Activation of a G protein-coupled receptor by its endogenous ligand triggers the innate immune response of Caenorhabditis elegans

Nature Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 833-838

  Zugasti, Olivier ^a,b   Bose, Neelanjan ^c   Squiban, Barbara ^a,b,d,e   Belougne, Jérôme ^a,b   Kurz, C Léopold ^a,b,d,e   Schroeder, Frank C ^c   Pujol, Nathalie ^a,b   Ewbank, Jonathan J ^a,b  

^a CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYPHENYLLACTIC ACID; DIHYDROCAFFEIC ACID; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LIGAND; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TYROSINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4-HYDROXYPHENYLLACTIC ACID; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DIHYDROCAFFEIC ACID RECEPTOR 1, C ELEGANS; PHENYLPROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST RESISTANCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLOMICS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WILD TYPE; WOUND; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; INJURY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EPIDERMIS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LIGANDS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MYCOSES; PHENYLPROPIONATES; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RNA INTERFERENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84906222430     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.2957     Document Type: Article

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