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21st ANNUAL GREAT PLAINS INFECTIOUS DISEASE MEETING, November 3-4, 2023

LIDR journal publications

2024

Monu M, Ahmad F, Olson RM, Balendiran V, Singh PK. SARS-CoV-2 infects cells lining the blood-retinal barrier and induces a hyperinflammatory immune response in the retina via systemic exposure. PLoS Pathog. 2024 Apr 10;20(4):e1012156.

Ponzilacqua-Silva B, Dadelahi AS, Abushahba MFN, Moley CR, Skyberg JA. Vaccine Elicited Antibodies Restrict Glucose Availability to Control Brucella Infection. J Infect Dis. 2024 Apr 8:jiae172.

Seabaugh JA, Anderson DM. Pathogenicity and virulence of Yersinia. Virulence. 2024 Dec;15(1):2316439.

Abushahba MFN, Dadelahi AS, Ponzilacqua-Silva B, Moley CR, Skyberg JA. Contrasting roles for IgM and B-cell MHCII expression in Brucella abortus S19 vaccine-mediated efficacy against B. melitensis infection.  mSphere. 2024 Feb 13:e0075023. 

2023

Tang CY, Li T, Haynes TA, McElroy JA, Ritter D, Hammer RD, Sampson C, Webby R, Hang J, Wan XF. (2023). Rural populations facilitated early SARS-CoV-2 evolution and transmission in Missouri, USA. npj Viruses 1, 7.

Olinger G, Beske PH, Sosna W, Gelhaus C, and Lohman K. (2023). SARS-CoV-2 Infection Via the Oral Exposure In Hamsters-Final Report. MRI Global. U.S. Food and Drug Administration Office of Counterterrorism and Emerging Threats (OCET) Project No. 110890.01.208.06.01.04.

Dadelahi AS, Abushahba MFN, Ponzilacqua-Silva B, Chambers CA, Moley CR, Lacey CA, et al. (2023) Interactions between B cells and T follicular regulatory cells enhance susceptibility to Brucella infection independent of the anti-Brucella humoral response. PLoS Pathog 19(9): e1011672.

Moley CR, Chambers CA, Dadelahi AS, Ponzilacqua-Silva B, Abushahba MFN, Lacey CA, Franklin CL, Skyberg JA. (2023) Innate Lymphoid Cells and Interferons Limit Neurologic and Articular Complications of Brucellosis. The American Journal of Pathology 2023, Vol. 193, No. 9.

Darby CS, Featherston KM, Lin J, Franz AWE.  Detection of La Crosse Virus In Situ and in Individual Progeny to Assess the Vertical Transmission Potential in Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti.  Insects 2023, 14, 601.

Abushahba MF, Dadelahi AS, Lemoine EL, Skyberg JA, Vyas S, Dhoble S, Ghodak V, Patravale VB, Adamovicz JJ.  (2023) Safe Subunit Green Vaccines Confer Robust Immunity and Protection against Mucosal Brucella Infection in Mice. Vaccines 2023, 11, 546.

Zhang J, Yang W, Roy S, Liu H, Roberts RM, Wang L, Shi L, Ma W. (2023) Tight Junction Protein Occludin is an Internalization Factor for SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Mediates Virus Cell-to-Cell Transmission. PNAS.

Wang Y, Lenoch J, Kohler D, DeLiberto TJ, Tang CY, Li T, Tao YJ, Guan M, Compton S, Zeiss C, Hang J, Wan XF. SARS-CoV-2 Exposure in Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus) from New York City. mBio. 2023 Apr 25;14(2):e0362122.

2022

Cui Y, Behura SK, and Franz AWE.  (2022).  Cellular Diversity and Gene Expression Profiles in the Male and Female Brain of Aedes aegypti.  BMC Genomics 23, 119.

Herd CS, Yu X, Yingjun C, Franz AWE. (2022) Identification of the extracellular metallo-endopeptidases ADAM and ADAMTS in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Kumaresan V, Wang J, Zhang W, Zhang Y, Xu D, Zhang G. (2022) Coxiella burnetii Virulent Phase 1 and Avirulent Phase II Variants Differentially Manipulate Autophagy Pathway in Neutrophils. Infection and Immunity.

Majumder S, Olson RM, Singh A, Wang X, Li P, Kittana H, Anderson PE, Anderson DM, Sun W. (2022) Protection Induced by Oral Vaccination with a Recombinant Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Delivering Yersinia pestis LcrV and F1 Antigens in Mice and Rats Against Pneumonic Plague. Vaccines.

2021

Zhou J, Choi S, Liu H, Zhang J, Tian Y, Edlow AG, Ezashi T, Roberts RM, Ma W, Schust DJ. (2021) T1 Is SARS-CoV-2 Infection a Risk Factor for Early Pregnancy Loss? ACE2 and TMPRSS2 Coexpression and Persistent Replicative Infection in Primitive Trophoblast.

Herd CS, Grant DG, Lin J, Franz AWE. (2021) Starvation at the larval stage increases the vector competence of Aedes aegypti females for Zika virus. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 15(11): e0010003.

Lacey CA, Ponzilacqua- Silva B, Chambers CA, Dadelahi AS, Skyberg JA. (2021) MyD88- Dependent Glucose Restriction and Itaconate Production Control Brucella Infection. Infect Immun. PMID: 34125603.

Wan XF, Tang CY, Ritter D, Wang Y, Li T, Segovia K, Kosikova M, Johnson M, Kwon HJ, Xie H, Hammer RD, McElroy JA, Hamid A, Collins ND, Hang J, Camp S. (2021) SARS-CoV-2 show no infectivity at later stages in a prolonged COVID-19 patient despite positivity in RNA testing. J Med Virol. PMID: 3380520.

Willix JL, Stockton JL, Olson RM, Anderson PE, Anderson DM. (2021) Activation of Heme Oxygenase Expression by Cobalt Protoporphyrin Treatment Prevents Pneumonic Plague Caused by Inhalation of Yersinia pestis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. AAC 01819-19.

Olson RM, Dhariwala MO, Mitchell WJ, Skyberg JA, Anderson DM. (2021) Modification of the Pulmonary MyD88 Inflammatory Response Underlies the Role of the Yersinia pestis Pigmentation Locus in Primary Pneumonic Plague. Infect Immun. IAI.00595-20.

2020

Cui Y, Franze AWE.  (2020).  Heterogeneity of Midgut Cells and Their Differential Responses to Blood Meal Ingestion by the Mosquito, Aedes aegypti.  Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 127.

Wolf JJ, Xia C, Studstill CJ, Ngo H, Brody SL, Anderson PE, Hahm B. (2020) Influenza A virus NS1 induces degradation of sphingosine 1-phosphate lyase to obstruct the host innate immune response. Virology 558;67-75.

Reid WR, Olson KE, Franz AWE. (2020) Current Effector and Gene – Drive Developments to Engineer Arbovirus – Resistant Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) for a Sustainable Population Replacement Strategy in the Field. J Med Entomol tjab030.

Williams AE, Sanchez-Vargas I, Reid WR, Lin J, Franz AWE, Olson KE. (2020) The Antiviral Small – Interfering RNA Pathway Induces Zika Virus Resistance in Transgenic Aedes aegypti. Viruses 12(11);1231.

Olson RM, Dhariwala MO, Mitchell WJ, Skyberg JA, Anderson DM. (2020) Modification of the pulmonary MyD88 inflammatory response underlies the role of the Yersinia pestis pigmentation locus in primary pneumonic plague. Infect Immun IAI.00595-20.

Cui Y, Liu P, Mooney BP, Franz AWE. (2020) Quantitative proteomic analysis of chikungunya virus-infected Aedes aegypti reveals proteome modulations indicative of persistent infection. Journal of Proteome Research 10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00173.

Ledbetter L, Cherla R, Chambers C, Zhang Y, Mitchell WJ, Zhang G. (2020) Major histocompatibility complex class II-restricted, CD4+ T cell-dependent and -independent mechanisms are required for vaccine-induced protective immunity against Coxiella burnetii. Infect Immun 88:e00824-19.

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.

Graduate Dissertations

Coy MR. (2023). Emerging and Infectious Diseases: Defending Against a Dynamic Opponent [PhD Thesis]. University of Missouri–Columbia.

Pauling CD.  (2023).  Persistence of Plague:  Determining Which Environmental Factors Contribute to Maintenance of Yersinia pestis Within Sylvatic Cycles [PhD Thesis]. University of Missouri-Columbia.

Olivarez NP. (2022). Understanding the Role of Coxiella Outer Membrane Protein-1 In Relation to the Type IVb Secretion System of Coxiella burnetii [PhD Thesis]. University of Missouri-Columbia.

Marks KD. (2022). Yersinia Pestis YopJ and Its Impact on Innate Immunity [PhD Thesis].  University of Missouri-Columbia.

Ludlow A.  (2022).  Understanding the Insect Immune Responses to Yersinia pestis using Drosophila melanogaster [PhD Thesis].  University of Missouri-Columbia.

Dadelahi, AS.  (2020).  Investigating the Deleterious Role of B lymphocytes During Brucella Infection [PhD Thesis].  University of Missouri-Columbia.