The Distinct Transcriptional Response of the Midgut of Amblyomma sculptum and Amblyomma aureolatum Ticks to Rickettsia rickettsii Correlates to Their Differences in Susceptibility to Infection

Pathogen-mediated manipulation of arthropod microbiota to promote infection

(2017) Nabil M. Abraham et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Exploring the immune signalling pathway-related genes of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus: From molecular characterization to transcriptional profile upon microbial challenge

(2016) Rafael D. Rosa et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease

(2016) Monika Gulia-Nuss et al.   Nature Communications

Comparative Genomics Reveals the Origins and Diversity of Arthropod Immune Systems

(2015) William J. Palmer et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The characterization and manipulation of the bacterial microbiome of the Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni

(2015) Katie A. Clayton et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Immunoprotective potential of a Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus metalloprotease

(2015) Abid Ali et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Deep Sequencing Analysis of the Ixodes ricinus Haemocytome

(2015) Michalis Kotsyfakis et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Wolbachia and the insect immune system: what reactive oxygen species can tell us about the mechanisms of Wolbachia–host interactions

(2015) Roman Zug et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Comparative Susceptibility of Larval Stages of Amblyomma aureolatum, Amblyomma cajennense, and Rhipicephalus sanguineus to Infection by Rickettsia rickettsii

(2015) Marcelo B. Labruna et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

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

(2015) Shahid Karim et al.   PLoS One

Gut Microbiota of the Tick Vector Ixodes scapularis Modulate Colonization of the Lyme Disease Spirochete

(2014) Sukanya Narasimhan et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Reassessment of the taxonomic status of Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) with the description of three new species, Amblyomma tonelliae n. sp., Amblyomma interandinum n. sp. and Amblyomma patinoi n. sp., and reinstatement of Amblyomma mixtum Koch, 1844, and Amblyomma sculptum Berlese, 1888 (Ixodida: Ixodidae)

(2014) Santiago Nava et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Immunity-related genes in Ixodes scapularis—perspectives from genome information

(2014) Alexis A. Smith et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

The Drosophila IMD pathway in the activation of the humoral immune response

(2013) Anni Kleino et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Natural Blood Feeding and Temperature Shift Modulate the Global Transcriptional Profile of Rickettsia rickettsii Infecting Its Tick Vector

(2013) Maria Fernanda B. M. Galletti et al.   PLoS One

Redox homeostasis: the linchpin in stem cell self-renewal and differentiation

(2013) Kui Wang et al.   Cell Death & Disease

Interaction of the tick immune system with transmitted pathogens

(2013) Ondřej Hajdušek et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Why do bacteria use so many enzymes to scavenge hydrogen peroxide?

(2012) Surabhi Mishra et al.   ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS

Ixodes scapularis JAK-STAT Pathway Regulates Tick Antimicrobial Peptides, Thereby Controlling the Agent of Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis

(2012) Lei Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The roles of serpins in mosquito immunology and physiology

(2012) Melissa M. Gulley et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Profiling of proteolytic enzymes in the gut of the tick Ixodes ricinus reveals an evolutionarily conserved network of aspartic and cysteine peptidases

(2012) Daniel Sojka et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Purification and characterization of Hb 98–114: A novel hemoglobin-derived antimicrobial peptide from the midgut of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus

(2012) Rodrigo Belmonte et al.   PEPTIDES

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

(2011) José MC Ribeiro et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Experimental infection of the tick Amblyomma cajennense, Cayenne tick, with Rickettsia rickettsii, the agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever

(2011) J. F. SOARES et al.   MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY

A Deep Insight into the Sialotranscriptome of the Gulf Coast Tick, Amblyomma maculatum

(2011) Shahid Karim et al.   PLoS One

Expression profiling, gene silencing and transcriptional networking of metzincin metalloproteases in the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus

(2011) Annette-Christi Barnard et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Savicalin, a lipocalin from hemocytes of the soft tick, Ornithodoros savignyi

(2010) Paul H. Cheng et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

Female ixodid ticks grow endocuticle during the rapid phase of engorgement

(2010) Peter C. Flynn et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

A Kunitz Protease Inhibitor fromDermacentor variabilis, a Vector for Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae, LimitsRickettsia montanensisInvasion

(2010) Shane M. Ceraul et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Characterization of proteinases from the midgut of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus involved in the generation of antimicrobial peptides

(2010) Carlos E Cruz et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Der-p2 ( Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus) allergen-like protein from the hard tick Ixodes ricinus – a novel member of ML (MD-2-related lipid-recognition) domain protein family

(2010) J. HORÁČKOVÁ et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Ecology of Rickettsia in South America

(2009) Marcelo B. Labruna   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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

(2009) Martin Horn et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

The role of saliva in tick feeding

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

Tick-derived Kunitz-type inhibitors as antihemostatic factors

(2009) María Ángeles Corral-Rodríguez et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Catalytic Domain Architecture of Metzincin Metalloproteases

(2009) F. Xavier Gomis-Rüth   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

An evolutionary conserved function of the JAK-STAT pathway in anti-dengue defense

(2009) J. A. Souza-Neto et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Exploring the mialome of ticks: An annotated catalogue of midgut transcripts from the hard tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae)

(2008) Jennifer M Anderson et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Functional Characterization and Novel Rickettsiostatic Effects of a Kunitz-Type Serine Protease Inhibitor from the Tick Dermacentor variabilis

(2008) S. M. Ceraul et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY