The immunosuppressive functions of two novel tick serpins, HlSerpin‐a and HlSerpin‐b, from Haemaphysalis longicornis

Identification of tick-borne pathogen diversity by metagenomic analysis in Haemaphysalis longicornis from Xinyang, China

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An Immunosuppressive Tick Salivary Gland Protein DsCystatin Interferes With Toll-Like Receptor Signaling by Downregulating TRAF6

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Serpins in arthropod biology

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Cell-Penetrating Peptides: From Basic Research to Clinics

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Protease Inhibitors in Tick Saliva: The Role of Serpins and Cystatins in Tick-host-Pathogen Interaction

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Serine Protease Inhibitors in Ticks: An Overview of Their Role in Tick Biology and Tick-Borne Pathogen Transmission

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The Essential Role of Tick Salivary Glands and Saliva in Tick Feeding and Pathogen Transmission

(2017) Ladislav Šimo et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

The putative role of Rhipicephalus microplus salivary serpins in the tick-host relationship

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Identification and the preliminary in vitro characterization of IRIS homologue from salivary glands of Ixodes persulcatus Schulze

(2016) Kochi Toyomane et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Target validation of highly conserved Amblyomma americanum tick saliva serine protease inhibitor 19

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In Vitro Mode of Action and Anti-thrombotic Activity of Boophilin, a Multifunctional Kunitz Protease Inhibitor from the Midgut of a Tick Vector of Babesiosis, Rhipicephalus microplus

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Ixodes ricinus Salivary Serpin IRS-2 Affects Th17 Differentiation via Inhibition of the Interleukin-6/STAT-3 Signaling Pathway

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Reactive Center Loop (RCL) Peptides Derived from Serpins Display Independent Coagulation and Immune Modulating Activities

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Emerging tick-borne infections in mainland China: an increasing public health threat

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An Insight into the Sialome of the Lone Star Tick, Amblyomma americanum, with a Glimpse on Its Time Dependent Gene Expression

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Cathepsin B Is Involved in the Trafficking of TNF- -Containing Vesicles to the Plasma Membrane in Macrophages

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The endolysosomal cysteine cathepsins L and K are involved in macrophage-mediated clearance of Staphylococcus aureus and the concomitant cytokine induction

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Impact of Schistosoma japonicum Infection on Collagen-Induced Arthritis in DBA/1 Mice: A Murine Model of Human Rheumatoid Arthritis

(2011) Xiaorong Song et al.   PLoS One

A tick salivary protein targets cathepsin G and chymase and inhibits host inflammation and platelet aggregation

(2010) J. Chmelar et al.   BLOOD

Serpins Flex Their Muscle

(2010) James C. Whisstock et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Serine proteases of the human immune system in health and disease

(2010) Kirstin M. Heutinck et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

Exosites mediate the anti-inflammatory effects of a multifunctional serpin from the saliva of the tickIxodes ricinus

(2009) Pierre-Paul Prevot et al.   FEBS Journal

The role of saliva in tick feeding

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

Cathepsins are required for Toll-like receptor 9 responses

(2008) Fumi Matsumoto et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Cathepsin K-Dependent Toll-Like Receptor 9 Signaling Revealed in Experimental Arthritis

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