Dietary L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) augments cuticular melanization in Anopheles mosquitos reducing their lifespan and malaria burden

E Emma Camacho Y Yuemei Dong C Christine Chrissian R Radames J. B. Cordero (Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) R Raúl G. Saraiva Y Yesseinia Anglero-Rodriguez D Daniel F. Q. Smith (Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University) E Ella Jacobs I Isabella Hartshorn J J. Alberto Patiño-Medina M Michael DePasquale A Amanda Dziedzic A Anne Jedlicka B Barbara Smith G Godfree Mlambo A Abhai Tripathi N Nichole A. Broderick R Ruth E. Stark G George Dimopoulos A Arturo Casadevall

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 16, Issue 1
Published August 27, 2025
ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher Nature Portfolio

Journal Info

Nature Communications

Nature Portfolio

ISSN: 2041-1723 Open Access Life Sciences

Authors (20)

E

Emma Camacho

Y

Yuemei Dong

C

Christine Chrissian

R

Radames J. B. Cordero

Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

R

Raúl G. Saraiva

Y

Yesseinia Anglero-Rodriguez

D

Daniel F. Q. Smith

Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

E

Ella Jacobs

I

Isabella Hartshorn

J

J. Alberto Patiño-Medina

M

Michael DePasquale

A

Amanda Dziedzic

A

Anne Jedlicka

B

Barbara Smith

G

Godfree Mlambo

A

Abhai Tripathi

N

Nichole A. Broderick

R

Ruth E. Stark

G

George Dimopoulos

A

Arturo Casadevall