2018
Rev-erb Agonist Inhibits Chikungunya and O’nyong’nyong Virus Replication
Hwang J, Jiang A, Fikrig E. Rev-erb Agonist Inhibits Chikungunya and O’nyong’nyong Virus Replication. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2018, 5: ofy315. PMID: 30568983, PMCID: PMC6293476, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy315.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChikungunya virusSubset of patientsRecent global epidemicJoint painStructural protein synthesisSevere inflammationInflammatory responseMultiple alphavirusesViral RNA accumulationGlobal epidemicSynthetic agonistsVirus replicationCultured murine macrophagesMurine macrophagesSR9009AlphavirusesRelated virusesVirusProtein synthesisPainInflammationPatientsAgonistsMacrophagesRNA accumulation
1996
Characterization of a 30-kDa Borrelia burgdorferi substrate-binding protein homologue
Das S, Shraga D, Gannon C, Lam TT, Feng S, Brunet LR, Telford SR, Barthold SW, Flavell RA, Fikrig E. Characterization of a 30-kDa Borrelia burgdorferi substrate-binding protein homologue. Research In Microbiology 1996, 147: 739-751. PMID: 9296108, DOI: 10.1016/s0923-2508(97)85121-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstrate-binding proteinGram-negative bacteriaPeriplasmic substrate-binding proteinB. burgdorferiProtein homologueOligopeptide permeaseChromosomal genesConsiderable homologyP30 expressionB. burgdorferi-infected miceMolecular massSensu latoAmino acidsC3H/HeN miceLyme diseaseB. burgdorferi sensu latoBurgdorferi-infected miceSubset of patientsP30 geneMurine Lyme borreliosisGenesLate-stage infectionRegion 36Recombinant p30Anti-p30 serum
1995
A 55-kilodalton antigen encoded by a gene on a Borrelia burgdorferi 49-kilobase plasmid is recognized by antibodies in sera from patients with Lyme disease
Feng S, Das S, Lam T, Flavell RA, Fikrig E. A 55-kilodalton antigen encoded by a gene on a Borrelia burgdorferi 49-kilobase plasmid is recognized by antibodies in sera from patients with Lyme disease. Infection And Immunity 1995, 63: 3459-3466. PMID: 7642278, PMCID: PMC173477, DOI: 10.1128/iai.63.9.3459-3466.1995.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLate-stage Lyme diseaseEarly stage Lyme diseaseLyme diseaseIgM antibodiesSubset of patientsBorrelia burgdorferiLyme disease patientsEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assayRecombinant S1Disease patientsIgG antibodiesPulsed-field gel electrophoresisS1 antigenPatientsAntigenDiseaseSerum samplesImmunosorbent assaySerumAntibodiesB. burgdorferiRabbit antiBurgdorferiCultured spirochetesArthritis