Immunity-related genes in Ixodes scapularis—perspectives from genome information

por Smith, Alexis A., Pal, Utpal
Publicado 2014

A Dityrosine Network Mediated by Dual Oxidase and Peroxidase Influences the Persistence of Lyme Disease Pathogens within the Vector

por Yang, Xiuli, Smith, Alexis A., Williams, Mark S., Pal, Utpal
Publicado 2014

A Surface Enolase Participates in Borrelia burgdorferi-Plasminogen Interaction and Contributes to Pathogen Survival within Feeding Ticks

por Nogueira, Sarah Veloso, Smith, Alexis A., Qin, Jin-Hong, Pal, Utpal
Publicado 2012

A protein-protein interaction dictates Borrelial infectivity

por Thakur, Meghna, Sharma, Kavita, Chao, Kinlin, Smith, Alexis A., Herzberg, Osnat, Pal, Utpal
Publicado en Sci Rep (2017)

BB0323 and Novel Virulence Determinant BB0238: Borrelia burgdorferi Proteins That Interact With and Stabilize Each Other and Are Critical for Infectivity

por Kariu, Toru, Sharma, Kavita, Singh, Preeti, Smith, Alexis A., Backstedt, Brian, Buyuktanir, Ozlem, Pal, Utpal
Publicado en J Infect Dis (2015)

Leptospira interrogans Enolase Is Secreted Extracellularly and Interacts with Plasminogen

por Nogueira, Sarah Veloso, Backstedt, Brian T., Smith, Alexis A., Qin, Jin-Hong, Wunder, Elsio A., Ko, Albert, Pal, Utpal
Publicado 2013

A Borrelia burgdorferi Surface-Exposed Transmembrane Protein Lacking Detectable Immune Responses Supports Pathogen Persistence and Constitutes a Vaccine Target

por Kung, Faith, Kaur, Simarjot, Smith, Alexis A., Yang, Xiuli, Wilder, Cara N., Sharma, Kavita, Buyuktanir, Ozlem, Pal, Utpal
Publicado en J Infect Dis (2016)

Cross-species interferon signaling boosts microbicidal activity within the tick vector

por Smith, Alexis A., Navasa, Nicolas, Yang, Xiuli, Wilder, Cara N., Buyuktanir, Ozlem, Marques, Adriana, Anguita, Juan, Pal, Utpal
Publicado en Cell Host Microbe (2016)

The lipoprotein La7 contributes to Borrelia burgdorferi persistence in ticks and their transmission to naïve hosts

por Yang, Xiuli, Hegde, Shylaja, Shroder, Deborah Y., Smith, Alexis A., Promnares, Kamoltip, Neelakanta, Girish, Anderson, John F., Fikrig, Erol, Pal, Utpal
Publicado 2013

Assessment of the potential contribution of the highly conserved C-terminal motif (C10) of Borrelia burgdorferi outer surface protein C (OspC) in transmission and infectivity

por Earnhart, Christopher G., Rhodes, DeLacy V. L., Smith, Alexis A., Yang, Xiuli, Tegels, Brittney, Carlyon, Jason A., Pal, Utpal, Marconi, Richard T.
Publicado en Pathog Dis (2014)

HtrA, a Temperature- and Stationary Phase-Activated Protease Involved in Maturation of a Key Microbial Virulence Determinant, Facilitates Borrelia burgdorferi Infection in Mammalia...

por Ye, Meiping, Sharma, Kavita, Thakur, Meghna, Smith, Alexis A., Buyuktanir, Ozlem, Xiang, Xuwu, Yang, Xiuli, Promnares, Kamoltip, Lou, Yongliang, Yang, X. Frank, Pal, Utpal
Publicado en Infect Immun (2016)

Citrate Anticoagulant Improves the Sensitivity of Borreliella (Borrelia) burgdorferi Plasma Culture

por Marques, Adriana R., Yang, Xiuli, Smith, Alexis A., Zhuang, Xuran, Turk, Siu-Ping, Williams, Carla D., Law, Melissa A., Barbour, Alan G., Pal, Utpal
Publicado en J Clin Microbiol (2017)

Borrelia burgdorferi BBI39 Paralogs, Targets of Protective Immunity, Reduce Pathogen Persistence Either in Hosts or in the Vector

por Singh, Preeti, Verma, Deepshikha, Backstedt, Brian T., Kaur, Simarjot, Kumar, Manish, Smith, Alexis A., Sharma, Kavita, Yang, Xiuli, Azevedo, José F., Gomes-Solecki, Maria, Buyuktanir, Ozlem, Pal, Utpal
Publicado en J Infect Dis (2017)

Plasticity in early immune evasion strategies of a bacterial pathogen

por Bernard, Quentin, Smith, Alexis A., Yang, Xiuli, Koci, Juraj, Foor, Shelby D., Cramer, Sarah D., Zhuang, Xuran, Dwyer, Jennifer E., Lin, Yi-Pin, Mongodin, Emmanuel F., Marques, Adriana, Leong, John M., Anguita, Juan, Pal, Utpal
Publicado en Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2018)

Infection-derived lipids elicit an immune deficiency circuit in arthropods

por Shaw, Dana K., Wang, Xiaowei, Brown, Lindsey J., Chávez, Adela S. Oliva, Reif, Kathryn E., Smith, Alexis A., Scott, Alison J., McClure, Erin E., Boradia, Vishant M., Hammond, Holly L., Sundberg, Eric J., Snyder, Greg A., Liu, Lei, DePonte, Kathleen, Villar, Margarita, Ueti, Massaro W., de la Fuente, José, Ernst, Robert K., Pal, Utpal, Fikrig, Erol, Pedra, Joao H. F.
Publicado en Nat Commun (2017)