The hypothesis that the combination of the increasing prevalence of N. ceranae with high pesticide content in beehives may contribute to colony depopulation is supported.
Interestingly, every combination tested led to a synergistic effect on honeybee survival, with the most significant impacts when stressors were applied at the emergence of honeybees.
2‐D DIGE coupled with MS was employed to analyse and compare the head proteome of mosquitoes infected with the malarial parasite, and results indicate an altered energy metabolism in the head of sporozoite‐infected mosquitoes.
By studying and comparing the brains of infected G. insensibilis and G. pulex with proteomics tools, some of the proximate causes involved in the parasite-induced alterations of host behaviour for each system are elucidated.
An overview of the main mechanisms used by vectors to locate their vertebrate host, as it helps to grasp the fundamentals of the research on manipulation in vectors, as well as its current challenges.
The findings suggest that the adult worm alters the normal functions of the grasshopper's central nervous system (CNS) by producing certain ‘effective’ molecules, which support the hypothesis that host behavioural changes are mediated by a mix of direct and indirect chemical manipulation.
Proteomics tools are used to identify the biochemical alterations that occur in the head of the cricket Nemobius sylvestris when it is driven to water by the hairworm Paragordius tricuspidatus and it is found that the parasite produces molecules from the Wnt family that may act directly on the development of the central nervous system (CNS).
Novel biological entities named ‘interactomes’ are presented, and the bioinformatics tools developed to analyse the large protein–protein interaction networks they form, along with several new perspectives of the field are presented.