2019
Polymicrobial Nature of Tick-Borne Diseases
Sanchez-Vicente S, Tagliafierro T, Coleman J, Benach J, Tokarz R, Azad A, Fikrig E, Munderloh U, Telford S. Polymicrobial Nature of Tick-Borne Diseases. MBio 2019, 10: e02055-19. PMID: 31506314, PMCID: PMC6737246, DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02055-19.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolymicrobial infectionsClinical spectrumTick-borne diseasesFatal infectionPowassan virusDisproportionate incidenceTick-borne diseaseDifficult diagnosisNew pathogensNew agentsPolymicrobial natureDisease severityInfectionDiseaseLyme diseasePrevalent pathogenBorreliaHigh rateIncidenceDiagnosisSeverityRickettsiaTick vectorVirusClimate change
2014
Systems Immunology Reveals Markers of Susceptibility to West Nile Virus Infection
Qian F, Goel G, Meng H, Wang X, You F, Devine L, Raddassi K, Garcia MN, Murray KO, Bolen CR, Gaujoux R, Shen-Orr SS, Hafler D, Fikrig E, Xavier R, Kleinstein SH, Montgomery RR. Systems Immunology Reveals Markers of Susceptibility to West Nile Virus Infection. MSphere 2014, 22: 6-16. PMID: 25355795, PMCID: PMC4278927, DOI: 10.1128/cvi.00508-14.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWest Nile virus infectionVirus infectionMyeloid dendritic cellsMarker of susceptibilityPotential therapeutic strategySeverity of infectionSevere neurological diseaseOlder patientsAcute infectionDendritic cellsCXCL10 expressionDetectable yearsImmunity-related genesStratified cohortWNV infectionTherapeutic strategiesPathogenic mechanismsAnimal studiesNeurological diseasesDisease severityVivo infectionPredictive signatureInfectionProminent alterationsPrimary cells
2012
The Circadian Clock Controls Toll-like Receptor 9-Mediated Innate and Adaptive Immunity
Silver AC, Arjona A, Walker WE, Fikrig E. The Circadian Clock Controls Toll-like Receptor 9-Mediated Innate and Adaptive Immunity. Immunity 2012, 36: 251-261. PMID: 22342842, PMCID: PMC3315694, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2011.12.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsToll-like receptor 9Receptor 9Adaptive immune responsesInnate immune systemCircadian molecular clockSepsis inductionTLR9 expressionTLR9 ligandsImmune responseVaccination modelAdaptive immunityMouse modelImmune systemDisease severityHomeostatic processesCircadian rhythmBiologic processesDirect molecular linkMolecular linkRhythmSepsisImmunotherapyImmunoprophylaxisExpressionInnate
2011
Circadian rhythms influence disease severity in a mouse model of sepsis (110.9)
Walker W, Bozzi A, Fikrig E. Circadian rhythms influence disease severity in a mouse model of sepsis (110.9). The Journal Of Immunology 2011, 186: 110.9-110.9. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.186.supp.110.9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInflammatory responseMouse modelCircadian rhythmSerum proinflammatory cytokinesPuncture (CLP) mouse modelRisk of mortalitySeptic patientsSepsis inductionCecal ligationSepsis phenotypesEarly mortalityProinflammatory cytokinesSevere hypothermiaDisease scoreCLP modelDisease severitySepsisCreatine kinaseMortalityPatientsMiceRhythmSeverityTime 19Mammalian physiology