Tick immune system: what is known, the interconnections, the gaps, and the challenges

AC Fogaça, G Sousa, DB Pavanelo, E Esteves… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
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 …

Entomopathogenic fungi and bacteria in a veterinary perspective

VV Ebani, F Mancianti - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Several fungal species are well suited to control arthropods, being able to
cause epizootic infection among them and most of them infect their host by direct penetration …

Rickettsia parkeri hijacks tick hemocytes to manipulate cellular and humoral transcriptional responses

A Adegoke, JMC Ribeiro, S Brown, RC Smith… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Blood-feeding arthropods rely on robust cellular and humoral immunity to
control pathogen invasion and replication. Tick hemocytes produce factors that can facilitate …

Proteomic analysis of extracellular vesicles from tick hemolymph and uptake of extracellular vesicles by salivary glands and ovary cells

Z Xu, Y Wang, M Sun, Y Zhou, J Cao, H Zhang… - Parasites & …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are a heterogeneous group of cell-derived
membranous structures that are important mediators of intercellular communication …

Beauveria bassiana interacts with gut and hemocytes to manipulate Aedes aegypti immunity

R de Oliveira Barbosa Bitencourt, TA Corrêa… - Parasites & vectors, 2023 - Springer
Background Mosquito-borne diseases affect millions of people. Chemical insecticides are
currently employed against mosquitoes. However, many cases of insecticide resistance …

Metarhizium Anisopliae Challenges Immunity and Demography of Plutella xylostella

J Zafar, RF Shoukat, Y Zhang, S Freed, X Xu, F Jin - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella, is a destructive pest of
cruciferous crops worldwide. Integrated pest management (IPM) strategies, largely involve …

Hematophagy and tick-borne Rickettsial pathogen shape the microbial community structure and predicted functions within the tick vector, Amblyomma maculatum

A Adegoke, D Kumar, K Budachetri… - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Ticks are the primary vectors of emerging and resurging pathogens of public
health significance worldwide. Analyzing tick bacterial composition, diversity, and …

Cellular immune responses of the yellow peach moth, Conogethes punctiferalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), to the entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana …

S Li, F Liu, Z Kang, X Li, Y Lu, Q Li, Y Pang… - Journal of Invertebrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
The yellow peach moth (YPM), Conogethes punctiferalis, is a destructive insect pest of
maize in eastern China and adapts to diverse environments, especially against pathogens …

[HTML][HTML] The role of complement in the tick cellular immune defense against the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium robertsii

J Fiorotti, V Urbanová, PS Gôlo… - Developmental & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) have been widely explored for their potential in the biological
control of insect pests and as an environmentally friendly alternative to acaricides for limiting …

Effect of entomopathogenic native fungi from paddock soils against Rhipicephalus microplus larvae with different toxicological behaviors to acaricides

A Fernández-Salas, MA Alonso-Díaz… - Experimental …, 2019 - Elsevier
The objectives of this study are to:(1) evaluate the in vitro acaricidal effect of 54 Metarhizium
anisopliae strains, six Beauveria bassiana strains and one Purpureocilium lilacinum strain …