Selected Publications:

(Complete list of publications on PubMed)

• Haskins, K.A., Russell, J.F., Gaddis, N., Dressman, H.K., and Aballay, A. (2008). Unfolded protein response genes regulated by CED-1 are required for Caenorhabditis elegans innate immunity. Dev Cell. 15:87-97. [Abstract]
  
  
• Tenor, J.L., and Aballay, A. (2008). A conserved Toll-like receptor is required for Caenorhabditis elegans innate immunity. EMBO Rep. 9:103-109. [Abstract]
  
  
• Styer, K.L., Click, E.M., Hopkins, G.W., Frothingham, R., and Aballay, A. (2007). Study of the role of CCR5 in a mouse model of intranasal challenge with Y pestis. Microbes and Infection. 9:1135-1138. [Abstract]
  
  
• Singh, V. and Aballay, A. (2006). A heat-shock factor HSF-1 response pathway is important for Caenorhabditis elegans immunity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 103:13092-13097. [Abstract]
  

• Singh, V. and Aballay, A. (2006). Heat shock and genetic activation of HSF-1 enhance immunity to bacteria. Cell Cycle. Nov 1; 5(21). [Epub ahead of print]. [Abstract]
  
  
• Burton, E.A., Pendergast, A.M., and Aballay, A. (2006). The Caenorhabditis elegans ABL-1 tyrosine kinase is required for Shigella flexneri pathogenesis. Appl Environ Microbiol. 72:5043-51. [Abstract]
  

• Kerry, S., TeKippe, M., Gaddis, N.C., and Aballay, A. (2006). GATA transcription factor required for immunity to bacterial and fungal pathogens. PlosONE. Dec 20; 1:e77. [Abstract]
  
  
• Styer, K.L., Hopkins, G.W., Plano, G.V., Frothingham, R., and Aballay, A. (2005). Yersinia pestis kills Caenorhabditis elegans by a biofilm-independent process that involves novel virulence factors. EMBO Reports. 6:992-997. [Abstract]
  
  
• Mylonakis, E. and Aballay, A. (2005). Worms and flies as alternative genetically tractable animal models to study host-pathogen interactions. Infect Immun. 73:3833-3841. [Abstract]
  
  
• Tenor, J.L., McCormick, B.A., Ausubel, F.M., Aballay, A. (2004). Caenorhabditis elegans-based screen identifies Salmonella virulence factors required for conserved host-pathogen interactions. Curr. Biol. 14:1018-1024. [Abstract]
  
  
• Aballay, A., Drenkard, E., Hilbun, L.R., Ausubel, F.M. (2003). Caenorhabditis elegans innate immune response triggered by Salmonella enterica requires intact LPS and is mediated by a MAPK signaling pathway. Curr. Biol. 13:47-52. [Abstract]
  
  
• Aballay, A and Ausubel, F.M. (2002). Caenorhabditis elegans model system for study of host pathogen interactions. Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 5:97-101. [Abstract]
  
  
• Aballay, A. and Ausubel, F.M. (2001). Programmed cell death mediated by ced-3 and ced-4 protects Caenorhabditis elegans from Salmonella typhimurium-mediated killing. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98:2735-2739. [Abstract]
  
  
• Aballay, A., Yorgey, P., Ausubel, M.A. (2000). Salmonella typhimurium proliferates and establishes a persistent infection in the intestine of Caenorhabditis elegans. Curr. Biol. 30:1539-1542. [Abstract]
  

• Arenas, N.A., Staskevich, A.S., Aballay, A., and Mayorga, L.S. (2000). Intracellular transport of Brucella abortus in J774 macrophages. Infect. Immun. 68(7):4255-4263. [Abstract]