Cleavage of PGRP-LC receptor in the Drosophila IMD pathway in response to live bacterial infection in S2 cells

Self/Nonself - Immune Recognition and Signaling

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 125-141

  Schmidt, Rebecca L ^a   Rinaldo, Francesca M ^a   Hesse, Shayla E ^a   Hamada, Masakazu ^a   Ortiz, Zachary ^a   Beleford, Daniah T ^a   Page Mccaw, Andrea ^b   Platt, Jeffrey L ^c   Tang, Amy H ^a,d  

^a MAYO CLINIC CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila innate immune activation; Elastase; Immune deficiency (IMD) signaling pathway; Matrix metalloproteinase; pgrp lc; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE; GELATINASE A; PEPTIDOGLYCAN RECOGNITION PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALMONELLOSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84930474287     PISSN: 19382030     EISSN: 19382049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/self.17882     Document Type: Article

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