Immune priming: the secret weapon of the insect world

Galleria mellonella larvae allow the discrimination of toxic and non-toxic chemicals

(2018) Enrico Allegra et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Innate humoral immune defences in mammals and insects: the same, with differences ?

(2018) Gerard Sheehan et al.   Virulence

Immune priming specificity within and across generations reveals the range of pathogens affecting evolution of immunity in an insect

(2017) Julien Dhinaut et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

From bacterial killing to immune modulation: Recent insights into the functions of lysozyme

(2017) Stephanie A. Ragland et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Memory and Specificity in the Insect Immune System: Current Perspectives and Future Challenges

(2017) Dustin Cooper et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Evolution and Function of Thioester-Containing Proteins and the Complement System in the Innate Immune Response

(2017) Upasana Shokal et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Evaluation of Galleria mellonella larvae as an in vivo model for assessing the relative toxicity of food preservative agents

(2016) Ronan Maguire et al.   CELL BIOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY

Translocation of bacteria from the gut to the eggs triggers maternal transgenerational immune priming inTribolium castaneum

(2015) Eileen Knorr et al.   Biology Letters

Plasmodium berghei induced priming in Anopheles albimanus independently of bacterial co-infection

(2015) Jorge Contreras-Garduño et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Galleria mellonellaas a host model to studyAspergillus terreusvirulence and amphotericin B resistance

(2015) Elisabeth Maurer et al.   Virulence

Trans-generational Immune Priming Protects the Eggs Only against Gram-Positive Bacteria in the Mealworm Beetle

(2015) Aurore Dubuffet et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Assessment of in vivo antimicrobial activity of the carbene silver(I) acetate derivative SBC3 using Galleria mellonella larvae

(2014) Niall Browne et al.   BIOMETALS

Trans-generational immune priming in honeybees

(2014) J. Hernandez Lopez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Effect of midgut proteolytic activity on susceptibility of lepidopteran larvae to Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Kurstaki

(2014) Reza Talaei-Hassanloui et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

The Drosophila IMD pathway in the activation of the humoral immune response

(2013) Anni Kleino et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Parental Legacy in Insects: Variation of Transgenerational Immune Priming during Offspring Development

(2013) Ute Trauer et al.   PLoS One

An analysis of the structural and functional similarities of insect hemocytes and mammalian phagocytes

(2013) Niall Browne et al.   Virulence

Gender- and stressor-specific microRNA expression in Tribolium castaneum

(2012) D. Freitak et al.   Biology Letters

Drosophila melanogaster As a Model Host for the Study of Microbial Pathogenicity And the Discovery of Novel Antimicrobial Compounds

(2012) Georgios Chamilos et al.   CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL DESIGN

Costs of immunity in insects: an induced immune response increases metabolic rate and decreases antimicrobial activity

(2012) Daniel R. Ardia et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Scanning electron microscopy of Antarctophthirus microchir (Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Echinophthiriidae): Studying morphological adaptations to aquatic life

(2012) María Soledad Leonardi et al.   MICRON

In vitro and in vivo studies into the biological activities of 1,10-phenanthroline, 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione and its copper(ii) and silver(i) complexes

(2012) Malachy McCann et al.   Toxicology Research

Socially transmitted gut microbiota protect bumble bees against an intestinal parasite

(2011) H. Koch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Moribund Ants Leave Their Nests to Die in Social Isolation

(2010) Jürgen Heinze et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Coagulation Systems of Invertebrates and Vertebrates and Their Roles in Innate Immunity: The Same Side of Two Coins?

(2010) Torsten G. Loof et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

Caspofungin primes the immune response of the larvae of Galleria mellonella and induces a non-specific antimicrobial response

(2010) J. Kelly et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Within and transgenerational immune priming in an insect to a DNA virus

(2010) H. J. Tidbury et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Proteolytic cascades and their involvement in invertebrate immunity

(2010) Lage Cerenius et al.   TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES

Proteomic and Bioinformatic Analysis on Endocrine Organs of Domesticated Silkworm,Bombyx moriL. for a Comprehensive Understanding of Their Roles and Relations

(2009) Jian-ying Li et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Dose-dependent cellular and humoral responses in Galleria mellonella larvae following β-glucan inoculation

(2009) Peter Mowlds et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

Modulation of social interactions by immune stimulation in honey bee, Apis mellifera, workers

(2008) F-J Richard et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Silkworm as a model animal to evaluate drug candidate toxicity and metabolism

(2008) Hiroshi Hamamoto et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY C-TOXICOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY

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

(2008) Lage Cerenius et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY