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Insect Innate Immunity Database (IIID): an annotation tool for identifying immune genes in insect genomes. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 The innate immune system is an ancient component of host defense. Since innate immunity pathways are well conserved throughout many eukaryotes, immune genes in model animals can be used to putatively identify homologous genes in newly sequenced genomes ...
Robert M Brucker +4 more
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Insect egg-induced innate immunity: Who benefits?
PLoS Pathogens, 2023 Plants perceive the presence of insect eggs deposited on leaves as a cue of imminent herbivore attack. Consequential plant signaling events include the accumulation of salicylic acid and reactive oxygen species, transcriptional reprogramming, and cell ...
Elia Stahl +2 more
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Recent trends in insect gut immunity [PDF]
Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 The gut is a crucial organ in insect defense against various pathogens and harmful substances in their environment and diet. Distinct insect gut compartments possess unique functionalities contributing to their physiological processes, including immunity.
Shahidul Ahmed Khan +2 more
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The Mechanisms of Social Immunity Against Fungal Infections in Eusocial Insects
Toxins, 2019 Entomopathogenic fungus as well as their toxins is a natural threat surrounding social insect colonies. To defend against them, social insects have evolved a series of unique disease defenses at the colony level, which consists of behavioral and ...
Long Liu +4 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Drosophila immune deficiency (IMD) pathway is similar to the human tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) signaling pathway and is preferentially activated by Gram-negative bacterial infection.
Pragya Prakash +2 more
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Diversity and Functions of Yeast Communities Associated with Insects
Microorganisms, 2021 Following the concept of the holobiont, insect-microbiota interactions play an important role in insect biology. Many examples of host-associated microorganisms have been reported to drastically influence insect biological processes such as development ...
Simon Malassigné +5 more
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Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals developmental heterogeneity among Plasmodium berghei sporozoites
Scientific Reports, 2021 In the malaria-causing parasite’s life cycle, Plasmodium sporozoites must travel from the midgut of a mosquito to the salivary glands before they can infect a mammalian host. However, only a fraction of sporozoites complete the journey.
Anthony A. Ruberto +5 more
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Can Plant Lectins Help to Elucidate Insect Lectin-Mediated Immune Response?
Insects, 2021 Lectins are carbohydrate-binding proteins that recognize and selectively bind to specific sugar structures. This group of proteins is widespread in plants, animals, and microorganisms, and exerts a broad range of functions.
Pengyu Chen +3 more
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Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 The innate immune system is the primary defense response to limit invading pathogens for all invertebrate species. In insects, immune cells are central to both cellular and humoral immune responses, however few genetic resources exist beyond Drosophila ...
Jyothsna Ramesh Kumar +4 more
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Insects, 2018 Drosophila melanogaster is an excellent model to dissect the molecular components and pathways of the innate anti-pathogen immune response. The nematode parasite Steinernema carpocapsae and its mutualistic bacterium Xenorhabdus nematophila form a complex
Shruti Yadav +2 more
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