Peptidase inhibitors in tick physiology

© 2017 The Royal Entomological Society..

Peptidase inhibitors regulate a wide range of physiological processes involved in the interaction between hematophagous parasites and their hosts, including tissue remodeling, the immune response and blood coagulation. In tick physiology, peptidase inhibitors have a crucial role in adaptation to improve parasitism mechanisms, facilitating blood feeding by interfering with defense-related host peptidases. Recently, a larger number of studies on this topic led to the description of several new tick inhibitors displaying interesting novel features, for example a role in pathogen transmission to the host. A comprehensive review discussing these emerging concepts can therefore shed light on peptidase inhibitor functions, their relevance to tick physiology and their potential applications. Here, we summarize and examine the general characteristics, functional diversity and action of tick peptidase inhibitors with known physiological roles in the tick-host-pathogen interaction.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:32

Enthalten in:

Medical and veterinary entomology - 32(2018), 2 vom: 18. Juni, Seite 129-144

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Parizi, L F [VerfasserIn]
Ali, A [VerfasserIn]
Tirloni, L [VerfasserIn]
Oldiges, D P [VerfasserIn]
Sabadin, G A [VerfasserIn]
Coutinho, M L [VerfasserIn]
Seixas, A [VerfasserIn]
Logullo, C [VerfasserIn]
Termignoni, C [VerfasserIn]
DA Silva Vaz, I [VerfasserIn]

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Volltext

Themen:

Blood coagulation
Hemostatic process
Immune response
Journal Article
Parasite
Protease Inhibitors
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Tick-host-pathogen interaction

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 25.07.2018

Date Revised 25.07.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/mve.12276

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM277786940