Microbial Invasion vs. Tick Immune Regulation

Infection-derived lipids elicit an immune deficiency circuit in arthropods

(2017) Dana K. Shaw et al.   Nature Communications

Rickettsia Sca4 Reduces Vinculin-Mediated Intercellular Tension to Promote Spread

(2016) Rebecca L. Lamason et al.   CELL

Anaplasma phagocytophilumincreases the levels of histone modifying enzymes to inhibit cell apoptosis and facilitate pathogen infection in the tick vectorIxodes scapularis

(2016) Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz et al.   Epigenetics

Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease

(2016) Monika Gulia-Nuss et al.   Nature Communications

Tick–Host–Pathogen Interactions: Conflict and Cooperation

(2016) José de la Fuente et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Expression, Purification, and Biological Characterization of Babesia microti Apical Membrane Antigen 1

(2015) Prasun Moitra et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Tick microbiome: the force within

(2015) Sukanya Narasimhan et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Systems Biology of Tissue-Specific Response to Anaplasma phagocytophilum Reveals Differentiated Apoptosis in the Tick Vector Ixodes scapularis

(2015) Nieves Ayllón et al.   PLoS Genetics

An O-Methyltransferase Is Required for Infection of Tick Cells by Anaplasma phagocytophilum

(2015) Adela S. Oliva Chávez et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Novel Identification of Dermacentor variabilis Arp2/3 Complex and Its Role in Rickettsial Infection of the Arthropod Vector

(2014) Natthida Petchampai et al.   PLoS One

Molecular mechanisms of cell-cell spread of intracellular bacterial pathogens

(2013) K. Ireton   Open Biology

Interaction of the tick immune system with transmitted pathogens

(2013) Ondřej Hajdušek et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

OspC Is Potent Plasminogen Receptor on Surface ofBorrelia burgdorferi

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

A Tick Mannose-Binding Lectin Inhibitor Interferes with the Vertebrate Complement Cascade to Enhance Transmission of the Lyme Disease Agent

(2011) Tim J. Schuijt et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Ixodes scapularis salivary gland protein P11 facilitates migration of Anaplasma phagocytophilum from the tick gut to salivary glands

(2011) Lei Liu et al.   EMBO REPORTS

A Surface Enolase Participates in Borrelia burgdorferi-Plasminogen Interaction and Contributes to Pathogen Survival within Feeding Ticks

(2011) Sarah Veloso Nogueira et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

A Rickettsia Genome Overrun by Mobile Genetic Elements Provides Insight into the Acquisition of Genes Characteristic of an Obligate Intracellular Lifestyle

(2011) J. J. Gillespie et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Molecular Interactions that Enable Movement of the Lyme Disease Agent from the Tick Gut into the Hemolymph

(2011) Lili Zhang et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Defining a Core Set of Actin Cytoskeletal Proteins Critical for Actin-Based Motility of Rickettsia

(2010) Alisa W. Serio et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Interaction of Rickettsia felis with histone H2B facilitates the infection of a tick cell line

(2010) C. Thepparit et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Tick Histamine Release Factor Is Critical for Ixodes scapularis Engorgement and Transmission of the Lyme Disease Agent

(2010) Jianfeng Dai et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Molecular characterization of the tick-Borrelia interface

(2009) Aravinda Manu de Silva   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

Live imaging reveals a biphasic mode of dissemination of Borrelia burgdorferi within ticks

(2009) Star M. Dunham-Ems et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Molecular events involved in cellular invasion by Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum

(2009) Yasuko Rikihisa   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Cholesterol-Dependent Anaplasma phagocytophilum Exploits the Low-Density Lipoprotein Uptake Pathway

(2009) Qingming Xiong et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Rickettsial outer-membrane protein B (rOmpB) mediates bacterial invasion through Ku70 in an actin, c-Cbl, clathrin and caveolin 2-dependent manner

(2008) Yvonne G. Y. Chan et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY