David L. Williams

Thioredoxin Glutathione Reductase from Schistosoma mansoni: An Essential Parasite Enzyme and a Key Drug Target (2007)

Angela N. Kuntz, Elisabeth Davioud-Charvet, Ahmed A. Sayed, Lindsay L. Califf, Jean Dessolin, ...

BackgroundSchistosomiasis—infection with helminth parasites in the genus Schistosoma, including S. mansoni—is a widespread, devastating tropical disease affecting more than 200 million people. No...

β-(1→3)-D-glucan modulates DNA binding of nuclear factors κB, AT and IL-6 leading to an anti-inflammatory shift of the IL-1β/IL-1 receptor antagonist ratio (2006)

Luhm, Juergen, Langenkamp, Ulrich, Hensel, Jenny, Frohn, Christoph, Brand, Joerg M, Hennig, Holger, ...

Abstract Background β-1→3-D-glucans represent a pathogen-associated molecular pattern and are able to modify biological responses. Employing a comprehensive methodological approach, the aim of our...

The Beta-Glucan Receptor Dectin-1 Recognizes Specific Morphologies of Aspergillus fumigatus (2005)

Chad Steele, Rekha R. Rapaka, Allison Metz, Shannon M. Pop, David L. Williams, Siamon Gordon, ...

Alveolar macrophages represent a first-line innate host defense mechanism for clearing inhaled Aspergillus fumigatus from the lungs, yet contradictory data exist as to which alveolar macrophage...

RESEARCH ON ORGANIC DEPOLARIZERS. (2005)

Gruber, Bernard A, Williams, David L

Data was collected on the electronic and electrolytic conduction through C/DNB/Mg(C104)2 bobbins, AC and DC conduction measurements were compared with calculated electrolytic resistance, based on...

RESEARCH ON ORGANIC DEPOLARIZERS. (2005)

Gruber, Bernard A., Williams, David L., McElhill, Elizabeth A.

A method is described for determining electronic and ionic conductivities in an organic depolarizer battery bobbin. Preliminary results are reported. This method of determining resistance is compared...

ARPA Rock Drill Report. (2002)

Davis,Raymond E., Williams,David L., Von Herzen,Richard P.

The report outlines the development and capabilities of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's Rock Core Drill. The Rock Drill is shown to provide a relatively inexpensive means of recovering...

Local Anesthetic Microencapsulation. (2002)

Williams,David L., Nuwayser,Elie S., Kerrigan,James H., Creeden,David E., Nucefora,William A.

Local anesthetics have been microencapsulated using a biodegradable ploymer, polylactids. Lidocaine base and hydrochlorides of lidocaine, etidocaine and bupivacaine were coated with various...

Post-IPO operating performance of despository institutions, 1992-1998 / (2001)

Williams, David L.

Thesis (Doctor of Business Administration)--Louisiana Tech University, November 2001.

MOLECULAR AND ENZYMATIC CHARACTERIZATION OF SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI THIOREDOXIN PEROXIDASE (2000)

Mark A. Kwatia, Douglas J. Botkin, David L. Williams

The ability of Schistosoma mansoni to escape oxidative damage from immune system-generated reactive oxygen intermediates has been extensively documented. The limiting step in the parasite's...

Tropical Field Test of a Knitted Paper Sandbag. (1998)

Levine,Sidney, Williams,David L.

Field trials of the knitted paper sandbag (containing an organo-zinc fungicide) and six other sandbag types conducted by the Australian Military Forces in temperate, semi-tropical, and tropical...

LIQUID LASER PARAMETERS. (1998)

Williams, David L., Grafstein, Daniel, Samuel, Aryeh H.

Attempts have been made to extend the calculation of energy-flow diagrams to a series of additional europium(III) complexes. This has led to the appearance of negative rate constants, a physically...

Research and Development of Wound Dressing in Maxillofacial Trauma. (1998)

Williams,David L., Kerrigan,James H.

Three kilograms of poly-L-((-)lactide have been synthesized for this contract and for Contract No. DAMD 17-80-C-0110. This polymer has a viscosity (R.S.V.) of 1.19 dl.g, a molecular weight (MWw) of...

Wound Dressing in Maxillofacial Trauma. (1998)

Williams,David L., Tenney,Barron W., Dillon,James J.

Biodegradable polymers of poly-L(-)lactide (R.S.V. = 0.3 and 1.3 dl/g), poly-DL-lactide and poly(lactide-co-glycolide) were prepared and blended with drugs for use in wound dressings. Three local...

Local Anesthetic Microcapsules. (1998)

Williams,David L., Kerrigan,James H., Nucefora,William A.

Three kilograms of poly-L(-)lactide has been synthesized for this contract and for Contract No. DAMD 17-80-C-0093. This polymer has a viscosity (R.S.V.) of 1.19 dl/g, a molecular weight (MWw) of...

Scavenger receptor class B, type I (SR-BI) is the major route for the delivery of high density lipoprotein cholesterol to the steroidogenic pathway in cultured mouse adrenocortical cells

Temel, Ryan E., Trigatti, Bernardo, DeMattos, Ronald B., Azhar, Salman, Krieger, Monty, Williams, David L.

The class B, type I scavenger receptor, SR-BI, binds high density lipoprotein (HDL) and mediates the selective uptake of HDL cholesteryl ester (CE) by cultured transfected cells. The high levels of...

Schistosome Infection Stimulates Host CD4+ T Helper Cell and B-Cell Responses against a Novel Egg Antigen, Thioredoxin Peroxidase

Williams, David L., Asahi, Hiroko, Botkin, Douglas J., Stadecker, Miguel J.

Egg granuloma formation during schistosome infections is mediated by CD4+ T helper (Th) cells sensitized to egg antigens; however, most of the relevant sensitizing egg antigens are still unknown....

Normal Human Fibroblasts Express Pattern Recognition Receptors for Fungal (1→3)-β-d-Glucans

Kougias, Panagiotis, Wei, Duo, Rice, Peter J., Ensley, Harry E., Kalbfleisch, John, Williams, David L., ...

Fungal cell wall glucans nonspecifically stimulate various aspects of innate immunity. Glucans are thought to mediate their effects via interaction with membrane receptors on macrophages,...

Allosteric modulation of group III metabotropic glutamate receptor 4: A potential approach to Parkinson's disease treatment

Marino, Michael J., Williams, David L., O'Brien, Julie A., Valenti, Ornella, McDonald, Terrence P., Clements, Michelle K., ...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a debilitating movement disorder that afflicts >1 million people in North America. Current treatments focused on dopamine-replacement strategies ultimately fail in most...

Scavenger Receptor BI (SR-BI) Clustered on Microvillar Extensions Suggests that This Plasma Membrane Domain Is a Way Station for Cholesterol Trafficking between Cells and High-Density Lipoprotein

Peng, Yinan, Akmentin, Wendy, Connelly, Margery A., Lund-Katz, Sissel, Phillips, Michael C., Williams, David L.

Receptor-mediated trafficking of cholesterol between lipoproteins and cells is a fundamental biological process at the organismal and cellular levels. In contrast to the well-studied pathway of LDL...

A simple micro-ELISA method for the assay of antithyroglobulin autoantibodies in human serum

Goodburn, Richard, Williams, David L, Marks, Vincent

An indirect, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay is described for the assay of thyroid autoantibodies, particularly those directed against thyroglobulin. The method is specific, sensitive and precise,...

Cholesterol binding, efflux, and a PDZ-interacting domain of scavenger receptor–BI mediate HDL-initiated signaling

Assanasen, Chatchawin, Mineo, Chieko, Seetharam, Divya, Yuhanna, Ivan S., Marcel, Yves L., Connelly, Margery A., ...

The binding of HDL to scavenger receptor–BI (SR-BI) mediates cholesterol movement. HDL also induces multiple cellular signals, which in endothelium occur through SR-BI and converge to activate...

Enhancement of rat brain catecholamine synthesis by administration of small doses of tyrosine and evidence for substrate inhibition of tyrosine hydroxylase activity by large doses of the amino acid

Badawy, Abdulla A.-B., Williams, David L.

Rat brain catecholamine synthesis is enhanced by small doses of tyrosine, but not by doses of 50mg/kg body wt. and above. It is suggested that these latter doses overcome the above enhancement by...

The Beta-Glucan Receptor Dectin-1 Recognizes Specific Morphologies of Aspergillus fumigatus

Steele, Chad, Rapaka, Rekha R, Metz, Allison, Pop, Shannon M, Williams, David L, Gordon, Siamon, ...

Alveolar macrophages represent a first-line innate host defense mechanism for clearing inhaled Aspergillus fumigatus from the lungs, yet contradictory data exist as to which alveolar macrophage...

Boudicca, a Retrovirus-Like Long Terminal Repeat Retrotransposon from the Genome of the Human Blood Fluke Schistosoma mansoni

Copeland, Claudia S., Brindley, Paul J., Heyers, Oliver, Michael, Scott F., Johnston, David A., Williams, David L., ...

The genome of Schistosoma mansoni contains a proviral form of a retrovirus-like long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposon, designated Boudicca. Sequence and structural characterization of the new...

Immune sensing of Candida albicans requires cooperative recognition of mannans and glucans by lectin and Toll-like receptors

Netea, Mihai G., Gow, Neil A.R., Munro, Carol A., Bates, Steven, Collins, Claire, Ferwerda, Gerben, ...

The fungal pathogen Candida albicans has a multilayered cell wall composed of an outer layer of proteins glycosylated with N- or O-linked mannosyl residues and an inner skeletal layer of β-glucans...

Scavenger receptor class B, type I (SR-BI) is the major route for the delivery of high density lipoprotein cholesterol to the steroidogenic pathway in cultured mouse adrenocortical cells

Temel, Ryan E., Trigatti, Bernardo, DeMattos, Ronald B., Azhar, Salman, Krieger, Monty, Williams, David L.

The class B, type I scavenger receptor, SR-BI, binds high density lipoprotein (HDL) and mediates the selective uptake of HDL cholesteryl ester (CE) by cultured transfected cells. The high levels of...

Schistosome Infection Stimulates Host CD4+ T Helper Cell and B-Cell Responses against a Novel Egg Antigen, Thioredoxin Peroxidase

Williams, David L., Asahi, Hiroko, Botkin, Douglas J., Stadecker, Miguel J.

Egg granuloma formation during schistosome infections is mediated by CD4+ T helper (Th) cells sensitized to egg antigens; however, most of the relevant sensitizing egg antigens are still unknown....

Normal Human Fibroblasts Express Pattern Recognition Receptors for Fungal (1→3)-β-d-Glucans

Kougias, Panagiotis, Wei, Duo, Rice, Peter J., Ensley, Harry E., Kalbfleisch, John, Williams, David L., ...

Fungal cell wall glucans nonspecifically stimulate various aspects of innate immunity. Glucans are thought to mediate their effects via interaction with membrane receptors on macrophages,...

Boudicca, a Retrovirus-Like Long Terminal Repeat Retrotransposon from the Genome of the Human Blood Fluke Schistosoma mansoni

Copeland, Claudia S., Brindley, Paul J., Heyers, Oliver, Michael, Scott F., Johnston, David A., Williams, David L., ...

The genome of Schistosoma mansoni contains a proviral form of a retrovirus-like long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposon, designated Boudicca. Sequence and structural characterization of the new...

Allosteric modulation of group III metabotropic glutamate receptor 4: A potential approach to Parkinson's disease treatment

Marino, Michael J., Williams, David L., O'Brien, Julie A., Valenti, Ornella, McDonald, Terrence P., Clements, Michelle K., ...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a debilitating movement disorder that afflicts >1 million people in North America. Current treatments focused on dopamine-replacement strategies ultimately fail in most...

Scavenger Receptor BI (SR-BI) Clustered on Microvillar Extensions Suggests that This Plasma Membrane Domain Is a Way Station for Cholesterol Trafficking between Cells and High-Density Lipoprotein

Peng, Yinan, Akmentin, Wendy, Connelly, Margery A., Lund-Katz, Sissel, Phillips, Michael C., Williams, David L.

Receptor-mediated trafficking of cholesterol between lipoproteins and cells is a fundamental biological process at the organismal and cellular levels. In contrast to the well-studied pathway of LDL...

A simple micro-ELISA method for the assay of antithyroglobulin autoantibodies in human serum

Goodburn, Richard, Williams, David L, Marks, Vincent

An indirect, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay is described for the assay of thyroid autoantibodies, particularly those directed against thyroglobulin. The method is specific, sensitive and precise,...

Cholesterol binding, efflux, and a PDZ-interacting domain of scavenger receptor–BI mediate HDL-initiated signaling

Assanasen, Chatchawin, Mineo, Chieko, Seetharam, Divya, Yuhanna, Ivan S., Marcel, Yves L., Connelly, Margery A., ...

The binding of HDL to scavenger receptor–BI (SR-BI) mediates cholesterol movement. HDL also induces multiple cellular signals, which in endothelium occur through SR-BI and converge to activate...

Enhancement of rat brain catecholamine synthesis by administration of small doses of tyrosine and evidence for substrate inhibition of tyrosine hydroxylase activity by large doses of the amino acid

Badawy, Abdulla A.-B., Williams, David L.

Rat brain catecholamine synthesis is enhanced by small doses of tyrosine, but not by doses of 50mg/kg body wt. and above. It is suggested that these latter doses overcome the above enhancement by...

The Beta-Glucan Receptor Dectin-1 Recognizes Specific Morphologies of Aspergillus fumigatus

Steele, Chad, Rapaka, Rekha R, Metz, Allison, Pop, Shannon M, Williams, David L, Gordon, Siamon, ...

Alveolar macrophages represent a first-line innate host defense mechanism for clearing inhaled Aspergillus fumigatus from the lungs, yet contradictory data exist as to which alveolar macrophage...

Immune sensing of Candida albicans requires cooperative recognition of mannans and glucans by lectin and Toll-like receptors

Netea, Mihai G., Gow, Neil A.R., Munro, Carol A., Bates, Steven, Collins, Claire, Ferwerda, Gerben, ...

The fungal pathogen Candida albicans has a multilayered cell wall composed of an outer layer of proteins glycosylated with N- or O-linked mannosyl residues and an inner skeletal layer of β-glucans...