All Stories

  1. Infection with the entomopathogenic nematodes Steinernema alters the Drosophila melanogaster larval microbiome

    Article • PLOS One, May 2025, PLOS

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  2. Transcriptional up-regulation of the TGF-β intracellular signaling transducer Mad of Drosophila larvae in response to parasitic nematode infection

    Article • Innate Immunity, July 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  3. Thioester-Containing Proteins 2 and 4 Affect the Metabolic Activity and Inflammation Response in Drosophila

    Article • Infection and Immunity, February 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  4. The distinct function of Tep2 and Tep6 in the immune defense of Drosophila melanogaster against the pathogen Photorhabdus

    Article • Virulence, June 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  5. Nitric Oxide Levels Regulate the Immune Response of Drosophila melanogaster Reference Laboratory Strains to Bacterial Infections

    Article • Infection and Immunity, July 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  6. Intrinsic TGF-β signaling promotes age-dependent CD8+ T cell polyfunctionality attrition

    Article • Journal of Clinical Investigation, April 2014, American Society for Clinical Investigation

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  7. Hemocyte Density Increases with Developmental Stage in an Immune-Challenged Forest Caterpillar

    Article • PLOS One, August 2013, PLOS

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  8. Immune gene transcription in Drosophila adult flies infected by entomopathogenic nematodes and their mutualistic bacteria

    Article • Journal of Insect Physiology, February 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  9. Endosymbiotic bacteria in insects: guardians of the immune system?

    Article • Frontiers in Physiology, January 2013, Frontiers

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  10. A Simple Protocol for Extracting Hemocytes from Wild Caterpillars

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, November 2012, MyJove Corporation

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  11. Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Immune System Regulation in Drosophila

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, August 2012, MDPI AG

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  12. A novel method for infecting Drosophila adult flies with insect pathogenic nematodes

    Article • Virulence, May 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  13. Invertebrate immune systems under magnification

    Article • Invertebrate Immunity, January 2012, Portico

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  14. Insect immune responses to nematode parasites

    Article • Trends in Parasitology, December 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  15. Drosophila immunity research on the move

    Article • Fly, July 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  16. A Serine Proteinase Homologue, SPH-3, Plays a Central Role in Insect Immunity

    Article • The Journal of Immunology, March 2011, The American Association of Immunologists

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  17. RNA interference in Lepidoptera: An overview of successful and unsuccessful studies and implications for experimental design

    Article • Journal of Insect Physiology, February 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos, Professor Kostas Iatrou, Dr Alexie Papanicolaou

  18. Dissecting the immune response to the entomopathogen Photorhabdus

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, December 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  19. Role and Importance of Phenoloxidase in Insect Hemostasis

    Article • Journal of Innate Immunity, November 2010, Karger Publishers

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  20. The KdpD/KdpE two-component system of Photorhabdus asymbiotica promotes bacterial survival within M. sexta hemocytes

    Article • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, November 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  21. Probing the tri-trophic interaction between insects, nematodes andPhotorhabdus

    Article • Parasitology, May 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  22. Induced nitric oxide synthesis in the gut of Manduca sexta protects against oral infection by the bacterial pathogen Photorhabdus luminescens

    Article • Insect Molecular Biology, July 2009, Wiley

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  23. Drosophila as a model for studying antiviral defences

    Article • June 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  24. Novel Antibiotic Compounds Produced by the Insect Pathogenic Bacterium Photorhabdus

    Article • Recent Patents on Anti-Infective Drug Discovery, June 2009, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  25. A single locus from the entomopathogenic bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens inhibits activated Manduca sexta phenoloxidase

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, April 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  26. Inheritance of L1014F and M918T sodium channel mutations associated with pyrethroid resistance in Myzus persicae

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 2008, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  27. Plant chemistry and aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): Imprinting and memory

    Article • European Journal of Entomology, July 2008, Biology Centre, AS CR

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  28. RNAI AND THE INSECT IMMUNE SYSTEM

    Article • January 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  29. Characterization of the M918T sodium channel gene mutation associated with strong resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in the peach-potato aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer)

    Article • Bulletin of Entomological Research, December 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  30. ATP-sensitive potassium channels mediate survival during infection in mammals and insects

    Article • Nature Genetics, November 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  31. A nematode symbiont sheds light on invertebrate immunity

    Article • Trends in Parasitology, November 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  32. The immunoglobulin family protein Hemolin mediates cellular immune responses to bacteria in the insect Manduca sexta

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, May 2007, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  33. Prior infection of Manduca sexta with non-pathogenic Escherichia coli elicits immunity to pathogenic Photorhabdus luminescens: Roles of immune-related proteins shown by RNA interference

    Article • Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, June 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  34. RNAi suppression of recognition protein mediated immune responses in the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta causes increased susceptibility to the insect pathogen Photorhabdus

    Article • Developmental & Comparative Immunology, January 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos

  35. High-throughput detection of knockdown resistance in Myzus persicae using allelic discriminating quantitative PCR

    Article • Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, August 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Ioannis Eleftherianos