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Cindi L. Schwartz

National Institutes of HealthORCID 0000-0002-0490-6040Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Adam S. OliaiD· 1 shared Ana Beatriz F. BarlettaiD· 1 shared Barney S. GrahamiD· 1 shared Beniah BrumbaughiD· 1 shared Benjamin LiffneriD· 1 shared Bianca M. NagataiD· 1 shared Bryan T. HanseniD· 1 shared Bryant M. Foreman· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 2/yr

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pr-independent biogenesis of infectious mature Zika virus particles

Kimberly A. Dowd, Michelle Schroeder, Egan Sanchez, Beniah Brumbaugh, Bryant M. Foreman, Katherine E. Burgomaster, Wei Shi, Lingshu Wang, Natalie Caputo, David N. Gordon, Cindi L. Schwartz, Bryan T. Hansen, Adam S. Olia, Mehin Suleiman, Jessica L. Guyette, , Theodore C. Pierson

This study shows that Zika virus particles can form without the prM protein and proteolytic activation, and M-E vaccines induce neutralizing antibodies regardless of maturation state.

Science Translational Medicine · Aug 12, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Bactofilins are essential spatial organizers of peptidoglycan insertion in the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi

Christopher B. Zinck, Valentina Carracoi, Zachary A. Kloos, Jenny Wachter, Cindi L. Schwartz, Philip E. Stewart, Christine Jacobs, Patricia A. Rosa, Constantin N. Takacs

This paper identifies BbbA and BbbB as essential bactofilins that organize peptidoglycan insertion sites in Borrelia burgdorferi, critical for cell growth and viability.

Journal of Bacteriology · Jun 29, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

High-Resolution Proteomics Unveils Salivary Gland Disruption and Saliva-Hemolymph Protein Exchange in Plasmodium-Infected Mosquitoes

Thiago Luiz Alves e Silva, Sachie Kanatani, Ana Beatriz F. Barletta, Cindi L. Schwartz, Benjamin Liffner, Octávio A. C. Talyuli, Janet J. Olivas, Bianca M. Nagata, Zarna Rajeshkumar Pala, Tales Vicari Pascini, Derron A. Alves, Ming Zhao, Motoshi Suzuki, Lilian Patrick Dorner, Friedrich Frischknecht, , Joel Vega-Rodríguez

This study uses high-resolution proteomics to show that Plasmodium infection disrupts mosquito salivary glands, causing exchange of proteins between hemolymph and saliva.

Nature Communications · Nov 20, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology