PARALYTIC PEPTIDE: AN INSECT CYTOKINE THAT MEDIATES INNATE IMMUNITY

Serratia marcescensSuppresses Host Cellular Immunity via the Production of an Adhesion-inhibitory Factor against Immunosurveillance Cells

(2014) Kenichi Ishii et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Overview of Drosophila immunity: A historical perspective

(2013) Jean-Luc Imler   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Rac1 mediates cytokine-stimulated hemocyte spreading via prostaglandin biosynthesis in the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua

(2013) Jiyeong Park et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Insect cytokine paralytic peptide activates innate immunity via nitric oxide production in the silkworm Bombyx mori

(2012) Kenichi Ishii et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Lipopolysaccharide O-antigen of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 is required for killing both insects and mammals

(2012) Atsushi Miyashita et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

A Toll-Spätzle pathway in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta

(2012) Xue Zhong et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Serratia marcescensInduces Apoptotic Cell Death in Host Immune Cells via a Lipopolysaccharide- and Flagella-dependent Mechanism

(2012) Kenichi Ishii et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A visible dominant marker for insect transgenesis

(2012) Mizuko Osanai-Futahashi et al.   Nature Communications

Plasmatocyte-spreading peptide influences hemocyte behavior via eicosanoids

(2011) Koigoora Srikanth et al.   ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Biochemical characterization of evasion from peptidoglycan recognition by Staphylococcus aureus d-alanylated wall teichoic acid in insect innate immunity

(2011) Kenji Kurokawa et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Localization of the serine protease homolog BmSPH-1 in nodules of E. coli-injected Bombyx mori larvae and functional analysis of its role in nodule melanization

(2011) Maki Sakamoto et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Evaluation of Staphylococcus aureus virulence factors using a silkworm model

(2011) Shinya Miyazaki et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Quantitative evaluation of cryptococcal pathogenesis and antifungal drugs using a silkworm infection model with Cryptococcus neoformans

(2011) Y. Matsumoto et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

93-kDa Twin-domain Serine Protease Inhibitor (Serpin) Has a Regulatory Function on the Beetle Toll Proteolytic Signaling Cascade

(2011) Rui Jiang et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Insect Cytokine Paralytic Peptide (PP) Induces Cellular and Humoral Immune Responses in the SilkwormBombyx mori

(2010) Kenichi Ishii et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Porphyromonas gingivalisPeptidoglycans Induce Excessive Activation of the Innate Immune System in Silkworm Larvae

(2010) Kenichi Ishii et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

p38 MAPK-Dependent Phagocytic Encapsulation Confers Infection Tolerance in Drosophila

(2009) Naoaki Shinzawa et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Induced nitric oxide synthesis in the gut ofManduca sextaprotects against oral infection by the bacterial pathogenPhotorhabdus luminescens

(2009) I. Eleftherianos et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Functions ofManduca sextaHemolymph Proteinases HP6 and HP8 in Two Innate Immune Pathways

(2009) Chunju An et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Innate immune responses in murine pleural mesothelial cells: Toll-like receptor-2 dependent induction of β-defensin-2 by staphylococcal peptidoglycan

(2008) Tajamul Hussain et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LUNG CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY

Silkworm as a model animal to evaluate drug candidate toxicity and metabolism

(2008) Hiroshi Hamamoto et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY C-TOXICOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY

Distinct Innate Immune Responses to Infection and Wounding in the C. elegans Epidermis

(2008) Nathalie Pujol et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

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

A Three-step Proteolytic Cascade Mediates the Activation of the Peptidoglycan-induced Toll Pathway in an Insect

(2008) Chan-Hee Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A silkworm baculovirus model for assessing the therapeutic effects of antiviral compounds: characterization and application to the isolation of antivirals from traditional medicines

(2007) Y. Orihara et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY