Lithgow, K.V., Cochinamogulos, A., Muirhead, K., Konschuh, S., Oluoch, L., Mugo, N.R., Roxby, A.C., Sycuro, L.K. (2023) Resolution of glycogen and glycogen-degrading activities reveals correlates of Lactobacillus crispatus dominance in a cohort of young African women. BioRxiv.

Lithgow, K.V., Buchholz, V.C.H., Ku, E., Konschuh, S., D’Aubeterre, A., Sycuro, L.K. (2022). Protease activities of vaginal Porphyromonas species disrupt coagulation and extracellular matrix in the cervicovaginal niche. npj Biofilm and Microbiomes. 8, 8.

Lithgow, K.V., Tsao, E., Schovanek, E., Gomez, A., Swayne, L.A., Cameron, C.E. (2021). Treponema pallidum disrupts VE-cadherin intercellular junctions and traverses endothelial barriers using a cholesterol dependent mechanism. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12: 1790.

Lithgow, K.V., Church, B., Gomez, A., Tsao, E., Houston, S., Swayne, L.A., Cameron, C.E. (2020). Identification of the neuroinvasive pathogen host target, LamR, as an endothelial receptor for the Treponema pallidum adhesin Tp0751. mSphere. 5: e00195-20. Access the article here.

Lithgow, K.V., Hof, R., Wetherell, C., Phillips, D., Houston, S., Cameron, C.E. (2017). A defined syphilis vaccine candidate inhibits dissemination of Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. Nature Communications. 8: 14273.

Kao, W., P̌etrǒsov́a, H., Ebady, R., Lithgow, K.V., Rojas, P., Zhang, Y., Kim, Y.E., Kim, Y.R., Odisho, T., Gupta, N., Moter, A., Cameron, C.E., Moriarty, T. (2017). Identification of Tp0751 (pallilysin) as a Treponema pallidum vascular adhesin by heterologous expression in the lyme disease spirochete. Scientific Reports. 8(7):1538.

Parker, M., Houston, S., P̌etrǒsov́a, H., Lithgow, K.V., Hof, R., Wetherell, C., Kao, W., Lin, Y., Moriarty, T., Ebady, R., Cameron, C.E., Boulanger, M.J. (2016). The structure of Treponema pallidum Tp0751 (pallilysin) reveals a non-canonical lipocalin fold that mediates adhesion to extracellular matrix components and interactions with host cells. PLoS Pathogens. 12(9): e1005919.