The sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis LL5 embryonic cell line has active Toll and Imd pathways and shows immune responses to bacteria, yeast and Leishmania

BACKGROUND: Lutzomyia longipalpis is the main vector of visceral leishmaniasis in Latin America. Sandfly immune responses are poorly understood. In previous work we showed that these vector insects respond to bacterial infections by modulating a defensin gene expression and activate the Imd pathway...

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Autores principales: Tinoco-Nunes, Bruno, Telleria, Erich Loza, da Silva-Neves, Monique, Marques, Christiane, Azevedo-Brito, Daisy Aline, Pitaluga, André Nóbrega, Traub-Csekö, Yara Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4839078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27098567
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1507-4

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