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2016

Engineered recognition of tetravalent zirconium and thorium by chelator-protein systems: toward flexible radiotherapy and imaging platforms
Captain.InorgChem.2016

Captain, I., Deblonde, G.J., Rupert, P.B., An, D.D., Illy, M.C., Rostan, E., Ralston, C.Y., Strong, R.K., Abergel, R.J.
Engineered recognition of tetravalent zirconium and thorium by chelator-protein systems: toward flexible radiotherapy and imaging platforms
Inorganic Chemistry   (2016)   55(22), pp. 11930-6

  • Zirconium-3,4,3-LI(CAM) - 5KHP.pdb
  • Thorium-3,4,3-LI(CAM) - 5KID.pdb


 

Disposal of iron by a mutant form of lipocalin 2
Barasch.NatComm.2016

Barasch, J., Hollmen, M., Deng, R., Hod, E.A., Rupert, P.B., Abergel, R.J., Allred, B.E., Xu, K., Darrah, S.F., Tekabe, Y., Perlstein, A., Wax, R., Bruck, E., Stauber, J., Corbin, K.A., Buchen, C., Slavkovich, V., Graziano, J., Spitalnik, S.L., Bao, G., Strong, R.K., Qiu, A.
Disposal of iron by a mutant form of lipocalin 2
Nature Communications  (2016)  7:12973

  • Lipocalin 2 mutant - 5JR8.pdb

Strong, R.K., Finton, K.A.
The broadly neutralizing, anti-HIV antibody 4E10:  an open and shut case?   [Letter to the Editor]
Journal of Virology  (2016) 90(6), pp. 3274-5

McGuire, A.T., Gray, M.D., Dosenovic, P., Gitlin, A.D., Freund, N.T., Petersen, J., Correnti, C., Johnsen, W., Kegel, R., Stuart, A.B., Glenn, J., Seaman, M.S., Schief, W.R., Strong, R.K., Nussenzweig, M.C., Stamatatos, L.
Specifically modified Env immunogens activate B-cell precursors of broadly neutralizing HIV-1 antibodies in transgenic mice
Nature Communications (2016) 7:10618


2015

Siderocalin-mediated recognition, sensitization, and cellular uptake of actinides
Allred.PNAS.2015

Allred, B.E., Rupert, P.B, Gauny, S.S., An, D.D., Ralston, C.Y., Sturzbecher-Hoehne, M., Strong, R.K.,
Abergel, R.J.
Siderocalin-mediated recognition, sensitization, and cellular uptake of actinides
PNAS  (2015)     112(33), pp. 10342-7

  • Human Siderocalin + Thorium - 4ZFX.pdb
  • Human Siderocalin + Thorium - 4ZHC.pdb
  • Human Siderocalin + Plutonium - 4ZHD.pdb
  • Human Siderocalin + Curium - 4ZHF.pdb
  • Human Siderocalin + Americium - 4ZHG.pdb
  • Human Siderocalin + Samarium - 4ZHH.pdb


 

Kisiela, D.I., Avagyan, H., Friend, D., Jalan, A. Gupta, S., Interlandi, G., Liu, Y., Tchesnokova, V., Rodriguez, V.B., Sumida, J.P., Strong, R.K., Wu X.R., Thomas, W.E., Sokurendo, E.V.
Inhibition and reversal of microbial attachment by an antibody with parasteric activity against the FimH adhesin of uropathogenic E. coli

PLoS Pathogens 
 (2015) 11(5): e1004857

Anti-CD28 antibody-initiated cytokine storm in canines
Rosinski.TranspDir.2015

Rosinski, S.L., Storb, R., Strong, R.K., Sale, G.E., Stone, D.M., Gewe, M.M, Friend, D.J., Abrams, V.K,
Randolph-Habecker, J., Graves, S.S. 
Anti-CD28 antibody-initiated cytokine storm in canines
Transplantation Direct  (2015)  1(2), pp.1-11

  • Anti-canine CD28 Ab 1C6 c/scFv - 4LCI.pdb
  • Anti-canine CD28 Ab bound to canine CD28 - 4R0L.pdb

2014

Proof of principle for epitope-focused vaccine design
Correia.Nature.2014

Correia, B.E., Bates, J.T., Loomis, R.J., Baneyx, G., Carrico, C., Jardine, J.G., Rupert, P., Correnti, C., Kalyuzhniy, O., Vittal, V., Connell, M.J., Stevens, E., Schroeter, A., Chen, M., Macpherson, S., Serra, A.M., Adachi, Y., Holmes, M.A., Li, Y., Klevit, R.E., Graham, B.S., Wyatt, R.T., Baker, D., Strong, R.K., Crowe, J.E. Jr., Johnson, P.R.,
Schief, W.R.
Proof of principle for epitope-focused vaccine design

Nature
  (2014) 507(7491), pp. 201-6

  • Computationally Designed RSV-Presenting Epitope Scaffold And Its Elicited Antibody 17HD9 - 4N9G.pdb
  • Crystal structure of RSV epitope scaffold FFL_005 - 4L8I.pdb
  • Crystal structure of a designed Respiratory Syncytial Virus Immunogen in complex with Motavizumab - 4JLR.pdb


 

Ontogeny of recognition specificity and functionality for the broadly neutralizing anti-HIV antibody 4E10
Finton.PLoSPath.2014

Finton, K.A., Friend, D., Jaffe, J., Gewe, M., Holmes, M.A., Larman, H.B., Stuart, A., Larimore, K., Greenberg, P.D., Elledge, S.J., Stamatatos, L., Strong, R.K.
Ontogeny of recognition specificity and functionality for the broadly neutralizing anti-HIV antibody 4E10

PLoS Pathogens
  (2014) 10(9): e1004403

  • Ligand-bound GEP 1 - 4M8Q.pdb
  • Unbound GEP 1 - 4LRN.pdb
  • Ligand-bound GEP 2 -  4M62.pdb
  • Ligand-bound GEP 7 - 4ODX.pdb
  • Unbound GEP 7 - 4OB5.pdb
  • Anti-canine CD28 antibody, 1C6 - 4LCI.pdb
  • Unbound 4E10 Fv - 4LLV.pdb

López-Yglesias, A.H., Zhao, X., Quarles, E.K., Lai, M.A., Vanden Bos, T., Strong, R.K., Smith, K.D.
Flagellin induces antibody responses through a TLR5- and inflammasome-independent pathway
Journal of Immunology 
(2014) 192(4), pp. 1587-96

Ruiz, M., Ganfornina, M.D., Correnti, C., Strong, R.K., Sanchez, D.
Ligand binding-dependent functions of the lipocalin NLaz: an in vivo study in Drosophila
The FASEB Journal  (2014) 28(4), pp.1555-67

Steigedal, M., Marstad, A., Haug, M., Damås, J.K., Strong, R.K., Roberts, P.L., Himpsl, S.D., Stapleton, A., Hooton, T.M., Mobley, H.L., Hawn, T.R., Flo, T.H.
Lipocalin 2 imparts selective pressure on bacterial growth in the bladder and is elevated in women with urinary tract infection
Journal of Immunology  (2014) 193(12), pp.6081-9


2013

Siderocalin outwits the coordination chemistry of vibriobactin, a siderophore of Vibrio cholerae
Allred.ACS_Chem_Biol.2013

Allred, B.E., Correnti, C., Clifton, M.C., Strong, R.K., Raymond, K.N.
Siderocalin outwits the coordination chemistry of vibriobactin, a siderophore of Vibrio cholerae

ACS Chemical Biology
  (2013) 8(9), pp. 1882-7

  • The structure of Human Siderocalin bound to the bacterial siderophore fluvibactin - 4K19.pdb 
Autoreactivity and exceptional CDR plasticity (but not unusual polyspecificity) hinder elicitation of the anti-HIV antibody 4E10
Finton.PLoSPath.2013

Finton, K.A., Larimore, K., Larman, H.B., Friend, D., Correnti, C., Rupert, P.B., Elledge, S.J., Greenberg, P.D., Strong, R.K.
Autoreactivity and exceptional CDR plasticity (but not unusual polyspecificity) hinder elicitation of the anti-HIV antibody 4E10
PLoS pathogens
 (2013) 9(9): e1003639

  • The structure of the unbound form of anti-HIV antibody 4E10 Fv - 4LLV.pdb 

Hoot, S., McGuire, A.T., Cohen, K.W., Strong, R.K., Hangartner, L., Klein, F., Diskin, R., Scheid, J.F., Sather, D.N., Burton, D.R., Stamatatos, L. 
Recombinant HIV envelope proteins fail to engage germline versions of anti-CD4bs bNAbs
PLoS Pathogens
 (2013) 9(1):e1003106

Ruiz, M., Sanchez, D., Correnti, C., Strong, R.K., Ganfornina, M.D.
Lipid-binding properties of human ApoD and Lazarillo-related lipocalins: functional implications for cell differentiation
The FEBS Journal  (2013) 280(16), pp. 3928-43


2012

Correnti, C., Strong, R.K. 
Mammalian siderophores, siderophore-binding lipocalins, and the labile iron pool

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
 (2012) 287(17), pp. 13524-31

Correnti, C., Richardson ,V., Sia, A.K., Bandaranayake, A.D., Ruiz, M., Suryo Rahmanto, Y., Kovačević, Ž., Clifton, M.C., Holmes, M.A., Kaiser, B.K., Barasch, J., Raymond, K.N., Richardson, D.R., Strong, R.K. 
Siderocalin/Lcn2/NGAL/24p3 does not drive apoptosis through gentisic acid mediated iron withdrawal in hematopoietic cell lines
PloS One  (2012) 7(8): e43696

Structural insights into activation of antiviral NK cell responses
Finton.Immunol_Rev.2012

Finton, K.A., Strong, R.K.
Structural insights into activation of antiviral NK cell responses

Immunological Reviews
 (2012) 250(1), pp. 239-57

Gründer, C., van Dorp, S., Hol, S., Drent, E., Straetemans, T., Heijhuurs, S., Scholten, K., Scheper, W., Sebestyen, Z., Martens, A., Strong, R., Kuball, J. 
γ9 and δ2CDR3 domains regulate functional avidity of T cells harboring γ9δ2TCRs

Blood
 (2012) 120(26), pp. 5153-62


2011

Computation-guided backbone grafting of a discontinuous motif onto a protein scaffold
Azoitei.Science.2011

Azoitei, M.L., Correia, B.E., Ban, Y.E., Carrico, C., Kalyuzhniy, O., Chen, L., Schroeter, A., Huang, P.S., McLellan, J.S., Kwong, P.D., Baker, D., Strong, R.K., Schief, W.R. 
Computation-guided backbone grafting of a discontinuous motif onto a protein scaffold

Science
 (2011) 334(6054), pp. 373-6

  • HIV epitope scaffold in complex with neutralizing antibody b12 Fab - 3RU8.pdb
Daedalus: a robust, turnkey platform for rapid production of decigram quantities of active recombinant proteins in human cell lines using novel lentiviral vectors
Bandaranayake.Nuc_Acids_Res.2011

Bandaranayake, A.D., Correnti, C., Ryu, B.Y., Brault, M., Strong, R.K., Rawlings, D.J. 
Daedalus: a robust, turnkey platform for rapid production of decigram quantities of active recombinant proteins in human cell lines using novel lentiviral vectors

Nucleic Acids Research
 (2011) 39(21): e143

  • Murine Siderocalin - 3S26.pdb 

Correia, B.E., Ban, Y.E., Friend, D.J., Ellingson, K., Xu, H., Boni, E., Bradley-Hewitt, T., Bruhn-Johannsen, J.F., Stamatatos, L., Strong, R.K., Schief, W.R. 
Computational protein design using flexible backbone remodeling and resurfacing: case studies in structure-based antigen design 

Journal of Molecular Biology
  (2011) 405(1), pp. 284-97

High-Resolution Structure Prediction of a Circular Permutation Loop
Correia.ProtSci.2011

Correia, B.E., Holmes, M.A., Huang, P.S., Strong, R.K., Schief, W.R. 
High-Resolution Structure Prediction of a Circular Permutation Loop
Protein Science
 (2011) 20(11), pp.1929-34

  •  HIV Epitope-Scaffold 4E10_1XIZA_S0_006_C  (T298) - 3T43.pdb  
Galline Ex-FABP is an antibacterial siderocalin and a lysophosphatidic acid sensor functioning through dual ligand specificities
Correnti.Structure.2011

