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Acute Dietary Restriction Acts via TOR, PP2A, and Myc Signaling to Boost Innate Immunity in Drosophila

Cell Reports, 2017
Dietary restriction promotes health and longevity across taxa through mechanisms that are largely unknown. Here, we show that acute yeast restriction significantly improves the ability of adult female Drosophila melanogaster to resist pathogenic ...
Jung-Eun Lee, Morsi Rayyan, Allison Liao, Isaac Edery, Scott D. Pletcher   +4 more
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LsFAMeT and LsJHAMT coordinate JH biosynthesis to regulate fecundity in Laodelphax striatellus

Insect Science, EarlyView.
The small brown planthopper (SBPH), Laodelphax striatellus, can trigger large‐scale outbreaks when encountering suitable habitats during migration due to their strong reproductive ability. This study investigated the role of juvenile hormone (JH) in regulating SBPH reproduction.
Yan Guo, Bing‐Bing Shi, Xue‐Qi Zhang, Qiong Yang   +3 more
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Acid-treated Staphylococcus aureus induces acute silkworm hemolymph melanization.

PLoS ONE
The skin microbiome maintains healthy human skin, and disruption of the microbiome balance leads to inflammatory skin diseases such as folliculitis and atopic dermatitis.
Yasuhiko Matsumoto, Eri Sato, Takashi Sugita   +2 more
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The yellow gene influences Drosophila male mating success through sex comb melanization

eLife, 2019
Drosophila melanogaster males perform a series of courtship behaviors that, when successful, result in copulation with a female. For over a century, mutations in the yellow gene, named for its effects on pigmentation, have been known to reduce male ...
Jonathan H Massey, Daayun Chung, Igor Siwanowicz, David L Stern, Patricia J Wittkopp   +4 more
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The Role of Testosterone and Gibberellic Acid in the Melanization of Cryptococcus neoformans

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Cryptococcus neoformans, a spore-producing pathogenic yeast, affects immunocompromised individuals causing meningoencephalitis. Once C. neoformans is introduced via the respiratory tract, it is engulfed by macrophages and other phagocytes.
Jamila S. Tucker, Jamila S. Tucker, Tiffany E. Guess, Tiffany E. Guess, Erin E. McClelland   +4 more
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Serpin–4 Facilitates Baculovirus Infection by Inhibiting Melanization in Asian Corn Borer, Ostrinia furnacalis (Guenée)

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
Phenoloxidase (PO)–catalyzed melanization is a vital immune response in insects for defense against pathogen infection. This process is mediated by clip domain serine proteases and regulated by members of the serpin superfamily. We here revealed that the
Jiayue Ji, Dongxu Shen, Dongxu Shen, Dongxu Shen, Shasha Zhang, Lei Wang, Chunju An   +6 more
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The ovipositing female of Ooencyrtus telenomicida relies on physiological mechanisms to mediate intrinsic competition with Trissolcus basalis [PDF]

, 2012
Ongoing studies by our group showed that the outcome of the intrinsic competition between two solitary egg parasitoids, Trissolcus basalis (Wollaston) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) and Ooencyrtus telenomicida (Vassiliev) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), is ...
Bai, Beckage, Boivin, Catalan, Chow, Chow, Colazza, Colazza, Collier, Conde, Cusumano, De Moraes, De Moraes, Dushay, Fisher, Fisher, Godfray, Goubault, Hagvar, Harvey, Hawkins, Jervis, Kfir, Koppel, Laing, Laraichi, Laraichi, Mackauer, Maple, Matterson, Mucheru, Netting, Peri, Peri, Pexton, Quicke, Reed, Salt, Spencer, StatSoft, Stoltz, Strand, Tena, Uka, van Baaren, Vinson, Vinson, Vinson, Vinson, Vinson, Volkoff, Zwolfer   +51 more
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Beyond Sexual Selection: Natural Selection Related Camouflage and Thermoregulation Shape Sexual Color Dimorphism in Diploderma Lizards

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Integrating comparative spectrometry, image analysis, and thermal modeling, we reveal that (1) females optimize crypsis via background matching, (2) males prioritize high‐contrast disruptive patterning at a significant thermoregulatory cost (reduced solar heat gain), and (3) habitat‐specific monomorphism in Diploderma slowinskii underscores ecological ...
Yuning Cao, Lin Shi, Yin Qi
wiley   +1 more source

Not simply red: Colouration of red wood ant Formica rufa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is polymorphic, modular and size-dependent

European Journal of Entomology, 2017
Insects produce pigment and structural colours mainly for camouflage, signaling, physical protection or temperature regulation, and colour patterns can provide information about individual quality.
Oksana SKALDINA, Jouni SORVARI
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The Effects of Noise on the Juvenile Life Stage of Crustaceans: Behavioral, Cellular, and Molecular Responses in Procambarus clarkii

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Juvenile Procambarus clarkii exposed to noise exhibited behavioral changes, shifts in enzymatic activity, and altered expression of stress and immune genes. The findings highlight the sensitivity of invertebrate juveniles to anthropogenic acoustic pollution.
Maria Ceraulo, Giuseppa Buscaino, Clarissa De Vita, Aiti Vizzini, Mirella Vazzana, Elena Papale, Francesco Longo, Francesco Paolo Faraone, Manuela Mauro   +8 more
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