Transcriptomic Insights into the Insect Immune Response to Nematode Infection
Insects in nature interact with a wide variety of microbial enemies including nematodes. These include entomopathogenic nematodes that contain mutualistic bacteria and together are able to infect a broad range of insects in order to complete their life cycle and multiply, filarial nematodes which ar...
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| description | Insects in nature interact with a wide variety of microbial enemies including nematodes. These include entomopathogenic nematodes that contain mutualistic bacteria and together are able to infect a broad range of insects in order to complete their life cycle and multiply, filarial nematodes which are vectored by mosquitoes, and other parasitic nematodes. Entomopathogenic nematodes are commonly used in biological control practices and they form excellent research tools for understanding the genetic and functional bases of nematode pathogenicity and insect anti-nematode immunity. In addition, clarifying the mechanism of transmission of filarial nematodes by mosquitoes is critical for devising strategies to reduce disease transmission in humans. In all cases and in order to achieve these goals, it is vital to determine the number and type of insect host genes which are differentially regulated during infection and encode factors with anti-nematode properties. In this respect, the use of transcriptomic approaches has proven a key step for the identification of insect molecules with anti-nematode activity. Here, we review the progress in the field of transcriptomics that deals with the insect response to nematode infection. This information is important because it will expose conserved pathways of anti-nematode immunity in humans. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b774dbaea4254ad6a85608a809c7313c2023-12-03T15:22:40ZengMDPI AGGenes2073-44252021-01-0112220210.3390/genes12020202Transcriptomic Insights into the Insect Immune Response to Nematode InfectionIoannis Eleftherianos0Christa Heryanto1Infection and Innate Immunity Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USAInfection and Innate Immunity Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USAInsects in nature interact with a wide variety of microbial enemies including nematodes. These include entomopathogenic nematodes that contain mutualistic bacteria and together are able to infect a broad range of insects in order to complete their life cycle and multiply, filarial nematodes which are vectored by mosquitoes, and other parasitic nematodes. Entomopathogenic nematodes are commonly used in biological control practices and they form excellent research tools for understanding the genetic and functional bases of nematode pathogenicity and insect anti-nematode immunity. In addition, clarifying the mechanism of transmission of filarial nematodes by mosquitoes is critical for devising strategies to reduce disease transmission in humans. In all cases and in order to achieve these goals, it is vital to determine the number and type of insect host genes which are differentially regulated during infection and encode factors with anti-nematode properties. In this respect, the use of transcriptomic approaches has proven a key step for the identification of insect molecules with anti-nematode activity. Here, we review the progress in the field of transcriptomics that deals with the insect response to nematode infection. This information is important because it will expose conserved pathways of anti-nematode immunity in humans.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/12/2/202insectnematodesinfectionimmunitytranscriptomics |
| spellingShingle | Ioannis Eleftherianos Christa Heryanto Transcriptomic Insights into the Insect Immune Response to Nematode Infection Genes insect nematodes infection immunity transcriptomics |
| title | Transcriptomic Insights into the Insect Immune Response to Nematode Infection |
| title_full | Transcriptomic Insights into the Insect Immune Response to Nematode Infection |
| title_fullStr | Transcriptomic Insights into the Insect Immune Response to Nematode Infection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transcriptomic Insights into the Insect Immune Response to Nematode Infection |
| title_short | Transcriptomic Insights into the Insect Immune Response to Nematode Infection |
| title_sort | transcriptomic insights into the insect immune response to nematode infection |
| topic | insect nematodes infection immunity transcriptomics |
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