Tick Humoral Responses: Marching to the Beat of a Different Drummer

Effects of co-occurring Wolbachia and Spiroplasma endosymbionts on the Drosophila immune response against insect pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria

(2016) Upasana Shokal et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Cross-Species Interferon Signaling Boosts Microbicidal Activity within the Tick Vector

(2016) Alexis A. Smith et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

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

Insect immunology and hematopoiesis

(2016) Julián F. Hillyer   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Trends in tick population dynamics and pathogen transmission in emerging tick-borne pathogens in Europe: an introduction

(2016) Nienke Hartemink et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

PGRP-SD, an Extracellular Pattern-Recognition Receptor, Enhances Peptidoglycan-Mediated Activation of the Drosophila Imd Pathway

(2016) Igor Iatsenko et al.   IMMUNITY

Cytokine Diedel and a viral homologue suppress the IMD pathway inDrosophila

(2016) Olivier Lamiable et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Grandeur Alliances: Symbiont Metabolic Integration and Obligate Arthropod Hematophagy

(2016) Rita V.M. Rio et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Coinfection by Ixodes Tick-Borne Pathogens: Ecological, Epidemiological, and Clinical Consequences

(2016) Maria A. Diuk-Wasser et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease

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

Co-infection of Ticks: The Rule Rather Than the Exception

(2016) Sara Moutailler et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

The Drosophila CD36 Homologue croquemort Is Required to Maintain Immune and Gut Homeostasis during Development and Aging

(2016) Aurélien Guillou et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Variation in the Microbiota of Ixodes Ticks with Regard to Geography, Species, and Sex

(2015) Will Van Treuren et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A Coxiella-Like Endosymbiont Is a Potential Vitamin Source for the Lone Star Tick

(2015) Todd A Smith et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Rickettsia buchneri sp. nov., a rickettsial endosymbiont of the blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis

(2015) T. J. Kurtti et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Comparative genomic study of arachnid immune systems indicates loss of beta-1,3-glucanase-related proteins and the immune deficiency pathway

(2015) J. Bechsgaard et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Systemic Infection Generates a Local-Like Immune Response of the Bacteriome Organ in Insect Symbiosis

(2015) Florent Masson et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

Comparative Genomics Reveals the Origins and Diversity of Arthropod Immune Systems

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

Concordance of bacterial communities of two tick species and blood of their shared rodent host

(2015) Evelyn C. Rynkiewicz et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

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

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

Tick microbiome: the force within

(2015) Sukanya Narasimhan et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Infection and Co-infection Rates of Anaplasma phagocytophilum Variants, Babesia spp., Borrelia burgdorferi, and the Rickettsial Endosymbiont in Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) from Sites in Indiana, Maine, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin

(2015) F. E. Steiner et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

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

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

Defensin from the ornate sheep tick Dermacentor marginatus and its effect on Lyme borreliosis spirochetes

(2014) Tereza Chrudimská et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Identification and characterization of a QM protein as a possible peptidoglycan recognition protein (PGRP) from the giant tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon

(2014) Attasit Udompetcharaporn et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Defending the fort: a role for defensin-2 in limitingRickettsia montanensisinfection ofDermacentor variabilis

(2014) R. S. Pelc et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The Drosophila Imd Signaling Pathway

(2014) H. Myllymaki et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Transferred interbacterial antagonism genes augment eukaryotic innate immune function

(2014) Seemay Chou et al.   NATURE

JAK/STAT Pathway inDrosophilaImmunity

(2014) H. Myllymäki et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Protozoan and bacterial pathogens in tick salivary glands in wild and domestic animal environments in South Africa

(2014) M. Berggoetz et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Coinfection of tick cell lines has variable effects on replication of intracellular bacterial and viral pathogens

(2014) Anna Moniuszko et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Hard Tick Factors Implicated in Pathogen Transmission

(2014) Xiang Ye Liu et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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

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

Conventional and non-conventional Drosophila Toll signaling

(2013) Scott A. Lindsay et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

The E3 Ubiquitin Ligase XIAP Restricts Anaplasma phagocytophilum Colonization of Ixodes scapularis Ticks

(2013) Maiara S. Severo et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Detection of Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi in Host-Seeking Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Monmouth County, New Jersey

(2013) Terry L. Schulze et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Bacteria- and IMD Pathway-Independent Immune Defenses against Plasmodium falciparum in Anopheles gambiae

(2013) Benjamin J. Blumberg et al.   PLoS One

Ubiquitylation of the initiator caspase DREDD is required for innate immune signalling

(2012) Annika Meinander et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Signaling pathways regulating innate immune responses in shrimp

(2012) Fuhua Li et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

The arthropod, but not the vertebrate host or its environment, dictates bacterial community composition of fleas and ticks

(2012) Hadas Hawlena et al.   ISME Journal

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

Of ticks, mice and men: understanding the dual-host lifestyle of Lyme disease spirochaetes

(2012) Justin D. Radolf et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Beyond Lyme: Aetiology of Tick-borne Human Diseases with Emphasis on the South-Eastern United States

(2012) E. Y. Stromdahl et al.   Zoonoses and Public Health

Native Microbiota Shape Insect Vector Competence for Human Pathogens

(2011) Chris M. Cirimotich et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Spiroplasma and host immunity: activation of humoral immune responses increases endosymbiont load and susceptibility to certain Gram-negative bacterial pathogens in Drosophila melanogaster

(2011) Jeremy K. Herren et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The defensin gene family expansion in the tick Ixodes scapularis

(2011) Yanbing Wang et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Structural Insights into Recognition of Triple-helical β-Glucans by an Insect Fungal Receptor

(2011) Mayumi Kanagawa et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Caspase-Mediated Cleavage, IAP Binding, and Ubiquitination: Linking Three Mechanisms Crucial for Drosophila NF-κB Signaling

(2010) Nicholas Paquette et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Immunity and other defenses in pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum

(2010) Nicole M Gerardo et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Genome-wide transcriptomic profiling of Anopheles gambiae hemocytes reveals pathogen-specific signatures upon bacterial challenge and Plasmodium berghei infection

(2009) Luke A Baton et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The components of the Daphnia pulex immune system as revealed by complete genome sequencing

(2009) Seanna J McTaggart et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Invasive and indigenous microbiota impact intestinal stem cell activity through multiple pathways in Drosophila

(2009) N. Buchon et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

The Imd Pathway Is Involved in Antiviral Immune Responses in Drosophila

(2009) Alexandre Costa et al.   PLoS One

Caspar Controls Resistance to Plasmodium falciparum in Diverse Anopheline Species

(2009) Lindsey S. Garver et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Overview: Ticks as vectors of pathogens that cause disease in humans and animals

(2008) Jose de la Fuente   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

Crystal structure of Drosophila PGRP-SD suggests binding to DAP-type but not lysine-type peptidoglycan

(2008) Philippe Leone et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY