microRNA profiles and functions in mosquitoes.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Xinyu Feng, Shuisen Zhou, Jingwen Wang, Wei Hu
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Prisma
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006463; https://doaj.org/article/8704c2dbe01a469d818de92d50af90aa

Mosquitoes are incriminated as vectors for many crippling diseases, including malaria, West Nile fever, Dengue fever, and other neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). microRNAs (miRNAs) can interact with multiple target genes to elicit biological functions in the mosquitoes. However, characterization a...