Keyword

melanization

Description: The production or deposition of melanin, including an immune defense response in invertebrates that helps contain or kill pathogens.

Primary topic: Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (33%)

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The prophenoloxidase‐activating system in invertebrates

2004 · Lage Cerenius, Kenneth Söderhäll · Immunological Reviews · 1,730

Role of the prophenoloxidase-activating system in invertebrate immunity

1998 · Kenneth Söderhäll, Lage Cerenius · Current Opinion in Immunology · 1,336

The proPO-system: pros and cons for its role in invertebrate immunity

2008 · Lage Cerenius, Bok Luel Lee, et al. · Trends in Immunology · 1,246

Pigmentation phenotypes of variant extension locus alleles result from point mutations that alter MSH receptor function

1993 · L ROBBINS · Cell · 876

Cell-mediated immunity in arthropods: Hematopoiesis, coagulation, melanization and opsonization

2006 · Pikul Jiravanichpaisal, Bok Luel Lee, et al. · Immunobiology · 870

Crustacean haemocytes and haematopoiesis

2000 · Mats W Johansson, Pia Keyser, et al. · Aquaculture · 706

Genome-wide analysis of the Drosophila immune response by using oligonucleotide microarrays

2001 · Ennio De Gregorio, Paul T. Spellman, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 691

Phenoloxidase: a key component of the insect immune system

2011 · Isaac González‐Santoyo, Alex Córdoba‐Aguilar · Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata · 673

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The contribution of melanin to microbial pathogenesis

2003 · Joshua D. Nosanchuk, Arturo Casadevall · Cellular Microbiology · 650

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Innate immune responses of a lepidopteran insect, Manduca sexta

2004 · Michael R. Kanost, Haobo Jiang, et al. · Immunological Reviews · 645

Innate immunity of insects

1995 · Jules A Hoffmann · Current Opinion in Immunology · 572

Melanins: Skin Pigments and Much More—Types, Structural Models, Biological Functions, and Formation Routes

2014 · F. Solano · New Journal of Science · 566

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Insect immunology and hematopoiesis

2015 · Julián F. Hillyer · Developmental & Comparative Immunology · 561

Prophenoloxidase system and its role in shrimp immune responses against major pathogens

2012 · Piti Amparyup, Walaiporn Charoensapsri, et al. · Fish & Shellfish Immunology · 552

Relish, a Central Factor in the Control of Humoral but Not Cellular Immunity in Drosophila

1999 · Marika Hedengren, BengtÅsling, et al. · Molecular Cell · 540

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Cryptococcus neoformans interactions with amoebae suggest an explanation for its virulence and intracellular pathogenic strategy in macrophages

2001 · J. N. Steenbergen, H. A. Shuman, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 511

The proPO and clotting system in crustaceans

2000 · Kallaya Sritunyalucksana, Kenneth Söderhäll · Aquaculture · 485

The Genetics Of Biogenic Amine Metabolism, Sclerotization, And Melanization In Drosophila Melanogaster

1987 · Theodore R.F. Wright · Advances in genetics · 459

Laccases and their occurrence in prokaryotes

2003 · Harald Claus · Archives of Microbiology · 451

Monomeric and Polymeric Gram-Negative Peptidoglycan but Not Purified LPS Stimulate the Drosophila IMD Pathway

2004 · Takashi Kaneko, William E Goldman, et al. · Immunity · 447

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Morphogenesis and Mechanisms of Penetration by Plant Pathogenic Fungi

1996 · K. Mendgen, M. Hahn, et al. · Annual Review of Phytopathology · 446

Systematic Genetic Analysis of Virulence in the Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

2008 · Oliver W. Liu, Cheryl D. Chun, et al. · Cell · 441

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Entomopathogenic Fungi

2016 · T.M. Butt, C.J. Coates, et al. · Advances in genetics · 434

Construction of an improved mycoinsecticide overexpressing a toxic protease.

1996 · R St Leger, L Joshi, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 427

Cellular and Genetic Analysis of Wound Healing in Drosophila Larvae

2004 · Michael J Galko, Mark A Krasnow · PLoS Biology · 426

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Citation count: 106,900