Benjamin P. Thornton

Analysis of the sugar specificity and molecular location of the β-glucan-binding lectin site of complement receptor type 3 (CD11b/CD18)

Benjamin P. Thornton, Václav Větvička, Michael C. Pitman et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 1996 · 581 citations

Soluble beta-glucan polysaccharide binding to the lectin site of neutrophil or natural killer cell complement receptor type 3 (CD11b/CD18) generates a primed state of the receptor capable of mediating cytotoxicity of iC3b-opsonized target cells.

Václav Větvička, Benjamin P. Thornton, G D Ross · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1996 · 398 citations · Full text

Tyrosine Kinase, Immunology, Immune Regulation +19

Natural antibody and complement-mediated antigen processing and presentation by B lymphocytes.

Benjamin P. Thornton, Václav Větvička, G D Ross · The Journal of Immunology · 1994 · 181 citations

Cellular Immunology, Immunology, Immune Regulation +19

Function of C3 in a humoral response: iC3b/C3dg bound to an immune complex generated with natural antibody and a primary antigen promotes antigen uptake and the expression of co-stimulatory molecules by all B cells, but only stimulates immunoglobulin synthesis by antigen-specific B cells

Benjamin P. Thornton, Václav Větvička, G D Ross · Clinical & Experimental Immunology · 1996 · 76 citations · Full text

Targeting of natural killer cells to mammary carcinoma via naturally occurring tumor cell-bound iC3b and beta-glucan-primed CR3 (CD11b/CD18)

Václav Větvička, Benjamin P. Thornton, T. Jeffery Wieman et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 1997 · 73 citations · Full text