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Frankenbacteriosis Targeting Interactions Between Pathogen and Symbiont to Control Infection in the Tick Vector, Lorena Mazuecos, Pilar Alberdi, Angélica Hernández-Jarguín, Marinela Contreras, Margarita Villar, Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz, Ladislav Simo, Almudena González-García, Sandra Díaz-Sánchez, Girish Neelakanta, Sarah I. Bonnet, Erol Fikrig, José de la Fuente
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Rickettsial Pathogen Perturbs Tick Circadian Gene to Infect the Vertebrate Host, Supreet Khanal, Vikas Taank, John F. Anderson, Hameeda Sultana, Girish Neelakanta
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Identification of a Rickettsial Endosymbiont in a Soft Tick Ornithodoros turicata americanus, Lichao Liu, Daniel E. Sonenshine, Hameeda Sultana, Girish Neelakanta
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Double Anus in an Ixodes scapularis Nymph, a Medically Important Tick Vector, Vikas Taank, Frank A. Lattanzio, Hameeda Sultana, Girish Neelakanta
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Tetraspanins as Potential Therapeutic Candidates for Targeting Flaviviruses, Waqas Ahmed, Girish Neelakanta, Hameeda Sultana
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Repression of Tick microRNA-133 Induces Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptide Expression Critical for Anaplasma phagocytophilumsurvival in the Vector and Transmission to the Vertebrate Host, Ellango Ramasamy, Vikas Taank, John F. Anderson, Hameeda Sultana, Girish Neelakanta
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Discovery of Exosomes From Tick Saliva and Salivary Glands Reveals Therapeutic Roles for CXCL12 and IL-8 in Wound Healing at the Tick-Human Skin Interface, Wenshuo Zhou, Faizan Tahir, Joseph Che-Yen Wang, Michael Woodson, Michael B. Sherman, Shahid Karim, Girish Neelakanta, Hameeda Sultana
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An Efficient Microinjection Method to Generate Human Anaplasmosis Agent Anaplasma Phagocytophilum-Infected Ticks, Vikas Taank, Ellango Ramasamy, Hameeda Sultana, Girish Neelakanta
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Tick-Borne Flavivirus Inhibits Sphingomyelinase (IsSMase), a Venomous Spider Ortholog to Increase Sphingomyelin Lipid Levels for Its Survival in Ixodes scapularis Ticks, Pravesh Regmi, Supreet Khanal, Girish Neelakanta, Hameda Sultana
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Exosomes Mediate Zika Virus Transmission Through SMPD3 Neutral Sphingomyelinase in Cortical Neurons, Wenshuo Zhou, Michael Woodson, Michael B. Sherman, Girish Neelakanta, Hameeda Sultana
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Characterization of Tick Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptides (OATPs) Upon Bacterial and Viral Infections, Vikas Taank, Wenshou Zhou, Xuran Zhuang, John F. Anderson, Utpal Pal, Hameeda Sultana, Girish Neelakanta
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Arthropod Transcriptional Activator Protein-1 (AP-1) Aids Tick-Rickettsial Pathogen Survival in the Cold, Supreet Khanal, Vikas Taank, John F. Anderson, Hameeda Sultana, Girish Neelakanta
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Arthropod EVs Mediate Dengue Virus Transmission Through Interaction With a Tetraspanin Domain Containing Glycoprotein Tsp29Fb, Ashish Vora, Wenshuo Zhou, Berlin Londono-Renteria, Michael Woodson, Michael B. Sherman, Tonya M. Collpitts, Girish Neelakanta, Hameeda Sultana
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Coordination of Different Ligands to Copper(II) and Cobalt(III) Metal Centers Enhances Zika Virus and Dengue Virus Loads in Both Arthropod Cells and Human Keratinocytes, Shovan Dutta, Michael J. Celestine, Supreet Khanal, Alexis Huddleston, Colin Simms, Jessa Faye Arca, Amlam Mitra, Loree Heller, Piotr Kraj, Michael Ledizet, John F. Anderson, Girish Neelakanta, Alvin A. Holder, Hameeda Sultana
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Human Rickettsial Pathogen Modulates Arthropod Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptide and Tryptophan Pathway for Its Survival in Ticks, Vikas Taank, Shovan Dutta, Amrita Dasgupta, Durland Fish, John F. Anderson, Hameeda Sultana, Girish Neelakanta
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Anaplasma Phagocytophilum Infection Modulates Expression of Megakaryocyte Cell Cycle Genes Through Phosphatidylinositol-3-Kinase Signaling, Supreet Khanal, Hameeda Sultana, John D. Catravas, Jason A. Carlyon, Girish Neelakanta
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Ticks Elicit Variable Fibrinogenolytic Activities Upon Feeding on Hosts With Different Immune Backgrounds, Ashish Vora, Vikas Taank, John F. Anderson, Durland Fish, Daniel E. Sonenshine, John D. Catravas, Hameeda Sultana, Girish Neelakanta
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Exosomes Serve as Novel Modes of Tick-Borne Flavivirus Transmission From Arthropod to Human Cells and Facilitates Dissemination of Viral RNA and Proteins to the Vertebrate Neuronal Cells, Wenshuo Zhou, Michael Woodson, Biswas Neupane, Fengwei Bai, Michael B. Sherman, Kyung H. Choi, Girish Neelakanta, Hameeda Sultana
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Transmission-Blocking Vaccines: Focus on Anti-Vector Vaccines against Tick-Borne Diseases, Girish Neelakanta, Hameeda Sultana
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Identification and Comparative Analysis of Subolesin/Akirin Ortholog from Ornithodoros turicata Ticks, Hameeda Sultana, Unnati Patel, Daniel E. Sonenshine, Girish Neelakanta
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The Use of Metagenomic Approaches to Analyze Changes in Microbial Communities, Girish Neelakanta, Hameeda Sultana
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