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L. Swevers

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L. Swevers — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 42
Works: 148
Citations: 5,451

Most-cited papers

RNA interference in Lepidoptera: an overview of successful and unsuccessful studies and implications for experimental design.
O. Terenius, A. Papanicolaou, Jennie S. Garbutt, I. Eleftherianos +69 more
2011Journal of insect physiology824 citations Open access
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The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization
B. Sadd, S. Barribeau, G. Bloch, D. D. de Graaf +140 more
2015Genome Biology386 citations Open access
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DsRNA degradation in the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) associated with lack of response in RNAi feeding and injection assay.
O. Christiaens, L. Swevers, G. Smagghe
2014Peptides268 citations
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Bombyx mori DNA/RNA non-specific nuclease: expression of isoforms in insect culture cells, subcellular localization and functional assays.
Ji-Sheng Liu, L. Swevers, K. Iatrou, H. Huvenne +1 more
2012Journal of insect physiology108 citations Open access
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How do oral insecticidal compounds cross the insect midgut epithelium?
Shane M. Denecke, L. Swevers, V. Douris, J. Vontas
2018Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology102 citations
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Transcriptional response of BmToll9-1 and RNAi machinery genes to exogenous dsRNA in the midgut of Bombyx mori.
Ji-Sheng Liu, G. Smagghe, L. Swevers
2013Journal of insect physiology102 citations
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Antimicrobial Peptides as Potential Antiviral Factors in Insect Antiviral Immune Response
Min Feng, Shigang Fei, Junming Xia, V. Labropoulou +2 more
2020Frontiers in Immunology98 citations Open access
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Probing the S1 specificity pocket of the aminopeptidases that generate antigenic peptides
E. Zervoudi, A. Papakyriakou, D. Georgiadou, Irini Evnouchidou +8 more
2011Biochemical Journal95 citations Open access
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Defense Mechanisms against Viral Infection in Drosophila: RNAi and Non-RNAi
L. Swevers, Ji-Sheng Liu, G. Smagghe
2018Viruses83 citations Open access
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Viral Delivery of dsRNA for Control of Insect Agricultural Pests and Vectors of Human Disease: Prospects and Challenges
A. Kolliopoulou, C. N. T. Taning, G. Smagghe, L. Swevers
2017Frontiers in Physiology75 citations Open access
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Reduced proinsecticide activation by cytochrome P450 confers coumaphos resistance in the major bee parasite Varroa destructor
Spyridon Vlogiannitis, K. Mavridis, W. Dermauw, Simon Snoeck +8 more
2021Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America72 citations Open access
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An update on ecdysone signaling during insect oogenesis.
L. Swevers
2019Current Opinion in Insect Science69 citations
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The possible impact of persistent virus infection on the function of the RNAi machinery in insects: a hypothesis
L. Swevers, Jozef J. M. Vanden Broeck, G. Smagghe
2013Frontiers in Physiology69 citations Open access
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Search for Limiting Factors in the RNAi Pathway in Silkmoth Tissues and the Bm5 Cell Line: The RNA-Binding Proteins R2D2 and Translin
L. Swevers, Ji-Sheng Liu, H. Huvenne, G. Smagghe
2011PLoS ONE66 citations Open access
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Generation of Virus- and dsRNA-Derived siRNAs with Species-Dependent Length in Insects
D. Santos, Lina Mingels, Elise Vogel, Luo-Luo Wang +8 more
2019Viruses61 citations Open access
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Transcriptome Analysis of Bombyx mori Larval Midgut during Persistent and Pathogenic Cytoplasmic Polyhedrosis Virus Infection
A. Kolliopoulou, F. van Nieuwerburgh, Dimitrios J. Stravopodis, D. Deforce +2 more
2015PLoS ONE61 citations Open access
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Recent progress in RNAi research in Lepidoptera: intracellular machinery, antiviral immune response and prospects for insect pest control.
A. Kolliopoulou, L. Swevers
2014Current Opinion in Insect Science61 citations
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Colorado potato beetle (Coleoptera) gut transcriptome analysis: expression of RNA interference‐related genes
L. Swevers, H. Huvenne, Gerben Menschaert, Dimitris Kontogiannatos +4 more
2013Insect molecular biology (Print)60 citations
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Viral Small-RNA Analysis of Bombyx mori Larval Midgut during Persistent and Pathogenic Cytoplasmic Polyhedrosis Virus Infection
Aris Zografidis, F. van Nieuwerburgh, A. Kolliopoulou, Konstantinos Apostolou-Karampelis +4 more
2015Journal of Virology56 citations Open access
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PIWI pathway against viruses in insects
A. Kolliopoulou, D. Santos, C. N. T. Taning, N. Wynant +3 more
2019Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews - RNA54 citations Open access
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Functional Characterization of a Juvenile Hormone Esterase Related Gene in the Moth Sesamia nonagrioides through RNA Interference
Dimitrios Kontogiannatos, L. Swevers, K. Maenaka, E. Park +2 more
2013PLoS ONE52 citations Open access
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Engineered Flock House Virus for Targeted Gene Suppression Through RNAi in Fruit Flies (Drosophila melanogaster) in Vitro and in Vivo
C. N. T. Taning, O. Christiaens, Xiu-Xia Li, L. Swevers +3 more
2018Frontiers in Physiology50 citations Open access
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Functional analysis of the RNAi response in ovary-derived silkmoth Bm5 cells.
A. Kolliopoulou, L. Swevers
2013Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology49 citations
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The heterodimeric ecdysteroid receptor complex in the brown shrimp Crangon crangon: EcR and RXR isoform characteristics and sensitivity towards the marine pollutant tributyltin.
Yves Verhaegen, K. Parmentier, L. Swevers, Ellen Renders +4 more
2011General and Comparative Endocrinology49 citations
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Chorion genes: a landscape of their evolution, structure, and regulation.
A. Papantonis, L. Swevers, K. Iatrou
2015Annual Review of Entomology48 citations Open access
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Use of RNAi for Control of Insect Crop Pests
L. Swevers, G. Smagghe
201248 citations
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Identification of Silkworm Hemocyte Subsets and Analysis of Their Response to Baculovirus Infection Based on Single-Cell RNA Sequencing
Min Feng, Junming Xia, Shigang Fei, Ruoxuan Peng +5 more
2021Frontiers in Immunology45 citations Open access
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Functional and immunohistochemical characterization of CCEae3a, a carboxylesterase associated with temephos resistance in the major arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus.
Linda Grigoraki, Vassileia Balabanidou, C. Meristoudis, Antonis Miridakis +3 more
2016Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology43 citations Open access
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What Are the Functional Roles of Piwi Proteins and piRNAs in Insects?
D. Santos, Min Feng, A. Kolliopoulou, C. N. T. Taning +2 more
2023Insects40 citations Open access
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Arboviruses and the Challenge to Establish Systemic and Persistent Infections in Competent Mosquito Vectors: The Interaction With the RNAi Mechanism
Ji-Sheng Liu, L. Swevers, A. Kolliopoulou, G. Smagghe
2019Frontiers in Physiology39 citations Open access
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Saponins do not affect the ecdysteroid receptor complex but cause membrane permeation in insect culture cell lines.
Ellen De Geyter, L. Swevers, T. Soin, D. Geelen +1 more
2012Journal of insect physiology36 citations
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Impact of a perfluorinated organic compound PFOS on the terrestrial pollinator Bombusterrestris (Insecta, Hymenoptera)
V. Mommaerts, A. Hagenaars, Johan Meyer, W. D. de Coen +3 more
2011Ecotoxicology36 citations
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Insights into RNAi-based antiviral immunity in Lepidoptera: acute and persistent infections in Bombyx mori and Trichoplusia ni cell lines
D. Santos, N. Wynant, Stijn Van den Brande, T. Verdonckt +5 more
2018Scientific Reports31 citations Open access
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The piRNA response to BmNPV infection in the silkworm fat body and midgut
Min Feng, A. Kolliopoulou, Yaohong Zhou, Shigang Fei +3 more
2020Insect Science29 citations
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Cloning and functional analysis of the ecdysteroid receptor complex in the opossum shrimp Neomysis integer (Leach, 1814).
R. de Wilde, L. Swevers, T. Soin, O. Christiaens +4 more
2013Aquatic Toxicology27 citations
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A comprehensive analysis of the chorion locus in silkmoth
Zhi-Wei Chen, J. Nohata, Hui-Zhen Guo, Sheng-Long Li +17 more
2015Scientific Reports26 citations Open access
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A new dibenzoylhydrazine with insecticidal activity against Anopheles mosquito larvae.
E. Morou, Manolis Lirakis, N. Pavlidi, M. Zotti +4 more
2013Pest Management Science26 citations
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Saponins show high entomotoxicity by cell membrane permeation in Lepidoptera.
Ellen De Geyter, L. Swevers, S. Caccia, D. Geelen +1 more
2012Pest Management Science26 citations
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Modulation of the transcriptional response of innate immune and RNAi genes upon exposure to dsRNA and LPS in silkmoth-derived Bm5 cells overexpressing BmToll9-1 receptor.
Ji-Sheng Liu, A. Kolliopoulou, G. Smagghe, L. Swevers
2014Journal of insect physiology25 citations
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Antiviral defense against Cypovirus 1 (Reoviridae) infection in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.
L. Swevers, Min Feng, Fei-Fei Ren, Jing-Chen Sun
2020Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology24 citations
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Persistent RNA virus infection of lepidopteran cell lines: Interactions with the RNAi machinery.
L. Swevers, K. Ioannidis, Maria Kolovou, Aris Zografidis +7 more
2016Journal of insect physiology24 citations Open access
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Hemocyte Clusters Defined by scRNA-Seq in Bombyx mori: In Silico Analysis of Predicted Marker Genes and Implications for Potential Functional Roles
Min Feng, L. Swevers, Jing-Chen Sun
2022Frontiers in Immunology22 citations Open access
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Silencing of the immune gene BmPGRP‐L4 in the midgut affects the growth of silkworm (Bombyx mori) larvae
Ye Liang, Tao Wang, Wei-Yi Yang, Ze-Min Chen +3 more
2023Insect molecular biology (Print)21 citations Open access
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Single-nucleus sequencing of silkworm larval midgut reveals the immune escape strategy of BmNPV in the midgut during the late stage of infection.
Junming Xia, Shigang Fei, Yigui Huang, Wenxuan Lai +6 more
2023Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology21 citations Open access
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Plant and insect virus-like particles: Emerging nanoparticles for agricultural pest management.
Qi Xue, L. Swevers, C. N. T. Taning
2023Pest Management Science21 citations
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Global Metabolic Profiling of Baculovirus Infection in Silkworm Hemolymph Shows the Importance of Amino-Acid Metabolism
Min Feng, Shigang Fei, Junming Xia, Meng-Meng Zhang +3 more
2021Viruses21 citations Open access
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Single-Nucleus Sequencing of Fat Body Reveals Distinct Metabolic and Immune Response Landscapes in Silkworm Larvae after Bombyx mori Nucleopolyhedrovirus Infection.
Min Feng, Junming Xia, Shigang Fei, Yigui Huang +3 more
2023Journal of Immunology19 citations
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A cell-based reporter assay for screening for EcR agonist/antagonist activity of natural ecdysteroids in Lepidoptera (Bm5) and Diptera (S2) cell cultures, followed by modeling of ecdysteroid-EcR interactions and normal mode analysis.
M. Zotti, Ellen De Geyter, L. Swevers, A. S. K. Braz +6 more
2013Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology19 citations Open access
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PIWI Proteins Play an Antiviral Role in Lepidopteran Cell Lines
D. Santos, T. Verdonckt, Lina Mingels, Stijn Van den Brande +6 more
2022Viruses18 citations Open access
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The Use of Engineered Plant Viruses in a Trans-Kingdom Silencing Strategy Against Their Insect Vectors
A. Kolliopoulou, Dimitrios Kontogiannatos, L. Swevers
2020Frontiers in Plant Science18 citations Open access
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