Hide and seek: how Lyme disease spirochetes overcome complement attack

by Peter Kraiczy
Published 2016-09-01

Travelling between Two Worlds: Complement as a Gatekeeper for an Expanded Host Range of Lyme Disease Spirochetes

by Peter Kraiczy
Published 2016-06-01

Immune Evasion Strategies of Relapsing Fever Spirochetes

by Florian Röttgerding, Peter Kraiczy
Published 2020-07-01

Translation Elongation Factor Tuf of Acinetobacter baumannii Is a Plasminogen-Binding Protein.

by Arno Koenigs, Peter F Zipfel, Peter Kraiczy
Published 2015-01-01

Correction: Translation Elongation Factor Tuf of Acinetobacter baumannii Is a Plasminogen-Binding Protein.

by Arno Koenigs, Peter F Zipfel, Peter Kraiczy
Published 2015-01-01

Further Insights Into the Interaction of Human and Animal Complement Regulator Factor H With Viable Lyme Disease Spirochetes

by Jovana Jasmin Mühleip, Yi-Pin Lin, Yi-Pin Lin, Peter Kraiczy
Published 2019-01-01

Bactericidal activity of avian complement: a contribution to understand avian-host tropism of Lyme borreliae

by Valerie Sürth, Isabel Lopes de Carvalho, Maria Sofia Núncio, Ana Cláudia Norte, Peter Kraiczy
Published 2021-09-01

Conserved Patterns of Microbial Immune Escape: Pathogenic Microbes of Diverse Origin Target the Human Terminal Complement Inhibitor Vitronectin via a Single Common Motif.

by Teresia Hallström, Birendra Singh, Peter Kraiczy, Sven Hammerschmidt, Christine Skerka, Peter F Zipfel, Kristian Riesbeck
Published 2016-01-01

Contribution of the Infection-Associated Complement Regulator-Acquiring Surface Protein 4 (ErpC) to Complement Resistance of Borrelia burgdorferi

by Claudia Hammerschmidt, Teresia Hallström, Christine Skerka, Reinhard Wallich, Brian Stevenson, Peter F. Zipfel, Peter Kraiczy
Published 2012-01-01

The Complement Binding and Inhibitory Protein CbiA of Borrelia miyamotoi Degrades Extracellular Matrix Components by Interacting with Plasmin(ogen)

by Ngoc T. T. Nguyen, Florian Röttgerding, Gayatri Devraj, Yi-Pin Lin, Arno Koenigs, Arno Koenigs, Peter Kraiczy
Published 2018-02-01

Interaction between Borrelia miyamotoi variable major proteins Vlp15/16 and Vlp18 with plasminogen and complement

by Frederik L. Schmidt, Valerie Sürth, Tim K. Berg, Yi-Pin Lin, Joppe W. Hovius, Peter Kraiczy
Published 2021-03-01

Borrelia valaisiana resist complement-mediated killing independently of the recruitment of immune regulators and inactivation of complement components.

by Jasmin Schwab, Claudia Hammerschmidt, Dania Richter, Christine Skerka, Franz-Rainer Matuschka, Reinhard Wallich, Peter F Zipfel, Peter Kraiczy
Published 2013-01-01

Combination of microbiome analysis and serodiagnostics to assess the risk of pathogen transmission by ticks to humans and animals in central Germany

by Yvonne Regier, Kassandra Komma, Markus Weigel, Peter Kraiczy, Arttu Laisi, Arto T. Pulliainen, Torsten Hain, Volkhard A. J. Kempf
Published 2019-01-01

Borrelia recurrentis employs a novel multifunctional surface protein with anti-complement, anti-opsonic and invasive potential to escape innate immunity.

by Sonja Grosskinsky, Melanie Schott, Christiane Brenner, Sally J Cutler, Peter Kraiczy, Peter F Zipfel, Markus M Simon, Reinhard Wallich
Published 2009-01-01

Immune evasion of Borrelia miyamotoi: CbiA, a novel outer surface protein exhibiting complement binding and inactivating properties

by Florian Röttgerding, Alex Wagemakers, Joris Koetsveld, Volker Fingerle, Michael Kirschfink, Joppe W. Hovius, Peter F. Zipfel, Reinhard Wallich, Peter Kraiczy
Published 2017-03-01

Staphylococcus aureus proteins Sbi and Efb recruit human plasmin to degrade complement C3 and C3b.

by Tina K Koch, Michael Reuter, Diana Barthel, Sascha Böhm, Jean van den Elsen, Peter Kraiczy, Peter F Zipfel, Christine Skerka
Published 2012-01-01

Elucidating the Immune Evasion Mechanisms of Borrelia mayonii, the Causative Agent of Lyme Disease

by Lea Walter, Valerie Sürth, Florian Röttgerding, Peter F. Zipfel, Peter F. Zipfel, Karin Fritz-Wolf, Karin Fritz-Wolf, Peter Kraiczy
Published 2019-11-01

New Insights Into CRASP-Mediated Complement Evasion in the Lyme Disease Enzootic Cycle

by Yi-Pin Lin, Yi-Pin Lin, Amber M. Frye, Amber M. Frye, Tristan A. Nowak, Tristan A. Nowak, Peter Kraiczy
Published 2020-01-01

Complement factor H-related proteins CFHR2 and CFHR5 represent novel ligands for the infection-associated CRASP proteins of Borrelia burgdorferi.

by Corinna Siegel, Teresia Hallström, Christine Skerka, Hannes Eberhardt, Barbara Uzonyi, Tobias Beckhaus, Michael Karas, Reinhard Wallich, Brian Stevenson, Peter F Zipfel, Peter Kraiczy
Published 2010-10-01

Eliminating Factor H-Binding Activity of Borrelia burgdorferi CspZ Combined with Virus-Like Particle Conjugation Enhances Its Efficacy as a Lyme Disease Vaccine

by Ashley L. Marcinkiewicz, Ilva Lieknina, Svetlana Kotelovica, Xiuli Yang, Peter Kraiczy, Utpal Pal, Yi-Pin Lin, Yi-Pin Lin, Kaspars Tars, Kaspars Tars
Published 2018-02-01