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Protease Inhibitors in Tick Saliva: The Role of Serpins and Cystatins in Tick-host-Pathogen Interaction

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, May 2017
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Title
Protease Inhibitors in Tick Saliva: The Role of Serpins and Cystatins in Tick-host-Pathogen Interaction
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, May 2017
DOI 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00216
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Jindřich Chmelař, Jan Kotál, Helena Langhansová, Michail Kotsyfakis

Abstract

The publication of the first tick sialome (salivary gland transcriptome) heralded a new era of research of tick protease inhibitors, which represent important constituents of the proteins secreted via tick saliva into the host. Three major groups of protease inhibitors are secreted into saliva: Kunitz inhibitors, serpins, and cystatins. Kunitz inhibitors are anti-hemostatic agents and tens of proteins with one or more Kunitz domains are known to block host coagulation and/or platelet aggregation. Serpins and cystatins are also anti-hemostatic effectors, but intriguingly, from the translational perspective, also act as pluripotent modulators of the host immune system. Here we focus especially on this latter aspect of protease inhibition by ticks and describe the current knowledge and data on secreted salivary serpins and cystatins and their role in tick-host-pathogen interaction triad. We also discuss the potential therapeutic use of tick protease inhibitors.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 96 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 16%
Student > Bachelor 15 16%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 10%
Researcher 7 7%
Student > Master 7 7%
Other 20 21%
Unknown 22 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 28 29%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 15 16%
Immunology and Microbiology 6 6%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 6 6%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 5%
Other 8 8%
Unknown 28 29%
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