While much effort has been put into understanding vitellogenesis in insects and other
organisms, much less is known of this process in ticks. There are several steps that facilitate …

Ticks are notorious parasitic arthropods, known for their completely host-blood-dependent
lifestyle. Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) feed on their hosts for several days and can ingest …

Background Tick hemolymph bathes internal organs, acts as an exchange medium for
nutrients and cellular metabolites, and offers protection against pathogens. Hemolymph is …

Ticks are obligate hematophagous parasites and important vectors of diseases. The large
amount of blood they consume contains great quantities of iron, an essential but also toxic …

The objectives of the present study were to identify a possible tick vector and to determine
the prevalence of camel theileriosis in Egypt using blood smears stained with Giemsa's stain …

Ecdysteroids (moulting hormones), juvenoids and neuropeptides in ticks are reviewed but,
by far, the emphasis is on the former since this class of hormones has been the subject of …

Polyclonal antibodies directed against D. variabilis vitellin were utilized for
immunocytochemistry at the ultrastructural level. We localized vitelligenin (Vg) in rough …

Vitellogenin (Vg) synthesis, vitellogenesis, is an essential process for the development and
reproduction of ticks. Our previous finding led to the hypothesis that target of rapamycin …

Background It is hypothesised that being a blood-feeding ectoparasite, Argulus foliaceus
(Linnaeus, 1758), uses similar mechanisms for digestion and host immune evasion to those …

Abstract Background Vitellogenin (Vg), a key molecule for oocyte development synthesized
in the fat body during blood-feeding, is released into the hemolymph and then taken into the …