Sourabh Samaddar

This study shows that tick extracellular vesicles alter keratinocyte function in the epidermis by inhibiting proliferation and wound closure, linked to phosphoinositide 3-kinase, KGF-1, and TGF-β.

This paper demonstrates genetic modification of a tick cell line using CRISPR-Cas9 and ectopic expression, showing increased infection by Anaplasma phagocytophilum after disrupting the IMD pathway.