From: Response of the mosquito immune system and symbiotic bacteria to pathogen infection
Immune signalling pathways | Mosquito/cell line | Pathogen | Key genes/effectors | References |
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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 | |
IMD pathways | Anopheles gambiae | Bacterium, Plasmodium berghei, P. falciparum | Caspar, Rel2, AMP, cecropin 1, TEP1, APL1, LRIM1 | |
 | Anopheles stephensi | Plasmodium falciparum | Rel2 | |
 | Anopheles albimanus | Plasmodium falciparum | Rel2 | [99] |
 | Aedes aegypti | DENV, SINV | Caspar, Rel2 | |
 | 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 | |
 | Anopheles gambiae | ONNV | Ago2 | [121] |
miRNA pathways | Anopheles gambiae | Plasmodium falciparum | aga-miR-305 | [124] |
 | Aedes aegypti | ZIKV, DENV | – | |
 | 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 | |
 | 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 |