Browsing by Author "Mulenga, Albert"
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Radulović, Željko M; Kim, Tae K; Porter, Lindsay M; Sze, Sing-Hoi; Lewis, Lauren; Mulenga, Albert (BMC Genomics, 2014)
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Underwood, Jacob G (2021-08-04)Lyme disease and Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis (HGA) are the two most reported tick-borne diseases in the US. Nevertheless, what happens locally at the skin during transmission of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, the causative ...
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Porter, Lindsay Michelle (2016-05-06)Ticks bites are a source of morbidity and mortality for humans and animals. Chemicals have been insufficient for tick control whereas an anti-tick vaccine may be an effective alternative. Hosts use serpins to control their ...
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Kim, Tae Kwon (2014-04-01)Without successful feeding, ticks can neither cause damage to their host nor transmit disease agents. Thus, a deeper understanding of tick physiology as a means to discover weaknesses that can be targeted for tick control ...
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Chalaire, Katelyn Cox (2011-10-21)Serine protease inhibitors (serpins) are a large superfamily of proteins that regulate critical proteolytic pathways by inhibiting serine proteases. Tick-encoded serpins are thought to play a vital role in the feeding ...
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Golden, Jalyn AliahThe blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis is a medically important tick species that transmits six of the fifteen human tick-borne disease agents in the United States. Without successful feeding, ticks cannot cause damage ...
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Kwon, Hyeog Sun (2013-04-26)G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are composed of seven transmembrane domains and play an essential role in regulating physiological functions and mediating responses to environmental stimuli, biogenic amines, ...
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Ruiz, Newton; Leonardo Araujo de Abreu; Luís Fernando Parizi; Tae Kwon Kim; Mulenga, Albert; Gloria Regina Cardoso Braz; Itabajara da Silva Vaz; Jr.; Logullo, Carlos (PloS One, 2015)
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Drost, Taylor (2013-02-04)When ticks feed, they inject numerous proteins into the host that modulate the host’s defense mechanism to tick feeding activity. When animals are repeatedly infested with ticks, they develop an immune response to tick ...
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Brock, Christina Marie (2017-07-28)Lyme disease (LD) is the most prevalent arthropod borne illness in the US. Currently, there is no vaccine to prevent infection with LD in humans, rather, prevention of this disease relies on avoiding exposure to the tick ...
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Kim, Tae; Curran, Janet; Mulenga, Albert (The Journal of Experimental Biology, 2014)
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Hollmann, Taylor Christian (2017-04-24)Without feeding success, ticks can neither cause damage nor transmit disease agents to their hosts. From this perspective a deeper understanding of tick feeding physiology has been advocated. Hard ticks such as Amblyomma ...
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Expression and Functional Characterization of Amblyomma americanum tick saliva protein, BP6contig8. Pastine, Taelor Pastine (2013-10-01)In an attempt to feed on their hosts, ticks secrete saliva proteins to disrupt host defense mechanisms to tick feeding such as blood coagulation and inflammation. To discover tick proteins that are injected into the ...
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Rogers, Hayley K (2013-09-28)Hard ticks such as Amblyomma americanum are pool feeders that accomplish feeders by lacerating host tissue and then sucking host blood that bleeds into the wounded area. Host defense mechanisms to tick feeding activity are ...
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Meyers, Jason (2010-01-16)Invasive species are capable of causing considerable damage to natural ecosystems, agricultures and economies throughout the world. These invasive species must be identified and adequate control measures should be investigated ...
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Kersch, Cymon (2012-02-14)The evolution of the blood feeding adaptation has required precise coordination of multiple physiological processes in the insect, such as reproduction, behavior, digestion and diuresis. These processes are under careful ...
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Milligan, Sherrelle Marion (2018-08-22)In vitro studies suggest that fatty acid bind protein 1 (Fabp1) and sterol carrier protein 2/sterol carrier protein x (Scp2/Scpx) gene products facilitate the uptake, metabolism and detoxification of dietary phytol in ...
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Tae Kwon Kim; Tirloni, Lucas; Antônio F. M. Pinto; Moresco, James; Yates, John; III; Itabajara da Silva Vaz; Jr.; Mulenga, Albert (PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016)
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Mulenga, Albert; Khumthong, Rabuesak; Chalaire, Katelyn C (BMC Genomics, 2009)
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Fratzke, Alycia Pauline (2022-02-08)Q fever is a zoonotic disease caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium, Coxiella burnetii. C. burnetii is highly infectious, transmitted via aerosols, is resistant to many disinfectants, and persists in the environment ...