As long-term pool feeders, ticks have developed myriad strategies to remain discreetly but
solidly attached to their hosts for the duration of their blood meal. The critical biological …

Ticks require blood meal to complete development and reproduction. Multifunctional tick
salivary glands play a pivotal role in tick feeding and transmission of pathogens. Tick …

The human immune system has developed an elaborate network of cascades for dealing
with microbial intruders. Owing to its ability to rapidly recognize and eliminate …

When attempting to feed on their hosts, ticks face the problem of host hemostasis (the
vertebrate mechanisms that prevent blood loss), inflammation (that can produce itching or …

Ticks are unique among hematophagous arthropods by continuous attachment to host skin
and blood feeding for days; complexity and diversity of biologically active molecules …

This review describes the current knowledge of the pathogenesis of acute Lyme
neuroborreliosis (LNB), from invasion to inflammation of the central nervous system. Borrelia …

The saliva of haematophagous arthropods contains an array of anti-haemostatic, anti-
inflammatory and immunomodulatory molecules that contribute to the success of the blood …

Infectious diseases represent a major health problem. Based on the limited efficacy of
existing drugs and vaccines and the increasing antibiotic resistance new strategies are …

Tick saliva contains a complex mixture of peptides and non-peptides that counteract their
hosts' hemostasis, immunity, and tissue-repair reactions. Recent transcriptomic studies have …

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