Ticks are ectoparasitic arthropods that necessarily feed on the blood of their vertebrate
hosts. The success of blood acquisition depends on the pharmacological properties of tick …

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 …

Ixodes scapularis is the most medically important tick species and transmits five of the 14
reportable human tick borne disease (TBD) agents in the USA. This study describes LC …

The publication of the first tick sialome (salivary gland transcriptome) heralded a new era of
research of tick protease inhibitors, which represent important constituents of the proteins …

Tick saliva facilitates tick feeding and infection of the host. Gene expression analysis of tick
salivary glands and other tissues involved in host–pathogen interactions has revealed a …

Background Ticks are hematophagous parasites that transmit an extensive range of
pathogens to their vertebrate hosts. Ticks can destroy invading microorganisms or alleviate …

Hard ticks feed for several days or weeks on their hosts. Blood feeding is assisted by tick
saliva, which is injected in the host skin regularly, alternating with blood ingestion. Tick …

The saliva of ixodid ticks contains a mixture of bioactive molecules that target a wide
spectrum of host defense mechanisms to allow ticks to feed on the vertebrate host for …

Ixodes ricinus is a tick that transmits the pathogens of Lyme and several arboviral diseases.
Pathogens invade the tick midgut, disseminate through the hemolymph and are transmitted …

Ticks salivate while feeding on their hosts. Saliva helps blood feeding through host anti-
hemostatic and immunomodulatory components. Previous transcriptomic and proteomic …