Erol Fikrig

Immunology and MicrobiologyMedicineAgricultural and Biological Sciences

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Driven by 66 papers. Top paper: “The Lyme disease agent co-opts adiponectin receptor-mediated signaling in its arthropod vector”.

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

eLife(2021)10.7554/elife.72568

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11 citations

Yongguo Cao, Gunjan Arora, Jesse Hwang, Andaleeb Sajid, Courtney L Brown +9 more

Dual roles for a tick protein disulfide isomerase during the life cycle of the Lyme disease agent

mBio(2024)10.1128/mbio.01754-24

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4 citations

Yingjun Cui, Ushuu Namarra, Xiuqi Tian, Freddie Rivas-Giorgi, Erol Fikrig +1 more

Salp14 epitope-based mRNA vaccination induces early recognition of a tick bite

Vaccine(2024)10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126304

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Balasubramanian Cibichakravarthy, Xiaotian Tang, Mohamad‐Gabriel Alameh, Garima Dwivedi, Drew Weissman +2 more

Aedes aegypti adiponectin receptor-like protein signaling facilitates Zika virus infection

mBio(2024)10.1128/mbio.02433-24

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1 citations

Alejandro Marín-López, Hamidah Raduwan, Erol Fikrig, Tse-Yu Chen

Naturally Acquired Resistance to Ixodes scapularis Elicits Partial Immunity against Other Tick Vectors in a Laboratory Host

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene(2020)10.4269/ajtmh.20-0776

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13 citations

Hüsrev Diktaş, Kathleen DePonte, Erol Fikrig, Geoffrey E. Lynn

Fractionation of tick saliva reveals proteins associated with the development of acquired resistance to Ixodes scapularis

Vaccine(2020)10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.10.087

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12 citations

Geoffrey E. Lynn, Kathleen DePonte, Michel Ledizet, Sukanya Narasimhan, Erol Fikrig +1 more

Interactions Between Ticks and Lyme Disease Spirochetes

Caister Academic Press eBooks(2020)10.21775/9781913652616.11

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12 citations

Chrysoula Kitsou, Dan Drecktrah, Özlem Büyüktanir Yaş, Erol Fikrig, Utpal Pal

Interactions Between Ticks and Lyme Disease Spirochetes

Current Issues in Molecular Biology(2020)10.21775/cimb.042.113

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33 citations

Chrysoula Kitsou, Dan Drecktrah, Özlem Büyüktanir Yaş, Erol Fikrig, Utpal Pal

The Effects of A Mosquito Salivary Protein on Sporozoite Traversal of Host Cells

The Journal of Infectious Diseases(2020)10.1093/infdis/jiaa759

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29 citations

Tolulope A. Agunbiade, Xudong Tang, Marianna Freudzon, Lionel Alméras, Erol Fikrig +1 more

A human secretome library screen reveals a role for Peptidoglycan Recognition Protein 1 in Lyme borreliosis

PLoS Pathogens(2020)10.1371/journal.ppat.1009030

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28 citations

Gunjan Arora, Connor Rosen, Zachary A. Kloos, Yongguo Cao, Jiří Černý +12 more

Macrophage scavenger receptor 1 controls Chikungunya virus infection through autophagy in mice

Communications Biology(2020)10.1038/s42003-020-01285-6

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27 citations

Tingting Geng, Guang Yang, Jinzhu Ma, Leilei Wang, Harshada Ketkar +13 more

CXCL10 Signaling Contributes to the Pathogenesis of Arthritogenic Alphaviruses

Viruses(2020)10.3390/v12111252

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27 citations

Tingting Geng, Andrew G. Harrison, Duomeng Yang, Anthony T. Vella, Erol Fikrig +2 more

Single cell immune profiling of dengue virus patients reveals intact immune responses to Zika virus with enrichment of innate immune signatures

PLoS neglected tropical diseases(2020)10.1371/journal.pntd.0008112

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24 citations

Matthew Amodio, Brent Vander Wyk, Bram Gerritsen, Mahesh Kumar, David van Dijk +15 more

STING deficiency-associated aberrant CXCL10 expression contributes to pathogenesis of arthritogenic alphaviruses

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.05.13.095083

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5 citations

Tingting Geng, Andrew G. Harrison, Duomeng Yang, Anthony T. Vella, Erol Fikrig +2 more

Macrophage scavenger receptor 1 controls Chikungunya virus infection through autophagy

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.02.28.969832

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2 citations

Tingting Geng, Guang Yang, Jinzhu Ma, Leilei Wang, Harshada Ketkhar +13 more

Aedes aegypti SNAP and a calcium transporter ATPase influence dengue virus dissemination

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.07.10.198226

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Junjun Jiang, Yuchen Wang, Yongguo Cao, Tyler MacNeil, Andrew K. Hastings +2 more

Attachment of Borrelia burgdorferi within Ixodes scapularis mediated by outer surface protein A

Medical Entomology and Zoology(2020)10.17615/7pgs-cy69

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Juan Anguíta, Utpal Pal, John F. Anderson, Ruth R. Montgomery, Yves Lobet +3 more

Grappling with the tick microbiome

Trends in Parasitology(2021)10.1016/j.pt.2021.04.004

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134 citations

Andrea Swei, Selma Abouneameh, Utpal Pal, Joao H. F. Pedra, Erol Fikrig +1 more

Tick host immunity: vector immunomodulation and acquired tick resistance

Trends in Immunology(2021)10.1016/j.it.2021.05.005

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65 citations

Erol Fikrig, Utpal Pal, Chrysoula Kitsou

Immunomodulation by Mosquito Salivary Protein AgSAP Contributes to Early Host Infection by Plasmodium

mBio(2021)10.1128/mbio.03091-21

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25 citations

Andaleeb Sajid, Yu-Min Chuang, Yuemei Dong, Akash Gupta, Kristen Gambardella +5 more

AgBR1 and NeSt1 antisera protect mice from Aedes aegypti-borne Zika infection

Vaccine(2021)10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.01.072

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20 citations

Yuchen Wang, Junjun Jiang, Michel Ledizet, Erol Fikrig, Alejandro Marín-López

Aedes aegypti SNAP and a calcium transporter ATPase influence dengue virus dissemination

PLoS neglected tropical diseases(2021)10.1371/journal.pntd.0009442

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14 citations

Junjun Jiang, Yuchen Wang, Yongguo Cao, Tyler MacNeil, Andrew K. Hastings +2 more

Probing an Ixodes ricinus salivary gland yeast surface display with tick-exposed human sera to identify novel candidates for an anti-tick vaccine

Scientific Reports(2021)10.1038/s41598-021-92538-9

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13 citations

Julen Tomás‐Cortázar, Sarah Knorr, Diego Barriales, Ondřej Hajdušek, Radek Šíma +7 more

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

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.09.13.460039

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1 citations

Yongguo Cao, Gunjan Arora, Jesse Hwang, Andaleeb Sajid, Courtney L Brown +9 more

An Essential Role of UBXN3B in B Lymphopoiesis

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.03.04.433919

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Duomeng Yang, Tao Lin, Andrew G. Harrison, Binsheng Wang, Blake L. Torrance +9 more

Tick transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi to the murine host is not influenced by environmentally acquired midgut microbiota

Microbiome(2022)10.1186/s40168-022-01378-w

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39 citations

Nallakkandi Rajeevan, Morven Graham, Ming-Jie Wu, Kathleen DePonte, Solenne Marion +6 more

A tick C1q protein alters infectivity of the Lyme disease agent by modulating interferon γ

Cell Reports(2022)10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111673

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19 citations

Gunjan Arora, Jaqueline Matias, Thomas Hart, Yingjun Cui, Erol Fikrig +1 more

CD55 Facilitates Immune Evasion by Borrelia crocidurae, an Agent of Relapsing Fever

mBio(2022)10.1128/mbio.01161-22

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13 citations

Geoffrey E. Lynn, Xiaotian Tang, Connor Rosen, Dieuwertje Hoornstra, Andaleeb Sajid +5 more

Immunization of guinea pigs with cement extract induces resistance against Ixodes scapularis ticks

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases(2022)10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.102017

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13 citations

Jiří Černý, Cheyne Kurokawa, Hüsrev Diktaş, Jaqueline Matias, Andaleeb Sajid +5 more

Aedes aegypti anti-salivary proteins IgG levels in a cohort of DENV-like symptoms subjects from a dengue-endemic region in Colombia

Frontiers in Epidemiology(2022)10.3389/fepid.2022.1002857

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9 citations

Alejandro Marín-López, Jenny C. Cardenas, Lady Y. Gutiérrez-Silva, Maria U. Gonzales-Pabon, L. Paulina Maldonado-Ruiz +5 more

CD36 homologs determine microbial resistance to the Lyme disease spirochete

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)10.1101/2022.02.09.479763

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Nisha Singh, Iain S. Forrest, Agustín Rolandelli, Xiaowei Wang, Dana K. Shaw +17 more

Development of an mRNA-lipid nanoparticle vaccine against Lyme disease

Molecular Therapy(2023)10.1016/j.ymthe.2023.07.022

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82 citations

Gunjan Arora, Thomas Hart, Emily Bettini, Brian T. Gaudette, Hiromi Muramatsu +10 more

Dome1–JAK–STAT signaling between parasite and host integrates vector immunity and development

Science(2023)10.1126/science.abl3837

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54 citations

Chrysoula Kitsou, Shraboni Dutta, Michael Ronzetti, Min Zhang, Quentin Bernard +20 more

Malaria: influence of Anopheles mosquito saliva on Plasmodium infection

Trends in Immunology(2023)10.1016/j.it.2023.02.005

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49 citations

Yu-Min Chuang, Photini Sinnis, George Dimopoulos, Erol Fikrig, Gunjan Arora

Mosquito Salivary Proteins and Arbovirus Infection: From Viral Enhancers to Potential Targets for Vaccines

Pathogens(2023)10.3390/pathogens12030371

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24 citations

Hamidah Raduwan, Tse-Yu Chen, Sergio Utrilla-Trigo, David P. Wolfhard, Erol Fikrig +1 more

Specific mRNA lipid nanoparticles and acquired resistance to ticks

Vaccine(2023)10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.06.081

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18 citations

Yingjun Cui, Xiaotian Tang, Andaleeb Sajid, Gunjan Arora, Ming-Jie Wu +8 more

Adiponectin in the mammalian host influences ticks’ acquisition of the Lyme disease pathogen Borrelia

PLoS Biology(2023)10.1371/journal.pbio.3002331

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5 citations

Yongguo Cao, Carmen J. Booth, Gunjan Arora, Yingjun Cui, Jaqueline Matias +2 more

Metabolomic changes associated with acquired resistance to Ixodes scapularis

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases(2023)10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102279

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5 citations

Jaqueline Matias, Xiaotian Tang, Balasubramanian Cibichakravarthy, Kathleen DePonte, Ming-Jie Wu +2 more

Repeated Tick Infestations Impair Borrelia burgdorferi Transmission in a Non-Human Primate Model of Tick Feeding

Pathogens(2023)10.3390/pathogens12010132

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12 citations

Carmen J. Booth, Mario T. Philipp, Erol Fikrig, Monica E. Embers, Sukanya Narasimhan

Vaccinia Virus Strain MVA Expressing a Prefusion-Stabilized SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein Induces Robust Protection and Prevents Brain Infection in Mouse and Hamster Models

Vaccines(2023)10.3390/vaccines11051006

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10 citations

Alejandro Marín-López, Kevin Chiem, Luís Jiménez-Cabello, Irfan Ullah, Sergio Utrilla-Trigo +17 more

Bulk and single-nucleus RNA sequencing highlight immune pathways induced in individuals during an Ixodes scapularis tick bite

Infection and Immunity(2023)10.1128/iai.00282-23

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4 citations

Geoffrey E. Lynn, Yingjun Cui, Jiri Cerny, Gunjan Arora, Mary M. Tomayko +3 more

Signaling between mammalian adiponectin and a mosquito adiponectin receptor reduces Plasmodium transmission

mBio(2023)10.1128/mbio.02257-23

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Helen Stone, Selma Abouneameh, Xiaotian Tang, Erol Fikrig, Yu-Min Chuang

Metabolomic changes associated with acquired resistance to Ixodes scapularis

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.07.31.551287

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Jaqueline Matias, Xiaotian Tang, Balasubramanian Cibichakravarthy, Kathleen DePonte, Ming-Jie Wu +2 more

Anopheles gambiae mosGILT regulates innate immune genes and zpg expression

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.08.01.551536

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Xiaotian Tang, Yingjun Cui, Jing Yang, Yu-Min Chuang, Jayadev Joshi +6 more

An atlas of human vector-borne microbe interactions reveals pathogenicity mechanisms

Cell(2024)10.1016/j.cell.2024.05.023

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24 citations

Nicole Sonnert, Xiaotian Tang, Reetika Chaurasia, Paige E. Allen, Jason R. Hunt +30 more

Vaccination to Prevent Lyme Disease: A Movement Towards Anti-Tick Approaches

The Journal of Infectious Diseases(2024)10.1093/infdis/jiae202

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16 citations

Thomas Hart, Erol Fikrig, Emily Johnson

Bacterial reprogramming of tick metabolism impacts vector fitness and susceptibility to infection

Nature Microbiology(2024)10.1038/s41564-024-01756-0

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13 citations

Agustín Rolandelli, Anya J. O’Neal, Hanna J. Laukaitis-Yousey, Liron Marnin, Nisha Singh +20 more

Zika virus exists in enterocytes and enteroendocrine cells of the Aedes aegypti midgut

iScience(2024)10.1016/j.isci.2024.110353

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12 citations

Hamidah Raduwan, Alejandro Marín-López, Yingjun Cui, Erol Fikrig, Tse-Yu Chen

The human CD47 checkpoint is targeted by an immunosuppressive Aedes aegypti salivary factor to enhance arboviral skin infectivity

Science Immunology(2024)10.1126/sciimmunol.adk9872

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6 citations

John D. Huck, Allen T. Esterly, Verónica Azcutia, Connor Rosen, Rolando García-Milian +14 more

mosGILT controls innate immunity and germ cell development in Anopheles gambiae

BMC Genomics(2024)10.1186/s12864-023-09887-0

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8 citations

Xiaotian Tang, Yingjun Cui, Jing Yang, Yu-Min Chuang, Jayadev Joshi +6 more

mRNA vaccination of rabbits alters the fecundity, but not the attachment, of adult Ixodes scapularis

Scientific Reports(2024)10.1038/s41598-023-50389-6

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6 citations

Yingjun Cui, Geoffrey E. Lynn, Kathleen DePonte, Emily Mesquita, Hiromi Muramatsu +7 more

Two Mosquito Salivary Antigens Demonstrate Promise as Biomarkers of Recent Exposure to Plasmodium falciparum–Infected Mosquito Bites

The Journal of Infectious Diseases(2024)10.1093/infdis/jiae525

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6 citations

Morgan M. Goheen, Mouhamad Sy, Awa B. Dème, Ibrahima Ndiaye, Younous Diedhiou +18 more

UBXN3B is crucial for B lymphopoiesis

EBioMedicine(2024)10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105248

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2 citations

Duomeng Yang, Tao Lin, Andrew G. Harrison, Binsheng Wang, Ziming Cao +13 more

Tick feeding or vaccination with tick antigens elicits immunity to the Ixodes scapularis exoproteome in guinea pigs and humans

Science Translational Medicine(2025)10.1126/scitranslmed.ads9207

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7 citations

Yingjun Cui, Sam R. Telford, Alejandro Marín-López, Keith Calloway, Yile Dai +16 more

mosGILT antibodies interfere with Plasmodium sporogony in Anopheles gambiae

Nature Communications(2025)10.1038/s41467-025-55902-1

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2 citations

Tomás Correa Gaviria, Yuemei Dong, Peter Cresswell, George Dimopoulos, Yu-Min Chuang +2 more

A Multivalent Peptide Vaccine Against Malaria, Targeting Plasmodium Circumsporozoite Protein and Mosquito AgTRIO

The Journal of Infectious Diseases(2025)10.1093/infdis/jiaf432

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1 citations

Michel Ledizet, Martin Mattessich, Erol Fikrig, Yu-Min Chuang

Antibody responses to gSG6-p1, AgSAP, and SAMSP1 following anopheline salivary exposure

Parasites & Vectors(2025)10.1186/s13071-025-07072-8

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1 citations

Brian D. Swinehart, Selma Abouneameh, Isaack J. Rutha, Dominick Msolo, Brian B. Tarimo +6 more

Secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor influences periarticular joint inflammation in Borrelia burgdorferi-infected mice

eLife(2025)10.7554/elife.104913

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4 citations

Xiaotian Tang, Thomas Hart, Robert Homer, Alexia A. Belperron, Linda K. Bockenstedt +4 more

Antibody responses to SG6, AgSAP, and SAMSP1 following Anopheline salivary exposure

medRxiv(2025)10.1101/2025.07.14.25331506

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Brian D. Swinehart, Selma Abouneameh, Isaack J. Rutha, Dominick Msolo, Brian B. Tarimo +6 more

CCL17 Influences Borrelia burgdorferi Infection in the Heart

The Journal of Infectious Diseases(2025)10.1093/infdis/jiaf011

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Qian Yu, Yingjun Cui, Thomas Hart, Freddie Rivas-Giorgi, Keith Calloway +3 more

Secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor influences periarticular joint inflammation in B. burgdorferi-infected mice

eLife(2025)10.7554/elife.104913.1

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Xiaotian Tang, Thomas Hart, Robert Homer, Alexia A. Belperron, Linda K. Bockenstedt +4 more

Interactions between Borrelia burgdorferi and ticks

Nature Reviews Microbiology(2020)10.1038/s41579-020-0400-5

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211 citations

Geoffrey E. Lynn, Joao H. F. Pedra, Utpal Pal, Sukanya Narasimhan, Erol Fikrig +1 more

The cutaneous response to a mosquito bite is influenced by the diurnal rhythm

iScience(2025)10.1016/j.isci.2025.113666

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Jinhee Park, Alejandro Marín-López, Mathias Skadow, Tse-Yu Chen, Richard A. Flavell +4 more

A Critical Role for STING Signaling in Limiting Pathogenesis of Chikungunya Virus

The Journal of Infectious Diseases(2020)10.1093/infdis/jiaa694

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29 citations

Tao Lin, Duomeng Yang, Andrew G. Harrison, Anthony T. Vella, Erol Fikrig +2 more

Epigenetic Regulation of Tick Biology and Vectorial Capacity

Trends in Genetics(2020)10.1016/j.tig.2020.09.012

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20 citations

Chrysoula Kitsou, Daniel E. Sonenshine, Joao H. F. Pedra, Erol Fikrig, Judith A. Kassis +2 more

TRiC/CCT Complex, a Binding Partner of NS1 Protein, Supports the Replication of Zika Virus in Both Mammalians and Mosquitoes

Viruses(2020)10.3390/v12050519

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16 citations

Ryuta Uraki, Jesse Hwang, Erol Fikrig, Yuchen Wang