Publications

Pampaloni, N.; Balles, I.; Düllmann, P.; Gimber, N.; Reynolds, E.; Ender, A.; Schmoranzer, J.; Iatsenko, I.; Owald, D.: Identification of superstalsis, a motility program distinct from peristalsis in the Drosophila midgut. Cell Reports 45 (7) (2026)

Rubinić, M.; Yu, Y.; Arias-Rojas, A.; Martinez, K. A.; Klimek, W.; Frahm, D.; Brinkmann, V.; Paczia, N.; Alagesan, K.; Duneau, D. et al.; Iatsenko, I.: Sex differences in Drosophila intestinal metabolism contribute to sexually dimorphic infection outcome and alter gut pathogen virulence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, e2514992123 (2026)

Arias-Rojas, A.; Rubinić, M.; Albiez, J.; Frahm, D.; Hurwitz, R.; Iatsenko, I.: Infection-induced elevation of gut glycosaminoglycans fosters microbiota expansion in Drosophila melanogaster. Cell Reports 44 (12), 116598 (2025)

Yu, Y.; Iatsenko, I.: Drosophila symbionts in infection: when a friend becomes an enemy. Infection and Immunity, e0051124 (2025)

Rahimi-Midani, A.; Iatsenko, I.: Colonization island directs L. plantarum to its niche. Cell Host & Microbe 33 (2), pp. 168 - 170 (2025)

Arias-Rojas, A.; Arifah, A. Q.; Angelidou, G.; Alshaar, B.; Schombel, U.; Forest, E.; Frahm, D.; Brinkman, V.; Paczia, N.; Beisel, C. L. et al.; Gisch, N.; Iatsenko, I.: MprF-mediated immune evasion is necessary for Lactiplantibacillus plantarum resilience in the Drosophila gut during inflammation. PLOS Pathogens 20 (8), e1012462 (2024)

Hrdina, A.; Serra Canales, M.; Arias-Rojas, A.; Frahm, D.; Iatsenko, I.: The endosymbiont Spiroplasma poulsonii increases Drosophila melanogaster resistance to pathogens by enhancing iron sequestration and melanization. mBio, :e0093624 (2024)

Arias-Rojas, A.; Frahm, D.; Hurwitz, R.; Brinkmann, V.; Iatsenko, I.: Resistance to host antimicrobial peptides mediates resilience of gut commensals during infection and aging in Drosophila. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120 (36), e2305649120 (2023)

Shaka, M.; Arias-Rojas, A.; Hrdina, A.; Frahm, D.; Iatsenko, I.: Lipopolysaccharide -mediated resistance to host antimicrobial peptides and hemocyte-derived reactive-oxygen species are the major Providencia alcalifaciens virulence factors in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS Pathogens 18 (9), e1010825 (2022)

Shaka, M.; Arias-Rojas, A.; Hrdina, A.; Frahm, D.; Iatsenko, I.: Lipopolysaccharide -mediated resistance to host antimicrobial peptides and hemocytederived reactive-oxygen species are the major Providencia alcalifaciens virulence factors in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS Pathogens 18 (9), e1010825 (2022)

Arias-Rojas, A.; Iatsenko, I.: The Role of Microbiota in Drosophila melanogaster Aging. Front. Aging 3, 909509 (2022)

Hrdina, A.; Iatsenko, I.: The roles of metals in insect–microbe interactions and immunity. Current Opinion in Insect Science 49, pp. 71 - 77 (2021)

Hanson, M. A.; Cohen, L. B.; Marra, A.; Iatsenko, I.; Wasserman, S. A.; Lemaitre, B.: The Drosophila Baramicin polypeptide gene protects against fungal infection. PLoS Pathog. 17 (8) (2021)

Iatsenko, I.; Marra, A.; Boquete, J.-P.; Peña, J.; Lemaitre, B.: Iron sequestration by transferrin 1 mediates nutritional immunity in Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117 (3) (2020)

Hrdina, A.; Iatsenko, I.: Sex bias in iron sequestration by transferrin 1 modulates sexually dimorphic infection outcomes in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics, iyag058 (2020)

Dudzic, J. P.; Hanson, M. A.; Iatsenko, I.; Kondo, S.; Lemaitre, B.: More Than Black or White: Melanization and Toll Share Regulatory Serine Proteases in Drosophila. Cell Reports 27 (4), pp. 1050 - 1061.e3 (2019)

Iatsenko, I.; Boquete, J.-P.; Lemaitre, B.: Microbiota-Derived Lactate Activates Production of Reactive Oxygen Species by the Intestinal NADPH Oxidase Nox and Shortens Drosophila Lifespan. Immunity 49 (5), pp. 929 - 942.e5 (2018)

Iatsenko, I.; Kondo, S.; Mengin-Lecreulx, D.; Lemaitre, B.: PGRP-SD, an Extracellular Pattern-Recognition Receptor, Enhances Peptidoglycan-Mediated Activation of the Drosophila Imd Pathway. Immunity 45 (5), pp. 1013 - 1023 (2016)

Iatsenko, I.; Yim, J. J.; Schroeder, F. C.; Sommer, R. J.: B. subtilis GS67 Protects C. elegans from Gram-Positive Pathogens via Fengycin-Mediated Microbial Antagonism. Current Biology 24 (22), pp. 2720 - 2727 (2014)

Iatsenko, I.; Nikolov, A.; Sommer, R. J.: Identification of Distinct Bacillus thuringiensis 4A4 Nematicidal Factors Using the Model Nematodes Pristionchus pacificus and Caenorhabditis elegans. Toxins 6 (7), pp. 2050 - 2063 (2014)