PeterDensenMD

PubMed

• A Point Mutation Creating a 3' Splice Site in C8A Is a Predominant Cause of C8α-γ Deficiency in African Americans.
  Peter Densen, Laynez W. Ackermann, Leslie J. Saucedo, Julio E. Figueroa, Zhi-Hai Si, Conrad Martin Stoltzfus> ;Journal of Immunology. 2020 Aug 7
• James A. Clifton, III, MD 1923-2014.
  Peter Densen> ;Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association. 2015 Jan 1
• 21 citations
  Autoantibody stabilization of the classical pathway C3 convertase leading to C3 deficiency and Neisserial sepsis: C4 nephritic factor revisited
  Elizabeth C. Miller, Nicole M. Chase, Peter Densen, Mary Hintermeyer, James T. Casper, John P. Atkinson> ;Clinical Immunology. 2012 Dec 1
• 7 citations
  The complement system in pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus, atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome, and complocentric membranoglomerulopathies.
  John P. Atkinson, Peter Densen> ;Current Opinion in Rheumatology. 2012 Sep 1
• 248 citations
  Challenges and Opportunities Facing Medical Education
  Peter Densen> ;Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association. 2011 Jan 1
• Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and hemolytic uremic syndrome: emerging insights for vascular integrity.
  Peter Densen> ;Current Infectious Disease Reports. 2005 Sep 1
• 30 citations
  Immunoglobulin Deficiencies and Susceptibility to Infection Among Homozygotes and Heterozygotes for C2 Deficiency
  Chester A. Alper, Jianhua Xu, Katherine Cosmopoulos, Brian Dolinski, Rosanne Stein, Gabriel Uko, Charles E. Larsen, Devendra P. Dubey, Peter Densen, Lennart Truedsson,...> ;Journal of Clinical Immunology. 2003 Jul 1
• 28 citations
  High prevalence of complement component C6 deficiency among African-Americans in the south-eastern USA.
  Z.-B. Zhu, T. P. Atkinson, K. T. Hovanky, Suresh B. Boppana, Y. L. Dai, P. Densen, Rodney C.P. Go, J. S. Jablecki, J. E. Volanakis> ;Clinical and Experimental Immunology. 2000 Feb 1
• 29 citations
  Teaching a screening musculoskeletal examination: a randomized, controlled trial of different instructional methods.
  G V Lawry, Sandra S. Schuldt, Clarence D. Kreiter, Peter Densen, Mark A. Albanese> ;Academic Medicine. 1999 Feb 1
• A generalizability study of a new standardized rating form used to evaluate students' clinical clerkship performances.
  Kreiter CD, Ferguson K, Lee WC, Brennan RL, Densen P> ;Acad Med. 1998-12-01
• 6 citations
  Student Health Policies of U.S. Medical Schools.
  Daniel J. Diekema, Mark A. Albanese, Peter Densen, Bradky N. Doebbeling> ;Academic Medicine. 1996 Oct 1
• A teaching rotation for residents.
  Mitchell S, Cook J, Densen P> ;Acad Med. 1994-05-01
• 3 citations
  Activation of leukocytes with complement C5a is associated with prostanoid-dependent constriction of large arteries in atherosclerotic monkeys in vivo.
  Andreas Mügge, Donald D. Heistad, Peter Densen, Donald J. Piegors, Mark L. Armstrong, Richard C. Padgett, J.Antonio G. Lopez> ;Atherosclerosis. 1992 Aug 1
• 50 citations
  Complement deficiencies and meningococcal disease.
  Peter Densen> ;Clinical and Experimental Immunology. 2008 Jun 28
• 8 citations
  Prevalence of homozygous C4B deficiency in patients with deficiencies of terminal complement components and meningococcemia.
  Mary Beth Fasano, Peter Densen, Robert H. McLean, Jerry A. Winkelstein> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 1990 Nov 1
• 102 citations
  Killing of Neisseria meningitidis by Human Neutrophils: Implications for Normal and Complement-Deficient Individuals
  Stephen C. Ross, Philip J. Rosenthal, Hilde M. Berberich, Peter Densen> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 1987 Jun 1
• 17 citations
  Natural serum bactericidal activity against Neisseria meningitidis isolates from disseminated infections in normal and complement-deficient hosts.
  Stephen C. Ross, Hilde M. Berberich, Peter Densen> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 1985 Dec 1
• 32 citations
  Opsonophagocytosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: interaction of local and disseminated isolates with complement and neutrophils.
  Stephen C. Ross, Peter Densen> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 1985 Jan 1
• Inherited deficiency of C8 in a patient with recurrent meningococcal infections: further evidence for a dysfunctional C8 molecule and nonlinkage to the HLA system.
  Densen P, Brown EJ, O'Neill GJ, Tedesco F, Clark RA, Frank MM, Webb D, Myers J> ;J. Clin. Immunol.. 1983-01-01
• 1 citations
  Chronic granulomatous disease, Kx negative neutrophils and linkage with Xg.
  Peter Densen, Susan Wilkinson, Gerald L. Mandell, Gail Sullivan, Ragnhild Øyen, W. L. Marsh, R. A. Harkness> ;Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 1982 Jan 1
• 18 citations
  Kx: its relationship to chronic granulomatous disease and genetic linkage with Xg
  Peter Densen, Susan Wilkinson-Kroovand, Gerald L. Mandell, Gail W. Sullivan, Ragnhild Øyen, W.L. Marsh> ;Blood. 1981 Jul 1
• 102 citations
  Phagocyte Strategy vs. Microbial Tactics
  Peter Densen, Gerald L. Mandell> ;Reviews of Infectious Diseases. 1980 Sep 1
• 8 citations
  Salmonella empyema and Hodgkin's disease.
  Martin D. Abeloff, Peter Densen, Raymond E. Lenhard> ;Southern Medical Journal. 1975 Mar 1
• University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.
  Ferguson, K., Cooper, C., Asprey, D., Densen, P.> ;Acad Med. 2010 Sep
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Journal Articles

• Plasma Tumor Necrosis Factor Levels in Patients with Presumed Sepsis. Results in Those Treated with Antilipid An Antibody vs. Placebo.  
  DeGroote, M.A., Martin, M.A., Densen, P., Pfaller, M.A., and Wenzel, R.P, JAMA, 262:249-251
• Lysis of Sensitized Sheep Erythrocytes in Human Sera Deficient in the Second Component of Complement.  
  Knutzen-Steuer, K.L., Sloan, L.B., Oglesby, T.J., Farries, T.C., Nickells, M.W., Densen, P., Harley, J.P., and Atkinson, J.P, J. Immunol., 143:2256-2261
• Prevalence of Homozygous C4B Deficiency in Patients with Deficiencies of Terminal Complement Components and Meningococcemia.  
  Fasano, M.B., Densen, P., McLean, R.H., and Winkelstein, J.A, J. Infect. Dis., 162:1220-1221
• Reduced C8? Messenger RNA Expression in Families with Hereditary C8? Deficiency.  
  Warnick, P.R., and Densen, P, J. Immunol., 146:1052-1056
• Infectious Consequences of Complement Deficiency States.  
  Densen, P, Clin. Immunol. Newsl., 11(1):5-10
• Infectious Diseases Associated with Complement Deficiency States.  
  Figueroa, J., and Densen, P, Clin. Microbiol. Rev., 4:359-395
• Is the AIDS Epidemic Ending?  
  Densen, P., and Stapleton, J, Iowa Med., 81:167-169
• Complement Deficiencies and Meningococcal Disease.  
  Densen, P, Clin. Exp. Immunol., 86(S1):57-62
• C4B Deficiency is Not Associated with Meningitis or Bac¬teremia with Encapsulated Bacteria.  
  Cates, K.L., Densen, P., Lockman, J.C., and Levine, R.P, J. Infect. Dis., 165:942-944
• Interactions of C3 and C4 with Haemophilus influenzae.  
  Cates, K.L., Lockman, J., Densen, P., and Levine, R.P, J. Infect. Dis., 165(S1):S70-S71
• Type I Human Complement C2 Deficiency. A 28-Base Pair Gene Deletion Causes Skipping of Exon 6 During RNA Splicing.  
  Johnson, C.A., Densen, P., Hurford, R.K., Jr., Colten, H.R., and Wetsel, R.A, J. Biol. Chem., 267:9347-9353
• Molecular Heterogeneity of C2 Defi¬ciency.  
  Johnson, C.A., Densen, P., Wetsel, R.A., Cole, F.S., Goeken, N.E., and Colten, H.R, N. Engl. J. Med., 326:871-874
• Activa¬tion of Leukocytes with Complement C5a is Associated with Prostanoid-Dependent Constriction of Large Arteries in Atherosclerotic Monkeys In Vivo.  
  Mügge, A., Heistad, D.D., Densen, P., Piegors, D.J., Armstrong, ML., Padgett, R.C., and Lopez, J.A.G, Atherosclerosis, 95:211-222
• Mechanisms of Contraction Induced by Human Leukocytes in Normal and Atherosclerotic Arteries.  
  Mügge, A., Heistad, D.D., Padgett, R.C., Waack, B.J., Densen, P., and Lopez, J.A.G, Circ. Res., 69:871-880
• Vascular Response to Activation of Leukocytes in Atherosclerotic Primates.  
  Heistad, D.D., Lopez, J.A.G., Mügge, A., Densen, P., Padgett, R.C., and Armstrong, M.L, Trans. Assoc. Am. Phys., CIV: 150-154
• Vaccination and the Role of Capsular Polysaccharide Antibody in Prevention of Recurrent Meningococcal Disease in Late Complement Component Deficient Individuals.  
  Andreoni, J., Käyhty, H., and Densen, P, J. Infect. Dis., 168:227-231
• Complement Deficiency States and Meningococcal Disease.  
  Figueroa, J., Andreoni, J., and Densen, P, Immunol. Res., 12(3):295-311
• Multicenter Comparison of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C Anticapsular Polysaccharide Antibody Levels Measured by Using a Standardized Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent A...  
  Gheesling, L.L., Carlone, G.M., Pais, L.B., Holder, P.F., Maslanka, S.E., Plikaytis, B.D., Achtman, M., Densen, P., Frasch, C.E., Käyhty, H. Mays, J.P., Nencioni, L., ..., J. Clin. Microbiol., 32:1475-1482
• Recurrent Infections, Pericarditis and Renal Disease in a Patient with Total C2 Deficiency and Decreased NK Function Consistent with Acute Rheumatic Fever and Systemic...  
  Bittleman, D.B., Maves, K.K., Bertolatus, J.A., Bonsib, S.M., Densen, P., Ballas, Z.K., and Weiler, J.M, Ann. Rheum. Dis., 53:280-287
• A Teaching Rotation for Residents.  
  Mitchell, S., Cook, J., and Densen, P, Academic Medicine, 69(5):434
• A New Course for Medical Education.  
  Densen, P, Iowa Medicine, 85:164-65
• Cloning and Characterization of the cDNA Encoding Guinea Pig Properdin: A Comparison of Properdin from Three Species.  
  Maves, K.K., Guenthner, S.T., Densen, P., Moser, D.R., and Weiler, J.M, Immunology, 86(3):475-9
• Delineation of Additional Genetic Bases for C8? Deficiency.  
  Saucedo, L., Ackermann, L., Platonov, A.E., Gewurz, A., Rakita, R.M., and Densen, P, Journal of Immunology, 155:5022-5028
• Invasive Haemophilus Influenzae Type b Infection in a Child with Familial Deficiency of the Beta Subunit of the Eighth Component of Complement.  
  Pallares, D.E., Figueroa, J.E., Densen, P., Giclas, P.C., and Marshall, G.S, Journal of Pediatrics, 128(1):102-103
• Type II Human Complement C2 Deficiency - Allele-specific Amino Acid Substitutions (Ser 189--?Phe; Gly444--?Arg) Cause Impaired C2 Secretion.  
  Wetsel, R.A., Kulics, J., Lokki, M.L., Kiepiela, P., Akama, H., Johnson, C.A.C., Densen, P., and Colten, H.R, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 271(10):5824-5831
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Books/Book Chapters

• Complement Deficiency States. Immune Deficiency and Allied Disorders: Clinical Updates. 
  Page 1 - 6Densen, PEditors: Lederman, H.
• Immunobiology of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae. 
  Chapter: Morphological Observations of Neutrophil-Gonococcus Interaction 
  Page 213 - 220Densen, P., Rein, M.F., Sullivan, J.A., and Mandell, G.LEditors: Brooks, G.F., Gotschlich, E.C., Holmes, K.K., Sawyer, W.D., and Young, F.E.Amer. Soc. Microbiol, Washington, DC
• Principles and Practice of Infectious Disease. 
  Chapter: Granulocytic Phagocytes 
  Page 63 - 82Densen, P., and Mandell, G.LEditors: Mandell, G.L., Douglas, G., and Bennett, J.John Wiley & Sons, New YorkEdition 1,
• Principles and Prac¬tice of Infectious Disease. 
  Chapter: Cat Scratch Disease 
  Page 1456 - 1457Densen, PEditors: Mandell, G.L., Douglas, G., and Bennett, J.John Wiley & Sons, New York
• Current Chemotherapy and Infectious Disease. 
  Chapter: Gonococci Causing Uncomplicated Gonorrhea or Disseminated Gonococcal Infection Differ in Stimulation of Neutrophil Chemotaxis 
  Page 1247 - 1249Densen, P., MacKeen, L., and Clark, R.AEditors: Nelson, J.D., and Grassi, C.Amer. Soc. Microbiol, Washington, DC
• Genetics and Immunobiology of Pathogenic Neisseria. 
  Chapter: Gonococci Causing Uncomplicated Gonorrhea or Disseminated Gonococcal Infection Differ in Stimulation of Neutrophil Chemotaxis and Phagocy¬tosis 
  Page 137 - 139Densen, P., MacKeen, L., and Clark, R.AEditors: Danielsson, D., and Normark, S.Norrlandstryck, Umea, Sweden
• The Reticu¬loendothelial System, A Comprehensive Treatise, Vol. 2. 
  Chapter: Antimicrobial Functions of Phagocytes and Microbial Countermeasures 
  Page 369 - 395Densen, P., and Mandell, G.LEditors: Sbarra, A.J., and Strauss, R.R.Plenum Press, New York
• Internal Medicine. 
  Chapter: The Role of Humoral Immunity and Complement in Infectious Disease 
  Page 1129 - 1134Densen, PEditors: Stein, J.H., Cline, M.J., Daly, W.J., Kohler, P.O., O'Rourke, R.A., Sande, M.A., Trier, J.S., and Zw.Little, Brown and Co, Boston
• Fever of Undetermined Origin. 
  Chapter: Rural Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin 
  Page 281 - 318Ross, S., and Densen, PEditors: Murray, H.W.Futura Publishing Company, Inc
• Principles and Practice of Infectious Disease. 
  Chapter: Granulocytic Phagocytes 
  Page 57 - 72Densen, P., and Mandell, G.LEditors: Mandell, G.L., Douglas, G., and Bennett, J.John Wiley and Sons, New YorkEdition 2,
• Funda¬mentals of Immunology and Allergy. 
  Chapter: Phagocytosis 
  Page 51 - 64Densen, P., and Mandell, G.LEditors: Lockey, R.F., and Bukantz, S.C.W.B. Saunders, New York
• Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Vol. 3. 
  Chapter: Cat Scratch Disease 
  Densen, PMcGraw-Hill Book Company, New YorkEdition 6,
• Internal Medicine. 
  Chapter: Basic Principles of Infectious Diseases 
  Page 1407 - 1410Densen, P., and Sande, M.AEditors: Stein, J.H., Cline, M.J., Daly, W.J., Kohler, P.O., O'Rourke, R.A., Sande, M.A., Trier, J.S., and Zw.Little, Brown and Co, BostonEdition 2,
• Internal Medicine. 
  Chapter: The Role of Humoral Immunity and Complement in Infectious Disease 
  Page 1410 - 1415Densen, PEditors: Stein, J.H., Cline, M.J., Daly, W.J., Kohler, P.O., O'Rourke, R.A., Sande, M.A., Trier, J.S., and Zw.Little, Brown and Co, BostonEdition 2,
• Gonococci and Meningo¬cocci. 
  Chapter: The Contribution of the Alternative and Classical Complement Pathways to Gono¬coccal Killing and C3 Fixation 
  Page 693 - 697Densen, P., McRill, C., and Ross, S.CEditors: Poolman, J.T., et al.Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
• Gonococci and Meningococci. 
  Chapter: Antibodies Against Neisseria gonorrhoeae Lipooligosaccharide Antigens Stimulate Neutrophil Chemotaxis 
  Page 511 - 518Densen, P., Zollinger, W.D., Gulati, S., and Rice, P.AEditors: Poolman, J.T.Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
• Internal Medicine. 
  Chapter: Basic Principles of Infectious Diseases 
  Page 1187 - 1190Densen, P., and Sande, M.AEditors: Stein, J.H., Cline, M.J., Daly, W.J., Kohler, P.O., O'Rourke, R.A., Sande, M.A., Trier, J.S., and Zw.Little, Brown and Co, BostonEdition 3,
• Internal Medicine 
  Chapter: The Role of Humoral Immunity and Complement in Protection from Infection 
  Page 1190 - 1196Densen, PEditors: Stein, J.H., Cline, M.J., Daly, W.J., Kohler, P.O., O'Rourke, R.A., Sande, M.A., Trier, J.S., and Zw.Little, Brown and Co, BostonEdition 3,
• Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 
  Chapter: Complement 
  Page 62 - 81Densen, PEditors: Mandell, G.L., Douglas, G., Bennett, J.Churchill Livingstone, Inc
• Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 
  Chapter: Granulocytic Phagocytes 
  Page 81 - 101Densen, P., and Mandell, G.LEditors: Mandell, G.L., Douglas, G., Bennett, J.Churchill Livingstone, IncEdition 3,
• Neisseriae. 
  Chapter: Antibody Response to Meningococcal Infection in Late Complement Deficient Individuals 
  Page 671 - 677Densen, P., Zaleski, A., Sanford, M., and Frasch, CEditors: Achtman, M., Kohl, P., Marchal, C., Morelli, G., Seiler, A., Thiesen, B.Walter de Gruyter & Co, Berlin
• Complement in Health and Disease. 
  Chapter: Human Complement Deficiency States and Infection 
  Page 173 - 198Densen, PEditors: Whaley, K., Loos, M., Weiler, J.M.Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, NetherlandsEdition 2,
• Internal Medicine 
  Chapter: Basic Principles of Infectious Diseases 
  Page 1788 - 1791Densen, P. and Sande, MEditors: Mosby, Stein, J.H., et al.Little, Brown and Co, BostonEdition 4,
• Internal Medicine. 
  Chapter: Host Defense Against Infection: The Roles of Antibody, Complement, and Phagocytic Cells 
  Page 1791 - 1800Densen, P., Weinbaum, D.L., and Mandell, G.LEditors: Mosby, Stein, J.H., et al.Little, Brown and Co, BostonEdition 4,
• Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 
  Chapter: Complement 
  Page 58 - 77Densen, PEditors: Mandell, G.L., Douglas, G., Bennett, J.Churchill Livingstone, IncEdition 4,
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Abstracts/Posters

• Stimulation of Neutrophil Metabolism by Adherent and Ingested Gonococci.
  Densen, P., and Mandell, G.L, Clin. Res., 23:342A
• The Role of Microbial Attachment and Ingestion in Polymorphonuclear Neutrophil Function.
  Densen, P., and Mandell, G.L, Clin. Res., 25:375A
• Eosinophil-Schistosomula Interaction: Evidence for Eosinophil Degranulation.
