Toll-dependent antimicrobial responses in Drosophila larval fat body require Spätzle secreted by haemocytes

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 122, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 4505-4515

  Shia, Alice K H ^a   Glittenberg, Marcus ^a   Thompson, Gavin ^a   Weber, Alexander N ^b   Reichhart, Jean Marc ^c   Ligoxygakis, Petros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Blood cells; Drosophila; Innate immunity; Sp tzle; Toll

Indexed keywords

DROSOMYCIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FAT BODY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAT BODY; HEMOCYTES; LARVA; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 71449095250     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.049155     Document Type: Article

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