Publikationen
2023
Tonk-Rügen, M.; Zając, Z.; Cabezas-Cruz, A. Can tick microbiome explain nonlinear relationship between tick abundance and Lyme disease incidence? Pathogens 2023, 12, 1229. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12101229
2022
Tonk-Rügen, M, Vilcinskas, A, Wagner, A.E. Insect Models in Nutrition Research. Biomolecules 2022, 12, 1668. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom12111668
2021
Tonk M, Valdés JJ, Cabezas-Cruz A, Vilcinskas A (2021). Potent Activity of Hybrid Arthropod Antimicrobial Peptides Linked by Glycine Spacers. Int J Mol Sci, 22, 8919. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22168919
Rügen N, Jenkins TP, Wielsch N, Vogel H, Hempel BF, Süssmuth RD, Ainsworth S, Cabezas-Cruz A, Vilcinskas A, Tonk M (2021). Hexapod Assassins’ Potion: Venom Composition and Bioactivity from the Eurasian Assassin Bug Rhynocoris iracundus. Biomedicines, 9, 819. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9070819
Tonk M, Růžek D, Vilcinskas A (2021). Compelling Evidence for the Activity of Antiviral Peptides against SARS-CoV-2. Viruses, 13, 912, doi:10.3390/v13050912.
Leannec-Rialland V, Cabezas-Cruz A, Atanasova V, Chereau S, Ponts N, Tonk M, Vilcinskas A, Ferrer N, Valdés J.J, Richard-Forget F (2021). Tick defensin γ-core reduces Fusarium graminearum growth and abrogates mycotoxins production with high efficiency. Sci Rep, 12;11(1):7962. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-86904-w.
2020
Tonk M, Vilcinskas A, Grevelding C.G, Haeberlein S (2020). Anthelminthic Activity of Assassin Bug Venom against the Blood Fluke Schistosoma mansoni. Antibiotics, 9, 664.
Kalsy M, Tonk M, Hardt M, Dobrindt U, Zdybicka-Barabas A, Cytrynska M, Vilcinskas A, Mukherjee K (2020). The insect antimicrobial peptide cecropin A disrupts uropathogenic Escherichia coli biofilms. npj Biofilms Microbi, 6, 6.
2019
Tonk M, Cabezas-Cruz A, Bleackley M, Valdes J, Barrero R, Hernández-Jarguin A, Moutailler S, Vilcinskas A, Richard-Forget F, Anderson MA, Rodriguez-Valle M (2019). Antibacterial and antifungal activity of defensins from the Australian paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus. Ticks Tick-Borne Dis, 10 (6)101269.
Tonk M, Pierrot C, Cabezas-Cruz A, Rahnamaeian M, Khalife J, Vilcinskas A (2019). The Drosophila melanogaster antimicrobial peptides Mtk-1 and Mtk-2 are active against the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Parasitol Res, 118(6):1993-1998.
2018
Tonk M, Couto J, Ferrolho J, Antunes S, Vilcinskas A, de la Fuente J, Domingos A, Cabezas-Cruz A (2018). Antiplasmodial activity of tick defensins in a mouse model of malaria. Ticks Tick-Borne Dis, 9(4):844-849.
2017
Luna-Ramirez K, Tonk M, Rahnamaeian M, Vilcinskas A (2017). Bioactivity of natural and engineered antimicrobial peptides from venom of the scorpions Urodacus yaschenkoi and U. manicatus. Toxins, 9(1):22
Tonk M, Vilcinskas A (2017). The medical potential of antimicrobial peptides from insects. Curr Top Med Chem, 17(5):554-575.
2016
Cabezas-Cruz A, Tonk M, Bouchut A, Pierrot C, Pierce RJ, Kotsyfakis M, Rahnamaeian M, Vilcinskas A, Khalife J, Valdés JJ (2016). Antiplasmodial activity is an ancient and conserved feature of tick defensins. Front Microbiol, 7:1682.
Tonk M, Vilcinskas A, Rahnamaeian M (2016). Insect antimicrobial peptides: potential tools for the prevention of skin cancer. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, 100(17):7397-7405.
Bolouri Moghaddam MR, Tonk M, Schreiber C, Salzig D, Czermak P, Vilcinskas A, Rahnamaeian M (2016). The potential of the Galleria mellonella innate immune system is maximized by the co-presentation of diverse antimicrobial peptides. Biol Chem, 397(9):939-945.
2015
Tonk M, Cabezas-Cruz A, Valdés JJ, Rego ROM, Grubhoffer L, Estrada-Peña A, Vilcinskas A, Kotsyfakis M, Rahnamaeian M (2015). Ixodes ricinus defensins attack distantly-related pathogens. Dev Comp Immunol, 53(2):358-365.
Tonk M, Knorr E, Cabezas-Cruz A, Valdés JJ, Kollewe C, Vilcinskas A (2015). Tribolium castaneum defensins are primarily active against Gram-positive bacteria. J Invertebr Pathol,132:208-215.
2014
Tonk M, Cabezas-Cruz A, Valdés JJ, Rego R, Chrudimská T, Strnad M., Šíma R, Bell-Sakyi L, Franta Z, Vilcinskas A, Grubhoffer L, Rahnamaeian M (2014). Defensins from the tick Ixodes scapularis are effective against phytopathogenic fungi and the human bacterial pathogen Listeria grayi. Parasites Vectors, 7:554, 1–8.
Tonk M, Cabezas-Cruz A, Valdés JJ, Rego ROM, Rudenko N, Golovchenko M, Bell-Sakyi L, de la Fuente J, Grubhoffer L (2014). Identification and partial characterisation of new members of the Ixodes ricinus defensin family. Gene, 540 (2), 146–152.
2013
Cabezas-Cruz A, Passos LMF, Lis K, Kenneil R, Valdés JJ, Ferrolho J, Tonk M, Pohl AE, Grubhoffer L, Zweygarth E, Shkap V, Ribeiro MFB, Estrada-Peña A, Kocan KM, de la Fuente J (2013). Functional and immunological relevance of Anaplasma marginale major surface protein 1a sequence and structural analysis. Plos One, 8 (6):e65243