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U6231 MRB III

Julian F. Hillyer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

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Mosquito immunology and physiology; host-parasite interactions.



Abstracts from PubMed

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Chintapalli, RT, Hillyer, JF Hemolymph circulation in insect flight appendages: physiology of the wing heart and circulatory flow in the wings of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae
League, GP, Hillyer, JF Functional integration of the circulatory, immune, and respiratory systems in mosquito larvae: pathogen killing in the hemocyte-rich tracheal tufts
Hillyer, JF George V. Hillyer (1943-2015)
Suggs, JM, Jones, TH, Murphree, SC, Hillyer, JF CCAP and FMRFamide-like peptides accelerate the contraction rate of the antennal accessory pulsatile organs (auxiliary hearts) of mosquitoes
Hillyer, JF Insect immunology and hematopoiesis
Sigle, LT, Hillyer, JF Mosquito hemocytes preferentially aggregate and phagocytose pathogens in the periostial regions of the heart that experience the most hemolymph flow
Hillyer, JF Acceptance of the 2015 Henry Baldwin Ward Medal: My Journey in Parasitology, and with Parasitologists
Hillyer, JF, Estévez-Lao, TY, Mirzai, HE The neurotransmitters serotonin and glutamate accelerate the heart rate of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae
Hillyer, JF Integrated Immune and Cardiovascular Function in Pancrustacea: Lessons from the Insects
Ellison, HE, Estévez-Lao, TY, Murphree, CS, Hillyer, JF Deprivation of both sucrose and water reduces the mosquito heart contraction rate while increasing the expression of nitric oxide synthase
League, GP, Onuh, OC, Hillyer, JF Comparative structural and functional analysis of the larval and adult dorsal vessel and its role in hemolymph circulation in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae
Hillyer, JF, Strand, MR Mosquito hemocyte-mediated immune responses
Boppana, S, Hillyer, JF Hemolymph circulation in insect sensory appendages: functional mechanics of antennal accessory pulsatile organs (auxiliary hearts) in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae
Raphemot, R, Estévez-Lao, TY, Rouhier, MF, Piermarini, PM, Denton, JS, Hillyer, JF Molecular and functional characterization of Anopheles gambiae inward rectifier potassium (Kir1) channels: a novel role in egg production
Hillyer, JF, Estévez-Lao, TY, de la Parte, LE Myotropic effects of FMRFamide containing peptides on the heart of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae
Lu, A, Li, X, Hillyer, JF, Beerntsen, BT, Söderhäll, K, Ling, E Recombinant Drosophila prophenoloxidase 1 is sequentially cleaved by α-chymotrypsin during in vitro activation
Estévez-Lao, TY, Hillyer, JF Involvement of the Anopheles gambiae Nimrod gene family in mosquito immune responses
Chen, W, Hillyer, JF FlyNap (triethylamine) increases the heart rate of mosquitoes and eliminates the cardioacceleratory effect of the neuropeptide CCAP
King, JG, Hillyer, JF Spatial and temporal in vivo analysis of circulating and sessile immune cells in mosquitoes: hemocyte mitosis following infection
Estévez-Lao, TY, Boyce, DS, Honegger, HW, Hillyer, JF Cardioacceleratory function of the neurohormone CCAP in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae