Open AccessThe Perfect Appetizer: A Pharmacological Strategy for a Non-biting Mosquito
Author(s) -
João Silveira Moledo Gesto,
Luciano Andrade Moreira
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2019.01.032
Subject(s) - biology , aedes aegypti , attraction , neuropeptide y receptor , receptor , vector (molecular biology) , ecology , neuropeptide , gene , genetics , larva , philosophy , linguistics , recombinant dna
New possibilities for vector-borne disease control are revealed by Duvall et al. (2019), who link host-seeking behavioral modulation in Aedes aegypti to neuropeptide Y (NPY)-like receptor 7. Small-molecule screening yields agonist compounds able to activate NPYLR7 and suppress attraction to hosts.
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