Symbiont-regulated serotonin biosynthesis modulates tick feeding activity

Z Zhong, T Zhong, Y Peng, X Zhou, Z Wang, H Tang… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2021 - cell.com
Ticks are obligate hematophagous arthropods. Blood feeding ensures that ticks obtain
nutrients essential for their survival, development, and reproduction while providing routes …

A glimpse into the world of microRNAs and their putative roles in hard ticks

B Leal-Galvan, D Kumar, S Karim, P Saelao… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Ticks are important blood feeding ectoparasites that transmit pathogens to wildlife, domestic
animals, and humans. Hard ticks can feed for several days to weeks, nevertheless they often …

Regulation of vtg and VtgR in mud crab Scylla paramamosain by miR-34

Y Sheng, J Liao, Z Zhang, Y Li, X Jia, X Zeng… - Molecular Biology …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Vitellogenin (Vtg) is the precursor of major yolk protein and plays a
crucial role in the maturation of oocytes and the production of eggs in oviparous animals …

[HTML][HTML] A microRNA profile of the saliva in the argasid ticks Ornithodoros erraticus and Ornithodoros moubata and prediction of specific target genes

AL Cano-Argüelles, R Pérez-Sánchez… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ornithodoros erraticus and Ornithodoros moubata ticks are the main vectors of the agents of
human relapsing fever (TBRF) and African swine fever (ASF) in the Mediterranean Basin …

Characterization of bacterial communities in ticks parasitizing cattle in a touristic location in southwestern China

Y Xiang, J Zhou, F Yu, Y Zhang, S Li, Y Hu… - … and Applied Acarology, 2023 - Springer
The purpose of this study was to investigate tick species around Mount Fanjing and analyze
bacterial communities in two species–Rhipicephalus microplus and Haemaphysalis …

Recent advances into Tick microRNAs and their predicted functions

F Wang, M Nawaz, M Irfan - Trends in Animal and Poultry …, 2023 - journals.pagepal.org
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a subclass of small regulatory RNAs that have been linked to the
physiology, development, immunity, and infection of parasites. Furthermore, parasites have …