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A Borrelia burgdorferi Surface-Exposed Transmembrane Protein Lacking Detectable Immune Responses Supports Pathogen Persistence and Constitutes a Vaccine Target
Kung, Faith; Kaur, Simarjot; Smith, Alexis A.; Yang, Xiuli; Wilder, Cara N.; Sharma, Kavita; Pal, Utpal (Oxford Univ Press Inc, 2016)Borrelia burgdorferi harbors a limited set of transmembrane surface proteins, most of which constitute key targets of humoral immune responses. Here we show that BB0405, a conserved membrane-spanning protein of unknown ... -
Cross-Species Interferon Signaling Boosts Microbicidal Activity within the Tick Vector
Smith, Alexis A.; Navasa, Nicolas; Yang, Xiuli; Wilder, Cara N.; Buyuktanir, Ozlem; Marques, Adriana; Pal, Utpal (Cell Press, 2016)Evolution of hematophagy in blood-sucking parasites likely involves communication with their hosts. We find that Ixodes ticks are responsive to IFNg acquired in a blood meal from mice infected with the Lyme disease-causing ...