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  1. Adaptation of Anaplasma phagocytophilum to the tick vector is controlled by the transcriptional regulator Tr1

    Article • November 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Dana K Shaw

  2. Acquired tick resistance in Peromyscus leucopus alters Ixodes scapularis infection

    Article • Infection and Immunity, October 2025, ASM Journals

    Dr. Dana K Shaw

  3. An atlas for tick immune cells

    Article • Nature Microbiology, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Dana K Shaw

  4. Bacteria manipulate unique tick cell responses to survive

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Kaylee Vosbigian, Dr. Dana K Shaw

  5. Acquired tick resistance in Peromyscus leucopus alters Ixodes scapularis infection

    Article • April 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Dana K Shaw

  6. ATF6 enables pathogen infection in ticks by inducing stomatin and altering cholesterol dynamics

    Article • January 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Dana K Shaw

  7. Drosophila melanogaster Sting mediates Coxiella burnetii infection by reducing accumulation of reactive oxygen species

    Article • Infection and Immunity, March 2024, ASM Journals

    Dr. Dana K Shaw

  8. PERK-mediated antioxidant response is key for pathogen persistence in ticks

    Article • mSphere, October 2023, ASM Journals

    Dr. Dana K Shaw

  9. PERK-mediated antioxidant response is key for pathogen persistence in ticks

    Article • June 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Dana K Shaw

  10. Croquemort elicits activation of the immune deficiency pathway in ticks

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr. Dana K Shaw

  11. AnAnaplasma phagocytophilumT4SS effector, AteA, is essential for tick infection

    Article • February 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Dana K Shaw

  12. Correction for Sidak-Loftis et al., “The Unfolded-Protein Response Triggers the Arthropod Immune Deficiency Pathway”

    Article • mBio, December 2022, ASM Journals

    Dr. Dana K Shaw

  13. The Unfolded-Protein Response Triggers the Arthropod Immune Deficiency Pathway

    Article • mBio, August 2022, ASM Journals

    Dr. Dana K Shaw

  14. Iron Reduction in Dermacentor andersoni Tick Cells Inhibits Anaplasma marginale Replication

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr David Arthur Schneider, Dr. Dana K Shaw

  15. CD36 homologs determine microbial resistance to the Lyme disease spirochete

    Article • February 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Dana K Shaw

  16. The unfolded protein response triggers the immune deficiency pathway in ticks

    Article • September 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Dana K Shaw

  17. Tick extracellular vesicles enable arthropod feeding and promote distinct outcomes of bacterial infection

    Article • Nature Communications, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Dana K Shaw

  18. Predicted iron metabolism genes in hard ticks and their response to iron reduction in Dermacentor andersoni cells

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Dana K Shaw

  19. The Prostaglandin E2-EP3 Receptor Axis Regulates Anaplasma phagocytophilum-Mediated NLRC4 Inflammasome Activation

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, August 2016, PLOS

    Dr. Dana K Shaw

  20. For Whom the Bell Tolls (and Nods): Spit-acular Saliva

    Article • Current Tropical Medicine Reports, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Dana K Shaw

  21. The Tick Protein Sialostatin L2 Binds to Annexin A2 and Inhibits NLRC4-Mediated Inflammasome Activation

    Article • Infection and Immunity, April 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr. Dana K Shaw

  22. BB0744 Affects Tissue Tropism and Spatial Distribution of Borrelia burgdorferi

    Article • Infection and Immunity, July 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr. Dana K Shaw

  23. The BB0646 protein demonstrates lipase and haemolytic activity associated with Borrelia burgdorferi, the aetiological agent of Lyme disease

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, December 2011, Wiley

    Dr. Dana K Shaw

  24. The BosR regulatory protein of Borrelia burgdorferi interfaces with the RpoS regulatory pathway and modulates both the oxidative stress response and pathogenic properties of the Lyme disease spirochete

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, December 2009, Wiley

    Dr. Dana K Shaw

  25. Characterization of a Conditional bosR Mutant in Borrelia burgdorferi

    Article • Infection and Immunity, October 2009, ASM Journals

    Dr. Dana K Shaw