L. Courtney Smith - Publications

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The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States 

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Year Citation  Score
2024 Barela Hudgell MA, Momtaz F, Jafri A, Alekseyev MA, Smith LC. Local Genomic Instability of the Gene Family in the Purple Sea Urchin Inferred from BAC Insert Deletions. Genes. 15. PMID 38397211 DOI: 10.3390/genes15020222  0.301
2022 Smith LC, Crow RS, Franchi N, Schrankel CS. The echinoid complement system inferred from genome sequence searches. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 104584. PMID 36343741 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2022.104584  0.33
2021 Barela Hudgell MA, Smith LC. Sequence Diversity, Locus Structure, and Evolutionary History of the Genes in the Sea Urchin Genome. Frontiers in Immunology. 12: 744783. PMID 34867968 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.744783  0.32
2019 Oren M, Rosental B, Hawley TS, Kim GY, Agronin J, Reynolds CR, Grayfer L, Smith LC. Individual Sea Urchin Coelomocytes Undergo Somatic Immune Gene Diversification. Frontiers in Immunology. 10: 1298. PMID 31244844 DOI: 10.3389/Fimmu.2019.01298  0.536
2019 Golconda P, Buckley KM, Reynolds CR, Romanello JP, Smith LC. The Axial Organ and the Pharynx Are Sites of Hematopoiesis in the Sea Urchin. Frontiers in Immunology. 10: 870. PMID 31105697 DOI: 10.3389/Fimmu.2019.00870  0.477
2019 Smith LC, Hawley TS, Henson JH, Majeske AJ, Oren M, Rosental B. Methods for collection, handling, and analysis of sea urchin coelomocytes. Methods in Cell Biology. 150: 357-389. PMID 30777184 DOI: 10.1016/Bs.Mcb.2018.11.009  0.455
2018 Chou HY, Lun CM, Smith LC. SpTransformer proteins from the purple sea urchin opsonize bacteria, augment phagocytosis, and retard bacterial growth. Plos One. 13: e0196890. PMID 29738524 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0196890  0.501
2017 Smith LC, Lun CM. The SpTransformer Gene Family (Formerly Sp185/333) in the Purple Sea Urchin and the Functional Diversity of the Anti-Pathogen rSpTransformer-E1 Protein. Frontiers in Immunology. 8: 725. PMID 28713368 DOI: 10.3389/Fimmu.2017.00725  0.479
2017 Lun CM, Samuel RL, Gillmor SD, Boyd A, Smith LC. The Recombinant Sea Urchin Immune Effector Protein, rSpTransformer-E1, Binds to Phosphatidic Acid and Deforms Membranes. Frontiers in Immunology. 8: 481. PMID 28553283 DOI: 10.3389/Fimmu.2017.00481  0.407
2017 Lun CM, Bishop BM, Smith LC. Multitasking Immune Sp185/333 Protein, rSpTransformer-E1, and Its Recombinant Fragments Undergo Secondary Structural Transformation upon Binding Targets. Journal of Immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). PMID 28242650 DOI: 10.4049/Jimmunol.1601795  0.376
2016 Oren M, Barela Hudgell MA, D'Allura B, Agronin J, Gross A, Podini D, Smith LC. Short tandem repeats, segmental duplications, gene deletion, and genomic instability in a rapidly diversified immune gene family. Bmc Genomics. 17: 900. PMID 27829352 DOI: 10.1186/S12864-016-3241-X  0.411
2016 Lun CM, Schrankel CS, Chou HY, Sacchi S, Smith LC. A recombinant Sp185/333 protein from the purple sea urchin has multitasking binding activities towards certain microbes and PAMPs. Immunobiology. PMID 27020848 DOI: 10.1016/J.Imbio.2016.03.006  0.469
2015 Sherman LS, Schrankel CS, Brown KJ, Smith LC. Extraordinary Diversity of Immune Response Proteins among Sea Urchins: Nickel-Isolated Sp185/333 Proteins Show Broad Variations in Size and Charge. Plos One. 10: e0138892. PMID 26406912 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0138892  0.48
2014 Majeske AJ, Oren M, Sacchi S, Smith LC. Single sea urchin phagocytes express messages of a single sequence from the diverse Sp185/333 gene family in response to bacterial challenge. Journal of Immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). 193: 5678-88. PMID 25355922 DOI: 10.4049/Jimmunol.1401681  0.47
2013 Majeske AJ, Bayne CJ, Smith LC. Aggregation of sea urchin phagocytes is augmented in vitro by lipopolysaccharide. Plos One. 8: e61419. PMID 23613847 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0061419  0.349
2013 Majeske AJ, Oleksyk TK, Smith LC. The Sp185/333 immune response genes and proteins are expressed in cells dispersed within all major organs of the adult purple sea urchin. Innate Immunity. 19: 569-87. PMID 23405032 DOI: 10.1177/1753425912473850  0.483
2013 Dheilly NM, Raftos DA, Haynes PA, Smith LC, Nair SV. Shotgun proteomics of coelomic fluid from the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 40: 35-50. PMID 23353016 DOI: 10.1016/J.Dci.2013.01.007  0.459
2012 Smith LC. Innate immune complexity in the purple sea urchin: diversity of the sp185/333 system. Frontiers in Immunology. 3: 70. PMID 22566951 DOI: 10.3389/Fimmu.2012.00070  0.446
2011 Ghosh J, Lun CM, Majeske AJ, Sacchi S, Schrankel CS, Smith LC. Invertebrate immune diversity. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 35: 959-74. PMID 21182860 DOI: 10.1016/J.Dci.2010.12.009  0.486
2010 Smith LC, Ghosh J, Buckley KM, Clow LA, Dheilly NM, Haug T, Henson JH, Li C, Lun CM, Majeske AJ, Matranga V, Nair SV, Rast JP, Raftos DA, Roth M, et al. Echinoderm immunity. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 708: 260-301. PMID 21528703 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8059-5-14  0.753
2010 Miller CA, Buckley KM, Easley RL, Smith LC. An Sp185/333 gene cluster from the purple sea urchin and putative microsatellite-mediated gene diversification. Bmc Genomics. 11: 575. PMID 20955585 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-575  0.382
2010 Stevens ME, Dhillon J, Miller CA, Messier-Solek C, Majeske AJ, Zuelke D, Rast JP, Smith LC. SpTie1/2 is expressed in coelomocytes, axial organ and embryos of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, and is an orthologue of vertebrate Tie1 and Tie2. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 34: 884-95. PMID 20363251 DOI: 10.1016/J.Dci.2010.03.010  0.375
2010 Smith LC. Diversification of innate immune genes: lessons from the purple sea urchin. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 3: 274-9. PMID 20354110 DOI: 10.1242/Dmm.004697  0.484
2010 Ghosh J, Buckley KM, Nair SV, Raftos DA, Miller C, Majeske AJ, Hibino T, Rast JP, Roth M, Smith LC. Sp185/333: a novel family of genes and proteins involved in the purple sea urchin immune response. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 34: 235-45. PMID 19887082 DOI: 10.1016/J.Dci.2009.10.008  0.477
2009 Buckley KM, Florea LD, Smith LC. A method for identifying alternative or cryptic donor splice sites within gene and mRNA sequences. Comparisons among sequences from vertebrates, echinoderms and other groups. Bmc Genomics. 10: 318. PMID 19607703 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-318  0.341
2008 Buckley KM, Terwilliger DP, Smith LC. Sequence variations in 185/333 messages from the purple sea urchin suggest posttranscriptional modifications to increase immune diversity. Journal of Immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). 181: 8585-94. PMID 19050278 DOI: 10.4049/Jimmunol.181.12.8585  0.42
2008 Brockton V, Henson JH, Raftos DA, Majeske AJ, Kim YO, Smith LC. Localization and diversity of 185/333 proteins from the purple sea urchin--unexpected protein-size range and protein expression in a new coelomocyte type. Journal of Cell Science. 121: 339-48. PMID 18198192 DOI: 10.1242/Jcs.012096  0.421
2007 Buckley KM, Smith LC. Extraordinary diversity among members of the large gene family, 185/333, from the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Bmc Molecular Biology. 8: 68. PMID 17697382 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-8-68  0.444
2007 Terwilliger DP, Buckley KM, Brockton V, Ritter NJ, Smith LC. Distinctive expression patterns of 185/333 genes in the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus: an unexpectedly diverse family of transcripts in response to LPS, beta-1,3-glucan, and dsRNA. Bmc Molecular Biology. 8: 16. PMID 17331248 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-8-16  0.38
2006 Rast JP, Smith LC, Loza-Coll M, Hibino T, Litman GW. Genomic insights into the immune system of the sea urchin. Science (New York, N.Y.). 314: 952-6. PMID 17095692 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1134301  0.456
2006 Hibino T, Loza-Coll M, Messier C, Majeske AJ, Cohen AH, Terwilliger DP, Buckley KM, Brockton V, Nair SV, Berney K, Fugmann SD, Anderson MK, Pancer Z, Cameron RA, Smith LC, et al. The immune gene repertoire encoded in the purple sea urchin genome. Developmental Biology. 300: 349-65. PMID 17027739 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ydbio.2006.08.065  0.48
2006 Terwilliger DP, Buckley KM, Mehta D, Moorjani PG, Smith LC. Unexpected diversity displayed in cDNAs expressed by the immune cells of the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Physiological Genomics. 26: 134-44. PMID 16837652 DOI: 10.1152/Physiolgenomics.00011.2006  0.398
2005 Nair SV, Del Valle H, Gross PS, Terwilliger DP, Smith LC. Macroarray analysis of coelomocyte gene expression in response to LPS in the sea urchin. Identification of unexpected immune diversity in an invertebrate. Physiological Genomics. 22: 33-47. PMID 15827237 DOI: 10.1152/Physiolgenomics.00052.2005  0.465
2004 Terwilliger DP, Clow LA, Gross PS, Smith LC. Constitutive expression and alternative splicing of the exons encoding SCRs in Sp152, the sea urchin homologue of complement factor B. Implications on the evolution of the Bf/C2 gene family. Immunogenetics. 56: 531-43. PMID 15448941 DOI: 10.1007/S00251-004-0711-0  0.729
2004 Clow LA, Raftos DA, Gross PS, Smith LC. The sea urchin complement homologue, SpC3, functions as an opsonin. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 207: 2147-55. PMID 15143147 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.01001  0.719
2004 Multerer KA, Smith LC. Two cDNAs from the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, encoding mosaic proteins with domains found in factor H, factor I, and complement components C6 and C7 Immunogenetics. 56: 89-106. PMID 15088130 DOI: 10.1007/S00251-004-0665-2  0.408
2003 Shah M, Brown KM, Smith LC. The gene encoding the sea urchin complement protein, SpC3, is expressed in embryos and can be upregulated by bacteria. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 27: 529-38. PMID 12697310 DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(03)00030-2  0.479
2002 Smith LC. Thioester function is conserved in SpC3, the sea urchin homologue of the complement component C3. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 26: 603-614. PMID 12074925 DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(02)00017-4  0.328
2001 Smith LC. The complement system in sea urchins Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 484: 363-372. PMID 11419003 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-1291-2_35  0.378
2001 Smith LC, Clow LA, Terwilliger DP. The ancestral complement system in sea urchins. Immunological Reviews. 180: 16-34. PMID 11414357 DOI: 10.1034/J.1600-065X.2001.1800102.X  0.754
2000 Gross PS, Clow LA, Smith LC. SpC3, the complement homologue from the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, is expressed in two subpopulations of the phagocytic coelomocytes. Immunogenetics. 51: 1034-44. PMID 11061288 DOI: 10.1007/s002510000234  0.747
2000 Clow LA, Gross PS, Shih CS, Smith LC. Expression of SpC3, the sea urchin complement component, in response to lipopolysaccharide. Immunogenetics. 51: 1021-33. PMID 11061287 DOI: 10.1007/s002510000233  0.72
1999 Gross PS, Al-Sharif WZ, Clow LA, Smith LC. Echinoderm immunity and the evolution of the complement system. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 23: 429-42. PMID 10426433 DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(99)00022-1  0.753
1999 Smith LC, Azumi K, Nonaka M. Complement systems in invertebrates. The ancient alternative and lectin pathways Immunopharmacology. 42: 107-120. PMID 10408372 DOI: 10.1016/S0162-3109(99)00009-0  0.441
1997 Gross PS, Sunyer O, Lambris JD, Smith LC. HP7 The sea urchin complement C3 protein: Expression and function Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 21: 150. DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(97)88622-3  0.358
1997 Al-Sharif W, Sunyer O, Lambris J, Smith LC. HP1 Characterization of the cDNA encoding a protein homologous to the mammalian complement component C3 which is expressed in sea urchin coelomocytes Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 21: 147. DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(97)88616-8  0.389
1997 Smith LC. H2 10:30 Sea urchin coelomocytes specifically express a C3 complement component and a complement receptor or regulatory protein Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 21: 143. DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(97)88610-7  0.354
1996 Smith LC, Chang L, Britten RJ, Davidson EH. Sea urchin genes expressed in activated coelomocytes are identified by expressed sequence tags. Complement homologues and other putative immune response genes suggest immune system homology within the deuterostomes. Journal of Immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). 156: 593-602. PMID 8543810  0.36
1995 Smith LC, Britten RJ, Davidson EH. Lipopolysaccharide activates the sea urchin immune system. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 19: 217-24. PMID 8595820 DOI: 10.1016/0145-305X(95)00009-I  0.426
1994 Smith LC, Davidson EH. The echinoderm immune system. Characters shared with vertebrate immune systems and characters arising later in deuterostome phylogeny. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 712: 213-26. PMID 8192333 DOI: 10.1111/J.1749-6632.1994.Tb33575.X  0.4
1994 Smith LC, Harrington MG, Britten RJ, Davidson EH. The sea urchin profilin gene is specifically expressed in mesenchyme cells during gastrulation. Developmental Biology. 164: 463-74. PMID 8045349 DOI: 10.1006/Dbio.1994.1216  0.365
1992 Smith LC, Davidson EH. The echinoid immune system and the phylogenetic occurrence of immune mechanisms in deuterostomes. Immunology Today. 13: 356-62. PMID 1466753 DOI: 10.1016/0167-5699(92)90172-4  0.401
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