All Publications

2020

Dadelahi AS, Lacey CA, Chambers CA, Ponzilacqua-Silva B, Skyberg JA. (2020) B cells Inhibit CD4+ T cell Mediated Immunity to Brucella Infection in a MHCII-Dependent Manner. Infect Immun IAI.00075-20.

Willix JL, Stockton JL, Olson RM, Anderson PE, Anderson DM. (2020) Activation of heme oxygenase expression by cobalt protoporphyrin treatment prevents pneumonic plague caused by inhalation of Yersinia pestis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother AAC.01819-19.

Williams AE, Franz AWE, Reid WR, Olson KE. (2020) Antiviral Effectors and Gene Drive Strategies for Mosquito Population Suppression or Replacement to Mitigate Arbovirus Transmission by Aedes aegypti. Insects 11(1):52.

Abdelbaset AE, Hamed MI, Abushahba MFN, Rawy MS, Sayed ASM, Adamovicz JJ. (2020) Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity and the associated risk factors in sheep and pregnant women in El-Minya Governorate, Egypt. Veterinary World 13(1):54-60.

2019

Ledbetter L, Cherla R, Chambers C, Zhang Y, Mitchell WJ, Zhang G. (2019) MHC-II-restricted, CD4+ T cell-dependent and -independent mechanisms are required for vaccine-induced protective immunity against Coxiella burnetii. Infect Immun IAI.00824-19.

Cui Y, Grant DG, Lin J, Yu X, Franz AWE. (2019) Zika Virus Dissemination from the Midgut of Aedes aegypti is Facilitated by Bloodmeal-Mediated Structural Modification of the Midgut Basal Lamina. Viruses 11(11):1056.

Ledbetter L, Cherla R, Chambers C, Zhang Y, Zhang G. (2019) Eosinophils Affect Antibody Isotype Switching and May Partially Contribute to Early Vaccine-Induced Immunity against Coxiella burnetii. Infect Immun 87(11):e00376-19.

Ludlow AB, Pauling CD, Marketon MM, Anderson DM. (2019) Drosophila as a Model for Understanding the Insect Host of Yersinia pestis. In: Vadyvaloo V, Lawrenz M (eds) Pathogenic Yersinia. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2010. Humana, New York, NY.

Anderson PE, Olson RM, Willix JL, Anderson DM. (2019) Standardized Method for Aerosol Challenge of Rodents with Yersinia pestis for Modeling Primary Pneumonic Plague. In: Vadyvaloo V, Lawrenz M (eds) Pathogenic Yersinia. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2010. Humana, New York, NY.

Olson RM, Anderson DM. (2019) Shift from primary pneumonic to secondary septicemic plague by decreasing the volume of intranasal challenge with Yersinia pestis in the murine model. PLoS One 14(5):e0217440.

Lacey CA, Chambers CA, Mitchell WJ, Skyberg JA. (2019) IFN‐γ‐dependent nitric oxide suppresses Brucella‐induced arthritis by inhibition of inflammasome activation. J Leukoc Biol 106(1):27-34.

Kantor AM, Lin J, Wang A, Thompson DC, Franz AWE. (2019) Infection Pattern of Mayaro Virus in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) and Transmission Potential of the Virus in Mixed Infections with Chikungunya Virus. J Med Entomol 56(3):832-843.

Olson RM, Dhariwala MO, Mitchell WJ, Anderson DM. (2019) Yersinia pestis Exploits Early Activation of MyD88 for Growth in the Lungs during Pneumonic Plague. Infect Immun 87(4):e00757-18.

2018

Lacey CA, Mitchell WJ, Dadelahi AS, Skyberg JS. (2018) Caspase-1 and Caspase-11 Mediate Pyroptosis, Inflammation, and Control of Brucella Joint Infection. Infect Immun 86(9):e00361-18.

Cherla R, Zhang Y, Ledbetter L, Zhang G. (2018) Coxiella burnetii Inhibits Neutrophil Apoptosis by Exploiting Survival Pathways and Antiapoptotic Protein Mcl-1. Infect Immun 86(4):e00504-17.

Kantor AM, Grant DG, Balaraman V, White TA, Franz AWE. (2018) Ultrastructural Analysis of Chikungunya Virus Dissemination from the Midgut of the Yellow Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Viruses 10(10):571.

Sheridan MA, Balaraman V, Schust, DJ, Ezashi T, Roberts RM, Franz AWE. (2018) African and Asian strains of Zika virus differ in their ability to infect and lyse primitive human placental trophoblast. PLoS One 13(7):e0200086.

Xia C, Anderson P, Hahm B. (2018) Viral dedication to vigorous destruction of interferon receptors. Virology 522:19-26.

Buttrum L, Ledbetter L, Cherla R, Zhang Y, Mitchell WJ, Zhang G. (2018) Both Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I (MHC-I) and MHC-II Molecules are Required, while MHC-I Appears to Play a Critical Role in Host Defense against Primary Coxiella burnetii Infection. Infect Immun 86(4):e00602-17.

Whyte JJ, Meyer AE, Spate LD, Benne JA, Cecil R, Samuel MS, Murphy CN, Prather RS, Geisert RD. (2018) Inactivation of porcine interleukin-1β results in failure of rapid conceptus elongation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 115(2):307-312.

2017

Skyberg JA, Lacey CA. (2017) Hematopoietic MyD88 and IL-18 are essential for IFN-γ-dependent restriction of type A Francisella tularensis infection. J Leukoc Biol 102(6):1441-1450.

Dhariwala MO, Olson RM, Anderson DM. (2017) Induction of type I interferon through a noncanonical toll-like receptor 7 pathway during Yersinia pestis infection. Infect Immun 85(11):e00570-17.

Olson RM, Anderson DM. (2017) Usurping bacterial virulence factors as self-delivery vehicles for therapeutic use. Virulence 8(7):1072-1074.

Dong S, Balaraman V, Kantor AM, Lin J, Grant DG, Held NL, Franz AWE. (2017) Chikungunya virus dissemination from the midgut of Aedes aegypti is associated with temporal basal lamina degradation during bloodmeal digestion. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 11(9):e0005976.

Dong S, Behura SK, Franz AWE. (2017) The midgut transcriptome of Aedes aegypti fed with saline or protein meals containing chikungunya virus reveals genes potentially involved in viral midgut escape. BMC Genomics 18:382.

Lacey CA, Mitchell WJ, Brown CR, Skyberg JA. (2017) Temporal Role for MyD88 in a Model of Brucella-Induced Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Inflammation. Infect Immun 85(3):e00961-16.

Sheridan MA, Yunusov D, Balaraman V, Alexenko AP, Yabe S, Verjovski-Almeida S, Schust DJ, Franz AWE, Sadovsky Y, Ezashi T, Roberts RM. (2017) Vulnerability of primitive human placental trophoblast to Zika virus. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 114(9):E1587-E1596.

Kantor AM, Dong S, Held NL, Ishimwe E, Passarelli AL, Clem RJ, Franz AWE. (2017) Identification and initial characterization of matrix metalloproteinases in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Insect Mol Biol 26(1):113-126.

Olson RM, Anderson DM. (2017) Fractionation Techniques to Examine Effector Translocation. In: Niles M, Condry D (eds) Type 3 Secretion Systems. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1531. Humana Press, New York, NY.

2016

Schoenlaub L, Cherla R, Zhang Y, Zhang G. (2016) Coxiella burnetii Avirulent Nine Mile Phase II Induces Caspase-1-Dependent Pyroptosis in Murine Peritoneal B1a B Cells. Infect Immun 84:3638-3654.

Keleher LL, Skyberg JA. (2016) Activation of bovine neutrophils by Brucella spp. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 177:1-6.

Zhang G. (2016) US Patent 9,422,545. Lipopolysaccharide-targeted peptide mimic vaccine against Q fever.

Lacey CA, Keleher LL, Mitchell WJ, Brown CR, Skyberg JA. (2016) CXCR2 Mediates Brucella-Induced Arthritis in Interferon γ-Deficient Mice. J Infect Dis 214(1):151-160.

Dong S, Kantor AM, Lin J, Passarelli AL, Clem RJ, Franz AWE. (2016) Infection pattern and transmission potential of chikungunya virus in two New World laboratory-adapted Aedes aegypti strains. Sci Rep 6:24729.

Adamovicz JJ. (2016) Select agent program impact on the IBC. In: Baskin CR, Zelicoff AP (eds) Ensuring National Biosecurity: Institutional Biosafety Committee. Academic Press, Waltham, MA.

