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ReviewInsects2020

When Appearance Misleads: The Role of the Entomopathogen Surface in the Relationship with Its Host.

Maurizio Francesco Brivio, Maristella Mastore

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Review in Insects, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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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

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Evaluation of mycoparasiticFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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  12. Screening and Molecular Identification of Bacteria from the Midgut ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  14. Toxins · 2021
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  15. Insects · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Maurizio Francesco BrivioLaboratory of Comparative Immunology and Parasitology, Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1002-0422
Maristella MastoreLaboratory of Comparative Immunology and Parasitology, Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Currently, potentially harmful insects are controlled mainly by chemical synthetic insecticides, but environmental emergencies strongly require less invasive control techniques. The use of biological insecticides in the form of entomopathogenic organisms is undoubtedly a fundamental resource for the biological control of insect pests in the future. These infectious agents and endogenous parasites generally act by profoundly altering the host's physiology to death, but their success is closely related to the neutralization of the target insect's immune response. In general, entomopathogen parasites, entomopathogenic bacteria, and fungi can counteract immune processes through the effects of secretion/excretion products that interfere with and damage the cells and molecules typical of innate immunity. However, these effects are observed in the later stages of infection, whereas the risk of being recognized and neutralized occurs very early after penetration and involves the pathogen surface components and molecular architecture; therefore, their role becomes crucial, particularly in the earliest pathogenesis. In this review, we analyze the evasion/interference strategies that entomopathogens such as the bacterium

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Bacillus thuringiensisentomopathogen surfacefungiinsect immunitynematodeswasps

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PMID32585858
PMCPMC7348879

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