Rhipicephalus microplus and Ixodes ovatus cystatins in tick blood digestion and evasion of host immune response

Rmcystatin3, a cysteine protease inhibitor from Rhipicephalus microplus hemocytes involved in immune response

(2014) Stephen Lu et al.   BIOCHIMIE

Cutting Edge: Immunity against a "Silent" Salivary Antigen of the Lyme Vector Ixodes scapularis Impairs Its Ability to Feed

(2014) M. Kotsyfakis et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Analyzing and identifying novel B cell epitopes within Toxoplasma gondii GRA4

(2014) Yanhua Wang et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Proteomic Analysis of Cattle Tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus Saliva: A Comparison between Partially and Fully Engorged Females

(2014) Lucas Tirloni et al.   PLoS One

First Detection and Molecular Identification of Borrelia garinii Spirochete from Ixodes ovatus Tick Ectoparasitized on Stray Cat in Taiwan

(2014) Li-Lian Chao et al.   PLoS One

Acaricide resistance in cattle ticks and approaches to its management: The state of play

(2014) Rao Z. Abbas et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Reassessment of the potential economic impact of cattle parasites in Brazil

(2014) Laerte Grisi et al.   REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE PARASITOLOGIA VETERINARIA

Multiple ferritins are vital to successful blood feeding and reproduction of the hard tick Haemaphysalis longicornis

(2013) R. L. Galay et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

New insights into the machinery of blood digestion by ticks

(2013) Daniel Sojka et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Sequence characterization and immunogenicity of cystatins from the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus

(2013) Luís F. Parizi et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Anti-tick monoclonal antibody applied by artificial capillary feeding in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus females

(2012) Andressa Varella Gonsioroski et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY

Prevalence of Lyme Borrelia in Ixodes persulcatus Ticks from an Area with a Confirmed Case of Lyme Disease

(2012) Yusuke MURASE et al.   JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE

The quest for a universal vaccine against ticks: Cross-immunity insights

(2012) Luís F. Parizi et al.   VETERINARY JOURNAL

The role of cystatins in tick physiology and blood feeding

(2012) Alexandra Schwarz et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Identification and partial characterization of a gut Rhipicephalus appendiculatus cystatin

(2012) Saiki Imamura et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Dynamics of digestive proteolytic system during blood feeding of the hard tick Ixodes ricinus

(2011) Zdeněk Franta et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Crystal structure and functional characterization of an immunomodulatory salivary cystatin from the soft tickOrnithodoros moubata

(2010) Jiří Salát et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Characterization of Hlcyst-3 as a member of cystatins from the tick Haemaphysalis longicornis

(2010) Jinlin Zhou et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

Ticks (Acari: Ixodoidea: Argasidae, Ixodidae) of China

(2010) Ze Chen et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

Cross immunity with Haemaphysalis longicornis glutathione S-transferase reduces an experimental Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus infestation

(2010) Luís Fernando Parizi et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY

Bm86 homologues and novel ATAQ proteins with multiple epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like domains from hard and soft ticks

(2010) Ard M. Nijhof et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Hlcyst-1 and Hlcyst-2 are Potential Inhibitors of HlCPL-A in the Midgut of the Ixodid Tick Haemaphysalis longicornis

(2010) Kayoko YAMAJI et al.   JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE

The crystal structures of two salivary cystatins from the tick Ixodes scapularis and the effect of these inhibitors on the establishment of Borrelia burgdorferi infection in a murine model

(2010) Michalis Kotsyfakis et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Localization and function of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus vitellin-degrading cysteine endopeptidase

(2010) ADRIANA SEIXAS et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Hemoglobin Digestion in Blood-Feeding Ticks: Mapping a Multipeptidase Pathway by Functional Proteomics

(2009) Martin Horn et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

Functional role of 64P, the candidate transmission-blocking vaccine antigen from the tick, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus

(2009) Sabína Havlíková et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Helminth immunoregulation: The role of parasite secreted proteins in modulating host immunity

(2009) James P. Hewitson et al.   MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY

A salivary cystatin, HlSC-1, from the ixodid tick Haemaphysalis longicornis play roles in the blood-feeding processes

(2009) Kayoko Yamaji et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

Safety and Immunogenicity of the Malaria Vaccine Candidate MSP3 Long Synthetic Peptide in 12–24 Months-Old Burkinabe Children

(2009) Sodiomon B. Sirima et al.   PLoS One

Knockdown of proteins involved in iron metabolism limits tick reproduction and development

(2009) O. Hajdusek et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Murine neutralizing antibody response and toxicity to synthetic peptides derived from E1 and E2 proteins of hepatitis C virus

(2009) Mostafa K. El-Awady et al.   VACCINE

Comparative immunogenicity of Haemaphysalis longicornis and Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus calreticulins

(2009) Luís Fernando Parizi et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

An extraovarian aspartic protease accumulated in tick oocytes with vitellin-degradation activity

(2008) Paula C. Pohl et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Tick subolesin is an ortholog of the akirins described in insects and vertebrates

(2008) Ruth C. Galindo et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Cystatin protease inhibitors and immune functions

(2008) Tina Zavasnik-Bergant   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

Measuring elastase, proteinase 3 and cathepsin G activities at the surface of human neutrophils with fluorescence resonance energy transfer substrates

(2008) Brice Korkmaz et al.   Nature Protocols

Characterization of an intracellular cystatin homolog from the tick Haemaphysalis longicornis

(2008) Jinlin Zhou et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY