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Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences

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@article{Rodgers:2017:10.1371/journal.ppat.1006391,
author = {Rodgers, FH and Gendrin, M and Wyer, CAS and Christophides, GK},
doi = {10.1371/journal.ppat.1006391},
journal = {PLOS Pathogens},
pages = {1--22},
title = {Microbiota-induced peritrophic matrix regulates midgut homeostasis and prevents systemic infection of malaria vector mosquitoes},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006391},
volume = {13},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Manipulation of the mosquito gut microbiota can lay the foundations for novel methods for disease transmission control. Mosquito blood feeding triggers a significant, transient increase of the gut microbiota, but little is known about the mechanisms by which the mosquito controls this bacterial growth whilst limiting inflammation of the gut epithelium. Here, we investigate the gut epithelial response to the changing microbiota load upon blood feeding in the malaria vector Anopheles coluzzii. We show that the synthesis and integrity of the peritrophic matrix, which physically separates the gut epithelium from its luminal contents, is microbiota dependent. We reveal that the peritrophic matrix limits the growth and persistence of Enterobacteriaceae within the gut, whilst preventing seeding of a systemic infection. Our results demonstrate that the peritrophic matrix is a key regulator of mosquito gut homeostasis and establish functional analogies between this and the mucus layers of the mammalian gastrointestinal tract.
AU  - Rodgers,FH
AU  - Gendrin,M
AU  - Wyer,CAS
AU  - Christophides,GK
DO  - 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006391
EP  - 22
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 1553-7366
SP  - 1
TI  - Microbiota-induced peritrophic matrix regulates midgut homeostasis and prevents systemic infection of malaria vector mosquitoes
T2  - PLOS Pathogens
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006391
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000402877700040&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1006391
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/48855
VL  - 13
ER  -
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