PUBLICATION

*corresponding author
1.  Liu BQ, Bao XY, Yan JY, Zhang D, Sun X, Li CQ, Chen ZB, Luan JB*. 2024. Rickettsia symbionts spread via mixed mode transmission, increasing female fecundity and sex ratio shift by host hormone modulating. PNAS, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2406788121. 
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2.  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. 

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

4.  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.

5.  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.

6.  Wang TY, Luan JB*. 2022. Silencing horizontally transferred genes for the control of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. Journal of Pest Science. 96, 195-208.
 
7.  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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8.  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.

9.  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.

10.  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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11.  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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12.  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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13.  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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14.  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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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.