Serotonergic Chemosensory Neurons Modify the C. elegans Immune Response by Regulating G-Protein Signaling in Epithelial Cells

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1-17

  Anderson, Alexandra ^a   Laurenson Schafer, Henry ^a   Partridge, Frederick A ^b   Hodgkin, Jonathan ^b   McMullan, Rachel ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; EGL 10 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; EGL-10 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; GOA 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; GOA-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; INHIBITORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RGS PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; EGG LAYING; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LOCOMOTION; MICROBACTERIUM NEMATOPHILUM INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN CLEARANCE; SEROTONINERGIC CHEMOSENSORY NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GI-GO; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; RGS PROTEINS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SEROTONERGIC NEURONS; SEROTONIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84892869883     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003787     Document Type: Article

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