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Park, J.M., Genera, B.M., Fahy, D., Swallow, K.T., Nelson, C.M., Oliver, J.D., Shaw, D.K., Munderloh, U.G., Brayton, K.A. “An Anaplasma phagocytophilum T4SS effector, AteA, is essential for tick infection”. mBio. 2023 September 25. DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01711-23.
O'Neal, A.J., Singh, N., Rolandelli, A., Laukaitis, H., Wang, X., Shaw, D.K., Young, B.D., Narasimhan, S., Dutta, S., Snyder, G.A., Samaddar, S., Marnin, L., Butler, L.R., Tays Mendes, M., Cabrera Paz, F.E., Valencia, L.M., Sundberg, E.J., Fikrig, E., Pal, U., Weber, D.J., Pedra, J.H.F. “Croquemort elicits activation of the immune deficiency pathway in ticks”. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 May 16. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2208673120.
Oliva Chávez, A.S., Wang, X., Marnin, L., Archer, N., Hammond, H.L., McClure Carroll, E.E., Shaw, D.K., Tully, B.G., Buskirk, A.D., Ford, S.L., Butler, R., Shahi, P., Morozova, K., Clement, C.C., Lawres, L., O’Neal, A.J., Mamoun, C.B., Mason, K.L., Hobbs, B.E., Scoles, G.A., Barry, E.M., Sonenshine, D.E., Pal, U., Valenzuela, J.G., Sztein, M.B., Pasetti, M.F., Levin, M.L., Kotsyfakis, M., Jay, S.M., Huntley, J.F., Miller, L., Santambrogio, L., Pedra, J.H.F. “Tick Extracellular Vesicles Enable Arthropod Feeding and Promote Distinct Outcomes of Bacterial Infection”. Nat. Commun. 2021 June 17;12(1):3696. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23900-8.
McClure, E.E. ,Oliva Chávez, A.S., Shaw, D.K., Carlyon, J.A., Ganta, R.R., Noh, S.M., Wood, D.O., Bavoil, P.M., Brayton, K.A., Martinez, J.J., McBride, J.W., Valdivia, R.H., Munderloh, U.G., Pedra, J.H.F. “Genetic Manipulation of Obligate Intracellular Bacteria: Advances and Challenges”. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2017. (9) 544-558. doi: 10.1038/nrmicro.2017.59.
Shaw, D.K., Wang, X., Brown, L.J., Chávez, A.S., Reif, K.E., Smith, A.A., Scott, A.J., McClure, E.E., Boradia, V.M., Hammond, H.L., Sundberg, E.J., Snyder, G.A., Liu, L., DePonte, K., Villar, M., Ueti, M.W., de la Fuente, J., Ernst, R.K., Pal, U., Fikrig, E., Pedra, J.H.F. “Infection-Derived Lipids Elicit a Novel Immune Deficiency Circuitry in Arthropods”. Nat. Commun. 2017. (8) 14401. doi: 10.1038/ncomms14401.
Oliva Chávez, A.S., Shaw, D.K., Munderloh, U.G., Pedra, J.H.F. “Tick Humoral Responses: Marching to the Beat of a Different Drummer”. Front. Microbiol. 2017. (8):223. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00223.
Wang X., Shaw D.K., Hammond H.L., Sutterwala F.S., Rayamajhi M., Shirey K.A., Perkins D.J., Bonventre J.V., Velayutham T.S., Evans S.M., Rodino K.G., VieBrock L., Scanlon K.M., Carbonetti N.H., Carlyon J.A., Miao E.A., McBride J.W., Kotsyfakis M., Pedra J.H.F. “The Prostaglandin E2-EP3 Receptor Axis Regulates Anaplasma phagocytophilum-Mediated NLRC4 Inflammasome Activation”. PLoS Pathog. 2016 Aug 2;12(8):e1005803. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005803.
Wang X., Shaw D.K., Sakhon O.S., Snyder G.A., Sundberg E.J., Santambrogio L., Sutterwala F.S., Dumler J.S., Shirey K.A., Perkins D.J., Richard K., Chagas A.C., Calvo E., Kopecký J., Kotsyfakis M., Pedra J.H.F. “The Tick Protein Sialostatin L2 Binds to Annexin A2 and Inhibits NLRC4-Mediated Inflammasome Activation”. Infect Immun. 2016 May 24;84(6):1796-1805. doi: 10.1128/IAI.01526-15.