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 · 120 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +17

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 · 69 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +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 · 68 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Molecular Biology +16

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

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology +17

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 · 57 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Molecular Biology +16