2024
Bacterial reprogramming of tick metabolism impacts vector fitness and susceptibility to infection
Samaddar S, Rolandelli A, O’Neal A, Laukaitis-Yousey H, Marnin L, Singh N, Wang X, Butler L, Rangghran P, Kitsou C, Cabrera Paz F, Valencia L, R. Ferraz C, Munderloh U, Khoo B, Cull B, Rosche K, Shaw D, Oliver J, Narasimhan S, Fikrig E, Pal U, Fiskum G, Polster B, Pedra J. Bacterial reprogramming of tick metabolism impacts vector fitness and susceptibility to infection. Nature Microbiology 2024, 9: 2278-2291. PMID: 38997520, DOI: 10.1038/s41564-024-01756-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetabolic reprogrammingInfection of tick cellsInvestigate metabolic reprogrammingTick cellsLyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferiSusceptibility to infectionArthropod-borne pathogensMetabolomics approachRickettsia buchneriHuman pathogensMetabolite allocationDiminished survivalBacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilumSpirochete Borrelia burgdorferiAcid metabolismA. phagocytophilum infectionInterspecies relationshipsElevated levelsInfectionFeeding impairmentHuman granulocytic anaplasmosisMetabolic responseArthropod vectorsI. scapularisPathogens
2021
The Lyme Disease agent co-opts adiponectin receptor-mediated signaling in its arthropod vector
Tang X, Cao Y, Arora G, Hwang J, Sajid A, Brown CL, Mehta S, Marín-López A, Chuang YM, Wu MJ, Ma H, Pal U, Narasimhan S, Fikrig E. The Lyme Disease agent co-opts adiponectin receptor-mediated signaling in its arthropod vector. ELife 2021, 10: e72568. PMID: 34783654, PMCID: PMC8639152, DOI: 10.7554/elife.72568.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReceptor-mediated signalingAdiponectin receptorsAdiponectinLyme disease agentLyme disease spirochetePhospholipid metabolismPhosphatidylserine synthase ITick gutReceptor-like proteinMammalian homeostasisArthropod vectorsDisease agentsRNAi assaysRNA interferenceAlternative pathwaySynthase IPathwayMetabolic pathwaysTicksInfection
2012
Correction: Persistence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Rhesus Macaques following Antibiotic Treatment of Disseminated Infection
Embers M, Barthold S, Borda J, Bowers L, Doyle L, Hodzic E, Jacobs M, Hasenkampf N, Martin D, Narasimhan S, Phillippi-Falkenstein K, Purcell J, Ratterree M, Philipp M. Correction: Persistence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Rhesus Macaques following Antibiotic Treatment of Disseminated Infection. PLOS ONE 2012, 7: 10.1371/annotation/4cafed66-fb84-4589-a001-131d9c50aea6. PMCID: PMC3322176, DOI: 10.1371/annotation/4cafed66-fb84-4589-a001-131d9c50aea6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1999
Experimental approaches to the development of a recombinant hookworm vaccine
Hotez P, Ghosh K, Huwdon J, Narasimhan S, Jones B, Shuhua X, Sen L, Bin Z, Haechou X, Hainan R, Heng W, Koski R. Experimental approaches to the development of a recombinant hookworm vaccine. Immunological Reviews 1999, 171: 163-171. PMID: 10582170, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.1999.tb01347.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHookworm infectionHeavy hookworm infectionMajor parasitic causeHookworm antigensSerologic correlatesVaccine protectionChallenge infectionHookworm burdenHookworm vaccineParasitic causesEndemic areasHuman infectionsInfectionLaboratory animalsVaccineAlum precipitateMorbidityRecombinant polypeptidesHookwormAntigenDiseaseMiceImmunityAntibodies