2013

• Pyrc, K., Milewska, A., Kantyka, T., Sroka, A., Maresz, K., Koziel, J., Nguyen, K., Enghild, J., Knudsen, A., Potempa, J. (2013), Inactivation of Epidermal Growth Factor by Porphyromonas gingivalis as a Potential Mechanism for Periodontal Tissue Damage. Infection and Immunity. 81(1), 55-64. [Abstract]

2012

• Gao, J., Lu, Y., Browne, G., Yap, B., Trewhella, J., Hunter, N., Nguyen, K. (2012), The role of heme-binding by DNA-protective protein from starved-cells (Dps) in the tolerance of Porphyromonas gingivalis to heme toxicity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(50), 42243-42258. [Abstract]
• Sztukowska, M., Veillard, F., Potempa, B., Bogyo, M., Enghild, J., Thogersen, I., Nguyen, K., Potempa, J. (2012), Disruption of gingipain oligomerization into non-covalent cell-surface attached complexes. Biological Chemistry. 393(9), 971-977. [Abstract]
• Nadkarni, M., Browne, G., Chhour, K., Byun, R., Nguyen, K., Chapple, C., Jacques, N., Hunter, N. (2012), Pattern of distribution of Prevotella species/phylotypes associated with healthy gingiva and periodontal disease. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 31(11), 2989-2999. [Abstract]

2011

• Rapala-Kozik, M., Bras, G., Chruscicka, B., Karkowska-Kuleta, J., Sroka, A., Herwald, H., Nguyen, K., Eick, S., Potempa, J., Kozik, A. (2011), Adsorption of Components of the Plasma Kinin-forming System on the Surface of Porphyromonas gingivalis Involves Gingipains as the Major Docking Platforms. Infection and immunity. 79(2), 797-805. [Abstract]
• Cerdà-Costa, N., Guevara, T., Karim, A., Ksiazek, M., Nguyen, K., Arolas, J., Potempa, J., Gomis-Rüth, F. (2011), The structure of the catalytic domain of Tannerella forsythia karilysin reveals it is a bacterial xenologue of animal matrix metalloproteinases. Molecular Microbiology. 79(1), 119-132. [Abstract]

2010

• Gao, J., Nguyen, K., Hunter, N. (2010), Characterization of a hemophore-like protein from Porphyromonas gingivalis. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(51), 40028-40038. [Abstract]
• Farahani, R., Nguyen, K., Simonian, M., Hunter, N. (2010), Adaptive calcified matrix response of dental pulp to bacterial invasion is associated with establishment of a network of glial fibrillary acidic protein+/glutamine synthetase+ cells. American Journal of Pathology. 177(4), 1901-1914. [Abstract]
• Guo, Y., Nguyen, K., Potempa, J. (2010), Dichotomy of gingipains action as virulence factors: from cleaving substrates with the precision of a surgeon's knife to a meat chopper-like brutal degradation of proteins. Periodontology 2000. 54(1), 15-44. [Abstract]
• Wegner, N., Wait, R., Sroka, A., Eick, S., Nguyen, K., Lundberg, K., Kinloch, A., Culshaw, S., Potempa, J., Venables, P. (2010), Peptidylarginine deiminase from Porphyromonas gingivalis citrullinates human fibrinogen and ?-enolase: implications for autoimmunity in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis and Rheumatism. 62(9), 2662-2672. [Abstract]
• Li, N., Yun, P., Nadkarni, M., Ghadikolaee, N., Nguyen, K., Lee, M., Hunter, N., Collyer, C. (2010), Structure determination and analysis of a haemolytic gingipain adhesin domain from Porphyromonas gingivalis. Molecular microbiology. 76(4), 861-73. [Abstract]
• Karim, A., Kulczycka, M., Kantyka, T., Dubin, G., Jabaiah, A., Daugherty, P., Thogersen, I., Enghild, J., Nguyen, K., Potempa, J. (2010), A novel matrix metalloprotease-like enzyme (karilysin) of the periodontal pathogen Tannerella forsythia ATCC 43037. Biological Chemistry. 391(1), 105-117. [Abstract]
• Koziel, J., Karim, A., Przybyszewska, K., Ksiazek, M., Rapala-Kozik, M., Nguyen, K., Potempa, J. (2010), Proteolytic inactivation of LL-37 by karilysin, a novel virulence mechanism of Tannerella forsythia. Journal of Innate Immunity. 2(3), 288-293. [Abstract]

2009

• Monteiro, A., Scovino, A., Raposo, S., Gaze, V., Cruz, C., Svensjö, E., Narciso, M., Colombo, A., Pesquero, J., Feres-Filho, E., Nguyen, K., Sroka, A., Potempa, J., Scharfstein, J. (2009), Kinin danger signals proteolytically released by gingipain induce Fimbriae-specific IFN-gamma- and IL-17-producing T cells in mice infected intramucosally with Porphyromonas gingivalis. Journal of Immunology. 183(6), 3700-3711. [Abstract]
• Nguyen, K., Zylicz, J., Szczesny, P., Sroka, A., Hunter, N., Potempa, J. (2009), Verification of a topology model of PorT as an integral outer-membrane protein in Porphyromonas gingivalis. Microbiology. 155(Pt 2), 328-337. [Abstract]
• Potempa, M., Potempa, J., Kantyka, T., Nguyen, K., Wawrzonek, K., Manandhar, S., Popadiak, K., Riesbeck, K., Eick, S., Blom, A. (2009), Interpain A, a cysteine proteinase from Prevotella intermedia, inhibits complement by degrading complement factor C3. PLoS Pathogens. 5(2), e1000316. [Abstract]

2008

• Potempa, M., Potempa, J., Okroj, M., Popadiak, K., Eick, S., Nguyen, K., Riesbeck, K., Blom, A. (2008), Binding of complement inhibitor C4b-binding protein contributes to serum resistance of Porphyromonas gingivalis. Journal of Immunology. 181(8), 5537-5544. [Abstract]

2007

• Potempa, J., Nguyen, K. (2007), Purification and characterization of gingipains. Current Protocols in Protein Science. Chapter 21, Unit 21.20. [Abstract]
• Nguyen, K., Travis, J., Potempa, J. (2007), Does the importance of the C-terminal residues in the maturation of RgpB from Porphyromonas gingivalis reveal a novel mechanism for protein export in a subgroup of Gram-Negative bacteria?. Journal of Bacteriology. 189(3), 833-843. [Abstract]