DesJardin LE, Kaufman TM, Potts B, Kutzbach B, Yi H, Schlesinger LS. M. tuberculosis-infected human macrophages exhibit enhanced cellular adhesion with increased expression of LFA-1 and ICAM-1 and reduced expression and/or function of complement receptors, FcgRII and the mannose receptor Microbiology 148:3161-3171, 2002.
Olakanmi O, Schlesinger LS, Ahmed A, Britigan BE. Intraphagosomal Mycobacterium tuberculosis acquires iron from both extracellular transferrin and intracellular iron pools: impact of interferon-g and hemochromatosis J Biol Chem 277:49727-49734,2002.
Brown RM, Cruz O, Brennan M, Gennaro M, Schlesinger L, Yasir A, Skeiky W, Hoft DF. Lipoarabinomannan-reactive human secretory immunoglobulin a responses induced by mucosal bacille calmette-guerin vaccination. J. Infect. Dis., 187:513-517, 2003.
Olakanmi O, Schlesinger L S, Ahmed A, Britigan BE. The nature of extracellular iron influences iron acquisition by Mycobacterium tuberculosis residing within human macrophages. Infect. Immun.72:2022-2028, 2004.
Ferguson JS, Weis JJ, Martin JL, Schlesinger L S. Complement protein C3 binding to Mycobacterium tuberculosis is initiated by the classical pathway in human bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Infect. Immun. 72:2564-2573, 2004.
Brown RM, Cruz O, Brennan M, Gennaro M, Schlesinger L, Yasir A, Skeiky W, Hoft DF. Lipoarabinomannan-reactive human secretory immunoglobulin a responses induced by mucosal bacille calmette-guerin vaccination. J. Infect. Dis., 187:513-517, 2003.
Crowther JE, Kutala, VK, Kuppusamy, P, Ferguson, JS, Beharka, AA, Zweier, JL, McCormack, FX, Schlesinger L S. Pulmonary Surfactant Protein A inhibits macrophage reactive intermediate production in response to stimuli by reducing NADPH oxidase activity J. Immunol., 172:6866-6874, 2004
"Tuberculosis: The Microbe-Host Interface." Schlesinger L S, DesJardin L, Co-Editors, Horizon Scientific Press, U.K. 2004.52. Phagocytosis and Toll-like Receptors in Tuberculosis, Invited Contributor. In: Tuberculosis 2nd Edition, William M. Rom, and Garay S.M., eds, Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, 203-214, 2004.
Olakanmi O, Schlesinger LS, Ahmed A, Britigan BE. The nature of extracellular iron influences iron acquisition by Mycobacterium tuberculosis residing within human macrophages. Infect. Immun. 72:2022-2028, 2004.
Ferguson JS, Weis JJ, Martin JL, Schlesinger LS. Complement protein C3 binding to Mycobacterium tuberculosis is initiated by the classical pathway in human bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Infect. Immun. 72:2564-2573, 2004.
Crowther JE, Kutala VK, Kuppusamy P, Ferguson JS, Beharka AA, Zweier JL, McCormack FX, Schlesinger LS. Pulmonary Surfactant Protein A inhibits macrophage reactive intermediate production in response to stimuli by reducing NADPH oxidase activity. J. Immunol. 172:6866-6874, 2004.
Beharka AA, Crowther JE, McCormack FX, Denning G, Lees J, Tibesar E, Schlesinger LS. Pulmonary Surfactant Protein A activates a PI3 Kinase / calcium signal transduction pathway in human macrophages: participation in the up-regulation of mannose receptor activity. J. Immunol. 175: 2227-2236, 2005
Kang PB, Azad AK, Torrelles JB, Kaufman TM, Beharka A, Tibesar E, Schlesinger LS. The human macrophage mannose receptor directs Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipoarabinomannan-mediated phagosome biogenesis J Exp. Med. 202:987-999, 2005.
McCarthy TR, Torrelles JB, MacFarlane A, Katawczik M, Kutzbach B, Clegg S, DesJardin LE, Goldberg JB, Schlesinger LS. Mycobacterium tuberculosis manB, a phosphomannomutase that increases phosphatidylinositol mannoside biosynthesis in M. smegmatis and mycobacterial association with Human Macrophages. Mol. Micro. 58:774-790, 2005
