Publications

1. Test ST, Woolworth VS.  Defective regulation of complement by the sickle erythrocyte:  Evidence for a defect in control of membrane attack complex formation.  Blood 83:842-852, 1994.
2. Test ST, Mitsuyoshi J.  Calcium-loaded erythrocytes have a defect in complement regulation distinct from that resulting from exposure to 2-aminoethylisothiouronium bromide.  Blood 86:2799-2806, 1995.
3. Styles LA, Lubin B, Vichinsky E, Lawrence S, Hua M, Test S, Kuypers F.  Decrease of very late activation antigen-4 and CD36 on reticulocytes in sickle cell patients treated with hydroxyurea.  Blood 89:2554-2559, 1997.
4. Test ST, Mitsuyoshi J.  Activation of the alternative pathway of complement by calcium-loaded erythrocytes resulting from loss of membrane phospholipid asymmetry.  J Lab Clin Med 130:169-182, 1997.
5. Civenni G, Test ST, Brodbeck U, Bütikofer P.  In vitro incorporation of GPI-anchored proteins into erythrocytes and their fate in the membrane.  Blood 91:1784-1792, 1998.
6. Test ST, Mitsuyoshi J, Connolly CC, Lucas AH.  Increased immunogenicity and induction of class switching by conjugation of complement C3d to pneumococcal serotype 14 capsular polysaccharide.  Infect Immun 69:3031-3040, 2001.
7. Bradley AJ, Test ST, Murad KL, Mitsuyoshi J, Scott MD.  Complement interactions with methoxypoly(ethylene glycol)-modified human erythrocytes.  Transfusion 41:1225-1233, 2001.
8. Hu Y, Test ST.  Functional differences in IgG anti-polysaccharide antibodies elicited by immunization of mice with C3d versus ovalbumin conjugates of pneumococcal serotype 14 capsular polysaccharide.  Vaccine 23:21-28, 2004.
9. Test ST, Mitsuyoshi JK, Hu Y.  Depletion of complement has distinct effects on the primary and secondary antibody responses to a conjugate of pneumococcal serotype 14 capsular polysaccharide and a T-cell-dependent protein carrier.  Infect Immun 73:277-286, 2005.
10. Bargoma EM, Mitsuyoshi JK, Larkin SK, Styles LA, Kuypers FA, Test ST.  Serum C-reactive protein parallels secretory phospholipase A2 in sickle cell disease patients with vasoocclusive crisis or acute chest syndrome.
    Blood 105:3384-3385, 2005.
11. Mitsuyoshi JK, Hu Y, Test ST. Role of complement receptor type 2 and endogenous complement in the humoral immune response to conjugates of complement C3d and pneumococcal serotype 14 capsular polysaccharide. Infect Immun 73:7311-7316, 2005.