Published in Insect Biochem Mol Biol on May 01, 2002
Dynamic gut microbiome across life history of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae in Kenya. PLoS One (2011) 2.64
One ring to rule them all: trafficking of heme and heme synthesis intermediates in the metazoans. Biochim Biophys Acta (2012) 1.46
The Anopheles gambiae adult midgut peritrophic matrix proteome. Insect Biochem Mol Biol (2008) 1.21
Heme and blood-feeding parasites: friends or foes? Parasit Vectors (2010) 1.07
Fate of blood meal iron in mosquitoes. J Insect Physiol (2007) 1.07
Peritrophic matrix of Phlebotomus duboscqi and its kinetics during Leishmania major development. Cell Tissue Res (2009) 1.05
The Plasmodium bottleneck: malaria parasite losses in the mosquito vector. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz (2014) 1.04
A heme-degradation pathway in a blood-sucking insect. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2006) 1.01
Induction of nitric oxide synthase and activation of signaling proteins in Anopheles mosquitoes by the malaria pigment, hemozoin. Infect Immun (2007) 1.01
Blood-feeding induces reversible functional changes in flight muscle mitochondria of Aedes aegypti mosquito. PLoS One (2009) 0.98
Insect ferritins: Typical or atypical? Biochim Biophys Acta (2010) 0.91
Alpha-glucosidase promotes hemozoin formation in a blood-sucking bug: an evolutionary history. PLoS One (2009) 0.90
Biglutaminyl-biliverdin IX alpha as a heme degradation product in the dengue fever insect-vector Aedes aegypti. Biochemistry (2007) 0.89
An investigation into the protein composition of the teneral Glossina morsitans morsitans peritrophic matrix. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2014) 0.88
Multicopper oxidase-3 is a laccase associated with the peritrophic matrix of Anopheles gambiae. PLoS One (2012) 0.87
Comparison of Bloodmeal Digestion and the Peritrophic Matrix in Four Sand Fly Species Differing in Susceptibility to Leishmania donovani. PLoS One (2015) 0.86
The antioxidant role of xanthurenic acid in the Aedes aegypti midgut during digestion of a blood meal. PLoS One (2012) 0.86
Age and prior blood feeding of Anopheles gambiae influences their susceptibility and gene expression patterns to ivermectin-containing blood meals. BMC Genomics (2015) 0.83
Transcriptomic evidence for a dramatic functional transition of the malpighian tubules after a blood meal in the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2014) 0.82
Identification and molecular characterization of a new member of the peritrophic membrane proteins from the meadow moth, loxostege sticticalis. Int J Biol Sci (2010) 0.81
Genetic divergence between populations of feral and domestic forms of a mosquito disease vector assessed by transcriptomics. PeerJ (2015) 0.80
What is the association of heme aggregates with the peritrophic matrix of adult female mosquitoes? Parasit Vectors (2014) 0.78
Peritrophic matrix formation and Brugia malayi microfilaria invasion of the midgut of a susceptible vector, Ochlerotatus togoi (Diptera: Culicidae). Parasitol Res (2013) 0.78
Specific B-cell Epitope of Per a 1: A Major Allergen of American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana) and Anatomical Localization. Allergy Asthma Immunol Res (2014) 0.78
Morphology and ultrastructure of the midgut in Piscicola geometra (Annelida, Hirudinea). Protoplasma (2011) 0.76
Characterization of a gene family encoding SEA (sea-urchin sperm protein, enterokinase and agrin)-domain proteins with lectin-like and heme-binding properties from Schistosoma japonicum. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2014) 0.75
The impact of metagenomic interplay on the mosquito redox homeostasis. Free Radic Biol Med (2016) 0.75
Microbiota-induced peritrophic matrix regulates midgut homeostasis and prevents systemic infection of malaria vector mosquitoes. PLoS Pathog (2017) 0.75
Transgenic anopheline mosquitoes impaired in transmission of a malaria parasite. Nature (2002) 5.04
Malaria control with genetically manipulated insect vectors. Science (2002) 2.96
Development of transgenic fungi that kill human malaria parasites in mosquitoes. Science (2011) 2.42
Mosquito transgenesis: what is the fitness cost? Trends Parasitol (2006) 2.41
Characterization of heme as activator of Toll-like receptor 4. J Biol Chem (2007) 2.38
Fighting malaria with engineered symbiotic bacteria from vector mosquitoes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 2.19
Adaptations against heme toxicity in blood-feeding arthropods. Insect Biochem Mol Biol (2006) 2.03
Transgenic malaria-resistant mosquitoes have a fitness advantage when feeding on Plasmodium-infected blood. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 1.99
An immune-responsive serpin, SRPN6, mediates mosquito defense against malaria parasites. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2005) 1.87
Bee venom phospholipase inhibits malaria parasite development in transgenic mosquitoes. J Biol Chem (2002) 1.85
Disruption of Plasmodium falciparum development by antibodies against a conserved mosquito midgut antigen. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 1.81
Fitness of anopheline mosquitoes expressing transgenes that inhibit Plasmodium development. Genetics (2004) 1.79
Blood meal-derived heme decreases ROS levels in the midgut of Aedes aegypti and allows proliferation of intestinal microbiota. PLoS Pathog (2011) 1.57
Analysis of the Plasmodium and Anopheles transcriptional repertoire during ookinete development and midgut invasion. J Biol Chem (2003) 1.49
Neutrophil activation by heme: implications for inflammatory processes. Blood (2002) 1.49
Malaria parasite invasion of the mosquito salivary gland requires interaction between the Plasmodium TRAP and the Anopheles saglin proteins. PLoS Pathog (2009) 1.44
Using bacteria to express and display anti-Plasmodium molecules in the mosquito midgut. Int J Parasitol (2006) 1.38
Using bacteria to express and display anti-parasite molecules in mosquitoes: current and future strategies. Insect Biochem Mol Biol (2005) 1.33
Plasmodium falciparum ookinetes require mosquito midgut chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans for cell invasion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 1.33
Flipping the paradigm on malaria transmission-blocking vaccines. Trends Parasitol (2008) 1.32
Identification of the Aedes aegypti peritrophic matrix protein AeIMUCI as a heme-binding protein. Biochemistry (2006) 1.32
The glutathione biosynthetic pathway of Plasmodium is essential for mosquito transmission. PLoS Pathog (2009) 1.28
Structural and morphological characterization of hemozoin produced by Schistosoma mansoni and Rhodnius prolixus. FEBS Lett (2005) 1.27
Analysis of the Plasmodium and Anopheles transcriptomes during oocyst differentiation. J Biol Chem (2003) 1.26
Genetic approaches to interfere with malaria transmission by vector mosquitoes. Trends Biotechnol (2013) 1.25
Contribution of midgut bacteria to blood digestion and egg production in aedes aegypti (diptera: culicidae) (L.). Parasit Vectors (2011) 1.25
From Tucson to genomics and transgenics: the vector biology network and the emergence of modern vector biology. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2009) 1.22
Mosquito midgut barriers to malaria parasite development. Insect Biochem Mol Biol (2004) 1.18
Transcriptome analysis of Anopheles stephensi-Plasmodium berghei interactions. Mol Biochem Parasitol (2005) 1.18
Towards genetic manipulation of wild mosquito populations to combat malaria: advances and challenges. J Exp Biol (2003) 1.18
Plasmodium ookinetes coopt mammalian plasminogen to invade the mosquito midgut. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2011) 1.13
Hemolytic C-type lectin CEL-III from sea cucumber expressed in transgenic mosquitoes impairs malaria parasite development. PLoS Pathog (2007) 1.13
Inhibition of heme aggregation by chloroquine reduces Schistosoma mansoni infection. J Infect Dis (2004) 1.08
A new intracellular pathway of haem detoxification in the midgut of the cattle tick Boophilus microplus: aggregation inside a specialized organelle, the hemosome. J Exp Biol (2003) 1.07
Insight into a conserved lifestyle: protein-carbohydrate adhesion strategies of vector-borne pathogens. Infect Immun (2005) 1.05
Genetic transformation of mosquitoes: a quest for malaria control. Int J Parasitol (2002) 1.02
Transposon mutagenesis identifies genes essential for Plasmodium falciparum gametocytogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2013) 1.02
Extracellular lipid droplets promote hemozoin crystallization in the gut of the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni. FEBS Lett (2007) 1.01
A heme-degradation pathway in a blood-sucking insect. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2006) 1.01
Identification and characterization of a novel peritrophic matrix protein, Ae-Aper50, and the microvillar membrane protein, AEG12, from the mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Insect Biochem Mol Biol (2005) 1.01
Surface-expressed enolases of Plasmodium and other pathogens. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz (2011) 1.01
Plasmodium sporozoite invasion of the mosquito salivary gland. Curr Opin Microbiol (2009) 0.99
The component of Carica papaya seed toxic to A. aegypti and the identification of tegupain, the enzyme that generates it. Chemosphere (2013) 0.99
Distinct roles of Plasmodium rhomboid 1 in parasite development and malaria pathogenesis. PLoS Pathog (2009) 0.99
Blood-feeding induces reversible functional changes in flight muscle mitochondria of Aedes aegypti mosquito. PLoS One (2009) 0.98
Fitness of transgenic Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes expressing the SM1 peptide under the control of a vitellogenin promoter. J Hered (2008) 0.98
Changes in salivary nitrophorin profile during the life cycle of the blood-sucking bug Rhodnius prolixus. Insect Biochem Mol Biol (2003) 0.98
Entomopathogenic fungi as biological insecticides to control malaria. Trends Parasitol (2005) 0.98
An improved method for the in vitro differentiation of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes into ookinetes. Malar J (2010) 0.98
PbCap380, a novel oocyst capsule protein, is essential for malaria parasite survival in the mosquito. Cell Microbiol (2008) 0.98
Multiple pathways for Plasmodium ookinete invasion of the mosquito midgut. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2014) 0.96
Energy metabolism affects susceptibility of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes to Plasmodium infection. Insect Biochem Mol Biol (2011) 0.96
Glutathione reductase-null malaria parasites have normal blood stage growth but arrest during development in the mosquito. J Biol Chem (2010) 0.96
Anopheles gambiae Croquemort SCRBQ2, expression profile in the mosquito and its potential interaction with the malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei. Insect Biochem Mol Biol (2009) 0.95
Dipetalodipin, a novel multifunctional salivary lipocalin that inhibits platelet aggregation, vasoconstriction, and angiogenesis through unique binding specificity for TXA2, PGF2alpha, and 15(S)-HETE. J Biol Chem (2010) 0.95
Oxidative stress impairs heme detoxification in the midgut of the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. Mol Biochem Parasitol (2006) 0.95
Germ band retraction as a landmark in glucose metabolism during Aedes aegypti embryogenesis. BMC Dev Biol (2010) 0.94
Disruption of the Plasmodium falciparum liver-stage antigen-1 locus causes a differentiation defect in late liver-stage parasites. Cell Microbiol (2011) 0.94
Regulation of anti-Plasmodium immunity by a LITAF-like transcription factor in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. PLoS Pathog (2012) 0.91
Heme crystallization in the midgut of triatomine insects. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol (2006) 0.90
Expression and immunolocalization of a Boophilus microplus cathepsin L-like enzyme. Insect Mol Biol (2002) 0.89
Enterobacter-activated mosquito immune responses to Plasmodium involve activation of SRPN6 in Anopheles stephensi. PLoS One (2013) 0.89
Biglutaminyl-biliverdin IX alpha as a heme degradation product in the dengue fever insect-vector Aedes aegypti. Biochemistry (2007) 0.89
Vaccination of bovines with recombinant Boophilus Yolk pro-Cathepsin. Vet Immunol Immunopathol (2006) 0.87
Effect of the antimicrobial peptide gomesin against different life stages of Plasmodium spp. Exp Parasitol (2007) 0.87
HeLp, a heme-transporting lipoprotein with an antioxidant role. Insect Biochem Mol Biol (2004) 0.87
On the physico-chemical and physiological requirements of hemozoin formation promoted by perimicrovillar membranes in Rhodnius prolixus midgut. Insect Biochem Mol Biol (2010) 0.87
On the pro-oxidant effects of haemozoin. FEBS Lett (2002) 0.87
The antioxidant role of xanthurenic acid in the Aedes aegypti midgut during digestion of a blood meal. PLoS One (2012) 0.86
Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species modulate mosquito susceptibility to Plasmodium infection. PLoS One (2012) 0.86
Presence of chitinase and beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase in the Aedes aegypti. a chitinolytic system involving peritrophic matrix formation and degradation. Insect Biochem Mol Biol (2002) 0.85
The role of reactive oxygen species in Anopheles aquasalis response to Plasmodium vivax infection. PLoS One (2013) 0.85
Heme-oxygenases during erythropoiesis in K562 and human bone marrow cells. PLoS One (2011) 0.84
Functional and biochemical modifications in skeletal muscles from malarial mice. Exp Physiol (2005) 0.83
Production of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes in vitro. Methods Mol Biol (2013) 0.83
Occurrence of midgut perimicrovillar membranes in paraneopteran insect orders with comments on their function and evolutionary significance. Arthropod Struct Dev (2004) 0.83
Induction of actin gene expression in the mosquito midgut by blood ingestion correlates with striking changes of cell shape. J Insect Physiol (2007) 0.83
Molecular characterization of genes encoding trypsin-like enzymes from Aedes aegypti larvae and identification of digestive enzymes. Gene (2011) 0.83
Trypanosoma brucei brucei: effects of ferrous iron and heme on ecto-nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase activity. Exp Parasitol (2008) 0.82
Rhodnius heme-binding protein (RHBP) is a heme source for embryonic development in the blood-sucking bug Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera, Reduviidae). Insect Biochem Mol Biol (2002) 0.82
Perimicrovillar membranes promote hemozoin formation into Rhodnius prolixus midgut. Insect Biochem Mol Biol (2007) 0.82
The haemoxisome: a haem-iron containing structure in the Rhodnius prolixus midgut cells. J Insect Physiol (2006) 0.82
Antioxidant pathways are up-regulated during biological nitrogen fixation to prevent ROS-induced nitrogenase inhibition in Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus. Arch Microbiol (2010) 0.82
An extraovarian aspartic protease accumulated in tick oocytes with vitellin-degradation activity. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol (2008) 0.81
Silencing of maternal heme-binding protein causes embryonic mitochondrial dysfunction and impairs embryogenesis in the blood sucking insect Rhodnius prolixus. J Biol Chem (2013) 0.81
Chitinolytic activities in the gut of Aedes aegypti (Diptera:Culicidae) larvae and their role in digestion of chitin-rich structures. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol (2003) 0.81
Proteolytic activity of Boophilus microplus Yolk pro-Cathepsin D (BYC) is coincident with cortical acidification during embryogenesis. Insect Biochem Mol Biol (2004) 0.81
Comparative larvicidal activity of essential oils from three medicinal plants against Aedes aegypti L. Chem Biodivers (2010) 0.80
Transcriptome and gene expression profile of ovarian follicle tissue of the triatomine bug Rhodnius prolixus. Insect Biochem Mol Biol (2011) 0.80
BYC, an atypical aspartic endopeptidase from Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus eggs. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol (2007) 0.79
An insight into the sialotranscriptome of the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis. PLoS One (2012) 0.79