Enzymatic, cellular breakdown and lysis in treatment of Beauveria Brongniartii on Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775)

Authors: Perumal Vivekanandhan, Kannan Swathy, Pittarate Sarayut, Krutmuang Patcharin

Source: Scientific Reports, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-19 (2025)

Subject Terms: Spodoptera litura, Insect immune responses, Insect immunity, Beauveria Brongniartii, No Poverty, Climate Action, Medicine, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322

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Transcriptional induction of the IMD signaling pathway and associated antibacterial activity in the digestive tract of cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis)

Authors: Katie Weber, Dhruva Karnik, Lisa D. Brown

Source: Parasites & Vectors, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2024)

Subject Terms: Antimicrobial peptides, Bartonella, Blood-feeding, Insect immunity, Pulicidae, Siphonaptera, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1756-3305

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CLIPA protein pairs function as cofactors for prophenoloxidase activation in Anopheles gambiae

Authors: Wang, Yang ^a, Jin, Qiao ^a, Kanost, Michael R. ^b, Jiang, Haobo ^{a, ⁎}

Source: In Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology February 2025 177

Pattern recognition, hemolymph protease-14 activation, and enhancement of lysozyme-mediated bacteria killing by soluble peptidoglycan recognition proteins in Manduca sexta

Authors: Hou, Chunxiang ^{a, 1}, Wang, Yang ^{a, 1}, Xiong, Chao ^a, Kariyawasam, Udeshika ^a, Shan, Tisheng ^a, Kanost, Michael R. ^b, Jiang, Haobo ^{a, ⁎}

Source: In Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology May 2025 180

Role of cuticular genes in the insect antimicrobial immune response

Authors: Sreeradha Mallick, Ioannis Eleftherianos

Source: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Vol 14 (2024)

Subject Terms: insect immunity, antimicrobial response, host defense, insect cuticle, cuticular genes, Microbiology, QR1-502

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2024.1456075/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2235-2988

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Editorial: Reviews in insect immune responses: 2022

Authors: Qiuning Liu

Source: Frontiers in Immunology, Vol 15 (2024)

Subject Terms: insect immunity, pattern recognition receptors, immune-related genes, antimicrobial peptides, miRNAs, immune signaling pathways, Immunologic diseases. Allergy, RC581-607

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1414382/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-3224

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CLIPB4 Is a Central Node in the Protease Network that Regulates Humoral Immunity in Anopheles gambiae Mosquitoes

Authors: Xiufeng Zhang, Shasha Zhang, Junyao Kuang, Kathleen A. Sellens, Bianca Morejon, Sally A. Saab, Miao Li, Eve C. Metto, Chunju An, Christopher T. Culbertson, Mike A. Osta, Caterina Scoglio, Kristin Michel

Source: Journal of Innate Immunity, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 680-696 (2023)

Subject Terms: anopheles gambiae, clip-domain serine protease, insect immunity, melanization, phenoloxidase, Medicine, Internal medicine, RC31-1245

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Odorant binding protein 18 increases the pathogen resistance of the imported willow leaf beetle, Plagiodera versicolora

Authors: Haoling Rong, Xin He, Yipeng Liu, Mei Liu, Xiaolong Liu, Min Lu

Source: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Vol 14 (2024)

Subject Terms: odorant binding protein, insect immunity, pathogen infection, pathogen resistance, Plagiodera versicolora, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Microbiology, QR1-502

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2024.1360680/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2235-2988

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A life-and-death struggle: interaction of insects with entomopathogenic fungi across various infection stages

Authors: Meiqi Ma, Jing Luo, Chong Li, Ioannis Eleftherianos, Wei Zhang, Letian Xu

Source: Frontiers in Immunology, Vol 14 (2024)

Subject Terms: entomopathogenic fungi, infection stage, insect immunity, defense strategy, pest management, Immunologic diseases. Allergy, RC581-607

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1329843/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-3224

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Effects of parasitism by the braconid wasp, Bracon hebetor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), on the host hemolymph and phenoloxidase activation of the rice moth, Corcyra cephalonica larvae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Authors: Reham Fathy, Nawal Zohdy, Emtithal M. Abd-El-Samie, Hazem Abou-Elfadl, Shaimaa Moamen, Aly Younes

Source: Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, Vol 33, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2023)

Subject Terms: Insect immunity, Bracon hebetor, Corcyra cephalonica, Phenoloxidase activation, Agriculture

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2536-9342

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Differential expression of immunity-related genes in larval Manduca sexta tissues in response to gut and systemic infection

Authors: Yvette M. von Bredow, Petra Prochazkova, Jiri Dvorak, Frantisek Skanta, Tina E. Trenczek, Martin Bilej, Christoph-Rüdiger von Bredow

Source: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Vol 13 (2023)

Subject Terms: insect immunity, insect midgut, gut immunity, Bacillus thuringiensis, lysozyme, hematopoietic organ, Microbiology, QR1-502

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2023.1258142/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2235-2988

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Transcriptomic Profiling of Bean Aphid Megoura crassicauda upon Exposure to the Aphid-Obligate Entomopathogen Conidiobolus obscurus (Entomophthoromycotina) and Screening of CytCo-Binding Aphid Proteins through a Pull-Down Assay

Authors: Jiaqin Zhu, Yaqi Fu, Lvhao Zhang, Tian Yang, Xiang Zhou

Source: Insects, Vol 15, Iss 6, p 388 (2024)

Subject Terms: His-tag pull down assay, LC-MS/MS, pore-forming toxin, calcium imbalance, insect immunity, Science

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/15/6/388; https://doaj.org/toc/2075-4450

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Serine Protease Networks Mediate Immune Responses in Extra-Embryonic Tissues of Eggs in the Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca sexta

Authors: Tisheng Shan, Yang Wang, Neal T. Dittmer, Michael R. Kanost, Haobo Jiang

Source: Journal of Innate Immunity, Pp 1-15 (2022)

Subject Terms: innate immunity, insect immunity, serine protease cascade, zymogen activation, serosa, Medicine, Internal medicine, RC31-1245

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Relation: https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/527974; https://doaj.org/toc/1662-811X; https://doaj.org/toc/1662-8128

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Two clip-domain serine protease homologs, cSPH35 and cSPH242, act as a cofactor for prophenoloxidase-1 activation in Drosophila melanogaster

Authors: Qiao Jin, Yang Wang, Haodong Yin, Haobo Jiang

Source: Frontiers in Immunology, Vol 14 (2023)

Subject Terms: clip domain, insect immunity, melanization, protease cascade, hemolymph protein, Immunologic diseases. Allergy, RC581-607

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1244792/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-3224

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A C-Type Lectin, RfCTL27, Activates the Immune Defense in the Red Palm Weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (A.G. Olivier, 1791) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae) by the Recognition of Gram-Negative Bacteria

Authors: Yanru Gong, Yongjian Xia, Zhiping Su, Xinghong Wang, Yishuo Kou, Bing Ma, Youming Hou, Zhanghong Shi

Source: Insects, Vol 15, Iss 3, p 212 (2024)

Subject Terms: invasive pest, pattern recognition receptor, insect immunity, antimicrobial peptide, Science

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Trade-Offs among Immune Mechanisms: Bacterial-Challenged Spodoptera frugiperda Larvae Reduce Nodulation Reactions during Behavioral Fever

Authors: Lei Zhang, Cynthia L. Goodman, Joseph A. Ringbauer, Xingfu Jiang, Weixiang Lv, Dianjie Xie, Tamra Reall, David Stanley

Source: Insects, Vol 14, Iss 11, p 864 (2023)

Subject Terms: Spodoptera frugiperda, insect immunity, prostaglandins, behavioral fever, nodulation, Science

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Hemocytes and fat body cells, the only professional immune cell types in Drosophila, show strikingly different responses to systemic infections

Authors: Vaibhvi Vaibhvi, Sven Künzel, Thomas Roeder

Source: Frontiers in Immunology, Vol 13 (2022)

Subject Terms: hemocytes, fat body, insect immunity, innate immunity, Drosophila immunity, transcriptome, Immunologic diseases. Allergy, RC581-607

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Increased Phenoloxidase Activity Constitutes the Main Defense Strategy of Trichoplusia ni Larvae against Fungal Entomopathogenic Infections

Authors: Kristin R. Duffield, Alayna M. Rosales, Ephantus J. Muturi, Robert W. Behle, José L. Ramirez

Source: Insects, Vol 14, Iss 8, p 667 (2023)

Subject Terms: entomopathogenic fungi (EPF), host immune response, host–fungal interactions, phenoloxidase cascade, insect immunity, Science

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Anti-Fibrotic Activity of an Antimicrobial Peptide in a Drosophila Model

Authors: Dilan Khalili, Christina Kalcher, Stefan Baumgartner, Ulrich Theopold

Source: Journal of Innate Immunity, Pp 1-15 (2021)

Subject Terms: fibrosis, antimicrobial peptides, insect immunity, innate immunity, extracellular matrix, Medicine, Internal medicine, RC31-1245

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Relation: https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/516104; https://doaj.org/toc/1662-811X; https://doaj.org/toc/1662-8128

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Transcriptomic analyses reveal comprehensive responses of insect hemocytes to mycopathogen Beauveria bassiana, and fungal virulence-related cell wall protein assists pathogen to evade host cellular defense

Authors: Jin-Li Ding, Jia Hou, Ming-Guang Feng, Sheng-Hua Ying

Source: Virulence, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1352-1365 (2020)

Subject Terms: insect immunity, hemocyte response, encapsulation, cell-wall protein, entomopathogenic fungus, beauveria bassiana, virulence, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2150-5594; https://doaj.org/toc/2150-5608

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