Dehydration triggers ecdysone-mediated recognition-protein priming and elevated anti-bacterial immune responses in Drosophila Malpighian tubule renal cells

Abstract Background Drosophila is a powerful model for the study of factors modulating innate immunity. This study examines the effect of water-loss dehydration on innate immune responsiveness in the Drosophila renal system (Malpighian tubules; MTs), and how this leads to elevated host defense and c...

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Main Authors: Wenjing Zheng, Florentina Rus, Ana Hernandez, Ping Kang, William Goldman, Neal Silverman, Marc Tatar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-018-0532-5