TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of ingested mammalian blood factors on vector arthropod immunity and physiology
AU - Pakpour, Nazzy
AU - Akman-Anderson, Leyla
AU - Vodovotz, Yoram
AU - Luckhart, Shirley
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Insulin
KW - Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF)
KW - Mosquito
KW - Plasmodium
KW - Tick
KW - Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84874957518&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.micinf.2013.01.003
DO - 10.1016/j.micinf.2013.01.003
M3 - Short survey
C2 - 23370408
AN - SCOPUS:84874957518
SN - 1286-4579
VL - 15
SP - 243
EP - 254
JO - Microbes and Infection
JF - Microbes and Infection
IS - 3
ER -