2025 Journal Article Role of Vigilin and RACK1 in dengue virus- Aedes aegypti-Wolbachia interactionsWang, Guijie, Hussain, Mazhar, Qi, Zhi and Asgari, Sassan (2025). Role of Vigilin and RACK1 in dengue virus- Aedes aegypti-Wolbachia interactions. mSphere, 10 (1) e0048224, e0048224. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00482-24 |
2024 Journal Article Interaction of the <i>Wolbachia</i> surface protein with a novel pro-viral protein from <i>Aedes aegypti</i>Hussain, Mazhar, Qi, Zhi and Asgari, Sassan (2024). Interaction of the Wolbachia surface protein with a novel pro-viral protein from Aedes aegypti. mBio, 16 (1), e0148624. doi: 10.1128/mbio.01486-24 |
2023 Journal Article Investigating the role of aae-miR-34-5p in the regulation of juvenile hormone biosynthesis genes in the mosquito Aedes aegyptiHussain, Mazhar, Qi, Zhi, Hedges, Lauren M., Nouzova, Marcela, Noriega, Fernando G. and Asgari, Sassan (2023). Investigating the role of aae-miR-34-5p in the regulation of juvenile hormone biosynthesis genes in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Scientific Reports, 13 (1) 19023, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-46154-4 |
2023 Journal Article Analysing inhibition of dengue virus in Wolbachia-infected mosquito cells following the removal of WolbachiaHussain, Mazhar, Etebari, Kayvan and Asgari, Sassan (2023). Analysing inhibition of dengue virus in Wolbachia-infected mosquito cells following the removal of Wolbachia. Virology, 581, 48-55. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2023.02.017 |
2022 Journal Article Wolbachia RNase HI contributes to virus blocking in the mosquito Aedes aegyptiHussain, Mazhar, Zhang, Guangmei, Leitner, Michael, Hedges, Lauren M. and Asgari, Sassan (2022). Wolbachia RNase HI contributes to virus blocking in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. iScience, 26 (1) 105836, 105836. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105836 |
2022 Journal Article The involvement of atlastin in dengue virus and Wolbachia infection in Aedes aegypti and its regulation by aae-miR-989Hussain, Mazhar, Bradshaw, Twyla, Lee, Morris and Asgari, Sassan (2022). The involvement of atlastin in dengue virus and Wolbachia infection in Aedes aegypti and its regulation by aae-miR-989. Microbiology Spectrum, 10 (5) e0225822, 1-11. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02258-22 |
2022 Journal Article Analysis of Aedes aegypti microRNAs in response to Wolbachia wAlbB infection and their potential role in mosquito longevityBishop, Cameron, Hussain, Mazhar, Hugo, Leon E. and Asgari, Sassan (2022). Analysis of Aedes aegypti microRNAs in response to Wolbachia wAlbB infection and their potential role in mosquito longevity. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) 15245, 1-17. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-19574-x |
2022 Journal Article Knockout of Dicer-2 in the Sf9 cell line enhances the replication of Spodoptera frugiperda rhabdovirus and conditionally increases baculovirus replicationde Malmanche, Henry, Hussain, Mazhar, Marcellin, Esteban, Reid, Steve and Asgari, Sassan (2022). Knockout of Dicer-2 in the Sf9 cell line enhances the replication of Spodoptera frugiperda rhabdovirus and conditionally increases baculovirus replication. Journal of General Virology, 103 (8) 001779, 1-18. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001779 |
2021 Journal Article Human blood microRNA hsa-miR-21-5p induces vitellogenin in the mosquito Aedes aegyptiPerdomo, Hugo D., Hussain, Mazhar, Parry, Rhys, Etebari, Kayvan, Hedges, Lauren M., Zhang, Guangmei, Schulz, Benjamin L. and Asgari, Sassan (2021). Human blood microRNA hsa-miR-21-5p induces vitellogenin in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Communications Biology, 4 (1) 856, 856. doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-02385-7 |
2018 Journal Article Suppression of the pelo protein by Wolbachia and its effect on dengue virus in Aedes aegyptiAsad, Sultan, Hussain, Mazhar, Hugo, Leon, Osei-Amo, Solomon, Zhang, Guangmei, Watterson, Daniel and Asgari, Sassan (2018). Suppression of the pelo protein by Wolbachia and its effect on dengue virus in Aedes aegypti. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12 (4) e0006405, e0006405. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006405 |
2016 Book Chapter Functions of small RNAs in mosquitoesHussain, M., Etebari, K. and Asgari, S. (2016). Functions of small RNAs in mosquitoes. Progress in Mosquito Research. (pp. 189-222) edited by Alexander S. Raikhel. London, United Kingdom: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.aiip.2016.04.001 |
2015 Journal Article The baculovirus antiapoptotic p35 protein functions as an inhibitor of the host RNA interference antiviral responseMehrabadi, Mohammad, Hussain, Mazhar, Matindoost, Leila and Asgari, Sassan (2015). The baculovirus antiapoptotic p35 protein functions as an inhibitor of the host RNA interference antiviral response. Journal of Virology, 89 (16), 8182-8192. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00802-15 |
2015 Journal Article Erratum to "microRNAs as mediators of insect host-pathogen interactions and immunity" [Journal of Insect Physiology 70 (2014) 151-158]Hussain, Mazhar and Asgari, Sassan (2015). Erratum to "microRNAs as mediators of insect host-pathogen interactions and immunity" [Journal of Insect Physiology 70 (2014) 151-158]. Journal of Insect Physiology, 72, 90-90. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2015.01.010 |
2015 Book Chapter A glance on the role of miRNAs in insect lifeAsgari, Sassan and Hussain, Mazhar (2015). A glance on the role of miRNAs in insect life. Insect molecular biology and ecology. (pp. 121-159) edited by Klaus H. Hoffmann. Boca Raton, Florida United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/b17876 |
2014 Journal Article Wolbachia small noncoding RNAs and their role in cross-kingdom communicationsMayoral, Jaime G., Hussain, M, Joubertb, D. Albert, Iturbe-Ormaetxe, Iñaki, O'Neill, Scott L. and Asgari, Sassan (2014). Wolbachia small noncoding RNAs and their role in cross-kingdom communications. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America, 111 (52), 18721-18726. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1420131112 |
2014 Journal Article Regulation of arginine methyltransferase 3 by a Wolbachia-induced microRNA in Aedes aegypti and its effect on Wolbachia and dengue virus replicationZhang, Guangmei, Hussain, Mazhar and Asgari, Sassan (2014). Regulation of arginine methyltransferase 3 by a Wolbachia-induced microRNA in Aedes aegypti and its effect on Wolbachia and dengue virus replication. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 53, 81-88. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2014.08.003 |
2014 Journal Article microRNAs as mediators of insect host-pathogen interactions and immunityHussain, Mazhar and Asgari, Sassan (2014). microRNAs as mediators of insect host-pathogen interactions and immunity. Journal of Insect Physiology, 70, 151-158. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2014.08.003 |
2014 Journal Article Expression of mosquito microRNA aae-miR-2940-5p is down-regulated in response to West Nile Virus infection to restrict viral replicationSlonchak, Andrii, Hussain, Mazhar, Torres Morales, Shessy, Asgari, Sassan and Khromykh, Alexander (2014). Expression of mosquito microRNA aae-miR-2940-5p is down-regulated in response to West Nile Virus infection to restrict viral replication. Journal of Virology, 88 (15), 8457-8467. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00317-14 |
2014 Journal Article Reply to Finol: Viral small RNA from Dengue virus and its regulatory role in different serotypesHussain, Mazhar and Asgari, Sassan (2014). Reply to Finol: Viral small RNA from Dengue virus and its regulatory role in different serotypes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111 (29), E2917-E2917. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1410765111 |
2014 Journal Article Reply to Skalsky et al.: a microRNA-like small RNA from Dengue virusHussain, Mazhar and Asgari, Sasson (2014). Reply to Skalsky et al.: a microRNA-like small RNA from Dengue virus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111 (23), E2360-E2360. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1407176111 |