Adam R. Wespiser

TL;DR: Insights from genome analyses into parasitic processes unique to ticks, including host ‘questing', prolonged feeding, cuticle synthesis, blood meal concentration, novel methods of haemoglobin digestion, haem detoxification, vitellogenesis and prolonged off-host survival are reported.

TL;DR: The first effort to sequence the genome of a neotropical malaria vector, and open a new window through which we can contemplate the evolutionary history of anopheline mosquitoes, is presented in this article, which provides valuable information that may lead to novel strategies to reduce malaria transmission on the South American continent.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated here that RNA helicases are critical for IFN production by immune cells and that signaling through the helicase adaptor molecule MAVS (mitochondrial antiviral signaling) is protective against mortality and more subtle pathology during RVFV infection.

TL;DR: The distribution and evolution of Alu elements in spliced transcripts are investigated to suggest that Alu-containing RNAs are capable of forming stable structures and that some of these Alu domains might have novel biological functions.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that FasL promotes inflammation in TMPD-induced autoimmunity, and its cleavage limits FasL proinflammatory activity.