Hemocyte Differentiation to the Megacyte Lineage Enhances Mosquito Immunity Against Plasmodium
A. B. Ferreira Barletta, B. Saha, N. Trisnadi, O. Talyuli, G. Raddi, C. Barillas Mury
The paper shows that silencing Cactus in Anopheles gambiae increases megacyte production, enhancing mosquito immunity against Plasmodium through microvesicle release and complement activation.
bioRxiv · Dec 24, 2021Microbiology