Comparative genomics analysis of triatomines reveals common first line and inducible immunity-related genes and the absence of Imd canonical components among hemimetabolous arthropods

De novo transcriptome of the muga silkworm, Antheraea assamensis (Helfer)

(2017) Hasnahana Chetia et al.   GENE

Microbiota activates IMD pathway and limits Sindbis infection in Aedes aegypti

(2017) Ana Beatriz Ferreira Barletta et al.   Parasites & Vectors

The draft genome of whitefly Bemisia tabaci MEAM1, a global crop pest, provides novel insights into virus transmission, host adaptation, and insecticide resistance

(2016) Wenbo Chen et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Signal Integration by the IκB Protein Pickle Shapes Drosophila Innate Host Defense

(2016) Otto Morris et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Insect immunology and hematopoiesis

(2016) Julián F. Hillyer   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

FlyBase at 25: looking to the future

(2016) L. Sian Gramates et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Unique features of a global human ectoparasite identified through sequencing of the bed bug genome

(2016) Joshua B. Benoit et al.   Nature Communications

The Ensembl gene annotation system

(2016) Bronwen L. Aken et al.   Database-The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation

Understanding the immune system architecture and transcriptome responses to southern rice black-streaked dwarf virus in Sogatella furcifera

(2016) Lin Wang et al.   Scientific Reports

BUSCO: assessing genome assembly and annotation completeness with single-copy orthologs

(2015) Felipe A. Simão et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Immune defence mechanisms of triatomines against bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites

(2015) A.L. Flores-Villegas et al.   BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH

The midgut of the silkmoth Bombyx mori is able to recycle molecules derived from degeneration of the larval midgut epithelium

(2015) Eleonora Franzetti et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

Sequence conservation, phylogenetic relationships, and expression profiles of nondigestive serine proteases and serine protease homologs in Manduca sexta

(2015) Xiaolong Cao et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Comparative Genomics Reveals the Origins and Diversity of Arthropod Immune Systems

(2015) William J. Palmer et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Genome ofRhodnius prolixus, an insect vector of Chagas disease, reveals unique adaptations to hematophagy and parasite infection

(2015) Rafael D. Mesquita et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Clip-domain serine proteases as immune factors in insect hemolymph

(2015) Michael R Kanost et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Collembolan Transcriptomes Highlight Molecular Evolution of Hexapods and Provide Clues on the Adaptation to Terrestrial Life

(2015) A. Faddeeva et al.   PLoS One

Insect antimicrobial peptides and their applications

(2014) Hui-Yu Yi et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

InterProScan 5: genome-scale protein function classification

(2014) P. Jones et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Rhodnius prolixus: Modulation of antioxidant defenses by Trypanosoma rangeli

(2014) Daniela Cosentino-Gomes et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY

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

The Immune Strategy and Stress Response of the Mediterranean Species of the Bemisia tabaci Complex to an Orally Delivered Bacterial Pathogen

(2014) Chang-Rong Zhang et al.   PLoS One

Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution

(2014) B. Misof et al.   SCIENCE

Loss of Trabid, a New Negative Regulator of the Drosophila Immune-Deficiency Pathway at the Level of TAK1, Reduces Life Span

(2014) Merennege Dilan Anush Fernando et al.   PLoS Genetics

An Insight into the Transcriptome of the Digestive Tract of the Bloodsucking Bug, Rhodnius prolixus

(2014) José M. C. Ribeiro et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Prophenoloxidase Activation Is Required for Survival to Microbial Infections in Drosophila

(2014) Olivier Binggeli et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Immunity-related genes in Ixodes scapularis—perspectives from genome information

(2014) Alexis A. Smith et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Mosquito hemocyte-mediated immune responses

(2014) Julián F Hillyer et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

The ‘ubiquitous’ reality of vector immunology

(2013) Maiara S. Severo et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

RNAi and antiviral defense in Drosophila: Setting up a systemic immune response

(2013) Margot Karlikow et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Symbiotic lactobacilli stimulate gut epithelial proliferationviaNox-mediated generation of reactive oxygen species

(2013) Rheinallt M Jones et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

The i5K Initiative: Advancing Arthropod Genomics for Knowledge, Human Health, Agriculture, and the Environment

(2013)   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Serine Protease MP2 Activates Prophenoloxidase in the Melanization Immune Response of Drosophila melanogaster

(2013) Chunju An et al.   PLoS One

Inducible Defenses Stay Up Late: Temporal Patterns of Immune Gene Expression in Tenebrio molitor

(2013) Paul R Johnston et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

Microbial symbiosis and the control of vector-borne pathogens in tsetse flies, human lice, and triatomine bugs

(2013) Davide Sassera et al.   Pathogens and Global Health

Functional Immunomics of the Squash Bug, Anasa tristis (De Geer) (Heteroptera: Coreidae)

(2013) Kent Shelby   Insects

Transcriptome of the adult female malaria mosquito vector Anopheles albimanus

(2012) Jesús Martínez-Barnetche et al.   BMC GENOMICS

A comprehensive analysis of the Manduca sexta immunotranscriptome

(2012) Ramesh T. Gunaratna et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Insect immune system maintains long-term resident bacteria through a local response

(2012) Frédéric H. Login et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Parasite-mediated interactions within the insect vector: Trypanosoma rangeli strategies

(2012) Eloi S Garcia et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Insect Innate Immunity Database (IIID): An Annotation Tool for Identifying Immune Genes in Insect Genomes

(2012) Robert M. Brucker et al.   PLoS One

Quality control and preprocessing of metagenomic datasets

(2011) R. Schmieder et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Comparison of the humoral and cellular immune responses between body and head lice following bacterial challenge

(2011) Ju Hyeon Kim et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Prolixicin: a novel antimicrobial peptide isolated from Rhodnius prolixus with differential activity against bacteria and Trypanosoma cruzi

(2011) R. Ursic-Bedoya et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Regulation and function of the melanization reaction in Drosophila

(2010) Huaping Tang   FLY

AphidBase: a centralized bioinformatic resource for annotation of the pea aphid genome

(2010) F. Legeai et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Chagas disease

(2010) Anis Rassi et al.   LANCET

New Algorithms and Methods to Estimate Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies: Assessing the Performance of PhyML 3.0

(2010) Stéphane Guindon et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Dual oxidase in mucosal immunity and host–microbe homeostasis

(2010) Yun Soo Bae et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Genome Sequence of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

(2010)   PLOS BIOLOGY

Immunity and other defenses in pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum

(2010) Nicole M Gerardo et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Regulation of Midgut Growth, Development, and Metamorphosis

(2009) Raziel S. Hakim et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Modular evolution of glutathione peroxidase genes in association with different biochemical properties of their encoded proteins in invertebrate animals

(2009) Young-An Bae et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Invasive and indigenous microbiota impact intestinal stem cell activity through multiple pathways in Drosophila

(2009) N. Buchon et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Two novel defensin-encoding genes of the Chagas disease vector Triatoma brasiliensis (Reduviidae, Triatominae): Gene expression and peptide-structure modeling

(2009) Peter J. Waniek et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Parasite-Induced Changes in Nitric Oxide Levels in Drosophila paramelanica

(2009) Y. Carton et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

The evolution of hierarchical gene regulatory networks

(2009) Douglas H. Erwin et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Wolbachia as a bacteriocyte-associated nutritional mutualist

(2009) T. Hosokawa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2008) Caroline Anselme et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

The evolution of TEP1, an exceptionally polymorphic immunity gene in Anopheles gambiae

(2008) Darren J Obbard et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

PIMS Modulates Immune Tolerance by Negatively Regulating Drosophila Innate Immune Signaling

(2008) Nouara Lhocine et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Glutathione peroxidase family - an evolutionary overview

(2008) Rogerio Margis et al.   FEBS Journal

A genome-wide analysis of genes and gene families involved in innate immunity of Bombyx mori

(2008) Hiromitsu Tanaka et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Identification and characterization of two novel lysozymes from Rhodnius prolixus, a vector of Chagas disease

(2008) Raul J. Ursic-Bedoya et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

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

(2008) J.-H. Ryu et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2008) Lage Cerenius et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY