Acaricide resistance is a global problem that has impacts worldwide. Tick populations with
broad resistance to all commercially available acaricides have been reported. Since …

Osmoregulation in insects is an essential process whereby changes in hemolymph osmotic
pressure induce the release of diuretic or antidiuretic hormones to recruit individual …

The synganglion is the central nervous system of ticks and, as such, controls tick physiology.
It does so through the production and release of signaling molecules, many of which are …

Ticks are blood-feeding arthropods that require heme for their successful reproduction.
During feeding they also acquire pathogens that are subsequently transmitted to humans …

The protostome leucokinin (LK) signaling system, including LK peptides and their G protein-
coupled receptors, has been characterized in several species. Despite the progress …

Neuropeptides are a group of signal molecules that regulate many physiological and
behavioral processes by binding to corresponding receptors, most of which are G-protein …

Cattle ticks pose a significant threat to the health and profitability of cattle herds globally. The
investigation of factors leading to natural tick resistance in cattle is directed toward targeted …

BACKGROUND The southern cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, is a primary vector of the
deadly bovine disease babesiosis. Worldwide populations of ticks have developed …

Abstract Background The ixodid tick Dermacentor marginatus is a vector of many pathogens
wide spread in Eurasia. Studies of gene sequence on many tick species have greatly …

Leucokinins (LKs) constitute a neuropeptide family first discovered in a cockroach and later
identified in numerous insects and several other invertebrates. The LK receptors are only …