PUBLICATION

*corresponding author
1.  Li C, Li CQ, Chen ZB, Liu BQ, Sun X, Wei KH, Li CY, Luan JB*. 2024. Wolbachia symbionts control sex in a parasitoid wasp using a horizontally acquired gene. Current Biology, 34, 1–14. 

2.  Luan JB*. 2024. Insect bacteriocytes: adaptation, development, and evolution. Annual Review of Entomology. 69, 81–98. 

3.  Yao YL, Ma XY, Wang TY, Yan JY, Chen NF, Hong JS, Liu BQ, Xu ZQ, Zhang N, Lv C, Sun X, Luan JB*. 2023. A bacteriocyte symbiont determines whitefly sex ratio by regulating mitochondrial function. Cell Reports. 42, 112102.

4.  Sun X, Liu BQ, Chen ZB, Li CQ, Li XY, Hong JS, Luan JB*. 2023. Vitellogenin facilitates associations between the whitefly and a bacteriocyte symbiont. mBio. 14, e02990-22.

5.  Wang TY, Luan JB*. 2022. Silencing horizontally transferred genes for the control of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. Journal of Pest Science. 96, 195-208.
 
6.  Li NN, Jiang S, Lu KY, Hong JS, Wang YB, Yan JY, Luan JB*. 2022. Bacteriocyte development is sexually differentiated in Bemisia tabaci. Cell Reports. 38, 110455.
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7.  Sun X, Liu BQ, Li CQ, Chen ZB, Xu XR, Luan JB*. 2022. A novel microRNA regulates cooperation between symbionts and a laterally acquired gene in the regulation of pantothenate biosynthesis within Bemisia tabaci whiteflies. Molecular Ecology. 31, 2611-2624.

8.  Wang YB, Li C, Yan JY, Wang TY, Yao YL, Ren FR, Luan JB*. 2022. Autophagy regulates whitefly-symbiont metabolic interactions. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 88, e02089-21.

9.  Bao XY, Yan JY, Yao YL, Wang YB, Visendi P, Seal S, Luan JB*. 2021. Lysine provisioning by horizontally acquired genes promotes mutual dependence between whitefly and two intracellular symbionts. PLOS Pathogens. 17, e1010120.
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10.  Ren FR, Sun X, Wang TY, Yan JY, Yao YL, Li CQ, Luan JB*. 2021. Pantothenate mediates the coordination of whitefly and symbiont fitness. The ISME Journal. 15, 1655-1667.
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11.  Shan HW, Liu YQ, Luan JB*, Liu SS*. 2020. New insight into the transovarial transmission of the symbiont Rickettsia in whitefly. Sci. China Life Sci. 64, 1174–1186.
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12.  Wang YB, Ren FR, Yao YL, Sun X, Walling LL, Li NN, Bai B, Bao XY, Xu XR, Luan JB*. 2020. Intracellular symbionts drive sex ratio in the whitefly by facilitating fertilization and provisioning of B vitamins. The ISME Journal. 14, 2923–2935.
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13.  Ren FR, Sun X, Wang TY, Yao YL, Huang YZ, Zhang X, Luan JB*. 2020. Biotin provisioning by horizontally transferred genes from bacteria confers animal fitness benefits. The ISME Journal. 14, 2542–2553.
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14.  Heu CC , Mccullough FM , Luan JB, Rasgon JL. 2020. CRISPR-cas9-based genome editing in the silverleaf whitefly Bemisia tabaci. The CRISPR Journal. 3, 89–96.
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15.  Ren FR, Bai B, Hong JS, Huang YZ, Luan JB*. 2020. A microbiological assay for biotin determination in insects. Insect Science. 28, 415–418.
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16.  Xu XR, Li NN, Bao XY, Douglas AE, Luan JB*. 2020. Patterns of host cell inheritance in the bacterial symbiosis of whiteflies. Insect Science. 27, 938–946.

17.  Shan HW, Luan JB, Liu YQ, Douglas AE, Liu SS. 2019. The inherited bacterial symbiont Hamiltonellain influences the sex ratio of an insect host. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences. 286: 20191677.

18.  Luan JB, Sun XP, Fei Z, Douglas AE. 2018. Maternal inheritance of a single somatic animal cell displayed by the bacteriocyte in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. Current Biology. 28, 459-465.

19.  Luo Y, Chen Q, Luan JB, Chung Seung Ho, Van Eck J, Turgeon R, Douglas AE. 2017. Towards an understanding of the molecular basis of effective RNAi against a global insect pest, the white fly Bemisia tabaci. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 88, 21-29.

20.  Shan HW, Deng WH, Luan JB, Zhang MJ, Zhang Z, Liu SS, Liu YQ. 2017. Thermal sensitivity of bacteriocytes constrains the persistence of intracellular bacteria in whitefly symbiosis under heat stress. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 9, 706-716.

21.  Ankrah N, Luan JB, Douglas AE. 2017. Cooperative metabolism in a three-partner insect-bacterial symbiosis revealed by metabolic modeling. Journal of Bacteriology. 199, e00872-16.

22.  Chen WB, Hasegawa DK, Kaur N, Kliot A, Pinheiro PV, Luan JB, Stensmyr MC, Zheng Y, Liu WL, Sun HH, Xu YM, Luo Y, Kruse A, Yang XW, Kontsedalov S, Lebedev G, Fisher TW, Nelson DR, Hunter WB, Brown JK, Jander G, Cilia M, Douglas AE, Ghanim M, Simmons AM, Wintermantel WM, Ling KS, Fei ZJ. 2016. The draft genome of whitefly Bemisia tabaci MEAM1, a global crop pest, provides novel insights into virus transmission, host adaptation, and insecticide resistance. BMC Biology. 14, 110.

23.  Luan JB, Shan HW, Isermann P, Huang JH, Lammerding J, Liu SS, Douglas AE. 2016. Cellular and molecular remodeling of a host cell for vertical transmission of bacterial symbionts. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences. 283, 20160580.

24.  Jing X, White TA, Luan JB, Jiao C, Fei Z, Douglas AE. 2016. Evolutionary conservation of candidate osmoregulation genes in plant phloem sap-feeding insects. Insect Molecular Biology. 25, 251-258.

25.  Luan JB, Chen WB, Hasegawa DK, Simmons AM, Wintermantel WM, Ling KS, Fei ZJ, Liu SS, Douglas AE. 2015. Metabolic coevolution in the bacterial symbiosis of whiteflies and related plant sap-feeding insects. Genome Biology and Evolution. 7, 2635–2647.

26.  Luan JB, Wang XW, Colvin J, Liu SS. 2014. Plant-mediated whitefly-begomovirus interactions: research progress and future prospects. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 104, 267–276. Invited review.

27.  Luan JB, Wang YL, Wang J, Wang XW, Liu SS. 2013. Detoxification activity and energy cost is attenuated in the whiteflies feeding on Tomato yellow leaf curl China virus-infected tobacco plants. Insect Molecular Biology. 22, 597–607.

28.  Luan JB, Ghanim M, Liu SS, Czosnek H. 2013. Silencing the ecdysone synthesis and signaling pathway genes disrupts nymphal development in the whitefly. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 43, 740–746.

29.  Luan JB*, Yao DM, Zhang T, Walling LL, Yang M, Wang YJ, Liu SS*. 2013. Suppression of terpenoid synthesis in plants by a virus promotes its mutualism with vectors. Ecology Letters. 16, 390–398.

30.  Wang YL, Wang YJ, Luan JB, Yan GH, Liu SS, Wang XW. 2013. Analysis of the transcriptional differences between indigenous and invasive whiteflies reveals possible mechanisms of whitefly invasion. PLoS ONE. 8, e62176.

31.  Zhang T#, Luan JB#, Qi JF, Huang CJ, Li M, Zhou XP, Liu SS. 2012. Begomovirus-whitefly mutualism is achieved through repression of plant defenses by a virus pathogenicity factor. Molecular Ecology. 21, 1294–1304. * First co-authors. Equal contribution.

32.  Luan JB, De Barro PJ, Ruan YM, Liu SS. 2012. Distinct behavioural strategies underlying asymmetric mating interactions between invasive and indigenous whiteflies. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 146, 186–194.

33.  Luan JB, Xu J, Lin KK, Zalucki MP, Liu SS. 2012. Species exclusion between an invasive and an indigenous whitefly on host plants with differential levels of suitability. Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 11, 101–105.

34.  Wang XX, Zhao QY, Luan JB, Wang YJ, Yan GH, Liu SS. 2012. Analysis of a native whitefly transcriptome and its sequence divergence with two invasive whitefly species. BMC Genomics. 13, 529.

35.  Su YL, Li JM, Li M, Luan JB, Ye XD, Wang XW, Liu SS. 2012. Transcriptomic analysis of the salivary glands of an invasive whitefly. PLoS ONE. 7, e39303.

36.  Luan JB, Li JM, Varela N, Wang YL, Li FF, Bao YY, Zhang CX, Liu SS, Wang XW. 2011. Global analysis of the transcriptional response of whitefly to Tomato yellow leaf curl China virus reveals their relationship of coevolved adaptations. Journal of Virology. 85, 3330–3340. (appeared on journal cover).

37.  Luan JB, Liu SS. 2011. Differences in mating behavior lead to asymmetric mating interactions and consequential changes in sex ratio between an invasive and an indigenous whitefly. Integrative Zoology. 7, 1–15.

38.  Wang XW#, Luan JB#, Li JM, Su YL, Xia J, Liu SS. 2011. Transcriptome analysis and comparison reveal divergence between two invasive whitefly cryptic species. BMC Genomics. 12, 458. # First co-authors. Equal contribution.

39.  Sun DB, Xu J, Luan JB, Liu SS. 2011. Reproductive incompatibility between the B and Q biotypes of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci in China: genetic and behavioural evidence. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 101, 211–220.

40.  Sun DB, Luan JB, Liu SS. 2011. Leaf substrates determine oviposition and in turn frequency of copulation in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 139, 180–185.

41.  Wang XW. Luan JB, Li JM, Bao YY, Zhang CX, Liu SS. 2010. De novo characterization and comparison of the whitefly transcriptomes reveals genes associated with development and insecticide resistance. BMC Genomics. 11, 400.

42.  Luan JB, Ruan YM, Zhang L, De Barro PJ, Liu SS. 2008. Pre-copulation intervals, copulation frequencies, and initial progeny sex ratios in two biotypes of whitefly, Bemisia tabaci. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 129, 316–324.

43.  Liu SS, De Barro PJ, Xu J, Luan JB, Zang LS, Ruan YM, Wan FH. 2007. Asymmetric mating interactions between closely related organisms drive widespread invasion and displacement. Science. 318, 1769–1772.

44.  Ruan YM, Luan JB, Zang LS, Liu SS. 2007. Observing and recording copulation events of whiteflies on plants using a video camera. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 124, 229–233.

45.  Wang H, Cong B, Luan JB, YU JJ, Dong H, Qian HT. 2006. Insecticidal activity of entomopathogenic nematode symbiotic bacteria to Ostrinia furnacalis. System Sciences and Comprehensive Studies in Agriculture. 22, 33–41. (in Chinese with English summary).

46.  Luan JB, Cong B, Wang H, Li W, Zhang WW, Wang HY. 2004. Distribution of entomopathogenic nematodes in Liaoning province of China. Chinese Journal of Biological Control. 20 (Suppl.), 97–100. (in Chinese with English summary).