ReviewBiological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society2025
Insect immunity in the Anthropocene.
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10 citing papers in PubMed.
- Early Post-Eclosion Physiological Remodelling inInsects · 2026Article
- Ecotoxicity of Combined Polylactic Acid Microplastics and Thallium Pollution on the Functional Traits ofToxics · 2026Article
- Chronic exposure to a common azole fungicide is associated with reactivation of chronicInternational journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2026Article
- Seasonal climatic variability shapes immune responses and infection risks in the common bluetail damselfly.Oecologia · 2026Article
- Ricinine toxicity in susceptible lepidoptera involves perturbations inFrontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Melanin biosynthesis and functional roles in insects: insights into immunological defense, physiological regulation, and environmental adaptation.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Review
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- Nutritional Plasticity, Waste Bioconversion, and Insect Detoxification in the Anthropocene.Insects · 2025Review
- A parasitic or mutualistic conundrum: can symbiotic protists increase thermal tolerance in a semi-aquatic insect?Royal Society open science · 2025Article
- Heatwaves reduce mating frequency in an aquatic insect.Biology open · 2025Article
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Abstract
Anthropogenic activities result in global change, including climate change, landscape degradation and pollution, that can alter insect physiology and immune defences. These changes may have contributed to global insect decline and the dynamics of insect-transmitted diseases. The ability of insects to mount immune responses upon infection is crucial for defence against pathogens and parasites. Suppressed immune defences reduce fitness by causing disease-driven mortality and elevated immune responses reduce energy available to invest in other fitness traits such as reproduction. Understanding the impact of anthropogenic factors on insect-pathogen interactions is therefore key to determining the contribution of anthropogenic global change to pathogen-driven global insect decline and the emergence and transmission of insect-borne diseases. Here, we synthesise evidence of the impact of anthropogenic factors on insect immunity. We found evidence that anthropogenic factors, such as insecticides and heavy metals, directly impacting insect immune responses by inhibiting immune activation pathways. Alternatively, factors such as global warming, heatwaves, elevated CO
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