Gene Expression Dynamics in Major Endocrine Regulatory Pathways along the Transition from Solitary to Social Life in a Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris

Ancient Duplications Have Led to Functional Divergence of Vitellogenin-Like Genes Potentially Involved in Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Honey Bees

(2016) Heli Salmela et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

No effect of juvenile hormone on task performance in a bumblebee ( Bombus terrestris ) supports an evolutionary link between endocrine signaling and social complexity

(2016) Hagai Y. Shpigler et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Adipokinetic hormones control amylase activity in the cockroach (Periplaneta americana ) gut

(2016) Karolina Bodláková et al.   Insect Science

Vitellogenin in the honey bee brain: Atypical localization of a reproductive protein that promotes longevity

(2015) Daniel Münch et al.   EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY

Molecular characterization, tissue distribution, and ultrastructural localization of adipokinetic hormones in the CNS of the firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus (Heteroptera, Insecta)

(2015) Dalibor Kodrík et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Reproductive workers show queenlike gene expression in an intermediately eusocial insect, the buff-tailed bumble beeBombus terrestris

(2015) Mark C. Harrison et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Conservation and modification of genetic and physiological toolkits underpinning diapause in bumble bee queens

(2015) Etya Amsalem et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Two insulin receptors determine alternative wing morphs in planthoppers

(2015) Hai-Jun Xu et al.   NATURE

Vitellogenin and vitellogenin receptor gene expression is associated with male and female parenting in a subsocial insect

(2015) Eileen M. Roy-Zokan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Genomic signatures of evolutionary transitions from solitary to group living

(2015) K. M. Kapheim et al.   SCIENCE

Immune-Relevant and Antioxidant Activities of Vitellogenin and Yolk Proteins in Fish

(2015) Chen Sun et al.   Nutrients

Endocrine remodelling of the adult intestine sustains reproduction in Drosophila

(2015) Tobias Reiff et al.   eLife

The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization

(2015) Ben M Sadd et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Exploring the role of juvenile hormone and vitellogenin in reproduction and social behavior in bumble bees

(2014) Etya Amsalem et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Transcriptome comparison between inactivated and activated ovaries of the honey beeApis mellifera L

(2014) D. Niu et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Not Only for Egg Yolk—Functional and Evolutionary Insights from Expression, Selection, and Structural Analyses of Formica Ant Vitellogenins

(2014) Claire Morandin et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Juvenile Hormone Biosynthesis Gene Expression in the corpora allata of Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) Female Castes

(2014) Ana Durvalina Bomtorin et al.   PLoS One

Gonadotropic and Physiological Functions of Juvenile Hormone in Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) Workers

(2014) Hagai Shpigler et al.   PLoS One

Molecular heterochrony and the evolution of sociality in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)

(2014) S. H. Woodard et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Royal jelly-like protein localization reveals differences in hypopharyngeal glands buildup and conserved expression pattern in brains of bumblebees and honeybees

(2014)  tefan Albert et al.   Biology Open

The coming of age of insulin-signaling in insects

(2014) Xanthe Vafopoulou   Frontiers in Physiology

Function, diversity, and application of insect juvenile hormone epoxidases (CYP15)

(2013) Takaaki Daimon et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

De Novo Biosynthesis of Sexual Pheromone in the Labial Gland of Bumblebee Males

(2013) Petr Žáček et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Characterisation of a functional allatotropin receptor in the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

(2013) Heleen Verlinden et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

The mode of action of juvenile hormone and ecdysone: Towards an epi-endocrinological paradigm?

(2013) Arnold De Loof et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Social insect genomes exhibit dramatic evolution in gene composition and regulation while preserving regulatory features linked to sociality

(2013) D. F. Simola et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Vitellogenin Recognizes Cell Damage through Membrane Binding and Shields Living Cells from Reactive Oxygen Species

(2013) Heli Havukainen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Interplay between insulin signaling, juvenile hormone, and vitellogenin regulates maternal effects on polyphenism in ants

(2013) R. Libbrecht et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Autonomous regulation of the insect gut by circadian genes acting downstream of juvenile hormone signaling

(2013) Adam Bajgar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Vitellogenin Underwent Subfunctionalization to Acquire Caste and Behavioral Specific Expression in the Harvester Ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus

(2013) Miguel Corona et al.   PLoS Genetics

Mechanisms regulating nutrition-dependent developmental plasticity through organ-specific effects in insects

(2013) Takashi Koyama et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

Insulin signaling and the regulation of insect diapause

(2013) Cheolho Sim et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

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

(2013) Liesbeth Badisco et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

The Juvenile Hormone Signaling Pathway in Insect Development

(2012) Marek Jindra et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

How does juvenile hormone control insect metamorphosis and reproduction?

(2012) Lynn M. Riddiford   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Molecular and biochemical characterization of the major royal jelly protein in bumblebees suggest a non-nutritive function

(2012) Jens Kupke et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Allatotropin, leucokinin and AKH in honey bees and other Hymenoptera

(2012) Jan A. Veenstra et al.   PEPTIDES

Gustatory Perception and Fat Body Energy Metabolism Are Jointly Affected by Vitellogenin and Juvenile Hormone in Honey Bees

(2012) Ying Wang et al.   PLoS Genetics

Polyphenism in social insects: insights from a transcriptome-wide analysis of gene expression in the life stages of the key pollinator, Bombus terrestris

(2011) Thomas J Colgan et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Insect insulin receptors: insights from sequence and caste expression analyses of two cloned hymenopteran insulin receptor cDNAs from the fire ant

(2011) H.-L. Lu et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

IRS and TOR nutrient-signaling pathways act via juvenile hormone to influence honey bee caste fate

(2011) N. S. Mutti et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The genome of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta

(2011) Y. Wurm et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genes involved in convergent evolution of eusociality in bees

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

The transcription factor Krüppel homolog 1 is linked to hormone mediated social organization in bees

(2010) Hagai Shpigler et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Mars is close to venus – Female reproductive proteins are expressed in the fat body and reproductive tract of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) drones

(2010) Nínive Aguiar Colonello-Frattini et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Selection of reference genes for real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis in tissues from Bombus terrestris and Bombus lucorum of different ages

(2009) Darina Horňáková et al.   ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY

Peptides of the Adipokinetic Hormone/Red Pigment-Concentrating Hormone Family

(2009) Gerd Gäde   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Insect Fat Body: Energy, Metabolism, and Regulation

(2009) Estela L. Arrese et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

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

(2009) Naoki Okamoto et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

The vitellogenin of the bumblebee, Bombus hypocrita: studies on structural analysis of the cDNA and expression of the mRNA

(2009) Jilian Li et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Comparison of Queen-Specific Gene Expression in Related Lower Termite Species

(2009) T. Weil et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The insulin signaling pathway in honey bee (Apis mellifera) caste development — differential expression of insulin-like peptides and insulin receptors in queen and worker larvae

(2008) Sergio Vicente de Azevedo et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

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

Insulin signaling is involved in the regulation of worker division of labor in honey bee colonies

(2008) S. A. Ament et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tissue-specific variation of heat shock protein gene expression in relation to diapause in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris

(2008) Back-Guen KIM et al.   ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Age-dependent changes in structure and function of the male labial gland in Bombus terrestris

(2007) Jan Šobotník et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY