supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,KAKENHI[Grant Number JP17K08157].
Transglutaminase(TGase)is a key enzyme that mediates hemolymph coagulation and is thought to contribute to the elimination of pathogenic microorganisms in invertebrates.The objective of this study was to elucidate the...
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2022YFD2400305);the Earmarked Fund for Agriculture Seed Improvement Project of Shandong Province(Nos.2021ZLGX03,2022LZGCQY010 and 2021LZGC027);the China Agriculture Research System Project(No.CARS-49)。
Crassostrea nippona is a valuable species for aquaculture with considerable potential for commercial oyster farming.However,it is vulnerable to changes in salinity levels in coastal environments.In this study,we inves...
Insect proteins have been proposed for human and animal food production.Safeguarding the health status of insects in mass rearing allows to obtain high-quality products and to avoid severe economic losses due to entom...
This research work was financially supported National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82003910);Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2020A1515110550);Funding Key R&D Program of Shandong Province(2022SFGC0105);Exploration Innovation Team(2021GXRC062),Jinan Talent Project for Universities(202228088);Key innovation Project of Qilu University of Technology(Shandong Academy of Sciences)(2022JBZ01-06).
There is an increasing interest in discovering new antibacterial agents derived from nature to enhance the treatment of various bacterial infections.Defensins and their derived peptide fragments exhibit significant an...
the Scientific Research Project of Huaqiao University(No.605-50X18005);Guangxi Bagui Youth Scholars Programme;Guangxi Recruitment Program of 100 Global Experts。
Knowledge of dietary compositions is essential to the recovery of the dwindling populations of horseshoe crabs in China.The feeding habits of Tachypleus tridentatus and Carcinoscorpis rotundicauda of Pearl Bay in sout...
Insects in the Order Odonata are highly subject to infection by gregarine parasites. However, despite the important ecological roles that insects play in every ecosystem in which they exist, little research has been d...
supported by the Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China(31630060);National Key Research and Development Program of China(2019YFD0300104)to XXC;the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFD0200400);the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars(31622048);the National Science Foundation of China(31772522)to JHH;the National Science Foundation of China(31672079);Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(LR18C140001)to MS;the National Science Foundation of China(31901942)to ZHW.
Polydnaviruses(PDVs)are obligatory symbionts of parasitoid wasps and play an important role in suppressing host immune defenses.Although PDV genes that inhibit host melanization are known in Microplitis bracovirus,the...
funded by the China Scholarship Council(grant number:201506300039);supported by the French Government through the "Investments for the Future" programs LABEX SIGNALIFE ANR-ll-LABX-0028-01 and IDEX UCAJedi ANR-15-IDEX-01.
The pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum hosts different facultative symbionts(FS)which provide it with various benefits,such as tolerance to heat or protection against natural enemies(e.g.,fungi,parasitoid wasps).Here,we in...
Supported by grants from the National Nature Science Foundation of China:Isolation and Identification of Anti-gastric-cancer components from Aspongopus chinensis Dallas with its Mechanism(NSFC 81360612);Inhibitory Effect of lentivirus-mediated Cyt-c Gene from Aspongopus chinensis Dallas on Breast Cancer Cell in vitro and in vivo(NSFC81803968);Graduate Education Innovation Project of Guizhou Province:Virus-like Particles Mediated FGF1-P2A-CYCS Fusion Protein induced Transmembrane Transport and Target Cancer Cells Apoptosis(Qian Jiao He YJSCXJH,No.(2019)025)。
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of Aspongopus(A.)chinensis hemolymph on the proliferation and metastasis of breast cancer cells.METHODS:The in vitro effects of A.chinensis hemolymph were investigated in murine(4T...
We thank Yoonseong Park for helpful suggestions regarding this work and Averi Baker for her help with identifying some insect transferrin sequences.This work was supported by National Science Foundation Grant 1656388 and National Institute of General Medical Sciences grant R37 GM041247.This is contribution 20-121-J from the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station.
Iron is essential to life,but surprisingly little is known about how iron is managed in nonvertebrate animals.In mammals,the well-characterized transferrins bind iron and are involved in iron transport or immunity,whe...