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ReviewParasite immunology2021

Acquired tick resistance: The trail is hot.

Sukanya Narasimhan, Cheyne Kurokawa, Melody DeBlasio, Jaqueline Matias, Andaleeb Sajid, Utpal Pal, Geoffrey Lynn, Erol Fikrig

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In one paragraph

Review in Parasite immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Acquired tick resistance inInfection and immunity · 2025
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  8. Adaptive immunity inApplied and environmental microbiology · 2024
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  17. Universal Tick Vaccines: Candidates and Remaining Challenges.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023
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  20. Repeated Tick Infestations ImpairPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sukanya NarasimhanSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0396-8757
Cheyne KurokawaSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Melody DeBlasioSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Jaqueline MatiasSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Andaleeb SajidSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Utpal PalDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Geoffrey LynnSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Erol FikrigSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Yale University · USUniversity of Maryland, College Park · US

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
Tick Resources CoreP01AI138949 · NIAID · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI Erol Fikrig, UTPAL PAL · 2018 to 2026
$13.5M
BORRELIA BURGDORFERI INTERACTIONS WITH IXODES SCAPULARISR01AI032947 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI FIKRIG, EROL · 1998 to 2012
$5.1M
The role of tick gut microbiota in Borrelia burgdorferi transmission to miceR01AI126033 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI FIKRIG, EROL, NARASIMHAN, SUKANYA · 2017 to 2020
$1.7M
Importance of Immunogenic salivary glycans in eliciting resistance to ticksR21AI128182 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI NARASIMHAN, SUKANYA · 2017 to 2018
$469k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NIAID NIH HHS AI126033NIAID NIH HHS AI128182NIAID NIH HHS AI138949NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI138949NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI032947NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI126033NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI128182
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acquired tick resistance is a phenomenon wherein the host elicits an immune response against tick salivary components upon repeated tick infestations. The immune responses, potentially directed against critical salivary components, thwart tick feeding, and the animal becomes resistant to subsequent tick infestations. The development of tick resistance is frequently observed when ticks feed on non-natural hosts, but not on natural hosts. The molecular mechanisms that lead to the development of tick resistance are not fully understood, and both host and tick factors are invoked in this phenomenon. Advances in molecular tools to address the host and the tick are beginning to reveal new insights into this phenomenon and to uncover a deeper understanding of the fundamental biology of tick-host interactions. This review will focus on the expanding understanding of acquired tick resistance and highlight the impact of this understanding on anti-tick vaccine development efforts.

Indexed as

AnimalsDisease Models, AnimalDisease ResistanceHost-Parasite InteractionsHumansProteomeTick InfestationsTicksProteomeacquired tick resistanceanti-tick vaccinebasophilsimmune modulationIxodes

Identifiers

PMID33187012
PMCPMC8058238
OpenAlexW3104907752

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Registered trials

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