Insulin potentiates JAK/STAT signaling to broadly inhibit flavivirus replication in insect vectors
L. R. H. Ahlers, C. E. Trammell, G. F. Carrell, S. Mackinnon, B. K. Torrevillas, C. Y. Chow, S. Luckhart, A. G. Goodman
This study identifies insulin-like receptor as a novel immune component in insects, showing insulin signaling inhibits flavivirus replication via JAK/STAT pathway activation in Drosophila and mosquitoes.
bioRxiv · Jul 13, 2019Microbiology