Ruth R. Montgomery

Tick saliva reduces adherence and area of human neutrophils.

Borrelia burgdorferi are susceptible to killing by a variety of human polymorphonuclear leukocyte components.

Human phagocytic cells in the early innate immune response to Borrelia burgdorferi.

Calprotectin, an abundant cytosolic protein from human polymorphonuclear leukocytes, inhibits the growth of Borrelia burgdorferi.

Disruption of Ixodes scapularis anticoagulation by using RNA interference.

Myeloid differentiation antigen 88 deficiency impairs pathogen clearance but does not alter inflammation in Borrelia burgdorferi-infected mice.

TROSPA, an Ixodes scapularis receptor for Borrelia burgdorferi.

Human neutrophil calprotectin reduces the susceptibility of Borrelia burgdorferi to penicillin.

Recruitment of macrophages and polymorphonuclear leukocytes in L:yme carditis.

Age-associated defect in human TLR-1/2 function.

ASC/PYCARD and caspase-1 regulate the IL-18/IFN-gamma axis during Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection.

Abrogation of macrophage migration inhibitory factor decreases West Nile virus lethality by limiting viral neuroinvasion.

West nile virus attenuates activation of primary human macrophages.

Dysregulation of TLR3 impairs the innate immune response to West Nile virus in the elderly.

Matrix metalloproteinase 9 facilitates West Nile virus entry into the brain.

RNA interference screen for human genes associated with West Nile virus infection.

Toll-like receptor 7 mitigates lethal West Nile encephalitis via interleukin 23-dependent immune cell infiltration and homing.

Inhibition of neutrophil function by two tick salivary proteins.

Fusion loop peptide of the West Nile virus envelope protein is essential for pathogenesis and is recognized by a therapeutic cross-reactive human monoclonal antibody.

Human innate immunosenescence: causes and consequences for immunity in old age.

IL-10 signaling blockade controls murine West Nile virus infection.

Age-associated decrease in TLR function in primary human dendritic cells predicts influenza vaccine response.

Circulating monocytes from systemic sclerosis patients with interstitial lung disease show an enhanced profibrotic phenotype.

Increased TLR4 expression and downstream cytokine production in immunosuppressed adults compared to non-immunosuppressed adults.

Anaplasma phagocytophilum induces actin phosphorylation to selectively regulate gene transcription in Ixodes scapularis ticks.

A paradoxical role for neutrophils in the pathogenesis of West Nile virus.

Dysregulation of human Toll-like receptor function in aging.

Impaired interferon signaling in dendritic cells from older donors infected in vitro with West Nile virus.

Innate immune control of West Nile virus infection.

Age-associated elevation in TLR5 leads to increased inflammatory responses in the elderly.