Vector Biology Group 

CN
Publication
2025

Qingcai MengChengxi LiYuping Cai,Ying ChenXiaoqing ChenXin WangBiling ZhangYue Zhang, Feng LiuMeixin Chen*. Itaconate transport across the plasma membrane and Salmonella-containing vacuole via MCT1/4 modulates macrophage antibacterial activity. Nat Commun 16, 10551 (2025). 


Feng, X., Ding, J., Liu, Y., Lopez Del Amo, V., Gantz, V.M., Chen, X.X., Champer, J.* and Liu, F.*, 2025. Self-limiting population suppression gene drive in the West Nile vector mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus. Nature Communication, under revisionbioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.16.665070  .2025-07.


Edwards, N. D., de Jong, E., Liu, F.*,& Ferguson, S. T*. (2025). Visualizing Kendall’s τ and Hidden Structures in Ranked Data. The American Statistician, 1–9. 


Liu, P.#, Liu, F.#, Lu, H.R#., Gu, J.#, Zhou, X.#, Wu, Y.#, Zou, Z.#, Guo, X., Yang, W., Li, S. and Li, Z., 2025. Insights on the sex determination, vector capacity and ecological biology from a chromosomal level genome of vector mosquito, Armigeres subulbatus. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 14(1), pp.1-20.


Kong, D., Wang, Z., Guo, H., Lin, T., Jiang, D., Qiu, H., Ma, T., Jia, C., Xie, L., Lu, Y., Liu, F.*, Wang, C.* and Wang, D.* (2025), Identification of carbon dioxide receptors in the tropical bed bug, Cimex hemipterus (Hemiptera: Cimicidae). Insect Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.70120


Li, T.#, Liu, F.#, Brown, D. J., & Liu, N. (2025). Genome-Wide Profiling of P450 Gene Expression Reveals Caste-Specific and Developmental Patterns in Solenopsis invicta. International Journal of Molecular Sciences,26(7),3212.https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26073212.


Hui Yao#, Qian Qi#, Dan Gou, Simin Liang, Stephen Thomas Ferguson, Heng Zhang, Zi Ye*, Feng Liu*. Unveiling the Developmental Dynamics and Functional Role of Odorant Receptor Co-receptor (Orco) in Aedes albopictus: A Novel Mechanism for Regulating Tuning Odorant Receptor Expression. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, bioRxiv 2025.05.06.652105; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.06.652105.


Ye, Z., Fan, G., Wei, Y., Li, L. & Liu, F. (2025) CRISPR/Cas9-mediated germline mutagenesis in the subsocial parasitoid wasp, Sclerodermus guani. Insect Molecular Biology, 1–9. doi:https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.11.632282.


Liao W, Lv Z, Mo Y, Yu S, Zhao Y, Zhang S, Liu F, Li Z, Yang Z. Battle between Gut Bacteria, Immune System, and Cry1Ac Toxin in Plutella xylostella. J Agric Food Chem. 2025 May 7;73(18):10896-10906. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5c01838. Epub 2025 Apr 24. PMID: 40271618.


Guanzhen Fan, Wenxu Yang, Chunli Ding, Peng Tian, Jingwen Wang, Feng Liu*, Yaming Yang*. Field Survey of Anopheles Mosquito and Their Culturable Gut Bacteria in the Border Regions of Yunnan Province, China. bioRxiv 2025.04.02.645363; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.02.645363.

2024

Liu, F., Coutinho-Abreu, I.V., Raban, R., Nguyen, T.T.D., Dimas, A.R., Merriman, J.A. and Akbari, O.S., 2024. Engineered skin microbiome reduces mosquito attraction to mice. PNAS nexus, 3(7), p.pgae267.