Infection-derived lipids elicit an immune deficiency circuit in arthropods DK Shaw, X Wang, LJ Brown, ASO Chávez, KE Reif, AA Smith, AJ Scott, ... Nature communications 8 (1), 14401, 2017 | 117 | 2017 |
Immunity-related genes in Ixodes scapularis—perspectives from genome information AA Smith, U Pal Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 4, 116, 2014 | 86 | 2014 |
A surface enolase participates in Borrelia burgdorferi-plasminogen interaction and contributes to pathogen survival within feeding ticks SV Nogueira, AA Smith, JH Qin, U Pal Infection and immunity 80 (1), 82-90, 2012 | 76 | 2012 |
Study of the response regulator Rrp1 reveals its regulatory role in chitobiose utilization and virulence of Borrelia burgdorferi CW Sze, A Smith, YH Choi, X Yang, U Pal, A Yu, C Li Infection and immunity 81 (5), 1775-1787, 2013 | 64 | 2013 |
Cross-species interferon signaling boosts microbicidal activity within the tick vector AA Smith, N Navasa, X Yang, CN Wilder, O Buyuktanir, A Marques, ... Cell host & microbe 20 (1), 91-98, 2016 | 61 | 2016 |
A dityrosine network mediated by dual oxidase and peroxidase influences the persistence of Lyme disease pathogens within the vector X Yang, AA Smith, MS Williams, U Pal Journal of Biological Chemistry 289 (18), 12813-12822, 2014 | 50 | 2014 |
A Borrelia burgdorferi Surface-Exposed Transmembrane Protein Lacking Detectable Immune Responses Supports Pathogen Persistence and Constitutes a … F Kung, S Kaur, AA Smith, X Yang, CN Wilder, K Sharma, O Buyuktanir, ... The Journal of infectious diseases 213 (11), 1786-1795, 2016 | 49 | 2016 |
Safety, toxicity and immunogenicity of a malaria vaccine based on the circumsporozoite protein (FMP013) with the adjuvant army liposome formulation containing QS21 (ALFQ) A Cawlfield, CJ Genito, Z Beck, ES Bergmann-Leitner, AA Bitzer, K Soto, ... Vaccine 37 (29), 3793-3803, 2019 | 44 | 2019 |
HtrA, a temperature-and stationary phase-activated protease involved in maturation of a key microbial virulence determinant, facilitates Borrelia burgdorferi infection in … M Ye, K Sharma, M Thakur, AA Smith, O Buyuktanir, X Xiang, X Yang, ... Infection and immunity 84 (8), 2372-2381, 2016 | 43 | 2016 |
Leptospira interrogans Enolase Is Secreted Extracellularly and Interacts with Plasminogen SV Nogueira, BT Backstedt, AA Smith, JH Qin, EA Wunder Jr, A Ko, U Pal PLoS One 8 (10), e78150, 2013 | 41 | 2013 |
In vitro and in vivo inhibition of malaria parasite infection by monoclonal antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein (CSP) MC Livingstone, AA Bitzer, A Giri, K Luo, RS Sankhala, M Choe, X Zou, ... Scientific reports 11 (1), 5318, 2021 | 39 | 2021 |
Plasticity in early immune evasion strategies of a bacterial pathogen Q Bernard, AA Smith, X Yang, J Koci, SD Foor, SD Cramer, X Zhuang, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (16), E3788-E3797, 2018 | 39 | 2018 |
BB0323 and Novel Virulence Determinant BB0238: Borrelia burgdorferi Proteins That Interact With and Stabilize Each Other and Are Critical for Infectivity T Kariu, K Sharma, P Singh, AA Smith, B Backstedt, O Buyuktanir, U Pal The Journal of infectious diseases 211 (3), 462-471, 2015 | 37 | 2015 |
Lyme disease spirochaete Borrelia burgdorferi does not require thiamin K Zhang, J Bian, Y Deng, A Smith, RE Nunez, MB Li, U Pal, AM Yu, W Qiu, ... Nature microbiology 2 (1), 1-6, 2016 | 35 | 2016 |
Optimization of a Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein repeat vaccine using the tobacco mosaic virus platform MD Langowski, FA Khan, AA Bitzer, CJ Genito, AJ Schrader, ML Martin, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (6), 3114-3122, 2020 | 33 | 2020 |
A chitin deacetylase-like protein is a predominant constituent of tick peritrophic membrane that influences the persistence of Lyme disease pathogens within the vector T Kariu, A Smith, X Yang, U Pal PLoS One 8 (10), e78376, 2013 | 31 | 2013 |
Pediatric Tuberculosis: The Impact of “Omics” on Diagnostics Development S Jakhar, AA Bitzer, LR Stromberg, H Mukundan International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21 (19), 6979, 2020 | 26 | 2020 |
Borrelia burgdorferi protein interactions critical for microbial persistence in mammals Q Bernard, M Thakur, AA Smith, C Kitsou, X Yang, U Pal Cellular microbiology 21 (2), e12885, 2019 | 26 | 2019 |
Dome1–JAK–STAT signaling between parasite and host integrates vector immunity and development VS Rana, C Kitsou, S Dutta, MH Ronzetti, M Zhang, Q Bernard, AA Smith, ... Science 379 (6628), eabl3837, 2023 | 23 | 2023 |
The lipoprotein La7 contributes to Borrelia burgdorferi persistence in ticks and their transmission to naive hosts X Yang, S Hegde, DY Shroder, AA Smith, K Promnares, G Neelakanta, ... Microbes and infection 15 (10-11), 729-737, 2013 | 22 | 2013 |