Mario Antonio Bianchet; Jose Fernandez-Robledo; Mario Amzel
Diversity in recognition of glycans by F-type lectins and galectins: molecular, structural, and biophysical aspects.

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2013: Helen Wang; Aditi Banerjee; Wei Huang; Jared Orwenyo; Gerardo Vasta; Lai-Xi Wang
Design and synthesis of glycoprotein-based multivalent glyco-ligands for influenza hemagglutinin and human galectin-3.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry 2013;21(7):2037-44.
2013: Prasun Guha; Sabina Kaczanowska; Dhan V Kalvakolanu; Engin Kaptan; Stuart S Martin; Keyata Thompson; Gerardo Vasta; Gargi Bandyopadhyaya; Eduardo Davila; Hafiz Ahmed
Cod glycopeptide with picomolar affinity to galectin-3 suppresses T-cell apoptosis and prostate cancer metastasis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2013;110(13):5052-7.
2012: Gerardo Vasta; Hafiz Ahmed; Mario Antonio Bianchet; Jose Fernandez-Robledo; Mario Amzel
Diversity in recognition of glycans by F-type lectins and galectins: molecular, structural, and biophysical aspects.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2012;1253():E14-26.
2012: Gerardo Vasta; Hafiz Ahmed; Aditi Banerjee; Prasun Guha; Mihai Nita-Lazar; Marta Pasek; Surekha Shridhar; Jose Fernandez-Robledo
Galectins as self/non-self recognition receptors in innate and adaptive immunity: an unresolved paradox.
Frontiers in immunology 2012;3():199.
2012: Gerardo Vasta
Galectins as pattern recognition receptors: structure, function, and evolution.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2012;946():21-36.
2011: Gerardo Vasta; Hafiz Ahmed; Barbara Giomarelli; Matteo Cammarata; Mario Antonio Bianchet; Shaojun Du; Mihai Nita-Lazar; Nicolò Parrinello; L Mario Amzel
Structural and functional diversity of the lectin repertoire in teleost fish: relevance to innate and adaptive immunity.
Developmental and comparative immunology 2011;35(12):1388-99.
2011: José A Fernández Robledo; Patrick J Keeling; Motomichi Matsuzaki; David S Roos; Dhanasekaran Shanmugam; Elisabet Caler; Gerardo Vasta
The search for the missing link: a relic plastid in Perkinsus?
International journal for parasitology 2011;41(12):1217-29.
2011: Santiago Di Lella; Darío A Estrin; Carlos M Guardia; Victoria Sundblad; Gerardo Vasta; Juan P Cerliani; Gabriel A Rabinovich
When galectins recognize glycans: from biochemistry to physiology and back again.
Biochemistry 2011;50(37):7842-57.
2011: Zhuoer Lin; Mathieu F M Cellier; Jose Fernandez-Robledo; Gerardo Vasta
The natural resistance-associated macrophage protein from the protozoan parasite Perkinsus marinus mediates iron uptake.
Biochemistry 2011;50(29):6340-55.
2010: Mario Antonio Bianchet; Eric W Odom; Gerardo Vasta; Mario Amzel
Structure and specificity of a binary tandem domain F-lectin from striped bass (Morone saxatilis).
Journal of molecular biology 2010;401(2):239-52.
2010: Marcelo Hill; Daniel Mazal; Verónica Andrea Biron; Laura Pereira; Luis Ubillos; Edgardo Berriel; Hafiz Ahmed; Teresa Freire; Mariella Rondán; Gerardo Vasta; Fu-Tong Liu; María Mercedes Iglesias; Eduardo Osinaga
A novel clinically relevant animal model for studying galectin-3 and its ligands during colon carcinogenesis.
The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society 2010;58(6):553-65.
2010: Sonya E L Craig; Ryan Thummel; Hafiz Ahmed; Gerardo Vasta; David R Hyde; Peter F Hitchcock
The zebrafish galectin Drgal1-l2 is expressed by proliferating Müller glia and photoreceptor progenitors and regulates the regeneration of rod photoreceptors.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 2010;51(6):3244-52.
2010: Jose Fernandez-Robledo; Gerardo Vasta
Production of recombinant proteins from protozoan parasites.
Trends in parasitology 2010;26(5):244-54.
2010: Sandeep J Joseph; Jose Fernandez-Robledo; Malcolm J Gardner; Najib M El-Sayed; Chih-Horng Kuo; Eric J Schott; Haiming Wang; Jessica Kissinger; Gerardo Vasta
The Alveolate Perkinsus marinus: biological insights from EST gene discovery.
BMC genomics 2010;11():228.
2009: Laura Poisa-Beiro; S Dios; Hafiz Ahmed; Gerardo Vasta; Alicia Martínez-López; Amparo Estepa; Jorge Alonso-Gutiérrez; Antonio Figueras; Beatriz Novoa
Nodavirus infection of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) induces up-regulation of galectin-1 expression with potential anti-inflammatory activity.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2009;183(10):6600-11.
2009: Hafiz Ahmed; Francesco Cappello; Vito Rodolico; Gerardo Vasta
Evidence of heavy methylation in the galectin 3 promoter in early stages of prostate adenocarcinoma: development and validation of a methylated marker for early diagnosis of prostate cancer.
Translational oncology 2009;2(3):146-56.
2009: MR Alavi; Jose Fernandez-Robledo; Gerardo Vasta
Development of an in vitro assay to examine intracellular survival of Perkinsus marinus trophozoites upon phagocytosis by oyster (Crassostrea virginica and Crassostrea ariakensis) hemocytes.
The Journal of parasitology 2009;95(4):900-7.
2009: G Salerno; M G Parisi; Daniela Parrinello; G Benenati; Aiti Vizzini; Mirella Vazzana; Gerardo Vasta; Matteo Cammarata
F-type lectin from the sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax): purification, cDNA cloning, tissue expression and localization, and opsonic activity.
Fish & shellfish immunology 2009;27(2):143-53.
2009: Gerardo Vasta
Roles of galectins in infection.
Nature reviews. Microbiology 2009;7(6):424-38.
2009: Hafiz Ahmed; Shaojun Du; Gerardo Vasta
Knockdown of a galectin-1-like protein in zebrafish (Danio rerio) causes defects in skeletal muscle development.
Glycoconjugate journal 2009;26(3):277-83.
2009: N Mercer; L Guzman; E Cueto Rua; R Drut; Hafiz Ahmed; Gerardo Vasta; M A Toscano; G A Rabinovich; G H Docena
Duodenal intraepithelial lymphocytes of children with cow milk allergy preferentially bind the glycan-binding protein galectin-3.
International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology 2009;22(1):207-17.
2008: Jose Fernandez-Robledo; Eric J Schott; Gerardo Vasta
Perkinsus marinus superoxide dismutase 2 (PmSOD2) localizes to single-membrane subcellular compartments.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2008;375(2):215-9.
2008: Hafiz Ahmed; Gerardo Vasta
Unlike mammalian GRIFIN, the zebrafish homologue (DrGRIFIN) represents a functional carbohydrate-binding galectin.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2008;371(3):350-5.
2008: Wolf T Pecher; MR Alavi; Eric J Schott; Jose Fernandez-Robledo; Laura Roth; Sean T Berg; Gerardo Vasta
Assessment of the northern distribution range of selected Perkinsus species in eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) and hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria) with the use of PCR-based detection assays.
The Journal of parasitology 2008;94(2):410-22.
2008: Jose Fernandez-Robledo; Zhuoer Lin; Gerardo Vasta
Transfection of the protozoan parasite Perkinsus marinus.
Molecular and biochemical parasitology 2008;157(1):44-53.
2007: Natalia Mercer; Hafiz Ahmed; Susana B Etcheverry; Gerardo Vasta; Ana M Cortizo
Regulation of advanced glycation end product (AGE) receptors and apoptosis by AGEs in osteoblast-like cells.
Molecular and cellular biochemistry 2007;306(1-2):87-94.
2007: Gabriel A Rabinovich; Marta Toscano; Shawn S Jackson; Gerardo Vasta
Functions of cell surface galectin-glycoprotein lattices.
Current opinion in structural biology 2007;17(5):513-20.
2007: Keiko Saito; Tomas Drgon; Danara N Krupatkina; Jana Drgonova; Daniel E Terlizzi; Natalia Mercer; Gerardo Vasta
Effect of biotic and abiotic factors on in vitro proliferation, encystment, and excystment of Pfiesteria piscicida.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2007;73(20):6410-20.
2007: Satoshi Tasumi; Gerardo Vasta
A galectin of unique domain organization from hemocytes of the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) is a receptor for the protistan parasite Perkinsus marinus.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2007;179(5):3086-98.
2007: M T Elola; Carlota Wolfenstein-Todel; María F Troncoso; Gerardo Vasta; Gabriel A Rabinovich
Galectins: matricellular glycan-binding proteins linking cell adhesion, migration, and survival.
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS 2007;64(13):1679-700.
2007: Hafiz Ahmed; Partha P Banerjee; Gerardo Vasta
Differential expression of galectins in normal, benign and malignant prostate epithelial cells: silencing of galectin-3 expression in prostate cancer by its promoter methylation.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2007;358(1):241-6.
2007: Gerardo Vasta; Hafiz Ahmed; Satoshi Tasumi; Eric W Odom; Keiko Saito
Biological roles of lectins in innate immunity: molecular and structural basis for diversity in self/non-self recognition.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2007;598():389-406.
2007: Matteo Cammarata; Gigliola Benenati; Eric W Odom; Giuseppina Salerno; Aiti Vizzini; Gerardo Vasta; Nicolò Parrinello
Isolation and characterization of a fish F-type lectin from gilt head bream (Sparus aurata) serum.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2007;1770(1):150-5.
2006: Oluwatoyin A Asojo; Eric J Schott; Gerardo Vasta; Abelardo M Silva
Structures of PmSOD1 and PmSOD2, two superoxide dismutases from the protozoan parasite Perkinsus marinus.
Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications 2006;62(Pt 11):1072-5.
2006: Eric W Odom; Gerardo Vasta
Characterization of a binary tandem domain F-type lectin from striped bass (Morone saxatilis).
The Journal of biological chemistry 2006;281(3):1698-713.
2005: Tomas Drgon; Keiko Saito; Patrick M Gillevet; Masoumeh Sikaroodi; Brent R Whitaker; Danara N Krupatkina; Federico Argemi; Gerardo Vasta
Characterization of ichthyocidal activity of Pfiesteria piscicida: dependence on the dinospore cell density.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2005;71(1):519-29.
2004: Natalia Mercer; Hafiz Ahmed; Antonio D McCarthy; Susana B Etcheverry; Gerardo Vasta; Ana M Cortizo
AGE-R3/galectin-3 expression in osteoblast-like cells: regulation by AGEs.
Molecular and cellular biochemistry 2004;266(1-2):17-24.
2004: José A F Robledo; pascal Courville; Mathieu F M Cellier; Gerardo Vasta
Gene organization and expression of the divalent cation transporter Nramp in the protistan parasite Perkinsus marinus.
The Journal of parasitology 2004;90(5):1004-14.
2004: Gerardo Vasta; Hafiz Ahmed; Eric W Odom
Structural and functional diversity of lectin repertoires in invertebrates, protochordates and ectothermic vertebrates.
Current opinion in structural biology 2004;14(5):617-30.
2004: laurence Elandaloussi; Ricardo Leite; Ricardo Afonso; Patrícia A Nunes; José A F Robledo; Gerardo Vasta; M Leonor Cancela
Development of a PCR-ELISA assay for diagnosis of Perkinsus marinus and Perkinsus atlanticus infections in bivalve molluscs.
Molecular and cellular probes 2004;18(2):89-96.
2004: Wolf T Pecher; José A F Robledo; Gerardo Vasta
Identification of a second rRNA gene unit in the Perkinsus andrewsi genome.
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology 2004;51(2):234-45.
2004: Hafiz Ahmed; Shaojun Du; Nuala O'Leary; Gerardo Vasta
Biochemical and molecular characterization of galectins from zebrafish (Danio rerio): notochord-specific expression of a prototype galectin during early embryogenesis.
Glycobiology 2004;14(3):219-32.
2004: Gerardo Vasta; Hafiz Ahmed; Shaojun Du; Davin Henrikson
Galectins in teleost fish: Zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a model species to address their biological roles in development and innate immunity.
Glycoconjugate journal 2004;21(8-9):503-21.
2003: Eric J Schott; Wolf T Pecher; Florence Okafor; Gerardo Vasta
The protistan parasite Perkinsus marinus is resistant to selected reactive oxygen species.
Experimental parasitology 2003;105(3-4):232-40.
2003: Hafiz Ahmed; Eric J Schott; Julie D Gauthier; Gerardo Vasta
Superoxide dismutases from the oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus: purification, biochemical characterization, and development of a plate microassay for activity.
Analytical biochemistry 2003;318(1):132-41.
2003: Eric J Schott; José A F Robledo; Anita C Wright; Abelardo M Silva; Gerardo Vasta
Gene organization and homology modeling of two iron superoxide dismutases of the early branching protist Perkinsus marinus.
Gene 2003;309(1):1-9.
2003: Michael S Quesenberry; Hafiz Ahmed; María Teresa Elola; Nuala O'Leary; Gerardo Vasta
Diverse lectin repertoires in tunicates mediate broad recognition and effector innate immune responses.
Integrative and comparative biology 2003;43(2):323-30.
2003: Eric J Schott; Gerardo Vasta
The PmSOD1 gene of the protistan parasite Perkinsus marinus complements the sod2Delta mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and directs an iron superoxide dismutase to mitochondria.
Molecular and biochemical parasitology 2003;126(1):81-92.
2002: Keiko Saito; Tomas Drgon; José A F Robledo; Danara N Krupatkina; Gerardo Vasta
Characterization of the rRNA locus of Pfiesteria piscicida and development of standard and quantitative PCR-based detection assays targeted to the nontranscribed spacer.
Applied and environmental microbiology 2002;68(11):5394-407.
2002: José A F Robledo; Patrícia A Nunes; M Leonor Cancela; Gerardo Vasta
Development of an in vitro clonal culture and characterization of the rRNA gene cluster of Perkinsus atlanticus, a protistan parasite of the clam Tapes decussatus.
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology 2002;49(5):414-22.
2002: Anita C Wright; Hafiz Ahmed; Julie D Gauthier; Abelardo M Silva; Gerardo Vasta
cDNA cloning and characterization of two iron superoxide dismutases from the oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus.
Molecular and biochemical parasitology 2002;123(1):73-77.
2002: Hafiz Ahmed; Mario Antonio Bianchet; Mario Amzel; Jun Hirabayashi; Ken-Ichi Kasai; Yuko Giga-Hama; Hideki Tohda; Gerardo Vasta
Novel carbohydrate specificity of the 16-kDa galectin from Caenorhabditis elegans: binding to blood group precursor oligosaccharides (type 1, type 2, Talpha, and Tbeta) and gangliosides.
Glycobiology 2002;12(8):451-61.
2002: Mario Antonio Bianchet; Eric W Odom; Gerardo Vasta; Mario Amzel
A novel fucose recognition fold involved in innate immunity.
Nature structural biology 2002;9(8):628-34.
2002: Gerardo Vasta; J D Lambris
Innate immunity in the Aegean: ancient pathways for today's survival.
Developmental and comparative immunology 2002;26(3):217-25.
2002: Julie D Gauthier; Gerardo Vasta
Effects of plasma from bivalve mollusk species on the in vitro proliferation of the protistan parasite Perkinsus marinus.
The Journal of experimental zoology 2002;292(3):221-30.
2001: Karen A Steidinger; Jan H Landsberg; R W Richardson; E Truby; B Blakesley; P Scott; P Tester; T Tengs; P Mason; S Morton; D Seaborn; W Litaker; K Reece; David W Oldach; L Haas; Gerardo Vasta
Classification and identification of Pfiesteria and Pfiesteria-like species.
Environmental health perspectives 2001;109 Suppl 5():661-5.
2001: Gerardo Vasta; M S Quesenberry; Hafiz Ahmed; Nuala O'Leary
Lectins from tunicates: structure-function relationships in innate immunity.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2001;484():275-87.
2001: CA Coss; José A F Robledo; G M Ruiz; Gerardo Vasta
Description of Perkinsus andrewsi n. sp. isolated from the Baltic clam (Macoma balthica) by characterization of the ribosomal RNA locus, and development of a species-specific PCR-based diagnostic assay.
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology 2001;48(1):52-61.
2001: CA Coss; José A F Robledo; Gerardo Vasta
Fine structure of clonally propagated in vitro life stages of a Perkinsus sp. isolated from the Baltic clam Macoma balthica.
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology 2001;48(1):38-51.
