Samara Santos‐Araújo

Silencing of ATG6 and ATG8 promotes increased levels of triacylglycerol (TAG) in the fat body during prolonged starvation periods in the Chagas disease vector Rhodnius prolixus

Samara Santos‐Araújo, Larissa Bomfim, Luciana Ordunha Araripe et al. · Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 2020 · 25 citations

Metabolic Disorder, Biochemistry, Lipid Metabolism +8

Silencing of Mitochondrial Trifunctional Protein A Subunit (HADHA) Increases Lipid Stores, and Reduces Oviposition and Flight Capacity in the Vector Insect Rhodnius prolixus

Daniela S. Arêdes, Iron F. De Paula, Samara Santos‐Araújo et al. · Frontiers in Insect Science · 2022 · 22 citations · Full text

Deficiency of Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase Impairs Digestion, Lipid Synthesis, and Reproduction in the Kissing Bug Rhodnius prolixus

Bruno Moraes, Valdir Braz, Samara Santos‐Araújo et al. · Frontiers in Physiology · 2022 · 19 citations · Full text

Knockdown of carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (CPT1) reduces fat body lipid mobilization and resistance to starvation in the insect vector Rhodnius prolixus

Iron F. De Paula, Samara Santos‐Araújo, David Majerowicz et al. · Frontiers in Physiology · 2023 · 15 citations · Full text

ATP synthase affects lipid metabolism in the kissing bug Rhodnius prolixus beyond its role in energy metabolism

Fernanda Almeida‐Oliveira, Samara Santos‐Araújo, Luiz Fernando Carvalho‐Kelly et al. · Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 2023 · 13 citations

Biology, Energy Metabolism, Biosynthesis +11