Endosymbiont Tolerance and Control within Insect Hosts

Influence of Wolbachia on host gene expression in an obligatory symbiosis

(2012) Natacha Kremer et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Host gene response to endosymbiont and pathogen in the cereal weevil Sitophilus oryzae

(2012) Aurélien Vigneron et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Obligate Symbionts Activate Immune System Development in the Tsetse Fly

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

Spiroplasma and host immunity: activation of humoral immune responses increases endosymbiont load and susceptibility to certain Gram-negative bacterial pathogens in Drosophila melanogaster

(2011) Jeremy K. Herren et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial symbionts as mediators of ecologically important traits of insect hosts

(2011) HEIKE FELDHAAR   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Immune response of the ant Camponotus floridanus against pathogens and its obligate mutualistic endosymbiont

(2011) Carolin Ratzka et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Responses of the pea aphid transcriptome to infection by facultative symbionts

(2011) G. R. Burke et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Characterisation of immune responses in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

(2011) Alice M. Laughton et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

How do insects react to novel inherited symbionts? A microarray analysis of Drosophila melanogaster response to the presence of natural and introduced Spiroplasma

(2011) KATE J. HUTCHENCE et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Antimicrobial Peptides Keep Insect Endosymbionts Under Control

(2011) F. H. Login et al.   SCIENCE

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

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

Bacteriocyte dynamics during development of a holometabolous insect, the carpenter ant Camponotus floridanus

(2010) Sascha Stoll et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Defensive endosymbionts: a cryptic trophic level in community ecology

(2010) John Jaenike et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Symbiotic streptomycetes in antennal glands of the South American digger wasp genus Trachypus (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae)

(2010) MARTIN KALTENPOTH et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Spiroplasma Bacteria Enhance Survival of Drosophila hydei Attacked by the Parasitic Wasp Leptopilina heterotoma

(2010) Jialei Xie et al.   PLoS One

The Native Wolbachia Endosymbionts of Drosophila melanogaster and Culex quinquefasciatus Increase Host Resistance to West Nile Virus Infection

(2010) Robert L. Glaser et al.   PLoS One

How the insect immune system interacts with an obligate symbiotic bacterium

(2010) A. E. Douglas et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Adaptation via Symbiosis: Recent Spread of a Drosophila Defensive Symbiont

(2010) J. Jaenike et al.   SCIENCE

Genome Sequence of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

(2010)   PLOS BIOLOGY

Wolbachia Stimulates Immune Gene Expression and Inhibits Plasmodium Development in Anopheles gambiae

(2010) Zakaria Kambris et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Immunity and other defenses in pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum

(2010) Nicole M Gerardo et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Facultative Symbionts in Aphids and the Horizontal Transfer of Ecologically Important Traits

(2009) Kerry M. Oliver et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

A strain of the bacterial symbiont Regiella insecticola protects aphids against parasitoids

(2009) C. Vorburger et al.   Biology Letters

A Wolbachia Symbiont in Aedes aegypti Limits Infection with Dengue, Chikungunya, and Plasmodium

(2009) Luciano A. Moreira et al.   CELL

Age- and morph-dependent activation of the lysosomal system and Buchnera degradation in aphid endosymbiosis

(2009) Kenji Nishikori et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Immunity and symbiosis

(2009) Roy Gross et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

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

Bacteriophages Encode Factors Required for Protection in a Symbiotic Mutualism

(2009) K. M. Oliver et al.   SCIENCE

Immune Activation by Life-Shortening Wolbachia and Reduced Filarial Competence in Mosquitoes

(2009) Z. Kambris et al.   SCIENCE

Leucine-Rich Repeat Protein Complex Activates Mosquito Complement in Defense Against Plasmodium Parasites

(2009) M. Povelones et al.   SCIENCE

Symbiont-mediated protection in insect hosts

(2009) Jeremy C. Brownlie et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Actinobacteria as mutualists: general healthcare for insects?

(2009) Martin Kaltenpoth   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Morph-Dependent Expression and Subcellular Localization of Host Serine Carboxypeptidase in Bacteriocytes of the Pea Aphid Associated with Degradation of the Endosymbiotic BacteriumBuchnera

(2009) Kenji Nishikori et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Genomics and Evolution of Heritable Bacterial Symbionts

(2008) Nancy A. Moran et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

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

Diverse Phage-Encoded Toxins in a Protective Insect Endosymbiont

(2008) P. H. Degnan et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of the Weevil immune genes and their expression in the bacteriome tissue

(2008) Caroline Anselme et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Genome-wide analysis of the interaction between the endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia and its Drosophila host

(2008) Zhiyong Xi et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Recombinant scorpine: a multifunctional antimicrobial peptide with activity against different pathogens

(2008) R. Carballar-Lejarazú et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Transcriptional profiling of the endosymbiontBlochmannia floridanusduring different developmental stages of its holometabolous ant host

(2008) Sascha Stoll et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

How many species are infected with Wolbachia? – a statistical analysis of current data

(2008) Kirsten Hilgenboecker et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Wounding-mediated gene expression and accelerated viviparous reproduction of the pea aphidAcyrthosiphon pisum

(2008) B. Altincicek et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

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

Immune reactions of insects on bacterial pathogens and mutualists

(2008) Heike Feldhaar et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

Autophagy fights disease through cellular self-digestion

(2008) Noboru Mizushima et al.   NATURE

Autophagic control of listeria through intracellular innate immune recognition in drosophila

(2008) Tamaki Yano et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Wolbachia: master manipulators of invertebrate biology

(2008) John H. Werren et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

An insect symbiosis is influenced by bacterium-specific polymorphisms in outer-membrane protein A

(2008) B. L. Weiss et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genetic variation and covariation of susceptibility to parasitoids in the aphid Myzus persicae: no evidence for trade-offs

(2008) S. von Burg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Bacterial Protection of Beetle-Fungus Mutualism

(2008) J. J. Scott et al.   SCIENCE

Ankyrin Repeat Proteins Comprise a Diverse Family of Bacterial Type IV Effectors

(2008) X. Pan et al.   SCIENCE

Antimicrobial Defense and Persistent Infection in Insects

(2008) E. R. Haine et al.   SCIENCE

Innate Immune Homeostasis by the Homeobox Gene Caudal and Commensal-Gut Mutualism in Drosophila

(2008) J.-H. Ryu et al.   SCIENCE

Wolbachia and Virus Protection in Insects

(2008) L. M. Hedges et al.   SCIENCE

The Bacterial Symbiont Wolbachia Induces Resistance to RNA Viral Infections in Drosophila melanogaster

(2008) Luís Teixeira et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Population dynamics of defensive symbionts in aphids

(2007) K. M Oliver et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Symbiont-mediated protection

(2007) E. R Haine   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES