Edmour Blouin

Conservation of major surface protein 1 genes of Anaplasma marginale during cyclic transmission between ticks and cattle.

Infection of tick cells and bovine erythrocytes with one genotype of the intracellular ehrlichia Anaplasma marginale excludes infection with other genotypes.

Effect of tetracycline on development of Anaplasma marginale in cultured Ixodes scapularis cells.

Phylogeography of New World isolates of Anaplasma marginale based on major surface protein sequences.

Vaccination of cattle with Anaplasma marginale derived from tick cell culture and bovine erythrocytes followed by challenge-exposure with infected ticks.

Characterization of the functional domain of major surface protein 1a involved in adhesion of the rickettsia Anaplasma marginale to host cells.

Infection exclusion of the rickettsial pathogen anaplasma marginale in the tick vector Dermacentor variabilis.

Antibodies to Anaplasma marginale major surface proteins 1a and 1b inhibit infectivity for cultured tick cells.

Identification of protective antigens for the control of Ixodes scapularis infestations using cDNA expression library immunization.

Applications of a cell culture system for studying the interaction of Anaplasma marginale with tick cells.

Adaptations of the tick-borne pathogen, Anaplasma marginale, for survival in cattle and ticks.

Mapping of B-cell epitopes in the N-terminal repeated peptides of Anaplasma marginale major surface protein 1a and characterization of the humoral immune response of cattle immunized with recombinant and whole organism antigens.

Differential expression of the msp1alpha gene of Anaplasma marginale occurs in bovine erythrocytes and tick cells.

Adhesion of outer membrane proteins containing tandem repeats of Anaplasma and Ehrlichia species (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) to tick cells.

Glycosylation of Anaplasma marginale major surface protein 1a and its putative role in adhesion to tick cells.

Dedication: Conrad Yunker.

Gene expression profiling of human promyelocytic cells in response to infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum.

RNA interference screening in ticks for identification of protective antigens.

Characterization of three Ixodes scapularis cDNAs protective against tick infestations.

Vaccination with recombinant tick antigens for the control of Ixodes scapularis adult infestations.

Genetic diversity of anaplasma species major surface proteins and implications for anaplasmosis serodiagnosis and vaccine development.

Capillary tube feeding system for studying tick-pathogen interactions of Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) and Anaplasma marginale (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae).

Synergistic effect of silencing the expression of tick protective antigens 4D8 and Rs86 in Rhipicephalus sanguineus by RNA interference.

The tick protective antigen, 4D8, is a conserved protein involved in modulation of tick blood ingestion and reproduction.

Autocidal control of ticks by silencing of a single gene by RNA interference.

Reduction of tick infections with Anaplasma marginale and A. phagocytophilum by targeting the tick protective antigen subolesin.

Anaplasmosis: focusing on host-vector-pathogen interactions for vaccine development.

RNA interference for the study and genetic manipulation of ticks.

Tick cell lines: tools for tick and tick-borne disease research.

Sp110 transcription is induced and required by Anaplasma phagocytophilum for infection of human promyelocytic cells.

Functional genomic studies of tick cells in response to infection with the cattle pathogen, Anaplasma marginale.

Expression of perilipin in human promyelocytic cells in response to Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection results in modified lipid metabolism.

Targeting the tick-pathogen interface for novel control strategies.

Advances toward understanding the molecular biology of the Anaplasma-tick interface.

Evidence of the role of tick subolesin in gene expression.

Inoculation of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) with Ap-V1 Or NY-18 strains of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and microscopic demonstration of Ap-V1 In Ixodes scapularis adults that acquired infection from deer as nymphs.

Differential expression of the tick protective antigen subolesin in anaplasma marginale- and A. phagocytophilum-infected host cells.

Defining the role of subolesin in tick cell culture by use of RNA interference.

Transmission of Cytauxzoon felis to a domestic cat by Amblyomma americanum.

Silencing of genes involved in Anaplasma marginale-tick interactions affects the pathogen developmental cycle in Dermacentor variabilis.

Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Anaplasma marginale elicit different gene expression responses in cultured tick cells.

The natural history of Anaplasma marginale.

Functional genomics and evolution of tick-Anaplasma interactions and vaccine development.

Identification of protective antigens by RNA interference for control of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum.

Subolesin expression in response to pathogen infection in ticks.

Growth of Coxiella burnetii in the Ixodes scapularis-derived IDE8 tick cell line.

Targeting arthropod subolesin/akirin for the development of a universal vaccine for control of vector infestations and pathogen transmission.

Expression of Heat Shock and Other Stress Response Proteins in Ticks and Cultured Tick Cells in Response to Anaplasma spp. Infection and Heat Shock.