Identification of Gonadulin and Insulin-Like Growth Factor From Migratory Locusts and Their Importance in Reproduction in Locusta migratoria

The involvement of insulin/ToR signaling pathway in reproductive performance of Rhodnius prolixus

(2021) Jimena Leyria et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Molecular characterization of insulin‐like peptides in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)

(2020) W.‐H. Xue et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Identification of G protein‐coupled receptors required for vitellogenesis and egg development in an insect with panoistic ovary

(2020) Hongyuan Zheng et al.   Insect Science

Arthropod IGF, relaxin and gonadulin, putative orthologs of Drosophila insulin-like peptides 6, 7 and 8, likely originated from an ancient gene triplication

(2020) Jan A. Veenstra   PeerJ

Drosophila Insulin-Like Peptide 8 (DILP8) in Ovarian Follicle Cells Regulates Ovulation and Metabolism

(2020) Sifang Liao et al.   Frontiers in Endocrinology

Gonadulins, the fourth type of insulin-related peptides in decapods

(2020) Jan A. Veenstra   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

The expression of cockroach insulin-like peptides is differentially regulated by physiological conditions and affected by compensatory regulation

(2019) Júlia Castro-Arnau et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Coleoptera genome and transcriptome sequences reveal numerous differences in neuropeptide signaling between species

(2019) Jan A. Veenstra   PeerJ

A specific type of insulin-like peptide regulates the conditional growth of a beetle weapon

(2019) Yasukazu Okada et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Reconstructed evolution of insulin receptors in insects reveals duplications in early insects and cockroaches

(2018) Lukas Peter Maria Kremer et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

The biology and evolution of the Dilp8-Lgr3 pathway: A relaxin-like pathway coupling tissue growth and developmental timing control

(2018) Alisson M. Gontijo et al.   MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT

Juvenile hormone promotes locust fat body cell polyploidization and vitellogenesis by activating the transcription of Cdk6 and E2f1

(2018) Zhongxia Wu et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Insulin-Like Peptides Regulate Feeding Preference and Metabolism in Drosophila

(2018) Uliana V. Semaniuk et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

Peptides in insect oogenesis

(2018) Cynthia Lenaerts et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Rudimentary expression of RYamide in Drosophila melanogaster relative to other Drosophila species points to a functional decline of this neuropeptide gene

(2017) Jan A. Veenstra et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The neuropeptide F/nitric oxide pathway is essential for shaping locomotor plasticity underlying locust phase transition

(2017) Li Hou et al.   eLife

An Insulin-Like Growth Factor in Rhodnius prolixus Is Involved in Post-feeding Nutrient Balance and Growth

(2016) Marina S. Defferrari et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

Molecular characterization and expression profiles of neuropeptide precursors in the migratory locust

(2015) Li Hou et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A brain circuit that synchronizes growth and maturation revealed through Dilp8 binding to Lgr3

(2015) Diana M. Vallejo et al.   SCIENCE

Neuronal Control of Metabolism through Nutrient-Dependent Modulation of Tracheal Branching

(2014) Gerit A. Linneweber et al.   CELL

Krüppel-homolog 1 mediates juvenile hormone action to promote vitellogenesis and oocyte maturation in the migratory locust

(2014) Jiasheng Song et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Insulin-like peptide response to nutritional input in honey bee workers

(2014) Kate E. Ihle et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Selection and Assessment of Reference Genes for Quantitative PCR Normalization in Migratory Locust Locusta migratoria (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

(2014) Qingpo Yang et al.   PLoS One

The locust genome provides insight into swarm formation and long-distance flight

(2014) Xianhui Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Juvenile Hormone-Receptor Complex Acts on Mcm4 and Mcm7 to Promote Polyploidy and Vitellogenesis in the Migratory Locust

(2014) Wei Guo et al.   PLoS Genetics

The contribution of the genomes of a termite and a locust to our understanding of insect neuropeptides and neurohormones

(2014) Jan A. Veenstra   Frontiers in Physiology

Expression of insulin/insulin-like signalling and TOR pathway genes in honey bee caste determination

(2013) D. E. Wheeler et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Insulin-like peptides (AmILP1 and AmILP2) differentially affect female caste development in the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.)

(2013) Y. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Eat to reproduce: a key role for the insulin signaling pathway in adult insects

(2013) Liesbeth Badisco et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

Insulin-like and IGF-like peptides in the silkmoth Bombyx mori: discovery, structure, secretion, and function

(2013) Akira Mizoguchi et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

Spatiotemporal patterns of IGF-like peptide expression in the silkmoth Bombyx mori predict its pleiotropic actions

(2011) Naoki Okamoto et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome

(2011) Manfred G Grabherr et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Identification of Novel Bombyxin Genes from the Genome of the SilkmothBombyx moriand Analysis of their Expression

(2011) Abu F. M. Aslam et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Neuropeptide precursor gene discovery in the Chagas disease vector Rhodnius prolixus

(2010) S. Ons et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Differential expression of hypoxia pathway genes in honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) caste development

(2010) Sergio Vicente Azevedo et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

RNA interference of insulin-related peptide and neuroparsins affects vitellogenesis in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria

(2010) Liesbeth Badisco et al.   PEPTIDES

FastTree 2 – Approximately Maximum-Likelihood Trees for Large Alignments

(2010) Morgan N. Price et al.   PLoS One

A Fat Body-Derived IGF-like Peptide Regulates Postfeeding Growth in Drosophila

(2009) Naoki Okamoto et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

An ecdysteroid-inducible insulin-like growth factor-like peptide regulates adult development of the silkmoth Bombyx mori

(2009) Naoki Okamoto et al.   FEBS Journal

Purification and characterization of an insulin-related peptide in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria: immunolocalization, cDNA cloning, transcript profiling and interaction with neuroparsin

(2008) Liesbeth Badisco et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Drosophila Egg-Laying Site Selection as a System to Study Simple Decision-Making Processes

(2008) C.-h. Yang et al.   SCIENCE