Brian F. Tack

Overview

Best Publications

• Production of β-defensins by human airway epithelia

  Pradeep K. Singh;Hong Peng Jia;Kerry Wiles;Jay Hesselberth

  809
  Citations

• Antimicrobial peptides in animals and their role in host defences

  Kim A. Brogden;Mark R. Ackermann;Paul B. McCray Jr.;Brian F. Tack

  637
  Citations

• Production of β-Defensin Antimicrobial Peptides by the Oral Mucosa and Salivary Glands

  Michael Mathews;Hong Peng Jia;Janet M. Guthmiller;Garrett Losh

  503
  Citations

• The solution structures of the human beta-defensins lead to a better understanding of the potent bactericidal activity of HBD3 against Staphylococcus aureus.

  David J. Schibli;Howard N. Hunter;Vladimir Aseyev;Timothy D. Starner

  494
  Citations

• Bactericidal activity of mammalian cathelicidin-derived peptides.

  Sue M. Travis;Norma N. Anderson;William R. Forsyth;Cesar Espiritu

  462
  Citations

• Synergistic and additive killing by antimicrobial factors found in human airway surface liquid

  Pradeep K. Singh;Brian F. Tack;Paul B. McCray;Michael J. Welsh;Michael J. Welsh

  426
  Citations

• Discovery of new human β-defensins using a genomics-based approach

  Hong Peng Jia;Brian C. Schutte;Andreas Schudy;Rose Linzmeier

  415
  Citations

• The cDNA sequence for the protein-tyrosine kinase substrate p36 (calpactin I heavy chain) reveals a multidomain protein with internal repeats

  Chris J.M. Saris;Brian F. Tack;Torsten Kristensen;John R. Glenney

  378
  Citations

• Calpactins: two distinct Ca++-regulated phospholipid- and actin-binding proteins isolated from lung and placenta.

  John R. Glenney;Brian Tack;Mark A. Powell

  376
  Citations

• Tritium labeling of proteins to high specific radioactivity by reduction methylation.

  B F Tack;J Dean;D Eilat;P E Lorenz

  278
  Citations

• Expression of the complement anaphylatoxin C3a and C5a receptors on bronchial epithelial and smooth muscle cells in models of sepsis and asthma.

  Scott M. Drouin;Jens Kildsgaard;Joie Haviland;Joseph Zabner

  259
  Citations

• Complement system proteins which interact with C3b or C4b A superfamily of structurally related proteins

  K B M Reid;D R Bentley;R D Campbell;L P Chung

  249
  Citations

• Molecular cloning of the cDNA encoding the Epstein-Barr virus/C3d receptor (complement receptor type 2) of human B lymphocytes.

  Margaret D. Moore;Neil R. Cooper;Brian F. Tack;Glen R. Nemerow

  225
  Citations

• Orientation and dynamics of an antimicrobial peptide in the lipid bilayer by solid-state NMR spectroscopy.

  Satoru Yamaguchi;Daniel Huster;Alan Waring;Robert I. Lehrer

  218
  Citations

• Third component of human complement: structural requirements for its function.

  Jarmila Janatova;Brian F. Tack;James W. Prahl

  186
  Citations

• Human serum amyloid A (SAA): biosynthesis and postsynthetic processing of preSAA and structural variants defined by complementary DNA.

  J. D. Sipe;Harvey R. Colten;G. Goldberger;M. D. Edge

  174
  Citations

• The NMR structure of human beta-defensin-2 reveals a novel alpha-helical segment.

  Monali V. Sawai;Hong Peng Jia;Lide Liu;Vladimir Aseyev

  172
  Citations

• Third component of human complement: appearance of a sulfhydryl group following chemical or enzymatic inactivation.

  Janatova J;Lorenz Pe;Schechter An;Prahl Jw

  169
  Citations

• Cathelicidin Peptides Inhibit Multiply Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

  Lisa Saiman;Setareh Tabibi;Timothy D. Starner;Pablo S. A. N. Gabriel

  169
  Citations

• Murine protein H is comprised of 20 repeating units, 61 amino acids in length.

  Torsten Kristensen;Brian F. Tack

  163
  Citations