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CAPA neuropeptides and their receptor form an anti-diuretic hormone signalling system in the human disease vector, Aedes aegypti

Sajadi, Farwa; Uyuklu, Ali; Paputsis, Christine; Lajevardi, Aryan; Wahedi, Azizia; Ber, Lindsay Taylor; Matei, Andreea; Paluzzi, Jean-Paul (Nature, 2020)

Insect CAPA neuropeptides are homologs of mammalian neuromedin U and are known to influence ion and water balance by regulating the activity of the Malpighian ‘renal’ tubules (MTs). Several diuretic hormones are known to ...