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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2024

Early transcriptomic changes at the skin interface during Powassan virus transmission by

Dakota N Paine, Meghan Hermance, Saravanan Thangamani

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Dakota N PaineDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, United States.
Meghan HermanceDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, United States.
Saravanan ThangamaniDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, United States.

Funding

TICK DETERMINANTS OF POWASSAN VIRUS TRANSMISSIONR01AI127771 · NIAID · UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY · PI THANGAMANI, SARAVANAN · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI127771
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Powassan virus (POWV), a vector-borne pathogen transmitted by Methods: We collected skin biopsies from the tick attachment sites at 1, 3, and 6 h after feeding by POWV-infected and uninfected ticks, followed by RNA sequencing of these samples. Differentially expressed genes were analyzed for pathway enrichment using gene ontology and pathway enrichment analyses. Results: Our findings reveal that tick feeding alone significantly impacts the skin transcriptome within the first 1 to 3 h of tick attachment. Although early POWV transmission induces minimal changes in the local environment, a pronounced shift toward a proinflammatory state is observed 6 h after tick attachment, characterized by neutrophil recruitment and interleukin signaling. Discussion: These transcriptomic data elucidate the dynamic changes at the tick bite site, transitioning from changes that assist blood meal acquisition to a proinflammatory phase that may facilitate viral dissemination.

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Encephalitis, Tick-BorneEncephalitis Viruses, Tick-BorneIxodesSkinTick BitesTranscriptomeAnimalsFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHumansarbovirusimmunomodulationIxodesPowassan virustransmission

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PMID39872517
PMCPMC11769802

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