Gerardo R. Vasta - Publications

Affiliations: 
Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD 
Area:
Parasitology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry

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2020 Vasta GR, Wang JX. Galectin-mediated immune recognition: Opsonic roles with contrasting outcomes in selected shrimp and bivalve mollusk species. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 103721. PMID 32353466 DOI: 10.1016/J.Dci.2020.103721  0.45
2020 Feng C, Vasta GR. Purification and Biochemical Characterization of Selected F-Type Lectins. Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.). 2132: 241-255. PMID 32306332 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0430-4_24  0.346
2020 Vasta GR, Feng C. F-Type Lectins: Structure, Function, and Evolution. Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.). 2132: 225-239. PMID 32306331 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0430-4_23  0.332
2020 Wang XW, Vasta GR, Wang JX. The functional relevance of shrimp C-type lectins in host-pathogen interactions. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 109: 103708. PMID 32305304 DOI: 10.1016/J.Dci.2020.103708  0.375
2020 Wang JX, Vasta GR. Introduction to Special Issue Pattern Recognition Receptors and their Roles in Immunity in Invertebrates. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 103712. PMID 32302603 DOI: 10.1016/J.Dci.2020.103712  0.315
2020 Mendoza M, Lu D, Ballesteros A, Blois SM, Abernathy K, Feng C, Dimitroff CJ, Zmuda J, Panico M, Dell A, Vasta GR, Haslam SM, Dveksler G. Glycan characterization of pregnancy-specific glycoprotein 1 and its identification as a novel Galectin-1 ligand. Glycobiology. PMID 32280962 DOI: 10.1093/Glycob/Cwaa034  0.309
2020 Vasta GR, Feng C, Tasumi S, Abernathy K, Bianchet MA, Wilson IBH, Paschinger K, Wang LX, Iqbal M, Ghosh A, Amin MN, Smith B, Brown S, Vista A. Biochemical Characterization of Oyster and Clam Galectins: Selective Recognition of Carbohydrate Ligands on Host Hemocytes and Parasites. Frontiers in Chemistry. 8: 98. PMID 32161746 DOI: 10.3389/Fchem.2020.00098  0.44
2020 Vasta GR. Galectins in Host-Pathogen Interactions: Structural, Functional and Evolutionary Aspects. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 1204: 169-196. PMID 32152947 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-1580-4_7  0.424
2019 Schott EJ, Di Lella S, Bachvaroff TR, Amzel LM, Vasta GR. Lacking catalase, a protistan parasite draws on its photosynthetic ancestry to complete an antioxidant repertoire with ascorbate peroxidase. Bmc Evolutionary Biology. 19: 146. PMID 31324143 DOI: 10.1186/S12862-019-1465-5  0.357
2019 Blois SM, Dveksler G, Vasta GR, Freitag N, Blanchard V, Barrientos G. Pregnancy Galectinology: Insights Into a Complex Network of Glycan Binding Proteins. Frontiers in Immunology. 10: 1166. PMID 31231368 DOI: 10.3389/Fimmu.2019.01166  0.302
2019 Ghosh A, Banerjee A, Amzel LM, Vasta GR, Bianchet MA. Structure of the zebrafish galectin-1-L2 and model of its interaction with the infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) envelope glycoprotein. Glycobiology. PMID 30834446 DOI: 10.2210/Pdb6E20/Pdb  0.34
2017 Vasta GR, Amzel LM, Bianchet MA, Cammarata M, Feng C, Saito K. F-Type Lectins: A Highly Diversified Family of Fucose-Binding Proteins with a Unique Sequence Motif and Structural Fold, Involved in Self/Non-Self-Recognition. Frontiers in Immunology. 8: 1648. PMID 29238345 DOI: 10.3389/Fimmu.2017.01648  0.354
2017 Sun JJ, Lan JF, Zhao XF, Vasta GR, Wang JX. Binding of a C-type lectin's coiled-coil domain to the Domeless receptor directly activates the JAK/STAT pathway in the shrimp immune response to bacterial infection. Plos Pathogens. 13: e1006626. PMID 28931061 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Ppat.1006626  0.397
2017 Vasta GR, Feng C, González-Montalbán N, Mancini J, Yang L, Abernathy K, Frost G, Palm C. Functions of Galectins as "Self/Non-Self" Recognition and Effector Factors. Pathogens and Disease. PMID 28449072 DOI: 10.1093/Femspd/Ftx046  0.426
