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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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Serodiagnosis of Lyme disease by kinetic enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using recombinant VlsE1 or peptide antigens of Borrelia burgdorferi compared with 2-tiered testing using whole-cell lysates.
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J Infect Dis
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2003
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3.18
|
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2
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An immune evasion mechanism for spirochetal persistence in Lyme borreliosis.
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J Exp Med
|
2002
|
2.25
|
|
3
|
Persistence of Borrelia burgdorferi in rhesus macaques following antibiotic treatment of disseminated infection.
|
PLoS One
|
2012
|
2.01
|
|
4
|
Lipoproteins, not lipopolysaccharide, are the key mediators of the proinflammatory response elicited by heat-killed Brucella abortus.
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J Immunol
|
2004
|
1.52
|
|
5
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Cytokines and chemokines at the crossroads of neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration, and neuropathic pain.
|
Mediators Inflamm
|
2013
|
1.43
|
|
6
|
Borrelia burgdorferi transcriptome in the central nervous system of non-human primates.
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
|
2003
|
1.26
|
|
7
|
Analysis of an ordered, comprehensive STM mutant library in infectious Borrelia burgdorferi: insights into the genes required for mouse infectivity.
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PLoS One
|
2012
|
1.19
|
|
8
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Interaction of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi with brain parenchyma elicits inflammatory mediators from glial cells as well as glial and neuronal apoptosis.
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Am J Pathol
|
2008
|
1.19
|
|
9
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Induction of Plasmodium falciparum transmission-blocking antibodies in nonhuman primates by a combination of DNA and protein immunizations.
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Infect Immun
|
2004
|
1.14
|
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10
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Dogs vaccinated with common Lyme disease vaccines do not respond to IR6, the conserved immunodominant region of the VlsE surface protein of Borrelia burgdorferi.
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Clin Diagn Lab Immunol
|
2004
|
1.12
|
|
11
|
Live Borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes elicit inflammatory mediators from human monocytes via the Toll-like receptor signaling pathway.
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Infect Immun
|
2009
|
1.11
|
|
12
|
Toll-like receptors: insights into their possible role in the pathogenesis of lyme neuroborreliosis.
|
Infect Immun
|
2008
|
1.10
|
|
13
|
A protein-based pneumococcal vaccine protects rhesus macaques from pneumonia after experimental infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae.
|
Vaccine
|
2011
|
1.10
|
|
14
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Central role of the Holliday junction helicase RuvAB in vlsE recombination and infectivity of Borrelia burgdorferi.
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PLoS Pathog
|
2009
|
1.09
|
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15
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Possible role of glial cells in the onset and progression of Lyme neuroborreliosis.
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J Neuroinflammation
|
2009
|
1.06
|
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16
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Dominant epitopes of the C6 diagnostic peptide of Borrelia burgdorferi are largely inaccessible to antibody on the parent VlsE molecule.
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Clin Vaccine Immunol
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2007
|
1.05
|
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17
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Autocrine and exocrine regulation of interleukin-10 production in THP-1 cells stimulated with Borrelia burgdorferi lipoproteins.
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Infect Immun
|
2002
|
1.05
|
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18
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Effect of Borrelia burgdorferi genotype on the sensitivity of C6 and 2-tier testing in North American patients with culture-confirmed Lyme disease.
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Clin Infect Dis
|
2008
|
1.03
|
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19
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Interleukin-10 anti-inflammatory response to Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease: a possible role for suppressors of cytokine signaling 1 and 3.
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Infect Immun
|
2006
|
1.01
|
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20
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Survival strategies of Borrelia burgdorferi, the etiologic agent of Lyme disease.
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Microbes Infect
|
2004
|
1.00
|
|
21
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Assessment of the nasopharyngeal bacterial flora of rhesus macaques: moraxella, Neisseria, haemophilus, and other genera.
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J Clin Microbiol
|
2002
|
0.99
|
|
22
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Characterization of a Moraxella species that causes epistaxis in macaques.
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Vet Microbiol
|
2010
|
0.98
|
|
23
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Pathogenesis of Lyme neuroborreliosis: Borrelia burgdorferi lipoproteins induce both proliferation and apoptosis in rhesus monkey astrocytes.
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Eur J Immunol
|
2003
|
0.98
|
|
24
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A possible role for inflammation in mediating apoptosis of oligodendrocytes as induced by the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi.
|
J Neuroinflammation
|
2012
|
0.97
|
|
25
|
The antibiotics doxycycline and minocycline inhibit the inflammatory responses to the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi.
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J Infect Dis
|
2009
|
0.95
|
|
26
|
Interleukin-10 alters effector functions of multiple genes induced by Borrelia burgdorferi in macrophages to regulate Lyme disease inflammation.
|
Infect Immun
|
2011
|
0.94
|
|
27
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Microglia are mediators of Borrelia burgdorferi-induced apoptosis in SH-SY5Y neuronal cells.
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PLoS Pathog
|
2009
|
0.94
|
|
28
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The failure of immune response evasion by linear plasmid 28-1-deficient Borrelia burgdorferi is attributable to persistent expression of an outer surface protein.
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Infect Immun
|
2008
|
0.93
|
|
29
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Closing the phenotypic gap between transformed neuronal cell lines in culture and untransformed neurons.
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J Neurosci Methods
|
2008
|
0.91
|
|
30
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Differential acquired immune responsiveness to bacterial lipoproteins in Lyme disease-resistant and -susceptible mouse strains.
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Eur J Immunol
|
2003
|
0.89
|
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31
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Infectivity of the highly transformable BBE02- lp56- mutant of Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease spirochete, via ticks.
|
Infect Immun
|
2006
|
0.86
|
|
32
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The Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi induces inflammation and apoptosis in cells from dorsal root ganglia.
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J Neuroinflammation
|
2013
|
0.84
|
|
33
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Tripalmitoyl-S-glyceryl-cysteine-dependent OspA vaccination of toll-like receptor 2-deficient mice results in effective protection from Borrelia burgdorferi challenge.
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Infect Immun
|
2003
|
0.84
|
|
34
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Antigenicity and recombination of VlsE, the antigenic variation protein of Borrelia burgdorferi, in rabbits, a host putatively resistant to long-term infection with this spirochete.
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FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol
|
2007
|
0.84
|
|
35
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The MEK/ERK pathway is the primary conduit for Borrelia burgdorferi-induced inflammation and P53-mediated apoptosis in oligodendrocytes.
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Apoptosis
|
2014
|
0.84
|
|
36
|
Dynamic longitudinal antibody responses during Borrelia burgdorferi infection and antibiotic treatment of rhesus macaques.
|
Clin Vaccine Immunol
|
2012
|
0.84
|
|
37
|
Detection of immune complexes is not independent of detection of antibodies in Lyme disease patients and does not confirm active infection with Borrelia burgdorferi.
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Clin Diagn Lab Immunol
|
2005
|
0.84
|
|
38
|
Pathogenesis of Lyme neuroborreliosis: mitogen-activated protein kinases Erk1, Erk2, and p38 in the response of astrocytes to Borrelia burgdorferi lipoproteins.
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Neurosci Lett
|
2005
|
0.84
|
|
39
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Different patterns of expression and of IL-10 modulation of inflammatory mediators from macrophages of Lyme disease-resistant and -susceptible mice.
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PLoS One
|
2012
|
0.84
|
|
40
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Borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes that harbor only a portion of the lp28-1 plasmid elicit antibody responses detectable with the C6 test for Lyme disease.
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Clin Vaccine Immunol
|
2006
|
0.83
|
|
41
|
Ixodes scapularis ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Louisiana are competent to transmit Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme borreliosis.
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J Med Entomol
|
2003
|
0.80
|
|
42
|
Mediators of neuroinflammation.
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Mediators Inflamm
|
2013
|
0.79
|
|
43
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Evaluation of the C6 peptide enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for individuals vaccinated with the recombinant OspA vaccine.
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J Clin Microbiol
|
2002
|
0.79
|
|
44
|
Feeding of ticks on animals for transmission and xenodiagnosis in Lyme disease research.
|
J Vis Exp
|
2013
|
0.77
|
|
45
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Non-viable Borrelia burgdorferi induce inflammatory mediators and apoptosis in human oligodendrocytes.
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Neurosci Lett
|
2013
|
0.76
|
|
46
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Review: apoptotic mechanisms in bacterial infections of the central nervous system.
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Front Immunol
|
2012
|
0.76
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