Strain-specific joint invasion and colonization by Lyme disease spirochetes is promoted by outer surface protein C

Transgenic functional complementation with a transmission -associated protein restores spirochete infectivity by tick bite

(2020) Tom G. Schwan et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Changing of the guard: How the Lyme disease spirochete subverts the host immune response

(2019) George Chaconas et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The Propensity of Different Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto Genotypes to Cause Disseminated Infections in Humans

(2018) Daniel E. Dykhuizen et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Transcriptional and epigenomic landscapes of CNS and non-CNS vascular endothelial cells

(2018) Mark F Sabbagh et al.   eLife

Plasma fibronectin stabilizesBorrelia burgdorferi–endothelial interactions under vascular shear stress by a catch-bond mechanism

(2017) Alexandra F. Niddam et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biomechanics of Borrelia burgdorferi Vascular Interactions

(2016) Rhodaba Ebady et al.   Cell Reports

Host cell heparan sulfate glycosaminoglycans are ligands for OspF-related proteins of the Lyme disease spirochete

(2015) Yi-Pin Lin et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Glycosaminoglycan binding byBorrelia burgdorferiadhesin BBK32 specifically and uniquely promotes joint colonization

(2015) Yi-Pin Lin et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Middle region of theBorrelia burgdorferisurface-located protein 1 (Lmp1) interacts with host chondroitin-6-sulfate and independently facilitates infection

(2015) Xiuli Yang et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A Short-Term Borrelia burgdorferi Infection Model Identifies Tissue Tropisms and Bloodstream Survival Conferred by Adhesion Proteins

(2015) Jennifer A. Caine et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Borrelia burgdorferi RevA Significantly Affects Pathogenicity and Host Response in the Mouse Model of Lyme Disease

(2015) Rebecca Byram et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Outer Surface Protein OspC Is an Antiphagocytic Factor That Protects Borrelia burgdorferi from Phagocytosis by Macrophages

(2015) Sebastian E. Carrasco et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Intravital Imaging of Vascular Transmigration by the Lyme Spirochete: Requirement for the Integrin Binding Residues of the B. burgdorferi P66 Protein

(2015) Devender Kumar et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A phylogenomic and molecular marker based proposal for the division of the genus Borrelia into two genera: the emended genus Borrelia containing only the members of the relapsing fever Borrelia, and the genus Borreliella gen. nov. containing the members of the Lyme disease Borrelia (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex)

(2014) Mobolaji Adeolu et al.   ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Invariant natural killer T cells act as an extravascular cytotoxic barrier for joint-invading Lyme Borrelia

(2014) W.-Y. Lee et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Strain-Specific Variation of the Decorin-Binding Adhesin DbpA Influences the Tissue Tropism of the Lyme Disease Spirochete

(2014) Yi-Pin Lin et al.   PLoS Pathogens

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it—an update on B. burgdorferi adhesins

(2014) Catherine A. Brissette et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

BB0347, from the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, Is Surface Exposed and Interacts with the CS1 Heparin-Binding Domain of Human Fibronectin

(2013) Robert A. Gaultney et al.   PLoS One

Illuminating the roles of the Borrelia burgdorferi adhesins

(2013) Jenifer Coburn et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Genetics ofBorrelia burgdorferi

(2012) Dustin Brisson et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

OspC Is Potent Plasminogen Receptor on Surface ofBorrelia burgdorferi

(2012) Özlem Önder et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Vascular binding of a pathogen under shear force through mechanistically distinct sequential interactions with host macromolecules

(2012) Tara J. Moriarty et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Allelic Variation of the Lyme Disease Spirochete Adhesin DbpA Influences Spirochetal Binding to Decorin, Dermatan Sulfate, and Mammalian Cells

(2011) Vivian M. Benoit et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Decorin Binding by DbpA and B of Borrelia garinii, Borrelia afzelii, and Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto

(2011) Jemiina Salo et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Multiplex PCR as a tool for validating plasmid content of Borrelia burgdorferi

(2011) Ignas Bunikis et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

Characterization of Unique Regions of Borrelia burgdorferi Surface-Located Membrane Protein 1

(2010) X. Yang et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

An intravascular immune response to Borrelia burgdorferi involves Kupffer cells and iNKT cells

(2010) Woo-Yong Lee et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Borrelia burgdorferi RevA Antigen Binds Host Fibronectin

(2009) C. A. Brissette et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Repeated Domains ofLeptospiraImmunoglobulin-like Proteins Interact with Elastin and Tropoelastin

(2009) Yi-Pin Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Investigation of the Genes Involved in Antigenic Switching at the vlsE Locus in Borrelia burgdorferi: An Essential Role for the RuvAB Branch Migrase

(2009) Ashley R. Dresser et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A Chromosomally Encoded Virulence Factor Protects the Lyme Disease Pathogen against Host-Adaptive Immunity

(2009) Xiuli Yang et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Borrelia burgdorferi Lacking DbpBA Exhibits an Early Survival Defect during Experimental Infection

(2008) E. H. Weening et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Borrelia burgdorferiGenotype Predicts the Capacity for Hematogenous Dissemination during Early Lyme Disease

(2008) Gary P. Wormser et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Vascular Interactions of the Lyme Disease Pathogen in a Living Host

(2008) M. Ursula Norman et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Real-Time High Resolution 3D Imaging of the Lyme Disease Spirochete Adhering to and Escaping from the Vasculature of a Living Host

(2008) Tara J. Moriarty et al.   PLoS Pathogens