PIWIs Go Viral: Arbovirus-Derived piRNAs in Vector Mosquitoes

RISC assembly: Coordination between small RNAs and Argonaute proteins

(2016) Hotaka Kobayashi et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

piRNA biogenesis in the germline: From transcription of piRNA genomic sources to piRNA maturation

(2016) Shigeki Hirakata et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Crystal Structure of Silkworm PIWI-Clade Argonaute Siwi Bound to piRNA

(2016) Naoki Matsumoto et al.   CELL

The diversity of insect antiviral immunity: insights from viruses

(2016) João T Marques et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Duplication and Diversification of Dipteran Argonaute Genes, and the Evolutionary Divergence of Piwi and Aubergine

(2016) Samuel H. Lewis et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

mRNA capping: biological functions and applications

(2016) Anand Ramanathan et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

piRNA pathway is not required for antiviral defense inDrosophila melanogaster

(2016) Marine Petit et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

One Loop to Rule Them All: The Ping-Pong Cycle and piRNA-Guided Silencing

(2016) Benjamin Czech et al.   TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES

Mosquito Defense Strategies against Viral Infection

(2016) Gong Cheng et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Virus-derived DNA drives mosquito vector tolerance to arboviral infection

(2016) Bertsy Goic et al.   Nature Communications

Small RNA Profiling in Dengue Virus 2-Infected Aedes Mosquito Cells Reveals Viral piRNAs and Novel Host miRNAs

(2016) Pascal Miesen et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

The exonuclease Nibbler regulates age-associated traits and modulates piRNA length inDrosophila

(2015) Virzhiniya L. Feltzin et al.   AGING CELL

Silencio/CG9754 connects the Piwi–piRNA complex to the cellular heterochromatin machinery

(2015) Grzegorz Sienski et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Slicing and Binding by Ago3 or Aub Trigger Piwi-Bound piRNA Production by Distinct Mechanisms

(2015) Wei Wang et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Distinct sets of PIWI proteins produce arbovirus and transposon-derived piRNAs inAedes aegyptimosquito cells

(2015) Pascal Miesen et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Sequence-independent characterization of viruses based on the pattern of viral small RNAs produced by the host

(2015) Eric Roberto Guimarães Rocha Aguiar et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Genome sequence of the Asian Tiger mosquito,Aedes albopictus, reveals insights into its biology, genetics, and evolution

(2015) Xiao-Guang Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

piRNAs derived from ancient viral processed pseudogenes as transgenerational sequence-specific immune memory in mammals

(2015) Nicholas F. Parrish et al.   RNA

piRNA-guided slicing specifies transcripts for Zucchini-dependent, phased piRNA biogenesis

(2015) F. Mohn et al.   SCIENCE

piRNA-guided transposon cleavage initiates Zucchini-dependent, phased piRNA production

(2015) B. W. Han et al.   SCIENCE

Panoramix enforces piRNA-dependent cotranscriptional silencing

(2015) Y. Yu et al.   SCIENCE

A piece of the pi(e): The diverse roles of animal piRNAs and their PIWI partners

(2015) Robyn S.M. Lim et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Flavivirus sfRNA suppresses antiviral RNA interference in cultured cells and mosquitoes and directly interacts with the RNAi machinery

(2015) Stephanie L. Moon et al.   VIROLOGY

The Role of RNA Interference (RNAi) in Arbovirus-Vector Interactions

(2015) Carol Blair et al.   Viruses-Basel

PIWI Slicing and RNA Elements in Precursors Instruct Directional Primary piRNA Biogenesis

(2015) David Homolka et al.   Cell Reports

Somatic Primary piRNA Biogenesis Driven by cis-Acting RNA Elements and trans-Acting Yb

(2015) Hirotsugu Ishizu et al.   Cell Reports

The global distribution of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus

(2015) Moritz UG Kraemer et al.   eLife

RNA interference-mediated antiviral defense in insects

(2015) Don B Gammon et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Flaviviral RNAs: weapons and targets in the war between virus and host

(2014) Katell Bidet et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

The Initial Uridine of Primary piRNAs Does Not Create the Tenth Adenine that Is the Hallmark of Secondary piRNAs

(2014) Wei Wang et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

PIWI proteins and PIWI-interacting RNAs in the soma

(2014) Robert J. Ross et al.   NATURE

VectorBase: an updated bioinformatics resource for invertebrate vectors and other organisms related with human diseases

(2014) Gloria I. Giraldo-Calderón et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Antiviral immunity ofAnopheles gambiaeis highly compartmentalized, with distinct roles for RNA interference and gut microbiota

(2014) Guillaume Carissimo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Inhibition of Borna disease virus replication by an endogenous bornavirus-like element in the ground squirrel genome

(2014) K. Fujino et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The MID-PIWI module of Piwi proteins specifies nucleotide- and strand-biases of piRNAs

