From sialomes to the sialoverse: an insight into salivary potion of blood-feeding insects

JMC Ribeiro, B Arca - Advances in Insect Physiology, 2009 - Elsevier
To efficiently blood feed, insects have evolved a salivary concoction that disarms their host's
haemostasis, a redundant physiological mechanism that includes blood clotting, platelet …

An Insight into the Transcriptome of the Digestive Tract of the Bloodsucking Bug, Rhodnius prolixus

JMC Ribeiro, FA Genta, MHF Sorgine… - PLOS neglected …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The bloodsucking hemipteran Rhodnius prolixus is a vector of Chagas' disease, which
affects 7–8 million people today in Latin America. In contrast to other hematophagous …

The pharmacopea within triatomine salivary glands

PB Santiago, CN de Araújo, S Charneau, YR Praça… - Trends in …, 2020 - cell.com
Triatomines are blood-feeding insects that prey on vertebrate hosts. Their saliva is largely
responsible for their feeding success. The triatomine salivary content has been studied over …

An insight into the sialome of the blood-sucking bug Triatoma infestans, a vector of Chagas' disease

TCF Assumpção, IMB Francischetti, JF Andersen… - Insect biochemistry and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Triatoma infestans is a hemiptera, vector of Chagas' disease that feeds exclusively on
vertebrate blood in all life stages. Hematophagous insects' salivary glands (SG) produce …

The salivary gland transcriptome of the neotropical malaria vector Anopheles darlingi reveals accelerated evolution of genes relevant to hematophagy

E Calvo, VM Pham, O Marinotti, JF Andersen… - BMC genomics, 2009 - Springer
Background Mosquito saliva, consisting of a mixture of dozens of proteins affecting
vertebrate hemostasis and having sugar digestive and antimicrobial properties, helps both …

The sialotranscriptome of the blood-sucking bug Triatoma brasiliensis (Hemiptera, Triatominae)

A Santos, JMC Ribeiro, MJ Lehane, NF Gontijo… - Insect biochemistry and …, 2007 - Elsevier
Triatoma brasiliensis is the most important autochthon vector of Trypanosoma cruzi in Brazil,
where it is widely distributed in the semiarid areas of the Northeast. In order to advance the …

Toward an understanding of the molecular mechanism for successful blood feeding by coupling proteomics analysis with pharmacological testing of horsefly salivary …

X Xu, H Yang, D Ma, J Wu, Y Wang, Y Song… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2008 - ASBMB
Horseflies are economically important blood-feeding arthropods and also a nuisance for
humans and vectors for filariasis. They rely heavily on the pharmacological properties of …

A dipteran's novel sucker punch: Evolution of arthropod atypical venom with a neurotoxic component in robber flies (Asilidae, Diptera)

SH Drukewitz, N Fuhrmann, EAB Undheim, A Blanke… - Toxins, 2018 - mdpi.com
Predatory robber flies (Diptera, Asilidae) have been suspected to be venomous due to their
ability to overpower well-defended prey. However, details of their venom composition and …

Are fireworms venomous? Evidence for the convergent evolution of toxin homologs in three species of fireworms (Annelida, Amphinomidae)

A Verdes, D Simpson, M Holford - Genome biology and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Amphinomids, more commonly known as fireworms, are a basal lineage of marine annelids
characterized by the presence of defensive dorsal calcareous chaetae, which break off upon …

Anti-thrombosis repertoire of blood-feeding horsefly salivary glands

D Ma, Y Wang, H Yang, J Wu, S An, L Gao, X Xu… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2009 - ASBMB
Blood-feeding arthropods rely heavily on the pharmacological properties of their saliva to
get a blood meal and suppress immune reactions of hosts. Little information is available on …