Joseph Shiloach

Expression of human α1-proteinase inhibitor in Aspergillus niger (2007)

Karnaukhova, Elena, Ophir, Yakir, Trinh, Loc, Dalal, Nimish, Punt, Peter J, Golding, Basil, ...

Abstract Background Human α 1 -proteinase inhibitor (α 1 -PI), also known as antitrypsin, is the most abundant serine protease inhibitor (serpin) in plasma. Its deficiency is associated with...

Enhancement of cell proliferation in various mammalian cell lines by gene insertion of a cyclin-dependent kinase homolog (2007)

Jaluria, Pratik, Betenbaugh, Michael, Konstantopoulos, Konstantinos, Shiloach, Joseph

Abstract Background Genomics tools, particularly DNA microarrays, have found application in a number of areas including gene discovery and disease characterization. Despite the vast utility of these...

A perspective on microarrays: current applications, pitfalls, and potential uses (2007)

Jaluria, Pratik, Konstantopoulos, Konstantinos, Betenbaugh, Michael, Shiloach, Joseph

Abstract With advances in robotics, computational capabilities, and the fabrication of high quality glass slides coinciding with increased genomic information being available on public databases,...

The cooperative binding of chromosomal protein HMG-14 to nucleosome cores is reduced by single point mutations in the nucleosomal binding domain (1994)

Postnikov, Yuri V., Lehn, Donald A., Robinson, Richard C., Frideman, Fred K., Shiloach, Joseph, Bustin, Michael

Mutants of human chromosomal protein HMG-14 were generated by site directed mutagenesis and used to study functional domains in this protein. A replacement of serine by cysteine at position 7 did not...

Recombinant human chromosomal proteins HMG-14 and HMG-17 (1991)

Bustin, Michael, Becerra, Patricia S., Crippa, Massimo P., Lehn, Donald A., Pash, James M., Shiloach, Joseph

Vectors for expressing human chromosomal proteins HMG-14 and HMG-17 in bacterial cultures under the control of the temperature-inducible λ PL promoter have been constructed. The open reading frames...

Bacillus subtilis contains multiple forms of somatostatin-like material (1985)

Leroith, Derek, Pickens, William, Vinik, Aaron I., Shiloach, Joseph

Extracts of B. subtilis contain somatostatin-like immunoactivity (1-20 pg per g wet weight cells). Two major forms were detected, one with reactivity in both N-and C- terminal immunoassays similar to...

Treatment with Succinic Anhydride Improves the Immunogenicity of Shigella flexneri Type 2a O-Specific Polysaccharide–Protein Conjugates in Mice

Pavliakova, Danka, Chu, Chiayung, Bystricky, Slavomir, Tolson, Nathaniel W., Shiloach, Joseph, Kaufman, Jeanne B., ...

Seroepidemiological data and a clinical trial with a Shigella sonnei O-specific polysaccharide (O-SP)–Pseudomonas aeruginosa recombinant exoprotein A (rEPA) conjugate provide evidence that a...

Syntheses and Immunologic Properties of Escherichia coli O157 O-Specific Polysaccharide and Shiga Toxin 1 B Subunit Conjugates in Mice

Konadu, Edward, Donohue-Rolfe, Arthur, Calderwood, Stephen B., Pozsgay, Vince, Shiloach, Joseph, Robbins, John B., ...

Escherichia coli O157 is the major cause of diarrhea-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). Strains causing HUS contain either Shiga toxin 1 (Stx1) or Stx2, or both. In adult volunteers,...

Safety and Immunogenicity of Improved Shigella O-Specific Polysaccharide-Protein Conjugate Vaccines in Adults in Israel

Passwell, Justen H., Harlev, Efrat, Ashkenazi, Shai, Chu, Chiayung, Miron, Dan, Ramon, Reut, ...

Data suggest that the O-specific polysaccharide (O-SP) domain of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Shigella species is both an essential virulence factor and a protective antigen and that a critical...

Vibrio cholerae O139 Conjugate Vaccines: Synthesis and Immunogenicity of V. cholerae O139 Capsular Polysaccharide Conjugates with Recombinant Diphtheria Toxin Mutant in Mice

Kossaczka, Zuzana, Shiloach, Joseph, Johnson, Virginia, Taylor, David N., Finkelstein, Richard A., Robbins, John B., ...

Epidemiologic and experimental data provide evidence that a critical level of serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies to the surface polysaccharide of Vibrio cholerae O1 (lipopolysaccharide) and of...

Poly(γ-d-glutamic acid) protein conjugates induce IgG antibodies in mice to the capsule of Bacillus anthracis: A potential addition to the anthrax vaccine

Schneerson, Rachel, Kubler-Kielb, Joanna, Liu, Teh-Yung, Dai, Zhong-Dong, Leppla, Stephen H., Yergey, Alfred, ...

Both the protective antigen (PA) and the poly(γ-d-glutamic acid) capsule (γdPGA) are essential for the virulence of Bacillus anthracis. A critical level of vaccine-induced IgG anti-PA confers...

Characterization of the Imitation Switch subfamily of ATP-dependent chromatin-remodeling factors in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Tsukiyama, Toshio, Palmer, Jeffrey, Landel, Carolyn C., Shiloach, Joseph, Wu, Carl

We have identified and characterized two Imitation Switch genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, ISW1 and ISW2, which are highly related to Drosophila ISWI, encoding the putative ATPase subunit of three...

Effect of Dosage on Immunogenicity of a Vi Conjugate Vaccine Injected Twice into 2- to 5-Year-Old Vietnamese Children†

Canh, Do Gia, Lin, Feng-ying (Kimi), Thiem, Vu Dinh, Trach, Dang Duc, Trong, Nguyen Dinh, Mao, Nguyen Duc, ...

In a double-blind, randomized, and placebo-controlled previous trial, the efficacy of Vi-rEPA for typhoid fever in 2- to 5-year-olds was 89.0% for 46 months. Vi-rEPA contained 25 μg of Vi and...

The beginnings of mucin biosynthesis: The crystal structure of UDP-GalNAc:polypeptide α-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase-T1

Fritz, Timothy A., Hurley, James H., Trinh, Loc-Ba, Shiloach, Joseph, Tabak, Lawrence A.

UDP-GalNAc:polypeptide α-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferases (ppGaNTases) initiate the formation of mucin-type, O-linked glycans by catalyzing the transfer of α-N-acetylgalactosamine from UDP-GalNAc...

The molecular structure of the Toll-like receptor 3 ligand-binding domain

Bell, Jessica K., Botos, Istvan, Hall, Pamela R., Askins, Janine, Shiloach, Joseph, Segal, David M., ...

Innate immunity is the first line of defense against invading pathogens. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) act as sentinels of the innate immune system, sensing a variety of ligands from lipopolysaccharide...

Treatment with Succinic Anhydride Improves the Immunogenicity of Shigella flexneri Type 2a O-Specific Polysaccharide–Protein Conjugates in Mice

Pavliakova, Danka, Chu, Chiayung, Bystricky, Slavomir, Tolson, Nathaniel W., Shiloach, Joseph, Kaufman, Jeanne B., ...

Seroepidemiological data and a clinical trial with a Shigella sonnei O-specific polysaccharide (O-SP)–Pseudomonas aeruginosa recombinant exoprotein A (rEPA) conjugate provide evidence that a...

Syntheses and Immunologic Properties of Escherichia coli O157 O-Specific Polysaccharide and Shiga Toxin 1 B Subunit Conjugates in Mice

Konadu, Edward, Donohue-Rolfe, Arthur, Calderwood, Stephen B., Pozsgay, Vince, Shiloach, Joseph, Robbins, John B., ...

Escherichia coli O157 is the major cause of diarrhea-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). Strains causing HUS contain either Shiga toxin 1 (Stx1) or Stx2, or both. In adult volunteers,...

Safety and Immunogenicity of Improved Shigella O-Specific Polysaccharide-Protein Conjugate Vaccines in Adults in Israel

Passwell, Justen H., Harlev, Efrat, Ashkenazi, Shai, Chu, Chiayung, Miron, Dan, Ramon, Reut, ...

Data suggest that the O-specific polysaccharide (O-SP) domain of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Shigella species is both an essential virulence factor and a protective antigen and that a critical...

Vibrio cholerae O139 Conjugate Vaccines: Synthesis and Immunogenicity of V. cholerae O139 Capsular Polysaccharide Conjugates with Recombinant Diphtheria Toxin Mutant in Mice

Kossaczka, Zuzana, Shiloach, Joseph, Johnson, Virginia, Taylor, David N., Finkelstein, Richard A., Robbins, John B., ...

Epidemiologic and experimental data provide evidence that a critical level of serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies to the surface polysaccharide of Vibrio cholerae O1 (lipopolysaccharide) and of...

Poly(γ-d-glutamic acid) protein conjugates induce IgG antibodies in mice to the capsule of Bacillus anthracis: A potential addition to the anthrax vaccine

Schneerson, Rachel, Kubler-Kielb, Joanna, Liu, Teh-Yung, Dai, Zhong-Dong, Leppla, Stephen H., Yergey, Alfred, ...

Both the protective antigen (PA) and the poly(γ-d-glutamic acid) capsule (γdPGA) are essential for the virulence of Bacillus anthracis. A critical level of vaccine-induced IgG anti-PA confers...

Characterization of the Imitation Switch subfamily of ATP-dependent chromatin-remodeling factors in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Tsukiyama, Toshio, Palmer, Jeffrey, Landel, Carolyn C., Shiloach, Joseph, Wu, Carl

We have identified and characterized two Imitation Switch genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, ISW1 and ISW2, which are highly related to Drosophila ISWI, encoding the putative ATPase subunit of three...

Effect of Dosage on Immunogenicity of a Vi Conjugate Vaccine Injected Twice into 2- to 5-Year-Old Vietnamese Children†

Canh, Do Gia, Lin, Feng-ying (Kimi), Thiem, Vu Dinh, Trach, Dang Duc, Trong, Nguyen Dinh, Mao, Nguyen Duc, ...

In a double-blind, randomized, and placebo-controlled previous trial, the efficacy of Vi-rEPA for typhoid fever in 2- to 5-year-olds was 89.0% for 46 months. Vi-rEPA contained 25 μg of Vi and...

The beginnings of mucin biosynthesis: The crystal structure of UDP-GalNAc:polypeptide α-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase-T1

Fritz, Timothy A., Hurley, James H., Trinh, Loc-Ba, Shiloach, Joseph, Tabak, Lawrence A.

UDP-GalNAc:polypeptide α-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferases (ppGaNTases) initiate the formation of mucin-type, O-linked glycans by catalyzing the transfer of α-N-acetylgalactosamine from UDP-GalNAc...

The molecular structure of the Toll-like receptor 3 ligand-binding domain

Bell, Jessica K., Botos, Istvan, Hall, Pamela R., Askins, Janine, Shiloach, Joseph, Segal, David M., ...

Innate immunity is the first line of defense against invading pathogens. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) act as sentinels of the innate immune system, sensing a variety of ligands from lipopolysaccharide...

A perspective on microarrays: current applications, pitfalls, and potential uses

Jaluria, Pratik, Konstantopoulos, Konstantinos, Betenbaugh, Michael, Shiloach, Joseph

With advances in robotics, computational capabilities, and the fabrication of high quality glass slides coinciding with increased genomic information being available on public databases, microarray...

Long-lasting and transmission-blocking activity of antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum elicited in mice by protein conjugates of Pfs25

Kubler-Kielb, Joanna, Majadly, Fathy, Wu, Yimin, Narum, David L., Guo, Chunyan, Miller, Louis H., ...

Malaria is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, estimated to cause >1 million childhood deaths annually. Plasmodium falciparum causes the most severe form of the disease. There is as yet no...

Extracellular structure of polysialic acid explored by on cell solution NMR

Azurmendi, Hugo F., Vionnet, Justine, Wrightson, Lauren, Trinh, Loc B., Shiloach, Joseph, Freedberg, Darón I.

The capsular polysaccharide of the pathogens Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B and of Escherichia coli K1, α(2 → 8) polysialic acid (PSA), is unusual, because when injected into adult humans, it...

Dimerization of the class A G protein-coupled neurotensin receptor NTS1 alters G protein interaction

White, Jim F., Grodnitzky, Justin, Louis, John M., Trinh, Loc B., Shiloach, Joseph, Gutierrez, Joanne, ...

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) have been found as monomers but also as dimers or higher-order oligomers in cells. The relevance of the monomeric or dimeric receptor state for G protein...

Conversion of MDCK cell line to suspension culture by transfecting with human siat7e gene and its application for influenza virus production

Chu, Chia, Lugovtsev, Vladimir, Golding, Hana, Betenbaugh, Michael, Shiloach, Joseph

MDCK cells are currently being considered as an alternative to embryonated eggs for influenza virus propagation and hemagglutinin (HA) production intended for vaccine manufacturing. MDCK cells were...

Synthesis, characterization, and immunogenicity in mice of Shigella sonnei O-specific oligosaccharide-core-protein conjugates

Robbins, John B., Kubler-Kielb, Joanna, Vinogradov, Evguenii, Mocca, Christopher, Pozsgay, Vince, Shiloach, Joseph, ...

Shigellosis, an enteric disease, is on the World Health Organization's priority prevention list. In one study, the Shigella sonnei O-specific polysaccharide (O-SP)-protein conjugate showed 72%...