Publications

Cutaneous Leishmania mexicana infections in the United States: defining strains through endemic human pediatric cases in northern Texas.

Nepal B, McCormick-Baw C, Patel K, Firmani S, Wetzel DM, 2024 Feb mSphere

MAPK/ERK Activation in Macrophages Promotes Leishmania Internalization and Pathogenesis

Umaru Barrie, Katherine Floyd, Arani Datta, Dawn M. Wetzel 2022 Dec bioRxiv

An Antiparasitic Compound from the Medicines for Malaria Venture Pathogen Box Promotes Leishmania Tubulin Polymerization.

Ullah I, Gahalawat S, Booshehri LM, Niederstrasser H, Majumdar S, Leija C, Bradford JM, Hu B, Ready JM, Wetzel DM, 2020 Jul ACS Infect Dis

The relative rate of kill of the MMV Malaria Box compounds provides links to the mode of antimalarial action and highlights scaffolds of medicinal chemistry interest.

Ullah I, Sharma R, Mete A, Biagini GA, Wetzel DM, Horrocks PD, 2020 Feb J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2 75 362-370

An Outbreak of Brucellosis: An Adult and Pediatric Case Series.

Hassouneh L, Quadri S, Reto PP, Chaisavaneeyakorn S, Cutrell JB, Wetzel DM, Nijhawan AE, 2019 Oct Open Forum Infect Dis 10 6 ofz384

Erratum to: An Outbreak of Brucellosis: An Adult and Pediatric Case Series.

Hassouneh L, Quadri S, Reto PP, Chaisavaneeyakorn S, Cutrell JB, Wetzel DM, Nijhawan AE, 2019 Dec Open Forum Infect Dis 12 6 ofz527

The Abl-1 kinase is dispensable for NK cell inhibitory signaling and is not involved in murine NK cell education.

Ganesan S, Thanh TL, Kadri N, Chambers BJ, Meinke S, Brodin P, Vivier E, Wetzel DM, Koleske AJ, Höglund P 2017 Jun Scand. J. Immunol.

The Src kinases Hck, Fgr, and Lyn activate Abl2/Arg to facilitate IgG-mediated phagocytosis and Leishmania infection.

Wetzel DM, Rhodes EL, Li S, McMahon-Pratt D, Koleske AJ 2016 Jun J. Cell. Sci.

The Abl and Arg kinases mediate distinct modes of phagocytosis and are required for maximal Leishmania infection.

Wetzel DM, McMahon-Pratt D, Koleske AJ 2012 Aug Mol. Cell. Biol. 15 32 3176-86

Staphylococcus aureus activates type I IFN signaling in mice and humans through the Xr repeated sequences of protein A.

Martin FJ, Gomez MI, Wetzel DM, Memmi G, O'Seaghdha M, Soong G, Schindler C, Prince A 2009 Jul J. Clin. Invest. 7 119 1931-9

Gliding motility leads to active cellular invasion by Cryptosporidium parvum sporozoites.

Wetzel DM, Schmidt J, Kuhlenschmidt MS, Dubey JP, Sibley LD 2005 Sep Infect. Immun. 9 73 5379-87

Evidence that the cADPR signalling pathway controls calcium-mediated microneme secretion in Toxoplasma gondii.

Chini EN, Nagamune K, Wetzel DM, Sibley LD 2005 Jul Biochem. J. Pt 2 389 269-77

Calcium-mediated protein secretion potentiates motility in Toxoplasma gondii.

Wetzel DM, Chen LA, Ruiz FA, Moreno SN, Sibley LD 2004 Nov J. Cell. Sci. Pt 24 117 5739-48

Actin filament polymerization regulates gliding motility by apicomplexan parasites.

Wetzel DM, Håkansson S, Hu K, Roos D, Sibley LD 2003 Feb Mol. Biol. Cell 2 14 396-406

Role of dynactin in endocytic traffic: effects of dynamitin overexpression and colocalization with CLIP-170.

Valetti C, Wetzel DM, Schrader M, Hasbani MJ, Gill SR, Kreis TE, Schroer TA 1999 Dec Mol. Biol. Cell 12 10 4107-20