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Xi Tan

University of CalgaryORCID 0000-0002-8128-9082Unclaimed 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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Aleksandra ShcherbakovaiD· 1 shared Colton Scott· 1 shared Daiana Alvarez Olmedo· 1 shared George ChaconasiD· 1 shared

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Making the best of a sticky situation: Infection-mediated endothelial activation promotes new interactions with adhesins of the host-adapted Lyme disease spirochete

Daiana Alvarez Olmedo, Xi Tan, Colton Scott, Aleksandra Shcherbakova, George Chaconas

This study identifies eleven new adhesins in Borrelia burgdorferi that mediate interactions with activated endothelial cells during infection, revealing a dynamic network involved in spirochete transmigration.

bioRxiv · Feb 21, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology