Leishmania proteophosphoglycans regurgitated from infected sand flies accelerate dermal wound repair and exacerbate leishmaniasis via insulin-like growth factor 1-dependent signalling

Giraud, E., Lěstinová, T., Derrick, T., Martin, O., Dillon, R. J., Volf, P., Műller, I., Bates, P. A. & Rogers, M. E., 19/01/2018, In: PLoS Pathogens. 14, 1, 31 p., e1006794.

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Genome Wide Mapping of Peptidases in Rhodnius prolixus: Identification of Protease Gene Duplications, Horizontally Transferred Proteases and Analysis of Peptidase Al Structures, with Considerations on Their Role in the Evolution of Hematophagy in Triatominae

Henriques, B. S., Gomes, B., da Costa, S. G., Moraes, C. D. S., Mesquita, R. D., Dillon, V. M., Garcia, E. D. S., Azambuja, P., Dillon, R. J. & Genta, F. A., 12/12/2017, In: Frontiers in Physiology. 8, 22 p., 1051.

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Digestion of yeasts and Beta-1, 3-Glucanases in mosquito larvae: physiological and biochemical considerations

Santos Souza, R., Diaz-Albiter, H. M., Dillon, V. M., Dillon, R. J. & Genta, F. A., 23/03/2016, In: PLoS ONE. 11, 3, 16 p., 0151403.

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Everybody loves sugar: first report of plant feeding in triatomines

Diaz-Albiter, H. M., Dillon, V. M. & Dillon, R. J., 29/02/2016, In: Parasites and Vectors. 9, 8 p., 114.

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Evaluation of a temperate climate mosquito, Ochlerotatus detritus (=Aedes detritus), as a potential vector of Japanese encephalitis virus

Mackenzie-Impoinvil, L., Impoinvil, D. E., Dillon, R. J., Ranson, H., Fooks, A. R. & Solomon, T., 03/2015, In: Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 29, 1, p. 1-9 9 p.

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Expression pattern of glycoside hydrolase genes in Lutzomyia longipalpis reveals key enzymes involved in larval digestion

Moraes, C. D. S., Diaz-Albiter, H. M., Faria, M. D. V., Sant'Anna, M. R. V., Dillon, R. J. & Genta, F. A., 5/08/2014, In: Frontiers in Physiology. 5, 16 p., 276.

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Colonisation resistance in the sand fly gut: Leishmania protects Lutzomyia longipalpis from bacterial infection

Sant'Anna, M. R. V., Diaz-Albiter, H., Aguiar-Martins, K., Al Salem, W. S., Cavalcante, R. R., Dillon, V. M., Bates, P. A., Genta, F. A. & Dillon, R. J., 23/07/2014, In: Parasites and Vectors. 7, 1, 10 p., 329.

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Imaginative labour and relationships of care: co-designing prototypes with vulnerable communities

Southern, J., Ellis, R., Ferrario, M. A., McNally, R., Dillon, R., Simm, W. & Whittle, J., 05/2014, In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 84, p. 131-142 12 p.

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Imaginative labour and relationships of care: co-designing prototypes with vulnerable communities

Southern, J., Ellis, R., Ferrario, M. A., McNally, R., Dillon, R., Simm, W. & Whittle, J., 05/2014, In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 84, p. 131-142 12 p.

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The characterization of the Phlebotomus papatasi transcriptome

Abrudan, J., Ramalho-Ortigão, M., O'Neil, S., Stayback, G., Wadsworth, M., Bernard, M., Shoue, D., Emrich, S., Lawyer, P., Kamhawi, S., Rowton, E. D., Lehane, M. J., Bates, P. A., Valenzeula, J. G., Tomlinson, C., Appelbaum, E., Moeller, D., Thiesing, B., Dillon, R., Clifton, S., & 4 othersLobo, N. F., Wilson, R. K., Collins, F. H. & McDowell, M. A., 7/02/2013, In: Insect Molecular Biology. 22, 2, p. 211-232 22 p.

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Bacterial feeding, leishmania infection and distinct infection routes induce differential defensin expression in Lutzomyialongipalpis

Telleria, E. L., Sant'anna, M. R. V., Alkurbi, M. O., Pitaluga, A. N., Dillon, R. J. & Traub-Csekö, Y. M., 11/01/2013, In: Parasites and Vectors. 6, 1, 8 p., 12.

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Caspar-like gene depletion reduces Leishmania infection in sand fly host Lutzomyia longipalpis

Telleria, E. L., Sant'Anna, M. R. V., Ortigão-Farias, J. R., Pitaluga, A. N., Dillon, V. M., Bates, P. A., Traub-Csekö, Y. M. & Dillon, R. J., 13/04/2012, In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287, 16, p. 12985-12993 9 p.

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Reactive Oxygen Species-mediated Immunity against Leishmania mexicana and Serratia marcescens in the Phlebotomine Sand Fly Lutzomyia longipalpis

Diaz-Albiter, H., Sant'anna, M. R. V., Genta, F. A. & Dillon, R. J., 2012, In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287, 28, p. 23995-24003 9 p.

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Investigation of the bacterial communities associated with females of Lutzomyia sand fly species from South America

Sant'anna, M. R. V., Darby, A. C., Brazil, R. P., Montoya-Lerma, J., Dillon, V. M., Bates, P. A. & Dillon, R. J., 2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 8, p. e42531 10 p.

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Reactive oxygen species scavenging by catalase is important for female lutzomyia longipalpis fecundity and mortality

Diaz-Albiter, H., Mitford, R., Genta, F. A., Sant'Anna, M. R. V. & Dillon, R. J., 9/03/2011, In: PLoS ONE. 6, 3, 9 p., e17486.

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Stage-specific adhesion of Leishmania promastigotes to sand fly midguts assessed using an improved comparative binding assay

Wilson, R., Bates, M. D., Dostalova, A., Jecna, L., Dillon, R. J., Volf, P. & Bates, P. A., 09/2010, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 4, 9, e816.

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Chicken blood provides a suitable meal for the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis and does not inhibit Leishmania development in the gut

Sant'anna, M. R., Nascimento, A., Alexander, B., Dilger, E., Cavalcante, R. R., Diaz-Albiter, H. M., Bates, P. A. & Dillon, R. J., 11/01/2010, In: Parasites and Vectors. 3, 3, 3.

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Diversity of gut microbiota increases with aging and starvation in the desert locust

Dillon, R. J., Webster, G., Weightman, A. J. & Charnley, A. K., 01/2010, In: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 97, 1, p. 69-77 9 p.

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Inhibition of trypsin expression in Lutzomyia longipalpis using RNAi enhances the survival of Leishmania

Sant'anna, M. R., Diaz-Albiter, H., Mubaraki, M., Dillon, R. J. & Bates, P. A., 9/12/2009, In: Parasites and Vectors. 2, 10 p., 62.

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Proteophosophoglycans regurgitated by Leishmania-infected sand flies target the L-arginine metabolism of host macrophages to promote parasite survival

Rogers, M., Kropf, P., Choi, B-S., Dillon, R., Podinovskaia, M., Bates, P. & Müller, I., 21/08/2009, In: PLoS Pathogens. 5, 8, e1000555.

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Gene silencing in phlebotomine sand flies: Xanthine dehydrogenase knock down by dsRNA microinjections

Sant'Anna, M. R., Alexander, B., Bates, P. A. & Dillon, R. J., 06/2008, In: Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 38, 6, p. 652-660 9 p.

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Composition of Acridid gut bacterial communities as revealed by 16S rRNA gene analysis

Dillon, R. J., Webster, G., Weightman, A. J., Dillon, V. M., Blanford, S. & Charnley, A. K., 03/2008, In: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 97, 3, p. 265-272 8 p.

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Blood meal identification and parasite detection in laboratory-fed and field-captured Lutzomyia longipalpis by PCR using FTA databasing paper

Sant'Anna, M. R. V., Jones, N. G., Hindley, J. A., Mendes-Sousa, A. F., Dillon, R. J., Cavalcante, R. R., Alexander, B. & Bates, P. A., 2008, In: Acta Tropica. 107, 3, p. 230-237 8 p.

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Analysis of ESTs from Lutzomyia longipalpis sand flies and their contribution toward understanding the insect-parasite relationship

Dillon, R. J., Ivens, A. C., Churcher, C., Holroyd, N., Quail, M. A., Rogers, M. E., Soares, M. B., Bonaldo, M. F., Casavant, T. L., Lehane, M. J. & Bates, P. A., 12/2006, In: Genomics. 88, 6, p. 831-840 10 p.

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Potential role for gut microbiota in cell wall digestion and glucoside detoxification in Tenebrio molitor larvae

Genta, F. A., Dillon, R. J., Terra, W. R. & Ferreira, C., 06/2006, In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 52, 6, p. 593-601 9 p.

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