The effects of ingested mammalian blood factors on vector arthropod immunity and physiology

Nazzy Pakpour; Leyla Akman-Anderson; Yoram Vodovotz; Shirley Luckhart

doi:10.1016/j.micinf.2013.01.003

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The effects of ingested mammalian blood factors on vector arthropod immunity and physiology

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The effects of ingested mammalian blood factors on vector arthropod immunity and physiology

Nazzy Pakpour, Leyla Akman-Anderson, Yoram Vodovotz and Shirley Luckhart

Microbes and infection, Vol.15(3), pp.243-254

03/01/2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micinf.2013.01.003

PMID: 23370408

Abstract

Insulin

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF)

Mosquito

Plasmodium

Tick

Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β)

The blood feeding behavior of disease-transmitting arthropods creates a unique intersection between vertebrate and invertebrate physiology. Here, we review host blood-derived factors that persist through blood digestion to affect the lifespan, reproduction, and immune responses of some of the most common arthropod vectors of human disease.

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Title: The effects of ingested mammalian blood factors on vector arthropod immunity and physiology
Creators: Nazzy Pakpour - University of California Davis Medical Center
Leyla Akman-Anderson - Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Yoram Vodovotz - University of Pittsburgh
Shirley Luckhart - University of California Davis Medical Center
Publication Details: Microbes and infection, Vol.15(3), pp.243-254
Publisher: Elsevier Masson SAS
Number of pages: 12
Identifiers: 996760648301851
Academic Unit: Biological Sciences; Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Nematology; Institute for Interdisciplinary Data Sciences; Institute for Modeling Collaboration and Innovation; Initiative for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies; Institute for Health in the Human Ecosystem
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article