Peptides with Antimicrobial Activity in the Saliva of the Malaria Vector

Giulia Bevivino, Linda Maurizi, Maria Grazia Ammendolia, Catia Longhi, Bruno Arcà, Fabrizio Lombardo

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Salivary gland microbiome ofFrontiers in insect science · 2026
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6 authors.

Giulia BevivinoDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7429-3606

Linda MauriziDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5866-4529

Maria Grazia AmmendoliaNational Center for Innovative Technologies in Public Health, Italian National Institute of Health, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4121-3005

Catia LonghiDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7290-3813

Bruno ArcàDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4029-0984

Fabrizio LombardoDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8563-0612

Funding

Sapienza University of Rome C26A12SLP3

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mosquito saliva plays a crucial physiological role in both sugar and blood feeding by helping sugar digestion and exerting antihemostatic functions. During meal acquisition, mosquitoes are exposed to the internalization of external microbes. Since mosquitoes reingest significant amounts of saliva during feeding, we hypothesized that salivary antimicrobial components may participate in the protection of mouthparts, the crop, and the gut by inhibiting bacterial growth. To identify novel potential antimicrobials from mosquito saliva, we selected 11 candidates from

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AnophelesAntimicrobial PeptidesMosquito VectorsSalivaAnimalsEscherichia coliInsect ProteinsMalariaStaphylococcus aureusAntimicrobial PeptidesInsect Proteinsantimicrobial peptidesinnate immunitymosquitosalivary glands

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PMID38791567

DOI10.3390/ijms25105529

PMCPMC11121840

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