Professor Sassan Asgari

Bishop, Cameron and Asgari, Sassan (2024). Use of antibiotics to eliminate Wolbachia from mosquitoes and cell culture. Wolbachia: Methods and Protocols. (pp. 147-156) edited by Ann M. Fallon. New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3553-7_9

Asgari, Sassan, Bideshi, Dennis K., Bigot, Yves and Federici, Brian A. (2021). Ascoviruses (Ascoviridae). Encyclopedia of virology. (pp. 724-731) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier/Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-809633-8.21548-3

Asgari, Sassan (2018). microRNAs as regulators of insect host–pathogen interactions and immunity. Crop protection. (pp. 19-45) edited by Guy Smagghe. Kidlington, Oxford, United Kingdom: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.aiip.2018.07.004

Asgari, Sassan (2017). Host-microbe interactions: a case for Wolbachia dialogue. Arthropod vector: controller of disease transmission, volume 1: vector microbiome and innate immunity of arthropods. (pp. 173-183) edited by Stephen K. Wikel, Serap Aksoy and George Dimopoulos. London, United Kingdom: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-805350-8.00010-6

Hussain, 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

Asgari, Sassan (2016). Role of small RNAs in Wolbachia-mosquito interactions. Non-coding RNAs and inter-kingdom communication. (pp. 103-115) edited by Ana Lúcia Leitão and Francisco J. Enguita. Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-39496-1_6

Asgari, 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

Asgari, Sassan (2014). Epigenetic modifications underlying symbiont–host interactions. Epigenetic shaping of sociosexual interactions: from plants to humans. (pp. 253-276) edited by Daisuke Yamamoto. Maryland Heights, MO, United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800222-3.00010-3

Asgari, Sassan (2012). Venoms from endoparasitoids. Parasitoid viruses: symbionts and pathogens. (pp. 217-231) edited by Nancy E. Beckage and Jean-Michel Drezen. London, U.K.: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384858-1.00018-7

Bigot, Y., Asgari, S., Bideshi, D., Cheng, X. W., Federici, B. A. and Renault, S (2011). Family Ascoviridae. Virus taxonomy: Ninth report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. (pp. 147-150) edited by Andrew M. Q. King, Michael J. Adams, Eric B. Carstens and Elliot J. Lefkowitz. San Diego, CA, United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384684-6.00011-2

Asgari, Sassan and Sullivan, Christopher S. (2010). Role of MicroRNAs as regulators of host-virus interactions. Insect Virology. (pp. 347-365) edited by Sassan Asgari and Karyn N. Johnson. Norfolk, United Kingdom: Caister Academic Press.

Asgari, S. (2007). Endoparasitoid venom proteins as modulators of host immunity and development. Recent Advances in the Biochemistry, Toxicity, and Mode of Action of Parasitic Wasp Venoms. (pp. 57-73) edited by Rivers, D. and Yoder, J.. India: Research Signpost.

Schmidt, Otto, Asgari, Sassan, Beck, Markus and Theopold, Ulrich (2000). Host defence manipulation by parasitoid wasps and the problem of assessing host specificity. The Hymenoptera: evolution, biodiversity and biological control. (pp. 29-37) edited by Andrew Austin and Mark Dowton. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: CSIRO.

Hussain, Mazhar, Qi, Zhi and Asgari, Sassan (2024). Interaction of the Wolbachia surface protein with a novel pro-viral protein from Aedes aegypti. mBio. doi: 10.1128/mbio.01486-24

Brisson, Jennifer, Asgari, Sassan and Tu, Zhijian (2024). Publication interests and priorities for Insect Molecular Biology. Insect Molecular Biology, 33 (4), 293-294. doi: 10.1111/imb.12906

Hegde, Shivanand, Brettell, Laura E., Quek, Shannon, Etebari, Kayvan, Saldaña, Miguel A., Asgari, Sassan, Coon, Kerri L., Heinz, Eva and Hughes, Grant L. (2024). Aedes aegypti gut transcriptomes respond differently to microbiome transplants from field-caught or laboratory-reared mosquitoes. Environmental Microbiology, 26 (2) e16576, 1-11. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16576

Qi, Zhi, Etebari, Kayvan, Nouzova, Marcela, Noriega, Fernando G. and Asgari, Sassan (2024). Differential gene expression and microRNA profile in corpora allata-corpora cardiaca of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes with weak juvenile hormone signalling. BMC Genomics, 25 (1) 113. doi: 10.1186/s12864-024-10007-9

Hussain, 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

Dai, Zhenkai and Asgari, Sassan (2023). ALKBH8 as a potential N6 ‐methyladenosine (m6A) eraser in insects. Insect Molecular Biology, 32 (5), 461-468. doi: 10.1111/imb.12843

Speck, Peter, Mackenzie, Jason, Bull, Rowena A., Slobedman, Barry, Drummer, Heidi, Fraser, Johanna, Herrero, Lara, Helbig, Karla, Londrigan, Sarah, Moseley, Gregory, Prow, Natalie, Hansman, Grant, Edwards, Robert, Ahlenstiel, Chantelle, Abendroth, Allison, Tscharke, David, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Kriiger-Loterio, Robson, Parry, Rhys, Marsh, Glenn, Harding, Emma, Jacques, David A., Gartner, Matthew J., Lee, Wen Shi, McAuley, Julie, Vaz, Paola, Sainsbury, Frank, Tate, Michelle D., Sinclair, Jane ... Young, Paul (2023). Statement in Support of: “Virology under the Microscope—a Call for Rational Discourse”. Journal of Virology, 97 (5), e0045123. doi: 10.1128/jvi.00451-23

Hussain, 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

Asgari, Sassan (2023). Cross-kingdom RNAi to enhance the efficacy of insect pathogens. Trends in Parasitology, 39 (1), 4-6. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2022.11.001

Hussain, 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

Bidari, Farzad, Fathipour, Yaghoub, Asgari, Sassan and Mehrabadi, Mohammad (2022). Targeting the microRNA pathway core genes, Dicer 1 and Argonaute 1, negatively affects the survival and fecundity of Bemisia tabaci. Pest Management Science, 78 (10), 4234-4239. doi: 10.1002/ps.7041

Hussain, 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

Bishop, 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

de 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

Dai, Zhenkai, Etebari, Kayvan and Asgari, Sassan (2022). N6-methyladenosine modification of the Aedes aegypti transcriptome and its alteration upon dengue virus infection in Aag2 cell line. Communications Biology, 5 (1) 607, 1-13. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03566-8

Leitner, Michael, Etebari, Kayvan and Asgari, Sassan (2022). Transcriptional response of Wolbachia-transinfected Aedes aegypti mosquito cells to dengue virus at early stages of infection. Journal of General Virology, 103 (1) 001694. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001694

Bagheri, Zeynab, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Asgari, Sassan and Mehrabadi, Mohammad (2022). Wolbachia promote successful sex with siblings in the parasitoid Habrobracon hebetor. Pest Management Science, 78 (1), 362-368. doi: 10.1002/ps.6649

Bagheri, Zeynab, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Asgari, Sassan and Mehrabadi, Mohammad (2021). Cover Image, Volume 78, Issue 1. Pest Management Science, 78 (1). doi: 10.1002/ps.6750

Etebari, Kayvan, Taylor, Dianne B.J., Rahman, Md. Mahbubur, Dhileepan, Kunjithapatham, Furlong, Michael J. and Asgari, Sassan (2021). Exploration of RNA-Seq data to identify a potential pathogen of the leaf-mining moth, Stomphastis thraustica (Meyrick, 1908) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Data in Brief, 40 107708, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107708

Parry, Rhys, de Malmanche, Henry and Asgari, Sassan (2021). Persistent Spodoptera frugiperda rhabdovirus infection in Sf9 cells is not restricted by Wolbachia wMelPop-CLA and wAlbB strains and is targeted by the RNAi machinery. Virology, 563, 82-87. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2021.08.013

Etebari, Kayvan, Gharuka, Maria, Asgari, Sassan and Furlong, Michael J. (2021). Diverse host immune responses of different geographical populations of the coconut rhinoceros beetle to Oryctes rhinoceros nudivirus (OrNV) infection. Microbiology Spectrum, 9 (2) e00686-21, e0068621. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.00686-21

Parry, Rhys, James, Maddie E. and Asgari, Sassan (2021). Uncovering the worldwide diversity and evolution of the virome of the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Microorganisms, 9 (8) 1653, 1653. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9081653

Perdomo, 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

Leitner, Michael, Bishop, Cameron and Asgari, Sassan (2021). Transcriptional Response of Wolbachia to Dengue Virus Infection in Cells of the Mosquito Aedes aegypti. mSphere, 6 (3) e00433-21, 1-16. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00433-21

Nasehi, Seyede Fatemeh, Fathipour, Yaghoub, Asgari, Sassan and Mehrabadi, Mohammad (2021). Environmental temperature, but not male age, affects Wolbachia and Prophage WO thereby modulating cytoplasmic incompatibility in the parasitoid wasp, Habrobracon Hebetor. Microbial Ecology, 83 (2), 482-491. doi: 10.1007/s00248-021-01768-x

Antoine-Lorquin, Aymeric, Arensburger, Peter, Arnaoty, Ahmed, Asgari, Sassan, Batailler, Martine, Beauclair, Linda, Belleannée, Catherine, Buisine, Nicolas, Coustham, Vincent, Guyetant, Serge, Helou, Laura, Lecomte, Thierry, Pitard, Bruno, Stévant, Isabelle and Bigot, Yves (2021). Two repeated motifs enriched within some enhancers and origins of replication are bound by SETMAR isoforms in human colon cells. Genomics, 113 (3), 1589-1604. doi: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2021.03.032

Bishop, Cameron and Asgari, Sassan (2021). Altered gene expression profile of Wolbachia pipientis wAlbB strain following transinfection from its native host Aedes albopictus to Aedes aegypti cells. Molecular Microbiology, 115 (6) mmi.14668, 1229-1243. doi: 10.1111/mmi.14668

Madhav, Mukund, Baker, Dalton, Morgan, Jess A. T., Asgari, Sassan and James, Peter (2020). Wolbachia: a tool for livestock ectoparasite control. Veterinary Parasitology, 288 109297, 109297. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2020.109297

Jain, Ritesh G., Robinson, Karl E., Asgari, Sassan and Mitter, Neena (2020). Current scenario of RNAi ‐based hemipteran control. Pest Management Science, 77 (5) ps.6153, 2188-2196. doi: 10.1002/ps.6153

Sinclair, James B. and Asgari, Sassan (2020). Ross river virus provokes differentially expressed MicroRNA and RNA interference responses in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Viruses, 12 (7) 695, 1-23. doi: 10.3390/v12070695

Madhav, Mukund, Brown, Geoff, Morgan, Jess A. T., Asgari, Sassan, McGraw, Elizabeth A. and James, Peter (2020). Transinfection of buffalo flies (Haematobia irritans exigua) with Wolbachia and effect on host biology. Parasites and Vectors, 13 (1) 296, 296. doi: 10.1186/s13071-020-04161-8

Parry, Rhys, Naccache, Fanny, Ndiaye, El Hadji, Fall, Gamou, Castelli, Ilaria, Lühken, Renke, Medlock, Jolyon, Cull, Benjamin, Hesson, Jenny C., Montarsi, Fabrizio, Failloux, Anna-Bella, Kohl, Alain, Schnettler, Esther, Diallo, Mawlouth, Asgari, Sassan, Dietrich, Isabelle and Becker, Stefanie C. (2020). Identification and RNAi profile of a novel iflavirus infecting Senegalese Aedes vexans arabiensis mosquitoes. Viruses, 12 (4) 440, 440. doi: 10.3390/v12040440

De Hayr, Lachlan, Asad, Sultan, Hussain, Mazhar and Asgari, Sassan (2020). RNA activation in insects: the targeted activation of endogenous and exogenous genes. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 119 103325, 103325. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2020.103325

Madhav, Mukund, Brown, Geoff, Morgan, Jess A.T., Asgari, Sassan, McGraw, Elizabeth A., Munderloh, Ulrike G., Kurtti, Timothy J. and James, Peter (2020). Wolbachia successfully replicate in a newly established horn fly, Haematobia irritans irritans (L.) (Diptera: Muscidae) cell line. Pest Management Science, 76 (7) ps.5785, 2441-2452. doi: 10.1002/ps.5785

Madhav, Mukund, Parry, Rhys, Morgan, Jess A. T., James, Peter and Asgari, Sassan (2020). Wolbachia endosymbiont of the horn fly Haematobia irritans irritans: a supergroup A strain with multiple horizontally acquired cytoplasmic incompatibility genes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 86 (6) e02589. doi: 10.1128/aem.02589-19

Bishop, Cameron, Parry, Rhys and Asgari, Sassan (2019). Effect of Wolbachia wAlbB on a positive-sense RNA negev-like virus: a novel virus persistently infecting Aedes albopictus mosquitoes and cells. Journal of General Virology, 101 (2) 001361, 216-225. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001361

Baradaran, Ehsan, Moharramipour, Saeid, Asgari, Sassan and Mehrabadi, Mohammad (2019). Induction of DNA methyltransferase genes in Helicoverpa armigera following injection of pathogenic bacteria modulates expression of antimicrobial peptides and affects bacterial proliferation. Journal of Insect Physiology, 118 103939, 103939. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2019.103939

Karamipour, Naeime, Fathipour, Yaghoub, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Asgari, Sassan and Mehrabadi, Mohammad (2019). The microRNA pathway is involved in Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) cells antiviral immune defense against Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus infection. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 112 103202, 103202. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2019.103202

Perdomo, Hugo D. and Asgari, Sassan (2019). The major oligosaccharyl transferase complex genes are not involved in dengue virus replication in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Archives of Virology, 164 (11), 2789-2792. doi: 10.1007/s00705-019-04376-w

Rahimpour, Hamed, Moharramipour, Saeid, Asgari, Sassan and Mehrabadi, Mohammad (2019). The microRNA pathway core genes are differentially expressed during the development of Helicoverpa armigera and contribute in the insect's development. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 110, 121-127. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2019.05.005

Parry, Rhys and Asgari, Sassan (2019). Discovery of novel crustacean and cephalopod flaviviruses: insights into evolution and circulation of flaviviruses between marine invertebrate and vertebrate hosts. Journal of Virology, 93 (14) e00432. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00432-19

Tang, Bao-Zhen, Meng, E., Zhang, Hua-Jian, Zhang, Xiao-Mei, Asgari, Sassan, Lin, Ya-Ping, Lin, Yun-Ying, Peng, Zheng-Qiang, Qiao, Ting, Zhang, Xia-Fang and Hou, You-Ming (2019). Combination of label-free quantitative proteomics and transcriptomics reveals intraspecific venom variation between the two strains of Tetrastichus brontispae, a parasitoid of two invasive beetles. Journal of Proteomics, 192, 37-53. doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2018.08.003

Bagheri, Zeynab, Asghar Talebi, Ali, Asgari, Sassan and Mehrabadi, Mohammad (2019). Wolbachia induce cytoplasmic incompatibility and affect mate preference in Habrobracon hebetor to increase the chance of its transmission to the next generation. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 163, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2019.02.005

Parry, Rhys, Bishop, Cameron, De Hayr, Lachlan and Asgari, Sassan (2019). Density-dependent enhanced replication of a densovirus in Wolbachia-infected Aedes cells is associated with production of piRNAs and higher virus-derived siRNAs. Virology, 528, 89-100. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2018.12.006

Baradaran, Ehsan, Moharramipour, Saeid, Asgari, Sassan and Mehrabadi, Mohammad (2018). Upregulation of Helicoverpa armigera core RNAi genes by bacterial infections and its effect on the insect-bacteria interaction. Insect Molecular Biology, 28 (2), 290-299. doi: 10.1111/imb.12551

Karamipour, Naeime, Fathipour, Yaghoub, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Asgari, Sassan and Mehrabadi, Mohammad (2018). Small interfering RNA pathway contributes to antiviral immunity in Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) cells following Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus infection. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 101, 24-31. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2018.07.004

Etebari, K., Afrad, M. H., Tang, B., Silva, R., Furlong, M. J. and Asgari, S. (2018). Involvement of microRNA miR-2b-3p in regulation of metabolic resistance to insecticides in Plutella xylostella. Insect Molecular Biology, 27 (4), 478-491. doi: 10.1111/imb.12387

Parry, Rhys and Asgari, Sassan (2018). Aedes Anphevirus: an insect-specific virus distributed worldwide in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that has complex interplays with Wolbachia and dengue virus infection in cells. Journal of Virology, 92 (17) e00224-18, JVI.00224-18. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00224-18

Osei-Amo, S, Hussein, M, Asad, S, Hugo, L and Asgari, S (2018). Wolbachia-induced transcription factor GATA4 suppresses ovary-specific genes blastoderm-specific protein 25D and imaginal disc growth factor. Insect Molecular Biology, 27 (3), 295-304. doi: 10.1111/imb.12371

Nouzova, Marcela, Etebari, Kayvan, Noriega, Fernando G. and Asgari, Sassan (2018). A comparative analysis of corpora allata-corpora cardiaca microRNA repertories revealed significant changes during mosquito metamorphosis. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 96, 10-18. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2018.03.007

Asad, 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

Zakrzewski, Martha, Rašić, Gordana, Darbro, Jonathan, Krause, Lutz, Poo, Yee S., Filipović, Igor, Parry, Rhys, Asgari, Sassan, Devine, Greg and Suhrbier, Andreas (2018). Mapping the virome in wild-caught Aedes aegypti from Cairns and Bangkok. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 4690, 4690. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-22945-y

Asad, Sultan, Parry, Rhys and Asgari, Sassan (2018). Upregulation of Aedes aegypti Vago1 by Wolbachia and its effect on dengue virus replication. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 92, 45-52. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2017.11.008

Etebari, Kayvan, Hedge, Shivanand, Saldaña, Miguel A., Widen, Steven G., Wood, Thomas G., Asgari, Sassan and Hughes, Grant L. (2017). Global transcriptome analysis of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in response to Zika virus infection. MSphere, 2 (6) e00456-17, e00456-17. doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00456-17

Moradi, Sharif, Sharifi-Zarchi, Ali, Ahmadi, Amirhossein, Mollamohammadi, Sepideh, Stubenvoll, Alexander, Günther, Stefan, Hosseini Salekdeh, Ghasem, Asgari, Sassan, Braun, Thomas and Baharvand, Hossein (2017). Small RNA Sequencing Reveals Dlk1-Dio3 Locus-Embedded MicroRNAs as Major Drivers of Ground-State Pluripotency. Stem Cell Reports, 9 (6), 2081-2096. doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2017.10.009

Colmant, Agathe M. G. , Etebari, Kayvan, Webb, Cameron E., Ritchie, Scott A., Jansen, Cassie C. , van den Hurk, Andrew F., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Asgari, Sassan and Hall, Roy A. (2017). Discovery of new orbiviruses and totivirus from Anopheles mosquitoes in Eastern Australia. Archives of Virology, 162 (11), 1-6. doi: 10.1007/s00705-017-3515-x

Zhang, Guangmei, Asad, Sultan, Khromykh, Alexander A. and Asgari, Sassan (2017). Cell fusing agent virus and dengue virus mutually interact in Aedes aegypti cell lines. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 6935, 6935.1-6935.8. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-07279-5

Saldana, Miguel A., Etebari, Kayvan, Hart, Charles E., Widen, Steven G., Wood, Thomas G., Thangamani, Saravanan, Asgari, Sassan and Hughes, Grant L. (2017). Zika virus alters the microRNA expression profile and elicits an RNAi response in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11 (7) e0005760, e0005760. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005760

Lee, Morris, Etebari, Kayvan, Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, van den Hurk, Andrew F., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Vatipally, Sreenu, Schnettler, Esther, Hall, Roy and Asgari, Sassan (2017). Understanding the role of microRNAs in the interaction of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes with an insect-specific flavivirus. Journal of General Virology, 98 (7) 000832, 1892-1903. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.000832

Monsanto-Hearne, Verna, Asad, Sultan, Asgari, Sassan and Johnson, Karyn N. (2017). Drosophila microRNA modulates viral replication by targeting a homologue of mammalian cJun. Journal of General Virology, 98 (7) 000831, 1904-1912. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.000831

Valenzuela-Miranda, Diego, Etebari, Kayvan, Asgari, Sassan and Gallardo-Escárate, Cristian (2017). Long noncoding RNAs: unexplored players in the drug response of the sea louse Caligus rogercresseyi. Agri Gene, 4, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.aggene.2017.03.001

Niu, Jinzhi, Meeus, Ivan, DeConinck, Dieter IM, Deforce, Dieter, Etebari, Kayvan, Asgari, Sassan and Smagghe, Guy (2017). Infections of virulent and avirulent viruses differentially influenced the expression of dicer-1, ago-1, and microRNAs in Bombus terrestris. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 45620, 45620.1-45620.11. doi: 10.1038/srep45620

Asgari, Sassan (2017). RNA as a means of inter-species communication and manipulation: progresses and shortfalls. RNA Biology, 14 (4), 389-390. doi: 10.1080/15476286.2017.1306172

Monsanto-Hearne, Verna, Tham, Annabelle L. Y., Wong, Zhee Sheen, Asgari, Sassan and Johnson, Karyn N. (2017). Drosophila miR-956 suppression modulates Ectoderm-expressed 4 and inhibits viral replication. Virology, 502, 20-27. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2016.12.009

Asgari, Sassan, Bideshi, Dennis K. , Bigot, Yves, Federici, Brian A., Cheng, Xiao-Wen and ICTV Report Consortium (2017). ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Ascoviridae. Journal of General Virology, 98 (1), 4-5. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.000677

Zhang, Guagmei, Etebari, Kayvan and Asgari, Sassan (2016). Wolbachia suppresses cell fusing agent virus in mosquito cells. Journal of General Virology, 97 (12) 000653, 3427-3432. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.000653

Etebari, K. and Asgari, S. (2016). Revised annotation of Plutella xylostella microRNAs and their genome-wide target identification. Insect Molecular Biology, 25 (6), 788-799. doi: 10.1111/imb.12263

Asad, Sultan, Hall-Mendelin, Sonja and Asgari, Sassan (2016). Downregulation of Aedes aegypti chromodomain helicase DNA binding protein 7/Kismet by Wolbachia and its effect on dengue virus replication. Scientific Reports, 6 (36850) 36850, 36850. doi: 10.1038/srep36850

Etebari, Kayvan, Asad, Sultan, Zhang, Guangmei and Asgari, Sassan (2016). Identification of Aedes aegypti long intergenic non-coding RNAs and their association with Wolbachia and Dengue virus infection. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10 (10) e0005069, e0005069. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005069

Lim, Zhi Xian, Robinson, Karl E., Jain, Ritesh G., Chandra, G. Sharath, Asokan, R., Asgari, Sassan and Mitter, Neena (2016). Diet-delivered RNAi in Helicoverpa armigera – progresses and challenges. Journal of Insect Physiology, 85, 86-93. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2015.11.005

Bagheri, Masoomeh, Terenius, Olle, Oshaghi, Mohammad Ali, Motazakker, Morteza, Asgari, Sassan, Dabiri, Farrokh, Vatandoost, Hassan, Bavani, Mulood Mohammadi and Chavshin, Ali Reza (2015). West Nile Virus in Mosquitoes of Iranian Wetlands. Vector-borne And Zoonotic Diseases, 15 (12), 750-754. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2015.1778

Etebari, Kayvan, Osei-Amo, Solomon, Blomberg, Simon Phillip and Asgari, Sassan (2015). Dengue virus infection alters posttranscriptional modification of microRNAs in the mosquito vector Aedes aegypti. Scientific Reports, 5 (1) 15968, 15968.1-15968.14. doi: 10.1038/srep15968

Etebari, Kayvan, Furlong, Michael J. and Asgari, Sassan (2015). Genome wide discovery of long intergenic non-coding RNAs in Diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) and their expression in insecticide resistant strains. Scientific Reports, 5 (14642) 14642, 14642. doi: 10.1038/srep14642

Mehrabadi, 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

Asgari, Sassan (2015). Regulatory role of cellular and viral microRNAs in insect-virus interactions. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 8 78, 104-110. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2014.12.008

Piégu, Benoît, Asgari, Sassan, Bideshi, Dennis, Federici, Brian A. and Bigot, Yves (2015). Evolutionary relationships of iridoviruses and divergence of ascoviruses from invertebrate iridoviruses in the superfamily Megavirales. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 84, 44-52. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.12.013

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

Valenzuela-Miranda, Diego, Nuñez-Acuña, Gustavo, Valenzuela-Muñoz, Valentina, Asgari, Sassan and Gallardo-Escárate, Cristian (2015). MicroRNA biogenesis pathway from the salmon louse (Caligus rogercresseyi): Emerging role in delousing drug response. Gene, 555 (2), 231-241. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.11.008

Moreau, Sebastien J. M. and Asgari, Sessan (2015). Venom proteins from parasitoid wasps and their biological functions. Toxins, 7 (7), 2385-2412. doi: 10.3390/toxins7072385

Mayoral, 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

Zhang, 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

Asgari, Sassan (2014). Role of microRNAs in Arbovirus/Vector Interactions. Viruses, 6 (9), 3514-3534. doi: 10.3390/v6093514

Hussain, 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

Slonchak, 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

Hussain, 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

Piegu, Benoit, Guizard, Sebastien, Yeping, Tan, Cruaud, Corinne, Asgari, Sassan, Bideshi, Dennis K., Federici, Brian A. and Bigot, Yves (2014). Genome sequence of a crustacean iridovirus, IIV31, isolated from the pill bug, Armadillidium vulgare. Journal of General Virology, 95 (7), 1585-1590. doi: 10.1099/vir.0.066076-0

Hussain, 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

Mayoral, Jamie G., Etebari, Kayvan, Hussain, Mazhar, Khromykh, Alexander A. and Asgari, Sassan (2014). Wolbachia infection modifies the profile, shuttling and structure of MicroRNAs in a mosquito cell line. PLoS One, 9 (4) e96107, e96107. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096107

Hussain, Mazhar and Asgari, Sassan (2014). MicroRNA-like viral small RNA from Dengue virus 2 autoregulates its replication in mosquito cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Early Edition (7), 1-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1320123111

Etebari, Kayvan and Asgari, Sassan (2014). Accuracy of microRNA discovery pipelines in non-model organisms using closely related species genomes. PloS One, 9 (1) e84747, 1-10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084747

Moradi, Sharif, Asgari, Sassan and Baharvand, Hossein (2014). Concise review: harmonies played by MicroRNAs in cell fate reprogramming. Stem Cells, 32 (1), 3-15. doi: 10.1002/stem.1576

Hussain, Mazhar, O'Neill, Scott L. and Asgari, Sassan (2013). Wolbachia interferes with the intracellular distribution of Argonaute 1 in the dengue vector Aedes aegypti by manipulating the host microRNAs. RNA Biology, 10 (12), 1868-1875. doi: 10.4161/rna.27392

Jayachandran, Balachandran, Hussain, Mazhar and Asgari, Sassan (2013). Regulation of Helicoverpa armigera ecdysone receptor by miR-14 and its potential link to baculovirus infection. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 114 (2), 151-157. doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2013.07.004

Colson, Philippe, De Lamallerie, Xavier, Yutin, Natalya, Asgari, Sassan, Bigot, Yves, Bideshi, Dennis K., Cheng, Xiao-Wen, Federici, Brian A., Van Etten, James L., Koonin, Eugene V., La Scola, Bernard and Raoult, Didier (2013). "Megavirales", a proposed new order for eukaryotic nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses. Archives of Virology, 158 (12), 2517-2521. doi: 10.1007/s00705-013-1768-6

Etebari, Kayvan and Asgari, Sassan (2013). Conserved microRNA miR-8 blocks activation of the Toll pathway by upregulating Serpin 27 transcripts. RNA Biology, 10 (8), 1356-1364. doi: 10.4161/rna.25481

Zhang, Guangmei, Hussain, Mazhar, O'Neill, Scott L. and Asgari, Sassan (2013). Wolbachia uses a host microRNA to regulate transcripts of a methyltransferase, contributing to dengue virus inhibition in Aedes aegypti. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110 (25), 10276-10281. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1303603110

Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Hussain, Mazhar and Asgari, Sassan (2013). MicroRNAome of Spodoptera frugiperda cells (Sf9) and its alteration following baculovirus infection. Journal of General Virology, 94 (Part 6), 1385-1397. doi: 10.1099/vir.0.051060-0

Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Hussain, Mazhar and Asgari, Sassan (2013). Cloning and characterization of a Dim1-like mitosis gene of Spodoptera frugiperda cells (Sf9) induced by Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 113 (2), 152-159. doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2013.02.005

Etebari, Kayvan, Hussain, Mazhar and Asgari, Sassan (2013). Identification of microRNAs from Plutella xylostella larvae associated with parasitization by Diadegma semiclausum. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 43 (4), 309-318. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2013.01.004

Asgari, Sassan (2013). MicroRNA functions in insects. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 43 (4), 388-397. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.10.005

Jayachandran, Balanchandran, Hussain, Mazhar and Asgari, Sassan (2013). An insect trypsin-like serine protease as a target of miRNA: utilization of miRNA mimics and inhibitors by oral feeding. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 43 (4), 398-406. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.10.004

Hussain, Mazhar, Walker, Thomas, O'Neill, Scott L. and Asgari, Sassan (2013). Blood meal induced microRNA regulates development and immune associated genes in the Dengue mosquito vector, Aedes aegypti. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 43 (2), 146-152. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.11.005

Hussain, Mazhar, Lu, Guangjin, Torres, Shessy, Edmonds, Judith H., Kay, Brian H., Khromykh, Alexander A. and Asgari, Sassan (2013). Effect of Wolbachia on replication of West Nile Virus in mosquito cell line and adult mosquitoes. Journal of Virology, 87 (2), 851-858. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01837-12

Jayachandran, Balanchandran, Hussain, Mazhar and Sassan, Asgari (2012). RNA interference as a cellular defense mechanism against the DNA virus, baculovirus. Journal of Virology, 86 (24), 13729-13734. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02041-12

Etebari, Kayvan, Hussain, Mazhar and Asgari, Sassan (2012). Suppression of scavenger receptors transcription by parasitoid factors. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 38 (4), 517-524. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2012.08.006

Osei-Amo, Solomon, Hussain, Mazhar, O'Neill, Scott L. and Asgari, Sassan (2012). Wolbachia-induced aae-miR-12 miRNA negatively regulates the expression of MCT1 and MCM6 genes in Wolbachia-infected mosquito cell line. PLoS One, 7 (11) e50049, e50049.1-e50049.8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050049

Ma, Gang, Rahman, Mahbubur M., Grant, Warwick, Schmidt, Otto and Asgari, Sassan (2012). Insect tolerance to the crystal toxins Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab is mediated by the binding of monomeric toxin to lipophorin glycolipids causing oligomerization and sequestration reactions. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 37 (1), 184-192. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2011.08.017

Hussain, Mazhar, Torres, Shessy, Schnettler, Esther, Funk, Anneke, Grundhoff, Adam, Pijlman, Gorben P., Khromykh, Alexander A. and Asgari, Sassan (2012). West Nile virus encodes a microRNA-like small RNA in the 3' untranslated region which up-regulates GATA4 mRNA and facilitates virus replication in mosquito cells. Nucleic Acids Research, 40 (5), 2210-2223. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkr848

Thomas, Pune and Asgari, Sassan (2011). Inhibition of melanization by a parasitoid serine protease homolog venom protein requires both the clip and the non-catalytic protease-like domains. Insects, 2 (4), 509-514. doi: 10.3390/insects2040509

Etebari, Kayvan, Palfreyman, Robin W., Schlipalius, David, Nielsen, Lars K., Glatz, Richard V. and Asgari, Sassan (2011). Deep sequencing-based transcriptome analysis of Plutella xylostella larvae parasitized by Diadegma semiclausum. BMC Genomics, 12 (1) 446, 446.1-446.18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-446

Asgari, Sassan (2011). Role of microRNAs in insect host-microorganism interactions. Frontiers in Physiology, 2 Article 48, 48.1-48.8. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2011.00048

Hussain, Mazhar, Frentiu, Francesca D., Moreira, Luciano A., O'Neill, Scott L. and Asgari, Sassan (2011). Wolbachia uses host microRNAs to manipulate host gene expression and facilitate colonization of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America - PNAS, 108 (22), 9250-0255. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1105469108

Thomas, P, Kenny, N, Eyles, D, Moreira, LA, O'Neill, SL and Asgari, S (2011). Infection with the wMel and wMelPop strains of Wolbachia leads to higher levels of melanization in the hemolymph of Drosophila melanogaster, Drosophila simulans and Aedes aegypti. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 35 (3), 360-365. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2010.11.007

Cooper, Tamara H., Bailey-Hill, Kelly, Leifert, Wayne R., McMurchie, Edward J., Asgari, Sassan and Glatz, Richard V. (2011). Identification of an in vitro interaction between an insect immune suppressor protein (CrV2) and G alpha proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 286 (12), 10466-10475. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.214726

Asgari, Sassan and Dall'Alba, Gloria (2011). Improving group functioning in solving realistic problems. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 5 (1), 1-14. doi: 10.20429/ijsotl.2011.050108

Asgari, Sassan and Rivers, David B. (2011). Venom proteins from endoparasitoid wasps and their role in host-parasite interactions. Annual Review of Entomology, 56, 313-335. doi: 10.1146/annurev-ento-120709-144849

Thomas, P., Yamada, R., Johnson, K. N. and Asgari, S. (2010). Ectopic expression of an endoparasitic wasp venom protein in Drosophila melanogaster affects immune function, larval development and oviposition. Insect Molecular Biology, 19 (4), 473-480. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.01004.x

Hussain, Mazher, Abraham, Alexander M. and Asgari, Sassan (2010). An Ascovirus-Encoded RNase III Autoregulates Its Expression and Suppresses RNA Interference-Mediated Gene Silencing. Journal of Virology, 84 (7), 3624-3630. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02362-09

Furlong, Michael J. and Asgari, Sassan (2010). Effects of an ascovirus (HvAV-3e) on diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella, and evidence for virus transmission by a larval parasitoid. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 103 (2), 89-95. doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2009.11.001

Hussain, Mazher and Asgari, Sassan (2010). Functional analysis of a cellular microRNA in insect host-ascovirus interaction. Journal of Virology, 84 (1), 612-620. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01794-09

Smede, M, Hussain, M and Asgari, S (2009). A lipase-like gene from Heliothis virescens ascovirus (HvAV-3e) is essential for virus replication and cell cleavage. Virus Genes, 39 (3), 409-417. doi: 10.1007/s11262-009-0407-5

Hussain, M, Garrad, S and Asgari, S (2009). The role of actin filaments in ascovirus replication and pathology. Archives of Virology, 154 (11), 1737-1743. doi: 10.1007/s00705-009-0512-8

Hussain, M. and Asgari, S. (2008). Inhibition of apoptosis by Heliothis virescens ascovirus (HvAV-3e): characterization of orf 28 with structural similarity to inhibitor of apoptosis proteins. Apoptosis, 13 (12), 1417-1426. doi: 10.1007/s10495-008-0268-8

Smede, M., Furlong, M. J. and Asgari, S. (2008). Effects of Heliothis virescens ascovirus (HvAV-3e) on a novel host, Crocidolomia pavonana (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 99 (3), 281-285. doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2008.07.008

Hussain, Mazhar, Taft, Ryan J. and Asgari, Sassan (2008). An insect virus-encoded microRNA regulates viral replication. Journal of Virology, 82 (18), 9164-9170. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01109-08

Asgari, Sassan, Davis, John, Wood, David, Wilson, Peter and McGrath, Annette (2007). Sequence and Organization of the Heliothis Virescens Ascovirus Genome. Journal of General Virology, 88 (4), 1120-1132. doi: 10.1099/vir.0.82651-0

Asgari, S. (2007). A caspase-like gene from Heliothis virescens ascovirus (HvAV-3e) is not involved in apoptosis but is essential for virus replication. Virus Research, 128 (1-2), 99-105. doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2007.04.020

Asgari, S. (2006). Replication of Heliothis virescens ascovirus in insect cell lines. Archives of Virology, 151 (9), 1689-1699. doi: 10.1007/s00705-006-0762-7

Zhang, Guangmei, Schmidt, Otto and Asgari, Sassan (2006). A calreticulin-like protein from endoparasitoid venom fluid is involved in host hemocyte inactivation. Developmental And Comparative Immunology, 30 (9), 756-764. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2005.11.001

Asgari, Sassan (2006). Venom proteins from polydnavirus-producing endoparasitoids: Their role in host-parasite interactions. Archives of Insect Biochemistry And Physiology, 61 (3), 146-156. doi: 10.1002/arch.20109

Ma, Gang, Hay, Douglas, Li, Dongmei, Asgari, Sassan and Schmidt, Otto (2006). Recognition and inactivation of LPS by lipophorin particles. Developmental And Comparative Immunology, 30 (7), 619-626. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2005.09.003

Reineke, Annette, Asgari, Sassan and Schmidt, Otto (2006). Evolutionary origin of Venturia canescens virus-like particles. Archives of Insect Biochemistry And Physiology, 61 (3), 123-133. doi: 10.1002/arch.20113

Schmidt, O., Roberts, H. L. S., Glatz, R. V. and Asgari, S. (2005). Are insect immune suppressors driving cellular uptake reactions?. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, 60 (4), 153-158. doi: 10.1002/arch.20111

Ma, Gang, Muhammad, Sarjan, Preston, Christopher, Asgari, Sassan and Schmidt, Otto (2005). Mechanisms of inducible resistance against Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxins in invertebrates. Insect Science, 12 (5), 319-330. doi: 10.1111/j.1005-295X.2005.00039.x

Amaya, Kevin E., Asgari, Sassan, Jung, Richard, Hongskula, Melissa and Beckage, Nancy E. (2005). Parasitization of Manduca sexta larvae by the parasitoid wasp Cotesia congregata induces an impaired host immune response. Journal of Insect Physiology, 51 (5), 505-512. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2004.11.019

Reineke, A. and Asgari, S. (2005). Presence of a novel small RNA-containing virus in a laboratory culture of the endoparasitic wasp Venturia canescens (Hymenoptera : Ichneumonidae). Journal of Insect Physiology, 51 (2), 127-135. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2004.05.005

Glatz, Richard V., Asgari, Sassan and Schmidt, Otto (2004). Evolution of polydnaviruses as insect immune suppressors. Trends in Microbiology, 12 (12), 545-554. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2004.10.004

Rahman, M. M., Roberts, H. L. S., Sarjan, M., Asgari, S. and Schmidt, O. (2004). Induction and transmission of Bacillus thuringiensis tolerance in the flour moth Ephestia kuehniella. Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America, 101 (9), 2696-2699. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0306669101

Glatz, R., Roberts, H. L. S., Li, D. M., Sarjan, M., Theopold, U. H., Asgari, S. and Schmidt, O. (2004). Lectin-induced haemocyte inactivation in insects. Journal of Insect Physiology, 50 (10), 955-963. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2004.07.009

Asgari, S. and Schmidt, O. (2004). Isolation of an imaginal disc growth factor homologue from Pieris rapae and its expression following parasitization by Cotesia rubecula. Journal of Insect Physiology, 50 (8), 687-694. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2004.05.003

Glatz, R., Schmidt, O. and Asgari, S. (2004). Isolation and characterization of a Cotesia rubecula bracovirus gene expressed in the lepidopteran Pieris rapae. Journal of General Virology, 85 (10), 2873-2882. doi: 10.1099/vir.0.80307-0

Zhang, G. M., Lu, Z. Q., Jiang, H. B. and Asgari, S. (2004). Negative regulation of prophenoloxidase (proPO) activation by a clip-domain serine proteinase homolog (SPH) from endoparasitoid venom. Insect Biochemistry And Molecular Biology, 34 (5), 477-483. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2004.02.009

Zhang, G. M., Schmidt, O. and Asgari, S. (2004). A novel venom peptide from an endoparasitoid wasp is required for expression of polydnavirus genes in host hemocytes. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279 (40), 41580-41585. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M406865200

Asgari, S., Zhang, G. M., Zareie, R. and Schmidt, O. (2003). A serine proteinase homolog venom protein from an endoparasitoid wasp inhibits melanization of the host hemolymph. Insect Biochemistry And Molecular Biology, 33 (10), 1017-1024. doi: 10.1016/S0965-1748(03)00116-4

Asgari, S. and Schmidt, O. (2003). Is cell surface calreticulin involved in phagocytosis by insect hemocytes?. Journal of Insect Physiology, 49 (6), 545-550. doi: 10.1016/S0022-1910(03)00025-8

Asgari, Sassan, Zareie, Reza, Zhang, Guangmei M. and Schmidt, Otto (2003). Isolation and characterization of a novel venom protein from an endoparasitoid, Cotesia rubecula (Hym : Braconidae). Archives of Insect Biochemistry And Physiology, 53 (2), 92-100. doi: 10.1002/arch.10088

Glatz, Richard, Schmidt, Otto and Asgari, Sassan (2003). Characterization of a novel protein with homology to C-type lectins expressed by the Cotesia rubecula bracovirus in larvae of the lepidopteran host, Pieris rapae. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278 (22), 19743-19750. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M301396200

Le, N. T., Asgari, S., Amaya, K., Tan, F. F. and Beckage, N. E. (2003). Persistence and expression of Cotesia congregata polydnavirus in host larvae of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. Journal of Insect Physiology, 49 (5: Polydnaviruses of Insects: Evolution and Physiological Functions), 533-543. doi: 10.1016/S0022-1910(03)00052-0

Whitfield, James B. and Asgari, Sassan (2003). Virus or not? Phylogenetics of polydnaviruses and their wasp carriers. Journal of Insect Physiology, 49 (5), 397-405. doi: 10.1016/S0022-1910(03)00057-X

Asgari, Sassan, Zhang, Guangmei M. and Schmidt, Otto (2003). Polydnavirus particle proteins with similarities to molecular chaperones, heat-shock protein 70 and calreticulin. Journal of General Virology, 84 (5), 1165-1171. doi: 10.1099/vir.0.19026-0

Asgari, S., Reineke, A., Beck, M. and Schmidt, O. (2002). Isolation and characterization of a neprilysin-like protein from Venturia canescens virus-like particles. Insect Molecular Biology, 11 (5), 477-485. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2002.00356.x

Reineke, A., Asgari, S., Ma, G., Beck, M. and Schmidt, O. (2002). Sequence analysis and expression of a virus-like particle protein,VLP2, from the parasitic wasp Venturia canescens. Insect Molecular Biology, 11 (3), 233-239. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2002.00330.x

Asgari, S. and Schmidt, O. (2002). A coiled-coil region of an insect immune suppressor protein is involved in binding and uptake by hemocytes. Insect Biochemistry And Molecular Biology, 32 (5), 497-504. doi: 10.1016/S0965-1748(01)00127-8

Asgari, S. and Schmidt, O. (2001). Promoter studies of a polydnavirus gene from Cotesia rubecula (Hym : Braconidae). Archives of Virology, 146 (10), 1979-1989. doi: 10.1007/s007050170046

Asgari, S., Arun, S., Slade, M. B., Marshall, J., Williams, K. L. and Wheldrake, J. F. (2001). Expression of growth factors in Dictyostelium discoideum. Journal of Molecular Microbiology And Biotechnology, 3 (3), 491-497.

Asgari, S, Hardy, JRE and Cooke, BD (1999). Sequence analysis of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) in Australia: alterations after its release. Archives of Virology, 144 (1), 135-145. doi: 10.1007/s007050050490

Asgari, S, Hardy, JRE, Sinclair, RG and Cooke, BD (1998). Field evidence for mechanical transmission of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) by flies (Diptera : Calliphoridae) among wild rabbits in Australia. Virus Research, 54 (2), 123-132. doi: 10.1016/S0168-1702(98)00017-3

Asgari, S, Theopold, U, Wellby, C and Schmidt, O (1998). A protein with protective properties against the cellular defense reactions in insects. Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America, 95 (7), 3690-3695. doi: 10.1073/pnas.95.7.3690

Asgari, S, Schmidt, O and Theopold, U (1997). A polydnavirus-encoded protein of an endoparasitoid wasp is an immune suppressor. Journal of General Virology, 78 (11), 3061-3070. doi: 10.1099/0022-1317-78-11-3061

Asgari, Sassan, Hellers, Marianne and Schmidt, Otto (1996). Host haemocyte inactivation by an insect parasitoid: transient expression of a polydnavirus gene. Journal of General Virology, 77 (10), 2653-2662. doi: 10.1099/0022-1317-77-10-2653

ASGARI, S and SCHMIDT, O (1994). PASSIVE PROTECTION OF EGGS FROM THE PARASITOID, COTESIA-RUBECULA, IN THE HOST, PIERIS-RAPAE. Journal of Insect Physiology, 40 (9), 789-795. doi: 10.1016/0022-1910(94)90008-6

Asgari, Sassan (2013). Utilization of Host Micrornas by Wolbachia to Facilitate Colonization of the Dengue Vector Aedes Aegypti. EMBO Conference on Molecular and Population Biology of Mosquitoes and Other Disease Vectors: From Basic Vector Biology to Disease Control, Kolymbari, Greece, 15 -19 July 2013. Leeds, W Yorks, United Kingdom: Maney Publishing. doi: 10.1179/2047772413Z.000000000160

Asgari, S., Zhang, G., Lu, Z. and Jiang, H.L. (2004). A serine proteinase homolog venom protein inhibits activation of prophenoloxidase in insect haemolymph. Entomology Strength in Diversity, Brisbane, Australia, 15-21 August. Australia: Carillon Conference Management Pty Ltd.

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