Interaction between Insects, Toxins, and Bacteria: Have We Been Wrong So Far?

Trans-generational immune priming in the mealworm beetle protects eggs through pathogen-dependent mechanisms imposing no immediate fitness cost for the offspring

(2018) Julien Dhinaut et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Bacterial microbiota of Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae is altered by intoxication with Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis

(2018) Guillaume Tetreau et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Antibacterial Toxins: Gram-Positive Bacteria Strike Back!

(2018) Anne Jamet et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Fitness of Bt-resistant cabbage loopers on Bt cotton plants

(2017) Guillaume Tetreau et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Bezlotoxumab: anti-toxin B monoclonal antibody to prevent recurrence of Clostridium difficile infection

(2017) Javier A. Villafuerte Gálvez et al.   Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Bacterial toxins: Offensive, defensive, or something else altogether?

(2017) Justine K. Rudkin et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Evolution of host resistance to insect pathogens

(2017) Jenny S Cory   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Specific Pathogen Recognition by Multiple Innate Immune Sensors in an Invertebrate

(2017) Guillaume Tetreau et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Changes in gene expression and apoptotic response in Spodoptera exigua larvae exposed to sublethal concentrations of Vip3 insecticidal proteins

(2017) Patricia Hernández-Martínez et al.   Scientific Reports

Immune responses induced by Clostridium difficile

(2016) Séverine Péchiné et al.   ANAEROBE

Gut immunity in Lepidopteran insects

(2016) Kai Wu et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Receptors are affected by selection with each Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis Cry toxin but not with the full Bti mixture in Aedes aegypti

(2016) Renaud Stalinski et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The microbiome and innate immunity

(2016) Christoph A. Thaiss et al.   NATURE

Effect of induced tolerance toBttoxin on the egg size ofHelicoverpa armigeraand parasitism byTrichogramma pretiosum

(2016) Kay J. Anantanawat et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Evolution of transgenerational immunity in invertebrates

(2016) R. Pigeault et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Can Pyramids and Seed Mixtures Delay Resistance to Bt Crops?

(2016) Yves Carrière et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Actin is an evolutionarily-conserved damage-associated molecular pattern that signals tissue injury in Drosophila melanogaster

(2016) Naren Srinivasan et al.   eLife

Microbiota Plays a Role in Oral Immune Priming in Tribolium castaneum

(2016) Momir Futo et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Infection of Tribolium castaneum with Bacillus thuringiensis: Quantification of Bacterial Replication within Cadavers, Transmission via Cannibalism, and Inhibition of Spore Germination

(2015) Barbara Milutinović et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Tribolium castaneum immune defense genes are differentially expressed in response to Bacillus thuringiensis toxins sharing common receptor molecules and exhibiting disparate toxicity

(2015) Estefanía Contreras et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Optimizing pyramided transgenic Bt crops for sustainable pest management

(2015) Yves Carrière et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Dissimilar Regulation of Antimicrobial Proteins in the Midgut of Spodoptera exigua Larvae Challenged with Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins or Baculovirus

(2015) Cristina M. Crava et al.   PLoS One

Whole Genome Phylogeny of Bacillus by Feature Frequency Profiles (FFP)

(2015) Aisuo Wang et al.   Scientific Reports

Multi-Toxin Resistance Enables Pink Bollworm Survival on Pyramided Bt Cotton

(2015) Jeffrey A. Fabrick et al.   Scientific Reports

Resistance to dual-gene Bt maize in Spodoptera frugiperda: selection, inheritance and cross-resistance to other transgenic events

(2015) Oscar F. Santos-Amaya et al.   Scientific Reports

Host–Pathogen Coevolution: The Selective Advantage of Bacillus thuringiensis Virulence and Its Cry Toxin Genes

(2015) Leila Masri et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Transfer of Immunity from Mother to Offspring Is Mediated via Egg-Yolk Protein Vitellogenin

(2015) Heli Salmela et al.   PLoS Pathogens

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

(2015) Aurore Dubuffet et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Cytoplasmic Actin Is an Extracellular Insect Immune Factor which Is Secreted upon Immune Challenge and Mediates Phagocytosis and Direct Killing of Bacteria, and Is a Plasmodium Antagonist

(2015) Simone L. Sandiford et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Resistance of Trichoplusia ni Populations Selected by Bacillus thuringiensis Sprays to Cotton Plants Expressing Pyramided Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab

(2014) Wendy Kain et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Infection routes matter in population-specific responses of the red flour beetle to the entomopathogen Bacillus thuringiensis

(2014) Sarah Behrens et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Gene expression patterns and sequence polymorphisms associated with mosquito resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis toxins

(2014) Laurence Després et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Revealing the Achilles Heel of Bacterial Toxins

(2014) Jens-Michael Schröder   IMMUNITY

The damage threshold hypothesis and the immune strategies of insects

(2014) Miguel Moreno-García et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Complexity of Danger: The Diverse Nature of Damage-associated Molecular Patterns

(2014) Liliana Schaefer   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Effector triggered immunity

(2014) Rajmohan Rajamuthiah et al.   Virulence

Cooperation and the evolutionary ecology of bacterial virulence: TheBacillus cereusgroup as a novel study system

(2013) Ben Raymond et al.   BIOESSAYS

Tribolium castaneum Apolipophorin-III acts as an immune response protein against Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Ba toxic activity

(2013) Estefanía Contreras et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Role of Pore-Forming Toxins in Bacterial Infectious Diseases

(2013) F. C. O. Los et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Insect resistance to Bt crops: lessons from the first billion acres

(2013) Bruce E Tabashnik et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Current models of the mode of action of Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal crystal proteins: A critical review

(2012) Vincent Vachon et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

The evolution of disease resistance and tolerance in spatially structured populations

(2012) Felix Horns et al.   Ecology and Evolution

The danger theory: 20 years later

(2012) Thomas Pradeu et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Bacillus thuringiensis: A story of a successful bioinsecticide

(2011) Alejandra Bravo et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Anthrax and the inflammasome

(2011) Mahtab Moayeri et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

Efficacy of genetically modified Bt toxins against insects with different genetic mechanisms of resistance

(2011) Bruce E Tabashnik et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis in the cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni) increases susceptibility to a nucleopolyhedrovirus

(2010) Rana M. Sarfraz et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Bacillus thuringiensis: an impotent pathogen?

(2010) Ben Raymond et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of collagen IV derived danger/alarm signals in insect immunity by nanoLC-FTICR MS

(2009) Boran Altincicek et al.   BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A mid-gut microbiota is not required for the pathogenicity ofBacillus thuringiensisto diamondback moth larvae

(2009) Ben Raymond et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Is decreased generalized immunity a cost of Bt resistance in cabbage loopers Trichoplusia ni?

(2008) Jerry D. Ericsson et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Maternal transfer of antibodies in vertebrates: trans-generational effects on offspring immunity

(2008) D. Hasselquist et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Delaying insect resistance to transgenic crops

(2008) B. E. Tabashnik   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Strain-specific priming of resistance in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum

(2008) O. Roth et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES