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Rapid, Non-Classical Mechanism of Leukocyte Recruitment to Staphylococcus Aureus Skin Infection
(Georgetown University, 2020)
Swift recruitment of phagocytic leukocytes is critical to prevent infections when bacteria breach through the protective layers of the skin. While this process is commonly believed to be dependent on the prior activation ...
Regulation of the Complement System by Toxoplasma gondii Surface Coat Proteins SRS25, SRS29C, and SRS57
(Georgetown University, 2019)
Very little is known about how the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii overcomes the complement system to establish infection. In this dissertation, I found significant differences in C3b deposition between T. gondii Type ...