Correnti, C., Clifton, M.C., Abergel, R.J., Allred, B., Hoette, T.M., Ruiz, M., Cancedda, R., Raymond, K.N., Descalzi, F., Strong, R.K. 
Galline Ex-FABP is an antibacterial siderocalin and a lysophosphatidic acid sensor functioning through dual ligand specificities
Structure
 (2011) 19(12), pp.1796-806

  • Extracellular fatty acid-binding protein Ex-FABP - 3SAO.pdb 

Davenport, T.M., Friend, D., Ellingson, K., Xu, H., Caldwell, Z., Selhorn, G., Kraft, Z., Strong, R.K., Stamatatos, L. 
Binding interactions between soluble HIV envelope glycoproteins and quaternary-structure-specific monoclonal antibodies PG9 and PG16
Journal of Virology
  (2011) 85(14), pp. 7095-107

Immune Interference in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Intracellular Iron Acquisition through Siderocalin Recognition of Carboxymycobactins
Hoette.ACS_Chem_Biol.2011

Hoette, T.M., Clifton, M.C., Zawadzka, A.M., Holmes, M.A., Strong, R.K., Raymond, K.N. 
Immune Interference in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Intracellular Iron Acquisition through
Siderocalin Recognition of Carboxymycobactins

ACS Chemical Biology
 (2011) 6(12), pp.1327-31

Lovelace, E., Xu, H., Blish, C.A., Strong, R., Overbaugh, J. 
The role of amino acid changes in the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 transmembrane domain in antibody binding and neutralization

Virology
 (2011)   421(2), pp. 235-44

Crystal structure of a gammadelta T-cell receptor specific for the human MHC class I homolog MICA
Xu.PNAS.2011

Xu, B., Pizarro, J.C., Holmes, M.A., McBeth, C., Groh, V., Spies, T., Strong, R.K. 
Crystal structure of a gammadelta T-cell receptor specific for the human MHC class I homolog MICA

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America  (2011) 108(6), pp. 2414-9

  • MICA-specific human gamma delta T cell receptor - 3OMZ.pdb 

2010

Lu, C., Xu, H., Ranjith-Kumar, C. T., Brooks, M. T., Hou, T., Hu, F., Herr, A. B., Strong, R. K., Kao, C. C. & Li, P.
The structural basis of 5' triphosphate double-stranded RNA recognition by RIG-I C-terminal domain
Structure (2010) 18(8), pp. 1032-43

Correia, B. E., Ban, Y.-E. A., Holmes, M. A., Xu, H., Ellingson, K., Kraft, Z., Carrico, C., Boni, E., Sather, N., Zenobia, C., Burke, K. Y., Bradley-Hewitt, T., Bruhn-Johannsen, J. F., Kalyuzhniy, O., Baker, D., Strong, R. K., Stamatatos, L. & Schief, W. R.
Computational design of epitope scaffolds allows induction of antibodies specific for a poorly immunogenic HIV vaccine epitope
Structure (2010) 18(9), pp. 1116-26

Correia.Structure.2010
Correia.Structure.2010
Correia.Structure.2010
Correia.Structure.2010
Correia.Structure.2010
Correia.Structure.2010
Correia.Structure.2010
Correia.Structure.2010
Correia.Structure.2010
Correia.Structure.2010
Correia.Structure.2010
Correia.Structure.2010


 

Bao, G., Clifton, M., Hoette, T. M., Mori, K., Deng, S.-X., Qiu, A., Viltard, M., Williams, D., Paragas, N., Leete, T., Li, X., Lee, B., Kalandadze, A., Ratner, A. J., Pizarro, J. C., Schmidt-Ott, K. M., Landry, D. W., Raymond, K. N., Strong, R. K., & Barasch, J.

Iron Traffics in Circulation Bound to a Siderocalin (Ngal)-Catechol Complex
Nature Chemical Biology  (2010) 6(8), pp. 602-9

  • Siderocalin + catechol - 3FW4.pdb
  • Siderocalin + 4-methyl catechol - 3FW5.pdb
Bao.Nature.2010
Bao.Nature.2010
Bao.Nature.2010
Bao.Nature.2010
Xu.JVirol.2010
Xu.JVirol.2010

Xu, H., Song, L., Kim, M., Holmes, M. A., Kraft, Z., Sellhorn, G., Reinherz, E. L., Stamatatos, L. & Strong, R. K.
Interactions Between Lipids And Human Anti-HIV Antibody 4E10 Can Be Reduced Without Ablating Neutralizing Activity
Journal of Virology (2010) 84(2), pp. 1076-88


2009

Strong.Handbook.2009
Strong.Handbook.2009

Strong, R. K. (2009)
Chapter 12: NK receptors
In Handbook of Cell Signaling, 2nd Edition. (Bradshaw, R. A. & Dennis, E. A., eds.) Academic Press, Oxford, pp. 77-84 [revision]


Clifton.BioMetals.2009
Clifton.BioMetals.2009

Li, X., Lu, C., Stewart, M., Xu, H., Strong, R. K., Igumenova, T. & Li, P.
Structural Basis of Doublestranded RNA Recognition by the RIG-I like Receptor MDA5
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics  (2009) 488(1), pp. 23-33

Clifton, M. C., Corrent, C. C. & Strong, R. K.
Siderocalins: siderophore-binding proteins of the innate immune system [review]
BioMetals (2009) 22(4), pp. 557-64

Chan, Y. R.*, Liu, J.*, Pociask, D., Zheng, M., Mietzner, T. A., Berger, T., Mak, T., Clifton, M. C., Strong, R. K., Ray, P. & Kolls, J. K.
Lipocalin 2 is required for pulmonary host defense against Klebsiella infection
Journal of Immunology  (2009) 182(8), pp. 4947-56

Yang, J., Bielenberg, D. R., Rodig, S. J., Doiron, R., Clifton, M. C., Kung, A. L., Strong, R. K., Zurakowski, D. & Moses, M. A.
Lipocalin 2 promotes breast cancer progression
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA  (2009) 106(10), pp. 3913-8

Kuball, J., Hauptrock, B., Malina, V., Antunes, E., Voss, R.-H., Wolfl, M., Strong, R. K., Theobald, M. & Greenberg, P. D.
Increasing functional avidity of TCR-redirected T-cells by removing defined N-glycosylation sites in the TCR constant domain
The Journal of Experimental Medicine  (2009) 206(2), pp. 463-75


2008

Hoette, T. M., Abergel, R. J., Xu, J., Strong, R. K. & Raymond, K. N.
The Role of Electrostatics in Siderophore Recognition by the Immunoprotein Siderocalin

Journal of the American Chemical Society (2008)  130(51), pp. 17584-92

Liyanage, W., Weerasinghe, L., Strong, R. K. & Del Valle, J. R.
Synthesis of Carbapyochelins via Diastereoselective Azidation of 5-(Ethoxycarbonyl)methylproline Derivatives
Journal of Organic Chemistry (2008)  73(18), pp. 7420-3

Abergel, R. J., Clifton, M., Pizarro, J. C., Warner, J. A., Shuh, D. K., Strong, R. K. & Raymond, K. N.
The Siderocalin/Enterobactin Interaction: A Link between Mammalian Immunity and Bacterial Iron Transport
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2008)  130(34), pp. 11524-34

  • Siderocalin (W79A/R81A) Complexed With Ferric Enterobactin - 3BY0.pdb
  • Siderocalin (Y106F) Complexed With Ferric Enterobactin - 3CBC.pdb
Abergel.JACS.2008
Abergel.JACS.2008
Abergel.JACS.2008
Abergel.JACS.2008

Leng, X., Lin, H., Ding, T., Wang, Y., Wu, Y., Klumpp. S., Monaco, P., Belmont, J., Aderem, A., Strong, R. K. & Arlinghaus, R.
Lipocalin 2 is required for BCR-ABL-induced tumorigenesis
Oncogene (2008)  27(47), pp. 6110-9

Kaiser.PNAS.2008
Kaiser.PNAS.2008

Kaiser, B. K., Pizarro, J. C., Kerns, J. & Strong, R. K.
Structural Basis for NKG2A/CD94 Recognition of HLA-E
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (2008)  105(18), pp. 6696-701

  • NKG2A/CD94/HLA-E - 3CII.pdb

McBeth, C., Seamons, A., Pizarro, J. C., Fleishman, S. J., Baker, D., Kortemme, T., Goverman, J. M. & Strong, R.K.
A New Twist In TCR Diversity Revealed By A Forbidden αβ TCR
Journal of Molecular Biology (2008)  375(5), pp. 1306-19

  • TCR 1.B2.D9 - 2P1Y.pdb
  • I-Au/MBP125-135 - 2P24.pdb
McBeth.JMB.2008
McBeth.JMB.2008
McBeth.JMB.2008
McBeth.JMB.2008

2007

Lengyel, C. S. E., Willis, L. J., Mann, P., Baker, D., Kortemme, T., Strong, R. K. & McFarland, B. J.
Mutations designed to destabilize the receptor-bound conformation increase MICA-NKG2D association rate and affinity
Journal of Biological Chemistry  (2007) 282(42), pp. 30658-66

Wucherpfennig.Seminars.2007
Wucherpfennig.Seminars.2007

Wucherpfennig, K. W., Allen, P., Celada, F., Cohen, I., de Boer, R., Eisen, H., Garcia, K. C., Goldstein, B., Greenspan, R., Hafler, D., Hodgkin, P., Huseby, E., Krakauer, D., Nemazee, D., Perelson, A., Pinilla, C., Strong, R. K. & Sercarz, E.
Polyspecificity of T cell and B cell Receptor Recognition [workshop review]
Seminars in Immunology  (2007) 19(4), pp. 216-24

Kaiser, B. K., Yim, D., Chow, I-T., Gonzales, S., Dai, Z., Mann, H. H., Strong, R. K., Groh, V. & Spies, T.
Disulfide isomerase-enabled shedding of tumour-associated NKG2D ligands
Nature  (2007) 447(7143), pp. 482-6

Vigdorovich, V., Miller, A. D. & Strong, R. K.
Ability of Hyaluronidase-2 To Degrade Extracellular Hyaluronan Is Not Required for Its Function as a Receptor for Jaagsiekte Sheep Retrovirus
Journal of Virology  (2007) 81(7), pp. 3124-9

Andersen-Nissen, E., Smith, K. D., Bonneau, R. Strong, R. K., & Aderem, A.
A conserved surface on Toll-like receptor-5 recognizes bacterial flagellin
Journal of Experimental Medicine  (2007) 204(2), pp. 393-403


2006

Abergel, R. J., Wilson, M. K., Arceneaux, J. E. L., Hoette, T. M., Strong, R. K., Byers, B. R. & Raymond, K. N.
The anthrax pathogen evades the mammalian immune system through stealth siderophore production
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA  (2006) 103(49), pp. 18499-503

Fischbach, M. A., Lin, H., Zhou, L., Yu, Y., Abergel, R. J., Liu, D. R., Raymond, K. N., Wanner, B. L., Strong, R. K., Walsh, C. T., Aderem, A. & Smith, K. D.
The pathogen-associated iroA gene cluster mediates bacterial evasion of lipocalin 2
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA  (2006) 103(44), pp. 16502-7

Abergel, R. J., Moore, E. G., Strong, R. K. & Raymond, K. N.
Microbial Evasion of the Immune System: Structural Modifications of Enterobactin Impair Siderocalin Recognition

Journal of the American Chemical Society  (2006) 128(34), pp. 10998-9

Strong, R. K.
Chapter 8: Siderocalins [review]
Lipocalins   (2006) pp. 83-98  (Akerstrom, B., Borregaard, N., Flower, D. & Salier, J.-P. eds.) Landes Bioscience, Georgetown

Miller, A.D., Vigdorovich, V., Strong, R.K., Fernandes, R. J. & Lerman, M. I.
Hyal2, where are you? [Letter to the Editor]
Osteoarthritis Cartilage (2006) 14(12), pp. 1315-17


2005

Kaiser, B. K., Barahmand-pour, F., Paulsene, W., Medley, S., Geraghty, D. E. & Strong, R. K.
Interactions between NKG2x immunoreceptors and HLA-E ligands display overlapping affinities and thermodynamics
Journal of Immunology  (2005) 174(5), pp. 2878-84

Hvidberg, V., Jacobsen, C., Strong, R. K., Cowland, J. B., Moestrup, S. K. & Borregaard, N.
The Endocytic Receptor Megalin Binds the Iron Transporting Neutrophil-gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) with High Affinity and Mediates its Cellular Uptake
FEBS Letters  (2005) 579(3), pp. 773-7

Holmes, M. A., Paulsene, W., Jide, X., Ratledge, C. & Strong, R. K.
Siderocalin (Lcn 2) Also Binds Carboxymycobactins, Potentially Defending against Mycobacterial Infections through Iron Sequestration
Structure  (2005) 13(1), pp. 29-41

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Holmes.Structure.2005
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Holmes.Structure.2005

Vigdorovich, V., Strong, R. K. & Miller, A. D.
Expression and Characterization of a Soluble, Active Form of the Jaagsiekte Sheep Retrovirus Receptor, Hyal2
Journal of Virology  (2005) 79(1), pp. 79-86


2004

Flo, T. H., Smith, K. D., Sato, S., Rodriguez, D., Holmes, M. A., Strong, R. K., Akira, S. Aderem, A.
Lipocalin 2 mediates an innate immune response to bacterial infection by sequestrating iron
Nature  (2004) 432(7019), pp. 917-21

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Strong, R. K.
This Little pIgR Went to the Mucosa [Preview Article]
Structure  (2004) 12(11), pp. 1919-20

Doneanu, C., Strong, R. K. & Howald, W. N.
Characterization of a Noncovalent Lipocalin Complex by Liquid Chromatography/Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry
Journal of Biomolecular Techniques  (2004) 15(3), pp. 208-12

Strong, R. K. & McFarland, B. J.
Chapter 14: NKG2D and related immunoreceptors [review]
Advances in Protein Chemistry, Volume 68, pp. 281-312. (Garcia, K. C., ed.) Elsevier Academic Press, San Diego (2004)

Somersalo, K., Anikeeva, N., Sims, T. N., Thomas, V. K., Strong, R. K., Spies, T., Lebedeva, T., Sykulev, Y. & Dustin, M. L.
Cytotoxic T lymphocytes form an antigen-independent ring junction
Journal of Clinical Investigation  (2004) 113(1), pp. 49-57


2003

McFarland, B. J. & Strong, R. K.
Thermodynamic Analysis of Degenerate Recognition by the NKG2D Immunoreceptor: Not Induced Fit but Rigid Adaptation
Immunity  (2003) 19(6), pp. 803-12

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Strong, R. K.
Part I, Section A, Chapter 14: NK receptors [review]
In Handbook of Cell Signaling, Volume 1. (Bradshaw, R. A. & Dennis, E. A., eds.) Elsevier Academic Press, San Diego (2003)

McFarland.Structure.2003
McFarland.Structure.2003

McFarland, B. J., Kortemme, T., Yu, S. F., Baker, D. A. & Strong, R. K.
Symmetry recognizing asymmetry: analysis of the interactions between the C-type lectin-like immunoreceptor NKG2D and MHC class I-like ligands
Structure  (2003) 11(4), pp. 411-22

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Strong, R. K., Holmes, M. A., Li, P., Braun, L., Lee, N. & Geraghty, D. E.
HLA-E allelic variants: correlating differential expression, peptide affinities, crystal structures and thermal stabilities
Journal of Biological Chemistry  (2003) 278(7), pp. 5082-90

Strong.JBC.2003
Strong.JBC.2003
Strong.JBC.2003
Strong.JBC.2003

2002

Goetz.Molecular.2002
Goetz.Molecular.2002

Goetz, D. H., Holmes, M. A., Borregaard, N., Bluhm, M. E., Raymond, K. N. & Strong, R. K.
The Neutrophil Lipocalin NGAL is a Bacteriostatic Agent that Interferes with Siderophore-mediated Iron Acquisition
Molecular Cell  (2002) 10(5), pp. 1033-43

Yang.Molecular.2002
Yang.Molecular.2002

Yang, J., Goetz, D., Li, J. Y., Wang, W., Mori, K., Setlik, D., Du, T., Erdjument-Bromage, H., Tempst, P., Strong, R. & Barasch, J.

An iron delivery pathway mediated by a lipocalin
Molecular Cell (2002) 10(5), pp. 1045-56

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Holmes.JI.2002
Holmes.JI.2002

Holmes, M. A., Li, P., Petersdorf, E. W. & Strong, R. K.
Structural Studies of Allelic Diversity of the MHC Class I Homolog MIC-B, a Stress-Inducible Ligand for the Activating Immunoreceptor NKG2D

Journal of Immunology  (2002) 169(3), pp. 1395-400

Strong, R. K.
Asymmetric ligand recognition by the activating natural killer receptor NKG2D, a symmetric homodimer [review]
Molecular Immunology 38 (2002) pp. 1029-37

Li, P., McDermott, G. & Strong, R. K.
Crystal structures of RAE-1beta and its complex with the activating immunoreceptor NKG2D
Immunity (2002) 16(1), pp. 77-86

Li.Immunity.2002
Li.Immunity.2002
Li.Immunity.2002
Li.Immunity.2002

2001

Parhami-Seren.JI.2001
Parhami-Seren.JI.2001

Parhami-Seren, B., Viswanathan, M., Strong, R. K. & Margolies, M. N.
Structural Analysis of Mutants of High-Affinity and Low-Affinity p-Azophenylarsonate-Specific Antibodies Generated by Alanine Scanning of Heavy Chain Complementarity-Determining Region 2
Journal of Immunology  (2001) 167(9), pp. 5129-35

  • anti-phenylarsonate Fab 36-71 - 1JFQ.pdb

Steinle, A., Li, P., Morris, D. L., Groh, V., Lanier, L. L., Strong, R. K. & Spies, T.
Interactions of human NKG2D with its ligands MICA, MICB, and homologs of the mouse RAE-1 protein family
Immunogenetics  (2001) 53(4), pp. 279-87

Li, P., Morris, D. L., Willcox, B. E., Steinle, A., Spies, T. & Strong, R. K.
Complex Structure of the Activating Immunoreceptor NKG2D and its MHC Class I-like Ligand MICA
Nature Immunology  (2001) 2(5), pp. 443-51

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  • MIC-A/NKG2D complex   1HYR.pdb
  • NKG2A/CD94/HLA-E complex *MODEL*
Li.Nature.2001
Li.Nature.2001
Li.Nature.2001
Li.Nature.2001

2000

Strong, R. K.
Structural Immunology of MHC Class I Proteins, Homologs and Receptor Complexes [review]
Modern Aspects of Immunobiology  (2000) 3 pp. 125-8

Li, Z., Groh, V., Strong, R. K. & Spies, T.
A single amino acid substitution causes loss of expression of a MICA allele
Immunogenetics  (2000) 51(3), pp. 246-8

Strong, R. K.
Class (I) will come to order - not [News and Views]
Nature Structural Biology (2000) 7(3), pp. 173-6

Goetz, D. H., Willie, S. T., Armen, R. S., Bratt, T., Borregaard, N. & Strong, R. K.
Ligand preference inferred from the crystal structure of Neutrophil Gelatinase Associated Lipocalin (NGAL)
Biochemistry (2000) 39(8), pp. 1935-41

Goetz.Biochemistry.2000
Goetz.Biochemistry.2000
Goetz.Biochemistry.2000
Goetz.Biochemistry.2000

1999-1996

Li.Immunity.1999
Li.Immunity.1999

Parhami-Seren, B., Viswanathan, M., Strong, R. K. & Margolies, M. N.
Structural Analysis of Mutants of High-Affinity and Low-Affinity p-Azophenylarsonate-Specific Antibodies Generated by Alanine Scanning of Heavy Chain Complementarity-Determining Region 2
Journal of Immunology  (2001) 167(9), pp. 5129-35

  • anti-phenylarsonate Fab 36-71 - 1JFQ.pdb

Bauer, S., Willie, S. T., Spies, T. & Strong, R. K.
Expression, purification, crystallization & crystallographic characterization of the human MHC class I related protein MICA
Acta Crystallographica  (1998) D54, pp. 451-3

Strong, R. K., Bratt, T., Cowland, J. B., Borregaard, N., Wiberg, F. C. & Ewald, A. J.
Expression, purification, crystallization & crystallographic characterization of dimeric and monomeric human Neutrophil Gelatinase Associated Lipocalin (NGAL)
Acta Crystallographica  (1998) D54, pp. 93-5

Yu, S. F., Edelmann, K., Strong, R. K., Moebes, A., Rethwilm, A. & Linial, M. L.
The carboxy-terminus of the human foamy virus Gag protein contains separable nucleic acid binding and nuclear transport domains
Journal of Virology  (1996) 70(12), pp. 8255-62