MicroRNAs: biological regulators in pathogen–host interactions

SM Acuna, LM Floeter-Winter, SM Muxel - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
An inflammatory response is essential for combating invading pathogens. Several effector
components, as well as immune cell populations, are involved in mounting an immune …

Maleness-on-the-Y (MoY) orchestrates male sex determination in major agricultural fruit fly pests

A Meccariello, M Salvemini, P Primo, B Hall… - Science, 2019 - science.org
In insects, rapidly evolving primary sex-determining signals are transduced by a conserved
regulatory module controlling sexual differentiation. In the agricultural pest Ceratitis capitata …

Immunotherapy in clinical canine leishmaniosis: a comparative update

M Baxarias, P Martínez-Orellana, G Baneth… - Research in veterinary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Leishmaniosis due to Leishmania infantum is a complex infection that can affect both
humans and dogs, and present a wide range of clinical signs and clinicopathological …

Does co-infection with vector-borne pathogens play a role in clinical canine leishmaniosis?

M Baxarias, A Álvarez-Fernández… - Parasites & vectors, 2018 - Springer
Background The severity of canine leishmaniosis (CanL) due to Leishmania infantum might
be affected by other vector-borne organisms that mimic its clinical signs and …

Evolutionary plasticity in insular lizard, adapting over reproduction, metabolism, and color variation

D Fulgione, V Maselli, E Rivieccio, S Aceto… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The recent debate on the theory of evolution focuses on various aspects
that arise following the evidence of the advancement of knowledge in genetics and …

Tissue-specific transcriptomes of Anisakis simplex (sensu stricto) and Anisakis pegreffii reveal potential molecular mechanisms involved in pathogenicity

S Cavallero, F Lombardo, X Su, M Salvemini… - Parasites & vectors, 2018 - Springer
Background Larval stages of the sibling species of parasitic nematodes Anisakis simplex
(sensu stricto)(ss)(AS) and Anisakis pegreffii (AP) are responsible for a fish-borne zoonosis …

Comparative Transcriptomics Reveals Clues for Differences in Pathogenicity between Hysterothylacium aduncum, Anisakis simplex sensu stricto and Anisakis …

S Cavallero, F Lombardo, M Salvemini, A Pizzarelli… - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ascaridoid nematodes are widespread in marine fishes. Despite their major socioeconomic
importance, mechanisms associated to the fish-borne zoonotic disease anisakiasis are still …

Genome-wide identification of long non-coding RNA genes and their association with insecticide resistance and metamorphosis in diamondback moth, Plutella …

F Liu, D Guo, Z Yuan, C Chen, H Xiao - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) is a class of noncoding RNA> 200 bp in length that has
essential roles in regulating a variety of biological processes. Here, we constructed a …

Genome-wide analysis of long non-coding RNAs in adult tissues of the melon fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett)

WJ Li, YJ Song, HL Han, HQ Xu, D Wei, G Smagghe… - BMC genomics, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in many fundamental
biological processes, such as transcription regulation, protein degradation, and cell …

Characterisation of the antiviral RNA interference response to Toscana virus in sand fly cells

AJT Alexander, M Salvemini, VB Sreenu… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Toscana virus (TOSV)(Bunyavirales, Phenuiviridae, Phlebovirus, Toscana phlebovirus) and
other related human pathogenic arboviruses are transmitted by phlebotomine sand flies …