Microbiome symbionts and diet diversity incur costs on the immune system of insect larvae

Sex-specific compensatory growth in the larvae of the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella

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Seasonal cycling in the gut microbiome of the Hadza hunter-gatherers of Tanzania

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Ecological impact of a secondary bacterial symbiont on the clones of Sitobion avenae (Fabricius) (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

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Immune Challenge has a Negative Effect on Cuticular Darkness in the Mealworm Beetle, Tenebrio molitor

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Reconfiguration of the immune system network during food limitation in the caterpillarManduca sexta

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Diet-induced extinctions in the gut microbiota compound over generations

(2016) Erica D. Sonnenburg et al.   NATURE

A dark cuticle allows higher investment in immunity, longevity and fecundity in a beetle upon a simulated parasite attack

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Antimicrobial defence and persistent infection in insects revisited

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Antimicrobial peptides and cell processes tracking endosymbiont dynamics

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Midgut microbiota and host immunocompetence underlieBacillus thuringiensiskilling mechanism

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A healthy gastrointestinal microbiome is dependent on dietary diversity

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Biodiversity and Activity of the Gut Microbiota across the Life History of the Insect Herbivore Spodoptera littoralis

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Diet Dominates Host Genotype in Shaping the Murine Gut Microbiota

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Reproduction is costly in an infected aquatic insect

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What are the effects of proton pump inhibitors on the small intestine?

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Host and Symbiont Jointly Control Gut Microbiota during Complete Metamorphosis

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Individuals' diet diversity influences gut microbial diversity in two freshwater fish (threespine stickleback and Eurasian perch)

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Acquisition and Structuring of Midgut Bacterial Communities in Gypsy Moth (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) Larvae

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Effects of food quality on trade-offs among growth, immunity and survival in the greater wax mothGalleria mellonella

(2014) Indrikis Krams et al.   Insect Science

Variation in gut microbial communities and its association with pathogen infection in wild bumble bees (Bombus)

(2014) Daniel P Cariveau et al.   ISME Journal

Contributions of cellular and humoral immunity of Galleria mellonella larvae in defence against oral infection by Bacillus thuringiensis

(2014) E.V. Grizanova et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Data analysis for 16S microbial profiling from different benchtop sequencing platforms

(2014) Victor S. Pylro et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

An ecological cost associated with protective symbionts of aphids

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The Immune System as a Sensor of the Metabolic State

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Dynamics of macronutrient self-medication and illness-induced anorexia in virally infected insects

(2013) Sonia Povey et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Diet rapidly and reproducibly alters the human gut microbiome

(2013) Lawrence A. David et al.   NATURE

Assessing the Fecal Microbiota: An Optimized Ion Torrent 16S rRNA Gene-Based Analysis Protocol

(2013) Christian Milani et al.   PLoS One

Myriocin Significantly Increases the Mortality of a Non-Mammalian Model Host during Candida Pathogenesis

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More than a colour change: insect melanism, disease resistance and fecundity

(2013) I. M. Dubovskiy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Frequent Replenishment Sustains the Beneficial Microbiome of Drosophila melanogaster

(2013) J. E. Blum et al.   mBio

Heterophil/lymphocyte ratios predict the magnitude of humoral immune response to a novel antigen in great tits (Parus major)

(2012) Indrikis Krams et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Reactive Oxygen Production Induced by the Gut Microbiota: Pharmacotherapeutic Implications

(2012) R. M. Jones et al.   CURRENT MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Costs of immunity in insects: an induced immune response increases metabolic rate and decreases antimicrobial activity

(2012) Daniel R. Ardia et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Yersinia pestis infection and laboratory conditions alter flea-associated bacterial communities

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Senescence in immune priming and attractiveness in a beetle

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Integrating nutrition and immunology: A new frontier

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Host Plant Induced Variation in Gut Bacteria of Helicoverpa armigera

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A comprehensive transcriptome and immune-gene repertoire of the lepidopteran model host Galleria mellonella

(2011) Heiko Vogel et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The effects of dietary nickel on the detoxification enzymes, innate immunity and resistance to the fungus Beauveria bassiana in the larvae of the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella

(2011) I.M. Dubovskiy et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Phenoloxidase: a key component of the insect immune system

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Comparison of Midgut Bacterial Diversity in Tropical Caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) Fed on Different Diets

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The effect of Habrobracon hebetor venom on the activity of the prophenoloxidase system, the generation of reactive oxygen species and encapsulation in the haemolymph of Galleria mellonella larvae

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Female Choice Reveals Terminal Investment in Male Mealworm Beetles,Tenebrio molitor, after a Repeated Activation of the Immune System

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Human nutrition, the gut microbiome and the immune system

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Danger, Microbes, and Homeostasis

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Antimicrobial Peptides Keep Insect Endosymbionts Under Control

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Diet Drives Convergence in Gut Microbiome Functions Across Mammalian Phylogeny and Within Humans

(2011) B. D. Muegge et al.   SCIENCE

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(2010) Robert C. Edgar   BIOINFORMATICS

Homeostasis and Inflammation in the Intestine

(2010) Wendy S. Garrett et al.   CELL

FOXO-dependent regulation of innate immune homeostasis

(2010) Thomas Becker et al.   NATURE

Facultative Symbionts in Aphids and the Horizontal Transfer of Ecologically Important Traits

(2009) Kerry M. Oliver et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Enhancing versus Suppressive Effects of Stress on Immune Function: Implications for Immunoprotection and Immunopathology

(2009) Firdaus S. Dhabhar   NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION

Short-term larval food stress and associated compensatory growth reduce adult immune function in a damselfly

(2008) MARJAN DE BLOCK et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Competition between immune function and lipid transport for the protein apolipophorin III leads to stress-induced immunosuppression in crickets

(2008) S. A. Adamo et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY