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2024

Hodgson, J.J., Chen, R.Y., Blissard, G.W., Buchon, N., 2024. Viral and cellular determinants of polarized trafficking of viral envelope proteins from insect-specific and insect-vectored viruses in insect midgut and salivary gland cells. Journal of Virology, e00540-24. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.00540-24

Sun, H., Shah, A.S., Chiu, D.-C., Bonfini, A., Buchon, N., Baskin, J.M., 2024. Wnt/β-catenin signaling within multiple cell types dependent upon kramer regulates Drosophila intestinal stem cell proliferation. iScience 27, 110113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110113

Hixson, B., Huot, L., Morejon, B. Yang, X., Nagy, P., Michel, K., Buchon, N., 2024. The transcriptional response in mosquitoes distinguishes between fungi and bacteria but not Gram types. BMC Genomics 25, 353. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-024-10153-0

Hixson, B., Chen, R., Buchon, N., 2024. Innate immunity in Aedes mosquitoes: from pathogen resistance to shaping the microbiota. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 379, 20230063. http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0063

Taracena-Agarwal, M.L., Hixson, B., Nandakumar, S., Girard-Mejia, A.P., Chen, R.Y., Huot, L., Padilla, N., Buchon, N., 2024. The midgut epithelium of mosquitoes adjusts cell proliferation and endoreplication to respond to physiological challenges. BMC Biology 22, 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-023-01769-x​

2023

Sibinga, N.A., Lee, M.T., Buchon, N., Johnson, E.L., Selvaraj, V., Marquis, H., 2023. Do antimicrobial peptide levels alter performance of insect-based aquaculture feeds – a study using genetic models of insect immune activation. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed 9, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.3920/JIFF2022.0132

2022

Kuang, J., Buchon, N., Michel, K., Scoglio, C., 2022. A global Anopheles gambiae gene co-expression network constructed from hundreds of experimental conditions with missing values. BMC Bioinformatics 23, 170. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-022-04697-9

​Duneau, D., Buchon, N., 2022. Gut cancer increases the risk of Drosophila being preyed upon by hunting spiders. Animal Behaviour 192, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.07.003

Hodgson, J.J., Buchon, N., Blissard, G.W., 2022. Identification of cellular genes involved in baculovirus GP64 trafficking to the plasma membrane. Journal of Virology 96, e00215-22. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.00215-22

Hixson, B., Bing, X.-L., Yang, X., Bonfini, A., Nagy, P., Buchon, N., 2022. A transcriptomic atlas of Aedes aegypti reveals detailed functional organization of major body parts and gut regional specializations in sugar-fed and blood-fed adult females. eLife 11, e76132. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.76132

Liu, X., Nagy, P., Bonfini, A., Houtz, P., Bing, X.-L., Yang, X., Buchon, N., 2022. Microbes affect gut epithelial cell composition through immune-dependent regulation of intestinal stem cell differentiation. Cell Reports 38, 110572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110572

Song, B., Zeb, J., Hussain, S., Aziz, M.U., Circella, E., Casalino, G., Camarda, A., Yang, G., Buchon, N., Sparagano, O., 2022. A review on the Marek’s Disease outbreak and its virulence-related meq genovariation in Asia between 2011 and 2021. Animals 12, 540. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12050540

Kuang, J., Buchon, N., Michel, K. Scoglio, C., 2022. A global Anopheles gambiae gene co-expression network constructed from hundreds of experimental conditions with missing values. BMC Bioinformatics 23, 170. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-022-04697-9

2021

Dekmak, A.S., Yang, X., Zu Dohna, H., Buchon, N., Osta, M.A., 2021. The route of infection influences the contribution of key immunity genes to antibacterial defense in Anopheles
gambiae
. Journal of Innate Immunity 13, 107–126.
 https://doi.org/10.1159/000511401
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Bonfini, A., Dobson, A.J., Duneau, D., Revah, J., Liu, X., Houtz, P., Buchon, N., 2021. Multiscale analysis reveals that diet-dependent midgut plasticity emerges from alterations in both stem cell niche coupling and enterocyte size. eLife 10, 1–41. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.64125
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Ellner, S.P., Buchon, N., Dorr, T., & Lazzaro, B.P., 2021. Host-pathogen immune feedbacks can explain widely divergent outcomes from similar infections. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288, 20210786. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0786

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Bing, X.L., Winkler, J., Gerlach, J., Loeb, G., & Buchon, N., 2020. Identification of natural pathogens from wild Drosophila suzukii. Pest Management Science 77, 4. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.6235
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Hixson, B., Taracena, M.L., Buchon, N., 2021. Midgut epithelial dynamics are central to mosquitoes’ physiology and fitness, and to the transmission of vector-borne disease. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 11, 180. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2021.653156

White, M.A., Bonfini, A., Wolfner, M.F., & Buchon, N., 2021. Drosophila melanogaster sex peptide regulates mated female midgut morphology and physiology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118, e2018112118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2018112118

2020

Buchon, N., 2020. Hostmicrobe genetic network interactions govern the response to microbes. Innovation in Aging 4 (Suppl 1), 740. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2645

​Singh, A.P., Hung, Y.-H., Shanahan, M.T., Kanke, M., Bonfini, A., Dame, M.K., Biraud, M., Peck, B.C.E., Oyesola, O.O., Freund, J.M., Cubitt, R.L., Curry, E.G., Gonzalez, L.M., Bewick, G.A., Tait-Wojino, E.D., Kurpios, N.A., Ding, S., Spence, J.R., Dekaney, C.M., Buchon, N., Sethupathy, P., 2020. Enteroendocrine progenitor cell enriched miR-7 regulates intestinal epithelial proliferation in an Xiap-dependent manner. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology 9, 447–464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmgh.2019.11.001

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Nagy, P. & Buchon, N., 2020. Microbes: New actors in the stem cell niche. Deferring Development, CRC Press, 249–265. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429445446

2019

Scott, J.G. & Buchon, N., 2019. Drosophila melanogaster as a powerful tool for studying insect toxicology. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 161, 95–103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pestbp.2019.09.006

Troha, K., Nagy, P., Pivovar, A., Lazzaro, B.P., Hartley, P.S., Buchon, N., 2019. Nephrocytes remove microbiota-derived peptidoglycan from systemic circulation to maintain immune homeostasis. Immunity 51, 625-637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2019.08.020​

Si, Y., Liu, X., Ye, K., Bonfini, A., Hu, X.Y., Buchon, N., Gu Z., 2019. Glucomannan hydrolysate promotes gut proliferative homeostasis and extends life span in Drosophila melanogaster. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A 74. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/gly189

Houtz, P., Bonfini, A., Bing, X., Buchon, N., 2019 Recruitment of adult precursor cells underlies limited repair of the infected larval midgut in Drosophila. Cell Host & Microbe 26, 412-425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2019.08.006

Troha, K., Buchon, N., 2019. Methods for the study of innate immunity in Drosophila melanogaster. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology 8, e344. https://doi.org/10.1002/wdev.344

Hodgson, J.J., Buchon, N., Blissard, G.W., 2019. Identification of insect genes involved in baculovirus AcMNPV entry into insect cells. ​Virology 527, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2018.10.022

2018

Duneau, D., Sun, H., Revah, J., San Miguel, K., Kunerth, H.D., Caldas, I.V., Messer, P.W., Scott J.G., Buchon N., 2018. Signatures of insecticide selection in the genome of Drosophila melanogaster. G3 8, 3469-3480. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.118.200537

Tang, X., Zhao, Y., Buchon, N., Engström, Y., 2018. The POU/Oct transcription factor nubbin controls the balance of intestinal stem cell maintenance and differentiation by isoform-specific regulation. Stem Cell Reports 10, 1565-1578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2018.03.014

Bing, X., Gerlach, J., Loeb, G., Buchon, N., 2018. Nutrient-dependent impact of microbes on Drosophila suzukii development. MBio 9, e02199-17. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.02199-17

Sannino, D.R., Dobson, A.J., Edwards, K., Angert, E.R., Buchon, N., 2018. The Drosophila melanogaster gut microbiota provisions thiamine to its host.
mBio 9, e00155-18.
https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00155-18

Troha, K., Im, J.H., Revah, J., Lazzaro, B.P., Buchon, N., 2018. Comparative transcriptomics reveals CrebA as a novel regulator of infection tolerance in D. melanogaster. PLOS Pathogens 14, e1006847. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006847

Inamine, H., Ellner, S.P., Newell, P.D., Luo, Y., Buchon, N. and Douglas, A.E., 2018. Spatiotemporally heterogeneous population dynamics of gut bacteria inferred from fecal time series data. mBio 9, e01453-17. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01453-17​

2017

Duneau, D.F., Kondolf, H.C., Im, J.H., Ortiz, G.A., Chow, C., Fox, M.A., Eugénio, A.T., Revah, J., Buchon, N. and Lazzaro, B.P., 2017. The Toll pathway underlies host sexual dimorphism in resistance to both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria in mated Drosophila. BMC Biology 15, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-017-0466-3
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Houtz, P., Bonfini, A., Liu, X., Revah, J., Guillou, A., Poidevin, M., Hens, K., Huang, H.Y., Deplancke, B., Tsai, Y.C. and Buchon, N., 2017. Hippo, TGF-β, and Src-MAPK pathways regulate transcription of the upd3 cytokine in Drosophila enterocytes upon bacterial infection. PLoS Genetics 13, e1007091. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007091
 
Duneau, D., Ferdy, J.B., Revah, J., Kondolf, H., Ortiz, G.A., Lazzaro, B.P., & Buchon, N., 2017. Stochastic variation in the initial phase of bacterial infection predicts the probability of survival in D. melanogaster. Elife 6, e28298. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.28298
 
Keesey, I.W., Koerte, S., Khallaf, M.A., Retzke, T., Guillou, A., Grosse-Wilde, E., Buchon, N., Knaden, M., & Hansson, B.S., 2017. Pathogenic bacteria enhance dispersal through alteration of Drosophila social communication. Nature Communications 8, 265. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00334-9
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Sun, H., Buchon, N., & Scott, J.G., 2017. Mdr65 decreases toxicity of multiple insecticides in Drosophila melanogaster. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 89, 11-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2017.08.002​
 
Liu, X., Hodgson, J.J., & Buchon, N., 2017. Drosophila as a model for homeostatic, antibacterial, and antiviral mechanisms in the gut. PLoS Pathogens 13, e1006277. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006277​

Early, A.M., Shanmugarajah, N., Buchon, N., & Clark, A.G., 2017. Drosophila genotype influences commensal bacterial levels. PloS One 12, e0170332. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170332​​

2016

Bonfini, A., & Buchon, N., 2016. Pore-forming toxins trigger the purge. Cell Host & Microbe 20, 693-694. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2016.11.006

Bonfini, A., Liu, X., & Buchon, N., 2016. From pathogens to microbiota: How Drosophila intestinal stem cells react to gut microbes. Developmental & Comparative Immunology 64, 22–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2016.02.008

Morris, O., Liu, X., Domingues, C., Runchel, C., Chai, A., Basith, S., Tenev, T., Chen, H., Choi, S., Pennetta, G., Buchon, N., & Meier, P., 2016. Signal integration by the IκB protein pickle shapes Drosophila innate host defense. Cell Host & Microbe 20, 283–295. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2016.08.003

Guillou, A., Troha, K., Wang, H., Franc, N.C., & Buchon, N., 2016. The Drosophila CD36 homologue croquemort is required to maintain immune and gut homeostasis during development and aging. PLoS Pathogens 12, e1005961. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005961

2015

Buchon, N., & Osman, D., 2015. All for one and one for all: Regionalization of the Drosophila intestine. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 67, 2–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2015.05.015

Sansone, C.L., Cohen, J., Yasunaga, A., Xu, J., Osborn, G., Subramanian, H., Gold, B., Buchon, N., & Cherry, S., 2015. Microbiota-dependent priming of antiviral intestinal immunity in Drosophila. Cell Host & Microbe​ 18, 571–581.​ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2015.10.010

Dutta, D., Buchon, N., Xiang, J., & Edgar, B.A., 2015. Regional cell specific RNA expression profiling of FACS isolated Drosophila intestinal cell populations. Current Protocols in Stem Cell Biology 34, 2F.2.1-2F.2.14. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470151808.sc02f02s34

Dutta, D., Dobson, A.J., Houtz, P.L., Gläßer, C., Revah, J., Korzelius, J., Patel, P.H., Edgar, B.A., & Buchon, N., 2015. Regional cell-specific transcriptome mapping reveals regulatory complexity in the adult Drosophila midgut. Cell Reports 12, 346–358. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2015.06.009

Xiao, H., Wang, H., Silva, E.A., Thompson, J., Guillou, A., Yates, J.R., Buchon, N., & Franc, N.C., 2015. The Pallbearer E3 ligase promotes actin remodeling via RAC in efferocytosis by degrading the ribosomal protein S6. Developmental Cell 32, 19–30. ​http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2014.11.015

2014

Buchon, N., Silverman, N., & Cherry, S., 2014. Immunity in Drosophila melanogaster--from microbial recognition to whole-organism physiology. Nature Reviews Immunology 14, 796–810. https://doi.org/10.1038/nri3763

Broderick, N.A., Buchon, N., & Lemaitre, B., 2014. Microbiota-induced changes in Drosophila melanogaster host gene expression and gut morphology. mBio 5, 01117-14. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01117-14​

Houtz, P.L., Buchon, N., 2014. Methods to assess intestinal stem cell activity in response to microbes in Drosophila melanogaster. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1213. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1453-1_14

Osman, D. & Buchon, N., 2014. La complexité insoupçonnée du tractus digestif de la drosophile-Vers un modèle de régionalisation fonctionnelle. médecine/sciences 30, 483–485. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/medsci/20143005003

2013

Buchon, N., Broderick, N.A., & Lemaitre, B., 2013.  Gut homeostasis in a microbial world: insights from Drosophila melanogaster. Nature Reviews Microbiology 11, 615–626. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro3074​

Buchon, N., Osman, D., David, F.P.A., Fang, H.Y., Boquete, J.P., Deplancke, B., Lemaitre, B., 2013. Morphological and molecular characterization of adult midgut compartmentalization in Drosophila. Cell Reports 3, 1725–1738. ​http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2013.04.001

2012

Osman, D., Buchon, N., Chakrabarti, S., Huang, Y.T., Su, W.C., Poidevin, M., Tsai, Y.C., & Lemaitre, B., 2012. Autocrine and paracrine unpaired signalling regulate intestinal stem cell maintenance and division. Journal of Cell Science 125, 5944–5949. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.113100

Chakrabarti, S., Liehl, P., Buchon, N., & Lemaitre, B., 2012. Infection-induced host translational blockage inhibits immune responses and epithelial renewal in the Drosophila gut. Cell Host & Microbe. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2012.06.001 Paper highlighted in Nature Review Microbiology.

2011

Kuraishi, T., Binggeli, O., Opota, O., Buchon, N., & Lemaitre, B. 2011. Genetic evidence for a protective role of the peritrophic matrix against intestinal bacterial infection in Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108, 15966-15971. ​https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1105994108

2010

Buchon, N., Broderick, N.A., Kuraishi, T., & Lemaitre, B., 2010. Drosophila EGFR coordinates stem cell proliferation and gut remodeling following infection. BMC Biology 8, 152. https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-8-152 Selected by Faculty of 1000 with mention “Must read”.

2009

Buchon, N., Broderick, N.A., Chakrabarti, S., & Lemaitre, B., 2009. Invasive and indigenous microbiota impact intestinal stem cell activity through multiple pathways. Genes & Development 23, 2333-2344. https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.1827009

Buchon, N., Poidevin, M., Kwon, H.M., Guillou, A., Sottas, V., Lee, B.L., & Lemaitre, B., 2009. A single modular serine protease integrates signals from pattern-recognition receptors upstream of the Drosophila Toll pathway. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106, 12442-12447. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0901924106

Buchon, N., Broderick, N.A., Poidevin, M., Pradervand, S., & Lemaitre, B., 2009. Drosophila intestinal response to bacterial infection: activation of host defense and stem cell proliferation. Cell Host Microbe 5, 200-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2009.01.003 Selected by Faculty of 1000 with mention “Must read”.

2008

Lhocine, N., Ribeiro, P.S., Buchon, N., Wepf, A., Wilson, R., Tenev, T., Lemaitre, B., Gstaiger, M., Meier, P., & Leulier, F., 2008. PIMS modulates immune tolerance by negatively regulating Drosophila innate immune signaling. Cell Host Microbe 4, 147-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2008.07.004 Selected by Faculty of 1000 with mention “Must read”.​

Desset, S., Buchon, N., Meignin, C., Coiffet, M., & Vaury, C., 2008. In Drosophila melanogaster the COM locus directs the somatic silencing of two retrotransposons through both Piwi-dependent and -independent pathways. PLoS One 3, e1526. ​https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001526

2006

Buchon, N. & Vaury, C., 2006. RNAi: a defensive RNA-silencing against viruses and transposable elements. Heredity 96, 195–202. ​https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.hdy.6800789
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