Mosquito transgenesis for malaria control

S Dong, Y Dong, ML Simões, G Dimopoulos - Trends in parasitology, 2022 - cell.com
Malaria is one of the deadliest diseases. Because of the ineffectiveness of current malaria-
control methods, several novel mosquito vector-based control strategies have been …

Advances in non-coding RNA sequencing

J Micheel, A Safrastyan, D Wollny - Non-coding RNA, 2021 - mdpi.com
Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) comprise a set of abundant and functionally diverse RNA
molecules. Since the discovery of the first ncRNA in the 1960s, ncRNAs have been shown to …

Long non-coding RNAs regulate Aedes aegypti vector competence for Zika virus and reproduction

A Belavilas-Trovas, S Tastsoglou, S Dong, M Kefi… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play critical regulatory roles in various cellular and
metabolic processes in mosquitoes and all other organisms studied thus far. In particular …

Wolbachia Utilizes lncRNAs to Activate the Anti-Dengue Toll Pathway and Balance Reactive Oxygen Species Stress in Aedes aegypti Through a Competitive …

W Mao, Q Zeng, L She, H Yuan, Y Luo… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNA), a class of RNA molecules without protein coding
potential, are more than 200 nucleotides in length and widely present in a variety of species …

MicroRNA-989 controls Aedes albopictus pupal-adult transition process by influencing cuticle chitin metabolism in pupae

R Zhang, W Liu, J Fu, Z Zhang - Parasites & vectors, 2023 - Springer
Background Aedes albopictus is a vector of numerous devastating arboviruses and places
heavy burdens on global public health. Chitin is one of the important components of cuticles …

A species-specific lncRNA modulates the reproductive ability of the asian tiger mosquito

A Belavilas-Trovas, ME Gregoriou… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) research has emerged as an independent scientific field in
recent years. Despite their association with critical cellular and metabolic processes in …

Systematic identification and characterization of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) during Aedes albopictus development

W Liu, P Cheng, K Zhang, M Gong… - PLoS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Aedes albopictus originated in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia and can
currently be found on all continents. As one of the main arboviral vectors, the control of Ae …

A Global Survey of the Full-Length Transcriptome of Apis mellifera by Single-Molecule Long-Read Sequencing

SY Zheng, LX Pan, FP Cheng, MJ Jin… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
As important pollinators, honey bees play a crucial role in both maintaining the ecological
balance and providing products for humans. Although several versions of the western honey …

Diverse Regulatory Manners and Potential Roles of lncRNAs in the Developmental Process of Asian Honey Bee (Apis cerana) Larval Guts

X Fan, X Gao, H Zang, S Guo, X Jing, Y Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are crucial modulators in a variety of biological
processes, such as gene expression, development, and immune defense. However, little is …

LINC08148 promotes the caveola-mediated endocytosis of Zika virus through upregulating transcription of Src

Z Huo, X Zhu, Q Peng, C Chen, X Yang… - Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) represent a new group of host factors involved in viral
infection. Current study identified an intergenic lncRNA, LINC08148, as a proviral factor of …