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ReviewFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2021

Genetic Manipulation of Ticks: A Paradigm Shift in Tick and Tick-Borne Diseases Research.

Andrew Nuss, Arvind Sharma, Monika Gulia-Nuss

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In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The hypusine pathway inFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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  8. Genes drive organisms and slippery slopes.Pathogens and global health · 2024
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  10. Validation of a heat-induciblebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023
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  11. Rab27 in tick extracellular vesicle biogenesis and infection.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023
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  13. RNA activation in ticks.Scientific reports · 2023
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  15. The environment, the tick, and the pathogen - It is an ensemble.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
    Review
  16. Editorial: Tick Saliva: Secret to Blood Feeding Success.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andrew NussDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Nevada, Reno, NV, United States.
Arvind SharmaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Nevada, Reno, NV, United States.
Monika Gulia-NussDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Nevada, Reno, NV, United States.
University of Nevada, Reno · US

Funding

Development of transgenic protocols for the Lyme disease vector, Ixodes scapularis, for tick and tick-borne disease controlR21AI128393 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO · PI GULIA-NUSS, MONIKA · 2018 to 2019
$408k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI128393
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ticks are obligate hematophagous arthropods that are distributed worldwide and are one of the most important vectors of pathogens affecting humans and animals. Despite the growing burden of tick-borne diseases, research on ticks has lagged behind other arthropod vectors, such as mosquitoes. This is largely because of challenges in applying functional genomics and genetic tools to the idiosyncrasies unique to tick biology, particularly techniques for stable genetic transformations. CRISPR-Cas9 is transforming non-model organism research; however, successful germline editing has yet to be accomplished in ticks. Here, we review the ancillary methods needed for transgenic tick development and the use of CRISPR/Cas9, the most promising gene-editing approach, for tick genetic transformation.

Indexed as

IxodesTick-Borne DiseasesAnimalsArthropod VectorsHumansMosquito VectorsCRISPR/Cas-9embryo-injectiongene-editingIxodes scapularisticks

Identifiers

PMID34041045
PMCPMC8141593
OpenAlexW3163567034

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Registered trials

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