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. 2024 Feb 17;17:69. doi: 10.1186/s13071-024-06161-4

Table 1.

Studies on mosquito immune signalling pathways

Immune signalling pathways Mosquito/cell line Pathogen Key genes/effectors References
Toll pathways Anopheles gambiae Plasmodium berghei Toll, Rel1, Cactus, LRIM1, Tep1 [87]
Aedes aegypti Plasmodium gallinaceum, fungi, DENV, SINV, WNV RUNX4, AaREL1, Spz1A, Serpin-27A, AMPs, Dif, Späetzle 5 [8892, 94, 95, 97]
IMD pathways Anopheles gambiae Bacterium, Plasmodium berghei, P. falciparum Caspar, Rel2, AMP, cecropin 1, TEP1, APL1, LRIM1 [98100]
Anopheles stephensi Plasmodium falciparum Rel2 [99, 102]
Anopheles albimanus Plasmodium falciparum Rel2 [99]
Aedes aegypti DENV, SINV Caspar, Rel2 [12, 92, 103, 105]
Aedes albopictus U4.4 cell SFV [104]
JAK-STAT pathways Anopheles gambiae Bacterium STAT-A, STAT-B [106]
Aedes aegypti DENV STAT, Dome, Hop, PIAS [107]
Anopheles aquasalis Plasmodium vivax STAT, PIAS [108]
siRNA pathways Anopheles gambiae 4a-2s4 cell FHV, NoV Ago2 [116]
Aedes aegypti YFV, DENV2, SINV Dicer2, R2D2, Ago2 [117119]
Anopheles gambiae ONNV Ago2 [121]
miRNA pathways Anopheles gambiae Plasmodium falciparum aga-miR-305 [124]
Aedes aegypti ZIKV, DENV [125, 126]
Aedes aegypti Aag2 cell WNV KUN-miR-1, GATA4 [129]
Aedes albopictus C6/36 cell DENV, WNV DENV-vsRNA-5, Aae-miR-2940-5p, aal-miR-4728-5p, miR-1767, miR-276-3p, miR-4448, KUN-miR-1, GATA4 [127130, 132]
Aedes albopictus DENV2 miR-252 [131]
piRNA pathways Aedes aegypti CHIKV vpiRNA [137]
Aedes albopictus CHIKV vpiRNA [137]
Aedes aegypti Aag2 cell SINV, SFV Piwi5, Ago3, vpiRNA, Piwi4 [135, 139, 141]