2000: A El-Nabawi; M Quesenberry; K Saito; Ellen K Silbergeld; Gerardo Vasta; Amira T Eldefrawi
The N-methyl-D-aspartate neurotransmitter receptor is a mammalian brain target for the dinoflagellate Pfiesteria piscicida toxin.
Toxicology and applied pharmacology 2000;169(1):84-93.
2000: José A F Robledo; CA Coss; Gerardo Vasta
Characterization of the ribosomal RNA locus of Perkinsus atlanticus and development of a polymerase chain reaction-based diagnostic assay.
The Journal of parasitology 2000;86(5):972-8.
2000: Mario Antonio Bianchet; Hafiz Ahmed; Gerardo Vasta; Mario Amzel
Soluble beta-galactosyl-binding lectin (galectin) from toad ovary: crystallographic studies of two protein-sugar complexes.
Proteins 2000;40(3):378-88.
1999: C Drew Harvell; K Kim; J M Burkholder; Rita R Colwell; PR Epstein; D J Grimes; E E Hofmann; Erin K Lipp; A D Osterhaus; R M Overstreet; J W Porter; G W Smith; Gerardo Vasta
Emerging marine diseases--climate links and anthropogenic factors.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 1999;285(5433):1505-10.
1999: José A F Robledo; Anita C Wright; A G Marsh; Gerardo Vasta
Nucleotide sequence variability in the nontranscribed spacer of the rRNA locus in the oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus.
The Journal of parasitology 1999;85(4):650-6.
1999: Gerardo Vasta; M Quesenberry; Hafiz Ahmed; Nuala O'Leary
C-type lectins and galectins mediate innate and adaptive immune functions: their roles in the complement activation pathway.
Developmental and comparative immunology 1999;23(4-5):401-20.
1998: José A F Robledo; Julie D Gauthier; CA Coss; Anita C Wright; Gerardo Vasta
Species-specificity and sensitivity of a PCR-based assay for Perkinsus marinus in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica: a comparison with the fluid thioglycollate assay.
The Journal of parasitology 1998;84(6):1237-44.
1998: H Yu; Hafiz Ahmed; Gerardo Vasta
Development of a magnetic microplate chemifluorimmunoassay for rapid detection of bacteria and toxin in blood.
Analytical biochemistry 1998;261(1):1-7.
1998: Frederick P Schwarz; Hafiz Ahmed; Mario Antonio Bianchet; Mario Amzel; Gerardo Vasta
Thermodynamics of bovine spleen galectin-1 binding to disaccharides: correlation with structure and its effect on oligomerization at the denaturation temperature.
Biochemistry 1998;37(17):5867-77.
1998: Katharine E Magor; Gerardo Vasta
Ancestral immunity comes of age.
Immunology today 1998;19(2):54-6.
1996: Hafiz Ahmed; J Pohl; Nilda E Fink; F Strobel; Gerardo Vasta
The primary structure and carbohydrate specificity of a beta-galactosyl-binding lectin from toad (Bufo arenarum Hensel) ovary reveal closer similarities to the mammalian galectin-1 than to the galectin from the clawed frog Xenopus laevis.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1996;271(51):33083-94.
1996: Hafiz Ahmed; Nilda E Fink; J Pohl; Gerardo Vasta
Galectin-1 from bovine spleen: biochemical characterization, carbohydrate specificity and tissue-specific isoform profiles.
Journal of biochemistry 1996;120(5):1007-19.
1996: Gerardo Vasta; Hafiz Ahmed
Animal lectins as cell surface receptors: current status for invertebrate species.
Progress in molecular and subcellular biology 1996;17():158-82.
1995: A G Marsh; J D Gauthier; Gerardo Vasta
A semiquantitative PCR assay for assessing Perkinsus marinus infections in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica.
The Journal of parasitology 1995;81(4):577-83.
1995: J D Gauthier; B Feig; Gerardo Vasta
Effect of fetal bovine serum glycoproteins on the in vitro proliferation of the oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus: development of a fully defined medium.
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology 1995;42(3):307-13.
1994: Hafiz Ahmed; Gerardo Vasta
Galectins: conservation of functionally and structurally relevant amino acid residues defines two types of carbohydrate recognition domains.
Glycobiology 1994;4(5):545-8.
1994: J D Gauthier; Gerardo Vasta
Inhibition of in vitro replication of the oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus by the natural iron chelators transferrin, lactoferrin, and desferrioxamine.
Developmental and comparative immunology 1994;18(4):277-86.
1994: Gerardo Vasta; Hafiz Ahmed; Nilda E Fink; María Teresa Elola; A G Marsh; A Snowden; E W Odom
Animal lectins as self/non-self recognition molecules. Biochemical and genetic approaches to understanding their biological roles and evolution.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1994;712():55-73.
1994: A M Snowden; Gerardo Vasta
A dimeric lectin from coelomic fluid of the starfish Oreaster reticulatus cross-reacts with the sea urchin embryonic substrate adhesion protein, echinonectin.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1994;712():327-9.
1994: Frederick J Cassels; E W Odom; Gerardo Vasta
Hemolymph lectins of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, recognize selected serotypes of its pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1994;712():324-6.
1994: Hafiz Ahmed; Nilda E Fink; Gerardo Vasta
Elasmobranch and teleost fish contain thiol-dependent beta-galactoside-binding lectins that are cross-reactive with those identified and characterized in bovine spleen.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1994;712():318-20.
1994: Hafiz Ahmed; Nilda E Fink; Gerardo Vasta
A novel solid-phase assay for lectin binding. Comparative studies on beta-galactoside-binding S-type lectins from fish, amphibian, and mammalian tissues.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1994;712():315-7.
1994: María Teresa Elola; Gerardo Vasta
Lectins from the colonial tunicate Clavelina picta are structurally related to acute-phase reactants from vertebrates.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1994;712():321-3.
1994: D I Liao; Geeta Kapadia; Hafiz Ahmed; Gerardo Vasta; Osnat Herzberg
Structure of S-lectin, a developmentally regulated vertebrate beta-galactoside-binding protein.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1994;91(4):1428-32.
1989: G Beck; Gerardo Vasta; J J Marchalonis; G S Habicht
Characterization of interleukin-1 activity in tunicates.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. B, Comparative biochemistry 1989;92(1):93-8.
1988: A M Lackie; Gerardo Vasta
The role of galactosyl-binding lectin in the cellular immune response of the cockroach Periplaneta americana (Dictyoptera).
Immunology 1988;64(2):353-7.
1987: Gerardo Vasta; J J Marchalonis
Lectins from protochordates as putative recognition molecules.
Progress in clinical and biological research 1987;233():23-32.
1986: Gerardo Vasta; J J Marchalonis; J M Decker
Binding and mitogenic properties of a galactosyl-specific lectin from the tunicate Didemnum candidum for murine thymocytes and splenocytes.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 1986;137(10):3216-23.
1986: Gerardo Vasta; J J Marchalonis
Galactosyl-binding lectins from the tunicate Didemnum candidum. Carbohydrate specificity and characterization of the combining site.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1986;261(20):9182-6.
1986: Gerardo Vasta; J C Hunt; J J Marchalonis; W W Fish
Galactosyl-binding lectins from the tunicate Didemnum candidum. Purification and physicochemical characterization.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1986;261(20):9174-81.
1986: Frederick J Cassels; J J Marchalonis; Gerardo Vasta
Heterogeneous humoral and hemocyte-associated lectins with N-acylaminosugar specificities from the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. B, Comparative biochemistry 1986;85(1):23-30.
1985: A Mackel-Vandersteenhoven; Gerardo Vasta; M J Waxdal; J J Marchalonis
Segmental homology between T-cell receptors and immunoglobulin variable regions: evidence that antisera to synthetic JH1 peptide react with murine and human T-cell products.
Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (New York, N.Y.) 1985;178(3):476-85.
1985: Gerardo Vasta; J J Marchalonis
Humoral and cell membrane-associated lectins from invertebrates and lower chordates: specificity, molecular characterization and their structural relationships with putative recognition molecules from vertebrates.
Developmental and comparative immunology 1985;9(3):531-9.
1985: I L Rosenshein; Samuel F Schluter; Gerardo Vasta; John J Marchalonis
Phylogenetic conservation of heavy chain determinants of vertebrates and protochordates.
Developmental and comparative immunology 1985;9(4):783-95.
1984: Gerardo Vasta; T C Cheng; J J Marchalonis
A lectin on the hemocyte membrane of the oyster (Crassostrea virginica).
Cellular immunology 1984;88(2):475-88.
1984: Gerardo Vasta; E Cohen
Serum lectins from the scorpion Vaejovis spinigerus Wood bind sialic acids.
Experientia 1984;40(5):485-7.
1984: Gerardo Vasta; E Cohen
Sialic acid-binding lectins in the "whip scorpion" (Mastigoproctus giganteus) serum.
Journal of invertebrate pathology 1984;43(3):333-42.
1984: Gerardo Vasta; J J Marchalonis; H Kohler
Invertebrate recognition protein cross-reacts with an immunoglobulin idiotype.
The Journal of experimental medicine 1984;159(4):1270-6.
1984: Gerardo Vasta; E Cohen
Humoral lectins in the scorpion Vaejovis confuscius: a serological characterization.
Journal of invertebrate pathology 1984;43(2):226-33.
1984: Gerardo Vasta; E Cohen
Carbohydrate specificities of Birgus latro (coconut crab) serum lectins.
Developmental and comparative immunology 1984;8(1):197-202.
1984: Gerardo Vasta; E Cohen
Sialic acid binding lectins in the serum of American spiders of the genus Aphonopelma.
Developmental and comparative immunology 1984;8(3):515-22.
1984: E Cohen; Gerardo Vasta; W Korytnyk; C R Petrie; M Sharma
Lectins of the Limulidae and hemagglutination-inhibition by sialic acid analogs and derivatives.
Progress in clinical and biological research 1984;157():55-69.
1984: Gerardo Vasta; J J Marchalonis
Immunobiological significance of invertebrate lectins.
Progress in clinical and biological research 1984;157():177-91.
1984: Gerardo Vasta; J J Marchalonis
Distribution, specificity and macromolecular properties of tunicate plasma lectins.
Progress in clinical and biological research 1984;157():125-41.
1984: T C Cheng; J J Marchalonis; Gerardo Vasta
Role of molluscan lectins in recognition processes.
Progress in clinical and biological research 1984;157():1-15.
1984: G W Warr; Gerardo Vasta; J J Marchalonis; R C Allen; D P Anderson
Molecular analysis of the lymphocyte membrane.
Developmental and comparative immunology 1984;8(4):757-72.
1983: J J Marchalonis; Gerardo Vasta; J C Hunt; A C Wang; J Minowada
Some T-cell leukemia lines express surface markers related to a restricted set of human VH determinants.
Cellular immunology 1983;77(1):161-75.
1983: G W Warr; Gerardo Vasta; B E Ledford; J J Marchalonis
Evidence for the existence of a diverse family of immunoglobulin-related recognition molecules.
Journal of immunogenetics 1983;10(1):17-23.
1983: Gerardo Vasta; G W Warr; J J Marchalonis
Serological characterization of humoral lectins from the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii.
Developmental and comparative immunology 1983;7(1):13-20.
1983: J C Hunt; Gerardo Vasta; J K McDonald; J J Marchalonis
Expression of plasma membrane associated dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP IV) activity and immunoglobulin VH-related determinants by human lymphocytes and in vitro leukemia/lymphoma cell lines.
Progress in clinical and biological research 1983;133():191-5.
1983: J C Hunt; Gerardo Vasta; J J Marchalonis
Antigenic and structural characteristics of an immunoglobulin-related peptide purified from marmoset T-lymphoma cells.
Cellular immunology 1983;75(1):22-42.
1982: Gerardo Vasta; G H Ilodi; E Cohen; Z Brahmi
A comparative study on the specificity of Androctonus australis (Saharan scorpion) and Limulus polyphemus (horseshoe crab) agglutinins.
Developmental and comparative immunology 1982;6(4):625-34.
1982: Gerardo Vasta; E Cohen
The specificity of Centruroides sculpturatus Ewing (Arizona lethal scorpion) hemolymph agglutinins.
Developmental and comparative immunology 1982;6(2):219-30.
1976: Gerardo Vasta; M E Chiesa; M Palatnik
Agglutinins and protectins in the snail Borus.
Medicina 1976;36(2):107-12.
1975: M Palatnik; Gerardo Vasta; N E Fink; M E Chiesa
Protectins in Argentine mollusks: immunological and immunochemical aspects.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology 1975;64():19-28.