Functional integration of the circulatory, immune, and respiratory systems in mosquito larvae: pathogen killing in the hemocyte-rich tracheal tufts

BACKGROUND: As both larvae and adults, mosquitoes encounter a barrage of immune insults, ranging from microbe-rich communities in larval habitats to ingested blood-borne pathogens in adult blood meals. Given that mosquito adults have evolved an efficient means of eliminating infections in their hem...

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Autores principales: League, Garrett P., Hillyer, Julián F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5027632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27643786
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-016-0305-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5027632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27643786
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-016-0305-y

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