Alex Lopata

Effect of structural stability on endolysosomal degradation and T-cell reactivity of major shrimp allergen tropomyosin

Sandip D Kamath, Sandra Scheiblhofer, Christopher M Johnson, Yoan Machado, Thomas McLean, Aya C Taki, Paul A Ramsland, Swati Iyer, Isabella Joubert, Heidi Hofer, Michael Wallner, Josef Thalhamer, Jennifer Rolland, Robyn O'Hehir, Peter Briza, Fatima Ferreira, Richard Weiss, Andreas L Lopata

Journal article  |  2020  |  ALLERGY

Background Tropomyosins are highly conserved proteins, an attribute that forms the molecular basis for their IgE antibody cross‐re..

Variability of allergens in commercial fish extracts for skin prick testing

Thimo Ruethers, Aya C Taki, Roni Nugraha, T Cao Truc, Martina Koeberl, Sandip D Kannath, Nicholas A Williamson, Sean O'Callaghan, Shuai Nie, Sam S Mehr, Dianne E Cannpbell, Andreas L Lopata

Journal article  |  2019  |  ALLERGY

BACKGROUND: Commercial allergen extracts for allergy skin prick testing (SPT) are widely used for diagnosing fish allergy. However..

Patients Allergic to Fish Tolerate Ray Based on the Low Allergenicity of Its Parvalbumin

Tanja Kalic, Francoise Morel-Codreanu, Christian Radauer, Thimo Ruethers, Aya C Taki, Ines Swoboda, Christiane Higer, Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber, Markus Ollert, Christine Hafner, Andreas L Lopata, Martine Morisset, Heimo Breiteneder, Annette Kuehn

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY-IN PRACTICE

BACKGROUND: Clinical reactions to bony fish species are common in patients with allergy to fish and are caused by parvalbumins of ..

Characterization of Rask1 a novel major allergen in Indian mackerel and identification of parvalbumin as the major fish allergen in 33 Asia-Pacific fish species

T Ruethers, M Raith, MF Sharp, M Koeberl, JN Stephen, R Nugraha, TTK Le, S Quirce, HXM Nguyen, SD Kamath, SS Mehr, DE Campbell, CR Bridges, AC Taki, I Swoboda, AL Lopata

Journal article  |  2018  |  CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY

BACKGROUND: Fish is a well-recognized cause of food allergy and anaphylaxis. The evolutionary and taxonomic diversity of the vario..

Symmetrical division of mouse oocytes during meiotic maturation can lead to the development of twin embryos that amalgamate to form a chimeric hermaphrodite

Junko Otsuki, Yasushi Nagai, Alexander Lopata, Kazuyoshi Chiba, Lubna Yasmin, Tadashi Sankai

Journal article  |  2012  |  HUMAN REPRODUCTION

BACKGROUND: Gentle compression of mouse oocytes during meiosis-1 prevented the usual extrusion of a small polar body and resulted ..

History of the egg in embryology

A Lopata

Journal article  |  2009  |  Journal of Mammalian Ova Research

From antiquity humans have tried to understand how a new individual is generated after sexual intercourse. A popular notion was th..

Uterine cavity matrix metalloproteinases and cytokines in patients with leiomyoma, adenomyosis or endometrial polyp

N Inagaki, L Ung, T Otani, D Wilkinson, A Lopata

Journal article  |  2003  |  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS GYNECOLOGY AND REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether leiomyoma, adenomyosis and endometrial polyps are associated with changes in uterine cavity matrix..

Detection of endometrial cancer by determination of matrix metalloproteinases in the uterine cavity

A Lopata, F Agresta, MA Quinn, C Smith, AG Ostor, LA Salamonsen

Journal article  |  2003  |  GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY

OBJECTIVE: The known overexpression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) by various tumors prompted a study to determine whether en..

Analysis of intra-uterine cytokine concentration and matrix-metalloproteinase activity in women with recurrent failed embryo transfer

N Inagaki, C Stern, J McBain, A Lopata, L Kornman, D Wilkinson

Journal article  |  2003  |  HUMAN REPRODUCTION

BACKGROUND: In all IVF programmes, some patients fail to achieve an ongoing pregnancy, even after numerous embryo transfer procedu..

Reply of Authors - Vitrification can be more favorable than slow cooling

L KULESHOVA, A LOPATA

Journal article  |  2003  |  Fertility and Sterility