Trypanosome Infection Establishment in the Tsetse Fly Gut Is Influenced by Microbiome-Regulated Host Immune Barriers

OmpA-Mediated Biofilm Formation Is Essential for the Commensal Bacterium Sodalis glossinidius To Colonize the Tsetse Fly Gut

(2012) Michele A. Maltz et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Obligate Symbionts Activate Immune System Development in the Tsetse Fly

(2012) B. L. Weiss et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

PGRP-LB is a maternally transmitted immune milk protein that influences symbiosis and parasitism in tsetse's offspring

(2012) J. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Transcript Expression Analysis of Putative Trypanosoma brucei GPI-Anchored Surface Proteins during Development in the Tsetse and Mammalian Hosts

(2012) Amy F. Savage et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Native Microbiota Shape Insect Vector Competence for Human Pathogens

(2011) Chris M. Cirimotich et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

The Drosophila larva as a tool to study gut-associated macrophages: PI3K regulates a discrete hemocyte population at the proventriculus

(2011) Anna Zaidman-Rémy et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Post Eclosion Age Predicts the Prevalence of Midgut Trypanosome Infections in Glossina

(2011) Deirdre P. Walshe et al.   PLoS One

Genetic evidence for a protective role of the peritrophic matrix against intestinal bacterial infection in Drosophila melanogaster

(2011) T. Kuraishi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Natural Microbe-Mediated Refractoriness to Plasmodium Infection in Anopheles gambiae

(2011) C. M. Cirimotich et al.   SCIENCE

Microbiome influences on insect host vector competence

(2011) Brian Weiss et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Tsetse Immune System Maturation Requires the Presence of Obligate Symbionts in Larvae

(2011) Brian L. Weiss et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Wolbachia Symbiont Infections Induce Strong Cytoplasmic Incompatibility in the Tsetse Fly Glossina morsitans

(2011) Uzma Alam et al.   PLoS Pathogens

New discoveries in the transmission biology of sleeping sickness parasites: applying the basics

(2010) Paula MacGregor et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE-JMM

Hemocyte Differentiation Mediates Innate Immune Memory in Anopheles gambiae Mosquitoes

(2010) Janneth Rodrigues et al.   SCIENCE

A Peroxidase/Dual Oxidase System Modulates Midgut Epithelial Immunity in Anopheles gambiae

(2010) S. Kumar et al.   SCIENCE

Tsetse EP Protein Protects the Fly Midgut from Trypanosome Establishment

(2010) Lee R. Haines et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Interactions between mutualist Wigglesworthia and tsetse peptidoglycan recognition protein (PGRP-LB) influence trypanosome transmission

(2009) J. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The heart of darkness: growth and form of Trypanosoma brucei in the tsetse fly

(2009) Reuben Sharma et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Implication of the Mosquito Midgut Microbiota in the Defense against Malaria Parasites

(2009) Yuemei Dong et al.   PLoS Pathogens

New Insights into Peritrophic Matrix Synthesis, Architecture, and Function

(2008) Dwayne Hegedus et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

The Obligate Mutualist Wigglesworthia glossinidia Influences Reproduction, Digestion, and Immunity Processes of Its Host, the Tsetse Fly

(2008) R. Pais et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Interactions between trypanosomes and tsetse flies

(2008) Isabel Roditi et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Analysis of milk gland structure and function in Glossina morsitans: Milk protein production, symbiont populations and fecundity

(2008) Geoffrey M. Attardo et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Infections with Immunogenic Trypanosomes Reduce Tsetse Reproductive Fitness: Potential Impact of Different Parasite Strains on Vector Population Structure

(2008) Changyun Hu et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

The Aedes aegypti Toll Pathway Controls Dengue Virus Infection

(2008) Zhiyong Xi et al.   PLoS Pathogens