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Nada Salem Alakhras

Indiana University School of MedicineORCID 0000-0001-8458-4127Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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MicrobiologyPLoS PathogensPeer-reviewedOct 26, 2026

Type I interferon signaling promotes early innate control of Borrelia burgdorferi infection

Raj Priya, Sajith Raghunandanan, Darco Mihaljica…·Xiuli Yang

This study shows that type I interferon signaling is critical for early control of Borrelia burgdorferi infection by enhancing macrophage function and immune cell recruitment, but contributes to inflammation later in infection.

DOI 10.1371/journal.ppat.1013996

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