Ticks and tick-borne infections: complex ecology, agents, and host interactions

SK Wikel - Veterinary Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Ticks transmit the most diverse array of infectious agents of any arthropod vector. Both ticks
and the microbes they transmit are recognized as significant threats to human and veterinary …

Host immune responses to salivary components-a critical facet of tick-host interactions

A Ali, I Zeb, A Alouffi, H Zahid, MM Almutairi… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Tick sialome is comprised of a rich cocktail of bioactive molecules that function as a tool to
disarm host immunity, assist blood-feeding, and play a vibrant role in pathogen …

A new green inhibitor for lowering the corrosion rate of carbon steel in 1 M HCl solution: Hyalomma tick extract

MA Bidi, M Azadi, M Rassouli - Materials today communications, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, Hyalomma tick extract as a new green inhibitor was used to decrease the
corrosion rate of carbon steel in 1 M HCl solution. The polarization and electrochemical …

Wonders of tick saliva

PA Nuttall - Ticks and tick-borne diseases, 2019 - Elsevier
Saliva of ticks is arguably the most complex saliva of any animal. This is particularly the case
for ixodid species that feed for many days firmly attached to the same skin site of their …

Immunobiology of acquired resistance to ticks

H Karasuyama, K Miyake, S Yoshikawa - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Ticks are blood-sucking arthropods of great importance in the medical and veterinary fields
worldwide. They are considered second only to mosquitos as vectors of pathogenic …

Potential mechanisms of transmission of tick-borne viruses at the virus-tick interface

M Maqbool, MS Sajid, M Saqib, FR Anjum… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Ticks (Acari; Ixodidae) are the second most important vector for transmission of pathogens to
humans, livestock, and wildlife. Ticks as vectors for viruses have been reported many times …

The use of tick salivary proteins as novel therapeutics

J Chmelař, J Kotál, A Kovaříková… - Frontiers in physiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The last three decades of research into tick salivary components have revealed several
proteins with important pharmacological and immunological activities. Two primary interests …

Coxiella Endosymbiont of Rhipicephalus microplus Modulates Tick Physiology With a Major Impact in Blood Feeding Capacity

MG Guizzo, L Tirloni, SA Gonzalez, MD Farber… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In the past decade, metagenomics studies exploring tick microbiota have revealed
widespread interactions between bacteria and arthropods, including symbiotic interactions …

Induced transient immune tolerance in ticks and vertebrate host: a keystone of tick-borne diseases?

N Boulanger, S Wikel - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Ticks and tick transmitted infectious agents are increasing global public health threats due to
increasing abundance, expanding geographic ranges of vectors and pathogens, and …

Integrated analysis of sialotranscriptome and sialoproteome of the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus (sl): insights into gene expression during blood feeding

L Tirloni, S Lu, E Calvo, G Sabadin, LS Di Maggio… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Tick salivary glands secrete a complex saliva into their hosts which modulates vertebrate
hemostasis, immunity and tissue repair mechanisms. Transcriptomic studies revealed a …