Insects are the most widespread group of organisms and more than one million species
have been described. These animals have significant ecological functions, for example they …

More than a third of the world population is at constant risk of contracting some insect-
transmitted disease, such as Dengue fever, Zika virus disease, malaria, Chagas' disease …

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 …

Rhodnius prolixus, a vector of Chagas disease, is a hematophagous insect that feeds
exclusively on blood. Each blood meal is digested within the first fourteen days after feeding …

The blood-sucking hemipteran Rhodnius prolixus is a vector of Chagas disease, one of the
most neglected tropical diseases affecting several million people, mostly in Latin America …

Rhodnius prolixus is a hematophagous insect, vector of Chagas disease. After feeding, as
blood is slowly digested, amino acids are used as substrates to fuel lipid synthesis, and …

Triacylglycerides (TAGs) are the most important stored energy reserve in eukaryotes and are
regularly measured in insects. Quantitative analysis of TAGs is complicated by their diversity …

Lipophorin is the most abundant lipoprotein particle in insect hemolymph. Lipophorin
receptor (LPR) is a glycoprotein that binds to the lipophorin and mediates cellular uptake …

Adipokinetic hormone (AKH) has been associated with the control of energy metabolism in a
large number of arthropod species due to its role on the stimulation of lipid, carbohydrate …

Triatomines are vectors of Chagas disease and important model organisms in insect
physiology.“Kissing bugs” are obligatory hematophagous insects. A blood meal is required …