Insect Vectors of Disease: Untapped Reservoirs for New Antimicrobials? [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2016 With the increase in antibiotic resistance among infectious diseases, the need for new strategies for identifying compounds with inhibitory effects is dire.
Tobias NJ.
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A plant cytorhabdovirus modulates locomotor activity of insect vectors to enhance virus transmission. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2023 Transmission of many plant viruses relies on phloem-feeding insect vectors. However, how plant viruses directly modulate insect behavior is largely unknown.
Gao DM +11 more
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Assessing potential European areas of Pierce's disease mediated by insect vectors by using spatial ensemble model. [PDF]
Front Plant Sci, 2023 Pierce’s disease (PD) is a serious threat to grape production in Europe. This disease is caused by Xylella fastidiosa and is mediated by insect vectors, suggesting its high potential for spread and necessity for early monitoring.
Yoon S, Lee WH.
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The JAK-STAT pathway promotes persistent viral infection by activating apoptosis in insect vectors. [PDF]
PLoS Pathog, 2023 The Janus kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK-STAT) pathway is an evolutionarily conserved signaling pathway that can regulate various biological processes.
Zhang Y +9 more
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Overview of paratransgenesis as a strategy to control pathogen transmission by insect vectors. [PDF]
Parasit Vectors, 2022 This article presents an overview of paratransgenesis as a strategy to control pathogen transmission by insect vectors. It first briefly summarises some of the disease-causing pathogens vectored by insects and emphasises the need for innovative control ...
Ratcliffe NA +6 more
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A Review on Transcriptional Responses of Interactions between Insect Vectors and Plant Viruses. [PDF]
Cells, 2022 This review provides a synopsis of transcriptional responses pertaining to interactions between plant viruses and the insect vectors that transmit them in diverse modes.
Catto MA +5 more
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Interaction between endogenous microRNAs and virus-derived small RNAs controls viral replication in insect vectors. [PDF]
PLoS Pathog, 2022 MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role in resisting virus infection in insects. Viruses are recognized by insect RNA interference systems, which generate virus-derived small RNAs (vsRNAs).
Zhao W, Li Q, Sun M, Xiao Y, Cui F.
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A leafhopper saliva protein mediates horizontal transmission of viral pathogens from insect vectors into rice phloem. [PDF]
Commun Biol, 2022 Numerous insects transmit viruses together with saliva to plant phloem, but the roles of saliva components remain elusive. Here, we report that calcium-binding protein (CBP), a universal insect saliva protein, is modified to benefit horizontal ...
Wu W, Yi G, Lv X, Mao Q, Wei T.
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A plant virus manipulates the long-winged morph of insect vectors. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S ASignificance Wing dimorphism is a typical phenotypic plasticity in insects. Most cases reported previously involve indirect regulation of plant viruses to wing dimorphism of insect vectors through host plants.
Yu J +8 more
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Frequency matters: How successive feeding episodes by blood-feeding insect vectors influences disease transmission. [PDF]
PLoS Pathog, 2021 Hematophagy, the process of consuming and metabolizing blood, is an integral part of the arthropod vector life cycle. Blood feeding provides a nutrient-rich meal that is required for adult egg production and developmental progressions of immature life ...
Brackney DE, LaReau JC, Smith RC.
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