A protein-protein interaction dictates Borrelial infectivity

by Meghna Thakur, Kavita Sharma, Kinlin Chao, Alexis A. Smith, Osnat Herzberg, Utpal Pal
Published 2017

Antibodies against EGF-like domains in Ixodes scapularis BM86 orthologs impact tick feeding and survival of Borrelia burgdorferi

by Juraj Koči, Sandhya Bista, Payal Chirania, Xiuli Yang, Chrysoula Kitsou, Vipin Singh Rana, Ozlem Buyuktanir Yas, Daniel E. Sonenshine, Utpal Pal
Published 2021

The Lyme disease agent co-opts adiponectin receptor-mediated signaling in its arthropod vector

by Xiaotian Tang, Yongguo Cao, Gunjan Arora, Jesse Hwang, Andaleeb Sajid, Courtney L Brown, Sameet Mehta, Alejandro Marín-López, Yu-Min Chuang, Ming-Jie Wu, Hongwei Ma, Utpal Pal, Sukanya Narasimhan, Erol Fikrig
Published 2021

Infection-derived lipids elicit an immune deficiency circuit in arthropods

by Dana K. Shaw, Xiaowei Wang, Lindsey J. Brown, Adela S. Oliva Chávez, Kathryn E. Reif, Alexis A. Smith, Alison J. Scott, Erin E. McClure, Vishant M. Boradia, Holly L. Hammond, Eric J. Sundberg, Greg A. Snyder, Lei Liu, Kathleen DePonte, Margarita Villar, Massaro W. Ueti, José de la Fuente, Robert K. Ernst, Utpal Pal, Erol Fikrig, Joao H. F. Pedra
Published 2017

Tick extracellular vesicles enable arthropod feeding and promote distinct outcomes of bacterial infection

by Adela S. Oliva Chávez, Xiaowei Wang, Liron Marnin, Nathan K. Archer, Holly L. Hammond, Erin E. McClure Carroll, Dana K. Shaw, Brenden G. Tully, Amanda D. Buskirk, Shelby L. Ford, L. Rainer Butler, Preeti Shahi, Kateryna Morozova, Cristina C. Clement, Lauren Lawres, Anya J. O’ Neal, Choukri Ben Mamoun, Kathleen L. Mason, Brandi E. Hobbs, Glen A. Scoles, Eileen M. Barry, Daniel E. Sonenshine, Utpal Pal, Jesus G. Valenzuela, Marcelo B. Sztein, Marcela F. Pasetti, Michael L. Levin, Michail Kotsyfakis, Steven M. Jay, Jason F. Huntley, Lloyd S. Miller, Laura Santambrogio, Joao H. F. Pedra
Published 2021