  Densen, P., Sullivan, J., Mahmoud, A.A.F., and Mandell, G.L, 14th National Reticuloendothelial Society Meeting
• Diminished Neutrophil Oxidative Metabolism Following Phagocytosis of Virulent Salmonella typhi.
  Kossack, R.E., Schadelin, J., Guerrant, R.L., Densen, P., and Mandell, G.L, Clin. Res., 26:28A
• Insulin Degra¬dation by Phagocytizing Neutrophils.
  Densen, P., Curnow, R.T., and Mandell, G.L, Clin. Res., 26:57A
• Interaction of Liposome-Encapsulated Genta¬micin with Human Neutrophils.
  Scheld, W.M., Densen, P., Fletcher, D.D., Mandell, G.L., and Sande, M.A, Clin. Res., 26:59A
• Mor¬phologic Studies of the Interaction of Gonococci and Neu¬trophils.
  Densen, P., Rein, M., Sullivan, J., and Mandell, G.L, NIH-Sponsored Symposium on Pathogenic Neisseria
• The Changing Spectrum of Inherited Defects of Polymorphonuclear Function.
  Densen, P., and Mandell, G.L, American College of Physicians Regional Meeting, Williamsburg, Virginia
• Kx: Its Relationship to Chronic Granulomatous Disease and Genetic Linkage with Xg.
  Densen, P., Kroovand, S.W., Mandell, G.L., Sullivan, G., Oyen, R., and March, W.L, Clin. Res., 27:293A
• Gonococci (GC) Causing Uncomplicated Gonorrhea (UGC) or Disseminated Gono¬coccal Infection (DGI) Differ in Stimulation of Neutrophil (PMN) Chemotaxis (CTX).
  Densen, P., MacKeen, L., and Clark, R, 19th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
• The Sensitivity of Bacillus Species to Vancomycin and Other Selected Anti¬biotics.
  Densen, P., Sullivan, N., and Reinitz, L, Clin. Res., 27:589
• Studies on the Association of Kx with Chronic Granulomatous Disease and Genetic Linkage with Xg.
  Densen, P, 2nd European Conference on Phagocytic Leukocytes, Trieste, Italy
• Immunologic, Functional and Genetic Studies of a Patient with C8 Deficiency and Repeated Meningococcal Infections.
  Densen, P., Clark, R., O'Neill, G., Brown, E., Frank, M., and Webb, D, Clin. Res., 28:642A
• Killing of Pathogenic Neisseria by the Serum of a C8-Deficient Patient with Repeated Meningococcal Infections.
  Densen, P., and Ross, S, Clin. Res., 29:383A
• Chemotaxis Stimulated by Serum-Sensitive and Resistant Gonococci is Mediated by Different Anti-LPS Antibodies.
  Densen, P., and Rice, P, 21st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
• Reconstitution of C8 Hemolytic Activity from the Mixture of Sera from Two Groups of C8 Deficient Subjects.
  Tedesco, F., Densen, P., and Sirchia, G, Program and Abstracts, IX International Complement, Workshop, Florida
• Local and Disseminated Gonococ¬cal Isolates Differ in Opsonic Requirements and Efficiency of Phagocytosis by Neutrophils.
  Ross, S.C., and Densen, P, Clin. Res., 30:378A
• Local and Disseminated Gonococ¬cal Isolates Differ in Amount and Rate of Binding of Opsonic C3.
  Ross, S.C., and Densen, P, Program and Abstracts, 22nd Intersci. Conf. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother., #544
• Two Types of C8 Deficiency. Reconstitution of Normal C8 from a Mixture of Two Abnormal C8 Molecules.
  Densen, P., Tedesco, F., Villa, M., Petersen, B.H., and Sirchia, G, Clin. Res., 30:697A
• Reduced PMN Phagocytosis of DGI Strains Compared to Local Gonococcal Isolates is Associated with Decreased Binding and Function of C3.
  Ross, S.C., and Densen, P, International Meeting on Pathogenic Neisseriae, Montreal
• Heterogeneity of the C8 Defi¬ciency.
  Tedesco, F., and Densen, P, Presented at the Meeting of the Clinical Aspects of Complement Mediated Diseases, Bellagio (Como) Italy
• N. Gonorrhoeae Fix C3 by Dif¬ferent Complement Pathways in Late Component Deficient and Normal Serum.
  Ross, S.C., and Densen, P, Clin. Res., 32:382A
• N. Meningitidis Isolated from Complement Deficient Patients Are Convention¬ally Serum Resistant.
  Ross, S.C., Berberich, J., and Densen, P, Clin. Res., 32:382A
• The Role of the Alternative and Classical Pathways in Complement Activation by Gonococci.
  Densen, P., McRill, C., and Ross, S, Clin. Res., 33:399A
• Genetic, Immunologic and Functional Studies of a Family with Pro¬perdin Deficiency and Fatal Meningococcal Disease
  Densen, P., Weiler, J., and Griffiss, J.M, Clin. Res., 33:400A
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Lectures

• Venting the Spleen, A Loss of Humor with Catastrophic Results. 
  University of Iowa
• Complement Deficiency States: From the Bedside to the Laboratory and Back. 
  University of Iowa
• Current Fact/Fiction in the Treatment of Sepsis - Has the Genie Escaped Again? 
  University of Iowa
• Education and the New American Physician. 
  UI School of Journalism
• Specialized Reporting: Medical Reporting. 
  UI School of Journalism
• Summer Time and the Living is Easy? Epidemiology and Disease Produced by E. coli O157:H7. 
  University of Iowa
• Epidemiology and Disease Produced by E. coli. 
  Second Annual Update in Infectious Disease, Galena, Illinois
• Recurrent Infections. 
  Third Annual Update in Infectious Disease, Galena, Illinois
• Observation of a Grand Rounds Absentee or Who Moved My Cheese? 
  University of Iowa
• Guts, Germs and Stool. 
  University of Iowa
• A Tale of Two Cities: downwind and downstream mechanisms. 
  University of Iowa
• Running a Temperature – Having a Fever: What’s the Difference? 
  University of Iowa
• Meningococcal Disease: Teens, Genes and Vaccines. 
  University of Iowa, 2003; University of Minnesota, 2003
• New Insights into Old Diseases: emerging concepts in microvascular integrity. 
  University of Iowa
• Meningococcal Disease as an Epidemiologic and Pathogenetic Paradigm. 
  San Antonio, TX, 1995; Kalamazoo, MI, 1995
• Meningococcal Disease: a collision between genomes. 
  Landspitali University Hospital
• Atypical HUS and TTP: insights for microvascular integrity. 
  University of Missouri-Columbia
• Regulation of Complement Activation by Bacterial Surfaces. 
  27th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
• Complement Activation in the Pathogenesis of Neisserial Infections. 
  27th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
• Activation of Complement by Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis. 
  VI International Meeting of Pathogenic Neisseria, Pine Mountain, GA
• Antibody Response to Meningococcal Infection in Late Complement Component Deficient Individuals. 
  VII International Meeting of Pathogenic Neisseria, Berlin, Germany
• Infectious Consequences of Complement Deficiency States. 
  The American Academy of Allergy and Immunology, San Francisco, California
• Enhanced Immune Response to Meningococcal Antigens in C5 Deficient Mice. 
  IX International Meeting of Pathogenic Neisseria, Winchester, England
• Pathogenesis of Meningococcal Disease. 
  X International Meeting of Pathogenic Neisseria, Baltimore, MD
• Extended Academic Programs – Who Pays? An Associate Dean’s Perspective. 
  Annual AAMC, Washington, D.C
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Other

• How Iowa Can Best Serve AIDS Patients. 
  Densen, P., Nauseef, W.M., Clark, R.A., Kirchhoff, L.V., Stapleton, J.T., Wilson, M.E., Britigan, B.E., Davis, K., and Herring, P, The Des Moines Register
• The Association of Inherited Defects of the Complement Cascade and Bacterial Infection in Iowa - 1984-1989. 
  Densen, P, Epi-Gram, 5(1):4-5
• Is the AIDS Epidemic Ending? 
  Densen, P., and Stapleton, J, Epi-Gram, 5(3):1-3