Innate immunity in Aedes mosquitoes: from pathogen resistance to shaping the microbiota

B Hixson, R Chen, N Buchon - … Transactions of the …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Discussions of host–microbe interactions in mosquito vectors are frequently dominated by a
focus on the human pathogens they transmit (eg Plasmodium parasites and arboviruses) …

The host Non-coding RNA response to alphavirus infection

M Behnia, SB Bradfute - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alphaviruses are important human and animal pathogens that can cause a range of
debilitating symptoms and are found worldwide. These include arthralgic diseases caused …

Insights into the microRNA landscape of Rhodnius prolixus, a vector of Chagas disease

PB Santiago, KL da Silva Bentes, WMC da Silva… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The growing interest in microRNAs (miRNAs) over recent years has led to their
characterization in numerous organisms. However, there is currently a lack of data available …

Peptides with Antimicrobial Activity in the Saliva of the Malaria Vector Anopheles coluzzii

G Bevivino, L Maurizi, MG Ammendolia… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Mosquito saliva plays a crucial physiological role in both sugar and blood feeding by
helping sugar digestion and exerting antihemostatic functions. During meal acquisition …

[HTML][HTML] Progress on the Regulation of the Host Immune Response by Parasite-Derived Exosomes

X Zhang, C Yu, L Song - Pathogens, 2024 - mdpi.com
Exosomes are membrane-bound structures released by cells into the external environment
that carry a significant amount of important cargo, such as proteins, DNA, RNA, and lipids …

Role of miRNAs in the Chikungunya virus replication and pathogenesis

RA Nangare, V Gajbhiye, YA Karpe - Frontiers in Virology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a vector-born alphavirus responsible for chikungunya fever
with clinical manifestation of polyarthritis transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes …