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Jacopo Vizioli

Researcher at university of lille

Publications -  36
Citations -  2057

Jacopo Vizioli is an academic researcher from university of lille. The author has contributed to research in topics: Leech & Hirudo medicinalis. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 35 publications receiving 1747 citations. Previous affiliations of Jacopo Vizioli include University of Wisconsin-Madison & Imperial College London.

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Gambicin: A novel immune responsive antimicrobial peptide from the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae

TL;DR: In vitro experiments showed that the 6.8-kDa mature peptide can kill both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, has a morphogenic effect on a filamentous fungus, and is marginally lethal to Plasmodium berghei ookinetes.
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Ectopic Expression of a Cecropin Transgene in the Human Malaria Vector Mosquito Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae): Effects on Susceptibility to Plasmodium

TL;DR: A unique pattern of expression of cecropin A in Anopheles gambiae was created such that cecA was expressed beginning 24 h after a blood meal in the posterior midgut, resulting in a 60% reduction in the number of oocysts in transgenic mosquitoes compared with nontransgenic mosquitoes.
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Antimicrobial peptides from animals: focus on invertebrates

TL;DR: An overview of natural animal anti-microbials is presented, with an emphasis on those isolated from invertebrates, and their possible use as alternative drugs to chemical antibiotics is discussed.
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Cloning and analysis of a cecropin gene from the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae.

TL;DR: The isolation of cDNA and genomic clones encoding a cecropin antibacterial peptide from the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae was described and the locus was mapped to polytene division 1C of the X chromosome.