Eicosanoids: progress towards manipulating insect immunity

Chronic activation of the epithelial immune system of the fruit fly's salivary glands has a negative effect on organismal growth and induces a peculiar set of target genes

(2010) Ahmed Abdelsadik et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Expression of immune-response genes in lepidopteran host is suppressed by venom from an endoparasitoid, Pteromalus puparum

(2010) Qi Fang et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Direct evidence of the cyclooxygenase pathway of prostaglandin synthesis in arthropods: Genetic and biochemical characterization of two crustacean cyclooxygenases

(2009) Külliki Varvas et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Ingested double-stranded RNAs can act as species-specific insecticides

(2009) Steven Whyard et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Oenocytoid cell lysis to release prophenoloxidase is induced by eicosanoid via protein kinase C

(2009) Sony Shrestha et al.   JOURNAL OF ASIA-PACIFIC ENTOMOLOGY

Genes encoding phospholipases A2 mediate insect nodulation reactions to bacterial challenge

(2009) Sony Shrestha et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Mechanisms of dsRNA uptake in insects and potential of RNAi for pest control: A review

(2009) Hanneke Huvenne et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

An immunological axis of biocontrol: infections in field-trapped insects

(2009) Hasan Tunaz et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Genome-Wide RNAi Screen Identifies Genes Involved in Intestinal Pathogenic Bacterial Infection

(2009) S. J. F. Cronin et al.   SCIENCE

Prostaglandin E2 modulates the expression of antimicrobial peptides in the fat body and midgut ofAnopheles albimanus

(2008) F.L. García Gil de Muñoz et al.   ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Molecular architecture of the fruit fly's airway epithelial immune system

(2008) Christina Wagner et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Phospholipase A2 Biochemistry

(2008) John E. Burke et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS AND THERAPY

Drosophila Pxt: a cyclooxygenase-like facilitator of follicle maturation

(2008) T. L. Tootle et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Modulation of epithelial innate immunity by autocrine production of nitric oxide

(2008) Shireen-Anne Davies et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Lipid mediators and vector infection: Trypanosoma rangeli inhibits Rhodnius prolixus hemocyte phagocytosis by modulation of phospholipase A2 and PAF-acetylhydrolase activities

(2008) Marcela B. Figueiredo et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Prostaglandins A1 and E1 influence gene expression in an established insect cell line (BCIRL-HzAM1 cells)

(2007) D STANLEY et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Eicosanoids mediate insect hemocyte migration

(2007) Deepali Merchant et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Adult honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) abandon hemocytic, but not phenoloxidase-based immunity

(2007) Martin R. Schmid et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY