Browsing OSU - Faculty and Staff Publications by Author "de la Fuente, Jose"
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Allopatric speciation in ticks: Genetic and reproductive divergence between geographic strains of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus
Labruna, Marcelo B.; Naranjo, Victoria; Mangold, Atilio J.; Thompson, Carolina; Estrada-Pena, Agustin; Guglielmone, Alberto A.; Jongejan, Frans; de la Fuente, Jose (BioMed Central, 2009-02-25)Background: The cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, economically impact cattle industry in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The morphological and genetic differences among R. microplus strains ... -
Anaplasma phagocytophilum MSP4 and HSP70 proteins are involved in interactions with host cells during pathogen infection
Contreras, Marinela; Alberdi, Pilar; Mateos-Hernandez, Lourdes; Fernandez de Mera, Isabel G.; Garcia-Perez, Ana L.; Vancova, Marie; Villar, Margarita; Ayllon, Nieves; Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro; Valdes, James J.; Stuen, Snorre; Gortazar, Christian; de la Fuente, Jose (Frontiers Media, 2017-07-05)Anaplasma phagocytophilum transmembrane and surface proteins play a role during infection and multiplication in host neutrophils and tick vector cells. Recently, A. phagocytophilum Major surface protein 4 (MSP4) and Heat ... -
Characterization of Anaplasma marginale isolated from North American bison
de la Fuente, Jose; Golsteyn Thomas, Elizabeth J.; Van Den Bussche, Ronald A.; Hamilton, Robert G.; Tanaka, Elaine E.; Druhan, Susan E.; Kocan, Katherine M. (American Society for Microbiology, 2003-08)Anaplasma marginale (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae), a tick-borne pathogen of cattle, is endemic in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Although serologic tests have identified American bison, Bison bison, as ... -
Comparative proteomics reveals differences in host-pathogen interaction between infectious and commensal relationship with Campylobacter jejuni
Ayllon, Nieves; Jimenez-Marin, Angeles; Arguello, Hector; Zaldivar-Lopez, Sara; Villar, Margarita; Aguilar, Carmen; Moreno, Angela; de la Fuente, Jose; Garrido, Juan J. (Frontiers Media, 2017-04-26)Campylobacter jejuni is the leading food-borne poisoning in industrialized countries. While the bacteria causes disease in humans, it merely colonizes the gut in poultry or pigs, where seems to establish a commensal ... -
Differential expression of genes in salivary glands of male Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus in response to infection with Anaplasma marginale
Zivkovic, Zorica; Esteves, Eliane; Almazan, Consuelo; Daffre, Sirlei; Nijhof, Ard M.; Kocan, Katherine M.; Jongejan, Frans; de la Fuente, Jose (BioMed Central, 2010-03-18)Background: Bovine anaplasmosis, caused by the rickettsial tick-borne pathogen Anaplasma marginale (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae), is vectored by Rhipicephalus (Boophilus)microplus in many tropical and subtropical regions ... -
Effect of blood type on anti-a-Gal immunity and the incidence of infectious diseases
Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro; Mateos-Hernandez, Lourdes; Alberdi, Pilar; Villar, Margarita; Riveau, Gilles; Hermann, Emmanuel; Schacht, Anne-Marie; Khalife, Jamal; Correia-Neves, Margarida; Gortazar, Christian; de la Fuente, Jose (Nature Publishing Group, 2017-03-10)The identification of factors affecting the susceptibility to infectious diseases is essential toward reducing their burden on the human population. The ABO blood type correlates with susceptibility to malaria and other ... -
Evidence of the role of tick subolesin in gene expression
de la Fuente, Jose; Maritz-Olivier, Christine; Naranjo, Victoria; Ayoubi, Patricia; Nijhof, Ard M.; Almazan, Consuelo; Canales, Mario; Perez de la Lastra, Jose M.; Galindo, Ruth C.; Blouin, Edmour F.; Gortazar, Christian; Jongejan, Frans; Kocan, Katherine M. (BioMed Central, 2008-08-02)Background: Subolesin is an evolutionary conserved protein that was discovered recently in Ixodes scapularis as a tick protective antigen and has a role in tick blood digestion, reproduction and development. In other ... -
Expression of recombinant Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, R. annulatus and R. decoloratus Bm86 orthologs as secreted proteins in Pichia pastoris
Canales, Mario; Perez de la Lastra, Jose M.; Naranjo, Victoria; Nijhof, Ard M.; Hope, Michelle; Jongejan, Frans; de la Fuente, Jose (BioMed Central, 2008-02-14)Background: Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) spp. ticks economically impact on cattle production in Africa and other tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Tick vaccines constitute a cost-effective and environmentally ... -
Factors driving the abundance of Ixodes ricinus ticks and the prevalence of zoonotic I. ricinus-borne pathogens in natural foci
Ruiz-Fons, Francisco; Fernandez-de-Mera, Isabel G.; Acevedo, Pelayo; Gortazar, Christian; de la Fuente, Jose (American Society for Microbiology, 2012-04-15)Environmental factors may drive tick ecology and therefore tick-borne pathogen (TBP) epidemiology, which determines the risk to animals and humans of becoming infected by TBPs. For this reason, the aim of this study was ... -
Functional genomics of the horn fly, Haematobia irritans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Torres, Lorena; Almazan, Consuelo; Ayllon, Nieves; Galindo, Ruth C.; Rosario-Cruz, Rodrigo; Quiroz-Romero, Hector; de la Fuente, Jose (BioMed Central, 2011-02-10)Background: The horn fly, Haematobia irritans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Diptera: Muscidae) is one of the most important ectoparasites of pastured cattle. Horn flies infestations reduce cattle weight gain and milk production. ... -
Host distribution does not limit the range of the tick Ixodes ricinus but impacts the circulation of transmitted pathogens
Estrada-Pena, Agustin; de la Fuente, Jose (Frontiers Media, 2017-10-11)Ticks, pathogens, and vertebrates interact in a background of environmental features that regulate the densities of ticks and vertebrates, affecting their contact rates and thence the circulation of the pathogens. Regional ... -
Impact of climate trends on tick-borne pathogen transmission
Estrada-Pena, Agustin; Ayllon, Nieves; de la Fuente, Jose (Frontiers Media, 2012-03-27)Recent advances in climate research together with a better understanding of tick-pathogen interactions, the distribution of ticks and the diagnosis of tick-borne pathogens raise questions about the impact of environmental ... -
Interaction of the tick immune system with transmitted pathogens
Hajdusek, Ondrej; Sima, Radek; Ayllon, Nieves; Jalovecka, Marie; Perner, Jan; de la Fuente, Jose; Kopacek, Petr (Frontiers Media, 2013-07-16)Ticks are hematophagous arachnids transmitting a wide variety of pathogens including viruses, bacteria, and protozoans to their vertebrate hosts. The tick vector competence has to be intimately linked to the ability of ... -
Ixodes scapularis tick cells control Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection by increasing the synthesis of phosphoenolpyruvate from tyrosine
Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro; Espinosa, Pedro J.; Obregon, Dasiel A.; Alberdi, Pilar; de la Fuente, Jose (Frontiers Media, 2017-08-17)The obligate intracellular pathogen, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, is the causative agent of life-threatening diseases in humans and animals. A. phagocytophilum is an emerging tick-borne pathogen in the United States, Europe, ... -
Phylogeographic analysis reveals association of tick-borne pathogen, Anaplasma marginale, MSP1a sequences with ecological traits affecting tick vector performance
Estrada-Pena, Agustin; Naranjo, Victoria; Acevedo-Whitehouse, Karina; Mangold, Atilio J.; Kocan, Katherine M.; de la Fuente, Jose (BioMed Central, 2009-09-01)Background: The tick-borne pathogen Anaplasma marginale, which is endemic worldwide, is the type species of the genus Anaplasma (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae). Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is the most important ... -
Prevalence and genotypes of Anaplasma species and habitat suitability for ticks in a Mediterranean ecosystem
Torina, Alessandra; Alongi, Angelina; Naranjo, Victoria; Estrada-Pena, Agustin; Vicente, Joaquin; Scimeca, Salvatore; Marino, Anna M. F.; Salina, Felice; Caracappa, Santo; de la Fuente, Jose (American Society for Microbiology, 2008-12)Anaplasma species are tick-transmitted pathogens that impact veterinary and human health. Sicily is one of the locations where these pathogens are endemic. Sicily represents a typical Mediterranean ecosystem to study ... -
Proteomics approach to the study of cattle tick adaptation to white tailed deer
Popara, Marina; Villar, Margarita; Mateos-Hernandez, Lourdes; Fernandez de Mera, Isabel G.; de la Fuente, Jose (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2013)Cattle ticks, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, are a serious threat to animal health and production. Some ticks feed on a single host species while others such as R. microplus infest multiple hosts. White tailed deer ... -
Sequence analysis of the msp4 gene of Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains
de la Fuente, Jose; Massung, Robert F.; Wong, Susan J.; Chu, Frederick K.; Lutz, Hans; Meli, Marina; von Loewenich, Friederike D.; Grzeszczuk, Anna; Torina, Alessandra; Caracappa, Santo; Mangold, Atilio J.; Naranjo, Victoria; Stuen, Snorre; Kocan, Katherine M. (American Society for Microbiology, 2005-03)The causative agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis was recently reclassified as Anaplasma phagocytophilum, unifying previously described bacteria that cause disease in humans, horses, dogs, and ruminants. For the ... -
Silencing of genes involved in Anaplasma marginale-tick interactions affects the pathogen developmental cycle in Dermacentor variabilis
Kocan, Katherine M.; Zivkovic, Zorica; Blouin, Edmour F.; Naranjo, Victoria; Almazan, Consuelo; Mitra, Ruchira; de la Fuente, Jose (BioMed Central, 2009-07-16)Background: The cattle pathogen, Anaplasma marginale, undergoes a developmental cycle in ticks that begins in gut cells. Transmission to cattle occurs from salivary glands during a second tick feeding. At each site of ... -
Spatial distribution and risk factors of Brucellosis in Iberian wild ungulates
Munoz, Pilar M.; Boadella, Mariana; Arnal, Maricruz; de Miguel, Maria J.; Revilla, Miguel; Martinez, David; Vicente, Joaquin; Acevedo, Pelayo; Oleaga, Alvaro; Ruiz-Fons, Francisco; Marin, Clara M.; Prieto, Jose M.; de la Fuente, Jose; Barral, Marta; Barberan, Montserrat; de Luco, Daniel Fernandez; Blasco, Jose M.; Gortazar, Christian (BioMed Central, 2010-03-05)Background: The role of wildlife as a brucellosis reservoir for humans and domestic livestock remains to be properly established. The aim of this work was to determine the aetiology, apparent prevalence, spatial distribution ...