RNA interference for mosquito and mosquito-borne disease control

PM Airs, LC Bartholomay - Insects, 2017 - mdpi.com
RNA interference (RNAi) is a powerful tool to silence endogenous mosquito and mosquito-
borne pathogen genes in vivo. As the number of studies utilizing RNAi in basic research …

Improving suppression of hemipteran vectors and bacterial pathogens of citrus and solanaceous plants: advances in antisense oligonucleotides (FANA)

WB Hunter, WR Cooper, AF Sandoval-Mojica… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
We report on the development, evaluation, and efficient delivery of antisense
oligonucleotide FANA (2′-deoxy-2′-fluoro-arabinonucleotide) RNA-targeting technology …

Optimizing efficient RNAi-mediated control of hemipteran pests (psyllids, leafhoppers, whitefly): modified pyrimidines in dsRNA triggers

WB Hunter, WM Wintermantel - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The advantages from exogenously applied RNAi biopesticides have yet to be realized in
through commercialization due to inconsistent activity of the dsRNA trigger, and the activity …

Inhibition of JNK signaling in the Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi extends mosquito longevity and improves resistance to Plasmodium falciparum infection

L Souvannaseng, LV Hun, H Baker, JM Klyver… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Malaria is a global health concern caused by infection with Plasmodium parasites. With
rising insecticide and drug resistance, there is a critical need to develop novel control …

Plasmodium falciparum suppresses the host immune response by inducing the synthesis of insulin-like peptides (ILPs) in the mosquito Anopheles stephensi

JE Pietri, EJ Pietri, R Potts, MA Riehle… - Developmental & …, 2015 - Elsevier
The insulin-like peptides (ILPs) and their respective signaling and regulatory pathways are
highly conserved across phyla. In invertebrates, ILPs regulate diverse physiological …

Immune response and insulin signalling alter mosquito feeding behaviour to enhance malaria transmission potential

LJ Cator, JE Pietri, CC Murdock, JR Ohm, EE Lewis… - Scientific Reports, 2015 - nature.com
Malaria parasites alter mosquito feeding behaviour in a way that enhances parasite
transmission. This is widely considered a prime example of manipulation of host behaviour …

Genetic technologies for disease vectors

F Criscione, DA O'Brochta, W Reid - Current opinion in insect science, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•The first genetic technologies for insect vectors of disease were introduced 20
years ago.•Today there are 12 classes of genetic technologies being used in insect vectors …

Gene silencing through RNAi and antisense Vivo-Morpholino increases the efficacy of pyrethroids on larvae of Anopheles stephensi

A Negri, M Ferrari, R Nodari, E Coppa, V Mastrantonio… - Malaria Journal, 2019 - Springer
Background Insecticides are still at the core of insect pest and vector control programmes.
Several lines of evidence indicate that ABC transporters are involved in detoxification …

Protein kinase inhibitors as potential antimicrobial drugs against tuberculosis, malaria and HIV

Y Cheng, JS Schorey, CC Zhang… - Current pharmaceutical …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Infectious diseases that are caused by pathogenic microbes such as bacteria, viruses,
parasites or fungi remain the top major cause of death across the world, particularly in low …

Evidence for Divergent Selection on Immune Genes between the African Malaria Vectors, Anopheles coluzzii and A. gambiae

Y Lee, L Souvannaseng, TC Collier, BJ Main, LC Norris… - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary A comparison of the genomes of the African malaria vectors, Anopheles
gambiae and A. coluzzii, revealed that immune genes are highly diverged. Although these …