JNK signaling regulates reproductive trade-offs after Plasmodium infection in the malaria mosquito
Max H. Lombardi, Anastasia Accoti, Paolo Tommaso Scarpelli, Gloria Iacomelli, Lucia Pazzagli, Antonella Turco, Giulia Monacchia, Simona Ferracchiato, Tasneem A. Rinvee, Duo Peng, Charles Vidoudez, W. Robert Shaw, Flaminia Catteruccia, Roberta Spaccapelo, Matthew J. Peirce
This study shows that JNK signaling in Anopheles gambiae reduces reproductive investment and survival after Plasmodium infection by suppressing ecdysteroid production.
Communications Biology · Aug 26, 2026Peer-reviewedZoology