• Effect of essential oils against acaricide‐susceptible and acaricide‑resistant Rhipicephalus ticks 

      Luns, Darcy Adriann Rebonato; Silva, Renato Martins da; Pombal, Sofia; Lopez Rodilla, Jesus Miguel; Githaka, Naftaly Wang'ombe; Vaz Junior, Itabajara da Silva; Logullo, Carlos (2021) [Artigo de periódico]
      The indiscriminate use of acaricides is a problem worldwide and has increased the selection of acaricide-resistant tick populations. The goal of this study was to evaluate the acaricide effects of two essential oils (from ...
    • Non-classical gluconeogenesis-dependent glucose metabolism in Rhipicephalus microplus embryonic cell line BME26 

      Silva, Renato Martins da; Noce, Bárbara Pitta Della; Waltero, Camila Fernanda; Costa, Evenilton P.; Abreu, Leonardo Araujo de; Githaka, Naftaly Wang'ombe; Moraes, Jorge; Gomes, Helga; Konnai, Satoru; Vaz Junior, Itabajara da Silva; Ohashi, Kazuhiko; Logullo, Carlos (2015) [Artigo de periódico]
      In this work we evaluated several genes involved in gluconeogenesis, glycolysis and glycogen metabolism, the major pathways for carbohydrate catabolism and anabolism, in the BME26 Rhipicephalus microplus embryonic cell ...
    • Universal tick vaccines : candidates and remaining challenges 

      Parizi, Luis Fernando; Githaka, Naftaly Wang'ombe; Logullo, Carlos; Zhou, Jinlin; Onuma, Misao; Termignoni, Carlos; Vaz Junior, Itabajara da Silva (2023) [Artigo de periódico]
      Recent advancements in molecular biology, particularly regarding massively parallel sequencing technologies, have enabled scientists to gain more insight into the physiology of ticks. While there has been progress in ...