Draft genome of the scabies mite

BUSCO: assessing genome assembly and annotation completeness with single-copy orthologs

(2015) Felipe A. Simão et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Scabies: an ancient global disease with a need for new therapies

(2015) Jackson Thomas et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A Secreted MIF Cytokine Enables Aphid Feeding and Represses Plant Immune Responses

(2015) Elodie Naessens et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

First detection of Sarcoptes scabiei from domesticated pig (Sus scrofa) and genetic characterization of S. scabiei from pet, farm and wild hosts in Israel

(2015) Oran Erster et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

The draft genome, transcriptome, and microbiome of Dermatophagoides farinae reveal a broad spectrum of dust mite allergens

(2015) Ting-Fung Chan et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Symbiosis in an overlooked microcosm: a systematic review of the bacterial flora of mites

(2015) KITTIPONG CHAISIRI et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Tetraspanins in Cell Migration

(2015) Xupin Jiang et al.   Cell Adhesion & Migration

Hierarchy and molecular properties of house dust mite allergens

(2015) Wayne R. Thomas   ALLERGOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

Response of Human Skin Equivalents toSarcoptes scabiei

(2015) Marjorie S. Morgan et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

A 24-48 h fed Amblyomma americanum tick saliva immuno-proteome

(2014) Željko M Radulović et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Genetic epidemiology and pathology of raccoon-derivedSarcoptesmites from urban areas of Germany

(2014) Z. RENTERÍA-SOLÍS et al.   MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY

Population identification of Sarcoptes hominis and Sarcoptes canis in China using DNA sequences

(2014) YaE Zhao et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

Toward the Global Control of Human Scabies: Introducing the International Alliance for the Control of Scabies

(2014) Daniel Engelman et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Scabies Mite Inactive Serine Proteases Are Potent Inhibitors of the Human Complement Lectin Pathway

(2014) Simone L. Reynolds et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

A Scabies Mite Serpin Interferes with Complement-Mediated Neutrophil Functions and Promotes Staphylococcal Growth

(2014) Pearl M. Swe et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Space-efficient and exact de Bruijn graph representation based on a Bloom filter

(2013) Rayan Chikhi et al.   Algorithms for Molecular Biology

Informed and automated k-mer size selection for genome assembly

(2013) R. Chikhi et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Identification and expression of macrophage migration inhibitory factor in Sarcoptes scabiei

(2013) N.M. Cote et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY

Scabies increased the risk of chronic kidney disease: a 5-year follow-up study

(2013) S.-D. Chung et al.   JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY

MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0

(2013) Koichiro Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Sarcoptes scabiei Mites Modulate Gene Expression in Human Skin Equivalents

(2013) Marjorie S. Morgan et al.   PLoS One

Is Permanent Parasitism Reversible?—Critical Evidence from Early Evolution of House Dust Mites

(2013) Pavel B. Klimov et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Vaccinomics, the new road to tick vaccines

(2013) José de la Fuente et al.   VACCINE

Genetic epidemiology of Sarcoptes scabiei in the Iberian wolf in Asturias, Spain

(2013) Alvaro Oleaga et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Tick vaccines and the control of tick-borne pathogens

(2013) Octavio Merino et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Postgenomic Approaches to Using Corynebacteria as Biocatalysts

(2012) Alain A. Vertès et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Dermacentor variabilis: Characterization and modeling of macrophage migration inhibitory factor with phylogenetic comparisons to other ticks, insects and parasitic nematodes

(2012) Nalinda B. Wasala et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY

Quantitative PCR-based genome size estimation of the astigmatid mites Sarcoptes scabiei, Psoroptes ovis and Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus

(2012) Kate E Mounsey et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Novel Scabies Mite Serpins Inhibit the Three Pathways of the Human Complement System

(2012) Angela Mika et al.   PLoS One

An automated homology-based approach for identifying transposable elements

(2011) Ryan C Kennedy et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

A further insight into the sialome of the tropical bont tick, Amblyomma variegatum

(2011) José MC Ribeiro et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Applicability of molecular markers to determine parasitic infection origins in the animal trade: a case study from Sarcoptes mites in wildebeest

(2011) Samer Alasaad et al.   Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology

Immunomodulation of Skin Cytokine Secretion by House Dust Mite Extracts

(2011) Larry G. Arlian et al.   INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

The genome of Tetranychus urticae reveals herbivorous pest adaptations

(2011) Miodrag Grbić et al.   NATURE

Temporal stability in the genetic structure of Sarcoptes scabiei under the host-taxon law: empirical evidences from wildlife-derived Sarcoptes mite in Asturias, Spain

(2011) Samer Alasaad et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Widespread exposure to Sarcoptes scabiei in wild European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Spain

(2011) J. Millán et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Scaffolding pre-assembled contigs using SSPACE

(2010) Marten Boetzer et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

An insight into the sialome of blood-feeding Nematocera

(2010) José M.C. Ribeiro et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Mite serine protease activates protease-activated receptor-2 and induces cytokine release in human keratinocytes

(2009) T. Kato et al.   ALLERGY

The complete mitochondrial genome of the house dust mite Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Trouessart): a novel gene arrangement among arthropods

(2009) Wannes Dermauw et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Modulation of human dermal microvascular endothelial cells by Sarcoptes scabiei in combination with proinflammatory cytokines, histamine, and lipid-derived biologic mediators

(2009) B. Laurel Elder et al.   CYTOKINE

The nuclear genome of the phytoseiid Metaseiulus occidentalis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) is among the smallest known in arthropods

(2009) Ayyamperumal Jeyaprakash et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

The role of saliva in tick feeding

(2009) Ivo et al.   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

A study on the genetic relationship of mites in the genusSarcoptes(Acari: Sarcoptidae) in China

(2009) Xiao-Bin Gu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACAROLOGY

Scabies Mite Inactivated Serine Protease Paralogs Inhibit the Human Complement System

(2009) F. C. Bergstrom et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

House Dust Mite Extracts Activate Cultured Human Dermal Endothelial Cells to Express Adhesion Molecules and Secrete Cytokines

(2009) Larry G. Arlian et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Extracts of Sarcoptes scabiei De Geer Downmodulate Secretion of IL-8 by Skin Keratinocytes and Fibroblasts and of GM-CSF by Fibroblasts in the Presence of Proinflammatory Cytokines

(2009) Jeremi S. Mullins et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Ultrafast and memory-efficient alignment of short DNA sequences to the human genome

(2009) Ben Langmead et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Allergens are distributed into few protein families and possess a restricted number of biochemical functions

(2008) Christian Radauer et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Origin and higher-level relationships of psoroptidian mites (Acari: Astigmata: Psoroptidia): Evidence from three nuclear genes

(2008) Pavel B. Klimov et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Skin-scale genetic structure of Sarcoptes scabiei populations from individual hosts: empirical evidence from Iberian ibex-derived mites

(2008) S. Alasaad et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH