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List of works by Arnold De Loof

20-Hydroxyecdysone and juvenile hormone regulate the laminarin-induced nodulation reaction in larvae of the flesh fly, Neobellieria bullata

scientific article published on 21 November 2005

A proteomic approach for the analysis of instantly released wound and immune proteins in Drosophila melanogaster hemolymph.

scientific article published on 5 January 2004

APRP, the second peptide encoded by the adipokinetic hormone gene(s), is highly conserved in evolution: a role in control of ecdysteroidogenesis?

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Annotation of novel neuropeptide precursors in the migratory locust based on transcript screening of a public EST database and mass spectrometry.

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Bacterial production and purification of SGPI-1 and SGPI-2, two peptidic serine protease inhibitors from the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria

scientific article published on October 2003

Both prothoracicotropic hormone and an autocrine factor are involved in control of prothoracic gland ecdysteroidogenesis in Locusta migratoria and Schistocerca gregaria

scientific article published on 8 December 2006

Characterization of two novel pacifastin-like peptide precursor isoforms in the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria): cDNA cloning, functional analysis and real-time RT-PCR gene expression studies

scientific article published on May 2005

Cloning and characterization of a third isoform of corazonin in the honey bee Apis mellifera

scientific article published on 9 January 2006

Degradation profile of [His7]-corazonin in the hemolymph of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria

scientific article published on 23 November 2005

Development of a real-time PCR assay for measurement of yellow protein mRNA transcription in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria: a basis for isolation of a peptidergic regulatory factor

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Diapausing Colorado potato beetles are devoid of short neuropeptide F I and II.

scientific article published in May 2004

Differential proteomics for studying Drosophila immunity.

scientific article published in April 2005

Discovering neuropeptides in Caenorhabditis elegans by two dimensional liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry

scientific article published in September 2005

Dispersion of peptides in vegetable oil as a simple slow release formula for both injection and oral uptake in insects: a case study with [His7]-corazonin in an albino Locusta migratoria deficient in corazonin

scientific article published in February 2011

Ecdysteroids, juvenile hormone and insect neuropeptides: Recent successes and remaining major challenges

scientific article published on 14 July 2007

Ecdysteroids: the overlooked sex steroids of insects? Males: the black box

scientific article (publication date: October 2006)

Eicosanoids mediate the laminarin-induced nodulation response in larvae of the flesh fly, Neobellieria bullata

scientific article published in May 2005

Endocrine archeology: do insects retain ancestrally inherited counterparts of the vertebrate releasing hormones GnRH, GHRH, TRH, and CRF?

scientific article published on 03 March 2012

Epigenetics and locust life phase transitions

scientific article published on January 2015

Expression of a novel neuropeptide, NVGTLARDFQLPIPNamide, in the larval and adult brain of Drosophila melanogaster.

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Farnesol-like endogenous sesquiterpenoids in vertebrates: the probable but overlooked functional "inbrome" anti-aging counterpart of juvenile hormone of insects?

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Fraenkel's pupariation factor identified at last.

scientific article published in September 2004

Fruitless RNAi knockdown in males interferes with copulation success in Schistocerca gregaria.

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Functional characterization of the putative orphan neuropeptide G-protein coupled receptor C26F1.6 in Caenorhabditis elegans

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G protein-coupled receptors in invertebrates: a state of the art.

scientific article published on January 2003

Gel-based versus gel-free proteomics: a review.

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Genomics, evolution and biological functions of the pacifastin peptide family: a conserved serine protease inhibitor family in arthropods

scientific article published on October 2003

How to deduce and teach the logical and unambiguous answer, namely L = ∑C, to "What is Life?" using the principles of communication?

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Identification in Drosophila melanogaster of the invertebrate G protein-coupled FMRFamide receptor

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Identification of a glycogenolysis-inhibiting peptide from the corpora cardiaca of locusts.

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Identification of tryptophan and beta-carboline as paralysins in larvae of the yellow mealworm, Tenebrio molitor.

scientific article published in October 2003

In search for a common denominator for the diverse functions of arthropod corazonin: a role in the physiology of stress?

scientific article published on 11 September 2009

In search for non-steroidogenic functions of the prothoracic glands of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria: a peptidomic and proteomic approach.

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Initiation of metamorphosis and control of ecdysteroid biosynthesis in insects: The interplay of absence of Juvenile hormone, PTTH, and Ca(2+)-homeostasis.

scientific article published on 4 August 2014

Insulin-related peptides and their conserved signal transduction pathway.

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Isoforms of cyclic AMP response element binding proteins in Drosophila S2 cells

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Isolation and identification of the AKH III precursor-related peptide from Locusta migratoria

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Locust phase polyphenism: Does epigenetic precede endocrine regulation?

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Longevity and aging in insects: Is reproduction costly; cheap; beneficial or irrelevant? A critical evaluation of the “trade-off” concept

scientific article published on October 25, 2010

Mass spectrometric analysis of the perisympathetic organs in locusts: identification of novel periviscerokinins.

scientific article published in January 2003

Molecular identification of SGPP-5, a novel pacifastin-like peptide precursor in the desert locust

scientific article published on June 2004

Nature, Calcigender, Nurture: Sex-dependent differential Ca homeostasis as the undervalued third pillar

scientific article published on 02 April 2019

Neuroparsin transcripts as molecular markers in the process of desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) phase transition

scientific article published on 13 January 2006

Neuropeptidomic analysis of the brain and thoracic ganglion from the Jonah crab, Cancer borealis.

scientific article published in August 2003

Neuropeptidomics of the grey flesh fly, Neobellieria bullata.

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Neurotoxic and neurobehavioral effects of kynurenines in adult insects

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New insights into the evolution of the GRF superfamily based on sequence similarity between the locust APRPs and human GRF.

scientific article published in November 2004

PDF receptor signaling in Drosophila contributes to both circadian and geotactic behaviors

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Peptidomic analysis of the larval Drosophila melanogaster central nervous system by two-dimensional capillary liquid chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry.

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Peptidomics

scientific article published on April 2004

Postgenomic characterization of G-protein-coupled receptors

scientific article published in September 2004

Presence of [His<sup>7</sup>]- corazonin in the central nervous system of a newly isolated albino strain of Schistocerca gregaria (Orthoptera: Acrididae) - mass spectrometric and immunocytochemical evidence

scientific article published in 2003

Proteomics in Drosophila melanogaster: first 2D database of larval hemolymph proteins.

scientific article published in May 2003

SIFamide is a highly conserved neuropeptide: a comparative study in different insect species.

scientific article published in July 2004

Sexual differentiation in adult insects: male-specific cuticular yellowing in Schistocerca gregaria as a model for reevaluating some current (neuro)endocrine concepts

scientific article published on 17 March 2010

Substitution of conserved glycine residue by alanine in natural and synthetic neuropeptide ligands causes partial agonism at the stomoxytachykinin receptor.

scientific article published on July 2004

The Fading Electricity Theory of Ageing: the missing biophysical principle?

scientific article published on 23 August 2012

The NMDA receptor antagonist MK-801 inhibits vitellogenesis in the flesh fly Neobellieria bullata and in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria.

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The cell's self-generated "electrome": The biophysical essence of the immaterial dimension of Life?

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The endocrine system controlling sexual reproduction in animals: Part of the evolutionary ancient but well conserved immune system?

scientific article published on 17 December 2015

The essence of female-male physiological dimorphism: differential Ca2+-homeostasis enabled by the interplay between farnesol-like endogenous sesquiterpenoids and sex-steroids? The Calcigender paradigm

scientific article published on 22 December 2014

The essence of insect metamorphosis and aging: electrical rewiring of cells driven by the principles of juvenile hormone-dependent Ca(2+)-homeostasis

scientific article published on 27 January 2014

The evolution of "Life": A Metadarwinian integrative approach

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The instantly released Drosophila immune proteome is infection-specific

scientific article published in May 2004

The mode of action of juvenile hormone and ecdysone: towards an epi-endocrinological paradigm?

scientific article published on 26 February 2013

The use of peptidomics in endocrine research

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Transcript profiling of pacifastin-like peptide precursors in crowd- and isolated-reared desert locusts

scientific article published on April 2004

Transcriptome analysis of the desert locust central nervous system: production and annotation of a Schistocerca gregaria EST database

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