Carson J. La Vake

Phagosomal signaling by <i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i> in human monocytes involves Toll-like receptor (TLR) 2 and TLR8 cooperativity and TLR8-mediated induction of IFN-β

Jorge Cervantes, Star Dunham-Ems, Carson J. La Vake et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 146 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +17

Phagocytosis of<i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i>, the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Potentiates Innate Immune Activation and Induces Apoptosis in Human Monocytes

Adriana R. Cruz, Meagan W. Moore, Carson J. La Vake et al. · Infection and Immunity · 2007 · 110 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +17

Human TLR8 is activated upon recognition of<i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i>RNA in the phagosome of human monocytes

Jorge Cervantes, Carson J. La Vake, Bennett Weinerman et al. · Journal of Leukocyte Biology · 2013 · 85 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +17

Serine Lipids of Porphyromonas gingivalis Are Human and Mouse Toll-Like Receptor 2 Ligands

Robert B. Clark, Jorge Cervantes, Mark W. Maciejewski et al. · Infection and Immunity · 2013 · 84 citations · Full text

Dentistry, Immunology, Oral Biology +17

The Treponema pallidum tro Operon Encodes a Multiple Metal Transporter, a Zinc-dependent Transcriptional Repressor, and a Semi-autonomously Expressed Phosphoglycerate Mutase

Karsten R. O. Hazlett, Frank Rusnak, David G. Kehres et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2003 · 77 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics +13