IrSPI, a Tick Serine Protease Inhibitor Involved in Tick Feeding and Bartonella henselae Infection

Hard Tick Factors Implicated in Pathogen Transmission

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

New insights into the machinery of blood digestion by ticks

(2013) Daniel Sojka et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Vaccination with proteins involved in tick–pathogen interactions reduces vector infestations and pathogen infection

(2013) Octavio Merino et al.   VACCINE

Tick vaccines and the control of tick-borne pathogens

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

Evolution, expansion and expression of the Kunitz/BPTI gene family associated with long-term blood feeding in Ixodes Scapularis

(2012) Shao-Xing Dai et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Protective immunity against tick infestation in cattle vaccinated with recombinant trypsin inhibitor of Rhipicephalus microplus

(2012) Renato Andreotti et al.   VACCINE

Differential salivary gland transcript expression profile in Ixodes scapularis nymphs upon feeding or flavivirus infection

(2012) Kristin L. McNally et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Expression of heat shock proteins and subolesin affects stress responses, Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection and questing behaviour in the tick, Ixodes scapularis

(2011) A. T. BUSBY et al.   MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY

Functional characterization of two defensin isoforms of the hard tick Ixodes ricinus

(2011) Tereza Chrudimská et al.   Parasites & Vectors

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

Vector Competence of the Tick Ixodes ricinus for Transmission of Bartonella birtlesii

(2011) Caroline Reis et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Heat Shock Proteins; An Overview

(2010) Lutfi Tutar et al.   CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

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

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

Two novel Salp15-like immunosuppressant genes from salivary glands of Ixodes persulcatus Schulze tick

(2010) A. Mori et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Pyrosequencing and characterization of immune response genes from the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis (L.)

(2010) D. C. Jaworski et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Insights in Bartonella Host Specificity

(2009) Muriel Vayssier-Taussat et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Fast and accurate short read alignment with Burrows-Wheeler transform

(2009) H. Li et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Structure and mechanism in salivary proteins from blood-feeding arthropods

(2009) John F. Andersen   TOXICON

The Kunitz-Like Modulatory Protein Haemangin Is Vital for Hard Tick Blood-Feeding Success

(2009) M. Khyrul Islam et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Silencing expression of the defensin, varisin, in male Dermacentor variabilis by RNA interference results in reduced Anaplasma marginale infections

(2008) Katherine M. Kocan et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

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

Preferential Protection ofBorrelia burgdorferiSensu Stricto by a Salp15 Homologue inIxodes ricinusSaliva

(2008) J. W. Hovius et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Vector transmission of Bartonella species with emphasis on the potential for tick transmission

(2008) S. A. BILLETER et al.   MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY

Analyzing real-time PCR data by the comparative CT method

(2008) Thomas D Schmittgen et al.   Nature Protocols

Variability and Action Mechanism of a Family of Anticomplement Proteins in Ixodes ricinus

(2008) Bernard Couvreur et al.   PLoS One

The impact of gene knock-down and vaccination against salivary metalloproteases on blood feeding and egg laying by Ixodes ricinus

(2007) Yves Decrem et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY