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Transcriptome-Wide Identification of Neuropeptides and Neuropeptide Receptors in the Twenty-Eight-Spotted Ladybird Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata [PDF]

Insects
The ladybird beetle, Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata, is an oligophagous pest with significant economic impact. This pest causes considerable economic damage on numerous Solanaceae crops.
Quanxing Lei, Ziming Wang, Shuangyan Yao, Aili Lin, Yunhui Zhang, Chengxian Sun, Xiaoguang Liu, Mengfang Du, Xiaoming Liu, Shiheng An   +9 more
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Identification of neuropeptides and neuropeptide receptor genes in Phauda flammans (Walker)

Scientific Reports, 2022
Neuropeptides and neuropeptide receptors are crucial regulators to insect physiological processes. The 21.0 Gb bases were obtained from Illumina sequencing of two libraries representing the female and male heads of Phauda flammans (Walker) (Lepidoptera ...
Hai-Pan Wu, Xiao-Yun Wang, Jin Hu, Ran-Ran Su, Wen Lu, Xia-Lin Zheng   +5 more
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Transcriptome analysis reveals salivary gland-specific neuropeptide signaling genes in the predatory stink bug, Picromerus lewisi

Frontiers in Physiology, 2023
Predatory stink bugs derive from phytophagous stink bugs and evolved enhanced predation skills. Neuropeptides are a diverse class of ancient signaling molecules that regulate physiological processes and behavior in animals, including stink bugs ...
Wenhong Li, Zhimo Li, Xiang Yang, Xinyi Wang, Mingwei Yang, Chunyang Huang, Yueping He   +6 more
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Decode the Stable Cell Communications Based on Neuropeptide-Receptors Network in 36746 Tumor Cells

Biomedicines, 2021
Background: As chemical signals of hormones, neuropeptides are essential to regulate cell growth by interacting with their receptors to achieve cell communications in cancer tissues.
Yining Liu, Min Zhao
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Genome-Wide Identification of Neuropeptides and Their Receptors in an Aphid Endoparasitoid Wasp, Aphidius gifuensi

Insects, 2021
In insects, neuropeptides and their receptors not only play a critical role in insect physiology and behavior but also are the potential targets for novel pesticide discoveries.
Xue Kong, Zhen-Xiang Li, Yu-Qing Gao, Fang-Hua Liu, Zhen-Zhen Chen, Hong-Gang Tian, Tong-Xian Liu, Yong-Yu Xu, Zhi-Wei Kang   +8 more
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Identification of Neuropeptides and Their Receptors in the Ectoparasitoid, Habrobracon hebetor

Frontiers in Physiology, 2020
Neuropeptides are a group of signal molecules that regulate many physiological and behavioral processes by binding to corresponding receptors, most of which are G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs).
Kaili Yu, Shijiao Xiong, Gang Xu, Gang Xu, Xinhai Ye, Hongwei Yao, Fang Wang, Qi Fang, Qisheng Song, Gongyin Ye   +9 more
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Neuropeptides and G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) in the Red Palm Weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae)

Frontiers in Physiology, 2020
The red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus is a devastating, invasive pest that causes serious damages to palm trees, and its invasiveness depends on its strong ability of physiological and behavioral adaptability.
He Zhang, He Zhang, Juan Bai, Juan Bai, Shuning Huang, Shuning Huang, Huihui Liu, Huihui Liu, Jintian Lin, Youming Hou, Youming Hou   +10 more
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Dissecting the genetic landscape of GPCR signaling through phenotypic profiling in C. elegans

Nature Communications, 2023
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) mediate responses to various extracellular and intracellular cues. However, the large number of GPCR genes and their substantial functional redundancy make it challenging to systematically dissect GPCR functions in ...
Longjun Pu, Jing Wang, Qiongxuan Lu, Lars Nilsson, Alison Philbrook, Anjali Pandey, Lina Zhao, Robin van Schendel, Alan Koh, Tanara V. Peres, Weheliye H. Hashi, Si Lhyam Myint, Chloe Williams, Jonathan D. Gilthorpe, Sun Nyunt Wai, Andre Brown, Marcel Tijsterman, Piali Sengupta, Johan Henriksson, Changchun Chen   +19 more
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Differential Changes in Expression of Stress- and Metabolic-related Neuropeptides in the Rat Hypothalamus during Morphine Dependence and Withdrawal [PDF]

, 2013
Chronic morphine treatment and naloxone precipitated morphine withdrawal activates stress-related brain circuit and results in significant changes in food intake, body weight gain and energy metabolism.
Ferenczi, Szilamér, Kovács, Krisztina J., Milanes, Victoria M., Nunez, Cristina, Pintér-Kübler, Bernadett, Polyák, Ágnes, Zelei, Edina   +6 more
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Identification and Characterization of Neuropeptides and Their G Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) in the Cowpea Aphid Aphis craccivora

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2020
Neuropeptides are the most abundant and diverse signal molecules in insects. They act as neurohormones and neuromodulators to regulate the physiology and behavior of insects.
Xiao Li, Xiao Li, Long Du, Xiao-Jing Jiang, Qian Ju, Chun-Juan Qu, Ming-Jing Qu, Tong-Xian Liu   +7 more
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