| Genome of Rhodnius prolixus, an insect vector of Chagas disease, reveals unique adaptations to hematophagy and parasite infection RD Mesquita, RJ Vionette-Amaral, C Lowenberger, R Rivera-Pomar, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (48), 14936-14941, 2015 | 349 | 2015 |
| Genetically modifying the insect gut microbiota to control Chagas disease vectors through systemic RNAi ML Taracena, PL Oliveira, O Almendares, C Umana, C Lowenberger, ... PLoS neglected tropical diseases 9 (2), e0003358, 2015 | 102 | 2015 |
| Regulation of midgut cell proliferation impacts Aedes aegypti susceptibility to dengue virus ML Taracena, V Bottino-Rojas, OAC Talyuli, AB Walter-Nuno, ... PLoS neglected tropical diseases 12 (5), e0006498, 2018 | 64 | 2018 |
| The use of a chemically defined artificial diet as a tool to study Aedes aegypti physiology OAC Talyuli, V Bottino-Rojas, ML Taracena, ALM Soares, JHM Oliveira, ... Journal of insect physiology 83, 1-7, 2015 | 46 | 2015 |
| Downregulation of female doublesex expression by oral-mediated RNA interference reduces number and fitness of Anopheles gambiae adult females ML Taracena, CM Hunt, MQ Benedict, PP Pennington, EM Dotson Parasites & Vectors 12 (170), 2019 | 39 | 2019 |
| Silencing of iron and heme-related genes revealed a paramount role of iron in the physiology of the hematophagous vector Rhodnius prolixus AB Walter-Nuno, ML Taracena, RD Mesquita, PL Oliveira, GO Paiva-Silva Frontiers in genetics 9, 326091, 2018 | 23 | 2018 |
| Midgut Epithelial Dynamics Are Central to Mosquitoes’ Physiology and Fitness, and to the Transmission of Vector-Borne Disease B Hixson, ML Taracena, N Buchon Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 11, 180, 2021 | 14 | 2021 |
| Effective oral RNA interference (RNAi) administration to adult Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes M Taracena, C Hunt, P Pennington, D Andrew, M Jacobs-Lorena, ... JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments), e63266, 2022 | 7 | 2022 |
| Characterization of horizontally acquired ribotoxin encoding genes and their transcripts in Aedes aegypti WJ Lapadula, PL Marcet, ML Taracena, A Lenhart, MJ Ayub Gene 754, 144857, 2020 | 6 | 2020 |
| Diverse cellular morphologies during lumen maturation in Anopheles gambiae larval salivary glands M Chiu, B Trigg, M Taracena, M Wells Insect molecular biology 30 (2), 210-230, 2021 | 3 | 2021 |
| Delivery of Double-Stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) Produced by Escherichia coli HT115(DE3) for Nontransgenic RNAi-Based Insect Pest Management ML Taracena, I Garcia Caffaro, GO Paiva-Silva, PL Oliveira, PA Rendon, ... RNAi Strategies for Pest Management: Methods and Protocols, 279-294, 2022 | 1 | 2022 |
| The midgut epithelium of mosquitoes adjusts cell proliferation and endoreplication to respond to physiological challenges ML Taracena-Agarwal, B Hixson, S Nandakumar, AP Girard-Mejia, ... BMC biology 22 (1), 22, 2024 | | 2024 |
| The heme exporter FLVCR regulates mitochondrial biogenesis and redox balance in the hematophagous insect Rhodnius prolixus AB Walter-Nuno, M Taracena-Agarwal, MP Oliveira, MF Oliveira, ... bioRxiv, 2023.08. 07.552335, 2023 | | 2023 |
| Aedes aegypti midgut microbiota establishment in adult females is regulated by Juvenile Hormone to enhance fecundity and fitness. M Taracena, A Walter-Nuno, V Bottino-Rojas, E Dotson, P Oliveira, ... | | 2023 |
| Effective oral rna interference (rnai) administration to adult Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes T Mabel, H Catherine, P Pamela, A Deborah, JL Marcelo, D Ellen, ... | | 2022 |
| Oral Delivery of dsRNA Targeting a Female-Biased Flight Muscle Actin Impairs Flight in the Malaria Vector, Anopheles Albimanus. C Paiz-Reyes, ML Taracena, P Flores-Ayuso, C Hunt, AC Benedict, ... | | 2020 |
| PARTNERING WITH MIDWIVES AND HEALTH CENTER PERSONNEL TO DETECT AND TREAT CONGENITAL CHAGAS DISEASE IN RURAL GUATEMALA P Pennington, P Flores, E Pellecer, M Taracena, J Juarez, J Bryan, ... AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE 99 (4), 440-440, 2018 | | 2018 |
| NOVEL STRATEGIES TO ANALYZE INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE GENES OF LATIN AMERICAN MALARIA VECTORS D Castaneda, A Benedict, J Lol, M Taracena, A Lenhart, P Pennington, ... AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE 99 (4), 494-494, 2018 | | 2018 |
| IDENTIFICATION OF SEX SPECIFIC ACTIN GENES IN ANOPHELES ALBIMANUS, A MAIN MALARIA VECTOR IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN C Paiz-Reyes, P Flores, K Illescas, M Taracena, N Padilla, P Pennington AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE 99 (4), 268-268, 2018 | | 2018 |
| DETERMINING THE EXPRESSION PROFILE OF SPERMATOGENESIS GENE HOMOLOGUES THROUGHOUT ALL DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES OF ANOPHELES ALBIMANUS, MAIN MALARIA VECTOR IN CENTRAL AMERICA A Ramos, M Taracena, C Paiz, P Flores, P Pennington AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE 97 (5), 454-454, 2017 | | 2017 |
Pamela PenningtonUniversidad del Valle de GuatemalaVerified email at uvg.edu.gt
