Salvatore Turco
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Salvatore Turco's Degrees
- Masters Chemistry Stanford University
- Bachelors Chemistry University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Salvatore J. Turco is an American molecular and cellular biochemist, currently the Antonio S. Turco Endowed professor at University of Kentucky. Turco is also a published author.
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- The lipophosphoglycan of Leishmania parasites. (1992) (467)
- Proposal for a common oligosaccharide intermediate in the synthesis of membrane glycoproteins (1977) (360)
- Lipophosphoglycan is a virulence factor distinct from related glycoconjugates in the protozoan parasite Leishmania major. (2000) (324)
- The role(s) of lipophosphoglycan (LPG) in the establishment of Leishmania major infections in mammalian hosts (2003) (278)
- Developmental modification of lipophosphoglycan during the differentiation of Leishmania major promastigotes to an infectious stage. (1992) (261)
- Microbial glycolipids: possible virulence factors that scavenge oxygen radicals. (1989) (257)
- Use of the green fluorescent protein as a marker in transfected Leishmania. (1996) (255)
- A Role for Insect Galectins in Parasite Survival (2004) (252)
- Stage-specific adhesion of Leishmania promastigotes to the sandfly midgut. (1992) (245)
- Glycoconjugates in Leishmania infectivity. (1999) (220)
- A Subset of Liver NK T Cells Is Activated during Leishmania donovani Infection by CD1d-bound Lipophosphoglycan (2004) (217)
- Retention and Loss of RNA Interference Pathways in Trypanosomatid Protozoans (2010) (211)
- The role of phosphoglycans in Leishmania-sand fly interactions. (2000) (211)
- Evidence that the vectorial competence of phlebotomine sand flies for different species of Leishmania is controlled by structural polymorphisms in the surface lipophosphoglycan. (1994) (206)
- Structure of the lipid moiety of the Leishmania donovani lipophosphoglycan. (1987) (192)
- Stage-specific binding of Leishmania donovani to the sand fly vector midgut is regulated by conformational changes in the abundant surface lipophosphoglycan (1995) (188)
- Is lipophosphoglycan a virulence factor? A surprising diversity between Leishmania species. (2001) (186)
- Persistence Without Pathology in Phosphoglycan-Deficient Leishmania major (2003) (181)
- An in vitro system for developmental and genetic studies of Leishmania donovani phosphoglycans. (2003) (181)
- Lipophosphoglycan (LPG) and the identification of virulence genes in the protozoan parasite Leishmania. (1998) (174)
- Characterization of developmentally-regulated activities in axenic amastigotes of Leishmania donovani. (1998) (165)
- A specialized pathway affecting virulence glycoconjugates of Leishmania. (1995) (164)
- Inhibition of macrophage protein kinase C-mediated protein phosphorylation by Leishmania donovani lipophosphoglycan. (1992) (162)
- Golgi GDP-mannose Uptake Requires Leishmania LPG2 (1997) (149)
- Galactofuranose metabolism: a potential target for antimicrobial chemotherapy (2003) (147)
- Requirement of lipophosphoglycan for intracellular survival of Leishmania donovani within human monocytes. (1990) (141)
- Inhibitory effects on protein kinase C activity by lipophosphoglycan fragments and glycosylphosphatidylinositol antigens of the protozoan parasite Leishmania. (1989) (138)
- Regulation of Differentiation to the Infective Stage of the Protozoan Parasite Leishmania major by Tetrahydrobiopterin (2001) (136)
- The Leishmania donovani Lipophosphoglycan Excludes the Vesicular Proton-ATPase from Phagosomes by Impairing the Recruitment of Synaptotagmin V (2009) (132)
- Glycoconjugate structures of parasitic protozoa. (2001) (131)
- Leishmania donovani lipophosphoglycan selectively inhibits signal transduction in macrophages. (1991) (125)
- Developmental modification of the lipophosphoglycan from Leishmania major promastigotes during metacyclogenesis. (1990) (119)
- Isolation of virulence genes directing surface glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol synthesis by functional complementation of Leishmania. (1993) (116)
- The immunochemical structure and surface arrangement of Leishmania donovani lipophosphoglycan determined using monoclonal antibodies. (1989) (115)
- Structure of the major carbohydrate fragment of the Leishmania donovani lipophosphoglycan. (1987) (114)
- Dual role of the fringe connection gene in both heparan sulphate and fringe-dependent signalling events (2001) (112)
- Ether Phospholipids and Glycosylinositolphospholipids Are Not Required for Amastigote Virulence or for Inhibition of Macrophage Activation by Leishmania major* (2003) (109)
- Leishmania chagasi: lipophosphoglycan characterization and binding to the midgut of the sand fly vector Lutzomyia longipalpis. (2002) (109)
- Comparative rates of transfer of lipid-linked oligosaccharides to endogenous glycoprotein acceptors in vitro. (1977) (105)
- Expression of an unusual acidic glycoconjugate in Leishmania donovani. (1984) (95)
- Glycoconjugates in New World species of Leishmania: polymorphisms in lipophosphoglycan and glycoinositolphospholipids and interaction with hosts. (2012) (91)
- The Leishmania GDP-mannose transporter is an autonomous, multi-specific, hexameric complex of LPG2 subunits. (2000) (91)
- Expression of a stage-specific lipophosphoglycan in Leishmania major amastigotes. (1991) (91)
- Deficiency in β1,3-Galactosyltransferase of a Leishmania major Lipophosphoglycan Mutant Adversely Influences the Leishmania-Sand Fly Interaction* (1996) (89)
- Transbilayer inhibition of protein kinase C by the lipophosphoglycan from Leishmania donovani. (1996) (88)
- Structure of the phosphosaccharide-inositol core of the Leishmania donovani lipophosphoglycan. (1989) (88)
- The Leishmania donovani lipophosphoglycan T lymphocyte-reactive component is a tightly associated protein complex. (1991) (81)
- A ricin agglutinin-resistant clone of Leishmania donovani deficient in lipophosphoglycan. (1988) (81)
- Intra-species and stage-specific polymorphisms in lipophosphoglycan structure control Leishmania donovani-sand fly interactions. (1999) (81)
- The lipophosphoglycan of Leishmania. (1988) (81)
- slalom encodes an adenosine 3′‐phosphate 5′‐phosphosulfate transporter essential for development in Drosophila (2003) (80)
- Arrangement of glucose residues in the lipid-linked oligosaccharide precursor of asparaginyl oligosaccharides. (1979) (80)
- Expression of a repeating phosphorylated disaccharide lipophosphoglycan epitope on the surface of macrophages infected with Leishmania donovani (1990) (80)
- Inhibition of protein kinase C activity by the Leishmaniadonovani lipophosphoglycan (1987) (79)
- Leishmania LPG3 encodes a GRP94 homolog required for phosphoglycan synthesis implicated in parasite virulence but not viability (2002) (79)
- The role of the lipophosphoglycan of Leishmania in vector competence (1994) (77)
- Effect of glycolipids of Leishmania parasites on human monocyte activity. Inhibition by lipophosphoglycan. (1990) (76)
- Activation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in monocytoid cells by the protozoan parasite Leishmania donovani (1995) (73)
- Leishmania donovani lipophosphoglycan disrupts phagosome microdomains in J774 macrophages (2005) (72)
- Functional aspects of the Leishmania donovani lipophosphoglycan during macrophage infection. (2002) (69)
- Identification of a Compensatory Mutant (lpg2−REV) of Leishmania major Able To Survive as Amastigotes within Macrophages without LPG2-Dependent Glycoconjugates and Its Significance to Virulence and Immunization Strategies (2004) (68)
- Cell surface lipophosphoglycan of Leishmania donovani. (1987) (67)
- Stable DNA transfection of a wide range of trypanosomatids. (1991) (67)
- Stimulation of human T lymphocytes by Leishmania lipophosphoglycan-associated proteins. (1992) (65)
- Leishmania braziliensis: a novel mechanism in the lipophosphoglycan regulation during metacyclogenesis. (2005) (64)
- The lipophosphoglycan of Leishmania and macrophage protein kinase C. (1993) (63)
- The Dendritic Cell Receptor DC-SIGN Discriminates among Species and Life Cycle Forms of Leishmania1 (2004) (63)
- Leishmania infantum: Lipophosphoglycan intraspecific variation and interaction with vertebrate and invertebrate hosts. (2011) (62)
- Refined structure of the lipophosphoglycan of Leishmania donovani. (1992) (62)
- The leishmanial lipophosphoglycan: a multifunctional molecule. (1990) (62)
- Potent inhibition of viral fusion by the lipophosphoglycan of Leishmania donovani. (1995) (62)
- Leishmania donovani lacking the Golgi GDP-Man transporter LPG2 exhibit attenuated virulence in mammalian hosts. (2009) (61)
- Two Functionally Divergent UDP-Gal Nucleotide Sugar Transporters Participate in Phosphoglycan Synthesis in Leishmania major* (2007) (61)
- Glycoinositolphospholipids from Leishmania braziliensis and L. infantum: Modulation of Innate Immune System and Variations in Carbohydrate Structure (2012) (61)
- Defective galactofuranose addition in lipophosphoglycan biosynthesis in a mutant of Leishmania donovani. (1993) (59)
- Proteophosphoglycan confers resistance of Leishmania major to midgut digestive enzymes induced by blood feeding in vector sand flies (2010) (58)
- Two biochemically distinct lipophosphoglycans from Leishmania braziliensis and Leishmania infantum trigger different innate immune responses in murine macrophages (2013) (58)
- Rapid separation of high-mannose-type oligosaccharides by high-pressure liquid chromatography. (1981) (58)
- Structure and assembly of the endoplasmic reticulum. Biosynthetic sorting of endoplasmic reticulum proteins. (1985) (57)
- Comparisons of Mutants Lacking the Golgi UDP-Galactose or GDP-Mannose Transporters Establish that Phosphoglycans Are Important for Promastigote but Not Amastigote Virulence in Leishmania major (2007) (57)
- Modification of oligosaccharide-lipid synthesis and protein glycosylation in glucose-deprived cells. (1980) (57)
- Lipophosphoglycan from Leishmania suppresses agonist-induced interleukin 1 beta gene expression in human monocytes via a unique promoter sequence. (1996) (54)
- The initial stages of processing of protein-bound oligosaccharides in vitro. (1979) (53)
- Leishmania major Survival in Selective Phlebotomus papatasi Sand Fly Vector Requires a Specific SCG-Encoded Lipophosphoglycan Galactosylation Pattern (2010) (53)
- Lipophosphoglycans from Leishmania amazonensis Strains Display Immunomodulatory Properties via TLR4 and Do Not Affect Sand Fly Infection (2016) (48)
- Leishmania tropica: intraspecific polymorphisms in lipophosphoglycan correlate with transmission by different Phlebotomus species. (2004) (46)
- The LPG1 gene family of Leishmania major. (2004) (45)
- Leishmania Promastigotes Induce Cytokine Secretion in Macrophages through the Degradation of Synaptotagmin XI (2014) (45)
- An avirulent lipophosphoglycan-deficient Leishmania major clone induces CD4+ T cells which protect susceptible BALB/c mice against infection with virulent L. major (1993) (43)
- Designing glycoconjugate biosynthesis for an insidious intent: phosphoglycan assembly in Leishmania parasites. (1997) (43)
- Leishmania lipophosphoglycan reduces monocyte transendothelial migration: modulation of cell adhesion molecules, intercellular junctional proteins, and chemoattractants. (1998) (43)
- Functional Identification of Galactosyltransferases (SCGs) Required for Species-specific Modifications of the Lipophosphoglycan Adhesin Controlling Leishmania major-Sand Fly Interactions* (2003) (42)
- Identification of Genes Encoding Arabinosyltransferases (SCA) Mediating Developmental Modifications of Lipophosphoglycan Required for Sand Fly Transmission of Leishmania major* (2003) (42)
- Cell-free biosynthesis of lipophosphoglycan from Leishmania donovani. Characterization of microsomal galactosyltransferase and mannosyltransferase activities. (1991) (41)
- Inhibition of protein kinase C activity by the Leishmania donovani lipophosphoglycan. (1987) (41)
- Characterization of Leishmania donovani variant clones using anti-lipophosphoglycan monoclonal antibodies. (1990) (38)
- Purification and characterization of an extracellular phosphoglycan from Leishmania donovani. (1992) (37)
- Presence of erythroglycan on human K-562 chronic myelogenous leukemia-derived cells. (1980) (36)
- Reconstitution of GDP-mannose Transport Activity with Purified Leishmania LPG2 Protein in Liposomes* (2005) (35)
- Solution structure of the lipophosphoglycan of Leishmania donovani. (1992) (34)
- Leishmania donovani infection enhances macrophage viability in the absence of exogenous growth factor (1994) (31)
- Lipophosphoglycan masks recognition of the Leishmania donovani promastigote surface by human kala-azar serum. (1991) (31)
- Biosynthesis of lipophosphoglycan from Leishmania donovani: characterization of mannosylphosphate transfer in vitro. (1992) (30)
- Differential Midgut Attachment of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis in the Sand Flies Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) whitmani and Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) intermedia (2009) (29)
- Adversarial relationship between the Leishmania lipophosphoglycan and protein kinase C of host macrophages (1999) (29)
- Carbohydrate and LPG expression in Leishmania viannia subgenus. (1997) (26)
- Genomic organization and expression of the expanded SCG/L/R gene family of Leishmania major: internal clusters and telomeric localization of SCGs mediating species-specific LPG modifications. (2006) (26)
- Altered G-protein glycosylation in vesicular stomatitis virus-infected glucose-deprived baby hamster kidney cells. (1982) (24)
- Fusion of Sendai virus and individual host cells and inhibition of fusion by lipophosphoglycan measured with image correlation spectroscopy. (1998) (23)
- Demonstration of sialyltransferase deficiency in the serum of a patient with alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency and hepatic cirrhosis. (1974) (22)
- Separation of dansyl hydrazine-derivatized oligosaccharides by liquid chromatography. (1985) (22)
- Exclusion of synaptotagmin V at the phagocytic cup by Leishmania donovani lipophosphoglycan results in decreased promastigote internalization. (2011) (22)
- Leishmania donovani-derived lipophosphoglycan plus BCG induces a Th1 type immune response but does not protect Syrian golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) and BALB/c mice against Leishmania donovani. (2003) (21)
- Biosynthesis of Leishmania lipophosphoglycan: solubilization and partial characterization of the initiating mannosylphosphoryltransferase. (1997) (21)
- Inhibition of HIV-1-induced syncytia formation and infectivity by lipophosphoglycan from Leishmania. (1995) (20)
- Phosphatidylinositol-anchored molecules and inducible lipopolysaccharide binding sites of human and mouse bone marrow cells. (1994) (20)
- Differential Impact of LPG-and PG-Deficient Leishmania major Mutants on the Immune Response of Human Dendritic Cells (2015) (20)
- Identification of genes mediating lipophosphoglycan biosynthesis by functional complementation of Leishmania donovani mutants. (1995) (19)
- Glucuronosyl-N-acetylglucosaminyl pyrophosphoryldolichol. Formation in SV40-transformed human lung fibroblasts and biosynthesis in rat lung microsomal preparations. (1977) (19)
- Leishmania donovani has distinct mannosylphosphoryltransferases for the initiation and elongation phases of lipophosphoglycan repeating unit biosynthesis. (1998) (19)
- TLR2 Signaling in Skin Nonhematopoietic Cells Induces Early Neutrophil Recruitment in Response to Leishmania major Infection. (2019) (18)
- The molecular and catalytic properties of galactosyltransferase from fetal calf serum. (1976) (18)
- Leishmania donovani possess a NADPH-dependent alkylglycerol cleavage enzyme. (1996) (17)
- Transmission blocking vaccine studies in leishmaniasis: I. Lipophosphoglycan is a promising transmission blocking vaccine molecule against cutaneous leishmaniasis. (2001) (17)
- Transmission blocking vaccine studies in leishmaniasis: II. Effect of immunisation using Leishmania major derived 63 kilodalton glycoprotein, lipophosphoglycan and whole parasite antigens on the course of L. major infection in BALB/c mice. (2001) (17)
- Structural comparison of lipophosphoglycan from Leishmania turanica and L. major, two species transmitted by Phlebotomus papatasi. (2014) (16)
- Identification of genes by functional complementation in protozoan parasite Leishmania (1994) (16)
- Leishmania major: Reactive oxygen species and interferon gamma induction by soluble lipophosphoglycan of stationary phase promastigotes. (2006) (16)
- Reversion to virulence in Leishmania major correlates with expression of surface lipophosphoglycan. (1993) (15)
- Lipophosphoglycan of Leishmania donovani inhibits lipid vesicle fusion induced by the N-terminal extremity of viral fusogenic simian immunodeficiency virus protein. (1998) (14)
- The lipophosphoglycan of Leishmania. (1992) (14)
- A high-yield, enzymatic synthesis of GDP-D-[3H]arabinose and GDP-L-[3H]fucose. (1999) (13)
- Separation of dolichylpyrophosphoryloligosaccharides by liquid chromatography. (1981) (12)
- Quantitation of Leishmania lipophosphoglycan repeat units by capillary electrophoresis. (2006) (12)
- Characterization of the glucosyltransferases that assemble the side chains of the Indian Leishmania donovani lipophosphoglycan. (1999) (12)
- Genetic metabolic complementation establishes a requirement for GDP-fucose in Leishmania (2017) (12)
- Dolichyl-phosphomannose synthase from the Archae Thermoplasma acidophilum (2005) (12)
- Lipophosphoglycan polymorphisms do not affect Leishmania amazonensis development in the permissive vectors Lutzomyia migonei and Lutzomyia longipalpis (2017) (12)
- Demonstration by heterologous expression that the Leishmania SCA1 gene encodes an arabinopyranosyltransferase. (2006) (11)
- Control of Leishmania-sand fly interactions by polymorphisms in lipophosphoglycan structure. (2003) (11)
- Synthesis of the branched form of erythroglycan by Friend GM979 erythroleukemic cells. (1982) (10)
- Resolution of acetylated oligosaccharides by reverse-phase high-pressure liquid chromatography. (1982) (10)
- Isolation of virulence genes directing GPI synthesis by functional complementation of Leishmania. (1994) (10)
- Erythroglycan biosynthesis in K-562 cells. Inhibition of synthesis by tunicamycin and lack of attachment to the G-protein of vesicular-stomatitis virus. (1981) (9)
- Leishmania major-Phlebotomus duboscqi interactions: inhibition of anti-LPG antibodies and characterisation of two proteins with shared epitopes. (2004) (9)
- Structure-function analysis of Leishmania lipophosphoglycan. Distinct domains that mediate binding and inhibition of endothelial cell function. (1996) (8)
- The hexose transport system in the human K‐562 chronic myelogenous leukemia‐derived cell (1981) (6)
- Surface Constituents of Kinetoplastid Parasites (1995) (6)
- SYNTHESIS AND FUNCTION OF CARBOHYDRATE UNITS OF CELL SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS * (1978) (6)
- Proposal for a function of the Leishmania donovani lipophosphoglycan. (1988) (5)
- Cell-free biosynthesis of erythroglycan in a microsomal fraction from K-562 cells. (1981) (5)
- Synthesis and utilization of GDP-D-arabinopyranoside. (1997) (5)
- Separation of partially methylated mannitols by liquid chromatography. (1985) (5)
- Trypanosomatid surface and secreted carbohydrates (2003) (4)
- infection with virulent L . major . which protect susceptible BALB / c mice against Leishmania major clone induces CD 4 + T cells An avirulent lipophosphoglycan-deficient (1993) (4)
- Chapter 2b Glycoproteins of parasites: Glycoconjugates of Leishmania (1996) (4)
- Corrigendum to “Leishmania infantum: Lipophosphoglycan intraspecific variation and interaction with vertebrate and invertebrate hosts” [Int J Parasitol 2011;41:333–42] (2011) (4)
- Characterization of a ricin-resistant mutant of Leishmania donovani that expresses lipophosphoglycan. (2015) (4)
- Relationship of membrane sidedness to the effects of the lipophosphoglycan of Leishmania donovani on the fusion of influenza virus. (1999) (4)
- Erratum to ''Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae): a review'' (2003) (3)
- The Dendritic Cell Receptor DC-SIGN (2003) (2)
- The Structure, Localization, and Function of the Lipophosphoglycan of Leishmania Donovani (1987) (2)
- 10-16-2009 The Leishmania donovani Lipophosphoglycan Excludes the Vesicular Proton-ATPase from Phagosomes by Impairing the Recruitment of Synaptotagmin (2017) (2)
- [9] Resolution of dolichylpyrophosphoryl oligosaccharides by high-pressure liquid chromatography (1982) (2)
- A requirement for GDP-L-fucose in Leishmania inferred by rescue of D-arabinopyranose/L-fucose salvage mutants (Fkp40(-)/Afkp80(-)) by expression of GDP-L-fuc synthetic enzymes (2009) (2)
- X-Ray Fluorescence Determination of Lead in Gasoline. (1972) (2)
- Atomic Force Microscopy Studies of Lipophosphoglycan (LPG) Molecules in Lipid Bilayers (2003) (1)
- The Leishmania Donovani Lipophosphoglycan: Structure and Function (1989) (1)
- Lipophosphoglycan polymorphisms do not affect Leishmania amazonensis development in the permissive vectors Lutzomyia migonei and Lutzomyia longipalpis (2017) (0)
- ChemoattractantsIntercellular Junctional Proteins, and Modulation of Cell Adhesion Molecules, Monocyte Transendothelial Migration: Lipophosphoglycan Reduces Leishmania (1998) (0)
- A mutant of Leishmania donovani deficient in elongating mannosylphosphoryl transferase activity (2012) (0)
- FORMATION IN SV4,,-TRANSFORMED HUMAN LUNG FIBROBLASTS AND BIOSYNTHESIS IN RAT LUNG MICROSOMAL PREPARATIONS* (2002) (0)
- The Lipid-Linked Oligosaccharide and Its Role in Glycoprotein Synthesis (1979) (0)
- Biosynthesis of the GPI-anchored lipophosphoglycan of Leishmania (1998) (0)
- MINI REVIEW Glycoconjugate structures of parasitic protozoa (2001) (0)
- A genetic analysis of the biosynthetic pathway of the Leishmania virulence factor LPG. (1997) (0)
- Glycosylation and Notch signaling (2001) (0)
- AnAvirulent Lipophosphoglycan-Deficient Leishmania major CloneInduces CD4+T Cells WhichProtect Susceptible BALB/cMiceagainst Infection withVirulent L.major (1993) (0)
- Leishmania Forms of Discriminates among Species and Life Cycle The Dendritic Cell Receptor DC-SIGN (2003) (0)
- THE LIPOPHOSPHOGL yeAN OF LEISlfMANIA PARASITES (1992) (0)
- One-eyed pinhead dependent cell motility in the zebrafish blastula (2000) (0)
- 1.EIS11MAN1A LPG2. A putative ODP-man transporter is required for GOI.GI GDP-man uptake (1997) (0)
- Two biochemically distinct lipophosphoglycans from Leishmania braziliensis and Leishmania infantum trigger different innate immune responses in murine macrophages (2013) (0)
- Resolution of dolichylpyrophosphoryl oligosaccharides by high-pressure liquid chromatography. (1982) (0)
- Evidence thatthevectorial competence ofphlebotomine sandflies fordifferent species ofLeishmania iscontrolled bystructural polymorphisms inthesurface lipophosphoglycan (1994) (0)
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Salvatore Turco is affiliated with the following schools:
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Kentucky
- Indiana University
- University of Oxford
- Cornell University
- McGill University
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- University of Victoria
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Stanford University
- University of Pittsburgh
- Harvard University
- Université Laval