The Tick Salivary Protein Sialostatin L2 Inhibits Caspase-1-Mediated Inflammation during Anaplasma phagocytophilum Infection

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

Hard Tick Factors Implicated in Pathogen Transmission

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

Leptin enhances the secretion of interleukin (IL)-18, but not IL-1β, from human monocytes via activation of caspase-1

(2013) Paiboon Jitprasertwong et al.   CYTOKINE

3,4-Methylenedioxy-β-nitrostyrene Inhibits NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation by Blocking Assembly of the Inflammasome

(2013) Yuan He et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Breaking in and grabbing a meal: Anaplasma phagocytophilum cellular invasion, nutrient acquisition, and promising tools for their study

(2013) Hilary K. Truchan et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

Type I IFN Triggers RIG-I/TLR3/NLRP3-dependent Inflammasome Activation in Influenza A Virus Infected Cells

(2013) Julien Pothlichet et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Tick salivary compounds: their role in modulation of host defences and pathogen transmission

(2013) Mária Kazimírová et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

A Nod to disease vectors: mitigation of pathogen sensing by arthropod saliva

(2013) Olivia S. Sakhon et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Recognition of Bacteria by Inflammasomes

(2012) Jakob von Moltke et al.   Annual Review of Immunology

The Yersinia Virulence Effector YopM Binds Caspase-1 to Arrest Inflammasome Assembly and Processing

(2012) Christopher N. LaRock et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Anaplasma phagocytophilum: deceptively simple or simply deceptive?

(2012) Maiara S Severo et al.   Future Microbiology

Anaplasma phagocytophilum Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase 1 Affects Host-Derived Immunopathology during Microbial Colonization

(2012) Gang Chen et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Francisella tularensis Live Vaccine Strain Folate Metabolism and Pseudouridine Synthase Gene Mutants Modulate Macrophage Caspase-1 Activation

(2012) Tyler K. Ulland et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Redox control of NLRP3 inflammasome activation in health and disease

(2012) Anna Rubartelli   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Tick salivary secretion as a source of antihemostatics

(2012) Jindrich Chmelar et al.   Journal of Proteomics

Inflammasomes in health and disease

(2012) Till Strowig et al.   NATURE

Regulation of inflammasome signaling

(2012) Vijay A K Rathinam et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Ixodes scapularis saliva mitigates inflammatory cytokine secretion during Anaplasma phagocytophilum stimulation of immune cells

(2012) Gang Chen et al.   Parasites & Vectors

The role of cystatins in tick physiology and blood feeding

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

Cathepsin L Activity Is Essential to Elastase Perfusion–Induced Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Mice

(2011) Jiusong Sun et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

The biological basis of severe outcomes inAnaplasma phagocytophiluminfection

(2011) J. Stephen Dumler   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Cutting Edge: Reactive Oxygen Species Inhibitors Block Priming, but Not Activation, of the NLRP3 Inflammasome

(2011) F. Bauernfeind et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Implication of haematophagous arthropod salivary proteins in host-vector interactions

(2011) Albin Fontaine et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Salmonella and Caspase-1: A complex Interplay of Detection and Evasion

(2011) Edward A. Miao et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

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

(2010) J. Chmelar et al.   BLOOD

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

Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Ehrlichia chaffeensis: subversive manipulators of host cells

(2010) Yasuko Rikihisa   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The role of saliva in tick feeding

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

Molecular characterization of the tick-Borrelia interface

(2009) Aravinda Manu de Silva   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

Silica crystals and aluminum salts activate the NALP3 inflammasome through phagosomal destabilization

(2008) Veit Hornung et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Analyzing real-time PCR data by the comparative CT method

(2008) Thomas D Schmittgen et al.   Nature Protocols

Salivating for Knowledge: Potential Pharmacological Agents in Tick Saliva

(2008) Joppe W. R Hovius et al.   PLOS MEDICINE