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Patricia A. Thompson

Researcher at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Publications -  20
Citations -  1985

Patricia A. Thompson is an academic researcher from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Monocyte & Lipoprotein. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 20 publications receiving 1929 citations. Previous affiliations of Patricia A. Thompson include University of Texas at Dallas & Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

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Modulatory effects of sCD14 and LBP on LPS-host cell interactions:

TL;DR: The dual stimulatory and inhibitory mechanisms of sCD14 and LBP may benefit the infected host by promoting inflammation in local sites, where it is needed, while at the same time preventing potentially detrimental systemic responses to LPS.
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Lipopolysaccharide Signals Activation of Tumor Necrosis Factor Biosynthesis Through the Ras/Raf-1/MEK/MAPK Pathway

TL;DR: The ras/raf-1/MEK/MAPK pathway is chiefly responsible for transduction of the LPS signal to the level of the TNF gene and mRNA and lies upstream from (or actually represent) the physical branchpoints of the transcriptional and translation activation signals generated by LPS.
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Plasma CD14 decreases monocyte responses to LPS by transferring cell-bound LPS to plasma lipoproteins

TL;DR: It is shown that in human serum, sCD14 increases the rate at which cell-bound LPS is released from the monocyte surface and binds to plasma lipoproteins, which diminishes monocyte responses to LPS by transferring cell- bound LPS to lipoproteinins.
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Lipoproteins of Borrelia burgdorferi and Treponema pallidum activate cachectin/tumor necrosis factor synthesis. Analysis using a CAT reporter construct.

TL;DR: Through their ability to induce TNF production by macrophages, spirochete lipoproteins may play important roles in the development of the local inflammatory changes and the systemic manifestations that characterize syphilis and Lyme disease.