Alexis A. Smith

Infection-derived lipids elicit an immune deficiency circuit in arthropods

Dana K. Shaw, Xiaowei Wang, Lindsey J. Brown et al. · Nature Communications · 2017 · 115 citations · Full text

Study of the Response Regulator Rrp1 Reveals Its Regulatory Role in Chitobiose Utilization and Virulence of Borrelia burgdorferi

Ching Wooen Sze, Alexis A. Smith, Young Hee Choi et al. · Infection and Immunity · 2013 · 67 citations · Full text

A Surface Enolase Participates in Borrelia burgdorferi-Plasminogen Interaction and Contributes to Pathogen Survival within Feeding Ticks

Sarah Veloso Nogueira, Alexis A. Smith, Jinhong Qin et al. · Infection and Immunity · 2011 · 66 citations · Full text

Parasitic Disease, Microbial Pathogens, Immunology +17

Cross-Species Interferon Signaling Boosts Microbicidal Activity within the Tick Vector

Alexis A. Smith, Nicolás Navasa, Xiuli Yang et al. · Cell Host & Microbe · 2016 · 65 citations · Full text

Cytokine, Viral Immunity, Pathogenesis +10

A Dityrosine Network Mediated by Dual Oxidase and Peroxidase Influences the Persistence of Lyme Disease Pathogens within the Vector

Xiuli Yang, Alexis A. Smith, Mark S. Williams et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2014 · 54 citations · Full text