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Aparecida S. Tanaka

Researcher at Federal University of São Paulo

Publications -  101
Citations -  2372

Aparecida S. Tanaka is an academic researcher from Federal University of São Paulo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Trypsin & Protease. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 98 publications receiving 2116 citations. Previous affiliations of Aparecida S. Tanaka include National Institute of Standards and Technology & Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

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An insight into the transcriptome of the digestive tract of the bloodsucking bug, Rhodnius prolixus.

TL;DR: A new view of the triatomine digestive apparatus is presented and a role for MAP kinases, GTPases, and LKBP1/AMP kinases related to control of cell shape and polarity is suggested, possibly in connection with regulation of cell survival, response of pathogens and nutrients.
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Ixodidin, a novel antimicrobial peptide from the hemocytes of the cattle tick Boophilus microplus with inhibitory activity against serine proteinases.

TL;DR: The newly described AMP, designated ixodidin (derived from the Family Ixodidae), was found to exert proteolytic inhibitory activity against two exogenous serine proteinases, elastase and chymotrypsin.
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Infestin, a thrombin inhibitor presents in Triatoma infestans midgut, a Chagas' disease vector: gene cloning, expression and characterization of the inhibitor.

TL;DR: This work describes the purification, gene cloning and expression of infestin, a thrombin inhibitor from midguts of Triatoma infestans, which encodes a multi non-classical Kazal-type serine protease inhibitor.
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BmTI antigens induce a bovine protective immune response against Boophilus microplus tick.

TL;DR: The preliminary results suggest that B. microplus serine proteinase inhibitors may play a role in the tick larvae fixation and feeding processes and the development of antibodies against BmTIs might impair the normal parasitism.
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Identification and characterization of a novel factor XIIa inhibitor in the hematophagous insect, Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae).

TL;DR: The purification and characterization of recombinant infestins 3‐4 and 4 are described, which are potent factor XIIa inhibitors (K i=67 pM and 128 pM, respectively) and the first native factor XIa inhibitor from a hematophagous insect is identified.