2015 Nita-Lazar M, Mancini J, Feng C, González-Montalbán N, Ravindran C, Jackson S, Heras-Sánchez AL, Giomarelli B, Ahmed H, Haslam SM, Wu G, Dell A, Ammayappan A, Vakharia VN, Vasta GR. The zebrafish galectins Drgal1-L2 and Drgal3-L1 bind in vitro to the infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) glycoprotein and reduce viral adhesion to fish epithelial cells. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. PMID 26429411 DOI: 10.1016/J.Dci.2015.09.007  0.331
2015 Nita-Lazar M, Banerjee A, Feng C, Vasta GR. Galectins regulate the inflammatory response in airway epithelial cells exposed to microbial neuraminidase by modulating the expression of SOCS1 and RIG1. Molecular Immunology. 68: 194-202. PMID 26355912 DOI: 10.1016/J.Molimm.2015.08.005  0.301
2015 Feng C, Ghosh A, Amin MN, Bachvaroff TR, Tasumi S, Pasek M, Banerjee A, Shridhar S, Wang LX, Bianchet MA, Vasta GR. The Galectin CvGal2 from the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Displays Unique Specificity for ABH Blood Group Oligosaccharides and Differentially Recognizes Sympatric Perkinsus Species. Biochemistry. PMID 26158802 DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Biochem.5B00362  0.436
2015 Nita-Lazar M, Banerjee A, Feng C, Amin MN, Frieman MB, Chen WH, Cross AS, Wang LX, Vasta GR. Desialylation of airway epithelial cells during influenza virus infection enhances pneumococcal adhesion via galectin binding. Molecular Immunology. 65: 1-16. PMID 25597246 DOI: 10.1016/J.Molimm.2014.12.010  0.32
2015 Feng C, Nita-Lazar M, González-Montalbán N, Wang J, Mancini J, Ravindran C, Ahmed H, Vasta GR. Manipulating galectin expression in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.). 1207: 327-41. PMID 25253151 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1396-1_22  0.369
2015 Vasta GR, Feng C, Bianchet MA, Bachvaroff TR, Tasumi S. Structural, functional, and evolutionary aspects of galectins in aquatic mollusks: From a sweet tooth to the Trojan horse Fish and Shellfish Immunology. 46: 94-106. DOI: 10.1016/J.Fsi.2015.05.012  0.447
2014 Fernández Robledo JA, Vasta GR, Record NR. Protozoan parasites of bivalve molluscs: literature follows culture. Plos One. 9: e100872. PMID 24955977 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0100872  0.301
2014 Wang XW, Xu JD, Zhao XF, Vasta GR, Wang JX. A shrimp C-type lectin inhibits proliferation of the hemolymph microbiota by maintaining the expression of antimicrobial peptides. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289: 11779-90. PMID 24619414 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M114.552307  0.382
2014 Shi XZ, Wang L, Xu S, Zhang XW, Zhao XF, Vasta GR, Wang JX. A galectin from the kuruma shrimp (Marsupenaeus japonicus) functions as an opsonin and promotes bacterial clearance from hemolymph. Plos One. 9: e91794. PMID 24618590 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0091794  0.409
2014 Wijayalath W, Majji S, Kleschenko Y, Pow-Sang L, Brumeanu TD, Villasante EF, Vasta GR, Fernández-Robledo JA, Casares S. Humanized HLA-DR4 mice fed with the protozoan pathogen of oysters Perkinsus marinus (Dermo) do not develop noticeable pathology but elicit systemic immunity. Plos One. 9: e87435. PMID 24498105 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0087435  0.347
2014 Cammarata M, Parisi MG, Benenati G, Vasta GR, Parrinello N. A rhamnose-binding lectin from sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) plasma agglutinates and opsonizes pathogenic bacteria. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 44: 332-40. PMID 24486534 DOI: 10.1016/J.Dci.2014.01.019  0.408
2013 Shridhar S, Hassan K, Sullivan DJ, Vasta GR, Fernández Robledo JA. Quantitative assessment of the proliferation of the protozoan parasite Perkinsus marinus using a bioluminescence assay for ATP content. International Journal For Parasitology. Drugs and Drug Resistance. 3: 85-92. PMID 24533297 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ijpddr.2013.03.001  0.347
2013 Kurz S, Jin C, Hykollari A, Gregorich D, Giomarelli B, Vasta GR, Wilson IB, Paschinger K. Hemocytes and plasma of the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) display a diverse repertoire of sulfated and blood group A-modified N-glycans. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288: 24410-28. PMID 23824194 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M113.478933  0.319
2013 Feng C, Ghosh A, Amin MN, Giomarelli B, Shridhar S, Banerjee A, Fernández-Robledo JA, Bianchet MA, Wang LX, Wilson IB, Vasta GR. The galectin CvGal1 from the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) binds to blood group A oligosaccharides on the hemocyte surface. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288: 24394-409. PMID 23824193 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M113.476531  0.375
2012 Vasta GR, Ahmed H, Bianchet MA, Fernández-Robledo JA, Amzel LM. Diversity in recognition of glycans by F-type lectins and galectins: molecular, structural, and biophysical aspects. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1253: E14-26. PMID 22973821 DOI: 10.1111/J.1749-6632.2012.06698.X  0.38
2012 Vasta GR, Ahmed H, Nita-Lazar M, Banerjee A, Pasek M, Shridhar S, Guha P, Fernández-Robledo JA. Galectins as self/non-self recognition receptors in innate and adaptive immunity: an unresolved paradox. Frontiers in Immunology. 3: 199. PMID 22811679 DOI: 10.3389/Fimmu.2012.00199  0.408
2012 Vasta GR. Galectins as pattern recognition receptors: structure, function, and evolution. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 946: 21-36. PMID 21948360 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0106-3_2  0.406
2012 Cammarata M, Salerno G, Parisi MG, Benenati G, Vizzini A, Vasta GR, Parrinello N. Primary structure and opsonic activity of an F-lectin from serum of the gilt head bream Sparus aurata (Pisces, Sparidae) Italian Journal of Zoology. 79: 34-43. DOI: 10.1080/11250003.2011.596167  0.32
2011 Vasta GR, Nita-Lazar M, Giomarelli B, Ahmed H, Du S, Cammarata M, Parrinello N, Bianchet MA, Amzel LM. Structural and functional diversity of the lectin repertoire in teleost fish: relevance to innate and adaptive immunity. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 35: 1388-99. PMID 21896283 DOI: 10.1016/J.Dci.2011.08.011  0.431
2011 Fernández Robledo JA, Caler E, Matsuzaki M, Keeling PJ, Shanmugam D, Roos DS, Vasta GR. The search for the missing link: a relic plastid in Perkinsus? International Journal For Parasitology. 41: 1217-29. PMID 21889509 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ijpara.2011.07.008  0.361
2011 Di Lella S, Sundblad V, Cerliani JP, Guardia CM, Estrin DA, Vasta GR, Rabinovich GA. When galectins recognize glycans: from biochemistry to physiology and back again. Biochemistry. 50: 7842-57. PMID 21848324 DOI: 10.1021/Bi201121M  0.341
2011 Lin Z, Fernández-Robledo JA, Cellier MF, Vasta GR. The natural resistance-associated macrophage protein from the protozoan parasite Perkinsus marinus mediates iron uptake. Biochemistry. 50: 6340-55. PMID 21661746 DOI: 10.1021/Bi200343H  0.567
2010 Bianchet MA, Odom EW, Vasta GR, Amzel LM. Structure and specificity of a binary tandem domain F-lectin from striped bass (Morone saxatilis). Journal of Molecular Biology. 401: 239-52. PMID 20561530 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jmb.2010.06.018  0.351
2010 Joseph SJ, Fernández-Robledo JA, Gardner MJ, El-Sayed NM, Kuo CH, Schott EJ, Wang H, Kissinger JC, Vasta GR. The Alveolate Perkinsus marinus: biological insights from EST gene discovery. Bmc Genomics. 11: 228. PMID 20374649 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-228  0.324
2010 Fernández-Robledo JA, Vasta GR. Production of recombinant proteins from protozoan parasites. Trends in Parasitology. 26: 244-54. PMID 20189877 DOI: 10.1016/J.Pt.2010.02.004  0.309
2009 Alavi MR, Fernández-Robledo JA, Vasta GR. 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. 95: 900-7. PMID 20049995 DOI: 10.1645/Ge-1864.1  0.387
2009 Poisa-Beiro L, Dios S, Ahmed H, Vasta GR, Martínez-López A, Estepa A, Alonso-Gutiérrez J, Figueras A, Novoa B. 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). 183: 6600-11. PMID 19846879 DOI: 10.4049/Jimmunol.0801726  0.333
2009 Vasta GR. Roles of galectins in infection. Nature Reviews. Microbiology. 7: 424-38. PMID 19444247 DOI: 10.1038/Nrmicro2146  0.39
2009 Salerno G, Parisi MG, Parrinello D, Benenati G, Vizzini A, Vazzana M, Vasta GR, Cammarata M. F-type lectin from the sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax): Purification, cDNA cloning, tissue expression and localization, and opsonic activity Fish and Shellfish Immunology. 27: 143-153. PMID 19162197 DOI: 10.1016/J.Fsi.2009.01.004  0.324
2009 Lin Z, Fernández-Robledo JA, Cellier MFM, Vasta GR. Metals and membrane metal transporters in biological systems: The role(S) of nramp in host-parasite interactions Journal of the Argentine Chemical Society. 97: 210-225.  0.523
2008 Fernández-Robledo JA, Schott EJ, Vasta GR. Perkinsus marinus superoxide dismutase 2 (PmSOD2) localizes to single-membrane subcellular compartments. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 375: 215-9. PMID 18706398 DOI: 10.1016/J.Bbrc.2008.07.162  0.319
2008 Pecher WT, Alavi MR, Schott EJ, Fernandez-Robledo JA, Roth L, Berg ST, Vasta GR. 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. 94: 410-22. PMID 18564742 DOI: 10.1645/Ge-1282.1  0.757
2008 Ahmed H, Vasta GR. Unlike mammalian GRIFIN, the zebrafish homologue (DrGRIFIN) represents a functional carbohydrate-binding galectin. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 371: 350-5. PMID 18448074 DOI: 10.1016/J.Bbrc.2008.04.078  0.373
2008 Fernández-Robledo JA, Lin Z, Vasta GR. Transfection of the protozoan parasite Perkinsus marinus. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 157: 44-53. PMID 17996961 DOI: 10.1016/J.Molbiopara.2007.09.007  0.581
2008 Alavi MR, Schott EJ, Saito K, Vasta GR. Application of molecular tools for the survey of bacterial pathogens associated with Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin 1791) and Crassostrea ariakensis (Fujita 1913) Journal of Shellfish Research. 27: 551-558. DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2008)27[551:Aomtft]2.0.Co;2  0.361
2008 Schott EJ, Fernández-Robledo JA, Alavi MR, Vasta GR. Susceptibility of Crassostrea ariakensis (Fujita 1913) to Bonamia and Perkinsus spp. infections: Potential for disease transmission between oyster species Journal of Shellfish Research. 27: 541-549. DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2008)27[541:Socaft]2.0.Co;2  0.305
2008 Vasta GR, Du S, Ahmed H, Robledo JA, Tasumi S, Jackson SS, Saito K. Structural/functional aspects of protein–carbohydrate interactions in innate immunity: Applications to fisheries and aquaculture Journal of Biotechnology. 136: S252. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jbiotec.2008.07.537  0.313
2007 Rabinovich GA, Toscano MA, Jackson SS, Vasta GR. Functions of cell surface galectin-glycoprotein lattices. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 17: 513-20. PMID 17950594 DOI: 10.1016/J.Sbi.2007.09.002  0.361
2007 Vasta GR, Ahmed H, Tasumi S, Odom EW, Saito K. Biological roles of lectins in innate immunity: molecular and structural basis for diversity in self/non-self recognition. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 598: 389-406. PMID 17892226 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-71767-8_27  0.385
2007 Tasumi S, Vasta GR. 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). 179: 3086-98. PMID 17709523 DOI: 10.4049/Jimmunol.179.5.3086  0.431
2007 Saito K, Drgon T, Krupatkina DN, Drgonova J, Terlizzi DE, Mercer N, Vasta GR. Effect of biotic and abiotic factors on in vitro proliferation, encystment, and excystment of Pfiesteria piscicida. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73: 6410-20. PMID 17704277 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.01229-07  0.311
2007 Elola MT, Wolfenstein-Todel C, Troncoso MF, Vasta GR, Rabinovich GA. Galectins: matricellular glycan-binding proteins linking cell adhesion, migration, and survival. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences : Cmls. 64: 1679-700. PMID 17497244 DOI: 10.1007/S00018-007-7044-8  0.325
2007 Cammarata M, Benenati G, Odom EW, Salerno G, Vizzini A, Vasta GR, Parrinello N. Isolation and characterization of a fish F-type lectin from gilt head bream (Sparus aurata) serum. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. 1770: 150-5. PMID 17095163 DOI: 10.1016/J.Bbagen.2006.09.015  0.34
2006 Asojo OA, Schott EJ, Vasta GR, Silva AM. Structures of PmSOD1 and PmSOD2, two superoxide dismutases from the protozoan parasite Perkinsus marinus. Acta Crystallographica. Section F, Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 62: 1072-5. PMID 17077482 DOI: 10.1107/S1744309106040425  0.327
2006 Odom EW, Vasta GR. Characterization of a binary tandem domain F-type lectin from striped bass (Morone saxatilis). The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281: 1698-713. PMID 16251191 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.M507652200  0.348
2005 Drgon T, Saito K, Gillevet PM, Sikaroodi M, Whitaker B, Krupatkina DN, Argemi F, Vasta GR. Characterization of ichthyocidal activity of Pfiesteria piscicida: dependence on the dinospore cell density. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71: 519-29. PMID 15640229 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.71.1.519-529.2005  0.351
2004 Vasta GR, Ahmed H, Du S, Henrikson D. Galectins in teleost fish: Zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a model species to address their biological roles in development and innate immunity. Glycoconjugate Journal. 21: 503-21. PMID 15750792 DOI: 10.1007/S10719-004-5541-7  0.708
2004 Robledo JA, Courville P, Cellier MF, Vasta GR. Gene organization and expression of the divalent cation transporter Nramp in the protistan parasite Perkinsus marinus. The Journal of Parasitology. 90: 1004-14. PMID 15562599 DOI: 10.1645/Ge-240R  0.388
2004 Vasta GR, Ahmed H, Odom EW. Structural and functional diversity of lectin repertoires in invertebrates, protochordates and ectothermic vertebrates. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 14: 617-30. PMID 15465324 DOI: 10.1016/J.Sbi.2004.09.008  0.348
2004 Pecher WT, Robledo JA, Vasta GR. Identification of a second rRNA gene unit in the Perkinsus andrewsi genome. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 51: 234-45. PMID 15134261 DOI: 10.1111/J.1550-7408.2004.Tb00553.X  0.747
2004 Elandalloussi LM, Leite RM, Afonso R, Nunes PA, Robledo JA, Vasta GR, Cancela ML. Development of a PCR-ELISA assay for diagnosis of Perkinsus marinus and Perkinsus atlanticus infections in bivalve molluscs. Molecular and Cellular Probes. 18: 89-96. PMID 15051117 DOI: 10.1016/J.Mcp.2003.09.008  0.334
2004 Ahmed H, Du SJ, O'Leary N, Vasta GR. Biochemical and molecular characterization of galectins from zebrafish (Danio rerio): notochord-specific expression of a prototype galectin during early embryogenesis. Glycobiology. 14: 219-32. PMID 14693912 DOI: 10.1093/Glycob/Cwh032  0.722
2003 Quesenberry MS, Ahmed H, Elola MT, O'Leary N, Vasta GR. Diverse lectin repertoires in tunicates mediate broad recognition and effector innate immune responses. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 43: 323-30. PMID 21680440 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/43.2.323  0.743
2003 Schott EJ, Pecher WT, Okafor F, Vasta GR. The protistan parasite Perkinsus marinus is resistant to selected reactive oxygen species. Experimental Parasitology. 105: 232-40. PMID 14990317 DOI: 10.1016/J.Exppara.2003.12.012  0.742
2003 Ahmed H, Schott EJ, Gauthier JD, Vasta GR. Superoxide dismutases from the oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus: purification, biochemical characterization, and development of a plate microassay for activity. Analytical Biochemistry. 318: 132-41. PMID 12782041 DOI: 10.1016/S0003-2697(03)00192-1  0.335
2003 Schott EJ, Robledo JA, Wright AC, Silva AM, Vasta GR. Gene organization and homology modeling of two iron superoxide dismutases of the early branching protist Perkinsus marinus. Gene. 309: 1-9. PMID 12727353 DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(03)00469-4  0.34
2003 Schott EJ, Vasta GR. 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. 126: 81-92. PMID 12554087 DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(02)00271-2  0.305
2002 Robledo JA, Nunes PA, Cancela ML, Vasta GR. 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. 49: 414-22. PMID 12425530 DOI: 10.1111/J.1550-7408.2002.Tb00221.X  0.365
2002 Saito K, Drgon T, Robledo JA, Krupatkina DN, Vasta GR. 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. 68: 5394-407. PMID 12406730 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.68.11.5394-5407.2002  0.341
2002 Bianchet MA, Odom EW, Vasta GR, Amzel LM. A novel fucose recognition fold involved in innate immunity. Nature Structural Biology. 9: 628-34. PMID 12091873 DOI: 10.1038/Nsb817  0.367
2002 Gauthier JD, Vasta GR. Effects of plasma from bivalve mollusk species on the in vitro proliferation of the protistan parasite Perkinsus marinus. The Journal of Experimental Zoology. 292: 221-30. PMID 11857456 DOI: 10.1002/Jez.10013  0.356
2002 Vasta GR, Lambris JD. Innate immunity in the Aegean: Ancient pathways for today's survival Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 26: 217-225. PMID 11755671 DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(01)00072-6  0.342
2002 Quesenberry MS, Saito K, Krupatkina DN, Robledo JAF, Drgon T, Pecher WT, O'Leary N, Alavi M, Miller T, Schneider RE, Belas R, Deeds JR, Place AR, Zohar Y, Vasta GR. Bioassay for ichthyocidal activity of Pfiesteria piscicida: Characterization of a culture flask assay format Journal of Applied Phycology. 14: 241-254. DOI: 10.1023/A:1021126927365  0.724
2001 Vasta GR, Quesenberry MS, Ahmed H, O'Leary N. Lectins from tunicates: Structure-function relationships in innate immunity Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 484: 275-287. PMID 11418993 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-1291-2_26  0.414
2001 Coss CA, Robledo JA, Ruiz GM, Vasta GR. 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. 48: 52-61. PMID 11249193 DOI: 10.1111/J.1550-7408.2001.Tb00415.X  0.357
2001 Coss CA, Robledo JAF, Vasta GR. Fine structure of clonally propagated in vitro life stages of a Perkinsus sp. isolated from the baltic clam macoma balthica Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 48: 38-51. PMID 11249192 DOI: 10.1111/J.1550-7408.2001.Tb00414.X  0.342
2000 Robledo JAF, Coss CA, Vasta GR. Characterization of the ribosomal RNA locus of Perkinsus atlanticus and development of a polymerase chain reaction-based diagnostic assay Journal of Parasitology. 86: 972-978. PMID 11128520 DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0972:Cotrrl]2.0.Co;2  0.325
2000 El-Nabawi A, Quesenberry M, Saito K, Silbergeld E, Vasta G, Eldefrawi A. The N-methyl-D-aspartate neurotransmitter receptor is a mammalian brain target for the dinoflagellate Pfiesteria piscicida toxin. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 169: 84-93. PMID 11076700 DOI: 10.1006/Taap.2000.9042  0.305
2000 Bianchet MA, Ahmed H, Vasta GR, Amzel LM. Soluble beta-galactosyl-binding lectin (galectin) from toad ovary: crystallographic studies of two protein-sugar complexes. Proteins. 40: 378-88. PMID 10861929 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0134(20000815)40:3<378::Aid-Prot40>3.0.Co;2-7  0.327
1999 Vasta GR, Quesenberry M, Ahmed H, O'Leary N. C-type lectins and galectins mediate innate and adaptive immune functions: Their roles in the complement activation pathway Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 23: 401-420. PMID 10426431 DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(99)00020-8  0.746
1998 Robledo JAF, Gauthier JD, Coss CA, Wright AC, Vasta GR. 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 Journal of Parasitology. 84: 1237-1244. PMID 9920320 DOI: 10.2307/3284680  0.339
1997 Vasta GR. A1 10:00 Non-self recognition/effector functions of C-type lectins: Participation in the development of innate and adaptive immune responses Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 21: 87. DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(97)88514-X  0.31
1996 Ahmed H, Fink NE, Pohl J, Vasta GR. Galectin-1 from bovine spleen: Biochemical characterization, carbohydrate specificity and tissue-specific isoform profiles Journal of Biochemistry. 120: 1007-1019. PMID 8982870 DOI: 10.1093/Oxfordjournals.Jbchem.A021493  0.334
1996 Ahmed H, Pohl J, Fink NE, Strobel F, Vasta GR. The primary structure and carbohydrate specificity of a β-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 Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271: 33083-33094. PMID 8955156 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.271.51.33083  0.351
1995 Gauthier JD, Feig B, Vasta GR. Effect of fetal bovine serum glycoproteins on the in vitro proliferation of the oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus: Development of a fully defined medium Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 42: 307-313. PMID 7496389 DOI: 10.1111/J.1550-7408.1995.Tb01585.X  0.301
1994 Vasta GR, Ahmed H, Fink NE, Elola MT, Marsh AG, Snowden A, Odom EW. 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. 712: 55-73. PMID 8192353 DOI: 10.1111/J.1749-6632.1994.Tb33562.X  0.386
1994 Liao DI, Kapadia G, Ahmed H, Vasta GR, Herzberg O. 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. 91: 1428-32. PMID 8108426 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.91.4.1428  0.3
1985 Vasta GR, Marchalonis JJ. 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. 9: 531-539. PMID 3899762 DOI: 10.1016/0145-305X(85)90016-3  0.359
1984 Vasta GR, Cohen E. Sialic acid-binding lectins in the "whip scorpion" (Mastigoproctus giganteus) serum Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 43: 333-342. PMID 6725978 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2011(84)90078-8  0.313
1984 Vasta GR, Cohen E. Serum lectins from the scorpion Vaejovis spinigerus Wood bind sialic acids Experientia. 40: 485-487. PMID 6723914 DOI: 10.1007/Bf01952398  0.331
1984 Vasta GR, Cohen E. Sialic acid binding lectins in the serum of american spiders of the genus Aphonopelma Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 8: 515-522. PMID 6500132 DOI: 10.1016/0145-305X(84)90084-3  0.36
1984 Vasta GR, Marchalonis JJ, Kohler H. Invertebrate recognition protein cross-reacts with an immunoglobulin idiotype Journal of Experimental Medicine. 159: 1270-1276. PMID 6200568 DOI: 10.1084/Jem.159.4.1270  0.323
1984 Vasta GR, Cohen E. Characterization of the carbohydrate specificity of serum lectins from the scorpion Hadrurus arizonensis Stahnke Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -- Part B: Biochemistry And. 77: 721-727. DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(84)90303-1  0.315
1983 Warr GW, Vasta GR, Ledford BE, Marchalonis JJ. Evidence for the existence of a diverse family of immunoglobulin-related recognition molecules. Journal of Immunogenetics. 10: 17-23. PMID 6841980 DOI: 10.1111/J.1744-313X.1983.Tb01012.X  0.3
1982 Vasta GR, Warr GW, Marchalonis JJ. Tunicate lectins: distribution and specificity Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -- Part B: Biochemistry And. 73: 887-900. DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(82)90333-9  0.342
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