Insects combat infection by mounting powerful immune responses that are mediated by
hemocytes, the fat body, the midgut, the salivary glands and other tissues. Foreign …

Malaria is a significant public health problem in more than 100 countries and causes an
estimated 200 million new infections every year. Despite the significant effort to eradicate …

Malaria is an infectious disease and a serious public health problem in the world, with 3.3
billion people in endemic areas in 100 countries and about 200 million new cases each …

Nearly one million people are killed every year by the malaria parasite Plasmodium.
Although the disease-causing forms of the parasite exist only in the human blood …

Mosquitoes live under the endless threat of infections from different kinds of pathogens such
as bacteria, parasites, and viruses. The mosquito defends itself by employing both physical …

Extracellular matrices in diverse biological systems are cross-linked by dityrosine covalent
bonds catalyzed by the peroxidase/oxidase system. We show that a peroxidase, secreted by …

Transmission of malaria is dependent on the successful completion of the Plasmodium
lifecycle in the Anopheles vector. Major obstacles are encountered in the midgut tissue …

Encapsulation and nodulation in insects Page 1 ISJ 13: 229-246, 2016 ISSN 1824-307X
REVIEW Encapsulation and nodulation in insects Dubovskiy IM1, Kryukova NA1, Glupov VV1 …

Eicosanoid is a collective term for oxygenated metabolites of C20 polyunsaturated fatty
acids. As seen in mammals, eicosanoids play crucial roles in mediating various …

The causative agent of malaria, Plasmodium, has to undergo complex developmental
transitions and survive attacks from the mosquito's innate immune system to achieve …