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Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences

Julian F. Hillyer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Specializations

Mosquito immunology and physiology; host-parasite interactions.



Abstracts from PubMed

results for: Julian Hillyer Vanderbilt

Yan, Y, Hillyer, JF Complement-like proteins TEP1, TEP3 and TEP4 are positive regulators of periostial hemocyte aggregation in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae
Hillyer, JF Insect heart rhythmicity is modulated by evolutionarily conserved neuropeptides and neurotransmitters
Sigle, LT, Hillyer, JF Mosquito Hemocytes Associate With Circulatory Structures That Support Intracardiac Retrograde Hemolymph Flow
Hillyer, JF Presentation of the 2018 ASP Distinguished Service Award to Dennis J. Minchella
Sigle, LT, Hillyer, JF Structural and functional characterization of the contractile aorta and associated hemocytes of the mosquito
Brown, LD, Thompson, GA, Hillyer, JF Transstadial transmission of larval hemocoelic infection negatively affects development and adult female longevity in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae
League, GP, Estévez-Lao, TY, Yan, Y, Garcia-Lopez, VA, Hillyer, JF Anopheles gambiae larvae mount stronger immune responses against bacterial infection than adults: evidence of adaptive decoupling in mosquitoes
Doran, CR, Estévez-Lao, TY, Hillyer, JF Mosquito aging modulates the heart rate and the proportional directionality of heart contractions
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