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Last published 2026
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Clay D. Jackson-Litteken

Assistant Professor

Also affiliated: University of Washington (2024); Washington University in St. Louis (2022–2025); University of Missouri–St. Louis (2024)

Faculty Researcher

6 h-index 16 pubs 133 cited

  • Animals
  • Acinetobacter baumannii
  • Mice
  • Acinetobacter Infections
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Proteomics
  • Borrelia
  • Relapsing Fever
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Mutation
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
  • Membrane Proteins

Biography and Research Information

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Clay D. Jackson-Litteken's research focuses on understanding bacterial virulence factors and host-pathogen interactions, particularly in the context of lung infections. His work has investigated specific bacterial components, such as the Invasin-Like Adhesin InvL and the diadenylate cyclase CdaA, and their roles in establishing infection and responding to host defenses. Jackson-Litteken has developed and utilized chronic murine models to study long-term *Acinetobacter baumannii* pneumonia, enabling the examination of virulence factors, antibiotic treatments, and polymicrobial infections. His publications explore bacterial strategies like intracellular persistence and resistance, and the potential for existing medications, such as diclofenac, to sensitize multi-drug resistant strains to antibiotics like colistin. He has co-authored publications with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Jon S. Blevins and C. Tyler Ratliff.

Metrics

  • h-index: 6
  • Publications: 16
  • Citations: 133

Selected Publications

  • Dual membrane-spanning anti-sigma 2 controls OMV biogenesis and colonization fitness in <i>Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron</i> (2026)
    Journal of Bacteriology DOI OpenAlex
  • Dual Membrane-spanning Anti-Sigma 2 Controls OMV biogenesis and Colonization Fitness in <i>Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron</i> (2025)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
  • A chronic Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia model to study long-term virulence factors, antibiotic treatments, and polymicrobial infections (2025)
    Nature Communications 13 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Development and validation of systems for genetic manipulation of the Old World tick-borne relapsing fever spirochete, Borrelia duttonii (2024)
    PLoS neglected tropical diseases 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Characterization of the arthropod associated lipoprotein (Alp) in the tick-mammalian transmission cycle of Borrelia turicatae (2022)
    Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • The Diadenylate Cyclase CdaA Is Critical for Borrelia turicatae Virulence and Physiology (2021)
    Infection and Immunity 20 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The BB0345 Hypothetical Protein of Borrelia burgdorferi Is Essential for Mammalian Infection (2020)
    Infection and Immunity 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Assessing the Contribution of an HtrA Family Serine Protease During Borrelia turicatae Mammalian Infection (2019)
    Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 7 citations DOI OpenAlex

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