Serap Aksoy

Overview

Best Publications

• Genome sequence of the endocellular obligate symbiont of tsetse flies, Wigglesworthia glossinidia.

  Leyla Akman;Atsushi Yamashita;Hidemi Watanabe;Kenshiro Oshima

  722
  Citations

• Prevention of insect-borne disease: An approach using transgenic symbiotic bacteria

  R V Durvasula;A Gumbs;A Panackal;O Kruglov

  430
  Citations

• Microbiome influences on insect host vector competence

  Brian Weiss;Serap Aksoy

  409
  Citations

• Massive genome erosion and functional adaptations provide insights into the symbiotic lifestyle of Sodalis glossinidius in the tsetse host

  Hidehiro Toh;Brian L. Weiss;Sarah A.H. Perkin;Atsushi Yamashita

  359
  Citations

• Concordant Evolution of a Symbiont with Its Host Insect Species: Molecular Phylogeny of Genus Glossina and Its Bacteriome-Associated Endosymbiont, Wigglesworthia glossinidia

  Xiaoai Chen;Song Li;Serap Aksoy

  339
  Citations

• The Obligate Mutualist Wigglesworthia glossinidia Influences Reproduction, Digestion, and Immunity Processes of Its Host, the Tsetse Fly

  Roshan R. Pais;Claudia Lohs;Yineng Wu;Jingwen Wang

  292
  Citations

• Genome sequence of the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans ): Vector of African trypanosomiasis

  Junichi Watanabe;Masahira Hattori;Matthew Berriman;Michael J. Lehane

  267
  Citations

• Tsetse immune responses and trypanosome transmission: Implications for the development of tsetse-based strategies to reduce trypanosomiasis

  Zhengrong Hao;Irene Kasumba;Michael J. Lehane;Wendy C. Gibson

  251
  Citations

• Tissue tropism, transmission and expression of foreign genes in vivo in midgut symbionts of tsetse flies

  Q. Cheng;S. Aksoy

  232
  Citations

• Wigglesworthia gen. nov. and Wigglesworthia glossinidia sp. nov., taxa consisting of the mycetocyte-associated, primary endosymbionts of tsetse flies

  Serap Aksoy

  216
  Citations

• Interactions between mutualist Wigglesworthia and tsetse peptidoglycan recognition protein (PGRP-LB) influence trypanosome transmission

  Jingwen Wang;Yineng Wu;Guangxiao Yang;Serap Aksoy

  211
  Citations

• Eliminating the Neglected Tropical Diseases: Translational Science and New Technologies

  Peter J. Hotez;Bernard Pecoul;Suman Rijal;Catharina Boehme

  202
  Citations

• Tissue distribution and prevalence of Wolbachia infections in tsetse flies, Glossina spp.

  Q Cheng;Q Cheng;T Ruel;W Zhou;W Zhou;S Moloo

  191
  Citations

• Tsetse immune system maturation requires the presence of obligate symbionts in larvae.

  Brian L. Weiss;Jingwen Wang;Serap Aksoy

  189
  Citations

• Modification of arthropod vector competence via symbiotic bacteria

  C Beard;Scott Leslie O'Neill;R Tesh;F Richards

  188
  Citations

• Trypanosome infection establishment in the tsetse fly gut is influenced by microbiome-regulated host immune barriers.

  Brian L. Weiss;Jingwen Wang;Michele A. Maltz;Yineng Wu

  177
  Citations

• Tsetse – A Haven for Microorganisms

  S Aksoy

  174
  Citations

• Obligate Symbionts Activate Immune System Development in the Tsetse Fly

  Brian L. Weiss;Michele Maltz;Serap Aksoy

  173
  Citations

• Analysis of milk gland structure and function in Glossina morsitans: Milk protein production, symbiont populations and fecundity

  Geoffrey M. Attardo;Claudia Lohs;Abdelaziz Heddi;Uzma H. Alam

  173
  Citations

• Tsetse immune responses and trypanosome transmission: Implications for the development of tsetse-based strategies to reduce

  Irene Kasumba;Michael J. Lehane;Wendy C. Gibson;Johnny Kwon

  2
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