2014
What ticks do under your skin: two-photon intravital imaging of Ixodes scapularis feeding in the presence of the lyme disease spirochete.
Bockenstedt LK, Gonzalez D, Mao J, Li M, Belperron AA, Haberman A. What ticks do under your skin: two-photon intravital imaging of Ixodes scapularis feeding in the presence of the lyme disease spirochete. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 2014, 87: 3-13. PMID: 24600332, PMCID: PMC3941458.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsArachnid VectorsBorrelia burgdorferiFeeding BehaviorGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHost-Parasite InteractionsHost-Pathogen InteractionsIxodesLyme DiseaseMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMicroscopy, ConfocalMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningMicroscopy, Fluorescence, MultiphotonNymphSkinTick InfestationsTime Factors
2003
Humoral Immunity Reflects Altered T Helper Cell Bias in Borrelia burgdorferi-Infected γδ T-Cell-Deficient Mice
Bockenstedt LK, Shanafelt MC, Belperron A, Mao J, Barthold SW. Humoral Immunity Reflects Altered T Helper Cell Bias in Borrelia burgdorferi-Infected γδ T-Cell-Deficient Mice. Infection And Immunity 2003, 71: 2938-2940. PMID: 12704174, PMCID: PMC153287, DOI: 10.1128/iai.71.5.2938-2940.2003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsΓδ T-cell-deficient miceT cell-deficient miceGamma delta T cellsGamma delta T-cell functionGamma delta TBorrelia burgdorferiDelta T cellsMurine Lyme borreliosisT cell functionHumoral immunityHumoral responseAntibody isotypesT cellsLyme borreliosisCell biasDisease susceptibilityArthropod transmissionBurgdorferi
1999
Immune Responses Induced by Gene Gun or Intramuscular Injection of DNA Vaccines That Express Immunogenic Regions of the Serine Repeat Antigen from Plasmodium falciparum
Belperron A, Feltquate D, Fox B, Horii T, Bzik D. Immune Responses Induced by Gene Gun or Intramuscular Injection of DNA Vaccines That Express Immunogenic Regions of the Serine Repeat Antigen from Plasmodium falciparum. Infection And Immunity 1999, 67: 5163-5169. PMID: 10496891, PMCID: PMC96866, DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.10.5163-5169.1999.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerine repeat antigenHuman malaria vaccineGene gun immunizationImmunization of miceMalaria vaccineDNA vaccineIntramuscular injectionImmune responseProtein-based subunit vaccinesImmunogenic regionHepatitis B surface antigenHigh serum antibody titersPlasmodium falciparumCoimmunization of miceMinimal antibody responseSerum antibody titersB surface antigenSERA proteinPlasmid DNA vaccineGene gun deliveryAntibody titersAntibody responseDNA vaccinationSubunit vaccineSurface antigen