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Crosstalk between Nutrition, Insulin, Juvenile Hormone, and Ecdysteroid Signaling in the Classical Insect Model, Rhodnius prolixus

Jimena Leyria,
Samiha Benrabaa,
Marcela Nouzova,
Fernando G. Noriega,
Lilian Valadares Tose,
Francisco Fernandez-Lima,
Ian Orchard and
Angela B. Lange

Int. J. Mol. Sci.2023, 24(1), 7;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24010007

20 December 2022

The rigorous balance of endocrine signals that control insect reproductive physiology is crucial for the success of egg production. Rhodnius prolixus, a blood-feeding insect and main vector of Chagas disease, has been used over the last century as a...

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Communication

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Rescuing the Inhibitory Effect of the Salivary Gland Hypertrophy Virus of Musca domestica on Mating Behavior

Marissa Gallagher,
Arianna Ramirez,
Christopher J. Geden and
John G. Stoffolano

Insects2023, 14(5), 416;https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14050416

27 April 2023

Infection with salivary gland hypertrophy virus (MdSGHV) of Musca domestica prevents female flies from accepting copulation attempts by healthy or virus-infected males. This study focused on supplemental hormonal rescue therapy for mating behavior in...

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Identification, Localization in the Central Nervous System and Novel Myostimulatory Effect of Allatostatins in Tenebrio molitor Beetle

Jan Lubawy,
Paweł Marciniak and
Grzegorz Rosiński

Int. J. Mol. Sci.2020, 21(10), 3510;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21103510

15 May 2020

Allatostatins (ASTs) are pleiotropic insect neuropeptides that are potent myoinhibitors of muscle contractions. In this study, we identified and immunolocalized peptides from the MIP/AST and PISCF/AST families in the nervous system of a model beetle,...

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Genome-Wide Identification and Transcriptome-Based Expression Profile of Cuticular Protein Genes in Antheraea pernyi

Xin Fu,
Miaomiao Chen,
Runxi Xia,
Xinyu Li,
Qun Li,
Yuping Li,
Huiying Cao and
Yanqun Liu

Int. J. Mol. Sci.2023, 24(8), 6991;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24086991

10 April 2023

Antheraea pernyi is one of the most famous edible and silk-producing wild silkworms of Saturniidae. Structural cuticular proteins (CPs) are the primary component of insect cuticle. In this paper, the CPs in the genome of A. pernyi were identified and...

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