(2014) E. Cora et al.   RNA

Role of microRNAs in Arbovirus/Vector Interactions

(2014) Sassan Asgari   Viruses-Basel

The long and short of antiviral defense: small RNA-based immunity in insects

(2014) Alfred W Bronkhorst et al.   Current Opinion in Virology

Regulation of microRNA biogenesis and turnover by animals and their viruses

(2013) Valentina Libri et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

DmGTSF1 is necessary for Piwi-piRISC-mediated transcriptional transposon silencing in the Drosophila ovary

(2013) H. Ohtani et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Drosophila Gtsf1 is an essential component of the Piwi-mediated transcriptional silencing complex

(2013) D. Donertas et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Piwi induces piRNA-guided transcriptional silencing and establishment of a repressive chromatin state

(2013) A. Le Thomas et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Knockdown of piRNA pathway proteins results in enhanced Semliki Forest virus production in mosquito cells

(2013) E. Schnettler et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

Role of RNA Interference (RNAi) in Dengue Virus Replication and Identification of NS4B as an RNAi Suppressor

(2013) P. K. Kakumani et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

RNA-mediated interference and reverse transcription control the persistence of RNA viruses in the insect model Drosophila

(2013) Bertsy Goic et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Comprehensive analysis of endogenous bornavirus-like elements in eukaryote genomes

(2013) M. Horie et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Developmental Transcriptome of the Mosquito Aedes aegypti , an Invasive Species and Major Arbovirus Vector

(2013) Omar S. Akbari et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

Transcriptional Silencing of Transposons by Piwi and Maelstrom and Its Impact on Chromatin State and Gene Expression

(2012) Grzegorz Sienski et al.   CELL

Beyond RNAi: Antiviral defense strategies in Drosophila and mosquito

(2012) Sarah H. Merkling et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

RNA Interference Targets Arbovirus Replication in Culicoides Cells

(2012) E. Schnettler et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Dicer-2- and Piwi-Mediated RNA Interference in Rift Valley Fever Virus-Infected Mosquito Cells

(2012) P. Léger et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Noncoding Flavivirus RNA Displays RNA Interference Suppressor Activity in Insect and Mammalian Cells

(2012) E. Schnettler et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Endogenous viruses: insights into viral evolution and impact on host biology

(2012) Cédric Feschotte et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Arbovirus-Derived piRNAs Exhibit a Ping-Pong Signature in Mosquito Cells

(2012) Nicolas Vodovar et al.   PLoS One

Production of Virus-Derived Ping-Pong-Dependent piRNA-like Small RNAs in the Mosquito Soma

(2012) Elaine M. Morazzani et al.   PLoS Pathogens

The mosquito Aedes aegypti has a large genome size and high transposable element load but contains a low proportion of transposon-specific piRNAs

(2011) Peter Arensburger et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Small RNA profiling of Dengue virus-mosquito interactions implicates the PIWI RNA pathway in anti-viral defense

(2011) Ann M Hess et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Adaptation to P Element Transposon Invasion in Drosophila melanogaster

(2011) Jaspreet S. Khurana et al.   CELL

3′ End Formation of PIWI-Interacting RNAs In Vitro

(2011) Shinpei Kawaoka et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

PIWI-interacting small RNAs: the vanguard of genome defence

(2011) Mikiko C. Siomi et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Expansion of Genes Encoding piRNA-Associated Argonaute Proteins in the Pea Aphid: Diversification of Expression Profiles in Different Plastic Morphs

(2011) Hsiao-ling Lu et al.   PLoS One

Virus discovery by deep sequencing and assembly of virus-derived small silencing RNAs

(2010) Q. Wu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Endogenous Viral Elements in Animal Genomes

(2010) Aris Katzourakis et al.   PLoS Genetics

Comparison of Dengue Virus Type 2-Specific Small RNAs from RNA Interference-Competent and –Incompetent Mosquito Cells

(2010) Jaclyn C. Scott et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

C6/36 Aedes albopictus Cells Have a Dysfunctional Antiviral RNA Interference Response

(2010) Doug E. Brackney et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Present and future arboviral threats

(2009) Scott C. Weaver et al.   ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH

Suppression of RNA interference increases alphavirus replication and virus-associated mortality in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

(2009) Chris M Cirimotich et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Collapse of Germline piRNAs in the Absence of Argonaute3 Reveals Somatic piRNAs in Flies

(2009) Chengjian Li et al.   CELL

Mode of transmission and the evolution of arbovirus virulence in mosquito vectors

(2009) L. Lambrechts et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Detection of novel insect flavivirus sequences integrated in Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Northern Italy

(2009) David Roiz et al.   Virology Journal

Dengue Virus Type 2 Infections of Aedes aegypti Are Modulated by the Mosquito's RNA Interference Pathway

(2009) Irma Sánchez-Vargas et al.   PLoS Pathogens

RNAi Targeting of West Nile Virus in Mosquito Midguts Promotes Virus Diversification

(2009) Doug E. Brackney et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Comparative genomics of small RNA regulatory pathway components in vector mosquitoes

(2008) Corey L Campbell et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Aedes aegypti uses RNA interference in defense against Sindbis virus infection

(2008) Corey L Campbell et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Alphavirus-derived small RNAs modulate pathogenesis in disease vector mosquitoes

(2008) K. M. Myles et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA