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Eillen Tecle PhD

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Assistant Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Microbiology and Immunology

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Research Areas of Interest

  • Caenorhabditis elegans
  • Gastrointestinal Tract
  • Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions
  • Microsporidia
  • Microsporidiosis
  • Purine Nucleosides
  • Purine-Nucleoside Phosphorylase
  • Purine-Pyrimidine Metabolism, Inborn Errors

    • MCW Program / Core Facilities

  • Center for Immunology
  • Center for Infectious Disease Research

    • Publications (9)

  • Insights from C. elegans into Microsporidia Biology and Host-Pathogen Relationships. (Tecle E, Troemel ER) Exp Suppl 2022;114:115-136 PMID: 35544001 PMCID: PMC9208714 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85129971547 05/12/2022       9 Citations
  • The purine nucleoside phosphorylase pnp-1 regulates epithelial cell resistance to infection in C. elegans. (Tecle E, Chhan CB, Franklin L, Underwood RS, Hanna-Rose W, Troemel ER) PLoS Pathog 2021 Apr;17(4):e1009350 PMID: 33878133 PMCID: PMC8087013 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85104959353 04/21/2021       25 Citations
  • The Caenorhabditis elegans RIG-I Homolog DRH-1 Mediates the Intracellular Pathogen Response upon Viral Infection. (Sowa JN, Jiang H, Somasundaram L, Tecle E, Xu G, Wang D, Troemel ER) J Virol 2020 Jan 06;94(2) PMID: 31619561 PMCID: PMC6955277 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85077667459 10/18/2019       37 Citations
  • The female reproductive tract contains multiple innate sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectins (Siglecs) that facilitate sperm survival. (Tecle E, Reynoso HS, Wang R, Gagneux P) J Biol Chem 2019 Aug 02;294(31):11910-11919 PMID: 31201275 PMCID: PMC6682739 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85070756446 06/16/2019       29 Citations
  • Coordination of Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans with Wnt Signaling To Control Cellular Migrations and Positioning in Caenorhabditis elegans. (Saied-Santiago K, Townley RA, Attonito JD, da Cunha DS, Díaz-Balzac CA, Tecle E, Bülow HE) Genetics 2017 Aug;206(4):1951-1967 PMID: 28576860 PMCID: PMC5560800 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85027049485 06/04/2017       21 Citations
  • Sugar-coated sperm: Unraveling the functions of the mammalian sperm glycocalyx. (Tecle E, Gagneux P) Mol Reprod Dev 2015 Sep;82(9):635-50 PMID: 26061344 PMCID: PMC4744710 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84941731922 06/11/2015       113 Citations
  • Complex cooperative functions of heparan sulfate proteoglycans shape nervous system development in Caenorhabditis elegans. (Díaz-Balzac CA, Lázaro-Peña MI, Tecle E, Gomez N, Bülow HE) G3 (Bethesda) 2014 Aug 05;4(10):1859-70 PMID: 25098771 PMCID: PMC4199693 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84908452908 08/08/2014       31 Citations
  • Skin-derived cues control arborization of sensory dendrites in Caenorhabditis elegans. (Salzberg Y, Díaz-Balzac CA, Ramirez-Suarez NJ, Attreed M, Tecle E, Desbois M, Kaprielian Z, Bülow HE) Cell 2013 Oct 10;155(2):308-20 PMID: 24120132 PMCID: PMC3881433 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84885673994 10/15/2013       113 Citations
  • Distinct 3-O-sulfated heparan sulfate modification patterns are required for kal-1-dependent neurite branching in a context-dependent manner in Caenorhabditis elegans. (Tecle E, Diaz-Balzac CA, Bülow HE) G3 (Bethesda) 2013 Mar;3(3):541-52 PMID: 23451335 PMCID: PMC3583460 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84883234314 03/02/2013       32 Citations
    • Last update: 03/06/2024