Publications

Selected Primary Publications from the past five years

Saab SA, Zhang X, Zeineddine S, Morejon B, Michel K, Osta MA. Insight into the structural hierarchy of the protease cascade that regulates the mosquito melanization response. Microbes Infect. 2024 26(1-2):105245. PMID: 37918462.
Zhang X, Zhang S, Kuang J, Sellens KA, Morejon B, Saab SA, Li M, Metto EC, An C, Culbertson CT, Osta MA, Scoglio C, Michel K. CLIPB4 Is a Central Node in the Protease Network that Regulates Humoral Immunity in Anopheles gambiae Mosquitoes. J Innate Immun. 2023;15(1):680-696. PMID: 37703846; PMCID: PMC10603620.
Kuang J, Buchon N, Michel K, Scoglio C. A global gene co-expression network constructed from hundreds of experimental conditions with missing values. BMC Bioinformatics. 2022;23(1):170. PMID: 35534830; PMCID: PMC9082846.
Tawidian P, Coon KL, Jumpponen A, Cohnstaedt LW, Michel K. Host-Environment Interplay Shapes Fungal Diversity in Mosquitoes. mSphere. 2021; 6(5):e0064621. PMID: 34585960; PMCID: PMC8550294.
Zhang X, Li M, El Moussawi L, Saab S, Zhang S, Osta MA, Michel K. CLIPB10 is a Terminal Protease in the Regulatory Network That Controls Melanization in the African Malaria Mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2020;10:585986. PMID: 33520733; PMCID: PMC7843523.

Tawidian P, Rhodes VL, Michel K. Mosquito-fungus interactions and antifungal immunity. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2019 111:103182. PMID: 31265904; PMCID: PMC6639037.
Bartholomay LC, Michel K. Mosquito Immunobiology: The Intersection of Vector Health and Vector Competence. Annu Rev Entomol. 2018 Jan 7;63:145-167. doi: 10.1146/annurev-ento-010715-023530. PMID: 29324042.
Meekins DA, Kanost MR, Michel K. Serpins in arthropod biology. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2016 Sep 4. pii: S1084-9521(16)30285-3. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2016.09.001. PMID: 27603121.
Scott JG, Michel K, Bartholomay L, Siegfried BD, Hunter WB, Smagghe G, Zhu KY, Douglas AE.Towards the elements of successful insect RNAi.J Insect Physiol. 2013 Sep 13. doi:pii: S0022-1910(13)00185-6. 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2013.08.014. PMID: 24041495
Mueller AK, Kohlhepp F, Hammerschmidt C, Michel K. Invasion of mosquito salivary glands by malaria parasites: prerequisites and defense strategies.Int J Parasitol. 2010 Sep;40(11):1229-35. Epub 2010 Jun 8. Review. PMID: 20621627, PMCID: PMC2916662

Rhodes VL, Michel K. Chapter 4, Modulation of mosquito immune defenses as a control strategy; p.59-89. In "Arthropod Vector: Controller of Disease Transmission" 1 ed. Wikel SK, Aksoy S, Dimopoulos G, editors. Cambridge, MA, USA: Academic Press; 2017. 253p.