Publications by authors named "Erika Hernandez-Torres"
Front Immunol
September 2021
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how heat shock influences the immune response in mosquitoes, focusing on key immune enzymes and antimicrobial peptides.
- It reveals that heat stress alters the transcription of various immune genes, impacting their activity either positively or negatively.
- Importantly, the research indicates that heat shock enhances mosquitoes' resistance to infections, potentially affecting how diseases are transmitted during increasingly frequent heat waves.
