Laboratory of Molecular Ecology of Vectors and Pathogens

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• Burešová V., Hajdušek O., Franta Z., Loosová G., Grunclová L., Levashina E.A., Kopáček P. (2011) Functional genomics of tick thioester-containing proteins reveal the ancient origin of the complement system. Journal of Innate Immunity 3: 623–630.

  DOI: 10.1159/000328851

• Chrudimská T., Slaninová J., Rudenko N., Růžek D., Grubhoffer L. (2011) Functional characterization of two defensin isoforms of the hard tick Ixodes ricinus. Parasites and Vectors 4: e63.

  DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-63

• Dupejová J., Štěrba J., Vancová M., Grubhoffer L. (2011) Hemelipoglycoprotein from the ornate sheep tick, Dermacentor marginatus: structural and functional characterization. Parasites & Vectors 4: art. no. 4.

  DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-4

• Rudenko N., Golovchenko M., Grubhoffer L., Oliver J.H., Jr. (2011) Updates on Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex with respect to public health. Tick and Tick Borne Diseases 2: 123–128.

  DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2011.04.002

• Rudenko N., Golovchenko M., Grubhoffer L., Oliver J.H., Jr. (2011) Borrelia carolinensis sp. nov., a new species of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex isolated from rodents and a tick from the south-eastern. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 61: 381–383.

  DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.021436-0

• Štěrba J., Dupejová J., Fišer M., Vancová M., Grubhoffer L. (2011) Fibrinogen-related proteins in ixodid ticks. Parasites & Vectors 4: e127.

  DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-127

• Chrudimská T, Chrudimský T, Golovchenko M, Rudenko N, Grubhoffer L. (2010) New defensins from hard and soft ticks: similarities, differences, and phylogenetic analyses. Veterinary Parasitology 167: 298–303.

  DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.09.032

• Danielová V., Daniel M., Schwarzová L., Materna J., Rudenko N., Golovchenko M., Holubová J., Grubhoffer L., Kilián P. (2010) Integration of a tick-borne encephalitis virus and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato into mountain ecosystems, following a shift in the altitudinal limit of distribution. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 10: 223–203.

  DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0020

• Hajdušek O., Almazán C., Loosová G., Villar M., Canales M., Grubhoffer L., Kopáček P., de la Fuente J. (2010) Characterization of ferritin 2 for the control of tick infestations. Vaccine 28: 2993–2998.

  DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.02.008

• Horáčková J., Rudenko N., Golovchenko M., Grubhoffer L. (2010) Der-p2 (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus) allergen-like protein from the hard tick Ixodes ricinus – a novel member of ML (MD-2-related lipid-recognition) domain protein family. Parasitology 137: 1139–1149.

  DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009992083

• Horáčková J., Rudenko N., Golovchenko M., Havlíková S., Grubhoffer L. (2010) IrML – a gene encoding a new member of the ML protein family from hard tick, Ixodes ricinus. Journal of Vector Ecology 35: 1-9.

  DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2010.00100.x

• Kilian P., Růžek D., Danielová V., Hypša V., Grubhoffer L. (2010) Nucleotide variability of Ťahyňa virus (Bunyaviridae, Orthobunyavirus) small (S) and medium (M) genomic segments in field strains differing in biological properties. Virus Research 149: 119–123.

  DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2010.01.005

• Margos G., Hojgaard A., Lane R.S., Cornet M., Fingerle V., Rudenko N., Ogden N., Aanensen D.M., Fish D., Piesman J. (2010) Multilocus sequence analysis of Borrelia bissettii strains from North America reveals a new Borrelia species, Borrelia kurtenbachii. Ticks and Tick-borne diseases 1: 151–158.

  DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2010.09.002

• AHANTARIG A., RŮŽEK D., VANCOVÁ M., JANOWICZ A., ŠŤASTNÁ H., TESAŘOVÁ M., GRUBHOFFER L. (2009) Tick-borne encephalitis virus infection of cultured mouse macrophages. Intervirology 52: 283-290.

  DOI: 10.1159/000235741

• HAJDUŠEK O., SOJKA D., KOPÁČEK P., BUREŠOVÁ V., FRANTA Z., ŠAUMAN I., WINZERLING J., GRUBHOFFER L. (2009) Knockdown of proteins involved in iron metabolism limits tick reproduction and development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109: 1033-1038.

  DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0807961106

• RUDENKO N., GOLOVCHENKO M., GRUBHOFFER L., OLIVER J.H. Jr. (2009) Borrelia carolinensis sp. nov. – a new (14th) member of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex from the southeastern United States. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 47: 134-141.

  DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01183-08

• RUDENKO N., GOLOVCHENKO M., LIN T., GAO L., GRUBHOFFER L., OLIVER J.H. Jr. (2009) Delineation of a new species of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex, Borrelia americana sp. nov. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 47: 3875-3880.

  DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01050-09

• RUDENKO N., GOLOVCHENKO M., RŮŽEK D., PISKUNOVÁ N., MALLÁTOVÁ N., GRUBHOFFER L (2009) Molecular detection of Borrelia bissettii DNA in serum samples from patiens in the Czech Republic with suspected borreliosis. FEMS Microbiology Letters 292: 274-281.

  DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01498.x

• RŮŽEK D., SALÁT J., PALUS M., GRITSUN, T. S., GOULD E. A., DYKOVÁ I., SKALLOVÁ A., JELÍNEK J., KOPECKÝ J., GRUBHOFFER L. (2009) CD8+ T-cells mediate immunopathology in tick-borne encephalitis. Virology 384: 1-6.

  DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2008.11.023

• RŮŽEK D., VANCOVÁ M., TESAŘOVÁ M., AHANTARING A., KOPECKÝ J., GRUBHOFFER L. (2009) Morphological changes in human neural cells following tick-borne encephalitis virus infection. Journal of General Virology 90: 1649-1658.

  DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.010058-0

• MAN P., KOVÁŘ V., ŠTĚRBA J., STROHALM M., KAVAN D., KOPÁČEK P., GRUBHOFFER L., HAVLÍČEK V. (2008) Deciphering Dorin M glycosylation by mass spectrometry. European Journal of Mass Spectrometry 14: 345-354.

• RUDENKO N., GOLOVCHENKO M., MOKRÁČEK A., PISKUNOVA N., RŮŽEK D., MALLÁTOVÁ N., GRUBHOFFER L. (2008) Detection of Borrelia bissettii in cardiac valve tissue of a patient with endocarditis and aortic valve stenosis in the Czech Republic. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 46: 3540-3543.

  DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01032-08

• RŮŽEK D., BELL-SAKYI L., KOPECKÝ J., GRUBHOFFER L. (2008) Growth of tick-borne encephalitis virus (European subtype) in cell lines from vector and non-vector ticks. Virus Research 137: 142-146.

  DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2008.05.013

• RŮŽEK D., GRITSUN T.S., FORRESTER N.L., GOULD E.A., KOPECKÝ J., GOLOVCHENKO M., RUDENKO N., GRUBHOFFER L. (2008) Mutations in the NS2B and NS3 genes affect mouse neuroinvasiveness of a Western European field strain of tick-borne encephalitis virus. Virology 374: 249-255.

  DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2008.01.010

• ŠTĚRBA J., VANCOVÁ M., RUDENKO N., GOLOVCHENKO M., TREMBLAY T.-L., KELLY J.F., MACKENZIE R.C., LOGAN S.M., GRUBHOFFER L. (2008) Flagellin and outer surface proteins from Borrelia burgdorferi are not glycosylated. Journal of Bacteriology 190: 2619-2623.

  DOI: 10.1128/JB.01885-07

• RUDENKO N., GOLOVCHENKO M., GRUBHOFFER L. (2007) Gene organization of a novel defensin of Ixodes ricinus: first annotation of an intron/exon structure in a hard tick defensin gene and first evidence of the occurrence of two isoforms of one member of the arthropod defensin family. Insect Molecular Biology 16: 501-507.

  DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2007.00745.x

• RŮŽEK D., ŠŤASTNÁ H., KOPECKÝ J., GOLOVLJOVA I., GRUBHOFFER L. (2007) Rapid subtyping of tick-borne encephalitis virus-isolates using multiplex RT-PCR. Journal of Virological Methods 144: 133-137.

  DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2007.04.010

• ŠIKUTOVÁ S., RUDOLF I., GOLOVCHENKO M., RUDENKO N., GRUBHOFFER L., HUBÁLEK Z. (2007) Detection of Anaplasma DNA in Ixodes ricinus ticks: pitfalls. Folia Parasitologica 54: 310-312. (link)

• DANIELOVÁ V., RUDENKO N., DANIEL M., HOLUBOVÁ J., MATERNA J., GOLOVCHENKO M., SCHWARZOVÁ L. (2006) Extension of Ixodes ricinus ticks and agents of tick-borne diseases to mountain areas in the Czech Republic. International Journal of Medical Microbiology 296: 48-53.

  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2006.02.007

• REGO R.O.M., KOVÁŘ V., KOPÁČEK P., WEISE C., MAN P., ŠAUMAN I., GRUBHOFFER L. (2006) The tick plasma lectin, Dorin M, is a fibrinogen-related molecule. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 36: 291-299.

  DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2006.01.008

• RŮŽEK D., ŠTĚRBA J., KOPECKÝ J., GRUBHOFFER L. (2006) The supposedly attenuated Hy-HK variant of highly virulent Hypr strain of tick-borne encephalitis virus is obviously a stain of Langat virus. Acta Virologica 50: 277-278.

• ŠENIGL F., GRUBHOFFER L., KOPECKÝ J. (2006) Differences in maturation of tick-borne encephalitis virus in mammalian and tick cell line. Intervirology 49: 239-248.

  DOI: 10.1159/000091471

• Špitalska E., Literák I., Sparagano O.A.E., Golovchenko M., Kocianová E. (2006) Ticks (Ixodidae) from passerine birds in the Carpathian region. Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift 118: 759-764.

  DOI: 10.1007/s00508-006-0729-4

• VANCOVÁ M., ZACHAROVOVÁ K., GRUBHOFFER L., NEBESÁŘOVÁ J. (2006) Ultrastructure and lectin characterization of granular salivary cells from Ixodes ricinus females. Journal of Parasitology 92: 431-440.

  DOI: 10.1645/GE-648R.1

• GRUBHOFFER L., GOLOVCHENKO M., VANCOVÁ M., ZACHAROVOVÁ-SLAVÍČKOVÁ K. RUDENKO N., OLIVER J.H. JR. (2005) Lyme disease: insights into tick- /host-borrelia relations. Folia Parasitologica 52: 279-294.

• REGO R.O.M., HAJDUŠEK O., KOVÁŘ V., KOPÁČEK P., GRUBHOFFER L., HYPŠA V. (2005) Molecular cloning and comparative analysis of fibrinogen-related proteins from the soft tick Ornithodoros moubata and the hard tick Ixodes ricinus. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 35: 991-1004.

  DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2005.04.001

• RUDENKO N., GOLOVCHENKO M., EDWARDS M.J., GRUBHOFFER L. (2005) Differential expression of Ixodes ricinus tick genes induced by blood feeding or Borrelia burgdorferi infection. Journal of Medical Entomology 42: 36-41.

• RUDENKO N., GOLOVCHENKO M., NĚMEC J., VOLKAERT J., MALLÁTOVÁ N., GRUBHOFFER L. (2005) Improved method of detection and molecular typing of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in clinical sample by PCR without DNA purification. Folia Microbiologica 50: 31-39.

• RUDOLF I., GOLOVCHENKO M., ŠIKUTOVÁ S., RUDENKO N., GRUBHOFFER L., HUBÁLEK Z. (2005) Babesia microti (Piroplasmida: Babesiidae) in nymphal Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Czech Republic. Folia Parasitologica 52: 274-276.

• VANCOVÁ M., NEBESÁŘOVÁ J., GRUBHOFFER L. (2005) Lectin-binding characteristics of a Lyme borreliosis spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto. Folia Microbiologica 50: 229-238.

• GRUBHOFFER L., KOVÁŘ V., RUDENKO N. (2004) Tick lectins: structural and functional properties. Parasitology 129: 0-0.

  DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004004858

• RUDENKO N., GOLOVCHENKO M., CIHLÁŘOVÁ V., GRUBHOFFER L. (2004) Tick-borne encephalitis virus-specific RT-PCR – a rapid test for detection of the pathogen without viral RNA purification. Acta Virologica 48: 197-171.

• ŠENIGL F., KOPECKÝ J., GRUBHOFFER L. (2004) Distribution of E and NS1 proteins of TBE virus in mammalian and tick cells. Folia Microbiologica 49: 213-216.

• KOPÁČEK P., ŽDYCHOVÁ J., YOSHIGA T., WEISE C., RUDENKO N., LAW J.H. (2003) Molecular cloning, expression and isolation of ferritins from two tick species – Ornithodoros moubata and Ixodes ricinus. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 33: 103-113.

  DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(02)00181-9

• STOITSOVA S.R., GRUBHOFFER L., NEBESÁŘOVÁ J. (2003) Exposed and hidden lectin-binding epitopes at the surface of Borrelia burgdorferi. Folia Microbiologica 48: 654-658.

• VANCOVÁ M., NEBESÁŘOVÁ J., GRUBHOFFER L. (2003) Surface glycoconjugates of Lyme borreliosis spirochetes. Microscopy and Microanalysis 9: 506-507.

• GELBIČ I., OLEJNÍČEK J., GRUBHOFFER L. (2002) Effect of insect hormones on hemagglutination activity in two members of the Culex pipiens complex. Experimental Parasitology 100: 75-79.

  DOI: 10.1006/expr.2001.4679

• LOOSOVÁ G., JINDRÁK L., KOPÁČEK P. (2001) Mortality caused by experimental infection with the yeast Candida haemulonii in the adults of Ornithodoros moubata (Acarina: Argasidae). Folia Parasitologica 48: 149-153.

• KOPÁČEK P., WEISE CH., SARAVANAN T., VÍTOVÁ K., GRUBHOFFER L. (2000) Characterization of an ?-macroglobulin-like glycoprotein isolated from the plasma of the soft tick Ornithodoros moubata. European Journal of Biochemistry 267: 465-475.

• KOVÁŘ V., KOPÁČEK P., GRUBHOFFER L. (2000) Isolation and characterization of Dorin M, a lectin from plasma of the soft tick Ornithodoros moubata. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 30: 195-205.

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