Thomas Proft

Affiliations

Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, School of Medical Sciences and Maurice Wilkins Centre for Biomolecular Discovery, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. t.proft@auckland.ac.nz.

Publications (21)

Assays to Analyze Adhesion of Group A Streptococcus to Host Cells.

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

Avec: Adrina H J Khemlani , Thomas Proft , Jacelyn M S Loh

Publisher Correction: Mucosal vaccination with pili from Group A Streptococcus expressed on Lactococcus lactis generates protective immune responses.

Scientific reports

Avec: Jacelyn M S Loh , Natalie Lorenz , Catherine J-Y Tsai , Adrina Hema J Khemlani , Thomas Proft

Group A

Infection and immunity

Avec: Paul G Young , Jeremy M Raynes , Jacelyn M Loh , Thomas Proft , Edward N Baker , Nicole J Moreland

Eluding the immune system's frontline defense: Secreted complement evasion factors of pathogenic Gram-positive cocci.

Microbiological research

Avec: Jacelyn Ms Loh , Haniyeh Aghababa , Thomas Proft

Cellular Uptake and Transport Mechanism Investigations of PEGylated Niosomes for Improving the Oral Delivery of Thymopentin.

Pharmaceutics

Avec: Mengyang Liu , Darren Svirskis , Thomas Proft , Jacelyn Loh , Yuan Huang , Jingyuan Wen

The Emergence and Impact of the M1

Open forum infectious diseases

Avec: Anna Vesty , Xiaoyun Ren , Prachi Sharma , Natalie Lorenz , Thomas Proft , Allan Hardaker , Christina Straub , Julie Morgan , Audrey Tiong , Anneka Anderson , Rachel H Webb , Julie Bennett , Philip E Carter , Nicole J Moreland

The Use of Galleria mellonella (Wax Moth) as an Infection Model for Group A Streptococcus.

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

Avec: Catherine Jia-Yun Tsai , Jacelyn M S Loh , Thomas Proft

Intranasal immunization with Ag85B peptide 25 displayed on Lactococcus lactis using the PilVax platform induces antigen-specific B- and T-cell responses.

Immunology and cell biology

Avec: Samuel Blanchett , Catherine Jy Tsai , Sarah Sandford , Jacelyn Ms Loh , Lucy Huang , Joanna R Kirman , Thomas Proft

Pilus proteins from Streptococcus pyogenes stimulate innate immune responses through Toll-like receptor 2.

Immunology and cell biology

Avec: Risa Takahashi , Fiona J Radcliff , Thomas Proft , Catherine J-Y Tsai

Recombinational exchange of M-fibril and T-pilus genes generates extensive cell surface diversity in the global group A

mBio

Avec: Debra E Bessen , Bernard W Beall , Andrew Hayes , Weihua Huang , Jeanne M DiChiara , Srinivasan Velusamy , Hervé Tettelin , Keith A Jolley , John T Fallon , Sopio Chochua , Mosaed S A Alobaidallah , Charlie Higgs , Timothy C Barnett , John T Steemson , Thomas Proft , Mark R Davies

Methods to Analyze the Contribution of Complement Evasion Factor (CEF) to Streptococcus pyogenes Virulence.

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

Avec: Haniyeh Aghababa , Jacelyn M S Loh , Thomas Proft

Streptococcus pyogenes nuclease A (SpnA) mediated virulence does not exclusively depend on nuclease activity.

Journal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi

Avec: Callum Chalmers , Adrina Hema J Khemlani , Chae Ryeong Sohn , Jacelyn Mei San Loh , Catherine Jia-Yun Tsai , Thomas Proft

Cell wall-anchored 5'-nucleotidases in Gram-positive cocci.

Molecular microbiology

Avec: Kar Yan Soh , Jacelyn M S Loh , Thomas Proft

PilVax, a novel Lactococcus lactis-based mucosal vaccine platform, stimulates systemic and mucosal immune responses to Staphylococcus aureus.

Immunology and cell biology

Avec: Fiona Clow , Kelly Peterken , Victoria Pearson , Thomas Proft , Fiona J Radcliff

PilVax: A Novel Platform for the Development of Mucosal Vaccines.

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

Avec: Catherine Jia-Yun Tsai , Jacelyn M S Loh , Thomas Proft

Expanding strain coverage of a group A Streptococcus pilus-expressing Lactococcus lactis mucosal vaccine.

Immunology and cell biology

Avec: Adrina Hema J-Khemlani , Devaki Pilapitiya , Catherine Jia-Yun Tsai , Thomas Proft , Jacelyn Mei San Loh

Identification of an immunodominant region on a group A

Virulence

Avec: Jeremy M Raynes , Paul G Young , Natalie Lorenz , Jacelyn M S Loh , Reuben McGregor , Edward N Baker , Thomas Proft , Nicole J Moreland

A Mouse Nasopharyngeal Colonization Model for Group A Streptococcus.

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

Avec: Adrina H J Khemlani , Thomas Proft , Jacelyn M S Loh

Development and Evaluation of a New Triplex Immunoassay That Detects Group A

Journal of clinical microbiology

Avec: Alana L Whitcombe , Paulina Hanson-Manful , Susan Jack , Arlo Upton , Polly Atatoa Carr , Deborah A Williamson , Michael G Baker , Thomas Proft , Nicole J Moreland

Preformulation studies of thymopentin: analytical method development, physicochemical properties, kinetic degradation investigations and formulation perspective.

Drug development and industrial pharmacy

Avec: Mengyang Liu , Darren Svirskis , Thomas Proft , Jacelyn Mei San Loh , Jingyuan Wen

Exploring ex vivo peptideolysis of thymopentin and lipid-based nanocarriers towards oral formulations.

International journal of pharmaceutics

Avec: Mengyang Liu , Darren Svirskis , Thomas Proft , Jacelyn Loh , Shuo Chen , Dali Kang , Jingyuan Wen

Réseau de co-auteurs

Jacelyn M S Loh 8 collaborations

Nicole J Moreland 4 collaborations

Catherine Jia-Yun Tsai 4 collaborations

Natalie Lorenz 3 collaborations

Mengyang Liu 3 collaborations

Darren Svirskis 3 collaborations

Jingyuan Wen 3 collaborations

Jacelyn Mei San Loh 3 collaborations

Adrina H J Khemlani 2 collaborations

Catherine J-Y Tsai 2 collaborations

Adrina Hema J Khemlani 2 collaborations

Paul G Young 2 collaborations

Jeremy M Raynes 2 collaborations

Edward N Baker 2 collaborations

Jacelyn Ms Loh 2 collaborations

Haniyeh Aghababa 2 collaborations

Jacelyn Loh 2 collaborations

Fiona J Radcliff 2 collaborations

Jacelyn M Loh 1 collaboration

Yuan Huang 1 collaboration

Anna Vesty 1 collaboration

Xiaoyun Ren 1 collaboration

Prachi Sharma 1 collaboration

Allan Hardaker 1 collaboration

Christina Straub 1 collaboration

Julie Morgan 1 collaboration

Audrey Tiong 1 collaboration

Anneka Anderson 1 collaboration

Rachel H Webb 1 collaboration

Julie Bennett 1 collaboration

Philip E Carter 1 collaboration

Samuel Blanchett 1 collaboration

Catherine Jy Tsai 1 collaboration

Sarah Sandford 1 collaboration

Lucy Huang 1 collaboration

Joanna R Kirman 1 collaboration

Risa Takahashi 1 collaboration

Debra E Bessen 1 collaboration

Bernard W Beall 1 collaboration

Andrew Hayes 1 collaboration

Weihua Huang 1 collaboration

Jeanne M DiChiara 1 collaboration

Srinivasan Velusamy 1 collaboration

Hervé Tettelin 1 collaboration

Keith A Jolley 1 collaboration

John T Fallon 1 collaboration

Sopio Chochua 1 collaboration

Mosaed S A Alobaidallah 1 collaboration

Charlie Higgs 1 collaboration

Timothy C Barnett 1 collaboration

John T Steemson 1 collaboration

Mark R Davies 1 collaboration

Callum Chalmers 1 collaboration

Chae Ryeong Sohn 1 collaboration

Kar Yan Soh 1 collaboration

Fiona Clow 1 collaboration

Kelly Peterken 1 collaboration

Victoria Pearson 1 collaboration

Adrina Hema J-Khemlani 1 collaboration

Devaki Pilapitiya 1 collaboration

Reuben McGregor 1 collaboration

Alana L Whitcombe 1 collaboration

Paulina Hanson-Manful 1 collaboration

Susan Jack 1 collaboration

Arlo Upton 1 collaboration

Polly Atatoa Carr 1 collaboration

Deborah A Williamson 1 collaboration

Michael G Baker 1 collaboration

Shuo Chen 1 collaboration

Dali Kang 1 collaboration