2015

Schoenlaub L, Elliott A, Freches D, Mitchell WJ, Zhang G. (2015) Role of B cells in host defense against primary Coxiella burnetii infection. Infect Immun 83(12):4826-4836.

Elliott A, Schoenlaub L, Freches D, Mitchell W, Zhang G. (2015) Neutrophils play an important role in protective immunity against Coxiella burnetii infection. Infect Immun 83(8):3104-3113.

2014

Peng Y, Schoenlaub L, Elliott A, Mitchell WJ, Zhang G. (2014) Characterization of a lipopolysaccharide-targeted monoclonal antibody and its variable fragments as candidates for prophylaxis against the obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen Coxiella burnetii. Infect Immun 82(11):4530-4541.

Coate EA, Kocsis AG, Peters KN, Anderson PE, Ellersieck MR, Fine DM, Anderson DM. (2014) Remote monitoring of the progression of primary pneumonic plague in Brown Norway rats in high-capacity, high-containment housing. Pathog Dis 72(2):265-275.

Skyberg JA. (2014) Immunopotentiation for bacterial biodefense. Curr Top Med Chem 14(18):2115-2126.

2013

Elliott A, Peng Y, Zhang G. (2013) Coxiella burnetii Interaction with Neutrophils and Macrophages In Vitro and in SCID Mice following Aerosol Infection. Infect Immun 81(12):4604-4614.

Skyberg JA. (2013) Immunotherapy for tularemia. Virulence 4(8):859-870.

Skyberg JA, Rollins MF, Samuel JW, Sutherland MD, Belisle JT, Pascual DW. (2013) Interleukin-17 Protects against the Francisella tularensis Live Vaccine Strain but Not against a Virulent F. tularensis Type A Strain. Infect Immun 81(9): 3099-3105.

Franklin CF. (2013) One Medicine: Collaborative Research on Human & Animal Disease for the Betterment of Both. Mo Med 110(3):195-196.

Zhang G, Peng Y, Schoenlaub L, Elliott A, Mitchell W, Zhang Y. (2013) Formalin-Inactivated Coxiella burnetii Phase I Vaccine-Induced Protection Depends on B Cells to Produce Protective IgM and IgG. Infect Immun 81(6):2112-2122.

Homer LC, Alderman TS, Blair HA, Brocard AS, Broussard EE, Ellis RP, Frerotte J, Low EW, McCarthy TR, McCormick JM, et al. (2013) Guidelines for Biosafety Training Programs for Workers Assigned to BSL-3 Research Laboratories. Biosecur Bioterror 11(1):10-19.

Peters KN, Dhariwala MO, Hughes Hanks JM, Brown CR, Anderson DM. 2013. Early Apoptosis of Macrophages Modulated by Injection of Yersinia pestis YopK Promotes Progression of Primary Pneumonic Plague. PLoS Pathog 9(4):e1003324.

2012

Eisele NA, Brown CR, Anderson DM. (2012) Phagocytes and Humoral Immunity to pneumonic Plague. In: de Almeida A, Leal N (eds) Advances in Yersinia Research. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 954. Springer, New York, NY.

Gater ST, Peters KN, Kocsis AG, Dhariwala MO, Anderson DM, Anderson PE. (2012) Host stress and immune responses during aerosol challenge of Brown Norway rats with Yersinia pestis. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2:147.

Patel AA, Anderson DM. (2012) Innate Immune Responses during Infection with Yersinia pestis. In: de Almeida A, Leal N (eds) Advances in Yersinia Research. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 954. Springer, New York, NY.

Patel AA, Lee-Lewis H, Hughes-Hanks J, Lewis CA, Anderson DM. (2012) Opposing Roles for Interferon Regulatory Factor-3 (IRF-3) and Type I Interferon Signaling during Plague. PLoS Pathog 8(7):e1002817.

Peters KN, Anderson DM. (2012) Modulation of Host Cell Death Pathways by Yersinia species and the Type III Effector YopK. In: de Almeida A, Leal N (eds) Advances in Yersinia Research. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 954. Springer, New York, NY.

2011

Eisele NA, Anderson DM. (2011) Host Defense and the Airway Epithelium: Frontline Responses that Protect against Bacterial Invasion and Pneumonia. J Pathog 2011:249802.