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Tsetse peritrophic matrix influences for trypanosome transmission by Aksoy, Serap

“…[Display omitted] •Tsetse PM is constitutively produced by cardia and lines the entire gut.•PM prevents epithelial immune induction against resident…”
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Insect Gut Microbiota: Accessories to the Bite by Aksoy, Serap

“…The Leishmania parasite is transmitted via the bite of a sand fly. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Dey et al. (2018) report that sand fly gut microbiota…”
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PGRP-LB is a maternally transmitted immune milk protein that influences symbiosis and parasitism in tsetse’s offspring by Wang, Jingwen, Aksoy, Serap

“…Beneficial microbe functions range from host dietary supplementation to development and maintenance of host immune system. In mammals, newborn progeny are…”
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Strong Local Scientific Communities Are Essential to Reach the Millennium Development Goals by Aksoy, Serap

“…  Among the 17 diseases classified as NTDs by the World Health Organization are Chagas disease, human African trypanosomiasis, and leishmaniases caused by…”
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: Ten years of progress in neglected tropical disease control and elimination … More or less by Hotez, Peter, Aksoy, Serap

“…This year PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (PLOS NTDs) celebrates its tenth anniversary following the publication of the first issue in 2007 [1]. When PLOS…”
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Sleeping sickness elimination in sight: time to celebrate and reflect, but not relax by Aksoy, Serap

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What constitutes a neglected tropical disease? by Hotez, Peter J, Aksoy, Serap, Brindley, Paul J, Kamhawi, Shaden

“…The World Health Organization (WHO) currently classifies 20 diseases and conditions as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). However, since its inception in…”
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Tick-Borne Diseases in Turkey: A Review Based on One Health Perspective by Inci, Abdullah, Yildirim, Alparslan, Duzlu, Onder, Doganay, Mehmet, Aksoy, Serap

“…The importance of tick-borne diseases is increasing all over the world, including Turkey. Global warming, environmental and ecological changes and the…”
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Obligate symbionts activate immune system development in the tsetse fly by Weiss, Brian L, Maltz, Michele, Aksoy, Serap

“…Many insects rely on the presence of symbiotic bacteria for proper immune system function. However, the molecular mechanisms that underlie this phenomenon are…”
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Human African trypanosomiasis control: Achievements and challenges by Aksoy, Serap, Buscher, Phillipe, Lehane, Mike, Solano, Philippe, Van Den Abbeele, Jan

“…Sleeping sickness, also known as human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), is a neglected disease that impacts 70 million people living in 1.55 million km2 in…”
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Tsetse immune system maturation requires the presence of obligate symbionts in larvae by Weiss, Brian L, Wang, Jingwen, Aksoy, Serap

“…Beneficial microbial symbionts serve important functions within their hosts, including dietary supplementation and maintenance of immune system homeostasis…”
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Symbiont-induced odorant binding proteins mediate insect host hematopoiesis by Benoit, Joshua B, Vigneron, Aurélien, Broderick, Nichole A, Wu, Yineng, Sun, Jennifer S, Carlson, John R, Aksoy, Serap, Weiss, Brian L

“…Symbiotic bacteria assist in maintaining homeostasis of the animal immune system. However, the molecular mechanisms that underlie symbiont-mediated host…”
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Obligate Mutualist Wigglesworthia glossinidia Influences Reproduction, Digestion, and Immunity Processes of Its Host, the Tsetse Fly by Pais, Roshan, Lohs, Claudia, Wu, Yineng, Wang, Jingwen, Aksoy, Serap

“…Tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae) are vectors for trypanosome parasites, the agents of the deadly sleeping sickness disease in Africa. Tsetse also harbor two…”
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Interactions between mutualist Wigglesworthia and tsetse peptidoglycan recognition protein (PGRP-LB) influence trypanosome transmission by Wang, Jingwen, Wu, Yineng, Yang, Guangxiao, Aksoy, Serap

“…Tsetse flies, the sole vectors of African trypanosomes, have coevolved with mutualistic endosymbiont Wigglesworthia glossinidiae. Elimination of Wigglesworthia…”
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World neglected tropical diseases day by Hotez, Peter J, Aksoy, Serap, Brindley, Paul J, Kamhawi, Shaden

“…January 30, 2020 is the first-ever World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day (World NTD Day), a day when we celebrate the achievements made towards control of the…”
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Unravelling the relationship between the tsetse fly and its obligate symbiont Wigglesworthia: transcriptomic and metabolomic landscapes reveal highly integrated physiological networks by Bing, XiaoLi, Attardo, Geoffrey M., Vigneron, Aurelien, Aksoy, Emre, Scolari, Francesca, Malacrida, Anna, Weiss, Brian L., Aksoy, Serap

“…Insects with restricted diets rely on obligate microbes to fulfil nutritional requirements essential for biological function. Tsetse flies, vectors of African…”
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Eliminating the Neglected Tropical Diseases: Translational Science and New Technologies by Hotez, Peter J, Pecoul, Bernard, Rijal, Suman, Boehme, Catharina, Aksoy, Serap, Malecela, Mwelecele, Tapia-Conyer, Roberto, Reeder, John C

“…Today, the World Health Organization recognizes 17 major parasitic and related infections as the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Despite recent gains in…”
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Adenotrophic Viviparity in Tsetse Flies: Potential for Population Control and as an Insect Model for Lactation by Benoit, Joshua B, Attardo, Geoffrey M, Baumann, Aaron A, Michalkova, Veronika, Aksoy, Serap

“…Tsetse flies ( Glossina spp.), vectors of African trypanosomes, are distinguished by their specialized reproductive biology, defined by adenotrophic viviparity…”
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Tissue distribution and transmission routes for the tsetse fly endosymbionts by Balmand, Séverine, Lohs, Claudia, Aksoy, Serap, Heddi, Abdelaziz

“…[Display omitted] ► Three symbionts and a DNA virus reside in different tsetse tissues. ► Availability of GmmWig− and GmmApo enables analysis of intercommunity…”
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Impact of vector biology research on old and emerging neglected tropical diseases by Valenzuela, Jesus G, Aksoy, Serap

“…About the Authors: Jesus G. Valenzuela * E-mail: jvalenzuela@niaid.nih.gov (JGV); serap.aksoy@yale.edu (SA) Affiliation: Vector Molecular Biology Section,…”
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