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ArticleNature communications2026

Cell-specific responses of Anopheles gambiae fat body to blood feeding and infection at single-nuclei resolution.

Stephanie Serafim de Carvalho, Colton McNinch, Ana-Beatriz F Barletta, Carolina Barillas-Mury

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. 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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4 authors.

Stephanie Serafim de CarvalhoLaboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0790-899X
Colton McNinchBioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch, Office of Cyber Infrastructure and Computational Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Ana-Beatriz F BarlettaLaboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9913-3775
Carolina Barillas-MuryLaboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA. cbarillas@niaid.nih.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4039-6199

Funding

Mosquito Midgut Immune Responses &Malaria TransmissionZ01AI000947 · NIAID · NIAID EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES · PI BARILLAS-MURY, CAROLINA · 2004 to 2008
$1.8M
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) Z01AI000947
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mosquito fat body plays key roles in metabolism and immunity, yet its cellular diversity and specialization remain poorly understood. This study analyzed 97,650 nuclei from the female Anopheles gambiae abdominal body wall at single-nucleus resolution, identifying seven major cell types. Fat body trophocytes are most abundant ( ~ 85%), with five subpopulations: basal (T1, T2), metabolically enriched (T3), immune-responsive (T4), and a vitellogenic group (T5) found only in blood-fed females. Sessile hemocytes comprise 7.4% of cells and expression of lipid biosynthesis enzymes increase in oenocytes (1.1%) after immune priming. T4 trophocytes consistently express immune genes, while various cell types respond to bacterial infection. Blood feeding induces extensive transcriptomic changes, notably upregulating vitellogenin and DNA replication genes, indicating trophocyte endoreplication and metabolic shifts. Vitellogenin mRNA was expressed in the first layer of trophocytes facing the hemolymph with apical subcellular localization. This high-resolution atlas reveals specialized trophocyte roles in mosquito immunity and reproduction.

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AnophelesCell NucleusFat BodyAnimalsFeeding BehaviorFemaleHemocytesInsect ProteinsTranscriptomeVitellogeninsInsect ProteinsVitellogenins

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PMCPMC13043729

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