Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Tick extracellular vesicles enable arthropod feeding and promote distinct outcomes of bacterial infection

  • Adela S. Oliva Chávez,
  • Xiaowei Wang,
  • Liron Marnin,
  • Nathan K. Archer,
  • Holly L. Hammond,
  • Erin E. McClure Carroll,
  • Dana K. Shaw,
  • Brenden G. Tully,
  • Amanda D. Buskirk,
  • Shelby L. Ford,
  • L. Rainer Butler,
  • Preeti Shahi,
  • Kateryna Morozova,
  • Cristina C. Clement,
  • Lauren Lawres,
  • Anya J. O’ Neal,
  • Choukri Ben Mamoun,
  • Kathleen L. Mason,
  • Brandi E. Hobbs,
  • Glen A. Scoles,
  • Eileen M. Barry,
  • Daniel E. Sonenshine,
  • Utpal Pal,
  • Jesus G. Valenzuela,
  • Marcelo B. Sztein,
  • Marcela F. Pasetti,
  • Michael L. Levin,
  • Michail Kotsyfakis,
  • Steven M. Jay,
  • Jason F. Huntley,
  • Lloyd S. Miller,
  • Laura Santambrogio,
  • Joao H. F. Pedra

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23900-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Extracellular vesicles have been implicated in the transmission of pathogens from the arthropod to the human host. Here the authors show that tick-derived extracellular vesicles play a role in feeding and modulate the outcome of bacterial infection.