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 …

Ticks are second to mosquitoes as vectors of disease. Ticks affect livestock industries in
Asia, Africa and Australia at~ 1.13billionUSDperannum.Forinstance,80%oftheglobalcattlepopulationisatriskofinfestati …

Tick saliva is a reservoir of bioactive proteins. Saliva protein compositions change
dynamically during blood-feeding. Decipherment of protein profiles in different blood …

Background Flea bites could trigger a series of complex molecular responses in the host.
However, our understanding of the responses at the molecular level is still relatively limited …

Ticks successfully feed and transmit pathogens by injecting pharmacological compounds in
saliva to thwart host defenses. We have previously used LC-MS/MS to identify proteins that …

Rhipicephalus microplus ticks feed on a bovine host for three weeks. At the attachment site,
inflammatory and immune responses are triggered resulting in the recruitment of cells and …

Ticks inject serine protease inhibitors (serpins) into their feeding sites to evade serine
protease-mediated host defenses against tick-feeding. This study describes two highly …

Feeding and transmission of tick-borne disease (TBD) agents by ticks are facilitated by tick
saliva proteins (TSP). Thus, defining functional roles of TSPs in tick evasion is expected to …

Ticks are the most important vectors of pathogens affecting both domestic and wild animals
worldwide. Hard tick feeding is a slow process—taking up to several days—and …

Background Tick saliva contains many bioactive molecules that are involved in attachment
to the host, blood-feeding and transmission of pathogens. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class …