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ReviewhLife2025

Comparison of innate immune responses against arboviruses in mammalian hosts and mosquito vectors.

Liming Zhang, Yibin Zhu, Gong Cheng

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Review in hLife, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Liming ZhangNew Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsinghua University-Peking University Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Yibin ZhuNew Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsinghua University-Peking University Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Gong ChengNew Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsinghua University-Peking University Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mosquito-borne arboviruses significantly threaten global health, affecting millions of people worldwide. The innate immune system is the primary line of defense against arboviruses in both mammalian hosts and mosquito vectors, although the innate immune responses of these organisms involve distinct mechanisms. This review compares the innate immune responses of mammals with those of mosquitoes, focusing on their shared reliance on pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), immune signaling pathways, and cellular innate immunity. While mosquitoes utilize RNA interference (RNAi) and melanization to control arboviral replication without inflammation, mammals depend on complement systems, complex interferon (IFN) responses, and cytokine production to rapidly clear arboviral infections. This review provides a comparative analysis of the innate immune responses of mammalian hosts and mosquito vectors, highlighting key differences in the strategies by which these organisms manage arboviral infections. Understanding these distinctions may inform the development of novel interventions to disrupt arboviral transmission and improve disease control.

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arboviruscomplement systeminflammationinnate immunitymammalmosquito

Identifiers

PMID42903552
PMCPMC13681646

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