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ReviewTrends in immunology2021

Tick host immunity: vector immunomodulation and acquired tick resistance.

Chrysoula Kitsou, Erol Fikrig, Utpal Pal

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Review in Trends in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed
9.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Acquired tick resistance inInfection and immunity · 2025
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  12. Borrelia surface proteins: new horizons in Lyme disease diagnosis.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2025
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  13. Infection and immunity · 2025
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  18. Adaptive immunity inApplied and environmental microbiology · 2024
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  20. Hitchhiker's Guide toJournal of bacteriology · 2024
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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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chrysoula KitsouDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Erol FikrigSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA.
Utpal PalDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA; Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, College Park, MD, USA. Electronic address: upal@edu.edu.
University of Maryland, College Park · USVirginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine · USYale University · US

Funding

Tick Resources CoreP01AI138949 · NIAID · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI Erol Fikrig, UTPAL PAL · 2018 to 2026
$13.5M
BORRELIA GENE PRODUCTS CRITICAL FOR NATURAL INFECTION CYCLER01AI080615 · NIAID · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI PAL, UTPAL · 2009 to 2024
$5.2M
BBA57-Mediated Borrelial Persistence, Genesis of Inflammation and ImmunityR01AI116620 · NIAID · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI PAL, UTPAL · 2015 to 2019
$1.9M
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI138949NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI080615NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI116620
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ticks have an unparalleled ability to parasitize diverse land vertebrates. Their natural persistence and vector competence are supported by the evolution of sophisticated hematophagy and remarkable host immune-evasion activities. We analyze the immunomodulatory roles of tick saliva which facilitates their acquisition of a blood meal from natural hosts and allows pathogen transmission. We also discuss the contrasting immunological events of tick-host associations in non-reservoir or incidental hosts, in which the development of acquired tick resistance can deter tick attachment. A critical appraisal of the intricate immunobiology of tick-host associations can plant new seeds of innovative research and contribute to the development of novel preventive strategies against ticks and tick-transmitted infections.

Indexed as

TicksAnimalsHumansImmune EvasionImmunityImmunomodulationSaliva

Identifiers

PMID34074602
PMCPMC10089699
OpenAlexW3165704273

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Registered trials

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