The high reproductive rates of insects contribute significantly to their ability to act as vectors
of a variety of vector-borne diseases. Therefore, it is strategically critical to find molecular …

Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) has become a commonly used
method for the quantification of gene expression. However, accurate qRT-PCR analysis …

Rhodnius prolixus is a hematophagous insect, which feeds on large and infrequent blood
meals, and is a vector of trypanosomatids that cause Chagas disease. After feeding, lipids …

In Europe, edible insects are not a part of a common diet. But according to the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the united nations (FAO), animal protein from insects could be an …

Autophagy and the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) are important cellular mechanisms
that coordinate protein degradation essential for proteostasis. P62/SQSTM1 is a receptor …

The acyl-CoA-binding proteins (ACBP) constitute a family of conserved proteins that bind
acyl-CoA with high affinity and protect it from hydrolysis. Thus, ACBPs may have essential …

Trehalose represents the main hemolymph sugar in most insects and its metabolic
availability is regulated by trehalase. In this study, trehalase activity associated with the …

The kissing bug Rhodnius prolixus is both an important vector of Chagas' disease and an
interesting model for investigation into the field of physiology, including lipid metabolism …

Given that hematophagous insects ingest large quantities of blood in a single meal, they
must undergo a rapid post-prandial diuresis in order to maintain homeostasis. In the kissing …

When studying the altered expression of genes associated with cartilage regeneration by
quantitative real-time RT-PCR (RT-qPCR), reference genes with highly stable expression …