Melanization in response to wounding is ancestral in arthropods and conserved in albino cave species

Suppression of Laccase 2 severely impairs cuticle tanning and pathogen resistance during the pupal metamorphosis of Anopheles sinensis (Diptera: Culicidae)

(2017) Ming-Hui Du et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Immune memory in invertebrates

(2016) Barbara Milutinović et al.   SEMINARS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Comparative genomic study of arachnid immune systems indicates loss of beta-1,3-glucanase-related proteins and the immune deficiency pathway

(2015) J. Bechsgaard et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Comparative Genomics Reveals the Origins and Diversity of Arthropod Immune Systems

(2015) William J. Palmer et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Diverse immune functions of hemocyanins

(2014) Christopher J. Coates et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

A Potential Benefit of Albinism in Astyanax Cavefish: Downregulation of the oca2 Gene Increases Tyrosine and Catecholamine Levels as an Alternative to Melanin Synthesis

(2013) Helena Bilandžija et al.   PLoS One

Convergence in feeding posture occurs through different genetic loci in independently evolved cave populations of Astyanax mexicanus

(2013) J. E. Kowalko et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

β-Adrenergic Signaling Regulates Evolutionarily Derived Sleep Loss in the Mexican Cavefish

(2012) Erik R. Duboué et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Inflammation drives wound hyperpigmentation in zebrafish by recruiting pigment cells to sites of tissue damage

(2012) M. Levesque et al.   Disease Models & Mechanisms

Immune Response in the Barrier Epithelia: Lessons from the Fruit FlyDrosophila melanogaster

(2012) Monica M. Davis et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

Evolution of Space Dependent Growth in the Teleost Astyanax mexicanus

(2012) Natalya D. Gallo et al.   PLoS One

Phenoloxidase: a key component of the insect immune system

(2011) Isaac González-Santoyo et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

The phenylthiourea is a competitive inhibitor of the enzymatic oxidation of DOPA by phenoloxidase

(2011) Alexandra D. Ryazanova et al.   JOURNAL OF ENZYME INHIBITION AND MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

The Immune Cellular Effectors of Terrestrial Isopod Armadillidium vulgare: Meeting with Their Invaders, Wolbachia

(2011) Frédéric Chevalier et al.   PLoS One

Genetic basis of eye and pigment loss in the cave crustacean, Asellus aquaticus

(2011) M. E. Protas et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Distinct Melanization Pathways in the Mosquito Aedes aegypti

(2010) Zhen Zou et al.   IMMUNITY

Tyrosine hydroxylase is required for cuticle sclerotization and pigmentation in Tribolium castaneum

(2010) Maureen J. Gorman et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Host Partitioning by Parasites in an Intertidal Crustacean Community

(2010) Anson V. Koehler et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

Is activated hemocyanin instead of phenoloxidase involved in immune response in woodlice?

(2009) Elmar Jaenicke et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Molecular genetic variation and population structure in morphologically differentiated cave and surface populations of the freshwater amphipodGammarus minus

(2009) DAVID B. CARLINI et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Differential expression profiling of components associated with exoskeletal hardening in crustaceans

(2008) Anna V Kuballa et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Drosophila Serpin-28D regulates hemolymph phenoloxidase activity and adult pigmentation

(2008) Christoph Scherfer et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

A Serpin that Regulates Immune Melanization in the Respiratory System of Drosophila

(2008) Huaping Tang et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Dietary protein-quality influences melanization and immune function in an insect

(2008) K. P. Lee et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Activation of Insect Phenoloxidase after Injury: Endogenous versus Foreign Elicitors

(2008) Gawa Bidla et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

Pleiotropy in the melanocortin system, coloration and behavioural syndromes

(2008) A DUCREST et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The proPO-system: pros and cons for its role in invertebrate immunity

(2008) Lage Cerenius et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Innate immunity in insects: surface-associated dopa decarboxylase-dependent pathways regulate phagocytosis, nodulation and melanization in medfly haemocytes

(2007) Maria Sideri et al.   IMMUNOLOGY