2024
Insights From Omics in Lyme Disease
Bockenstedt L, Belperron A. Insights From Omics in Lyme Disease. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2024, 230: s18-s26. PMID: 39140719, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiae250.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Spirochete antigens persist near cartilage after murine Lyme borreliosis therapy
Bockenstedt LK, Gonzalez DG, Haberman AM, Belperron AA. Spirochete antigens persist near cartilage after murine Lyme borreliosis therapy. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2012, 122: 2652-2660. PMID: 22728937, PMCID: PMC3386809, DOI: 10.1172/jci58813.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntigens, BacterialArthritis, InfectiousBacterial LoadBorrelia burgdorferiCartilageCeftriaxoneDoxycyclineEar, ExternalFemaleFluorescence Recovery After PhotobleachingGreen Fluorescent ProteinsJoint CapsuleLyme DiseaseMiceMice, Inbred C3HMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMicroscopy, Fluorescence, MultiphotonMyeloid Differentiation Factor 88PatellaRecombinant ProteinsConceptsNaive miceAntibiotic treatmentIntravital microscopyAntibiotic-refractory Lyme arthritisLyme diseaseTNF-α productionBorrelia burgdorferi antigensB. burgdorferi antigensSpirochete antigenTLR responsivenessInflammatory arthritisAntibiotic therapyLyme arthritisWT miceMusculoskeletal symptomsAntigens persistSlow resolutionImmunodeficient miceMouse modelTissue transplantsPathogen burdenSpirochete DNAInfectious spirochetesLyme borreliosisMice
1997
Lyme Borreliosis in Transgenic Mice Tolerant to OspA from Borrelia burgdorferi 25015
Fikrig E, Barthold S, Chen M, Tao H, Ali-Salaam P, Bockenstedt L, Flavell R. Lyme Borreliosis in Transgenic Mice Tolerant to OspA from Borrelia burgdorferi 25015. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1997, 175: 1000-1003. PMID: 9086169, DOI: 10.1086/513958.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransgenic miceLyme borreliosisC3H/HeN miceTolerance of miceSurface protein ABorrelia burgdorferi outer surface protein ASignificant arthritisOuter surface protein ALyme arthritisProtective immunityNontransgenic littermatesHeN miceOspA antibodiesDisease pathogenesisMiceArthritisB. burgdorferi N40OspABorreliosisCellular responsesProtein AResponseImmunizationPathogenesisLittermates