Karen Lithgow

481 total citations
14 papers, 350 citations indexed

About

Karen Lithgow is a scholar working on Physiology, Microbiology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen Lithgow has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 350 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Physiology, 9 papers in Microbiology and 5 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Karen Lithgow's work include Reproductive tract infections research (9 papers), Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment (9 papers) and Virology and Viral Diseases (2 papers). Karen Lithgow is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive tract infections research (9 papers), Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment (9 papers) and Virology and Viral Diseases (2 papers). Karen Lithgow collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Belgium. Karen Lithgow's co-authors include Caroline E. Cameron, Simon Houston, Rebecca Hof, Leigh Anne Swayne, Leonard J. Foster, Jeremy A. Iwashkiw, Mario F. Feldman, Jonathan J. Dennis, Nichollas E. Scott and Kara Osbak and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Scientific Reports and Molecular Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Karen Lithgow

12 papers receiving 346 citations

Peers

Karen Lithgow
Yafeng Xie China
Rebecca Hof Canada
Christa Castro United States
Damien Danavall United States
Marie Zobaníková Czechia
Michal Strouhal Czechia
Linda Grillová Czechia
Petra Pospíšilová Czechia
Quynh Phung United States
Christina Pantoja United States
Yafeng Xie China
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Fields of papers citing papers by Karen Lithgow

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Lithgow, Karen, et al.. (2024). Modulation of Mucosal Glycans by the Vaginal Microbiome: A Risk Factor for Chlamydia Infection?. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 231(6). S1304–S1304.
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Lithgow, Karen, et al.. (2024). Species-Specific Differences in Glycogen Utilization Associate With Lactic Acid Levels in the Vagina. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 231(6). S1312–S1312.
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Houston, Simon, et al.. (2023). Syphilis and the host: multi-omic analysis of host cellular responses to Treponema pallidum provides novel insight into syphilis pathogenesis. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1254342–1254342. 9 indexed citations
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Lithgow, Karen, et al.. (2022). Protease activities of vaginal Porphyromonas species disrupt coagulation and extracellular matrix in the cervicovaginal niche. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 8(1). 8–8. 22 indexed citations
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Lithgow, Karen, et al.. (2022). Collagenase Activity of Vaginal Microbes Associated with Preterm Labour. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 226(2). 302–302. 1 indexed citations
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Lithgow, Karen, et al.. (2021). Treponema pallidum Disrupts VE-Cadherin Intercellular Junctions and Traverses Endothelial Barriers Using a Cholesterol-Dependent Mechanism. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 691731–691731. 25 indexed citations
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Houston, Simon, Karen Lithgow, Kara Osbak, Chris Kenyon, & Caroline E. Cameron. (2018). Functional insights from proteome-wide structural modeling of Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum, the causative agent of syphilis. BMC Structural Biology. 18(1). 7–7. 16 indexed citations
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Pětrošová, Helena, Karen Lithgow, Yang Zhang, et al.. (2017). Identification of Tp0751 (Pallilysin) as a Treponema pallidum Vascular Adhesin by Heterologous Expression in the Lyme disease Spirochete. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 1538–1538. 31 indexed citations
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Lithgow, Karen, et al.. (2017). A defined syphilis vaccine candidate inhibits dissemination of Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14273–14273. 65 indexed citations
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Parker, Michelle, Simon Houston, Helena Pětrošová, et al.. (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–e1005919. 35 indexed citations
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Osbak, Kara, Simon Houston, Karen Lithgow, et al.. (2016). Characterizing the Syphilis-Causing Treponema pallidum ssp. pallidum Proteome Using Complementary Mass Spectrometry. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 10(9). e0004988–e0004988. 26 indexed citations
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Lithgow, Karen & Caroline E. Cameron. (2016). Vaccine development for syphilis. Expert Review of Vaccines. 16(1). 37–44. 39 indexed citations
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Lithgow, Karen, Nichollas E. Scott, Jeremy A. Iwashkiw, et al.. (2014). A general protein O‐glycosylation system within the Burkholderia cepacia complex is involved in motility and virulence. Molecular Microbiology. 92(1). 116–137. 48 indexed citations

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