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ArticleCurrent opinion in insect science2015

Nutritional Control of Insect Reproduction.

Vlastimil Smykal, Alexander S Raikhel

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Article in Current opinion in insect science, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers.

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68citing papers in PubMed
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

68 citing papers in PubMed, 156 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vlastimil SmykalDepartment of Entomology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
Alexander S RaikhelDepartment of Entomology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
University of California, Riverside · US

Funding

MOLECULAR BASIS OF ECDYSTEROID ACTION IN THE MOSQUITOR01AI036959 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE · PI RAIKHEL, ALEXANDER SIMEON, ROY, SOURAV · 1995 to 2022
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NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI036959
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The amino acid-Target of Rapamycin (AA/TOR) and insulin pathways play a pivotal role in reproduction of female insects, serving as regulatory checkpoints that guarantee the sufficiency of nutrients for developing eggs. Being evolutionary older, the AA/TOR pathway functions as an initial nutritional sensor that not only activates nutritional responses in a tissue-specific manner, but is also involved in the control of insect insulin-like peptides (ILPs) secretion. Insulin and AA/TOR pathways also assert their nutritionally linked influence on reproductive events by contributing to the control of biosynthesis and secretion of juvenile hormone and ecdysone. This review covers the present status of our understanding of the contributions of AA/TOR and insulin pathways in insect reproduction.

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PMID26644995
PMCPMC4669899
OpenAlexW1148268345

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