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  1. Development of mRNA–lipid nanoparticle intrabodies against rickettsial infection

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Science, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa

  2. Anaplasma phagocytophilum effector EgeA facilitates infection by hijacking TANGO1 and SCFD1 from ER–Golgi exit sites to pathogen-occupied inclusions

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa

  3. Analysis ofAmblyomma americanummicroRNAs in response toEhrlichia chaffeensis infection and their potential role in vectorial capacity

    Article • May 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa

  4. Ehrlichia effector TRP120 manipulates bacteremia to facilitate tick acquisition

    Article • mBio, March 2024, ASM Journals

    Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa

  5. Strains of Anaplasma phagocytophilum from horses in Ohio are related to isolates from humans in the northeastern USA

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, December 2023, ASM Journals

    Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa

  6. Rab27a via Its effector JFC1 Localizes to Anaplasma Inclusions and Promotes Anaplasma Proliferation in Leukocytes

    Article • Microbes and Infection, December 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa

  7. Correction for Zhi et al., “Cloning and Expression of the 44-Kilodalton Major Outer Membrane Protein Gene of the Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Agent and Application of the Recombinant Protein to Serodiagnosis”

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2023, ASM Journals

    Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa

  8. Inhibition of Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection by cell-permeable macrocyclic peptides that bind type IV secretion effector Etf-1

    Article • PNAS Nexus, January 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa

  9. Efficacy and Immune Correlates of OMP-1B and VirB2-4 Vaccines for Protection of Dogs from Tick Transmission of Ehrlichia chaffeensis

    Article • mBio, December 2022, ASM Journals

    Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa

  10. Anaplasma phagocytophilum Hijacks Flotillin and NPC1 Complex To Acquire Intracellular Cholesterol for Proliferation, Which Can Be Inhibited with Ezetimibe

    Article • mBio, October 2021, ASM Journals

    Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa

  11. Iron robbery by intracellular pathogen via bacterial effector–induced ferritinophagy

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa

  12. An intracellular nanobody targeting T4SS effector inhibits Ehrlichia infection

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa

  13. An Entry-Triggering Protein of Ehrlichia Is a New Vaccine Candidate against Tick-Borne Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis

    Article • mBio, August 2020, ASM Journals

    Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa

  14. Erratum for Teymournejad et al., “Isolation and Molecular Analysis of a Novel Neorickettsia Species That Causes Potomac Horse Fever”

    Article • mBio, April 2020, ASM Journals

    Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa

  15. Host membrane lipids are trafficked to membranes of intravacuolar bacterium Ehrlichia chaffeensis

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa

  16. Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Its Invasin EtpE Block Reactive Oxygen Species Generation by Macrophages in a DNase X-Dependent Manner

    Article • mBio, November 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa

  17. Subversion of RAB5-regulated autophagy by the intracellular pathogen Ehrlichia chaffeensis

    Article • Small GTPases, June 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa

  18. Analysis of complete genome sequence and major surface antigens of Neorickettsia helminthoeca , causative agent of salmon poisoning disease

    Article • Microbial Biotechnology, June 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa

  19. An Ecotype of Neorickettsia risticii Causing Potomac Horse Fever in Canada

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa

  20. EtpE Binding to DNase X Induces Ehrlichial Entry via CD147 and hnRNP-K Recruitment, Followed by Mobilization of N-WASP and Actin

    Article • mBio, November 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa

  21. Molecular Pathogenesis ofEhrlichia chaffeensisInfection

    Article • Annual Review of Microbiology, October 2015, Annual Reviews

    Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa

  22. Erratum for Cheng et al., Ehrlichia chaffeensis Proliferation Begins with NtrY/NtrX and PutA/GlnA Upregulation and CtrA Degradation Induced by Proline and Glutamine Uptake

    Article • mBio, March 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa

  23. Ehrlichia chaffeensis Proliferation Begins with NtrY/NtrX and PutA/GlnA Upregulation and CtrA Degradation Induced by Proline and Glutamine Uptake

    Article • mBio, November 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa

  24. Ehrlichia Moshkovski 1945, 18 AL emend. Dumler, Barbet, Bekker, Dasch, Palmer, Ray, Rikihisa and Rurangirwa 2001, 2157

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa

  25. Anaplasma Theiler 1910, 7 AL emend. Dumler, Barbet, Bekker, Dasch, Palmer, Ray, Rikihisa and Rurangirwa 2001, 2157

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa