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ArticleCell reports2022

A tick C1q protein alters infectivity of the Lyme disease agent by modulating interferon γ.

Xiaotian Tang, Gunjan Arora, Jaqueline Matias, Thomas Hart, Yingjun Cui, Erol Fikrig

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Article in Cell reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiaotian TangSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. Electronic address: xiaotian.tang@yale.edu.
Gunjan AroraSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Jaqueline MatiasSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Thomas HartSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Yingjun CuiSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Erol FikrigSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Yale University · US

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
Tick Resources CoreP01AI138949 · NIAID · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI Erol Fikrig, UTPAL PAL · 2018 to 2026
$13.5M
IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY/TRANSFUSION MEDICINE RESEARCH TRAININGT32HL007974 · NHLBI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI JEANNE E HENDRICKSON, Diane S Krause · 2001 to 2026
$8.1M
The role of tick gut microbiota in Borrelia burgdorferi transmission to miceR01AI126033 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI FIKRIG, EROL, NARASIMHAN, SUKANYA · 2017 to 2020
$1.7M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007974NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI138949NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI126033
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In North America, the Lyme disease agent, Borrelia burgdorferi, is commonly transmitted by the black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis. Tick saliva facilitates blood feeding and enhances pathogen survival and transmission. Here, we demonstrate that I. scapularis complement C1q-like protein 3 (IsC1ql3), a tick salivary protein, directly interacts with B. burgdorferi and is important during the initial stage of spirochetal infection of mice. Mice fed upon by B. burgdorferi-infected IsC1ql3-silenced ticks, or IsC1ql3-immunized mice fed upon by B. burgdorferi-infected ticks, have a lower spirochete burden during the early phase of infection compared with control animals. Mechanically, IsC1ql3 interacts with the globular C1q receptor present on the surface of CD4

Indexed as

IxodesLyme DiseaseAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesComplement C1qInterferon-gammaMiceComplement C1qInterferon-gammaBorrelia burgdorfericomplement C1q-like protein 3CP: Immunologyinfectioninterferon γIxodes scapularis

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PMID36417869
PMCPMC9909562
OpenAlexW4309593284

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